At the end of May, the white mountains and black water, the clouds are low, and the sky is like ink.

With lightning and thunder, raindrops the size of beans smashed to the ground, raising puffs of smoke and dust.

Soon, the raindrops became denser and more urgent.

Boom, click!

A zigzag silver dragon flashed in the black sky, winding like a withered branch hanging in the sky, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

The deafening thunder struck people's hearts all the time.

Every roar makes people tremble, as if heaven has punished the world and washed the world.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The wind carried the showers and rained down from the sky.

The raindrops fell to the ground and bounced off the water, converging towards the low ground.

On the mechanized road of the vegetable garden, the muddy water flows eastward, like a stream.

Needless to say, it was flowing into the reservoir.

Lu Changhua braved the wind and rain and stepped on the water to the east.

He is not at ease with the reservoir.

Although the reservoir has been emptied now, the rain is so heavy that the reservoir capacity will be full in a day or two.

It is more than 400 meters from home to the reservoir, and you have to walk through a wetland to reach it.

As soon as I walked into the wasteland next to the duty room, I saw a cross-flow of sewage, and the large flow of water that gathered together actually eroded the ground into a deep ditch.

The water in the ditch is turbulent, falling from a high place to the bottom of the ditch, rumbling, and the sound is dozens of meters away.

As he approached the reservoir, he heard an earth-shattering commotion.

Since the reservoir was reinforced, the sluice gates have not been closed.

Lu Changhua knows that even if the sluice gate is opened, it may not have time to discharge the flood, so close it? Forget it!

Sure enough, it was only less than an hour, and half of the water surface of the reservoir was already stored.

Streams from all directions converge here, and the water is turbid and grayish-white.

This is due to the large amount of sediment carried by the current.

If the rain stops, it will settle down in two or three days, and the water will naturally be clear.

He followed the embankment all the way to the east, carefully checked the situation of the dam, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he relieved himself and walked back to the duty room.

Opening the door and taking off his wet raincoat, he immediately felt a chill.

Outside the window, lightning and thunder roared, and heavy rain poured down.

The water hanging under the eaves has never been broken, as if hanging a water curtain, and he is in the hole.

After resting for an hour in the duty room, Lu Changhua put on a raincoat again and walked onto the dam.

The dam is also a cross-flow of sewage, flowing to both sides, and puddles of water are all over the top of the dam, and the surrounding area is foggy and there is no distant view.

It was nearly noon, and it was as dark as evening.

Lu Changhua could only go into the duty room again to hide from the rain.

Although there are raincoats and rain boots, the rain is too heavy to help at all.

When he came into the house, he took off his raincoat and hung it up, and his rain boots were buttoned upside down to control the rainwater.

My feet were soaked and white, and I felt a chill when I hung them in the air.

Barefoot, he went to the kitchen, scooped a few scoops of cold water into the iron pot, stuffed the dry branches and bean stalks beside the stove into the stove pit, felt the matches on the stove, and lit the firewood.

The orange-red flame burned slowly in the pit, and pale cyan smoke came out of the straw.

He stretched out his hand and baked the fire at the mouth of the stove, and when the flame inside was smaller, he shoved another handful of straw into it.

The flames crackled and burned, with warmth, baking Lu Changhua's stiff body.

Little by little, the chill on his body dissipated.

"Alas, it's raining too much!"

Lu Changhua listened to the sound of rain outside the house, sat in front of the stove pit and muttered to himself.

Although he knew that there was a flood this year, he didn't expect the rain to be so heavy!

How could I not feel it in my previous life?

Now, Lu Changhua knows that the reservoir must survive. Otherwise, the reservoir contract at the end of the year will be in vain.

You think, the reservoir is gone, what else is there to contract?

If it really collapses, I don't know when it will be repaired again.

While he was thinking wildly, a dog's bark came.

Well?

The barking of dogs is getting closer.

Lu Changhua was excited, quickly got up and ran into the office, and pushed open the door.

At the door of the room, Xiong Bao, who was drenched in a drenched body, was shaking the rain on his body, and his mother broke in in a raincoat.

"Mom? What are you doing here? ”

"I'm afraid you won't be able to go home, so I'll bring you something to eat."

Only then did Lu Changhua notice that his mother was holding a bag in her arms.

"Take off your raincoat."

He hurriedly helped his mother take off his raincoat.

Mom's clothes were already wet, and her hair was also wet, dripping with water dripping down.

"There's a fire in the kitchen, let's have a fire."

"It's okay, I'll go back first, and your dad will have to eat when he comes back."

Mom shook off her raincoat and put it on again.

Turned and pushed the door and walked into the rain.

Lu Changhua wanted to say something, but opened his mouth and closed it again.

Isn't that what people live today?

Xiong Bao kept shaking his hair, shaking the ground wet.

He took out a few steamed buns from the bag his mother brought, and they were still hot.

Lu Changhua broke the steamed buns and put them into his mouth one by one.

