In July, there are frequent heavy rains. Ye Tianmin, who was originally out to rest and relax, was often forced to sit at the door of the rented farmhouse due to the strange weather this year, holding a big teapot and wearing slippers, just like an old farmer.

looked at the sky and worried.

The person who rents out the small courtyard is an old man surnamed Dai and his boss. The children have moved away, and the ones who have gone out to work have gone to work. In the courtyard surrounded by bungalows on three sides, the old couple are the only ones left at home. It is said that they are reluctant to leave, and this is their home.

Although the family's ancestral home has changed over time, the two of them are the only ones left in the lively courtyard.

There are still some residents in the surrounding area for several miles, and the situation at home is almost the same as theirs. Most of the people left behind are old people like them or unwilling to leave home, and some have less personal ability and cannot find suitable jobs outside.

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Their place can't even be called a village. The administrative jurisdiction is still unified in the front mountain. The young adults in the back mountain go out to work and are away from home. They may come back during the Chinese New Year, and some only come back once every few years. It is very quiet on weekdays.

Looking down from a high place, it may still be a beautiful sight in the eyes of an artist.

But Ye Tianmin's feeling was a little cold.

This is a scenic spot called Sifang Mountain in Jiangdu. The front door is the gate of the scenic spot, and the road outside is also very spacious. The place where the old couple lives is the back mountain of Sifang Mountain. To get in, in addition to climbing over the front mountain, there are also

The road goes up from the foot of the mountain, but it is winding and sloping, and there is a risk of landslides.

Moreover, after the road up from the mountain ends, there is a very narrow gap. It is already very difficult to build the road. Even one lane is difficult. There is also a river flowing through the gap. The scenic spot has completely given up on the development of the back mountain.

There are only two options to get here, take a boat or walk along the path dug in the gap to reach it.

In addition to the farmland on both sides of the hillside, there are many scattered patches of orchids. They are very beautiful and look like a secluded place. I don’t know how the ancestors found it. Maybe they came over from the front mountain, or maybe

I came in from the river by chance.

If Peng Jun hadn't come by chance, it would have been impossible for Ye Tianmin to find it by himself.

When Peng Jun and Ye Tianmin came in in the boat, they could clearly see the sediment on the bottom of the river. There was a kind of small fish only as long as a finger, swimming freely in the river in groups. The river is said to go to Sifang Mountain.

It flows directly down the mountainside into a waterfall with a height of tens of meters, and finally flows through the villages at the foot of the mountain and then merges into the river.

The hospitable old man didn't charge any money at all, saying that since the children were away, they could stay as long as they wanted. If the house was empty, it wasn't empty, so it was of no use.

Ye Tianmin did not give it forcefully, but asked Peng Jun to go out by boat the next day and drive to the town down the mountain to purchase some daily necessities and clothes for the elderly.

When the weather is fine, I sometimes go to the fields with the old man and try to learn the basic knowledge of crops from him. When the old man is not working in the fields, he goes to set up a hammock on the hillside behind the house and enjoy the sun. He feels really relaxed.

After getting along for a long time, the old man sometimes took the initiative to chat with Ye Tianmin. Although he didn't know who Ye Tianmin was, he could also see that the other man and woman were following Ye Tianmin. Although they didn't look like tender-skinned ones.

A pampered person, but certainly not an ordinary person.

Perhaps the chatty nature still exists, or perhaps it is the natural advantage of women. When they first became strangers, Yang Momo had more conversations with the two old men.

After becoming familiar with each other, the old man and Ye Tianmin talked more.

Since late July, the rain has never stopped for a day.

Ye Tianmin spends more of his leisure time watching the rain under the eaves. The raindrops form a line along the eaves and rush directly into the courtyard dam. They hit the original small pits again and again, and they seem to hit deeper and harder!

Sitting under the eaves with the old man, drinking tea from a big tea vat, looking at the sky and chatting. The old man surnamed Dai let out a long sigh while chatting. Ye Tianmin wondered what he was doing with such a good sigh, and asked him what was wrong.

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The old man said: "I don't know how much land will be flooded this year!"

"Oh, how do you start talking about this?" Ye Tianmin became interested.

The old man looked at the sky with his dim eyes and said, "Look, it has been raining this year, and the rainfall is increasing day by day. The submergence of the land is slowing down, and the river water is rising every day. Floods will naturally occur."

"How can we tell that the submergence of the land is slowing down?" Perhaps this is common sense to old farmers who have been growing crops all their lives. But for Ye Tianmin, it was unclear. After hearing the old man's affirmative statement, he asked patiently

, it’s just chatting anyway.

The old man said slowly: "If the water in the field is not enough, the soil will be hard; if the water is just right, the soil will be loose; if there is too much water, the soil will be soft; if there is too much water in the field, the soil will not be able to hold it, and there will be no soil."

Yes, it’s pulp.”

After speaking, the old man pointed to a small piece of land next to the courtyard dam, where he usually grows onions and garlic for his own use, and said, "Look, the soil in that field has been just mud these past few days."

