August 27, afternoon.
The Yuzhou Meteorological Bureau issued an orange weather alert. From tonight through the 28th, there would be torrential to extremely heavy rain. Residents were urged to take precautions and stay safe while traveling.
Xue Yuantong was tidying the beds inside. Beneath her own bed, she had placed a bed board with a bamboo mat on top, making sure it was the right size.
According to Jiang Ning's prediction, tonight's rainstorm would be especially severe. The intense rainfall would cause water levels in every body of water to rise dramatically.
Thanks to Yuzhou's geography, while the rain would be heavy, it would fall far short of becoming a flood. It would not wash away houses or destroy farmland.
Basically, there was a "big flood" every summer, and many rural people were used to it.
A "big flood" was the perfect time to catch fish, so Xue Yuantong had notified Bai Yuxia, who sat in front of her, as well as Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing in advance.
The three girls decided to come play at the River Dam.
Xue Yuantong decided to demonstrate how to catch fish for the three girls in her capacity as a master rural fisher.
Unfortunately, Chu Chu was not around. After pulling up peanuts in the village, she had started threshing them.
Xue Yuantong clapped her hands. "Put it away."
With a slight lift from Jiang Ning, the bed board stood upright.
Xue Yuantong walked into the courtyard outside and looked up at the sky. It was gloomy, and the clouds were frighteningly black, as though they might spill downward. The colors between heaven and earth seemed to have been drained away, leaving everything bleak and monotonous.
There was not even a trace of wind. The air was thick, as though it had