Mu Hanxia turned on the lamp, but it didn't turn on. She only found out that there was a power outage. I went into the bathroom and tried to wash, but the water was cut off.

She left her room and went to the hotel desk. There were already a lot of guests gathered there, all talking about the rain and the water and electricity cuts. The hostess wasn't there, only a little girl was behind the bar.

"It's raining so hard, doesn't the weather forecast say there is no rain? When can it be stopped? A guest asked.

The girl replied, "I don't know." The weather in the mountains, I can't say. She looked quite calm, as if she was used to seeing this kind of situation.

Another guest asked, "How long will it take to cut off water and electricity?" ”

"It's hard to say, we have water and electricity outages here at every turn."

Since it is the top of the mountain, what the girl said must be the truth. Everyone gathered here again and chatted for a while. Another guest came back from outside with news that several nearby restaurants had nothing to eat - because of the water and electricity cuts. I only bought a few tea eggs, and now they are sold out. Luckily, there is also a coal stove in the kitchen of the hostel, which can supply a small amount of hot water. So many guests bought a few boxes of instant noodles at the service desk and took them back to their rooms.

The service desk floor is made of wooden planks, facing the green hills, and has a glass dome. Some of the guests went back to their rooms to rest, and they definitely couldn't go out to play today. Mu Hanxia stayed here, looking at the rain. The heavy rain has been falling very rapidly, and it is difficult to see the mountains on the opposite side. The clear, slow river that separated the two mountains that I saw yesterday swelled sharply overnight, and became sharp and turbid. From time to time, you can see clothes and wooden planks floating in the river. This made Mu Hanxia a little worried, because it showed that something was likely to happen to the upper class.

Not long after, the hostess returned. Wearing a thick raincoat and long boots, he was covered in mud and his hair was all wet. Mu Hanxia and a few other guests gathered around and asked, "Boss, how is it?" ”

The proprietress had a calm face, but her tone was a little anxious: "I went down the mountain just now, and I was in another shop at the foot of the mountain, and things were basically washed away." ”

Everyone was surprised, they didn't expect the disaster to be so serious. Mu Hanxia asked, "Is the loss big?" Are the people safe? ”

The proprietress smiled bitterly: "The loss must be big, and this year it has been in vain." My waiter and guest were fine. ”

She briefly recounted what had happened. It turned out that it rained until three or four o'clock last night, and the proprietress felt that something was wrong. With experience, she went down the mountain overnight and waited for the waiter to wake up the sleeping guests one by one and let them come to a high place. As a result, not long after they left, the customers were settled, and the store was washed away by the flood.

"Those guests came in a tour group." The proprietress said bitterly, "At first, she refused to leave, and she insisted that I return today's breakfast money." I'm really ...... Where do I bring money in the middle of the night? ”

The crowd was in an uproar. Mu Hanxia said lightly: "It's really confusing." The proprietress nodded at her.

However, the proprietress also brought three other pieces of news.

First, according to the old man who has lived in Miao Village for a long time, this is a rainstorm that has not been encountered in 60 years.

The second is that there is another shop at the foot of the mountain, and it is said that a person was washed away by the flood in the middle of the night last night.

The third is that the road into the mountain has collapsed and has been sealed. I don't know when it will work.

Mu Hanxia chatted with them here for a while, bought a box of instant noodles and went back to the room. The food is tasteless, so I can eat it casually. The rain showed no signs of abating. It was the first time Mu Hanxia had encountered such a natural disaster, and now there was no signal on his mobile phone due to water and electricity, and he was trapped in the mountains and couldn't get out. However, the terrain is high and relatively safe. She didn't panic much, but she always felt a little uneasy when she remembered the agreement with Lin Mochen. I'm afraid that he will be worried, and I don't know if he has arrived in Guizhou, and whether he originally planned to enter the mountain.

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In the heavy rain, Lin Mochen sat in the car, looking at the cordon in front of him, and several blocked cars. He took out his phone and continued to search for news related to the disaster.

"A once-in-a-60-year heavy rainstorm ......"

"Hundreds of tourists stranded in the scenic area ......"

"There are no casualties yet."

On the Internet, there are also photos of road collapses and buildings washed away.

After a while, the car door opened, mixed with the sound of rain, Sun Zhi took the umbrella and sat in, and said: "Ask clearly, the road here is a county road, and it often collapses, so it won't work if it rains." This time, the rain was so heavy that it collapsed a lot of places, so the road was closed. However, the troops had already gone in this morning to make repairs. The response is still very fast, and the fastest can be repaired this afternoon. But I can't say for sure. The situation should be fine. ”

Lin Mochen nodded: "It's hard work." Sun Zhi smiled: "What words." ”

This time Lin Mochen came over, Sun Zhi heard that the scenery of Miao Village was good, and Ben also brought the whole family to travel. Unexpectedly, when he encountered a natural disaster, he left his family in the hotel and accompanied Lin Mochen to pick up Mu Hanxia.

Their car is still the Cayenne that the driver drove from Beijing. Lin Mochen had his own thoughts, and originally planned not to return to Beijing after picking up Mu Hanxia, but to go back to Lin City directly. The first piece of land in Lin City, the northwest corner with the best scenery, has been building a villa and keeping it for him and her.

This time I went back, and I got the certificate first. He didn't want to delay a day.

The two men just sat in the car, listening to the rain outside. After a while, Sun Zhi called his family, smiled and comforted them that they were fine. And Lin Mochen called Mu Hanxia's mobile phone for the twentieth time, but the signal still couldn't be connected.

