Cui Xiangdong even refused the He family, which was the most convenient to rely on.
How could he become a member of the Qin faction that originally suppressed him?
"I really don't know what Qin Xiren thinks, he wants to accept me as his younger brother. Haha, how naive."
Cui Xiangdong lay on the bed, sneered silently, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Click!
A loud thunder suddenly shook the whole world.
It also woke up Cui Xiangdong from his sleep.
When he opened his eyes suddenly, he heard the phone beeping frantically.
Chen Yongshan called: "Cui Town, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. In the village committee of Hujiagou where I am now, several adobe houses collapsed. An old man was injured in the leg. In Wangpo Village, where Ma Jing is responsible, the situation is estimated to be even worse. Not good."
"Okay, you insist on staying in Hujiagou, I'll go to Wangpo Village first."
Cui Xiangdong said in a deep voice, turned on the desk lamp and looked at the quartz clock on the wall.
It was half past eleven at night, half an hour before his shift started.
The heavy rain hit the windows of his house as if it were a fatal blow.
It's like God is roaring: "Don't you always scold me for not giving you rain? Now I'm giving you rain! No matter what, it won't work."
Cui Xiangdong quickly got dressed and walked out of the bedroom.
The lights are on in the living room.
Qin Xiren, who was sleeping on the sofa in his clothes, was also awakened by the ringing of Cui Xiangdong's phone. He looked at him and asked, "Is it time for your shift?"
"about there."
Cui Xiangdong put on his raincoat, picked up a flashlight, opened the door, looked at the pouring rain outside, lowered his head and rushed out.
The water in the yard outside was up to his ankles.
This is because the yard is on a high ground, so rainwater is constantly drained outwards.
You can imagine how deep the water would be on the streets outside.
The street has become a world of water.
After Cui Xiangdong came to the street, the water depth almost reached his calves.
Click!
A thunderbolt struck his head again, and Cui Xiangdong's eyes lit up for a moment, followed by boundless darkness.
power cut.
The entire Rainbow Town and even most of Yunhu County were instantly plunged into darkness with the sound of thunder.
The wind suddenly became much stronger, lifting his raincoat and hitting Cui Xiangdong's legs, making him shiver violently.
rainstorm.
Strong wind.
power failure!
"Damn it!"
Cui Xiangdong cursed and could only turn on the flashlight, bend down and run forward.
The sound of slurping water came from behind.
He looked back.
It's Qin Xiren.
She is holding an umbrella.
But this umbrella suddenly "rebelled" due to the strong wind, and it didn't do anything at all.
Cui Xiangdong asked loudly: "What are you doing out here?"
Qin Xiren was shivering due to the heavy rain: "What nonsense are you talking about? Leave quickly."
She wants to follow Cui Xiangdong and go to the countryside to work together.
Cui Xiangdong had no time to say anything, so he had to take off his raincoat with his backhand and handed it to her.
This is the only raincoat I have at home.
Seeing that everyone was responsible for the music, Cui Xiangdong could only show his "adultery spirit" and let her wear the raincoat.
"I do not need--"
Just as Qin Xiren was about to refuse, he was interrupted by Cui Xiangdong: "Put it on!"
No matter how strong a woman is, she still has a feminine constitution and is extremely sensitive to water and cold.
Qin Xiren was stunned for a moment, and then he put on his raincoat obediently.
Then the two of them ran forward in the stagnant water and rushed into the yard of the unit.
Get in the car and start.
Didi——
The wheels splashed white waves, rushed out of the town compound, and sped towards Wangpo Village in the southeast.
The highway closed for construction is like a wall, forcing the high-lying water to flow turbulently along the base of the wall to Wangpo Village, the lowest-lying village.
Wangpo Village.
Bao Village cadre Ma Jing shouted until her voice became hoarse, shouting that the people living in adobe houses must be evacuated urgently.
Everyone is also aware of the dangers brought by heavy rains, and the good mood of finally welcoming the autumn rain has long been lost.
