To put it mildly, now Wang Manyin is also a well-known figure in Shibijie Commune, and people from all walks of life know some of them.

If Tian Xiaoxia plans to report something good, of course he will take the initiative to help contact.

The point is, it's not a good thing.

He didn't know if there was moldy grain in the Shibi Grain Depot, and if there were, an article would stab Lou Zi. Ordinary farmers may not care about newspapers, but some certainly do.

Wang Manyin is not afraid of trouble, nor is he willing to look for trouble for no reason.

After all, I will have to live in the Stone Festival in the future, and it will not be good for people to know that they are involved.

So unless he has a brain disease, he will help to connect.

What made Wang Manyin even more speechless was that Tian Xiaoxia's father, Tian Fujun, had been working in the Huangyuan area for several years, and had only just been transferred to Qin'an City for a few months. Now reporting the negative news of the grain depot, isn't it revealing the shortcomings of Lao Tzu?

In particular, Yuanxi County is Tian Fujun's hometown, and the other party has worked here for a long time.

Wang Manyin tried to analyze Tian Xiaoxia: "Among them, Liu Genmin, the director of the Shibi Festival, is also a classmate of Shao'an. If you report it, it must have an impact on him......"

After listening to his brother-in-law's analysis, Shao'an hesitated a little. He was recently talking to the commune about contracting a brick and tile factory, and Liu Genmin played a big role in it.

Seeing that there are results, it is likely that there will be some twists and turns because of a report.

Shao'an had the heart to persuade him, but he moved his mouth, and finally didn't say anything. This kind of thing, it's better to go back and let my brother persuade him in private.

"I'm a journalist, and it's our responsibility to tell the truth, and it doesn't change because of whose daughter it is. Besides, brother-in-law...... Do you think there must be something wrong with the grain depot in Shibi Festival? Tian Xiaoxia's words of reply were full of idealism, and she obviously had her own persistence in her heart.

"I don't dare to talk nonsense," Wang Manyin didn't plan to continue to answer.

The water in this stall of the granary is deep.

"That's it. When I came down to interview, I also accumulated some clues at hand, and the next step was to go to other counties to prepare to interview more people, not necessarily to take the Shibi Grain Depot as an example. In addition, if there are no problems, it may become a positive example. ”

"Well, you have a point. But I really don't have any acquaintances in the grain depot......" Wang Manyin echoed, but he made up his mind not to touch this matter.

"Brother-in-law, you disappointed me a little, my dad has always praised you in private, saying that you are assertive and responsible when encountering people and problems."

"Uncle Tian exaggerated...... The matter of the grain depot is not so simple. Seeing that the other party moved out of Tian Fujun, Wang Manyin could only respond helplessly.

"What do you really know?" Tian Xiaoxia immediately became interested, and even took out a small notebook to record.

"I feel that instead of reporting whether the grain depot is mildewed, you should write an article to report on the problem of farmers' difficulty in delivering grain."

Tian Xiaoxia asked Shaoping with doubts: "What's so difficult about delivering grain?" ”

She has lived in the city since she was a child, and even if she occasionally goes back to live in Shuangshui Village several times, she only wanders around the village and outside the village, and has never really understood some things in the countryside.

"That's too hard. Every year, when it is time to pay the public grain, the peasants in each village can line up four or five hundred meters away. If they can't inspect the food that day, they will have to sleep outside at night. Some families have to wait two or three days for a grain payment. Moreover, the grain inspectors like to deliberately make things difficult, and they will send the grain back at every turn...... "After graduating from high school, Shaoping returned to the village to participate in labor for several years, and he was naturally clear about the Taoism inside.

Wang Manyin also said: "You can interview the villagers of Shuangshui Village, and you can know how difficult it is to deliver grain every year." Or wait a few more days and see it for yourself. This is not a grain depot problem...... I think it's more worth reporting. ”

This year, since the wheat was harvested, the rain has been more frequent. Some time ago, the dirt roads in the villages were muddy, and there was no way to pass the rack cars, so the grain depot postponed the grain collection time for more than half a month.

