At eight o'clock in the morning, the rain finally stopped. The rain began at 4 a.m. and lasted for four hours. Especially in the more than an hour from 4 o'clock to 5 o'clock, it was a heavy rainstorm, which began to turn into moderate rain at 5 o'clock, and turned into light rain at 7 o'clock. Even though the rain had stopped, the sky was still gray, as if it would continue to fall at any moment.

Calls were made in several villages, or the village called back to the township. They all said that the rain was particularly heavy and the floods were even greater. In some villages, small bridges have been washed away, small mudslides have occurred in others, and houses have collapsed, but no news of casualties has yet arrived.

At half past eight, Qingniuyu Township held an enlarged meeting of the emergency party committee, which was attended by members of the township party committee, deputy township heads, and heads of various units. At the meeting, Ning Junqi, the head of the township, made arrangements for the deployment of personnel and emphasized work responsibilities and discipline.

The division of labor and work responsibilities were all finalized by Ning Junqi after consulting with Huang Jingzu in advance, and Huang Jingzu naturally had no doubts, and fully affirmed and resolutely supported the entire arrangement plan in the name of the party committee. In his speech, Huang Jingzu elevated this work to the level of stressing politics and stressed five musts: We must resolutely obey the leadership of the party committee, we must resolutely obey the work arrangements, we must resolutely perform our work duties, we must regard the rescue of people's lives and property as the first priority, and we must always keep safety first.

At the end of the meeting, Huang Jingzu said: "Comrades, I have just received news from the relevant departments that this rainstorm is once in 80 years, and in terms of precipitation, it is far more than last year. Now, floods are raging, and related secondary disasters are frequent. The vast number of villagers are looking forward to it, waiting for us to bring the warmth of the party and the care of the government. We are all here with a glorious and sacred mission. The comrades who went to the scene of the disaster as soon as possible should provide assistance to the villagers to the greatest extent possible and send back the news from the scene in a complete and comprehensive manner. Comrades on duty in the township government should make good preparations for relief materials, promptly report the information collected from various localities to the relevant departments of the county party committee and the county government, and at the same time convey the instructions and arrangements of the higher authorities.

Therefore, some people or things that violate important matters will be punished. These matters include: 1. Disobedience to leadership; 2. Disobedience to arrangements; 3. Prevarication in doing work; 4. Passivity in doing tasks; 5. Causing major mistakes; 6. Violation of work discipline; 7. Other violations of regulations. Once the above phenomena are discovered, resolutely carry out punitive measures such as major demerits, demerits, written warnings, verbal warnings, and fines for those involved. When punishing, the principles of severity, severity, and speed are to be adopted.

Of course, individuals and groups who are active in implementing tasks, have outstanding achievements in doing work, and pay attention to unity and cooperation will also be rewarded accordingly. Due to time constraints, incentives will be introduced later.

Comrades, the disaster is an order. The time is urgent, please leave immediately, keep in touch at any time, report and communicate relevant information. I would like to advise you to take care of your own safety while providing disaster relief. Please, let's go. ”

With Huang Jingzu's order, people from all walks of life embarked on a journey to inspect the disaster. This time, the township was divided into five groups: Huang Jingzu and Jiang Ye in one group, Ning Junqi and Chu Tianqi in one group, Liu Wentao and Minister of People's Armed Forces in one group, Hao Xiaoyan and Gao Yuan in one group, and Wang Xiaoying and Yao Wenwu in one group. The first four groups went to the disaster site to inspect the disaster situation and guide the village's disaster response work. The fifth group stayed in the township and was responsible for uploading and disseminating.

The three trolleys in the township and the trolley of the police station are equipped for the use of the various groups on the inspection site, and the county credit union and court vehicles are coordinated as spare motor vehicles. Each group of personnel, in addition to the principal and deputy team leaders, is also equipped with team members.

Ning Junqi and Chu Tianqi are in this group, and the team members include the driver Xiao Meng, Yang Daqing of the Agricultural Office, and Lu Jiaojiao of the Investment Promotion Office. Ning Junqi arranged for Lu Jiaojiao to stay in the township in case of emergency for this group, for which Lu Jiaojiao also had quite an opinion, and in the end, Ning Junqi threw out a sentence of "obey the arrangement", and Lu Jiaojiao reluctantly stopped.

Xiao Meng drove the car out of the township government compound, got on the highway, and drove towards the destination. In the car, Ning Junqi sat in the co-pilot's seat, and Chu Tianqi and Yang Daqing sat in the back seat. There are three places that they need to go to, in order of priority, namely Gangou Village, Xiaoying Village and Weizigou Village.

At present, one of the main highways crossing from Qingniuyu Township is a national highway. Although the road is only quasi-secondary, it was resurfaced just last autumn and is in good condition. It's just that on a rainy day, there will be more or less standing water on the asphalt road, and the whole road is particularly wet and slippery, so you don't dare to drive on it.

It took more than 20 minutes to finish the asphalt road, and the 212 car began to drive into the muddy gravel road. The roads connected to the main road are gravel roads, which are the lowest grade roads with the simplest construction technology. Generally, local materials are taken, some potholes are filled, and some protrusions are excavated, and then a layer of sand and gravel of about 15 centimeters is laid on top of it.

