Chapter 021: Returning home
Oh, by the way, isn't there a book?
Suddenly, Tian Tian remembered that when he had a magazine, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
So, she pulled out two random magazines from the stack of magazines in the drawer.
In fact, she has read all these magazines, but it doesn't hurt to read them again. The right to learn from the past is new!
Besides, it's better than sitting stupidly! It's better than listening to the terrible "symphony" of thunder and lightning.
Ignoring what is going on outside the window and reading only the magazines can at least reduce some fear.
Tian Tian used Ah Q's spiritual victory method to numb herself and excite herself like this, in fact, even she felt funny.
At noon, her stomach began to make a fuss again, so she opened up to cook, but when she put the washed rice into the rice cooker and pressed the power button, she found that the light was not on.
She was puzzled and thought the rice cooker was broken.
So, she pulled the rope of the kitchen lamp respectively, and when she saw that the light was not on, she turned around and pulled the switch rope of the living room, but there was no movement. That's when she suddenly discovered that there was a power outage.
I had no choice but to eat instant noodles. After all, there was no grain of rice in the morning, and now, if you don't eat it again, you will faint from hunger.
The raging typhoon blew for a whole day before he reluctantly left, and at the same time, the torrential rain also fell for a day, of course, Tian Tian was also forced to be helpless to go out of the door all day.
Fortunately, at about seven o'clock in the evening, the electricity suddenly came.
Oh! That's great! I thought it was going to be dark tonight.
She's worried and overwhelmed.
At night, seeing that the thunder and lightning were fading away, the rumbling sound was getting quieter and quieter, because she hadn't watched TV for a whole day, so she couldn't wait to press the power and sit in front of the TV, quietly waiting for the picture to appear.
Oh my God, the images on TV are devastating!
I saw that some of the big trees were cut off by the waist and lay on the road in all directions, and some simply smashed on the vans under the trees; the tall and large cement telephone poles and the messy and tangled electric wires were also lying in the middle of the road at will; billboards and neon signs were scattered and fell on the streets; many garages were flooded with water, and none of the cars inside were spared from being soaked; the originally clean and tidy carriages were full of dirty garbage and silt, and the faces of the car owners were full of helplessness and distress; the roofs of the vegetable farmers' simple sheds were also ruthlessly blown away; the carports were all blown to shreds, and the bicycles inside were lying crooked in a muddy ocean, only the corner of the faucet is slightly exposed to be faintly recognized......
Oh my God! This typhoon is terrible!
Seeing this, Tian Tian couldn't help but scream in amazement.
The news was full of reports of typhoons in which pigs were swept away, trucks were blown on their sides by the wind, mudslides or floods broke out in some places, and many houses collapsed or were buried...... The pictures are too shocking, and I feel deeply sad and sorry across the screen.
At this time, Tian Tian suddenly thought of the little beggar who was begging on the overpass.
Today, when the wind was blowing and the rain was pouring down, where was he sheltering?
The next morning, the sky finally cleared.
Tian Tian decided to drop everything and go to find the child first to verify who he was, so that she could be sure in her heart.
On the streets, sanitation workers are still clearing the road from various obstacles.
A tree thicker than a basin lay in the middle of the road, blocking the road tightly. Unfortunately, it didn't fall against the floor, but hung more than a foot above the ground.
It's embarrassing, are people going to jump over it? It's obviously too high, but are you going to get under the tree? It's too short.
Therefore, even if people walk, they must carefully move their hands and feet step by step.
However, perhaps the bark of the tree that had been soaked by the rain was so slippery that it was easy to slip when stepping on it, so from time to time, someone frequently slipped under his feet, stumbled, and almost fell down, and for a while, screamed again and again.
Of course, there are also unfortunate people who really fall on their backs and are embarrassed. For example, the girl in a red dress with high heels and curly hair.
Lo and behold, she got up and sat on the ground, and the tears of sadness and grievance scrambled down from her eyes like beads of broken thread.
Her companion, who had come first, immediately ran over to her and asked her if she was okay, and she shook her head with tears in her eyes, so her companion helped her up, and then, turning around, took a few steps forward, bent down, and picked up the two high-heeled sandals scattered on the ground one by one.
In this way, the companion carried the sandals in one hand and the girl in red who had fallen in the other.
The male sanitation workers bent down and pulled the big saws to cut the wood into sections so that they could be moved, or carried the wood one by one to the tractor on the side, while the female sanitation workers either cut off the branches of the trees with knives or tied the branches with bamboo strips and put them aside.
