On rainy days, the air pressure is lower than on sunny days, and the sunflower fields grow in dense wind, and Wei Lan is in it, making it difficult to walk and breathe.

I was soaked, my skin was frozen blue-purple, my hair was scattered by sunflower branches and leaves, wet, a few strands stuck to my face, a few strands stuck to my neck, very uncomfortable.

Wei Lan raised his hand and rubbed his wrist twice at will.

The shovel I got was the shovel that the members of the brigade usually used to cut ditches, and I only felt a little heavy when I held it at first, but I walked in the sunflower field for a while, and the nearly two-meter-long wooden handle absorbed enough water and became heavier.

Wei Lan flew a lot of strength to step the shovel into the ditch, and pressed the wooden handle back to shovel out the sediment, but because the sunflower pole grew thick and dense, the wooden pole could not be pressed at all.

This bulky fellow had a bit of a hard time holding it, and it really didn't work to clear the mud and sand in the ditch in the sunflower field, at least for her size.

I thought about going back and changing other tools, one tool per person, she had to change it with other lesbians, and others would face the same problem.

At the moment, they are all busy again, and it takes a lot of time to toss back and forth.

She's going to have to be a little more efficient on her side.

Wei Lan gritted her teeth, simply rolled up her sleeves and squatted down, picking up the soil and fallen leaves in the ditch with her hands.

The various outlets of the small port have been opened, and the water is pouring out, and the impact is very great, and the water is cold and cold, and it takes a lot of strength to catch the iron rake, not to mention the debris in the drain.

Huang Chunxiang crawled ashore wet, collapsed like a belly-flipped fish, lying on the ground panting, and the people around her supported her, but they didn't help her up a few times.

Huang Chunxiang waved his hand and glanced in the direction of the downstream direction of Xiaogang, where a long simple sandbag embankment had been built on the ridge between the sunflower field and the river ditch.

But that's not enough.

Three sandbags are stacked together, and it is only half a meter to die, and after the hard preparation a few days ago, there are only about three or four hundred sandbags on the brigade, and although the sunflower field is only next to the ditch on one side, this is twenty acres of land, not one or two acres, and three or four hundred and sandbags are not enough at all.

Stop losses in time and try your best to keep more sunflowers.

"Leave me alone, call someone back, and tell the children of the village to go from house to house, snakeskin bags, burlap bags, and everything that can be filled with soil and sand."

Huang Chunxiang waved his hand, very weak, "Tell them again, don't forget to shop the sandbags downstream, and first stick to the two acres next to the small port." ”

As soon as Huang Chunxiang's voice fell, a rough voice came: "Don't go to the other end first, first hold on to the two acres here...... Yes, yes! There's a sandbag stacked on top! ”

Huang Chunxiang looked back, but it wasn't her family?

Gu Sande carried two sandbags on his right shoulder bare-chested, pointed to the direction of the downstream of Xiaogang with his left hand, and strode away in that direction while directing a group of young strong laborers.

During the period, passing by the drainage outlet, he saw Huang Chunxiang lying on the ground and collapsed, Gu Sande paused for half a beat, wanting to help Huang Chunxiang.

As soon as he turned his steps, Huang Chunxiang reacted first, smiled at Gu Sande, waved his hand outward, signaled that he was fine, and let him land on the crops in the field first.

Although there was silence, both sides understood what they meant.

Gu Sande understood, nodded vigorously, and then waved his hand, walking like a fly with a group of strong laborers carrying sandbags on their backs.

The children in the village started with Youlan and Ji Fengyao, and quickly collected a large number of new and old sacks, and distributed them to a group of small radish heads of about the same age, and carried them to the chashan bag, and when the uncles and brothers came back, they could directly load the soil.

The short-legged little turnip heads were busy talking, and at the same time, on the avenue outside the brigade, several men in pale blue uniforms rode into the brigade.

After entering the brigade, Zhang Xiaokui jumped out of the car and shouted, "Is the captain here?" The deputy bureau went upstream to repair the embankment to fight the flood, and if you don't worry about the situation here, let us come over to help! ”

The young people in the brigade all went to the small port to fight the disaster, the mud was slippery, and the old people were afraid of falling and causing trouble, so they simply didn't go out.

Outside, all that was left were the little radish heads who were carrying sacks in the rain.

Ji Fengyao was familiar with Zhang Xiaokui, and soon jumped in front of the little radish heads and ran to Zhang Xiaokui.

Ji Fengyao said the general situation, Zhang Xiaokui nodded, and beckoned a few people around him to take the sacks on the children's shoulders.

Look at Ji Fengyao again, a child carved in pink, wet all over, his lips are frozen white, and the others are the same, one by one, they are drenched like soup chickens, the things in their hands were picked up by adults, and they did not leave, but looked at the police door with an expectant gaze, as if waiting for the assignment.

"You are all good boys of the chairman! Good comrade! Zhang Xiaokui's heart is complicated, moved and distressed.

