"It's raining so hard, it's okay to park the car downstairs, right?" Li Manjun said worriedly.

The wind outside blew the windows with a bang, but fortunately, Zhao Yong re-nailed the windows again after the year, otherwise he would definitely not be able to stop the wind that is so fierce now.

Li Manjun glanced sideways at the alarm clock on the bedside table, 4:15 in the morning.

Zhao Yong closed the curtains, walked to the bed to get clothes, and said uncomfortably while putting them on: "You continue to sleep, cover the quilt and don't catch a cold, I'll go downstairs to have a look." ”

Li Manjun pointed to the living room, "There is a raincoat behind the door." ”

"Got it, I'll move the car and come back." Turning around and touching his wife's face, Zhao Yong put on a raincoat, wore rain boots, and went out with a flashlight.

said that he would come back soon after moving the car, but Li Manjun waited for more than ten minutes and didn't come back.

The raindrops the size of beans beat on the eaves and canopy, as if beating drums, making people annoyed.

The parking lot of Junda Freight was full of stagnant water, Zhao Yong drove his car in, parked at a slightly higher place, and turned on the headlights, and the water in the low-lying part of the parking lot was almost to the belly legs.

Especially in the dormitory, because it is a warehouse renovation, the terrain is relatively low, and the rainwater flows towards the front of the dormitory, and the drainage ditch at the door also turns out, seeping into the dormitory little by little.

At this time, the company's employees were resting in the dormitory, and they didn't know that there was water coming in, Zhao Yong only felt lucky, fortunately he came to take a look, if they woke up tomorrow, the dormitory would be flooded.

Zhao Yong woke up the employees, checked the drainage ditch, and told everyone to take precautions, and finally used bricks to block the water at the door of the warehouse, and then he went home.

Li Manjun had already slept in a daze, and when Zhao Yong went to bed, he only felt a cold air beside him, shivering from the cold.

Zhao Yong hurriedly stepped back to the side, tucked the thin quilt for her, and then went to sleep.

At around seven o'clock, the husband and wife were woken up by the noise in the staircase aisle.

When Zhao Yong went to park in the early morning, the water on the ground downstairs was fine, only over the instep, which was normal.

But it has only been more than two hours, and the water downstairs has reached the calves, and the children in the building who are going to school are crying urgently.

"The teacher is going to scold you if you're late!" Wu Guo stood at the top of the stairs and stomped his feet anxiously, the water downstairs was too deep, and his pants would be wet when he went down.

The rain did not become lighter because of the dawn, and as soon as the umbrella was opened, he felt that it was going to be blown crooked, and he didn't dare to wet the school uniform, so Wu Guo had to retreat into the corridor.

The two sons of the Sun family also followed their father to stand in the corridor, looking at the pouring rain outside, secretly hoping that their parents could help ask the teacher for leave today.

It would be great if you didn't have to go to school!

Soon, people who want to go to work, people who want to open stores, are all crowded in the hallway.

Granny Qiao was worried that she wanted to go to her barber shop, and wanted to go out wearing a raincoat and rain boots, Brother Sun hurriedly dragged the old lady back, "Don't run around, this water is deep!" ”

"Oh, the batch of goods I just bought in the store is still on the ground, and the water must have flowed in so deep and got wet!" Granny Qiao was so anxious that she couldn't do it.

In the end, under the persuasion of the neighbors, there was no water in the end.

Neighbors blocked the corridors, lamenting that such heavy rain was rare for decades.

Li Manjun and his wife washed up and prepared to go to work, but they were also blocked at the entrance of the building.

A taxi drove by, splashing water three meters high, and the three father and son of the Sun family, who were close to the street, hurriedly retreated.

"I'm going to die!" Brother Sun scolded angrily.

"Dad, I'm going to be late today." The eldest son of the Sun family wrinkled his little face, very helpless.

The youngest son pretended to be sad and grabbed his father's hand, "Dad, you can call the teacher to ask for leave, just say that our house is flooded and we can't go to school." ”

Sister-in-law Sun hurriedly ran downstairs with two pairs of rain boots, and when she heard her son's words, she burst into the back of his head, "I want to ask for leave every day, and then I fail the midterm exam like this." ”

"Put your shoes on, tell your dad to push the bike out, and push you to school."

Brother Sun wanted to cry without tears, but for the sake of the child's learning, he still pushed the bicycle out, and the two sons helped him to sit on the car, and he stood and pushed.

"I'll give Yao Zhaowen a call." Li Manjun walked upstairs, called the store in the aisle, and asked Yao Zhaowen about the situation in the store.

"We're okay, Wang Dasheng and I saw that the rain was too heavy last night, and we have moved all the paper shells to the warehouse, our terrain is relatively high, and there is no stagnant water."

"But the road outside is full of yellow muddy water, I'm afraid it's not easy to walk, boss, if you don't wait for the rain to stop, there are me and Wang Dasheng watching in the store."

Li Manjun instructed the two of them to be careful and prepare more candles, for fear that they would not be able to call at night.

The rain was so heavy that there were power outages in many parts of the city, and now the rain doesn't stop, and the repair crews can't go out to make repairs.

Li Manjun was originally going to Zhu Yaowei's factory to pull scrap steel slag today, so he had to call him again to explain.

"When the rain stops, I'll immediately contact the master to come and pull it away."

This is a trivial matter, Zhu Yaowei didn't say anything, and asked her about the situation in the city.

"I'm fine here." Li Manjun replied.

"What was said in the weather news before was that there was an abnormal air flow in El Niño, and there will be continuous heavy rain in the central and southern regions, and this rain is probably not so simple, so pay more attention."

After speaking, Zhu Yaowei hung up the phone, he was also very busy over there, the factory was restarted, and there were many complicated things.

Zhao Yong went downstairs to the company to take a look, the car and people were good, but there was still a car of bricks waiting to be delivered, but now this situation is not safe to go out, Zhao Yong made a lot of calls in the office to explain to customers.

He also told the team employees to pay attention to waterproofing in time, and then returned home with a body of rain.

Li Manjun boiled hot water on the stove, Zhao Yong took half a bucket of water with a bucket, mixed half a pot of boiling water, wiped it in the house, washed his hair, and changed into dry clothes.

The breakfast shop downstairs still insisted on opening the door, the steps in their store were high, the water did not overflow, and Li Manjun came back with two bowls of rice noodles to eat.

The husband and wife ate rice noodles while turning on the radio to receive the latest news reports.

After a half-day break, the afternoon call came, and the rain became a lot lighter, just drizzle.

When I turned on the TV, the weather experts were talking about what El Niño was, and urging residents to prepare for power and water outages.

Zhao Yong immediately went out and bought a large handful of candles and came back.

In the evening, sure enough, the power went out again, and the heavy rain kept falling, stopping for a short time from time to time, and it continued to rain for more than half a month.

Experts say that this year's precipitation in the central and southern parts of the country has already exceeded several times that of previous years, which is very dangerous.

The situation in Rongcheng is not optimistic, the deepest place is 1.2 meters, and residents rely on rowing to get around.

Li Manjun only went to the store twice during this period, and came back covered in muddy water.

The rain was too heavy, and there was no business in the store, Yao Zhaowen and Wang Dashengquan were on vacation, and the two were quite optimistic, listening to radio tapes, and they were very leisurely.

(End of chapter)