If Tian Xiaoxia wants to interview, she can just catch up.

In addition, grain mold is a management problem. And the grain inspectors make things difficult, that is the problem of a very small number of staff, and the impact is not so big, at least the board will not hit Liu Genmin.

"Let's stay a few more days, and then we will go to the grain station to have a look." Tian Xiaoxia said to Shaoping.

She also felt that the topic was meaningful, after all, it was about farmers. If it's really a common problem, it's even more repercussive.

While a few people were chatting, Sun Yuhou entered the cave with a large watermelon with a large flower skin.

The watermelon was brought by Wang Manyin just now, and a total of five were picked. Every year at the beginning of spring, he will use plastic bags to buckle the shed to breed, so that his family can eat watermelon a month earlier.

Coupled with the effect of space water, the watermelon is much larger than ordinary people, weighing almost ten catties.

As soon as the old man put the kitchen knife on the melon skin and touched it gently, the watermelon immediately exploded, revealing a red and rustling melon pulp.

Just looking at the colors, it makes people feel like the heat is gone.

However, today, the Sun family has more than a dozen people, large and small, and a big watermelon is not enough at all.

After eating, several children clamored for more.

Helplessly, the old man took out the second one.

The lunch was made with the help of orchids and runleaves, with chicken and meat, which was quite hearty. The big rooster was freshly killed, and the pork was bought from the commune by Shao'an. By the way, I also bought back two pieces of beer.

During the banquet, everyone talked about Shao'an's plan to open a brick factory.

Old Man Sun once again objected.

However, Shaoping supported his brother, and by the way, popularized the concept of "leave without pay" to his father. Now it is nothing new to leave without pay, and just some time ago, a special notice was issued on this matter. "Leave without pay" is allowed, the iron rice bowl is still retained, and the length of service is calculated during the period.

So Shao'an is suspended now, but it doesn't have much impact.

When eating, the sun is blazing outside.

As a result, not long after everyone put down the bowl, a strong wind suddenly blew on the hill, and soon the sky began to darken.

Look at this, it's going to rain soon.

Wang Manyin and Orchid didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly took the three children home.

Not long after arriving home, white raindrops covered the entire field.

Speaking of which, this year's Loess Plateau has obviously more rain. From the wheat to the present, it has rained three times in a row.

And this rain is a bit strange, it was not big at first, but it lasted for a long time, and it lasted until the evening.

After dinner, the rain did not stop, but became heavier and heavier.

There was no way to go out on a rainy day, so the family had to stay at home and listen to the radio. Originally, the storytelling should be broadcast at this time period, but Wang Manyin turned on the Huangyuan radio station, but heard the weather forecast.

"In summer, the province is often affected by the Kang-Tibet high, which is influenced by the Pacific subtropical high that extends westward...... Warm and cold air meet and heavy rain is on the verge of ...... The counties with the highest daily rainfall along the river have reached 140 mm. According to the forecast of the hydrological department, the flood flow of the river section will soon reach 20,000 cubic meters per second......"

Listening to the radio, Orchid couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that it is raining quite heavily in the south, and even the radio says that it will not happen in a hundred years." We should be considered heavy to rain here, and it is estimated that the Dongla River is flooded again...... Wang Lei, Wang Tao, you two will be careful for me tomorrow, you are not allowed to go to the river! ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Wang Manyin always felt as if he had neglected something.

Suddenly, he came to his senses: Heavy rain, that's right, a torrential rain that has not been encountered in a hundred years!

This rainstorm should be related to Shao Hirata Xiaoxia...... Wang Manyin had written down this incident in the notebook in the space, but he forgot the specific time when it happened.

He also wanted to find an opportunity to remind Shaoping, who knew that he had forgotten everything.

In the original book, although the two have established a romantic relationship, they are in a state of separation. When it rained heavily, Tian Xiaoxia happened to be on duty at the provincial newspaper, so she was able to rush to the disaster area to report.

