Chapter 22: After the Rainstorm
It's almost four o'clock in the food street, there are not many people, the weather is gradually becoming cloudy, and the breeze blows and cools down.
Chen Kai glanced at his mobile phone and found that there were two short messages at the top.
The first one is about getting a notice of 10 good karma points, and Chen Kai has a little surprise in his heart.
But the second text message turned out to be a weather forecast.
"[Municipal Meteorological Observatory] Orange Warning for Heavy Rain:
From tonight to tomorrow day, affected by the typhoon, there will be heavy rain of more than 150 mm in some parts of Ninggang County, accompanied by short-term thunderstorms and strong winds.
All units and residents are requested to take rain prevention measures in time. ”
Chen Kai looked up at the sky, there seemed to be some clouds gathering in the distance, but it didn't look like it was going to rain, he shook his head and didn't care about it anymore.
Finally finished being busy, Chen Kai and the four of them sat in the stall with wide eyes, and after being silent for a while, they all laughed.
Chen Kai couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect that in the end, we didn't eat our own zongzi." ”
Ding Yuan also beat his chest: "If you weren't generous and gave it all to that family of three, we wouldn't be staring at it here." ”
Li Feifei also covered her mouth and smiled: "The luckiest thing is millet, she ate one at noon, unlike me, I didn't get any fruits of labor." ”
Mi Yanran looked helpless: "If you don't eat it, you don't want to, I ate a zongzi, and now my appetite is up, I'm more hungry than you." ”
Chen Kai thought for a while, and suddenly said to Ding Yuan: "Old Ding, come with me to do something." With that, he got up and walked out of the stall.
"What are you doing, it's mysterious. Ding Yuan muttered in his mouth and followed.
Mi Yanran and Li Feifei were whispering in the stall, constantly guessing the purpose of the two boys suddenly running out.
"Hey, it's coming, it's rare for our Boss Chen to bleed heavily, but don't be polite!"
Ding Yuan ran in in a hurry, shouting and shouting, while placing four large food boxes on the table, as well as two large plates of skewers.
Take a closer look, the food box is the signature luxury fat beef set meal of Meijia, and the two plates of grilled skewers are Ding Yuan's special black pepper grilled sandworms.
Chen Kai walked in after him and said with a smile: "I also want to thank our Boss Ding for his strong sponsorship." ”
Mi Yanran and Li Feifei looked at the full food in front of them, smiled happily, and the four of them chatted while eating at the table.
Mi Yanran first tasted a mouthful of Meijia's ultra-luxury package with a small spoon, and licked her lips with her tongue after eating: "This package is very good, the meat is tender and juicy, and the vegetables are very refreshing." ”
"Really?" Li Feifei couldn't help but take a bite.
"Well, it's very good, although it's not as delicious as our zongzi, but this fat beef slice is very tender. ”
Ding Yuan was a little anxious beside him: "Two beauties, don't eat fat beef rice all the time, my secret skewers have just been baked, they are best when they are hot, you can taste them quickly, and ensure that they will be unforgettable after eating." ”
Li Feifei picked up a string of roasted sandworms and stuck out her tongue: "I will never forget it at a glance." ”
Mi Yanran hesitated for a long time, obviously doing a lot of psychological construction, and tasted a bite of roasted sandworms with her eyes closed, and after a while, she was a little surprised:
"Ding Yuan, you can do this skewer! Fei Fei, try it." ”
"Is it really delicious? I'll taste it too. ”
Li Feifei was also driven by curiosity, took a bite of the roasted sandworm, chewed it in her mouth, and after a while, as if she had a great appetite, she grabbed two more strings and gave Ding Yuan a thumbs up.
"Boss Ding, you roasted sandworm, fragrant and crispy and full of umami, I think you deserve to be second, the fat beef package is just lucky. ”
Ding Yuan was praised by Li Feifei, and a smile bloomed on his face: "It's worthy of being a beauty, it's just knowing the goods, come and come, here's it, you're welcome." ”
Chen Kai watched a few people come and go, put himself aside, and couldn't help laughing: "Why don't you leave me a little, this is my home field, you can't let me go hungry and close the stall." ”
Mi Yanran smiled and said, "Boss Chen, your share is all the salary of our two girls." ”
Li Feifei also echoed: "That's not enough, I still owe one, ah no, two big meals, otherwise I will go to the Women's Federation to sue you for discriminating against female workers!"
Chen Kai and Ding Yuan glanced at each other and smiled.
……
At night, a rumbling sound came from afar, and Chen Kai was suddenly woken up from his sleep.
"Thunder?" Chen Kai reacted in a daze, his eyes half-squinted and a little unable to open.
Dense white lightning lights and shadows lit up from the window, reflecting in front of the eyes, followed by the sound of dense raindrops.
After a while, the sound of the wind whistling outside began, and the sound of sparse raindrops turned into the crackling sound of pouring rain.
"Looks like the weather forecast is pretty accurate. Chen Kai thought to himself.
Listening to the dense sound of rain outside, Chen Kai felt that his brain was gradually empty, and the tension caused by worrying all day long slowly turned invisible.
"It's so cool when it's raining, it's cool. Chen Kai felt that the sound of rain outside was like an invisible curtain, blocking all the noise around him from his ears.
The eyelids gradually couldn't open, and before I knew it, I fell asleep again.
After a night, Chen Kai's biological clock woke up naturally, sat up and stretched.
"Huh...... It's been a long time since I've slept so comfortably. ”
got up and pulled the curtains, found that the weather had cleared, and after washing, Chen Kai pedaled his car and went out.
Riding on the road, the more Chen Kai looked around, the more he felt that something was wrong, the green belt on both sides of the road, many freshly planted trees were crooked, and there was a lot of water on the road.
There are a lot of debris rushing from nowhere on the ground, tables, chairs, benches, bicycles, and there is a mess.
"Is it because it rained so hard last night?"
Chen Kai rode on the car to the hospital to deliver food to his father, and on the hospital side, except for the trash can in front of the outpatient building, there seemed to be nothing abnormal.
Coming out of the hospital, Chen Kai slowly pedaled all the way to the food street, the more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, and only after crossing a junction and slowly starting to go downhill did Chen Kai finally react.
"It's bad, the terrain of the food court is low. ”
Eager to see the situation clearly, Chen Kai added a lot of strength to his feet, pedaled the car desperately, and came to the West Street Entrance of the Food Street.
"How did the food court become a water world? ”
Chen Kai stopped the car, looked at the stagnant water like a small pond in front of him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The entire food street is in a low-lying position in Ninggang County, and the impact of yesterday's heavy rain on this place is particularly obvious.
The drainage system of the entire street seems to be temporarily out of order, and from the street entrance, the water under the feet can directly cover the surface of the feet.
After parking the car, Chen Kaishen walked to his stall one by one, and all the stalls he passed by, each stall owner was cleaning up his "disaster scene" with his own talents.
Some of the pavilions are flooded, and the stall owners are scooping water out with basins to drain water, and there are more than just pavilions flooding, and the awning was not crushed by the heavy rain last night, and is being renovated there.
There are also some stalls where the tables, chairs and benches have been washed around, and a lot of garbage has been washed into the dining area, so I'm afraid it will have to be cleaned up.
Chen Kai looked at the stalls around him, became more and more anxious, and he didn't pick up shallow places anymore, and quickly waded through the water to his stall.
Call...... OK.