Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 11
The white mountains and black waters at the end of May, the clouds are low and the sky is as dark as ink.

Along with the lightning and thunder, large raindrops hit the ground, raising clouds of smoke.

Soon, the raindrops became denser and more urgent.

Rumble, click!
A twisting silver dragon flashed on the black horizon, winding like a dead branch hanging in the sky, appearing and disappearing.

The deafening thunder hits people's hearts from time to time.

Every roar makes people tremble, like a punishment from heaven coming to cleanse the world.

Whoa whoa whoa!
The wind carried the showers and fell from the sky.

The raindrops fell to the ground and bounced back into water splashes, converging towards low places.

On the mechanized path of the vegetable garden, the turbid water flowed eastward, rushing like a stream.

Needless to say, this is flowing into the reservoir.

Lu Changhua braved the wind and rain and walked eastward on the current.

He is worried about the reservoir.

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

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

As soon as I walked into the wasteland next to the duty room, I saw sewage flowing across the street. The large flow of water that gathered together actually eroded a deep ditch on the ground.

The water in the ditch was turbulent, falling from a high place to the bottom of the ditch, making a roaring sound that shook dozens of meters away.

As he approached the reservoir, he heard a loud splashing sound.

Since the reservoir was reinforced, the floodgates have not been closed.

Lu Changhua knew that even if he opened the sluice gate, he might not be able to release the flood in time. How about closing it?forget it!
Sure enough, in less than an hour, the reservoir was already half full.

Streams from all directions gather here, and the water is turbid and gray-white.

This is caused by the large amount of sediment carried by the water flow.

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

He walked east along the dam and carefully checked the condition of the dam. When he saw that nothing happened, he felt relieved and walked back to the duty room.

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

There was lightning and thunder outside the window, and heavy rain poured down.

The stream of water hanging under the eaves has never been broken. It is like hanging a water curtain and you are in the cave.

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

There is also sewage flowing across the dam, flowing to both sides. Puddles of puddles are all over the top of the dam. Looking around, it is so foggy that you can't see the scenery in the distance.

It was nearly noon, and the sky was as dark as evening.

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

Although I had a raincoat and rain boots, the rain was too heavy and it was of no use.

After entering the house, he took off his raincoat and hung it to dry, turning his rain boots upside down to drain the rainwater.

My feet were soaked and turned white. They were left to dry in the air and felt cool.

He came to the kitchen with bare feet, poured a few ladles of cold water into the iron pot, stuffed the dry branches and bean straw beside the stove into the stove pit, touched the match on the stove, and lit the firewood.

The orange-red flame burned slowly in the stove pit, and light blue smoke emerged from the straw.

He stretched out his hand to warm the fire at the mouth of the stove pit. When the flame inside became smaller, he stuffed another handful of straw into it.

The flames burned cracklingly, with warmth, roasting Lu Changhua's stiff body.

Little by little, the coldness on his body dissipated.

"Oh, it's raining too much!"

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

Although he knew there would be flooding this year, he didn't expect the rain to be so heavy!

Why didn’t I feel anything in my previous life?
Now, Lu Changhua knows that the reservoir must survive.Otherwise, the reservoir contracting at the end of the year will be ruined.

You think, if the reservoir is gone, what else can we contract?
If it really breaks down, I don’t know when it will be repaired again.

While he was thinking wildly, a barking dog came.

Ok?
The barking was getting closer.

Lu Changhua got excited, quickly got up, ran into the office, and opened the door.

At the door of the room, Xiong Bao, who was all wet, was shaking off the rainwater on his body, and his mother burst in wearing a raincoat.

"Mom? Why are you here?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to go home, so 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 quickly helped his mother take off her raincoat.

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

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

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

Mom shook out her raincoat and put it on again.

He turned around and pushed the door open and walked into the rain.

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

Isn't that what people are living now!

Xiong Bao kept shaking his fur, making the ground wet.

He took out a few steamed buns from the bag that his mother brought, while they were still warm.

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

Seeing that there was food, Xiong Bao raised his head and looked at his owner, then came over and looked at him with a longing expression.

