frontal rain

This heart-to-heart talk after drinking did not narrow the distance between Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu's hearts.

At dawn the next day, the two of them quarreled when they should, and argued when they should. There was no sympathy for each other between this pair of "difficult brothers and sisters".

Several consecutive torrential rains in late summer shut down the year-round construction site for several days.During the days when he couldn't start work, Yu Duo invited Lao Zhou and the boss of Party A to eat and wash their bare feet several times.

Whether the project can be obtained is still uncertain. According to Lao Zhou, it should be sure.

On the day Party A invited Yu Duo to dinner, Yu Duo took Jiang Chiyu with him.As soon as Jiang Chiyu showed up, Lao Zhou praised him in every way as if he had seen his own son.

Probably because of the presence of a minor named Jiang Chiyu, the atmosphere that day was very healthy and harmonious, there was not much wine, no dirty jokes, and everyone dispersed early after dinner.

Yu Duo didn't know if Lao Zhou and the others had arrangements for the midnight show.Anyway, as soon as the dinner was over, he took Jiang Chiyu back to the construction site first.

On the way back, Jiang Chiyu bought a desk lamp at a roadside stall.He planned to put the lamp on the fence of the upper bunk, so that he could occasionally read a book before going to bed.

Yu Duo didn't ask any more questions, and sat in the car with his hands crossed to watch Jiang Chiyu bargain with the boss.After returning, he asked Si Mao to help install the lamp, and even changed a bulb with a higher wattage.

The next evening, the Bureau of Meteorology issued its third rainstorm warning of the week.At ten o'clock in the evening, the heavy rain fell on time.

It's been rainy this summer, and people are no strangers to it, but today's rain is really scary. The sky seems to be pierced by a tower crane soaring into the sky, and water leaks down.

Yu Duo spent the whole night organizing everyone to prepare for flood control, and built layer after layer of sandbags at several nodes prone to flooding.After Jiang Chiyu took stock of the warehouse, he immediately came out to help, but was driven back by Yu Duo.

"It'll be ready soon, don't mess with this place." Yu Duo took the sandbag from Jiang Chiyu's hand, and pushed him towards the dormitory: "Go back and do your own business."

When Yu Duo returned from work, Jiang Chiyu was reading on his bed as usual.He was very serious about reading, and from time to time he picked up a pen and wrote a few strokes on the draft, without even noticing that Yu Duo had returned.

Ever since the bedside lamp was installed, Jiang Chiyu has been like this every night.Sometimes when Yu Duo woke up in the middle of the night, the small light on the upper bunk was still on persistently.

Next to the pillow were the towels and dry clothes that had been prepared earlier, and Yu Duo didn't ask much, nor did he bother.He took off his raincoat and was about to take a shower first.

Just before the sandbags had had time to pile up, the rain fell.In the face of such a downpour, raincoats were useless, and everyone outside was drenched in water in a short while.

Yu Duo had only taken off half of his raincoat when the cell phone in his pocket rang suddenly.He took out his cell phone and saw that the call was from Lin Shengnan.

"Sister Shengnan." Yu Duo pulled his arm out of the sleeve of his raincoat, went to the window and answered the phone in a low voice.

The sound of electrical currents rang first, and then Lin Shengnan's voice came intermittently.As soon as the signal stabilized, I heard Lin Shengnan anxiously saying on the other end: "Yu Duo, there's water in my store, hurry up..."

Before Lin Shengnan finished speaking, there was a "pop" sound from the receiver, and the phone was hung up.Yu Duo thought that something was wrong, so he hurriedly called back, but at this time Lin Shengnan's phone could not be connected.

Without hesitation, Yu Duo immediately put on the half-removed raincoat again.

Jiang Chiyu noticed the movement here on the upper bunk, he stopped writing, poked his head out and asked Yu Duo: "What happened?"

"Sister Shengnan called just now." Yu Duo found another pair of rain boots that were not filled with water, and changed the boots on his feet: "Her shop may be flooded, I have to go and have a look."

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you." Jiang Chiyu closed the textbook in his hand.

"No need." Yu Duo was already fully dressed, he looked up at Jiang Chiyu, and said, "I'll go back as soon as I go."

"I'll be fine soon." Of course Jiang Chiyu didn't listen to Yu Duo's words. While the two were talking, he had already rolled over from the bed and took off the raincoat behind the door.

Yu Duo had no choice but to let him follow.

Soon, two figures drove the van on the construction site out of the gate.The car broadcast broadcasts real-time traffic. Due to the excessive precipitation for a period of time, many roads in the city have been flooded.

Sure enough, the van didn't drive very far when it was blocked by knee-high water.

If you drive through water forcibly, you will definitely have to turn off the engine.Sitting here in the car, Yu Duo called Lin Shengnan again, but unfortunately the phone still couldn't be connected.

The car couldn't pass, and it was impossible to leave Lin Shengnan alone, so the two decided to park the car in a place with higher ground, and try to find a solution after wading through the waterlogged area first.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops hit the body densely like small stones.Even with the cover of the raincoat, people still couldn't keep their eyes open under the strong attack of rain.

