Chapter 004: The Flood
said to leave, Li Zheng watched Fan Shi go to the airport without changing his face, and secretly smacked his tongue in his heart, it was really the young master of a rich family. When they arrived at the airport, it was raining again, and Li Zheng took an umbrella with him, and when he opened it, he realized that there was another person next to him.
"Hey, do you need to ......" As soon as Li Zheng's words fell, Fan Shi quickly drilled over and took his umbrella handle by the way.
Li Zheng's face was a little hot, the last time he played an umbrella with someone was before he died, and now he suddenly held an umbrella with a little boy, and he was actually shy?
However, Fan Shi also took the umbrella, and Li Zheng discovered a fact in hindsight, that is, he was actually half a head shorter than him?!
Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, Fan Shi had already walked out a few steps, and when he saw that he was still standing in place, he could only retreat again, and said with a little helplessness, "Not leaving?"
Li Zheng came back to his senses, glared at him fiercely, and quickly followed.
But in the end, they still returned with a feather, today's ticket is gone, and tomorrow's earliest ticket is also in the afternoon, they bought the ticket and took a taxi back to the city. Li Zheng saw that he didn't explain anything, so he didn't ask too much.
As for whether there are any vacant hotels at the airport, just look at the rows of closed doors. Even the airport runway is waterlogged, and you can still count on the store?
So Fan Shi could only follow Li Zheng's advice and followed him back home. Li Yan thought that his younger brother deliberately didn't wait for him, and when he saw him enter the door, he didn't have a good face, but then he saw Fan Shiye behind him, and he was stunned for a moment before he called someone.
After my mother came over, she saw Li Zheng coming over with a strange boy, and she was subconsciously stunned for a moment before letting them in the door, "Hurry up, why are you stunned, come in!"
"Hello Auntie, I'm ...... At the same table. Fan Shi also glanced at Li Zheng, hesitated, and didn't call his name for a while.
Li Zheng was extremely angry, pulled away Li Yan, who was blocking the way in front, and strode in.
The feud is settled.
Li Yan hooked the corners of his mouth behind him, and it was rare to see his younger brother deflated, and even forgave him for not waiting for him to go home together.
Fan Shi also relied on a face, and he was extremely polite in front of his mother, and before his father came back, he had already mingled with his mother. This kind of Fan Shi is also very strange in Li Zheng's opinion, after all, he thought that Fan Shi was also the cold-hearted and very cunning Sandman.
But in front of his mother, he seems to be a good baby, and even when he helped his mother beat potato skins, he could use it naturally after learning to use potato scratches, and then he successfully received a roll of his mother's eyes.
Li Yan was studying in the bedroom, although their third year of high school was also suspended, there were still a lot of papers in various subjects, Li Zheng helped him calculate, even if he sat motionless and wrote, these papers would have to be written for at least a week.
When Dad came back in the evening, the heavy rain outside had changed from a pouring rain to a heavy rain, and there was water in the corridor, and Dad was full of sadness as soon as he entered the door, even the braised pork stewed potatoes that my mother made specially today, Dad couldn't eat a bowl of rice.
Fan Shi didn't know his father's occupation, thinking that he was worried about this rainstorm, so he took the initiative to say, "Uncle, don't worry, the seventh floor of your house is also relatively high, and it won't be flooded." ”
Li Zheng glanced at him unexpectedly, lowered his head and didn't speak.
Dad knew that this good-looking boy was his youngest son's classmate, and this time he was also going home and was blocked by the rainstorm, so he replied with a smile: "It's not this thing that my uncle is worried about......
Before the words fell, the phone in the living room rang, Li Zheng went over to answer it, and then called his father to answer the phone.
The call was from the unit, and the heavy rain caused the city to waterlog, and what Li Zheng was worried about at the beginning finally happened.
Of course, it's not that the father didn't listen to his youngest son's advice to check the urban drainage system, but after he mentioned this to the superiors, not only did no one pay attention to it, but a group of people were laughing at him, and what did he say about the urban drainage system, how could anyone pay attention to this in this era?
After Dad's proposal was rejected, he also looked for the information left before, and after reading it, he was even more sad, many of the materials in the early years were lost in the relocation, and the plan to recollect it in the later stage was also vetoed by the superiors with no money left. The new director is my father's old boss, and after he came, because he was not a person in his profession, he didn't dare to do it drastically, so he was delayed for so long.
Dad has only been coming to work for a few months, and he doesn't speak strongly, also because he is not studying this major, and no one listens to his advice, from Dad knows that it may cause urban waterlogging to now more than a week, no one realizes the seriousness of the problem, and the call just now is urgent, but it is for Dad to take someone to see the drainage system.
Dad was also in a hurry, and he was about to go out after changing his raincoat and rain boots, but my mother knew the danger of this matter, so she insisted on pulling people to explain constantly, and she couldn't wait to go with her.
Similarly, Li Zheng didn't want his father to go, the things in his previous life were hurdles that he couldn't get over, and if he started over in this life, he had the opportunity to change, and it was impossible for his father to follow the adventure.
