Chapter Eighty-Seven: Escape
… Tears and Cao Tu They also realized the danger, Fang Mingzhi pulled Feng Qianke with one hand and let Zhao Ya, beckoned Liu Yong and a few of them to follow, and quickly walked towards the direction of the river embankment This river is full of large and small stones. You won't be able to run at all, and if you're not careful, you might get your foot down, which will undoubtedly be more troublesome. So while walking, Fang Mingyuan told everyone: "Don't worry! Watch the landing point under your feet, don't stumble on your feet. Feel relieved! We have enough time! "With him, go ahead. Everyone's walking speed was suppressed by him, so although several people were flustered, they were not flustered.
But Cao Hu and the others are different, although Cao Hu and Li Yuxin don't know how dangerous they are. But Luo Yuzhong and a few of them know that there will be news that someone will be washed away every few years, although not every one of them will die, but this is terrifying enough for these two or three teenagers and girls. Especially when they think of their parents' repeated warnings to be careful, and even the tragic images of people who have died from drowning, they are even more panicked. Everyone scrambled for fear that the raging river would suddenly wash itself away.
So. Among these people, there were quickly divided into several boys, Luo Yuzhong. Relying on his agility and neatness, he walked in front. And Li Yuxin and the three girls are lagging behind.
The river is rising fast, although they are moving in the direction where the embankment is located. But it was not much faster than the river water, which was still relatively clear, but now it had become slightly turbid. The stream, which is less than half a meter wide, has become a small river more than three meters wide. It's just that at this time, the boys and girls have no intention of enjoying the coolness of the river, and like frightened little beasts, they are jumping and running towards the river embankment.
"Don't run so fast. In case you get your feet..."Fang Mingyuan's voice of reminder was not finished, and a coquettish cry had already come from Cao Hu's others, and a girl was panicked. As soon as he stepped into the air, he stepped into a puddle of water, splashing countless waters.
Everyone was shocked, and their steps were slow, and then they saw the girl take two more steps forward. Only then did everyone put their minds at ease.
"My shoes, Wu's shoes are stuck in the mud!" The girl screamed. She turned back and looked for her shoes in the puddle.
Luo Yu's steps slowed slightly. Cao Hu glanced back, and the river continued to rise. A girl who fell in Zuihou, the river has reached her ankles, if the river continues to rise, without the river, they can't see the bottom of the water, and it will be more and more difficult to walk. He shouted loudly: "Don't look for shoes, is it shoes that matter or life that matters!" ”
"You're right. There are no shoes. She's even harder to walk on this river! Li Yuxin scolded while turning back to help the girl find her shoes.
"Oops, when has this been, do you still care about a shoe!" Fang Mingyuan saw it clearly, and couldn't help but pause. There is also a process for the release of water from this reservoir, don't look at the current river water rising fast, but it is still gentle. But when you go to the back, it's a veritable torrent. Not to mention a few teenagers and girls. Even adults, in such water, it is difficult to say whether they can zhanzhu heels or not. And sometimes some dead branches and tree trunks will be rolled down in the water flow, and the impact force can be imagined along the water potential. Although I don't know what the current situation of the reservoir in the upper reaches is, if it is only released on a small scale, with the wide channel of the Liuchuan River, it may not be able to raise any big waves. However, if heavy rain falls upstream, the water level of the reservoir is close to the warning level. Then the water potential is not small!
In fact, Fang Mingyuan's guess was not wrong at all, although it has not rained much in Weinan Region and Pingchuan County these days, but Huangchuan and its upstream areas have had several heavy rains in a row, and the result is that the reservoir on the Liuchuan River is close to the warning water level. And with the arrival of June and July, the entire Qinxi Province will enter the rainy season, so the reservoir does not dare to take risks, so it can only open the gate to release water.
"Dolls! Hurry up, the reservoir is releasing water! "At this time. At some point, there were a few more peasants on the embankment, standing there shouting loudly.
The more they urged, Li Yuxin and that. The more the girl's heart fluttered, and she finally found her shoes, but she fell into the mud and couldn't pull them up for a while. By this time, the river had overflowed the middle of the legs of the two men.
"Don't pull it out. Let's go! At this time, Li Yuxin also realized that if she delayed any longer, she might be in danger. Forcibly pulled the girl to the shore. It's just that this girl has one foot high and one foot low, and she can't see the situation under the water, and she walks even more crookedly, and it seems that she may fall at any time.