The waterlogged section is not long, so it is not a big problem for two tall boys.Just halfway through the drip, Yu Duo staggered suddenly, about to fall into the water.

Fortunately, he responded in a timely manner and quickly maintained his balance.

Jiang Chiyu, who was walking in front, noticed the situation on Yu Duo's side, stopped and turned around.

The pouring rain is not enough to describe the rain, no matter how you say it, it must be "pouring".In addition to the sound of rain splashing on the plastic raincoat, there is no other sound in my ears.Even if two people talk face to face, they have to shout.

Jiang Chiyu asked Yu Duo at the top of his voice, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Yu Duo replied with the same volume: "Let's go."

The two of them were lucky tonight. Not long after crossing the flooded road, they happened to catch a pickup truck heading to Sanliting.The two sat in the carriage and hadn't shaken off the water in their raincoats when they arrived at Sanliting.

The situation on the Sanliting side is better, there is no serious water accumulation on the road, but the location of Lin Shengnan is not so good.

Her shop is a semi-basement structure with low-lying terrain, and it will cause floods every year when it rains.Based on previous experience, today she piled up sandbags at the door of the store early today, and made full preparations.

However, today's rain was so heavy that she didn't expect it. In the middle of the night, the accumulated water washed away the sandbags outside the door and poured water into the shop non-stop.Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Shengnan hurriedly called Yu Duo, but before he finished speaking, the phone fell into the water and was washed away.

When Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu arrived, the water in the store had already reached his calves, and Lin Shengnan was saving goods on the shelves by himself, without even a pair of rain boots on his feet.

In the small shop, water was leaking in all directions, and it couldn't be blocked. Jiang Chiyu hurried forward to take the cardboard box from Lin Shengnan's hand: "Sister Shengnan, let me do it."

"Where are all these moved?" Yu Duo had already lifted a large box of switches in his hands.

"You guys are here!" Lin Shengnan didn't have the intention to be polite to them at this moment, she straightened up, wiped the water off her face, and said repeatedly: "Move to the attic!"

There is a small attic on the second floor of the store, which is used as a warehouse on weekdays.The attic is not big enough to hold many things, but right now it can only save as much as it can.

Under Lin Shengnan's command, the three of them moved in the stagnant water for four hours, and finally all the valuable goods in the store were moved upstairs.The remaining ones that cannot be moved can only be resigned to fate.

Losses are inevitable, but fortunately Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu came in time, and overall it will not be too tragic.

After the goods were salvaged, the three of them stayed in the store together for a while until the rain gradually subsided.The stagnant water in the store will not go away for a while, and the rest can only be discussed tomorrow.

The house Lin Shengnan rented was in a new village not far from here. The heavy rain had not stopped, and many sections of the road were flooded. Lin Shengnan refused to let the two of them venture back to the construction site at this time, so he invited Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu to go back together. her rented house.

"Will it be inconvenient?" Yu Duo asked.

"What's inconvenient?" Lin Shengnan said with a smile, "My husband works out of town, and Xing Xing is the only one at home, and she's still arguing to play with you today."

So the two no longer refused, and followed Lin Shengnan back home.When the three of them got home, Xing Xing was already obediently lying on the bed and fell asleep.

Lin Shengnan's house is not big, the floor is made of plastic and the walls are white. There is nothing else in the house except for a few simple furniture.

Although the living conditions are a bit rough, it doesn't look dilapidated. Lin Shengnan puts everything in the room neatly and cleanly, wipes the floor and windows spotlessly, and exudes a rare spirit everywhere.

"Thanks to you tonight." Lin Shengnan took out a straw mat and some men's clothes from the closet, and spread them on the floor beside the bed: "I'll take Xing Xing down later, and you two go to bed to sleep. Tonight we four I’ll just make do with it for one night.”

Naturally, it was impossible for Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu to let Lin Shengnan sleep on the floor with Xing Xing. The two chattered for a while, and finally persuaded Lin Shengnan to go back to bed.

There is only one bathroom in the house. It rained all night today, and the three of them took turns taking a shower before going to bed.Jiang Chiyu asked the two of them to wash first, and he took care of the ginger soup that Lin Shengnan made in the kitchen.

By the time he was the last one to come out of the shower, the others in the room had already fallen asleep.

Jiang Chiyu walked out of the bathroom, turned off the light, and walked lightly to the side of the laid floor.

Yu Duo was already asleep, lying on his side with his back to Jiang Chiyu, his body curled up naturally.The dim sky light spilled from the window, as if casting a layer of soft light on the half of the face outside the pillow.

The rain outside the window picked up again, and the rain fell on the canopy along the eaves, making a "pat, clap" sound.

Jiang Chiyu sat down by the bed, his gaze wandered around the room for a while, and finally fell on that half of his face again.

The sound of regular water magnified infinitely in his ears, one by one, as if knocking on his heart.For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was the sound of rain or the sound of heartbeat that sounded in his ears.

After a while, Jiang Chiyu opened the thin quilt and lay down beside Yu Duo.