He sat on the sofa silently, as if he was making a decision, and when his father impatiently explained to his mother for the third time that it would be fine, Li Zheng suddenly stood up from the sofa and said loudly: "Mom, I'll go with my dad!"
"No way!"
Li Yan stood by the bedroom door and looked at him, his voice unmistakable, "You dare to try?"
"You go back to learn your habits for me!" Li Zheng exploded, pointed at his brother and said angrily: "If you can't get into college, the whole family won't let you go!"
Li Yanwei also knew that the most important thing for him now was to study, but he just couldn't watch his father and younger brother take risks.
Just when everyone was at a stalemate, Fan Shi, who had not spoken, suddenly stood up, "Uncle, let me go with you, I have studied a little bit before, and I can probably help." ”
"No, child, you are a guest at our house, how can you let you go on an adventure with us. Dad smiled a little far-fetched, "You and Li Yan and Li Zheng don't have to go, your uncle can go by himself, and you can do it at home." ”
As soon as the words fell, the room was dark, and it turned out that while they were talking, the power went out in the blink of an eye.
Mom didn't see the panic, and instructed Dad to turn on the flashlight and find a candle, and the dim candlelight in the room stretched the shadows of several people and shone on the wall.
"Be careful on the road, go early and return early. Mom put the candle on the coffee table and said.
"No, I'm going!" Li Zheng's tough attitude made his parents frown, but no matter how his mother gave him a look, he didn't waver in the slightest.
Li Zheng casually wrapped a raincoat, pushed open the door and strode down, his father shouted in the back, and then the light pillar of the flashlight hit his feet, and his forward back was fierce, as if he would not give up if he didn't let him go today.
When he got downstairs, Li Zheng unexpectedly found that Fan Shi also came down, he was wearing Li Yan's raincoat, and the rain boots were also the pair that Li Yan didn't have a chance to wear when he bought them, he looked at him coldly, "What are you doing here?"
"Which sign?Which paper?" Fan Shi was also two steps behind his father, pulling Li Zheng and asking.
Li Zheng couldn't wait to raise his foot and kick him, so he couldn't bear to follow his father quickly, wiped the rain on his face, and complained in a low voice: "Why do you still take him with you?"
The heavy rain was falling urgently, and it hurt a little to hit the raincoat, he didn't hear what his father said, and soon got into the car that came to pick up people from the unit.
The man didn't say much when he saw the two young men who came with him, and at this time, it would be good to have one more person to help.
When they arrived at the scene, the water over there was already enough to overflow the calves, and the rain boots were no longer of much effect, so they followed the leader who kept shouting to check, but they couldn't find the location of the blockage.
Soon another group of people came, among them was an old man of sixty or seventy years old, his gray hair reflected a faint light in the rain, he was wearing an old raincoat, and he was hunched over, looking at the rising rain in front of him, and frowning.
Dad was also curious, but there was also no place for him to speak, and Li Zheng and Fan Shi also stood behind him without saying a word.
After a while, the old man spoke, carrying a stick and pointing a few positions, and soon someone passed, after lifting the manhole covers, several people around were a little hesitant, Li Zheng was afraid that his father would be impulsive, so he stepped on his father's feet with one foot, and pulled his raincoat tightly with both hands and did not let go.
Dad looked at him a little helplessly, but he didn't rush forward, and after a while, a team of firefighters came over, and they didn't say a word, they took ropes and goggles and went down.
No one knows what the situation is below, the stagnant water is open, the rain goes down from the manhole cover, I don't know where it leads, except for Li Zheng, no one pays attention, my father looked at the old man's eyes with urgency and complexity, at that moment he believed that my father's heart must be very uncomfortable.
He sighed, pulled Fan Shiye aside, and asked him in a low voice, "Your family is from the imperial capital, so do you know the certificate of the city planner?"
"What testimony? Fan Shi replied again, "But I can go back and help you ask." ”
Great, just waiting for your words!
"Thank you!" Li Zheng patted Fan Shiye on the shoulder, and then the two brothers pulled people to Dad's side, "Dad, let's go back now?"
From the time they came out to the time they walked back, they didn't use it for two hours, as if they just went out to get a soy sauce and went back, although Dad didn't say anything, but it could be seen that he actually had a lot to say.
After going back, the electricity was still not repaired, and the room was dim, Li Yan was holding a textbook and reciting ancient poems next to the candle, and his mother was accompanying him. Seeing them come back with all their beards and tails, a smile appeared on their faces, and they said that they should go over and wash themselves in hot water before soaking their feet.
The mother didn't ask them how they came back so quickly, nor did she ask what had happened, she could vaguely feel that her husband had gone out and seemed to be deeply affected, and she didn't dare to ask anything more.
And Li Yan looked at his younger brother and his classmates with a look of secrecy, so he simply ignored no one and buried himself in the sea of books to continue reviewing. There really wasn't much time left for him.