In the evening, the rain began to fall again, and the rain washed over the apartment buildings like a stream of water pouring down from the sky. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Contrary to Ding Chen's expectations, in the heavy rain, the people in the apartment were not able to stay at home and wait for the rain to clear, but were more busy than usual.

The old building is no longer able to withstand such severe wind and rain, and water leaks are beginning to appear in many places, and some windows need to be reinforced.

In the beginning, each family took matters into their own hands, and the men would take the initiative to check the empty rooms that were not occupied.

But in the second half of the night, the wind and rain still did not stop, and Dad had to start organizing people to brave the rain to repair the rapidly increasing damaged premises, and even Ding Chen joined in.

Fortunately, it seems that the residents of the apartment are no strangers to this kind of repair work, and they feel very familiar with it, but Ding Chen seems to be a little in the way.

In time, there were a large number of skilled workers, as well as various maintenance materials stored in the building, and Ding Chen and others were also busy until the early hours of the morning, which was considered to be the end. Even with Ding Chen's physical strength, he felt tired and sleepy.

After a day of rain, there was no need to think about hot water, Ding Chen returned to his room, washed it with cold water, and lay down on the bed and fell asleep, until he was awakened by a rumbling thunder.

After being woken up by the thunder, Ding Chen opened his eyes and looked out the window. It is estimated that it should be early in the morning at this time. But it was still pitch black outside the window. Driven by the wind, the rain frantically pounded on the glass windows, making a sound similar to that of firecrackers when they are lit.

He didn't light the oil lamp, but just groped into the bathroom from memory to solve his personal problems, and when he washed his hands, he found that the water had stopped at some point, and only the sound of sizzling air movement came from the unscrewed faucet.

Looking at the raging wind and rain outside the window, Ding Chen felt that this matter had some black humor. In such a big wind and rain, I didn't have any water to use.

Standing at the window and hesitating for a while, Ding Chen finally gave up the idea of opening the window to get water. He decided to go back to bed, but then he heard footsteps in the hallway, followed by a knock on the door and a muffled voice.

Ding Chen opened the door and saw his father and Li Xiang standing in the corridor talking.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the two of them turned their heads together and said hello to Ding Chen, who looked sleepy-eyed. Ding Chen looked at the two people in charge with serious faces, and said in his heart that these two people don't sleep, what kind of moth sister do they come up with?

He asked the two men, "What's wrong?" Want to help? ”

"Nothing." Dad said, "You were tired just now, so rest!" ”

Ding Chen saw that the two people were reluctant to tell him, and he was not reluctant, nodded to the two people, and wanted to go back to the room to continue his big head.

But at this time, Ye Dai walked out of the stairwell, she was dressed neatly, carrying a backpack in one hand and a poncho in the other, a picture of preparing to go out.

Ding Chen's sleepiness disappeared immediately, he looked up at Ye Dai and asked, "It's raining so hard, you want to go out?" ”

Ye Dai didn't expect Ding Chen to be in the corridor, she was stunned for a moment, and did not answer Ding Chen's question, but looked up at her father and Li Xiang.

Dad hesitated for a moment and explained to Ding Chen: "We are going to the river, the water in the building has stopped, it is estimated that there is a problem with the water wheel." ”

Ding Chen asked puzzledly, "Can't you wait until the rain stops before going?" ”

"With such heavy rain, the river must have risen with water, and we were worried that the water wheel would be washed away."

Ding Chen suddenly realized, he had just arrived here, and when he hadn't decided whether to live in the apartment or not, he had hidden in the dark to observe the situation nearby, during that time, he had been to the river and saw the waterwheel used to carry water in the apartment, but he didn't take it too seriously at that time, and then after thinking about it carefully, he understood what was the reason why Dad and the others were worried?

The water wheel used here is similar to the ancient cylinder car, which transports water to a high place and then uses the principle of a communicator to transport water to the apartment.

Although the riverbank where the waterwheel was built was relatively high, it could not be taller than a five-story apartment, so the waterwheel had to be built very tall to raise the water to the roof of the apartment.

In Ding Chen's view, the structure of the entire water conveyance system is quite simple, and the materials are mainly wooden, which is simple and easy to obtain. Only the middle water pipeline is made of synthetic materials.

Anyone who is engaged in mechanical design knows that simple structure usually means easy maintenance and low failure rate, and the corresponding loss is operability and work efficiency. However, with the size of the population and the technical strength of the apartment, it is undoubtedly very suitable.

However, the main wooden waterwheel has a big disadvantage, its parts are not strong and lightweight, and because it is too tall and has a higher center of gravity, it is more susceptible to external forces. Especially for an open system, once an accident occurs in the rotating part, it is easy to cause a chain reaction and destroy the entire system.

Dad and the others obviously understand this truth very well, so they will only be like a great enemy after finding that the water is stopped, and they will go to check it even if it rains. Obviously, it is much easier for people who do not have sufficient technical reserves to repair than to rebuild, and if something fails, at least they must be able to salvage a rough framework.

"I'll go with you." Ding Chen said resolutely.

Dad and Li Xiang glanced at each other and obviously exchanged views silently. When he knocked out the wild boar with one sword, Ding Chen showed his lethality. In the process of drainage last night, Ding Chen showed his professional quality again, especially his strength is very great, even above Liu Chi, the most powerful person in the apartment, if he can be in the team, it is equivalent to bringing a human meat crane, and it is easier to deal with any accidents.

So Li Xiang was obviously very tempted by Ding Chen's proposal, but his father hesitated. If Ding Chen is too deeply integrated into the apartment, there is no way to open his mouth and drive him away.

But it was obvious that Ding Chen's own threat to the apartment was far from imminent, so Dad quickly made a decision, and he nodded to Ding Chen, "Do you have a raincoat?" ”

This time it was Ding Chen's turn to hesitate, his raincoat was the short coat, she had already told Carlo yesterday, she promised to help him find it, but she hadn't found it yet. Last night, everyone was busy with work, and no one cared if they were wet. But now you have to go to the river, and you can't go all the way through the rain.

Seeing Ding Chen's appearance, Dad said to Ye Dai very decisively: "You go down and ask Carlo to find him a raincoat." He said to Ding Chen again: "You clean up and come to the restaurant." ”

Ding Chen actually didn't have anything to clean up, considering the possible working environment, he wore as few clothes as possible, only trousers and shirts, and did not carry a bow and arrows, but carried the black knife on his back.

There were already more than a dozen people gathered in the restaurant, and most of them were men, basically all of them were comrades who plugged the leak together last night, and it was obvious that these people were the main mobile force in the apartment.

Seeing Ding Chen walking in with a knife on his back, everyone was a little surprised when they looked at him, obviously they didn't expect the newcomer to participate in this operation. Judging from the speed at which he integrated into the apartment, Ding Chen clearly set a record.

Ding Chen had something on his mind, so he nodded to everyone and asked Zheng Yu who was closest to him in a low voice, "What about Carlo?" ”

Zheng Yu was stunned for a moment, and blurted out, "What are you looking for her for?" ”