The rice fields of the Laku production team... were almost destroyed.

Thousands of kilograms of dead wood, big trees, and thousands of kilograms of boulders were swept down by powerful flash floods with thundering force.

Wherever the torrent passed, not a single blade of grass grew. No animals or crops remained.

Luo Xuan was pushing his handcart through the rice fields in the valley.

But I didn't see what I imagined: there were no people beating their chests, crying, or wailing beside the rice fields.

Except for the roaring flood, everything was calm.

At this time, there were only a few villagers wearing bamboo hats and bare feet.

On the slope, check the damage to your rice fields from a distance.

The hookahs in their hands were still smoking. The fleas on the mountain residents were still crawling in and out wantonly.

The faces of these people were like carved wood and clay sculptures, expressionless.

In contrast,

There were quite a few young boys and girls in the village playing and playing beside the rolling torrent, busy catching crabs and fish and shrimps.

This kind of fish is mixed with so much sediment that even a 2-foot-long carp cannot withstand the impact of the sediment during a flash flood.

They were also washed up so dizzy that they could only float in Huishui Bay or linger in the shallows.

This gave the young men and girls in the village some unexpected joy.

Everyone was excited and busy catching fish, playing in the water, picking up pieces of cloth, clothes, etc. in the mud...

Hear them laugh happily.

Luo Xuan couldn't help but shake his head, he really couldn't use words to comment on what they did.

I wonder if they, who are so happy at this moment, would have thought that in the coming days, their family would have to run out of food?

but,

It seems that this is not something they should worry about.

People in the village have a relatively loose family organization.

Most adults don't care about children eating, especially the girls in the family, who grow wild and develop freely.

Anyway,

As long as there is food at home, the mother-in-law will cook a pot of rice and eat it when it is ready...

They definitely don't have the habit of waiting for the whole family to get together before eating together.

If there is extra after cooking, put it there.

If you want to eat, come back and scoop it up.

If you're lucky, there will be some wild vegetables stewed in the pot. Maybe 2 or 3 pieces of air-dried pheasant meat or field mouse meat are chopped into it.

Or python meat, snails, etc.

If the children at home have finished eating when they come back...then think of a way to go up the mountain to find something and fill your belly!

Anyway, the adults at home usually don't care whether their children have food or not...

Luo Xuan looked at the messy rice fields, pushed the cart and prepared to go home.

"Luo Xuantong, comrade... do you want to get a wife?"

At this time, I was sitting on the slope, smoking a hookah.

The man looked helplessly at the rice fields destroyed by floods in the ravine.

Turns out he is Nami’s father.

It's just that he was wearing a hat before, and the wide brim of the hat covered his face.

Before Luo Xuan recognized this person, he came to the friend who once blackmailed him for 15 yuan.

Luo Xuan ignored him and continued to push the cart toward the production team.

"What you are pushing in your cart is grain...yo, there are so many good things?"

Nami's father stood up and approached the trolley with a smile on his face.

His eyes were full of greed, "The enamel basin, the towel...that red and green jar...is this a can?"

I saw it in a store on the street...the salesperson wouldn't let me touch it, saying that I couldn't afford it anyway..."

Luo Xuan sighed, "Just look, can you please stop moving your hands and feet? Why don't you look at how dark it is between your nails?"

Nami's father chuckled, "It's okay. This tin can won't get dirty even if you touch it."

"So much cloth?"

Nami's father continued to rummage through the pile of sacks containing grain, "A whole piece of cloth? Tsk, tsk, tsk, how many pigs do you have to buy to buy so much cloth?"

Luo Xuan pushed the cart on the muddy path, but he couldn't go very fast.

"A piece of cloth, take Nami away."

Nami's father laughed and said, "We also follow the rules of you mainlanders.

My family doesn’t want you either, you’ve been here to help with the work for four years...Give me this piece of cloth, Nami, and I’ll bring it to you in a moment, how about it?”

Luo Xuan replied, "It's not about singing songs from whichever mountain you go to.

Last time you asked me for money, you said that when I arrived at your Laku Village, I had to follow your rules?"

"The rules are dead, but people are alive!"

Nami's father smiled and said, "A piece of cloth can be exchanged for a very diligent girl... Nami actually doesn't eat much, so it's a good deal for you."

Luo Xuan said, "Put down my cloth quickly. You don't even look at your body. Now you are covered in mud and water."

What have you dyed the cloth into for me?"

Nami's father chuckled, "How about half a piece of cloth?"

Luo Xuan gritted his teeth, "If you don't let go, I will throw you into the paddy field!"

"Don't be like this, hehe, there are so many..."

Nami's father said and opened his arms.

Prepare to figure out how much cloth you can get as a gift to marry his daughter Nami back home.

More appropriate.

This is also a guy who is not full of brains!

As soon as he let go, the piece of cloth suddenly fell from his arms into the muddy water...

Luo Xuan's quick eyes and quick hands are a shame!

As soon as one end of the fabric fell to the ground, quickly put down the cart and pick up the fabric!

"roll!"

Holding the fabric in his hand, Luo Xuan raised his leg and kicked...

With a "pop" sound, Nami's father flew backwards a few meters away and plunged into the slope of the road.

"Gululu" rolled a few times and suddenly fell into the rice fields below the slope...

"Hey, Luo Xuan, don't leave. Let's discuss it again. Why don't you give me 30 yuan... Hey, hey, hey, don't go!"

In the rice fields, there is mud as high as the rice seedlings.

Nami's father was deeply trapped in it, and for a while, it was really difficult to struggle out.

He was so anxious that he yelled in the mud, "Hey, hey, hey, are you still short of workers over there?

I'll ask Nami to come over in the afternoon and help you with some work... Oh, don't leave.

Nami's injuries are basically healed now. She can't do heavy work, but she can help you chop banana cores and boil swill to feed the pigs..."

Luo Xuan pushed the trolley and left, ignoring what Nami's father was saying.

You can't be too polite to this kind of person!

A guy who likes to rub his nose and face.

If Nami's father met him when they were not familiar with him at the beginning, Nami's father would be timid and introverted.

But after getting familiar with him, Nami's father, he would deliberately look carefree, as if he was very familiar with her.

He actually did this for a purpose:

I just want to see what goodies there are when I come to visit my family.

After chatting for a few words in the end, he will easily get what he has set his sights on in advance.

Many people in the village actually have this problem...especially those old women who are already married.

Don't dare to get too familiar with them!

Otherwise, when it's time for dinner, these people will definitely come to visit us.
To be continued...