lady, please calm down

Chapter 221
May thirteenth.

At that time, the rain finally stopped, but the sky was still gloomy.

It has been raining for days and the temperature has dropped sharply, but midsummer in May is like late autumn.

In an unnamed hillock in the south of Zhenyang, Shi Jia Dalang looked anxiously at the vast water.

His younger brother, Shi Sanlang, was only wearing a trousers, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, plucking his own hair and beating his head, looking extremely annoyed.

Shi Wulang only wore a pair of short-nosed trousers, his upper body was bare, his muscles were knotted, and his skin was dark. "Brother, what's the use of beating yourself to death? You can't get my old lady and Xiao Qi back."

The seven Shijia brothers were originally fishermen on the banks of the Huai River.

The night before, the Huai River suddenly broke its embankment, and the water was so fierce that even these men who grew up in the water could not support it.

In just a moment, the walls of the thatched hut collapsed. In the panic, the younger brother, the old mother and the brothers scattered.

The brothers were trapped in this small hillock. They tried everything they could do yesterday, but they couldn't find their old lady nearby. If they think about it now, it might be a bad luck.

Shi Dalang was looking into the distance, when he suddenly saw a boat approaching in the distance, he could not help reminding his brothers, "There is a boat!"

When the other five people heard this, they suddenly regained their energy, "Brother, grab it! Rob it and find our mother."

"Let's see." Shi Dalang said in a low voice, then waved his hands and shouted at the boat, "Brother, help me out."

The person on the boat seemed to have seen them, and then turned around and rowed this way.

When the boat got closer, the sharp-eyed Shi Wulang suddenly said: "Brother! There are officers and soldiers above!"

The brothers couldn't help looking at each other, but Shi Dalang said: "What's wrong with the officers and soldiers, now we are unarmed, we are ordinary people."

Historian brothers, plowing the fields during the busy season, and fishing during the slack season to do some costless water business, so they are naturally wary of the officers and soldiers.

When there were only a few feet left in the boat, Shi Wulang let out another 'hey' in surprise, "Aunt Zhang, Shui Sheng, why are you on the boat!"

The neighbors in the same village who were still in shock on the boat also saw Shi Dalang and others. The third aunt Zhang met an acquaintance here after the catastrophe. She couldn't help being excited and cried: "Brother Shijia, have you seen that my family is in charge?"

"Third Aunt, Third Uncle were also washed away?" Shi Wulang asked.

"I was washed away, and it was because of my fate that I was soaked in the water for a day and a night holding the beams of the house. Fortunately, I met these military masters and rescued me. Shuisheng was also caught by the military masters just now."

Aunt Zhang, who survived the catastrophe, wiped her tears.

The brothers on the post looked at each other in amazement. How could the sergeant save people?It would be nice if they didn't take advantage of the fire to loot.
Although he was puzzled, Shi Dalang gave them a look, they were all blood brothers, and they could understand the meaning of the big brother, that is to ask them not to hurt others indiscriminately.

Fan Guanghan, the commander of the second-character battalion on the boat, was a little wary of these strong men at first, but when he saw that Aunt Zhang on the boat knew each other, he was relieved and shouted: "Wu Na man, come on quickly!" Boat, what are you doing still standing there!"

After a few people boarded the boat, the boat was crowded at once, and there were no more people to pretend to be. Fan Guanghan greeted the brothers and rowed to the Hujiagang Wuwei Army Camp.

Taking a moment, Fan Guanghan took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, unfolded it and handed it to Aunt Zhang who was shivering with cold, then pointed to the boy named Shui Sheng, and said, "Auntie, you and this Xiao Lang pads his stomach first."

This action made the Shijia brothers even more surprised, and they couldn't help staring at the oil paper.

But Fan Guanghan got it wrong, and said: "You old men, just bear with it, I only have so much food left on me, let's feed the women and children first."

Shi Wulang seemed to be unintentional, and asked, "Where is the soldier from?"

"We belong to the Zhenhuai Army."

"Zhenhuai Army?"

"Well, Caizhou's left-behind division controls Mr. Chen's soldiers."

"Oh" Shi Wulang responded, and looked at the endless water.

Shi Sanlang on the other side took the initiative: "You are not tired, ask me to row the boat for you."

"Haha, good." Fan Guanghan responded with a smile.

The brothers started to search for the trapped people by boat last night. They were indeed exhausted. If someone was willing to help, he naturally wanted his brothers to rest for a while.

At this time, in the boundary of Caizhou in Huaibei, there were not many teams like Fan Guanghan.

