The heavy rain in the weather forecast came as scheduled, and the downpour did not stop until 9 o'clock last night until dawn the next day.

Looking at the flood water on the street that did not reach the thighs, and then looking at the torrent that was more than half a meter below the river embankment, Li Jiaming, who was tired of moving things last night, guessed that the sewer may have been blocked by garbage, causing rainwater to back. Mountainous areas with abundant vegetation are no better than plains, and even if it rains for the first hour, it will only cause flash floods or road collapses, and will not form floods.

After a while, my maternal uncle, who was taking care of the rice at the grocery station, saw that the rain had stopped, dragged his tired body back, and sat on the floor of the living room, not wanting to move anymore.

"Uncle Mother, does it matter?"

"It's okay, Master Li and they helped all night, and they all moved to the third floor, and the water was only on the first floor. Luckily, I came here last night, if it hadn't been in vain for months. What about Xiang Feng?

Li Jiaming looked behind his uncle, didn't see his father's shadow, and hurriedly said: "It shouldn't be, I didn't hear any noise, the second aunt asked us not to go downstairs, saying that we should not touch the filth." Am I yes (Dad)?"

"Oh, I went to make a phone call, it was raining so hard, and I don't know what happened in the factory. If you have something to eat, look for something to eat, and starve to death!"

The awake little dog hurriedly ran to the sisters' room to look for it, and finally took a few bottles of yogurt out and said embarrassedly: "Uncle Mother, my sister is too fat and greedy, and Jiaming only allows them to eat these." You wait a while, I'll call the third sister to cook the noodles. ”

Yogurt is yogurt, carrying half a night of rice, oil, and motorcycles, and I didn't even drink a sip of water. The uncle took the yogurt and unscrewed the lid, and ordered: "Tell Xinhua to cook more, send some to Master Li and them, their kitchen is completely flooded." ”

"Don't worry, it should be fine. Everyone just frightened the water on the street, but the rain was not very heavy. ”

"Wouldn't it? The water on the street is almost a meter deep!"

Li Jiaming smiled secretly and pulled his uncle to the window to look at the embankment, "Uncle Mother, I haven't seen this kind of water, and you haven't seen it either?"

The uncle looked at the flood, especially the nursing home in the distance, his face became more solemn, and he pointed to the flooded highway and said: "Mingya, you are used to seeing the water rising in our big river, but you haven't seen this kind of small river rising." This flood is terrible, this embankment has been in good work for more than 20 years, almost 30 years, and I have never seen such a large amount of water. ”

Li Jiaming also looked at the flood not far away suspiciously, this water is indeed not big, think about the big water in Huangniping, the turbid waves are spectacular.

"Haven't seen it in twenty or thirty years?"

"Well, I used to have a lot of water when I was in middle school, and I heard from the teachers that the biggest flood in the past didn't flood the road of the nursing home. You see, now the roads are gone, and there is water at the foot of the wall. ”

Li Jiaming looked at it, and the surging flood was only less than half a meter away from the wall of the nursing home, and he couldn't help but be shocked. He had no impression of the flood, but his uncle said that it was the biggest in more than 20 years, so it must be the biggest, and there was nothing going on on Tonggu Street, where his father and uncles were begging for a living.

Knowing that a father is like a son, what Li Jiaming is worried about is what Li Chuanlin is worried about. When the rain stopped, he started looking for a phone on the street from the grocery station, until he found the post and telecommunications office, which was half flooded, and finally made a call to the exchange room on the second floor with the help of his son's classmate's father. Chongxiang's phone was not program-controlled, it had to be wired manually, and after a busy while, the news that Li Chuanlin heard was like ice water counting nine cold winters, pouring him cold from head to toe.

"Chuanlin Chuanlin, are you okay?"

It turned out that Li Chuanlin, who was loyal and honest, had been working outside for more than two years, and had been running around under the leadership of his boss, and his ability and quality had already been exercised. The warehouse was flooded, and I had to call Guangdong to plead for a delay in delivering the goods on time. ”

The lean Director Liao waved his hand indifferently, "It's okay, it's okay, you can fight with confidence." Now you can hit the outside, and the lines inside are all broken. Damn, when the weather clears, I don't know how many lines I'm going to have to pull again!"

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Li Jiaming, who is at home, is also worried about Zhongzhong, it is okay if the factory is flooded, and it is okay if the store is flooded, as long as people are okay, it is a happy event. As for whether the money is or not, it's really not a big deal, it's great to beg for help, get some loans to my father and uncles, and reopen it. The water flooded the shops and factories, but the ledgers could not be flooded, and the money delivery records in the banks could not be flooded. As long as there are those things, are you afraid that you will not be able to move people and not be able to borrow money?

After a long time, Li Jiaming's father, who had just finished making a phone call, came back, sat on the floor tiredly, and said dejectedly: "Brother Chengwan, I really regret not listening to my eldest brother, if I rented the warehouse of the carpentry factory, I might have escaped this time." Hey, you can't be cheap!"

It's over, the warehouse is flooded!

After being silent for a while, my uncle hesitated, "No, right?

Li Jiaming, who was more sensible, hurriedly said: "yes, is there something wrong with the factory? The warehouses are all flooded, and the street is there?"

