Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 172 Xuanyuan Hidden Clan (6)

"Yes, it’s said that the authorities are very angry. The water in the town still hasn’t been drained," Yi sighed and shook his head.

"How can they not be angry? The flood has lasted for two days and instead of receding, it’s still rising," Bing also said with regret.

Yingsu could hardly believe that an entire town’s people could just disappear like this?

"The water hasn’t receded in two days? And it’s still rising? That’s incredible," Baihe muttered to herself, puzzled. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Yes, even if the water flows slowly, it should still drain away!" Yingsu agreed.

Nangong Xiu and Qiu Yuquan paused with their teacups in hand, then their eyes slid towards Feng Xuxu, curious what she would say.

Feng Xuxu shook her head and said, "If the water hasn’t receded in two days, it must still be raining heavily, or perhaps it’s raining upstream. Moreover, it’s probably also raining downstream. If no measures are taken, there’s a high possibility that the water will flow away."

"Then just block it off!" Baihe exclaimed with wide eyes.

Feng Xuxu only shook her head and picked up a cup. After pouring it full of water, she continued to pour, and Baihe frowned, "Miss, it’s already full, why do you keep pouring?"

"How do you stop the water from flowing out of this cup?" Feng Xuxu asked, shaking her head with a smile.

"Then... then what do we do, keep things as they are?" Baihe looked sad. The common people were innocent—was there really no solution to such a natural disaster?

Seeing Baihe distressed, [she] sighed and said, "Actually, there is a way, but it’s hard to implement and will take a long time."

"What is it, Miss?" Her eyes suddenly filled with hope as she looked towards her mistress.

"It’s better to dredge than to block." For the time being, it was difficult to explain clearly, so she could only tell Baihe this profound truth.

Seeing that her mistress would not continue, Baihe nodded and drank the already full cup of tea.

"The food is here, please enjoy your meal." The master and servants each harbored their own thoughts as they had lunch, and in the afternoon, they felt too disheartened to do anything and decided to return home.

"Xiu, this Feng Xuxu is no ordinary person," Qiu Yuquan remarked, watching the diminishing figure as she spoke.

"Everyone in the main hall is discussing the flood control issue. Who would have thought that she would hit the nail on the head," It was a pity that she didn’t finish explaining how exactly ’it’s better to dredge than to block.’

"Yes." The two fell silent for a while before returning to their respective homes.

Ever since she heard in the restaurant that an entire village had been submerged by the flood, the image haunted her mind. After much thought, she picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Xiao Chen about waterway management, including diagrams. Then, she wrote another letter to her elder brother, asking the villa in their name to send a hundred thousand dan of grain to the affected area and requesting the escort bureau to transport it. This was all she could do.

"Yingsu, take these two letters to Xiao Chen and my brother," she instructed.

"Yes, Miss," Yingsu stood up, went outside, and whistled. Someone emerged from the shadows to receive the letters, and only then did Yingsu return inside.

The night seemed especially long. After securing the door, she flashed into her space.

She took off her clothes and soaked in the hot spring for a while. Then, dressed again, she began to train fervently in her space. Xiaobai lay on the side, watching his sister and occasionally throwing fruits or leaves towards her. Feng Xuxu deftly blocked Xiaobai’s throws with the petals in her hand while continuing her practice, until, exhausted, she collapsed to the ground amidst the fruit split in halves or more around her.

"Sister, with your current pace, in another year and a half, you’ll probably become a top-notch expert," Xiaobai said, bringing a basket of fruit and placing it beside his sister.

Feng Xuxu picked a fruit from the basket and sat on the ground eating. After finishing, she felt her strength return.