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Everyone disregarded the pouring rain and ran out of their houses, "Has the levee broken? Has it really broken?"
Two yamen runners rode on a single horse, clanging a copper gong, running through the entire village. When they saw villagers asking, they just loudly replied, "The river water level has risen! You can touch it with an outstretched hand, and the levee could break at any moment. Hurry to higher ground!"
The people who ran out all cried upon hearing this.
"It's a disaster! It's raining everywhere, where can we hide?"
"Do they want us dead? Once the levee breaks, our houses may be washed away, our homes gone, how can we live then?"
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That said, the villagers were still frantically running back to their houses to pack up and leave.
Madam Liu also turned and ran back inside, urgently saying, "Mother, the yamen runners said the river is too full and could break its banks at any time, asking us to take refuge on higher ground. Let's hurry to the mountain!"
