They kept at this until the sun rose and the water receded before going home. After this cataclysm, the homes were pretty much ruined. Only the inner layers of woven bamboo in the walls of the houses were left intact, the earthen coating washed clean away by the floodwaters.
經過這場浩劫，家園可說全毀了，每戶牆面只剩下內層竹子編的部分，外敷的泥土則被洪水沖得乾乾淨淨。