Zhang Xiaokui didn't know what the situation was at the homes of the other children in the village, but he knew the situation of Gu Chao's family, and he thought that there were people in Gu Chao's family, so he touched the rain on his face, "It's raining outside, and the big guys are very cold, in order to prevent everyone from catching a cold, you take them to Grandma Gu's house and ask Grandma Gu to help make a pot of ginger soup, remember, you also have to help, you know?" ”

The ginger soup is fake, the situation is chaotic, so many children are always worried that something will happen, or gather in one place to be watched by others to rest assured.

Ji Fengyao's cheeks puffed out, and he protested against being called "Yaoyao", but before he could refute it, Youlan, who had messy hair, suddenly came out and saluted Zhang Xiaokui and the others, "Uncle, don't worry, we will definitely complete the task." ”

After speaking, he held his hands for a while, and commanded everyone: "Now, everyone follow me!" ”

The little radish heads followed Youlan and ran towards Gu's house, Ji Fengyao had already fallen, so he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly ran up and caught up with Youlan.

"Alright, work comrades!" Zhang Xiaokui carried four bundles of sacks on his left and right shoulders in one breath, and he often came to this place of the seventh team, and he was familiar with the terrain, so he soon led the other four police officers to take the tea mountain.

A corner of the mountain was missing, the earth was fresh, and pickaxes and shovels were readily available, apparently someone had been busy here not so long ago.

"You guys are busy here first, I'll go to the other side of the small port to see the situation." Zhang Xiaokui explained, turned around and walked back along the trail.

The dam of the reservoir was washed out, and repairing the dam was not a trivial matter, and the deputy bureau couldn't leave, and he was worried about Wei Zhiqing's comfort, so he called his other four colleagues who worked together.

One is convenient to help the seven teams fight the flood, and the other is convenient to take care of Wei Zhiqing's thoughtfulness.

And Zhang Xiaokui's task is to protect Wei Lan's safety.

Right now, we have to find Wei Zhiqing as soon as possible.

The sky was already bright, and Zhang Xiaokui was in a hurry to go in the direction of Xiaogang.

The water level is still rising, and the water level is still half a meter away from the shore in the morning, but the water level is almost the same as the shore at this time.

That is, in the course of the morning, the water level rose by three to four meters.

"Batch...... Lesbians ...... first After eating, come and change people...... When the female comrades returned, the male comrades divided into five groups to make sure that there were people in the small port ......"

Wei Lan vaguely heard some movement in the sunflower field, listened carefully for a while, and determined that it was a batch change, and after the news that the female comrades would go back to replenish their strength first, she sat in the mud.

After panting for a while, Wei Lan looked up at the sky through the gaps in the branches and leaves, and the dark clouds were heavy, as if there was still heavy rain to fall.

Hurry up and end it, this farce.

Recovering a little bit of strength, Wei Lan trembled his hands to grab the shovel that had been placed aside, a pair of small hands covered with yellow mud, but they still couldn't hide the blood-red scratches on it.

There were a lot of mud and sand grains in the ditch, accompanied by stones that might appear at any time, Wei Lan also grabbed a piece of glass from it just now, and cut a large hole in his palm, and a lot of blood came out.

Ten fingertips were dull and painful, and the palms of his hands were also very painful, Wei Lan held the wooden handle of the shovel with his elbow, and walked out with the shovel.

It was difficult to judge the direction in the sunflower field, but because of the sound of water surging in the ditch, Wei Lan quickly got out of the ground.

The water level rose very much, and when I stood on the shore, the water could not reach the instep, so I simply piled up sandbag embankments next to it, and the water in the ditch could not flow into the ground for the time being.

But if the water level continues to rise, it's hard to say......

Pulling the shovel out of the ground with great effort, Wei Lan bit her lip, squatted down, and stretched out her hands to the water.

The cold water washed away the muddy water and sand, and the exposed hands were no longer what they were.

The white was still white, but the fingertips were all scarlet, and the nails of the ring finger of the left hand were pierced with wooden thorns, and half of the round nail cover had been cracked.

It turned out that he only felt a lot of pain, and he didn't know the situation at all, but now that he saw it clearly, Wei Lan's scalp was numb, his lips were clenched, his eyes were filled with tears, and he felt even more pain.

My fingers hurt, and my eyes hurt.

Wei Lan's hands trembled, and he clenched his teeth and tried to pull out the wooden thorns, and suddenly there was a rapid noise behind him, and a skinny figure rushed out of the sunflower field.

Immediately afterwards, the voice of the yin owl that made people get goosebumps sounded: "I finally found you, you ...... Bad woman. ”

Wei Lan was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know why he wanted to look back to see who it was, but he hadn't made a move yet, only heard a "bang" sound.

There was a muffled sound, as if it was far away, and it seemed to be right in the ear.

With a sharp pain in his head, Wei Lan supported the ground with his hands, knelt on the ground with his knees softly, and the voice of the whole world seemed to be amplified countless times overnight.