Even if the old man didn't say anything, Ye Tianmin wouldn't be able to notice it at all. Looking carefully, although he didn't pay special attention, he could still recall that when the rainy season first came, the soil on that small piece of land was relatively loose when the weather cleared, but

It is now in a completely hydrated mud state, probably the mud state the old man said.

"In the past few days, the rain has stopped, but the rain still cannot sink into the soil. It has been going on for several days. I am afraid that the flood is really coming." The old man said, his voice became lower and lower, full of sadness.

Although the current flood disaster will no longer cause families and children to be separated, and the government will step in to reduce the disaster, it will affect the harvest after all. Farmers have worked hard for several months, but may not gain anything from this disaster.

It's like the plan you worked so hard to make, and it looks like it's about to be finished, but someone unlucky enough to kick out the power cord, and you unfortunately didn't save it in time!

The feeling of working so hard but having nothing in the end is beyond words.

What's more, before crops are mature, there is no way to save them in time like computer files. The so-called disaster reduction and stop loss is just to resume production for the next season as early as possible.

Faced with this situation, Ye Tianmin was speechless.

Not to mention individuals, even mankind as a whole faces such disasters. In fact, it is difficult to change the situation. The most is to reduce losses.

When a typhoon enters the country, all you can do is stay in a safe house as much as possible and close the windows and doors, but you can't control what's going on outside. This is the most authentic way humans deal with extraordinary natural disasters.

In the future, there may be other ways, but there is none now. Apart from protecting yourself as much as possible, there is nothing else you can do.

When floods come, water storage in dams is only a temporary measure. If the rainy season is short and the floods are short, the floods can be released gradually. However, if the rainy season is long and the floods are long, flood releases must be done. The consequences of such flood releases will be that once the water cannot be diverted,

If you go to a safe area, you can only reduce the disaster area.

Just as the old man predicted, the rain continued to fall every day. Occasionally it stopped, and Ye Tianmin looked at the land specifically, and it really looked like mud.

He thought carefully about the current Tianmin Group. There is no need to worry about Saint Home. Although the vacation home is at the foot of the mountain, firstly, the height of the house itself is at most 3 floors, and the land in front and back has been solidified. Even if there is a flash flood, there will be no drainage.

In time, it will not be flooded. The rest are in the city, so don’t worry, the logistics base...

After thinking about it, Ye Tianmin also sighed, what's wrong with him! He said it to relax, but the rainy season came unexpectedly and kept coming, so he started to get entangled.

Come on, come on, just watch the scenery under the eaves.

The rain and fog have completely blocked the distant mountains, and the sight can only see very close places, and the outside of the courtyard is blurry when leaving this small courtyard.

Yang Momo, who had not been out for several days, might be a little tired, so she sat with him under the eaves. The landlord's old man went to the ground again. Ye Tianmin had accompanied the old man there a few days ago, and knew that he was going to see the drainage dug.

Has the gap been blocked by washed-out soil?

Peng Jun was sitting in the west room when a phone ringing broke the tranquility. It was particularly harsh in the rain. Several people who were accustomed to the sound of rain were attracted by this sudden unusual sound.

After a while, Peng Jun came out of the west room and said to Ye Tianmin: "Mr. Ye, we may have to leave."

"What happened?" Ye Tianmin was not nervous, but Peng Jun squatted down, probably because he was afraid that the old lady in the house would hear it, and whispered: "The old man surnamed Dai was really right. This year's floods are special.

It's terrible. Xijiang Prefecture, which is next to Nanyun Prefecture, has suffered a severe flood. The 5th Army has ordered a whole division to rush to the disaster area. Staff Officer Gao said that some support from Tianmin Group may be needed."

Speaking of which, Ye Tianmin also knew that it was probably the personal suggestion of Staff Officer Gao. After all, the entire Xijiang Prefecture also had troops stationed there. Now that neighboring prefectures have sent troops to assist, it would be a really big disaster.

Looking at the sky, Ye Tianmin asked: "Are you sure that the world will come down?"

Peng Jun nodded, and Ye Tianmin stopped talking. He asked Yang Momo to go back to the room to pack the necessary items, and left the rest to the landlord. In addition, put 2,000 yuan of French currency on the table and tell the old lady that we want it.

After leaving, there was no way to use the boat on the river in this weather, so we could only walk outside along the river.

Then, he took Peng Jun's phone and dialed Zheng Lan's phone, asking her to quickly understand the situation in Xijiang Prefecture and prepare supplies for disaster relief. Zheng Lan also reported something on the phone. Nan Yun Prefecture and Jiangdu City

We have just announced that we hope that all enterprises will contribute money and efforts. Tianmin Group has already arranged funds, materials, and donations.

As soon as Zheng Lan mentioned the matter about Lotte.com, Ye Tianmin interrupted, saying that we would talk about it later, and now was not the time to talk about this.

Ye Tianmin heard that various disposal strategies had been arranged, and without asking for specific amounts, he just asked Zheng Lan to implement them according to the plan.

Knowing that Wang Feiyu was in Jiangdu, she asked her to tell Wang Feiyu to book a hotel, and they would leave immediately. If nothing else happened, he would probably be able to return to Jiangdu tonight. The situation in Nanyun Prefecture, Zheng Lan, could just watch the arrangements. If there were no changes,
Chapter completed!