So, the crowd made an opening to let Li Zheng, Yang Ruoqing and others in.

Li Zheng glanced at the pond and then looked around.

"What are you all doing here?" he asked loudly.

Then, Li Zheng's son Wang Liang, Brother Baozi in the transportation team, squeezed through the crowd.

"Dad, Brother Baozhu's wife fell into this pond. Fortunately, someone was there to pull her up, otherwise she would have drowned!" Wang Liang said.

Li Zheng frowned when he heard this.

"How are you doing now? Are you okay?" he asked.

Wang Liang said: "She is fine, but she was very frightened. Brother Baozhu took her back to the tent, and my mother and the others followed her to take care of her."

Li Zheng nodded, "As long as everything is fine!"

He raised his eyes and glanced at the people who had not dispersed by the pond: "Everyone is fine, why are you still hanging around here? Aren't you afraid of falling down again later?"

Some people in the crowd immediately launched a counterattack against Li Zheng's words.

"Li Zheng, you can't say such nonsense!"

"Perhaps Baozhu's daughter-in-law fell into the water, which was a punishment from the gods!" the man said.

Li Zheng's face darkened and he glared at the man: "What punishment? Don't talk nonsense."

The man said seriously: "I'm not talking nonsense. You dug the canal and found the sacred stone."

"That means you can't dig the canal. If you dig it, you will offend God, and God will let the gods punish us. That's what everyone says..."

"It's all nonsense!"

Li Zheng shouted, clasping his hands behind his back, showing the majestic air he had been doing for many years.

"It has been raining heavily for so long. The stones beside the pond have become loose and the soil has become slippery."

"If you can't walk well, let alone Baozhu's daughter-in-law, even we men will fall into the water. It's not surprising," Li Zheng said.

"Fortunately, everyone is fine, so it's fine now. Stop talking nonsense and yelling. Go and do what you have to do. Let's all disperse!"

Li Zheng waved his hand and sent everyone away.

After everyone had dispersed, Li Zheng's majestic aura was gone, and was replaced by a worried look on his face.

"Qing'er, what do you think about this matter?"

He turned around and asked Yang Ruoqing behind him.

Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment.

Seeing Li Zheng's appearance, she immediately understood that his majestic and unswerving look just now was forced out.

In fact, he also had the same worries and speculations as these villagers.

Yang Ruoqing raised her lips and smiled: "In such a big village with such a large population, it's normal for things to bump into each other."

"Uncle Li Zheng, let's calm down," she said.

Li Zheng nodded: "Okay, then I'll do my thing first and talk to the villagers so that they don't panic."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Uncle Li Zheng also issued an order not to allow the villagers to return to the village casually. Those houses have been flooded. I am worried that there will be danger!"

Li Zhengdao: "Well, I'll take care of this!"

Yang Ruoqing said: "Then thank you for your hard work, Uncle Lizheng. I'm going to see how Brother Baozhu and his wife are doing."

Let's part ways for now.

Yang Ruoqing came to the Tutu Temple at the south end of the village.

Although the water level in the village has receded a lot, villagers can go back to the village during the day to look for things at home.

However, no one could live in the house, so they still lived in the Tutu Temple area.

When Yang Ruoqing came to the Tutu Temple, she could find Baozhu's tent at a glance without having to look for it.

Why?

Because there was also a circle of women surrounding his tent.

Yang Ruoqing came over quickly and noticed at a glance that Mrs. Liu was among these women.

Mrs. Liu was talking about this matter with a few women nearby. She was very excited, salivating, and dancing.

Seeing Yang Ruoqing approaching, Mrs. Liu quickly shut up and hid behind the crowd.

Trying to avoid Yang Ruoqing's sight.

But a few women next to her were listening with interest, and were still asking Ms. Liu, asking her to continue.

Ms. Liu shook her head and gritted her teeth tightly without making a sound.

Here, Yang Ruoqing cast a warning glance at Ms. Liu and then went straight into the tent.

Inside the tent, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun were also there.

He was sitting by the shop on the ground, feeding Baozhu's wife hot soup.

Brothers Baozhu and Yuzhu stood aside.

Seeing Yang Ruoqing come in, Baozhu raised his eyes towards Yang Ruoqing and said, "Qing'er, why are you here too?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "When I came back from the He River Canal, I heard that my sister-in-law fell into the pond. I was worried. Come and have a look."

"Brother Baozhu, how are you doing, sister-in-law?"

she asked again.

Baozhu looked scared, but when faced with Yang Ruoqing's question, he forced out a smile.

"Fortunately, I pulled her in time, so I escaped death. Don't worry, Qing'er, your sister-in-law is fine."

Yang Ruoqing nodded and went straight to the bunk here.

Baozhu's daughter-in-law was sitting there, taking mouthfuls of the fish soup that Sun brought to her mouth.

The woman's face was very pale, her fingers were resting on her knees, and she could not help but tremble slightly.

Yang Ruoqing knelt down and said, "Sister-in-law, are you okay? If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, tell us!"

Baozhu's wife heard the sound and turned her head towards Yang Ruoqing.

She nodded: "Your mother was kind enough to bring me hot soup to calm down... my shock."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Drink more hot soup to dispel the cold in the body."

Then, she did not disturb Baozhu's daughter-in-law anymore, and squatted aside patiently waiting for Mrs. Sun to feed Baozhu's daughter-in-law the bowl of hot soup.

After the bowl of soup reached the bottom, Baozhu's wife's face finally gained a trace of human color, and her hands stopped shaking.

Mrs. Sun stepped aside, knowing that Yang Ruoqing had something to ask Baozhu's wife.

Here, Yang Ruoqing asked Baozhu's wife: "Sister-in-law, can you tell me how you fell into that pond?"

When asked about this, Baozhu's wife recalled the terrible experience of struggling in the water before, and showed a bit of fear, not wanting to say anything.

Upon seeing this, Baozhu came over and knelt down next to his wife.

He raised his hands and gently held the woman's trembling shoulders, and coaxed in a soft voice: "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine now."

"Tell Qing'er how you fell in."

"People outside are saying it's a punishment from the gods right now. We don't believe that. Tell the truth so that everyone won't panic. Obey!"

After hearing Baozhu's advice, Baozhu's wife nodded.

She raised her eyes and looked at Yang Ruoqing and said, "I slipped down accidentally."

Baozhu's wife told Yang Ruoqing and Baozhu in detail how she slipped into the water.

Yang Ruoqing sorted it out for her. The general situation should be as follows:

The woman went to the pond to wash her clothes and saw a chopstick-long crucian carp swimming in front of her.

The woman is happy.

Now that my daughter is weaned, it is time to start eating rice soup and noodle soup.

But when it was flooded, two small half bags of rice and noodles were taken out, so they had to eat quickly.
Chapter completed!