The sound of her breathing.

The woman's shrill and arrogant laughter.

The sound of the waves and the sound of the water......

and the crisp sound of the waves slapping bubbles and then bursting "pop".

There seems to be a problem with the vision, the eyes are black, and the large red in the rolling water in front of him can't be ignored.

Blood......

That's, blood......

Consciousness gradually blurred, and Wei Lan's body slowly fell forward.

Ding Maomao felt that it was not enough

Maybe he felt that Wei Lan was not dead enough, or he felt that seeing Wei Lan was an eyesore, Ding Maomao's face widened with a sinister smile, he threw away the bloodstained shovel in his hand, and kicked Wei Lan with a ruthless kick.

The young girl's body fell into the water, resembling rags, and was quickly crushed by the waves, spreading a small area of scarlet before disappearing completely.

Ding Maomao stared at the water, making sure that the person would never appear again, she raised her head, and suddenly burst into maniacal laughter.

"Hehe, hahahahaha...... It's good to be dead! It's good to be dead! ”

Laughing and laughing, she cried again, "You forced me, you forced me first, I'm not wrong, you damn it, damn it!" ”

The lightning flashed and thundered, the thunder overshadowed one after another, Ding Maomao cried and laughed, he could still see some clarity in his eyes before, but now it is all turbid.

Wei Lan ...... Wei Lan...... Bad woman, I found you...... Where are you? ”

The downpour fell again, and the woman staggered forward with her bloated belly, eventually disappearing into the rain and mist.

……

It rained heavily last night, and this morning the railway workers of Huangxian County rushed to the track blockage site, and more than 10 people worked all morning before finally opening the road.

After living on the train for too long, Gu Chao felt that his legs were almost wooden as soon as he got off the train.

He lightly hammered his thighs twice to relieve the soreness, and stood at the entrance of the station and looked out at the street in the distance.

It was gloomy from the morning to H Province, and when I got off the bus, it began to rain again.

Most of the roads in the countryside are muddy, and it is difficult to walk in rain and snow, and buses are generally suspended.

Gu Chao had a memory in his heart, he couldn't wait for the rain to stop, wrapped the oil paper and stuffed it tightly into the bag, making sure that the cheongsam inside would not be wet by the rain, he pulled the bag on his back, and ran back with his head into the rain.

Hurry up, and you can get home in more than an hour.

I said that I would come back in three days, but now that I have been delayed for so long, I don't know if the girl will be annoyed again? resented him for breaking his word.

Gu Chao hooked the corners of his mouth, although helpless but sweet.

The pace became faster and faster, and he didn't care about the mud and water.

*

In the middle of summer, the trees grew densely, and the houses of the members of the seventh team were surrounded by trees, and under the rain, the air seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist, which invaded the brigade from one end and floated out from the treetops.

The entire brigade was shrouded in Xiao Su's breath, and Gu Chao was full of joy and didn't realize it at all.

When he entered his yard, Gu Chao kicked off his feet in the mud at the door, and then entered the house with his bag, "Grandma, Nannan, I'm back." ”

No one answered in the room.

Gu Chao was stunned, his eyebrows furrowed, and he shouted again, "Baby? ”

I didn't see Wei Lan responding, but I saw You Lan running out from behind.

Gu Chao breathed a sigh of relief, the heaviness and depression in his heart dissipated a little, he bent down and smiled with a warm softness, "Youlan, you Lan ......"

Before he finished speaking, Youlan plunged his head into his arms, wrapped his hands around his waist, and his small body couldn't stop trembling.

"What's wrong? Missing your brother? My brother brought you ...... this time."

"Brother." You Lan raised her head, twitched and put her eyes red and swollen, Gu Chao's voice suddenly stopped, and then she realized that it was unusual.

A burst of uneasiness hit his heart, Gu Chao held Youlan's shoulder and looked at her at eye level: "What's wrong, what's going on at home?" Speak slowly, speak carefully?! ”

"Uh......h Nope. Brother, Sister Lan is gone. ”

"I didn't ...... Finish? Gu Chao was stunned for a while before listening to Youlan's words in his heart, "What do you mean it's gone?" What's missing? ”

The backpack slipped off his shoulder, smashing the ground into a puddle of water.

Gu Chao's eyes were fierce, and he grabbed Youlan and shook it back and forth, "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”

"The Shilipu Reservoir burst and sent a lot of water, and the captain took many people to fight the flood, and Sister Lan also went...... Sister Lan, woo...... Sister Lan was swept away by the water and lost her ......"

Gu Chao's body shook twice, and he took two steps back, his face turned pale.

The picture of the separation a few days ago appeared in front of him, the girl stood at the gate of the courtyard with a smile like a flower and waved at him, asking him to take care of his body, not in a hurry to come back in three days, but also in four days.

A person who is so bright and bright, says no, and is gone?

No......

Gu Chao suddenly turned around and walked out.

……

(End of chapter)