Kong Qing realised the seriousness of the matter and immediately sent someone to keep an eye on it.
Song Wangyue sat Xiao Bao on her lap, picked up a piece of snack from the plate and gave it to him, looking to the old man, “Does Grand Great Grandfather remember how many years it has been since there was a flood in Jinling?”
“It’s been about twenty years.”
The old gentleman narrowed his eyes and thought about the year, “The first year I came to Jinling back then, there was a flood here, it was said that it flooded many good fields, the people had no harvest and almost started a riot, the court made the local officials open their silos to release grain, by the way, the current emperor – the crown prince at that time – was also sent to Jinling at that time.”
Speaking here, the old man looked at her unexpectedly, “You are thinking ……”
Song Wan Yue looked at the pouring rain outside and frowned, “This year’s rain is too abnormal, if the upstream drains are dredged it’s okay, if not, a few more days of rain and I’m afraid there will be places that will be flooded.”
The old gentleman’s heart tightened. From ancient times to the present, both the people and the emperor were afraid of causing such natural disasters, because once they happened, the consequences caused were beyond human control.
He too turned his head to look at the heavy rain outside, hoping in his heart that it would not rain any more.
As if God knew his wish, after another day, the rain gradually subsided.
Kong Qing, who had personally gone to check the water level, came back, walked down to the porch and took off his straw coat, then came in and smiled for the first time in days, “It’s finally easing down.”
“How is it?”
The old gentleman asked with a slight sense of urgency.
“It’s up another five inches, but it’s fine.”
It had risen five inches in one day, so it seemed that the upstream drains were really not unclogged.
This place can’t stay for now.
The old man looked at Song Wangyue.
Song Wangyue also thought of this and nodded slightly, looked at Kong Qing and said without moving her voice, “Brother-in-law, it seems that there will be few rainy days this year, and you will be stuck at home, unable to participate in the workshop, so why don’t you come with us to the city, so that you don’t have to run around all day.”
Kong Qing had been thinking about this for a few days, and he had already felt that it was not right to take 20% of the profits for nothing, so it would be unbecoming if he didn’t go over there again.
“That’s fine, I’ll go into town with you when the rain has completely stopped and buy a small mansion, then I’ll pick up Madam and Xiao Bao.”
“No need to go to that trouble.”
Meng Cheng spoke up from the side, “There are still a few unused houses in the mansion that are always being cleaned, so brother-in-law and second sister can take Little Sister and live in them whenever they want.”
After staying here for so many days in a row, Meng Cheng had become completely familiar with everyone, so he followed Song Wan Yue’s name and called Kong Qing and Gu Wen “Brother-in-law and Second Sister”.
Kong Qing was about to excuses himself, he had the silver in his hand, he could buy it anytime, he didn’t need to live in the Meng family’s house, but Song Wan Yue spoke first, “It’s a deal, cousin, when you go back, tell uncle grandfather, pick one that is close to the workshop.”
“Good.”
Kong Qing could not say anything else.
After another day, the sky cleared completely, and all the people who had been bored in the house for a few days came out in droves to breathe in the fresh air.
Song Lin even came over to the old man with a fishing rod in his hand, excitedly, “Grandfather, go fishing.”
The old gentleman looked at Song Wangyue.
Although it was agreed that they would leave when the rain stopped, it was already afternoon and the road was slippery and not easy to walk on, so they might as well stay another night.
Reading the meaning in his eyes, Song Wangyue cried and laughed, “It just rained, the shore must be slippery ……”
Before she could finish her words of instruction, she was interrupted by Song Lin, “Don’t worry Yue’er, we will be careful and we will stay away from the river.”
The old man nodded his head like a child in agreement.
Song Wan Yue held her forehead.
When the old gentleman saw that there was a door, he immediately gave Song Lin a wink, who gave Xu Liang his fishing rod and helped him out, “Yue’er, let’s catch some big ones, and you can cook us boiled fish for dinner tonight.”
With those words, the two had already left the door. Song Wan Yue had no choice but to instruct Xu Liang to follow the two of them, and asked Kong Qing to send a few subordinates to follow.
After arranging all this, she looked at Meng Cheng, “Cousin, let’s also go out for a walk.”
Kong Qing happened to be carrying Little Treasure and when he heard her words, he said, “I’ll take you there.”
“Sure.”
Song Wangyue went forward to pick up Xiao Bao.
The road outside was slippery, and Kong Qing didn’t want her to hold it, but Xiao Bao had already opened her little hands and leaned her body over, so Kong Qing could only give Song Wan Yue, and Meng Cheng a left and a right to protect her side, to come outside.
They were the only family at the foot of the hill, but there were quite a few roads leading to the top and far away, and Kong Qing led them slowly along the most polished one, pointing to the far side, “That’s the closest family to us.”
Song Wan Yue looked over, it was three or four miles, thinking that when Gu Yi had chosen this place for them, he should have thought that they would be isolated from the world and not hear news from outside.
“When we first came here, your second sister and I were very uncomfortable and couldn’t sleep at night. At that time, we thought of going to the city to buy a mansion, but out of nowhere, a person appeared, saying that it was for our own good to let us live here, and that once we lived in the city, we would be in danger.”
A man came out of nowhere?
Song Wangyue’s heart fluttered.
Thinking of the anger and repression of those days, Kong Qing exhaled a deep breath, “It’s also fortunate that we didn’t go to live in the city.”
If we had gone we would surely have heard the news of the Gu family’s extermination, and even if we had lost our lives, Wen’er would have found a way to go back.
“All over ……”
The words were not finished when Song Wangyue suddenly slipped and her body fell to the side, and the little treasure in her arms also “flew” out.
The two men, Kong Qing and Meng Cheng, who were following her, were shocked and one reached out to save the child and the other to help her.
But Xiao Bao flew out so fast that Kong Qing was a step behind. As he watched Xiao Bao plummet to the ground, a figure appeared out of nowhere and swept up in front of them.
Before he could touch Little Treasure, Song Wangyue had already taken Little Treasure back into her arms.
The man was stunned and instantly realised what was going on, and twisted around and swept up the hill.
Song Wangyue shoved Xiao Bao into Kong Qing’s arms and leapt up to chase after him.
Kong Qing looked dumbfounded at the two figures who were getting farther and farther away, unable to react, but subconsciously hugged Xiao Bao tightly.
Meng Cheng reacted and immediately chased after them, but he did not know martial arts and the mountain road was slippery, so he lost sight of them after a short distance.
“Stop!”
Halfway up the mountain, Song Wangyue spoke out.
The man in front seemed to hesitate, there was a momentary pause in his feet, but it was only a moment, after which he rose and leapt even faster.
But Song Wan Yue stopped chasing, stopped where she was, and her eerie voice clearly reached the ears of the person in front of her, “If you run again, when I see Chu Yun Xiao, I will settle this score on him.”
The man in front of him landed right on the tip of a tree and almost fell down as his feet weakened at his words.