The Daling River rolling westward was turbulent, and the pitch-black sky flashed dazzling lightning from time to time, and under the raging of the majestic rain, it seemed as if the entire sky had been pierced.

Li Xiaoqing, who lives in Dongtang Village, followed closely behind his father, Li Dashan, who was the village party secretary, and walked with difficulty in the torrential rain.

During the heavy rains, their daily routine is to patrol the banks of the river and report any danger as soon as they see it.

Today is the seventh day of the tour, and it is also the day of the heaviest rain.

Rao is strong Li Xiaoqing has a lot of experience in these days' work, and in the treacherous environment of heavy rain falling at night, he still does not dare to relax a little, otherwise what awaits him is the vast raging river that will swallow him up.

The raincoat on his body has long been washed wet by the rain, and under the cold wind under the heavy rain, goosebumps suddenly rise all over his body, and the clammy and biting cold feeling is still the dog season of midsummer in July.

The battery flashlight in his hand, which is very energetic on weekdays, seems to be very useless in the dense rain curtain, so Li Xiaoqing uses the weak light to stick to his post with his father who is not young.

The area that Li Xiaoqing and others are responsible for is a section of more than 1,000 meters across the entire Dongtang Village, and this area is also the most dangerous section of the Daling River in Xijiang County. The wide river surface is to bypass Dongtang Village from the back, and then turn sharply to the south, and the twisted terrain that narrows abruptly makes it the most prone to disasters and accidents.

After another difficult and careful inspection in the heavy rain, for nearly two hours, Li Xiaoqing and the others returned to the temporary hut set up by the river to take shelter from the rain.

"Dad, Uncle Wang, come and drink some water!" After all, Li Xiaoqing was young and strong, so he took out the hot water kettle that had been prepared a long time ago and poured it over to his father and others.

"This is the hell of a heavy rain that I haven't seen in years!" Li Dashan gulped down the steaming tea, wiped his rain-soaked hair with a dry towel, and sighed.

"Fortunately, the county repaired this section of our river after the year, otherwise we would have burst the embankment here a long time ago!" The middle-aged man next to him scattered a circle of cigarettes for everyone and shook his head.

"Phew! It's okay if you don't mention it, I'm angry when I talk about this! ”

Li Dashan, a typical Northeast man, said angrily: "I know that we are the most accident-prone area here, and I don't know which dog day it is, and I don't know that Langdao focuses on strengthening our maintenance here!" This section of the river is all a standard, damn it, it's easy to cope with the inspection above, but in case something happens to us here, I see how those officials are still making sycophants! ”

"Dad, don't be angry, I heard that if it weren't for the extra money allocated to us by Mayor Chen in the city, I'm afraid the embankment along the river wouldn't be able to be repaired this year!"

Li Xiaoqing comforted his father, and admired brightly: "Really speaking, it's still Mayor Chen's far-sightedness, if you really follow the people in the county, this embankment must have an accident!" ”

Li Dashan spat out a long smoke, nodded and smiled: "This is true!" If I can survive this rainstorm, I will definitely send a big pennant to Mayor Chen! Alas, this year's weather is really evil, in previous years it was flooded in the south and drought in the north, but this year it is raining everywhere, is it possible that this day is really going to collapse? ”

"Okay, Lao Li, do you still like the big drought where the sun hasn't rained for months?"

Someone next to him laughed and scolded: "The terrain on our side is okay, even if the water is bigger, it doesn't matter, and it will be safe to drain the water." If there is a big drought, that is, we are a little stronger near the river, and those remote places will suffer from the seedlings. ”

Li Xiaoqing said with a smile: "Dad, you are really, you are the village party secretary, and you still open your mouth and shut your mouth." It is said on TV that this is a climatic phenomenon of Earl, which is closely related to the earth's environment. Where's what God's business! ”

", don't you just read a few more years and now make fun of your dad and me!"

Li Dashan was beaten by his son, and he suddenly couldn't hold it on his face, and he blew his beard and glared and scolded with a smile: "No matter what kind of climate he has, in short, it's the first time I've seen such a heavy rain." Listen to the weather forecast and say that the weather will turn better tomorrow, tonight is the key, none of you can be careless, do you know the way? ”

Everyone laughed, and the previously tired spirit gradually recovered in such a relaxed environment.

Taking out a small horseshoe watch from his arms, Li Dashan instructed everyone: "It's seven o'clock, everyone rests in batches, takes turns to go to the shore to patrol, and reports in time if you find problems, do you hear?!" ”

"I know it!" Everyone replied solemnly, they had been busy for nearly a week, and they did not want to make mistakes at this most critical moment.

Li Xiaoqing was naturally in a group with his father, and seeing that the uncles and uncles around him had not fully recovered their strength, he and his father naturally took the lead and rushed into the rainy night where they couldn't see their fingers.