Cao Hu and Luo Yuzhong. At this time, it has jumped up the river embankment. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart was relieved. Looking back, most of the river channel tens of meters wide has been flooded with water at this time, and the river surface is still widening. Obviously, there will be more water potential to come.
Fang Mingyuan and his party also walked to a place less than one meter away from the river embankment at this time, and the rest of the section was six: two and ten, fortunately, the river ring did not overflow here. Grow old with Ganli": how much effort.
"Hurry up! Don't come along! I'll finish them off! Fang Mingyuan let go of his hand, pushed the two girls onto the muddy ground, turned around and moved closer to Li Yuxin and the others along the root of the river embankment.
"Brother Mingyuan, you have to be careful!" Zhao Ya and Feng Qian shouted in unison.
"Hurry up! Don't wait for the water to come, I'll follow Brother Mingyuan to take a look! Liu Yong also let go of the others, urging them to hurry up to the embankment, and he followed behind Fang Mingyuan.
The speed of the river is getting faster and faster, and in a blink of an eye, it has already passed Li Yuxin's calf, and the two of them are even more difficult to walk in the water, during which the girl almost fell, although she did not fall, but it made both of their clothes half wet.
Seeing that the water was rising so fiercely, the girl was already so frightened that her face changed color, and her tears kept falling.
"Hold on, Fang Mingyuan, they're here to pick us up!" Li Yuxin, whose face was pale, could still maintain basic composure, but the trembling voice exposed the panic in her heart.
Not only Fang Mingyuan and Liu Yong, but among the peasant families standing on the embankment, there was also a young man who saw that the situation was not good, jumped off the embankment, and rushed over with Fang Mingyuan and them.
When the three of them joined Li Yuxin and the others, the river was already up to the knees of the two women.
"I'm carrying her, and you two are carrying the other!" The young man turned around and lifted the shoeless girl on his back, he was tall, and the river was just past the middle of his calf. The left hand turned around to support the girl's leg. Then he stretched out his right hand and pressed Fang Mingyuan's shoulder. "Try not to elevate your legs. Step by step in the water, remember, be sure to hold your center of gravity! Fang Mingyuan and Liu Yong put Li Yuxin in the middle, left and right, and the five of them walked towards the river embankment with water.
Li Yuxin didn't have the drag of that girl, and Fang Mingyuan and Liu Yong helped each other left and right, and the speed immediately increased a lot, and finally caught up with the river embankment before the big water came.
Not long after, the water rushed downstream. The water that submerged the entire river was muddy, and there was a lot of dead branches and debris in the process. Fang Mingyuan even saw that several whirlpools appeared in the river. A rough estimate. The deepest part of this river must have passed through them. Even the shallowest embankment is the deepest for them.
"Big brother, thank you so much!" Fang Mingyuan thanked the young man repeatedly. If he hadn't helped. It's up to himself and Liu Yong. Although it should be possible to save the two girls, it is not like this.
"Nothing, nothing, how can I see death and not save me?" The young man who was pulling up his wet trouser legs raised his head, and only then did Fang Mingyuan notice that he looked like he was in his twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked very honest. It's a bit typical of the appearance of a peasant family on the Loess Plateau.
He waved his hand and continued, "Well, you'd better not come to this river this summer." It's not raining here, but who knows if it's raining up there? How dangerous it would be if the reservoir released water like today! It's not easy for your parents to pull you so big, you have to pay more attention to safety in the future, after all, I met today. What if you don't? ”
"Big brother is right, we must pay attention to safety in the future!" Fang Mingyuan thanked sincerely. He dug into his pocket, and there were still dozens of dollars in it. Seeing him digging into his pocket, Zhao Ya and Feng Qian also consciously rummaged through their pockets there.
"Don't don't, I don't expect this to make money!" The young man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If I take your money, the nature of this matter will change." I'm here to help you because I think you're dangerous, but it's nothing to me. But this discussion of money, isn't it my taking advantage of others! ”
At this time, Li Yuxin and the girl's faces also eased a little, and they supported each other to thank the young man.
"I said, baby, can this shoe be bought with money, and can this life be bought with money? Later, "Bah, bah, ah" You know what I mean? The young man's words caused the two girls to laugh as well.
The young man glanced at Cao Hu and the others, and snorted coldly with disdain.
"Since the eldest brother doesn't want money, he has to leave a name!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile.
The young man put the farm tools back on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "I don't expect you to send any pennants, and I don't want to receive your parents in the future, so ah, let's leave it at that!" You babies, in the future, you will be able to pay more attention to safety and grow up peacefully, even if I am not busy today. He chased after his companions, who had left, down the river.