Last night, Chen Chu ordered the sergeants of Zhenhuai Army and Wuwei Army to form countless search and rescue teams ranging from two to three to seven or eight people according to the size of the boats, and all of them entered the pan-area.

It seems that there are quite a lot of people, but apart from Zhenyang County, there are also three counties of Baoxin, Pingxi, and Xinxi. It is not enough to sprinkle people down.

Hujiagang, which is the temporary headquarters and resettlement site, only left a battalion of sergeants to maintain order, and Chen Jingan also rushed over at midnight yesterday.

With him at the center, Chen Chu followed the team to the front line.

Chen Jingyan secretly lamented that if he could survive the flood, Yuanzhang's reputation in the four counties of Huaibei would probably be described as 'like the sky'.

noon.

Chen Chu, who was in a group with Mao Dan, the eldest son, and Da Baojian, entered the pan-region for the fourth time.

After saving several women and children standing on the roof, they met a mother and child on the way back.

Beside the elm tree that is as thick as the mouth of a bowl, a boy about fifteen or sixteen years old is carrying an old woman on his back.

The young man supported the tree with one hand, and wrapped around the old woman's waist with the other. He was completely submerged in the water from the chest down.

After saving the man on the boat, he inquired and found out that the boy's name was Shi Yao'er, and the old woman on his shoulders was his old mother.

In order to keep his old lady from soaking in the water, Shi Yao'er had stood in the water for a day and a night, her naked body was white and wrinkled from the chest down, her lips were blue and purple, and she couldn't stop shivering.

Still a dutiful son.

The incident happened suddenly last night, and many people didn't even have time to wear their clothes, such was Shi Yao'er.

There were other women on board, although it was not the time to be particular about it, but it would be unsightly to let this half-sized man swing the big pendulum.

Chen Chu gave Maodan a wink, and the latter took a coir raincoat and handed it over, Shi Yaoer took it but wanted to put it on for his mother, so Maodan had no choice but to say: "Now that the rain has stopped, I will put it on for your mother as well." What's more, I asked you to cover up the donkey! You are so big, you have no shame!"

Shi Yao'er looked at Maodan dissatisfied with her small eyes, but she thought that Maodan had saved her mother and child, so she held back her coir raincoat and covered her waist with her backhand.

At the end of noon, the boat arrived at Hujiagang.

The place where the boat stops is still some distance from the temporary resettlement camp, and the water in the middle is shallow and muddy.

Some of them carried their children in their arms, and some carried the elderly on their backs, and got off the boat and walked.

Shi Yaoer wanted to carry his old lady on his back, but he had to drag his coir raincoat around his waist, unable to free his hands. Just as he was in a hurry, he saw a young man who was not a few years older than himself, who took the initiative to carry his old lady on his back and walked to the camp. Hurry up a few steps and catch up.

"This big brother, what's your name?"

"Chen Chu."

"Brother Chen, thank you ye, after the water recedes, I will catch some big fish and send them to ye's home"

"Haha, easy to say."

Shi Mu, who was overly frightened, only slowly came back to her senses at this time. Seeing the strange boy walking on her back in the mud up to his calf, she couldn't help saying: "Brother Chen, you saved my mother's life. How can I repay the kindness?"

"Auntie, we are all dependent on the people of Caizhou for the food and rations of our Zhenhuai army. How can we stand by and watch in the face of natural disasters. Don't say anything about repaying, this is what we should do."

"Okay, okay, you are really a good boy from Caizhou"

The temporary resettlement camp had a radius of four or five miles. At this time, thousands of people had gathered, all of them sat on the ground with disheveled clothes and dull faces.

Overnight, the property and houses were completely destroyed, and the life and death of some relatives were uncertain.

The shock had just settled, but there was no joy of remaining after the catastrophe, and the camp was depressed.

Shen time.

Liu Erhu led people to deliver pancakes in cartloads.

Chen Chu, who also didn't eat much, saw it, grabbed one immediately, tore it open and shared it with the eldest son, Mao Dan and others, chewing and saying, "This food is good! I'm very hungry, and I don't need to light a fire."

"Boss, the eldest lady ground the new wheat that was pulled over from Langshan, and called on all the women in the city to make pancakes to support the pan-area. This morning, the eldest lady distributed the flour to the households in the city. When I left the city, all the people in the city were there Pancakes, the smell has wafted for several miles. This is the first batch, and there will be more in the future."

"it is good."