After another hour or two of hard work in the pouring rain, Li Xiaoqing, who was exhausted, returned to the hut and fell asleep on the simple bed. In the season full of mosquitoes in the middle of summer, the temperature is very low at the moment, and it disappears without a trace, which makes Li Xiaoqing sleep comfortably well.

"Comrade, wake up!"

Li Xiaoqing, whose eyelids were heavy and never wanted to open them, felt as if someone was pushing him, trying to open his sleepy and hazy eyelids.

The few unfamiliar faces in front of him made Li Xiaoqing confused for a while, thinking that he was still in a dream, but when he looked left and right, he found that his father, who was supposed to rest with him, was nowhere to be seen.

"Comrade, is this your duty point in Dongtang Village?" A tall and imposing young face asked with a slight smile.

"Oh yes, this is where our berm team in Dongtang Village rests...... Hey, who are you? ”

Li Xiaoqing finally sobered up a lot, looked at the few big men wearing raincoats and rubber shoes in front of him strangely, suddenly reacted, and said happily: "You are from the county, right?" I said, you guys are so good at inking, so many nights only came today! ”

The young man at the head put away his smiling expression, raised his thick sword eyebrows heavily, turned back to the people next to him and asked, "What's the situation?" This heavy rain has been falling for a week, and Xijiang County did not send someone to guard the most dangerous section of the river here in Dongtang Village at night? ! ”

The other party's sharp tone made Li Xiaoqing disagree, and secretly said in his heart, this tone is not small, do you really think you are our Mayor Chen?

"Mayor, I'll go and contact Secretary Hu and County Magistrate Li now......"

Zhao Xiaowen took out his mobile phone to dial the number, although the weather was bad, fortunately, the good communication facilities were enough to ensure the quality of the call.

"Mayor?!"

Li Xiaoqing's mouth opened wide, and his scalp exploded in disbelief and asked softly, "You are Mayor Chen of our Spring City?" ”

Chen Youwei noticed that Li Xiaoqing, who was covered in mud, had a haggard face, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and walked over to hold the other party's big hand and said in a deep voice: "Comrade, hard work, I am Chen Youwei!" ”

Li Xiaoqing trembled with excitement, and said incoherently with excitement: "Mayor Chen...... It was actually Mayor Chen...... I've got a good time this time......"

Chen Youwei smiled slightly, when he met such a simple people, the other party's somewhat reckless words did not make him feel a trace of annoyance.

Looking around at the simple hut that was still leaking around, Chen Youwei asked, "Why are you alone?" ”

It took Li Xiaoqing a long time to regain his composure, and he scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "I just took a turn outside, and I fell asleep when I was so tired, and the others should still be patrolling the embankment after the shift change." ”

"How many of you have here to patrol every day?" Chen Youwei asked further.

"None of the people who went out to work have come back, we don't have many strong laborers here, and there are people in the county who guard with us during the day, and every night there are four or five people in the village who are responsible for patrol......ling," Li Xiaoqing briefly explained the situation.

"Mayor, Secretary Hu, County Magistrate Li, they will come from the county immediately!"

Zhao Xiaowen hung up the phone and said in a calm tone, he has been following Chen Youwei for a long time, and he knows very well that he can only be as objective and neutral as possible with his position.

Chen Youwei snorted coldly and said, "They are calm!" ”

Pan Jianming, the chief housekeeper who followed him, shook his head and said: "The problems in the leadership team of Xijiang County are not small, and the two leaders in charge have not been able to form a joint force for a long time, which is really ......."

Chen Youwei casually handed Li Xiaoqing, who was a little restrained, a cigarette, and said softly: "Some things must be solved if they should be solved, if you really wait until something happens and then adjust, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Pan Jianming's heart was shocked, but he quickly calmed down, there are some things he just doesn't say, it is estimated that this confident young mayor has already made a decision in his heart.

"What about the village cadres here?" Chen Youwei looked at the time, and the rain outside seemed to be lighter, which also made him feel a little relieved, and he intended to chat with the young man in front of him.

"My dad is the village party secretary!" Li Xiaoqing said proudly: "My dad and I have been sticking to the embankment for a week!" ”

Chen Youwei was extremely pleased, and patted Li Xiaoqing's shoulder heavily and said, "Good job, it's really a father and son soldier in battle!" ”

Li Xiaoqing, who was less than twenty years old, scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "It's all my father's meaning, I was going to set up a part-time job two days ago to make money, but as soon as the rainstorm came, my father pulled me here to take care of the embankment!" ”

Chen Youwei smiled even more appreciatively: "No problem, when this heavy rain is over, what factory do you want to go to work, just tell me!" ”

"Really?" Li Xiaoqing's little head was a little confused by the sudden good news, and his face was full of smirks.

Chen Youwei sighed admiringly at the people beside him: "This is the best good cadres and good masses at the grassroots level who are worthy of respect!" Only with them can we have the most solid mass foundation for the building of our party and country! From this point of view, it is our responsibility to solve the problems and worries of their lives! ”