It was in this rainstorm that Tian Xiaoxia sacrificed to save a little girl who fell into the water.

And now, she followed Shaoping back to Shuangshui Village, planning to write an article to report on the problem of grain mildew in the grain depot.

Even if Tian Xiaoxia got a telegram from the newspaper later, it was too late to rush back to Qin'an City. It usually takes at least two days to get from the commune of Shibi Festival to the provincial capital.

Now it is raining heavily, many roads have been washed out, and vehicles are not able to pass at all.

Sometimes, that's fate.

It may be a small change that can change people's destiny dramatically.

But no matter what, for Shaoping, it's always a good thing.

When he was about to sleep, Wang Manyin deliberately went out with an umbrella to check the situation in the courtyard. When he walked to the edge of the field and shone it into the distance with a flashlight, he was startled.

The turbidity waves rolled down the steep slope, completely filling the deep ditch, and the water surface was almost five or six meters wide, even reaching the circle of Marruzi bushes on the edge of the ditch.

Wang Manyin has lived in Jar Village for more than ten years, and it is the first time he has encountered such a big flash flood.

However, the water level is still two meters above the fieldside, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. I'm afraid it will continue to rain tomorrow, but it's really bad.

In the middle of the night, there was still a lot of noise outside the cave.

Suddenly, Wang Manyin heard the barking of three earth dogs.

Is there a situation?!

He sat up as soon as he could, fumbling to turn on the flashlight.

It seems that I heard someone shouting outside, but it was just through the sound of rain, which was not very real.

"Man Yin, is someone calling you? It sounds like the voice of a hairy egg, so something won't happen to our workshop. Orchid listened for a moment and said urgently.

"I'll take a look," replied Wang Manyin, hurriedly putting on his clothes.

Then, he rushed to open the door.

When he came to the side of the field wearing plastic sheeting, he saw a bright light from the opposite workshop. But it's not at home, it's in the direction of the village.

"Uncle Man Yin, big brother, big brother, you are all awake...... At this time, the second child of Wang Qiusheng's family shouted from the opposite side of the deep ditch behind the cliff ditch.

"Stone, what's wrong, what's wrong?" Mao Dan asked urgently.

Listening to the eagerness in his brother's voice, he thought that something had happened to his family.

"You go to the village quickly, just now the full hoarding of branch books came to inform you that the cave of Uncle Xiugang's house was flooded, and several people were trapped in the water. Our dad has already gone to the village, let me call you to come too......"

Hearing this, Wang Manyin's face suddenly became solemn.

The caves of the Loess Plateau are dug into the mountains, most of which are relatively high, but some are built at the foot of the mountains.

Wang Xiugang's house is like this, the cave is dug in the outermost mountain in the east of the village, and there is a deep ditch in front of the door, only 100 meters away from the Dongla River.

In the past, there was no incident with flash floods, but the key is that this time the rain was too heavy, and it has not stopped from the afternoon until now.

Where did Wang Manyin dare to delay, he immediately shouted at Mao Dan: "Wait a minute, I'll go home and give an explanation to your aunt." Let's take our stuff and go to the village! ”

He gave Orchid a few brief remarks, and then pulled out a bundle of well ropes from the house, and carried a shovel in the other hand.

Wang Manyin went down the slope of the ditch, only to notice that the dirt road in front of the door had been completely flooded. As far as the eye can see, there is murky water everywhere, and there is no stone bridge on the dirt road to be seen.

He tried to take two steps, but found that the water had reached the instep of his foot.

"Uncle, what should I do?"

It was the first time for Mao Dan to encounter such a big flood, and he was a little surprised at the moment.

Wang Manyin wrapped one end of the well rope around his waist, and then said, "You tie the other end, and I'll try to cross the bridge first." In case something happens, you have to hold it in time! ”

With that, he carefully used his shovel to find his way through the water.

The stone bridge was originally located relatively low, but now the water depth of the bridge deck is almost half a meter. Wang Manbank walked on the top, only to feel as if he was being pushed by something, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and there were no surprises in the whole process.

