20 years of teaching

Chapter 12 Basin-Wide Flood
Because the two came up from the gate of Jinghu Junior High School, Lin Feifan couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

One was wearing a hot coat that was washed white, very thin, with bright eyes and gray hair, about 50 years old, carrying a canvas bag in his hand, and the words commemorating the Linjiang County Education Work Conference were printed on the bag.

The other was much more luxuriously dressed, slacks, a delicate belt, a striped T-shirt tucked in, and a beer belly that bulged out of it.

He wore a golden watch on his wrist and held a small leather bag in his hand.

The hair is divided into threes and sevens, combed smoothly and shiny, and mousse is obviously applied, but the face is dark gray, and the eye circles are a little black.

The person who put mousse on his hair was known to Lin Feifan. He was the director of the Jinghu Village Committee, and his name was Yao Baohua.

An administrative village governs several village groups, and Lin Feifei also knew that Director Yao belonged to the Yaowu group, which is adjacent to the Jinghu group.

Although I know Director Yao, I have never been in contact with him, so I know him by face. I have seen him go to the Jinghu Group to deal with disputes among villagers.

As for the gray-haired one, Lin Feifan had seen it before, and guessed that he was the principal Shi of Jinghu Junior High School, but he was not sure.

Before the two sat down, the car started. The gray-haired one couldn't stand upright and almost fell down. Lin Feifei quickly helped him up.

"Thank you, thank you! The young man is really handsome." The gray hair said to Lin Feifan with a smile on his face.

Lin Feifan smiled and said, "You're welcome, be careful."

Not long after the two of them sat down, Director Yao said, "What's the use of asking me to go to the county together? You, the president of Shi University, can't handle this matter, and I can't help it. The water hasn't receded. Where are you asking so many villagers to move?" ?”

Hey, the gray-haired man is indeed Principal Shi of Jinghu Junior High School.

Lin Feifei couldn't help turning his head to look again.

Shi Yuming, the principal of Jinghu Junior High School, said gruffly: "The villagers who live here are all the villagers led by you, and it was your bad idea to vacate the school as a resettlement site for the victims. Occupying the school, tell us how to start school?"

Director Yao said in a serious voice: "This is not my bad idea. This is the opinion of the superiors. The great flood that occurs once in a century, the people of the whole country are united to fight the flood. As a party member, you should be more aware."

Shi Yuming said with a cold face: "Don't give me a high hat, I'm just a principal, and my consciousness is not high enough, so I just want to start school on time."

"What about the disaster victims? Survival has become a problem, why are you still learning?" Director Yao said angrily.

Shi Yuming said loudly: "You have the disaster victims in your heart, so you vacate the newly built building in the village for them to live in. Why do you want to occupy our school?"

Not to be outdone, Director Yao raised his voice, "My building has just been built and hasn't been put into use yet. How can I house the victims first?"

"Should we live in our school for them? It's fine to live there for two months during the summer vacation. Now that school is about to start, we have to move out." Principal Shi thumped the back of the front seat.

Director Yao sneered, and said in a strange way: "Why are you so eager to start school? It doesn't matter if your Jinghu Junior High School starts a month later, even if it starts a month earlier, it still ranks last in the county..."

Before Director Yao could finish speaking, Principal Shi stood up and glared at Yao Baohua: "You...you fart!"

"You're the one who farts! You're so vulgar, why are you farting the headmaster?" Yao Baohua also stood up, looking annoyed.

This is not going to fight, is it?

Lin Feifan turned around and persuaded: "Don't be angry, both of you, there is something to discuss."

"Let's discuss!" Yao Baohua looked Lin Feifei from head to toe, picked up the small leather bag beside him, and walked forward quickly, "I won't go to the county anymore, Master Diao, stop the car."

The car pulled over and stopped, and with a creak, the door opened.

Yao Baohua jumped out of the car directly.

Principal Shi was gasping for breath, his face flushed slightly, he closed his eyes and sat down, repeatedly touching his chest up and down with his hands.

Principal Shi must have high blood pressure, and his heart may not be very good. Lin Feifei guessed, walked to the back seat, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Principal Shi opened his eyes and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's just that the blood pressure may be rising again. Standing is dangerous, you should go back and sit down."

I wanted to sit next to Principal Shi and chat for a few more words, but Principal Shi seemed unwilling to go any further.

"Calm down your anger, don't get angry because of things at work." Lin Feifan had no choice but to return to his seat.

……

In 1998, another basin-wide flood occurred on the Yangtze River since 1954.

Since mid-June, the flow of the Yangtze River has increased rapidly due to continuous torrential rains and heavy rains in the upper, middle and lower basins.

Affected by the incoming water from upstream and continuous torrential rains in the region, the water level along the river in Jianghuai Province has exceeded the warning level across the board since the end of June.

Due to the high water level of the Yangtze River, the drainage of inland rivers is blocked, forming a severe situation of external flooding and internal waterlogging.

The sluice from Jinghu Lake to the Yangtze River has been closed, because the water level in the outer area is higher than that of the inner lake, and the lake water cannot be drained out. If the sluice is opened, the flood will flow inward instead.

Jinghu Lake is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Long-term continuous heavy rains have caused the water level of Jinghu Lake to reach the highest level in history.

The residents along the lake were miserable. Almost all the fields were flooded, and the houses of some low-lying village groups were also flooded.

The Jinghu Group where Lin Feifan's family is located and Jinghu Junior High School are on the same high hillside, so they were not affected by the flood.

But the fields in the Jinghu Formation are much lower, not far from the lake, and now there is a vast ocean.

The situation in the Yaowu group of Yao Baohua's family was even worse. Due to the low-lying terrain, more than half of the houses in the whole group were flooded in mid-July.

Including other groups, more than 200 households in Jinghu Village were flooded, and many victims had to seek refuge with relatives and friends.

Under the arrangement of Yao Baohua, the affected villagers of the Yaowu Group lived in the classrooms and dormitories of Jinghu Junior High School, set up pots and stoves, and lived at home.

Principal Shi originally thought that the flood would recede before school started, and the affected people would move out of the school one after another.

Unexpectedly, although the water level has not continued to rise, it is still at a high level, and there is no sign of retreating at all.

Since mid-August, Principal Shi has repeatedly approached Yao Baohua and the leaders in charge of Lingnan Township, hoping that the victims will move out of the school as soon as possible so as not to affect the opening of the school.

After more than ten days of continuous urging, but to no avail, Principal Shi had no choice but to complain to the Education Bureau of Linjiang County, her mother's home.

Yesterday, Director Sun of the Linjiang County Education Bureau promised Principal Shi to go to the leader in charge of Linjiang County together, and try to resolve this matter properly in the next two days.

But Director Sun asked Principal Shi to bring the director of Jinghu Village to discuss the solution together, and strive to implement the agreed plan as quickly as possible, so that Jinghu Junior High School can start on time and smoothly.

After Principal Shi came back from the Education Bureau, he repeatedly urged Yao Baohua, and even called the leaders in charge of Lingnan Town to put pressure on Yao Baohua.

Yao Baohua finally agreed to go to the county with Principal Shi.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the car, the two had a quarrel, and Yao Baohua just found an excuse to run away.

At this time, Principal Shi regretted it very much. He felt that he had been fooled by Yao Baohua. Only then did he realize that Yao Baohua deliberately provoked him so that he could find a reason not to go to the county seat.

(End of this chapter)