——

In the afternoon, the rain finally lightened, and only a drizzle remained. This is undoubtedly a good sign. Mu Hanxia went to the service desk again, and there were several other guests there. But the proprietress said that according to the news from the mountain, the road has still not been repaired. Moreover, a lot of tourists have gathered at the bus station to wait, but the bus has not yet driven in.

Mu Hanxia took out his mobile phone, but there was still no signal.

At this time, a young couple next to her said to her: "We just went to the platform at the top of the mountain, where there are some places where the mobile phone is held high and there is a signal. ”

The two of them also came from Beijing, so Mu Hanxia had chatted with them a few times before. She thanked her, took her umbrella, and left the hotel.

Along the muddy path, Mu Hanxia walked all the way to a higher place. The small shops along the road are all closed, and there are other stranded tourists, wandering the road. When Mu Hanxia walked to the highest platform, he found that there were many people gathered here, all overlooking the situation below.

"Look, that hotel is flooded." Someone shouted.

Mu Hanxia raised his head and saw that on the mountainside of another mountain next to him, there was a house, almost surrounded by mud and rocks, although it would not collapse, but the rolling torrent was flowing out of the house. The location of that house was not much lower than the hotel where Mu Hanxia lived. Only then did she realize that even if it was on a high place, the houses were built against the mountains, and if the mountains behind them were unstable, there was a possibility of landslides.

This made her more and more uneasy.

The light rain kept falling, and she walked to the pavilion, took out her mobile phone, and held it up to search for the signal. No service, no service, no service all the time.

She shifted positions again and continued to lift. At this moment, the mobile phone suddenly rang. As soon as she saw it, the person who called was Lin Mochen! Her heart shrank, she was surprised, and hurriedly picked up: "Hey? ”

The phone has been silent.

"Hello? Feed? ”

Communication was connected, but she couldn't hear him, and she didn't know if he could hear herself.

"Lin Mochen, I'm fine. Don't worry when you're outside, don't come into the mountains. I'll come out when the road opens......" Before he finished speaking, the communication was interrupted.

Mu Hanxia looked at the phone, raised it and hit it. However, this time, there was no signal anyway, and it couldn't be dialed at all. She lingered at the top of the hill for a while and had to return to the hotel.

——

"The road is open!"

In the evening, Mu Hanxia learned the news. At this time, the rain had basically stopped, and some of the hotel guests were anxious, dragging their luggage and going out.

"Where is your car parked?" Someone was talking.

"It's in the parking lot near the top of the mountain."

"So are we, let's go."

Soon half of the guests were gone, and some people were hesitating and watching, constantly consulting the hostess.

"Is it dangerous to go now?" Mu Hanxia asked.

The proprietress replied, "It's hard to say. However, the road is open, and the situation should be stable. But no one can say that this kind of thing is 100% sure. ”

Mu Hanxia nodded in understanding, and asked again: "Then if you leave tomorrow, will the situation be better?" ”

The proprietress was still unsure.

"Because as you have seen, the weather in the mountains is indefinite. Now the rain has stopped and the road has been cleared. But whether it will rain tonight and tomorrow, it is not yet known. ”

"So if it rains again, the road may be closed again?" Someone asked.

The hostess nodded.

At this time, the young couple who had chatted with Mu Hanxia before walked out with their luggage. The woman asked Mu Hanxia enthusiastically: "Did you come by car or by car?" Do you want to come with us? ”

Mu Hanxia thought that if he stayed for one more day and couldn't contact Lin Mochen, he was afraid that he would venture into the mountain. And now that the road is open, you can get out, but tomorrow the road will not necessarily be open, and the situation will not necessarily get better, maybe worse. She said, "I don't drive, can you take me out?" ”

The couple agreed, and Mu Hanxia immediately went to pack his luggage and left with them.

Twilight shrouded Miao Village little by little. The couple drove a two-box Chevrolet and began to spiral down the narrow road at the top of the mountain. The dampness after the rain came to their faces, and the mood of the three of them at this moment was probably completely different from when they entered the mountain. When it came, it was sunny, mild and pleasant. Now, the water in the river is still muddy, and there are many private cars on the road, driving in the same direction as them. From a distance, you can also see the bus stop at the foot of the mountain, where a group of people gathered. I don't know when those people will be able to go home.

Slowly, they descended the mountain and began to enter the long winding road. Fortunately, it is the off-season, and they depart later than other tourists, so there are not many cars on the road. But along the way, you can already see many landslide warning signs set up by the armed police, and you can start to see piles of mud and rocks that have been cleared aside on the road.

"Be careful!" The young wife instructed.

"I know." The husband replied.

None of the three spoke much. Mu Hanxia looked down at his watch, it was less than six o'clock, and it was not completely dark. Even if you go out and drive more slowly, you should be able to drive out of the mountains in two hours. When the time comes, he will be able to contact Lin Mochen, he must have already arrived in Guizhou, or even near Miao Village. I'll see him soon.

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"The road is open." Sun Zhi said, "But the weather in the mountains is uncertain, and now it is open, and it is said that the road is in good condition." If it rains again tomorrow and a landslide occurs, it may be closed again. ”

Lin Mochen raised his head and saw that outside the car, the road was already clear. There are far more cars coming out of the opposite lane than going in. They should all have just "escaped" from the scenic spot. On the side of the road, there are several armed police officers maintaining order. In front of them, there were several rescue vehicles and an ambulance driving inside. Everything seems to be smooth and orderly, except that there are almost no private cars driving inside.

"I'll go into the mountains." Lin Mochen said, "You ......"

"I'll go with you." Sun Zhi replied.

Lin Mochen nodded and didn't say much. This kind of mountain road, Sun Zhi drove better than him, and drove smoothly into the twilight. Along the way, they were almost the only private car, driving in the wrong direction with all the vehicles.