Li Chuanlin, who wanted to cry without tears, smiled bitterly a few times and sighed: "The factory is fine, the goods of 150,000 or 60,000 yuan are useless." Hey, the water on the street is seventy or eighty centimeters deep, but fortunately, the soldiers who are keeping vigil are alert, and there are many people in the decoration shop, and most of our furniture store has been saved, and only a few large beds have not been moved. ”

You Chengwan, who had already recovered, stuffed a 'white sand smoke' into his brother-in-law's mouth and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, as long as the person is fine, if you lose a little, you will lose a little, just as if you did it for nothing in the past half a year." As long as people are there, sooner or later there will be a day to turn over, I have earned more than 10,000 yuan in business this year, if you are short of money, I will lend you all of it. ”

"I still have the money, I'm just worried about the delivery. ”

After resting for a while, he drank a bottle of yogurt to ease his nerves, and admonished: "Mingya, don't tell your aunt that in order to open this factory, your aunt is reluctant to buy a wedding ring." If it weren't for the dowry, she would be reluctant to buy those things. ”

Auntie is good, shrewdness is actually an advantage, and being good to my sister is even more advantageous. Li Jiaming, who was also stinking and coaxing, sat down against his father and comforted: "It's okay, as long as we work hard, isn't it just a factory?

Li Jiaming's father was really not as fragile as his son thought, and said bitterly: "It's okay, I just called Boss Huang, and he agreed to delay it for a month." Hey, it's just a waste of time this year. Originally, I thought that when I made money this year, I would buy a house in the county town and take your brothers and sisters out to study, but now it's all in the soup. ”

Hey, it's a surprise that my father can think like this.

As long as his father could hold on, Li Jiaming had nothing to worry about, so he hurriedly got up and went to his sister's room to bring a few bottles of yogurt.

The maternal uncle, nephew, and brother-in-law said a few words of bitterness, and the uncle suddenly said: "Chuanlin, the terrain over there in Luofang is low, and several rivers converge together, but don't have an accident." ”

'Hey', Li Chuanlin, who was still smiling just now, sighed and said with a wry smile: "I know, I was lying to Xiang Feng just now, and the phone in Luo Fang was connected, and nothing major happened." ”

There is no money to be made again, even if the factory is gone, it can be reopened, people can't have accidents, the uncle who has been to Luofang's Zhang family hurriedly whispered: "Chuanlin, when the water recedes, you will go to Luofang immediately, no matter what happens, you can be prepared." ”

Li Jiaming, who was laughing with his father, was also taken aback, Luofang is the confluence of two big rivers that flow to repair water, and the countryside with a high terrain is so big water, and the water potential of Luofang is still small?

After a while, the third sister cooked two large bowls of vermicelli and sent them up, and the worried Li Jiaming and Mao Yan also wore shorts and sandals, and went to the non-staple food station with two large pots of vermicelli. Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, last night the power was cut off and the water rose, if there was no help from Master Li, my uncle's tens of thousands of catties of rice and thousands of catties of oil would have suffered. The factory in his house is gone, and there are decoration shops, storefronts, and four aunts who still have debts, and my maternal uncle really can't afford such a big loss.

Fortunately, although the flood on the street is long, the terrain here is high, the water only reaches the thighs of people, and there are no wooden sheds or mud houses on the street, and the streets are full of brick houses, which will not fall when soaked in water. All the shopkeepers moved their goods to the second floor, even Lin Quanbao's frighteningly heavy motorcycles were moved to the second floor, and there were only some heavy sundries left on the first floor.

Damn, the official doesn't work just by eating, and it will be fine if he increases the drain early!

"Jiaming, Jiaming"

Li Jiaming turned his head to see that the embarrassed Zhang Weimin was standing across the road and shouting at himself, his kitchen was on the first floor, and the terrain was a little low, so it was estimated that he couldn't even turn on the fire, so he hurriedly squeezed out a smile and said: "Uncle Zhang, go to our house to eat noodles, my third sister is cooking." ”

Zhang Weimin, who was covered in muddy water, hurriedly went home to get the rice bowl, the water could not go down, and most people didn't want to start a fire at home. Or this kid is smart, there is a kitchen on every floor, and he doesn't make the kitchen on the first floor like everyone else. Now it's okay, everyone has to nibble on biscuits and instant noodles.

As soon as the water rises on the street, the business of the grocery store is good, and you can sell as many biscuits and instant noodles as you want. Fortunately, everyone is a neighborhood, and no boss takes the opportunity to raise prices, otherwise it will not worry about sales if it doubles or triples. This rising water also tired the third sister Li Jiaming and Sister Lan, the second aunt and Aunt Hongying, who were guarding the pregnant women, and they could only cook for them. Others don't come to eat, but the owners who rent their own shops usually pay their own rent, and now they can't start the fire, so they are always embarrassed to watch others eat instant noodles, right?

Fortunately, the flood in the mountains came and went quickly, and after the garbage blocking the sewer was cleared, the water on the street receded faster and faster, and by noon, it had almost receded, revealing yellow mud soup, tree branches, garbage and ...... all over the ground.

As the flood gradually receded, the highway that everyone had been looking forward to finally came out of the water early the next morning, and the cadres in the township also went out like crazy, and all went to the villages to see the situation. The party world is like this, it's okay to eat and drink at ordinary times, and it's okay to spend some money, if you can't stand up at the critical moment, the official hat will fall to the ground. The flood was so big enough that all the villages couldn't even get through to the phone, and if something really happened, no one would be able to get through.

The shopkeepers who didn't close their eyes in the past two days also rode motorcycles and bicycles to the villages.

Zhang Xiangfeng, who was already sweating profusely, was also anxious, and urged the second aunt next to him again and again before entering the delivery room.

"Second sister-in-law, go and ask, how is our house?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, Chuanlin rode a motorcycle to Luofang. If the road hadn't been broken, it would have been there by now. It's okay, it's okay, two men in the family, what can happen?"