Chapter 1224: Chapter 1224: Thunder and Rain
Mu Qiancheng looked at Jiang Xue’s anxious expression and couldn’t help but laugh.
"What’s so funny?" Jiang Xue felt annoyed by Mu Qiancheng’s laughter. Isn’t she worried that Gong Bei might come back? Otherwise, why would she be so anxious?
"Okay, okay, I won’t laugh anymore." Mu Qiancheng surrendered, reached out to take the lunchbox from Jiang Xue’s hand, and then said, "I’ll go wash the lunchbox and return it. You should rest first."
After speaking, Mu Qiancheng left with the lunchbox.
As soon as Mu Qiancheng left, Jiang Xue collapsed onto the bed and suddenly started laughing. To be honest, she felt a little guilty herself.
After returning the lunchbox, Mu Qiancheng came back immediately. It was already dark outside, and Jiang Xue and Mu Qiancheng were just planning to go to sleep. At that moment, a clap of thunder sounded in their ears, startling them both.
Hearing the thunder, Mu Qiancheng’s expression turned grim. With the thunder comes more rain. The rain had only stopped for a day, and now it was going to start again. How long will the disaster relief efforts continue?
Moreover, not only is the rain inconvenient, but the disaster is likely to worsen. They had been here for nearly ten days, and the disaster had spread from a few towns to the entire county. Now, it seemed that adjacent counties were also being affected.
What the hell is going on with this damn weather? Why is it raining non-stop? Does it think there aren’t enough affected people, or that not enough crops have been destroyed?
"That thunder is really loud!" Jiang Xue frowned as she listened to the thunder. She knew it was likely to rain again soon.
Currently, disaster-stricken people are everywhere, and the disaster relief troops have grown from a regiment to a division and then to the entire military district. At this rate, even the people from one military district might not be enough; they might have to bring in people from other districts.
Not only that, but the affected people have nowhere to go. And the disaster relief supplies are likely insufficient as well.
Thinking about this, Jiang Xue couldn’t help but feel worried. She wasn’t worried about Mu Qiancheng and the others, nor was she worried about herself, but she was concerned about how the people would survive if this continued.
Originally, they were about to harvest the rice, but with this rain, the rice in the fields was submerged. If this goes on for long, can the rice even be eaten?
And from the looks of it, the weather won’t clear up anytime soon. If it rains for a few more days, even if the weather clears later, the rice will be ruined.
Without a harvest, how will the farmers survive?
As Jiang Xue worried about the people, a flash of lightning was followed by a downpour, with rain pelting down like beans on the ground.
Hearing the sound from the top of the tent, Jiang Xue got up from the bed and said to Mu Qiancheng, "Qian Cheng, with this heavy rain, can the tent hold up?"
"Don’t worry, the tent can definitely hold up. I’m just worried that the rain might get too heavy and the water could flood in. That would be troublesome."
"What should we do then?" Jiang Xue looked worried, glancing at the top and then the ground. If the water really came in, they’d be in trouble.
"What to do? Just mix it cold. This area is relatively higher and flatter. If water can flood in here, we’d have to set up the tent on a hillside."
"On a hillside?" Jiang Xue’s expression showed some apprehension, then she said, "What if there’s a landslide on the hillside?"
Before Mu Qiancheng could respond, Jiang Xue asked again, "Why did you set up tents outside instead of staying in the buildings?"
"I saw a few buildings not far away."
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