After crossing the stone bridge cautiously, Wang Manyin rushed to the opposite side and said, "You tie yourself up, slow down and don't panic!" ”

Then, Mao Dan also crossed the stone bridge with the help of a shovel.

The two of them didn't delay, took a flashlight, and walked towards the village.

There was murky water everywhere, and some of the obvious signs on the roadside that used to be almost completely missing.

At this time, most of the people in the village got the news that Wang Xiugang's house was trapped, so people kept calling flashlights to rush there.

When Wang Manyin arrived at the scene, he couldn't help but feel numb.

The courtyard of Wang Xiugang's house has been completely washed away, and most of the cave is submerged in the torrent, and you can only barely see the round window left on the top of the flat wall, in which there are constant cries.

The so-called flat beam refers to a beam in the middle of the door and window of the cave. The flat is generally only more than half a meter away from the top of the kiln, the upper side is called the round window, and the lower side is called the door and window.

At this moment, the deep ditch in front of the door has become a moat. A group of people stood in the shallow water, looking at the cave more than thirty meters away, helpless.

"Full Silver is here!"

"Uncle Manyin is here......"

Seeing Wang Manyin, a group of people seemed to have a backbone and shouted one after another.

At critical moments, a person's prestige can be seen.

"Brother Manchu, what's the situation?" Time was pressing, and Wang Manyin couldn't care about greeting them one by one.

"People are okay for the time being, just now Xiugang shouted outside, saying that the family is now standing on the earthen kang! The cave can't withstand the blisters, I'm afraid that the kiln will collapse after a long time! ”

At the end of the talk, Wang Manchu's face was full of worry.

This is very likely to happen.

Although Wang Xiugang's house is a brick kiln, the bottom foundation is still loess. If it is constantly soaked in floodwaters, it is easy to collapse.

Wang Manyin replied loudly: "What can I do, tie my waist with a well rope to save people!" ”

"No, this place is downstream of the gourd mouth, and the water is too urgent! We've tried a few times just now, but we couldn't swim past it at all, and we almost washed Junxiang away! Wang Dacai hurriedly replied.

(Because of the details of the previous chapter, the following is free)

Only then did Wang Manyin notice that the deep ditch in front of Wang Xiugang's house was a bit special, just forming a semicircular arc outward, and the upstream was obviously wider. When you enter the water from a standing position, you will encounter the impact of the current from the side, so it is difficult to swim to the other side.

In addition, a 40-meter-long well rope is tied around his waist, and the pulling force brought by the impact of the flood can be imagined.

He also became hesitant.

With his own physical strength, it should not be a problem to swim more than 30 meters, the key is how to bring a few people to the opposite side safely. If only there was a ship!

Wang Manyin suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind: There is a boat!

He immediately said to everyone: "Uncle Manchu, you immediately ask people to go home and get two door panels, and bring more well ropes and wires, and come with three people to carry the oil drums with me...... Let's make a boat! ”

In order to make more frying machines, Wang Manyin bought back two oil drums from the county Wujiaohua Company some time ago, and before he had time to drill holes, he just used them as pontoons.

"Listen to Manyin, Junxiang, a few of you young people keep up!!" Wang Manchu also shouted anxiously.

In this way, Mao Dan and a few people followed Wang Manyin and ran back quickly.

I took the oil drum and hurried back.

At this time, the door panel was also taken back.

Under the command of Wang Manyin, everyone hurriedly fixed the oil drum on the door panel. In order to prevent the shelves from falling apart halfway, mesh knots were also deliberately tied at both ends of the oil drums.

Then, the group carried the door boat upstream for some distance and re-entered the water.

Wang Manyin sat on the door panel, took the shovel as an oar, and rowed vigorously towards the opposite side.

He also had a long well rope tied around his waist and on the door panel. If there is an accident on the way, it is convenient for everyone on the shore to pull back as soon as possible.

As expected, as soon as Wang Manyin rowed seven or eight meters away, he felt a huge force in the water shaking the door boat.

(End of chapter)