"Master, Daoist Wugen and the doctor in the city have also arrived, bringing medicinal materials and a group of students."

"Well, leave it to Mr. Yanagawa to arrange."

Chen Jing'an, who was dispatched in the middle, immediately asked the students to take a pen and paper to the resettlement site after receiving the people, and record the names and places of origin of the people affected by the disaster, so that they can find their relatives in the future.

The few remaining precious dry firewood were used to boil medicinal soup to prevent dysentery and wind-cold.

In the evening, Chen Jingyan, who went to Tongshan County to raise donations yesterday, also arrived at Hujiagang, bringing a large number of old and new clothes and thin quilts.

To Chen Chu's surprise, there were hundreds of Tongshan Qingzhuang who came with Chen Jingyan.

It was Zhou Zulin and his brother-in-law, Xiao Zhuzi, the owner of Sitong Passenger Transport, who took the lead.

"Boss, everyone heard that Caizhou was hit by a disaster, so we couldn't sit still. Let's come together and help Boss."

"haha okay."

It can be heard from Zhou Zulin's words that they are not here to help Caizhou, but to help the boss.

Last year, Tongshan fought and killed Caizhou rebels once, and they had a good impression of Caizhou, but now Caizhou is the owner's territory, for this reason, they can't just sit idly by.

The little pillar next to him also vowed: "Boss, I have discussed with brother-in-law and brother Zongfa. As long as the rescue supplies are brought to Caizhou, we will transport them for free with the four-way passenger transport!"

"Oh? Hehe, as long as the price doesn't go up randomly, won't your four-way passenger transportation be free?" Chen Chu laughed.

"What did the boss say? If it weren't for the watermelon festival that the boss held on Shizipo, how could there be a small pillar today, and how could there be four-way passenger transport? Now that the boss is in trouble, if I can earn this little money, I will go home and my father You have to beat me to death, so don’t push back.”

"Oh Well."

With the materials and support personnel sent from all directions in place, Chen Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

In the evening, Zhou Zongfa and others helped to build the simple barracks overnight. After the food and clothes were distributed to the victims, the camp finally became lively.

While patrolling the southeast of the camp with a big sword, Chen Chu encountered Shi Yaoer, mother and son who had been rescued during the day.

When Shi Mu saw Chen Chu, she hurriedly beckoned and called him to the front, took out the leftover half pancake from her bosom, carefully pinched off the dirt that was accidentally stuck on it, and then handed it over, "Brother Chen, here .”

"Auntie, I've already eaten." Chen Chu was stunned for a while.

"My sixth child is about the same age as you. For boys as big as you, the intestines are a bottomless pit that can't be filled. Don't be polite to your aunt, eat it quickly."

As if she was worried that Chen Chu would dislike her, Mother Shi tore off the place she had bitten and handed it to her youngest son, but she swallowed the crumbs of pancakes that were stained with mud just now.

Seeing that he couldn't evade it, Chen Chu picked up the torn halves, returned the half and said, "Then we each have half."

At this time, the military uniform on Chen Chu's body was wet by the rain and then warmed to dry on his body. It was wrinkled, his trouser legs were rolled up to the bend of his legs, and he wore a pair of eight-eared hemp shoes that were easy to walk in muddy water on his bare feet.

The feet and calves were covered with mud, which looked no different from ordinary soldiers.

Shi Yaoer, who had already put on his clothes, came over and sat next to Chen Chu, swallowed the pancakes in twos and chatted curiously: "Brother Chen, do you Zhenhuai army eat these pancakes every day?"

"No. The pancakes are durable and don't need a fire. They are specially made to supply the victims. The conditions are limited, so the soldiers will just make do with it."

Chen Chu told the truth, but Shi Yaoer's eyes widened in shock, "It's enough? This is it? This is a big pancake baked with good noodles! We may not be able to eat it once during the Chinese New Year! And Brother Chen said that this pancake is specially made for us?"

"Uh, yeah."

While talking, Mao Dan ran over from a distance, leaned over and whispered something in Chen Chu's ear, and the latter got up immediately, and followed Mao Dan to the depths of the camp.

Shi Yaoer, who was full of doubts and hadn't been answered, looked at Chen Chu's back and said strangely: "Mother, Brother Chen, these soldiers are different from the soldiers we met before."

Through the night, Shi Mu glanced at the calming water in the distance, wrapped the pancake in cloth again and put it in her arms, "Let's not care about anything else, you, Brother Chen, saved our mother's life. When you grow up, you can't afford to repay, you and your elder brothers need to remember to repay others in the future."