"How is it going?"
Cui Xiangdong parked his car at the entrance of the village and rushed into the village with a flashlight. He quickly found Ma Jing and asked about the situation.
"Seven adobe houses collapsed, but no damage was caused. My comrades from the village committee and I have moved all the people in the dilapidated houses to the village committee. Now, we are investigating new dilapidated houses."
Ma Jing, whose lips had turned white from the cold, reported tremblingly.
"It's okay. You go to the village committee and have a drink of hot water. I'll go to the village to investigate."
Just as Cui Xiangdong said this, lightning flashed across the sky, and suddenly he heard an exclamation from a yard more than ten meters away on the left: "Don't go in! Don't go in! The house is about to collapse!"
Immediately afterwards, a woman shouted in horror: "Niuniu, Niuniu! Come out quickly!"
Cui Xiangdong's heart suddenly sank, and he rushed over.
This family's surname is Wang.
The head of the household is called Wang Datou, and his wife is called Cuihua.
The couple has a three-year-old daughter named Niu Niu.
Wang Datou works in a flower garden in other places. He only comes back every three to five months and is not at home tonight.
His family's house is also an adobe house.
Just half an hour ago, Ma Jing discovered that Wang Datou's house was not safe, so she asked Cuihua and his wife to move out of the north house and temporarily hide under the grass shed filled with debris.
Even if the straw shed collapses, it will be very light and will not hurt anyone.
But who knows, when Cuihua was reinforcing the straw shed with the help of two neighbors, Niuniu suddenly remembered that her doll was still in the north room, so she ran inside to get something.
When Cuihua discovered that the child was missing and hurriedly looked for the child, she happened to use this lightning to see Niu Niu running into the north room.
The earthen wall in front of the north house is slowly crumbling.
Seeing that the child was about to be smashed into the rubble, Cuihua suddenly lost her mind and rushed over to save the child.
The neighbor who was helping her secure the hayloft hurriedly shouted out of fear of danger.
The house is going to collapse——
"Niuniu!"
When Cuihua saw that her child was about to be buried in the rubble, she was so frightened that she threw herself in the yard.
Click——
Another flash of lightning.
Three-year-old Niuniu was holding her rag doll and staring blankly at the door.
Watching a person suddenly rush in, bend down and pick her up.
It's Cui Xiangdong.
As soon as Cui Xiangdong picked up the child, before he could straighten up, he heard Ma Jing coming from outside the door behind him, screaming in an extremely sad voice: "Cui Zhen! The house collapsed!"
The adobe in front of the north house gradually collapsed under the violent erosion of heavy rains and could no longer support the heavy roof.
The beam that was supporting the front face of the north house fell down!
Cui Xiangdong looked back subconsciously.
Someone jumped in.
who is it?
Seeing this figure falling almost as fast as the roof beam, Cui Xiangdong's world paused for an instant.
It's Qin Xiren.
After Qin Xiren rushed in, he grabbed Cui Xiangdong's arm with both hands and spun quickly on the spot. When he turned around and let go, he shouted: "Let's go!"
She used her full strength.
While throwing Cui Xiangdong away, she herself suffered a powerful backlash from inertia and squatted on the ground.
boom.
Cui Xiangdong, who was holding Niu Niu, was unexpectedly thrown out of the north room by Qin Xiren, and fell back first into the standing water.
The moment when water splashes everywhere.
There is a flash of lightning!
Cui Xiangdong saw with his own eyes that the heavy beams and the entire roof hit Qin Xiren hard.
Qin Xiren, who was squatting on the ground in the north room, had no chance to rush out before the roof collapsed.
This is the moment.
For what seemed like an eternity, Cui Xiangdong and Qin Xiren looked at each other.
Freeze.
Cui Xiangdong had a serious delusion, just because Qin Xiren looked at him with such gentle eyes.
boom.
The roof collapsed, kicking up so much dust that not even the darkness or heavy rain could cover it up.
