The weather in June is getting hotter and hotter. In the past two days, Zhao Hong has been like crazy and leading several cadres of the village committee to be busy in the river of Xichuan River under the hot sun.

Wang Youdao couldn't stand this suffering, so he found an excuse to go back to the factory, and even Xiping Village hid and didn't come back. Chen Yueqin came back from a walk around the village, sighed and said to Wang Degui: "Everyone is busy cleaning up the river, but there is no baby son of your family, and if he goes down like this, he, the deputy village head, will also do his job."

When Wang Degui heard this, he raised his head and looked at the blue sky, and was about to speak. Wang Youfa walked in with two big watermelons, he smiled and said, "Don't look at Dad, such a good weather, where will it rain?"

"People are cleaning up the river, why don't you go?" Wang Degui said a little unhappily.

Wang Youfa put the big watermelon in his hand into the hall, fanned the cold with his hand and said: "It's been dry for more than two months, don't say anything about heavy rain, even light rain hasn't fallen." Zhao Hong is a fool, he wants to make some achievements and pull others to suffer"

"Hey! You are really not suitable for this village chief," Wang Youfa shook his head and said helplessly.

Wang Youfa smiled and said, "Dad! Now is the era of economic development, if there are good ideas that lead the villagers on a road to prosperity, this is the real ability. You said that you should clean up the river and repair the village road every day, is this useful? Face Project 1"

"You are talking nonsense, the work in the village is no matter how big or small, and the things that are appropriate to the villagers are all major matters, and as a village cadre, you must consider the basic life of the villagers. Our Xiping Village is located between two mountains, and there is a small river in the middle, the river is not cleaned, once the rain is blocked, let alone what you develop? It's hard to say if this village is not there," Wang Degui finished speaking, and went back to the upper house with his hands behind his back.

At this time, Chen Yueqin had already cut the watermelon that Wang Youfa bought, took a piece and handed it to Wang Degui, Wang Degui hesitated, and wanted to say that I wouldn't eat it, but it was too hot that day, and he couldn't help it when he saw the watermelon, so he took it and took a bite hard. He thought to himself, if you don't eat for nothing, you won't eat.

So the family of three sat down in the house and ate watermelon.

In such a hot weather, Zhao Hong, with a few cadres in the village and a few selected villagers, was in the river of the Xichuan River, sweating like rain, cleaning up the last section of the river.

This Wang Youfa, for two months, has taken people down the river every day, but the work has only done a surface, the garbage and weeds in the river have indeed been cleaned up, but the sedimented silt, and some big stones in the middle of the river, are all intact. As soon as he talked about this, Zhao Hong was on fire in his belly.

"Everyone work hard, there should be another hour, and the river will be all open," Zhao Hong said loudly with a flushed face wiping sweat.

At this time, Feng Gui, the new village chief of Zhangwang Village, came over, he was in his forties, and he was very influential in Zhangwang Village.

"Oops, Village Chief Zhao! What are you doing here? Is there no place to go out, and the river is cleaned like a human face, is there no need for this" Feng Gui shouted at Zhao Hong with his hands behind his back.

It turned out that the lower reaches of the Xichuan River were this Zhangwang Village, and Zhao Hong and the others had cleaned up to the entrance of Zhangwang Village, no wonder this Feng Gui stood up and spoke, because of such a comparison, he, the village chief, felt that he was one step behind.

"It depends on what you say, what is necessary or not. Didn't the town notice? Wasn't there a heavy rainstorm in the past two days? Zhao Hong asked rhetorically.

Feng Gui smiled and said, "There's a fart, there's not even a drizzle, and it's raining heavily." Besides, it's been two days since the forecast was made, and I don't believe that the rain will come down on us on the last day of the day."

Chen Erniu laughed and said, "Village Chief Feng, the world is unpredictable, you look up behind you, wasn't it cloudless just now?" Why is there a black cloud? ”

As soon as Chen Erniu said, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the mountain behind Feng Gui. There was indeed a dark cloud coming out, and it was getting bigger and bigger, and it felt like it was moving quite fast.

"Crow's beak!" Feng Gui scolded in surprise and hurriedly walked away with his hands behind his back.

Xia Sanhu, who has never liked to talk, said coldly at this time: "It's late"

Sometimes it's really evil, and I saw that this dark cloud quickly dispersed, and it was faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, it covered most of the sky.

Seeing this, Zhao Hong shouted loudly: "Everyone hurry up, we must finish the rest of the work before it rains" Chen Erniu and Xia Sanhu also urged everyone to come. At this critical moment, Xia Zecheng rushed over with some elderly people in the village with tools in his hands.

As soon as everyone came ashore, they found that there were already scattered raindrops in the sky. Zhao Hong hurriedly shouted: "Everyone hurry home, do a good job of rainwater prevention at home, and the village cadres will be on standby at the village committee."

As soon as everyone ran into the village, heavy raindrops began to fall in the sky. A dragon-like bolt of lightning pierced the sky, followed by a deafening thunderclap.

