Seeing that this crowd was seriously preparing to move the cattle out of the ranch, Yan Fei felt overwhelmed.
As he pondered the situation, he heard someone on the bridge shouting, "The water level is rising again! Just a while ago, it had risen by a foot..."
There was a unique custom in Sancha River town. Every summer, people would gather by the riverbank to monitor the water level, whether there was cause for concern or not.
Whenever there was heavy rainfall upstream during summer, the water level would rise, and panic would spread throughout the town. This would mean that floodwaters could pour into the town at any moment, necessitating the immediate blocking of the main road leading to the village entrance, or else the town would be flooded.
This was part of the reason why this area still had its entire city wall intact. Without these walls, any rise in the river water level could easily flood the town.
