Taxi at night

Chapter 126, Thunder Rolling

After Lu Ren hid in the culvert, there was thunder and lightning and heavy rain outside, and there was no one else except him.It was almost early morning at this time, and there were few people in the first place, but it was even more difficult to find traces when it rained.

The echo in the culvert was so loud that it made him feel anxious. He wanted to leave but didn't dare to go out. He was afraid of the thunder and lightning. Tonight's thunder and lightning were a bit strange, as if they were covering the sky above the city, making people frightened and moved. Depressed, even bewildered.

Just when Lu Ren was frightened, a car horn sounded behind him. Accompanied by the endless thunder, a car rushed into the culvert in panic, and stopped behind his car with a sound of splashing... Here it comes again A nightcrawler who shelters from the rain.

Lu Ren stretched out his head and glanced at the back. There was a striking taxi sign on the roof, which turned out to be his colleague.At this time, one person got out of the car, walked to Lu Ren's side in a few strides, and said with lingering fear: "Dude, I have never seen such a thrilling thunder and lightning. It's not easy to run in the middle of the night!"

"I don't dare to run in this horrible weather. I just wait for the rain to stop and go home quickly."

"Do you know? I passed by the gate of the city post office, and a big tree next to it was knocked down by lightning, emitting thick bear smoke. It's really scary!" said the colleague with a gloomy expression, and took out the When the cigarette was lit, his fingers trembled slightly.

"No way? I stopped there 10 minutes ago, but I just moved it because I felt it was not safe under the big tree. According to what you said, I escaped a catastrophe." Lu Ren said here, thinking I was also surprised, but fortunately I was cautious, otherwise, the consequences would be hard to say.

"You are so lucky... Do you know? Power outages have occurred in many places. Needless to say, the transformer must have been hit by lightning and caught fire, causing a short circuit."

"I hope no one will have an accident..." An ominous premonition rose in Lu Ren's heart. He felt that tonight was too weird, and the power of nature was really terrifying.

"It's hard to tell. The intermittent broadcast signal shows that the thunderstorm tonight is very unusual."

The two of them talked in low voices, both looked heavy and preoccupied.The thunder outside the culvert is still raging, and the rainstorm has no intention of stopping.

After about ten minutes, there was a flash of lights outside the culvert, and several taxis came in.These drivers jumped out of the car one after another, went straight to the two, and shouted in a fuss as they walked, "It's not good, someone was electrocuted to death!"

The two of them didn't want to listen, they felt their hearts shrink suddenly when they first heard it, and they changed their colors and asked, "Really?"

"Why are you lying to me? I saw it with my own eyes. It was only a dozen meters away from me. There was a crack of thunder, and the guy fell to the ground. We were too scared to go over for a long time."

"Where are people?" Lu Ren asked him.

"He was taken to the hospital. He was incapacitated at the time, and he didn't see any injuries on his body." One of them replied.

"What's going on? Tell us in detail." Although Lu Ren said he was uneasy, he couldn't hide his curiosity.

"Well, it's a long story, that kid should be unlucky. Several people are fine, but he hit him." The speaker was a young guy in his early 20s. After a short contact, he felt that he was also a talkative master.He said again: "We were sheltering from the rain under a vegetable shed. The guy was in a hurry to urinate and ran to the side to urinate on the iron pillar. Unexpectedly, there was a thunder above his head. It was close at hand. Hurry up." My ears were deafened. After the thunder, I saw that guy lying straight on the ground, dead!"

"So you ran here."

"Good guy, that place is prone to lightning strikes. Someone just died, who would dare to stay there? We had to run out in the rain. This is not... that's it." The young man looked at the standing water under his feet. His complexion changed, and he said, "There's too much water in the culvert, let's go to the car! That guy was electrocuted to death because of urinating, so it's safer in the car." After speaking, before Lu Ren agreed, he opened the car door by himself. Get in first.

These words are very reasonable, no one thinks that their own lives are long, everyone got into the carriage one after another, and no longer dared to stand in the water and chat unscrupulously.

This sudden thunderstorm lasted for two hours, and shortly thereafter, the clouds dispersed and the moon rose, revealing a bright crescent moon and a sky full of stars.Who would have thought?Not so long ago, a living being was lost forever in the night.

The streets are full of stagnant water, and the surrounding area is completely dark. Large-scale power outages are inevitable.

After Lu Ren broke up with everyone, he was no longer in the mood to drive to earn money, and went straight home with a heavy and complicated heart.

At six o'clock the next morning, Lu Ren got up on time and rushed to Laomiao Township Middle School to pick up Tang Xue.

As soon as the two met, Tang Xue asked a little strangely: "Brother, do you want to buy pork? It's very cheap."

"Uh...is it in the town?" Lu Ren didn't want to buy pork in the town on a hot day.

"Yes! Last night, a pig raised by a teacher in our school was struck to death by lightning, and it was taken to the school early in the morning. The market price is several dollars cheaper."

It was only then that Lu Ren realized that the thunderstorm last night was so destructive that humans and animals were unavoidable.

"What do you mean? Do you know her very well?"

"It's just an acquaintance, not much friendship. But many teachers have bought it, why don't we buy some too?" Tang Xue probably couldn't shirk favors, and nodded in agreement.

The two ran to the school cafeteria again, bought seven or eight catties of pork and returned to the city.

When it was time to hand over the car, Lu Ren saw Zhang Jia's haggard look and a look of sluggishness, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Oh, don't mention it. It's the first time I saw such a terrifying thunder and lightning, and it hovered over the roof. The shaking house trembled, and the children were woken up by fright. How could they sleep!"

"It's okay for you to hide in the house. Last night we were sheltering from the rain in the culvert, and we were terribly scared. Do you know? One of our colleagues was struck by lightning and died last night."

"Really? That's unfortunate."

Zhang Jia looked shocked and sighed regretfully.

"Oh, by the way, I bought a few pieces of pork this morning, it was quite cheap, and I was struck to death by lightning last night... I will give you a piece, and stew it for lunch."

Lu Ren took out a piece of pork from the compartment and handed it to Zhang Jia, who thanked him hastily.

Lu Ren's life is much easier now than before, and he doesn't mind helping those colleagues who are temporarily in difficulty as far as he can.

Time passed slowly, and that night, Lu Ren heard a news that every taxi should be equipped with an alarm device in order to deal with accidents.

This small electronic device is still very useful.When the taxi driver is in danger, he can quietly turn on the manual switch, and the device can automatically send out a distress message without disturbing other people in the car.

Ever since, in a short period of time, all taxis have been equipped with this device, which can provide an extra layer of safety protection, and the owners are quite active.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Since the device was installed, some false alarms have occurred one after another. This situation often makes car owners dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)