"Well, mother, I know. Hey, I don't know how big brother and the others are doing now, but they are very good at swimming, so they should be fine."

Northwest corner of the camp.

There was a commotion just now, and it will subside now.

When Chen Chu arrived, Fan Guanghan who had been here immediately stepped forward and explained in a low voice
Since the embankment breach occurred at night, there were not a few naked victims like today's Shi Yao'er, and among them were naked women.

Just now, the old clothes donated by Tongshan came over. After Fan Guanghan distributed them, several women hurriedly took the clothes and went to the woods behind Ganghou to change.

He didn't want to, but was spotted by some idlers in Gaojiazhuang, and followed him away.

A woman was very vigilant, and when she spotted this group of people, she immediately shouted.

These women were separated from the men in the family, and no one was looking after them, but Rompy was not afraid, so he surrounded them and began to tug at them.

This movement alarmed the Shi family brothers, the six brothers went over and beat up the rogues without saying a word.

Gaojiazhuang was not seriously affected by the disaster this time, and almost all the people in the village were here. After being beaten, a few rogues went back and called out to their clansmen.

Needless to say, the concept of clan is very important nowadays, relying on the large number of people in the village, Gaojiazhuang immediately gathered dozens of young and strong, and approached the Shijia brothers.

But I don't want more than 30 people to be beaten all over the floor by the six brothers.

The camp is vast, and most of the sergeants of the Zhenhuai Army and the Wuwei Army are out searching and rescuing. The left-behind sergeants responsible for maintaining order are short-handed. When they arrived, the fight had already been over.
Everyone in Gaojiazhuang fell to the ground wearily, howling and screaming, but the six historians stood shoulder to shoulder.

This scene once made the sergeant mistakenly think that the historian was the perpetrator.

Fan Guanghan was also very worried, and he spoke kind words for the Shi family brothers overtly and secretly, "My lord, after we rescued them today, they volunteered to participate in the rescue. Just now, I was afraid that it was out of a moment of righteous indignation that I hit someone."

Thousands of people are housed in the camp, and fighting is strictly prohibited regardless of the reason.

Once this causes commotion, camp bombing and stampede, the consequences will be disastrous.

It was precisely because Fan Guanghan was aware of this that he secretly pleaded for mercy for the historians.

For this afternoon's cooperation, Fan Guanghan really admired these guys who are good at water.
As for those Gaojiazhuang people who were beaten, it was their own fault.

But how to deal with it still needs to be decided by Chen Dutong.

After Chen Chu heard it, he was noncommittal, but first called the women who had changed clothes just now, and after corroborating what Fan Guanghan said was true from their mouths, he asked them to identify the hooligans who started the incident.

"Eldest son, take them to the forest behind and cut them off"

With a light word, the people of Gaojiazhuang, who were crying and wanting the military master to uphold justice for them, immediately shut up.

After a moment of silence, one of the rogues hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Mr. Jun, we made a mistake, Mr. Jun."

An old man from Gaojiazhuang who looked dignified also hurried forward and said, "Your military master! These juniors in our village have made mistakes, but the crime is not worthy of death!"

"Oh? Now you know they are wrong? Why didn't you stop them when they led the clansmen to make trouble?"

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Chen Chu waved his hand, and the eldest son led someone to drag those rogues into the distant forest.

At this time, the people in the camp were in a state of panic, and it was necessary to intimidate Xiaoxiao with heavy punishments, lest the sergeants be distracted by such bullshit and dirty things.

After a while, the cries for mercy in the woods stopped abruptly.

A faint smell of blood wafted along the wind.

The trembling Gaojiazhuang people, no one dared to say anything, Chen Chu glanced at him in disgust, and said: "It's time for the hell! You still have the heart to bully women! Anyone who makes trouble again, use this For example!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Chu turned to leave, and He Bei, who was also a military judge, stepped forward and said in a low voice, "My lord, what should we do with these historians?"

When Fan Guanghan heard this, he glared at He Bei angrily, but he didn't dare to plead for mercy.

Chen Chu turned his head, glanced at the Shijia brothers who were surrounded by sergeants, who were slightly nervous but seemed ready to resist at any time, and said, "To deal with the bastard, let's not do the same thing. Be brave and give out two more pancakes to each person.”

"Haha! Follow orders!"

Fan Guanghan responded ahead of He Bei.

　I drank too much last night, threw up all day today, and only got up in the afternoon.

　　My mind is messed up like a paste, from now on, I will never drink again
　　
　
(End of this chapter)