Seeing that most people were recruited one after another, Tian Tian was also at the bottom of his heart, and he was very worried. However, since there are lessons from the past, we can only adhere to the principle of "be careful, be careful, be careful".
So, she jumped over the tall and abrupt branches, and slowly crawled over the trunk with both hands, of course, it must have looked very funny, but she couldn't care about it so much, safety was important.
Finally, she managed to overcome the obstacles.
She couldn't help but look back and smile disheartenedly as she patted the filth on her hands.
There was still a thick layer of sand and rubbish to be cleaned up, and although she stood on tiptoe and walked on thin ice, the sandals were inevitably filled with mud and sand.
However, once there was mud and water in the shoes, it became even more slippery, and the feet kept jumping forward, and the five toes had completely broken out of the soles.
There is no doubt that this is extremely uncomfortable, and at the same time, the shoes are also very easy to break. Therefore, she tried to wash her feet and shoes, but she looked around and found no clean water or taps.
Finally, Tian Tian came to the bus stop with difficulty.
However, after waiting for a long time and not seeing a bus coming, she couldn't help but be suspicious.
Just when she was extremely puzzled and irritable, an old man who was exercising in the morning passed by, and he said to the people waiting for the bus: "You better go back, don't wait! ”
A guy with a nervous urgency asked, "Why?"
"Because, three kilometers ahead, there was a landslide, and the road was blocked by big stones and dirt, and the news of the bus suspension was still on the radio just now!" said the old man, shaking the radio in his hand, which was slightly bigger than a palm.
Looking at the old man's expression, it doesn't look like a prank or a deception, and besides, people can't lie and deceive a group of passers-by they don't know.
Tian Tian thought like this, so he simply returned the same way.
At this time, the tallest and most difficult tree to climb across the road was finally sawed off by the sanitation workers, leaving a narrow gap so that passers-by could pass through.
It's okay that you don't have to climb up and down anymore.
Long live the sanitation workers! Long live the aunts and uncles! She couldn't help but rejoice and cheer in her heart.
Tian Tian subconsciously glanced at them, only to see that they were still bent over and busy with their own work, their clothes were all soaked, and they were clinging to their backs.
No president, perhaps, will not affect our daily lives, but if there are no sanitation workers in a city, especially on a hot summer day, even if it is a month, a week, or even a day, then the result can be imagined.
Cleaners, this is the lowest level of the profession, and it is also a job that is despised by most people, but, at the same time, it is indispensable.
They are the most amiable and respectable group of people in the world, and we give them the nickname "beauticians of the city".
It is they who take the initiative to go to work at three or four o'clock in the morning, waving a thick broom to sweep one by one; it is they who make the streets and alleys of the city clean and tidy every day, and it is they who let the unsightly and smelly garbage be carried away little by little......
Especially, now that after the typhoon, the storm has cruelly and ruthlessly destroyed the beautiful city pictures they once carefully cared for, how unwilling and distressed they are!
But who knows?
Actually, these people started cleaning up here at 3 a.m. this morning. Now, they've been working straight for more than six hours.
When children are disobedient and bored with school, some parents will yell hysterically: "If you don't study, if you don't study, you will sweep the streets for me in the future." ”
Although the words are vulgar, the meaning is very clear, it is nothing more than to say, if you don't study hard now, you can only be the cleaner with the lowest salary in the future, and no one wants to be the hardest.
Indeed, there is no doubt about the hardships of cleaners, but how many people recognize their hard work?
Who told you that you were uneducated?
Perhaps, some ill-intentioned people are gloating.
Yes, how many people will respect and appreciate a sweeper who lives at the lowest level? Perhaps, they will not pity a conscientious sanitation worker even if they sympathize with a disabled beggar who pretends to have a broken leg.
As a result, there are often news reports of sanitation workers being bullied and humiliated on the streets.
Although the words are vulgar, the meaning is very clear, it is nothing more than to say, if you don't study hard now, you can only be the cleaner with the lowest salary in the future, and no one wants to be the hardest.
Indeed, there is no doubt about the hardships of cleaners, but how many people recognize their hard work?
Who told you that you were uneducated?
Perhaps, some ill-intentioned people are gloating.
Yes, how many people will respect and appreciate a sweeper who lives at the lowest level? Perhaps, they will not pity a conscientious sanitation worker even if they sympathize with a disabled beggar who pretends to have a broken leg.
As a result, there are often news reports of sanitation workers being bullied and humiliated on the streets.