The biggest advantage of gravel roads is that they have less investment and lower maintenance costs in arid areas with little rainfall. The disadvantage is that the flatness is poor, easy to raise dust, and under the influence of driving and natural factors, it is easy to produce abrasion, looseness, falling off and other diseases. Especially when the rain is heavy and heavy, a large amount of stagnant water and mud puddles will be formed, and even the entire road section will be muddy.

Now, the gravel road leading to Gangou Village has become "muddy", and the place with a little mud is a puddle. Although the speed of the car was not fast, the 212 car still bumped from time to time, and the people in the car also swayed with the car. Except for the driver Xiao Meng, the other three all grabbed the handle on the top of their heads on the side with one hand to prevent one from accidentally knocking on their heads or faces. Sitting in the car, I heard the sound of "clang" and "clang" from time to time. In slightly easier areas, you can also hear the sound of "horn" and "rustle", which is the sound of mud and gravel carried by car tires hitting the bottom of the car or the tile ring.

The 212 car was like a drunken patient, moving at turtle speed on a muddy road. It was really impossible to get through some lots, so Chu Tianqi got out of the car with Yang Daqing, pushed it to the back, and barely passed. For this reason, Chu Tianqi ridiculed that "leadership is privilege", and Ning Junqi shot back "It is natural to respect and take care of women".

As the saying goes, "walking is better than standing", although it took nearly an hour to walk less than ten kilometers, I finally arrived at the entrance of Gangou Village. There is a river loop in front, the turbid river has not receded, as long as the car goes in, it will definitely turn off, and everyone in the car has to get out of the car.

After getting out of the car, the first thing Ning Junqi did was to open the trunk and start changing shoes. Chu Tianqi and Yang Daqing were observing the situation in front of them.

The whole terrain of Gangou Village is two mountains and one ditch, and the houses of the villagers are built on both sides of the ditch, which is equivalent to being built on the middle of the mountain. Whenever it rains heavily, the rainwater that has accumulated naturally and the rainwater that flows down from the mountains will come together to form a large river that gushes out of the loop in the middle of the village.

Although the scene in front of me is not terrible, it is also dilapidated. The yellow water is still running tirelessly forward, and from time to time there are tree forks, cloth pieces, and weeds floating down in the river, but the water is obviously much slower, and there is no longer any wave of flowers, indicating that the river will not be wrapped in tumbling stones. At the height of the riverbed, you can see the accumulation of weeds and silt, and judging from the traces left by the river above, when the rain is at its strongest, I am afraid that the river will be more than one person deep, and the waves will have to be two or three meters high.

Ning Junqi had already changed into rain boots and walked over.

"Township Chief, what should I do?" Chu Tianqi said as he looked at Ning Junqi.

Looking at the corners of Chu Tianqi's slightly upturned mouth, Ning Junqi understood that he meant to tease herself, but because there were still others on the side, she didn't talk nonsense, but said directly: "Go to the river." As she spoke, she pulled out her pant leg tucked into her rain boots and began to roll upwards.

Chu Tianqi and Yang Daqing didn't dare to slack off, the two went directly to the car and took off their trousers, leaving only the big pants that they had worn in advance, and put the trousers into their shoulder bags. When the two got out of the car, Ning Junqi had already packed up.

At this time, Ning Junqi looked a little funny. She had changed into black high rain boots on her feet, her trouser legs were rolled up high, and a gray short-sleeved shirt with a long back was tied together at the front. The jet-black ponytail on his head had been folded into strips and tied tightly with a headband.

"Let's go. Ning Junqi shook his head at Chu Tianqi and said.

"I'll change my rain boots. Yang Daqing said.

Chu Tianqi also hurriedly said, "I'll change it too." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you. Ning Junqi replied.

When he opened the trunk, Chu Tianqi found that the high-waisted rain boots he had brought were missing. In addition to the black rain boots brought by Yang Daqing, there was an extra pair of sky blue women's rain boots in the car. Chu Tianqi instantly understood that his "equipment" was requisitioned by Ning Junqi.

Yang Daqing also discovered this problem, and smiled at Chu Tianqi: "Township Chief Chu, if you don't wear my rain boots, I'll wear sandals directly." ”

Chu Tianqi said loudly: "Then how can I do it? I can't do such an immoral thing, snatch other people's shoes and wear them on my own feet." ”

Ning Junqi naturally understood Chu Tianqi's words, but she deliberately pretended not to understand, and said to the two of them, "Hurry up, haven't you done it yet?"

"It's coming. Chu Tianqi replied, and then said to Yang Daqing, "You can wear it yourself, besides, I have forty-three feet, you have forty feet, and I can't wear your shoes." ”

Yang Daqing grinned, and pointed to the blue rain boots on the car with his hand, and then to Chu Tianqi's feet. Chu Tianqi knew that Yang Daqing was ridiculing him, so he patted him on the back with his hand, which was regarded as punishment.

Suddenly, Chu Tianqi thought of one thing: my rain boots deliberately chose the size 44 of the size of the larger size, and her feet were only size 36 or 7, how should she walk in such big shoes?

Waiting for Yang Daqing to change into rain boots, Chu Tianqi walked towards Ning Junqi with him.

Coming to Ning Junqi's side, Chu Tianqi pointed to the rain boots on her feet and said, "Township Chief, aren't you wearing much?"

Ning Junqi didn't answer his question directly, but said: "Whether the shoes fit or not, only the feet know." After speaking, he said in a commanding tone, "Get into the water." ”