The loudspeaker of the village committee sounded at this time, and Zhao Hong shouted: "Villagers, please pay attention, please do a good job of precaution against heavy rain, and don't let children run around blindly." Stay away from dilapidated houses and walls"

Wang Youfa, who was sleeping in Zhengxiang, was frightened by this thunder and woke up, he sat up in a hurry, glanced at the dark sky, hurriedly jumped off the big kang, put on his shoes and prepared to run out.

"Where are you going?" Wang Degui standing in the hall, his face darker than the sky.

Wang Youfa was a little embarrassed and said: "I went to the village committee to have a look, I wonder if they have come back?" ”

"Didn't you say there was no rain? Now run to get the reward! People asked you to take people to clear the river, you didn't do a good job, forget it, this time all the village cadres went down the river, only you are missing, now the river is cleaned up, you came out again, what do you say about you" Wang Degui did not show mercy to Wang Youfa at all, he shouted loudly.

Wang Youfa grabbed his scalp and said with an embarrassed face: "What's the use of talking about this now, didn't I make amends?" “

"Don't go out and show your face, stay at home safely, and afterwards you say that there is something in the factory and you haven't got out" Chen Yueqin's words just fell. There was another thunderclap in the sky. Suddenly the day turned into night, which was very scary.

Suddenly, the rain poured down from the sky. The stagnant water in the courtyard instantly overflowed the steps. Looking at the stagnant water in the yard, Wang Youfa was scared, and he asked timidly: "Dad! Can the river in our Xiping Village withstand such heavy rain? “

"It's not a big problem to miss a while, I'm afraid that after a long time, the problem will come" Wang Degui couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief after saying this. The original river was relatively wide, and when he was the head of the village, in order to make more use of it, he reclaimed a small half of the river into land, and it seems that it is not unreasonable for the old ancestors to leave such a wide river.

Such a heavy rain caused Xiping Village to enter a state of emergency for a time. Zhao Hong immediately called and told Ouyang Hong about the situation in Xiping Village. Then a fine division of labor was carried out.

Xia Sanhu led the three newly appointed village cadres to take charge of the safety of the agricultural cooperative. Chen Erniu led the villagers to carry out a village-wide inspection. Zhao Hong sits in the office, all-round command and dispatch.

In the face of the disaster, the people of Xiping are still very united, and everyone acts immediately in the heavy rain. At four or five o'clock, it was still as dark as evening. At a glance, you can see the rain.

Zhao Hong stood in front of the glass window, her heart was very terrible, she didn't believe where so much rain came from. She felt as if God had specifically recruited Xiping Village.

When Xiping Village was affected by disasters a few times ago, Xia Jian was by her side, and she naturally felt a lot calmer, but this time she had to take the lead alone, and I don't know if God would give her this face. If it rains so heavily and doesn't stop for half an hour, the water level of the Xichuan River will definitely rise to the village, so what can I do?

At this time, Xiao Lizi, who went out with Chen Erniu to inspect the situation in the village, ran in, he was mixed with water, gasping for breath and saying, "Oh no, village chief, the river has overflowed our village."

Zhao Hong's head grew as soon as she heard it, what she was most worried about still happened, what should I do? She suddenly remembered what Ouyang Hong said when she called her just now, "At the critical moment, you must rely on the strength of the masses, and you can't rely on individuals to fight alone."

Yes, it is necessary to rely on the strength of the masses, Zhao Hong thought of this, hurriedly turned on the radio, opened his throat and shouted: "Villagers, please pay attention, the water of the Xichuan River has entered the village, I hope that every household can dispatch strong labor, bring tools, and quickly rush to the east of the village" Zhao Hong shouted and immediately put on a raincoat, took the flashlight on the table and rushed into the rain.

She knew that the villagers might not listen to the sound of the radio with such a loud rain. Xiao Lizi led the way in front, the water in the village had reached her knees, and the more Zhao Hong walked, the more afraid she became, she didn't know how long the rain would last.

To her delight, many villagers had already rushed over when she shouted like this, some of them carrying sacks of dirt on their shoulders.

The easternmost part of the village, near the Xichuan River, roared and rushed downstream, stirring up waves that were one or two meters high, and looked very scary.

Chen Erniu has led the villagers to start saving themselves, everyone began to put sandbags in the place where the river rushed up, some moved things, some commanded, and one or twenty young people stood hand in hand to form a human wall, blocking the river rushing into the village. Although they did not do it very well, it bought time for the person who placed the sandbag in the back.

Seeing everyone working together so much, Zhao Hong's heart had a little support, or she really didn't know what to do. More and more villagers rushed over, and some of them directly moved the wood and some timber and grass from their homes.

All the young people in the power suit rushed to build embankments to block the water, and the old people, and even some children, they stood in the distance with flashlights to help the people who worked illuminate.

Time passed minute by minute, and everyone shouted, trying not to let the river rush into the village. Slowly, the thunder became quieter, and gradually the rain became lighter. But everyone still didn't dare to relax, and they were still reinforcing the embankment that had just been built.

The dark clouds quietly dispersed, and the sky slowly opened. I don't know who exclaimed: "Sun" Everyone looked back, and a small half of the sun was left hanging on the mountain

"The sun didn't go down before it went down, so I thought it would be evening," said a gray-haired old man.