"You are the only one who is carefree!"

Lu Changhua handed the steamed bun to Xiong Bao.

As if he understood, Xiong Bao tilted his head, opened his mouth carefully, exposed his tender tongue, and gently held the steamed bun. After Lu Changhua retracted his hand, he walked aside biting the steamed bun. He squinted his eyes and chewed slowly.

The rain keeps falling.

The rain force changed somewhat in the middle, sometimes getting heavier and sometimes getting lighter.

Thunder and lightning are appropriate to describe it.

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

"Xiao Lu, how are you? Is the reservoir okay?" "Director, it's okay for the time being, but if it continues for a few days, I'm afraid..."

"Are the floodgates open?"

"opened."

"It looks like the water is going to be pumped out."

"I'm going right now."

"No, let the electrician come."

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

Lu Changhua knew that on such a heavy rainy day, if a bad operation was performed, he would get an electric shock or even die.

Or let the professionals do it.

Han Jianhua turned around and went into the rain.

Lu Changhua quickly put on his raincoat and followed.

Xiong Bao was soaked in the rain and had enough to eat and drink. Now he hid in the kitchen and refused to come out.

The two are on the dam, looking at the water surface of the reservoir.Now the water surface is only 1 meter away from the dam crest.

"Xiao Lu, this is very dangerous. We need to pump the water immediately."

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

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

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

The water pump weighs more than ten kilograms.

He walked up to the dam, put the machine on the top of the dam, and ran back to get the canvas pipe.

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

After he unwrapped the coiled wires and carried them to the water pump, the electrician came running in one step at a time.

Seeing that Lu Changhua had made preparations, he smiled at him and said, "Okay, Xiao Lu, you work very neatly."

Then take out the screwdriver and twist the terminal on the water pump.

He connected the wires, wrapped them with waterproof tape, and connected the hoses to both ends of the water pump.

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

"Stay away from the water pump to prevent leakage."

"Eh."

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

At this time, Han Jianhua came over.

"How's it going? Are you connected?"

"Director, it's connected. I'll just go to the duty room and connect the power."

"Well, be careful."

"Hey, don't worry, Director."

The electrician went to the duty room, where Lu Changhua and Director Han were guarding the water pump.

Ten minutes later, I heard a buzzing sound and the water pump began to shake slightly.

The hose inserted into the water suddenly bulged.

Afterwards, the outlet pipe behind the water pump also swelled up, jetting out water.

"This water pump is a bit small. Go get the other one and pump it together."

Han Jianhua said to the electrician who just ran over panting.

"Okay, I'll go right now."

After watching the electrician go, Han Jianhua said to Lu Changhua: "We must find a way to protect this dam, otherwise the road will be cut off."

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

"it is good."

Han Jianhua turned around and returned to the team headquarters. 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 Manba is a matter of time.

an hour later.

The electrician finally came to the scene with a water pump. This time he did not come alone, but with his apprentice.

The two of them worked hard for a while, installed another water pump and started pumping water.

It was already past 8 o'clock in the evening, and the surrounding area was dark, only a few lights were still on in the family area to the west.

In order to work at night, the electrician had to install a few electric lights outside in the rain.

"Thumbs up!"

Two bright lights shone in the darkness.

The rubber-tyred vehicle pulled the trailer to the front of the duty room.

More than a dozen people jumped out of the rear compartment, carrying tools and iron buckets into the duty room.

The rubber-wheeled vehicle also turned off, and several people got out of the cab.

Lu Changhua let these people in.

"We have a night shift today, so you should eat something first."

Taking off the hood of her raincoat, Han Ying appeared in front of Lu Changhua with white breath coming out of her mouth.

"Are you here to deliver food so late?"

"The leader has arranged that so many people are working the night shift, can we skip meals?"

Just as he was talking, Lao Lu stepped in from outside the door.

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

The two men looked at each other and said nothing.

Lao Lu personally served the dishes to these people.

Han Ying and several other girls were busy dividing steamed buns and serving hot soup.

The duty room suddenly became lively.

(End of this chapter)