When Xiong Bao saw that there was food, he raised his head to look at his master, and then leaned over and looked at it with a longing face.

"You're carefree!"

Lu Changhua handed the steamed bun to Xiong Bao.

Xiong Bao tilted his head as if he understood, opened his mouth carefully, revealed his pink tongue, and gently took the steamed bun in his mouth, and when Lu Changhua withdrew his hand, it bit the steamed bun and walked aside, squinting and chewing slowly.

It rained all the time.

In the middle, the rain changed a little, sometimes heavier and sometimes lighter.

It is appropriate to describe it as a combination of thunder and lightning.

It was almost evening, and Han Jianhua broke into the duty room wearing a raincoat.

"Little Lu, how is it? Is the reservoir okay? ”

"Director, it's okay for the time being, but if it's going to be a few days in a row, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Is the floodgates open?"

"It's opened."

"Looks like it's going to pump water out."

"I'll go."

"Don't, let the electrician come."

Han Jianhua grabbed Lu Changhua, who was about to pick up the pump.

Lu Changhua knew that on such a rainy day, if the operation is not good, he will be electrocuted, and if he does not do well, he will hang up.

Let the professionals do it.

Han Jianhua turned around and entered the rain.

Lu Changhua hurriedly put on a raincoat and followed.

Xiong Bao was drenched in the rain and fed enough, but now he hid in the kitchen and did not want to come out.

The two were on the dam, looking at the water surface of the reservoir. Today, the water surface is only 1 metre away from the top of the dam.

"Xiao Lu, this is very dangerous, you have to pump water immediately."

"yes, I'll do it right away."

Lu Changhua knew that the reservoir was very dangerous now, and in just a few hours, it would overflow.

He turned around and ran back to the duty room, took out the warehouse key, opened the warehouse door, and moved the pumping machine inside.

The pumping machine has a weight of more than a dozen kilograms.

He walked to the dam with one foot deep and one foot shallow, put the machine on the top of the dam, and ran back to get the canvas pipe.

Han Jianhua's attention was on the dam, and Lu Changhua could only run back and forth alone.

When he opened the roll of wires and reached the pump, the electrician came running one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When he saw that Lu Changhua was ready, he smiled at him and said, "Okay, Xiao Lu, it's very neat to work." ”

Then take out the screwdriver and screw the binding post on the pump.

He connected the wires, wrapped the tarpaulin, and attached the hoses to both ends of the pump.

Together with Lu Changhua, he threw the inlet hose into the water, and the other end crossed the dam and threw it on the north side of the dam.

"You stay away from the pump to prevent leakage."

"Huh."

Lu Changhua took a few steps back, away from the pump.

At this time, Han Jianhua walked over.

"How? Is it connected? ”

"Director, I'll just go to the duty room and connect the electricity."

"Well, stay safe."

"Hehe, director, don't worry."

The electrician went to the duty room, and Lu Changhua and Director Han guarded the pumping machine.

Ten minutes later, I heard a sound from Weng Weng, and the pump shook slightly.

The hose inserted into the water bulged instantly.

Subsequently, the outlet pipe behind the pump also bulged, and the water was sprayed with a bang.

"This pump is a bit small, you go and bring the other one and pump it together."

Han Jianhua said to the electrician who had just run over out of breath.

"Okay, I'll go."

Seeing that the electrician went, Han Jianhua said to Lu Changhua: "We must find a way to protect this dam, otherwise this road will be broken." ”

"You can't do it alone, I'll transfer people from the Daejeon team to pack up the sandbags and pile up the dam first."

"Okay."

Han Jianhua turned around and returned to the team site, he was going to arrange manpower.

Lu Changhua squatted on the dam, and the water level of the reservoir was still slowly rising.

It seems that it will be a matter of time before the dam is flooded.

An hour later.

The electrician finally arrived at the scene with a water pump, this time not alone, but with an apprentice.

The two of them were busy for a while, installed another pumping machine, and began to pump water.

It was already past 8 p.m., and it was dark all around, except for the few lights in the family area to the west.

In order to work at night, the electrician had to brave the rain to install several electric lights outside.

"Bump Bump!"

Two bright lights shone out of the darkness.

The rubber-tyred truck towed the trailer to the front of the duty room.

More than a dozen people jumped out of the back compartment, took tools, and carried iron buckets into the duty room.

The rubber-tyred car also turned off, and a few people got out of the cab.

Lu Changhua let these people in.

"It's going to be a night shift today, so let's eat something first."

Taking off the hood of the raincoat, Han Ying exhaled white air and appeared in front of Lu Changhua.

"You're still delivering food so late?"

"The leader arranged, so many people are on night shift, can they skip meals?"

As he spoke, Lao Lu stepped in from outside the door.

"Eat and eat, and only when you are full can you have the strength to work."

The two looked at each other, and everything was silent.

Lao Lu personally took charge of the spoon and cooked for these people.

Han Ying and a few other girls were busy distributing steamed buns and serving hot soup.

The duty room suddenly became lively.