Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

Chapter 2 Let the enthusiastic people go home (second update)

The violent storm showed no signs of abating under the night. The water flowed down the car, and the rumble of thunder made people feel panicked.

Dong Feng drove Lu Xiang and her parents-in-law. Dong Ziyang was still in class. Lu Xiang contacted a friend to pick him up after school and asked him to drive back to Ningli County alone tomorrow.

Zhou Chunyan's mother and daughter and Grandma Dong were sitting in Huang Qiaoxiu's car.

Huang Qiaoxiu, who was driving, frowned. Although Yunlu City receives heavy rainfall every year during the rainy season, such heavy and continuous rainfall has never been seen. Dong Ming's situation may be more unlucky than bad.

Zhou Chunyan held her daughter's hand and felt very nervous.

Dong Ming is the most promising person in the Dong family. At the end of last year, he received a commendation for assisting the city in "catching people." In the first half of this year, he worked hard across the city to fight against trafficking. If nothing unexpected happens, Xie Jianjia will have the opportunity to go to the city without waiting for high school. It's just that an accident occurred today and the situation is not good.

Man-made disasters can be avoided, but natural disasters can be blocked.

He, the county magistrate, didn't need to personally handle flood control in the county, but... alas.

Zhou Chunyan sighed in her heart, and Xie Jianjia, who was sitting next to her, tried her best to recall the shoal where she found Qian Kai in her previous life.

I beat my head and couldn't remember.

So I closed my eyes and rested my mind. There were still several days of tough battles to be fought, so I had to keep my spirits high.

Grandma Dong hugged Xie Jianjia's arm and begged Bodhisattva for blessings all the way.

Lu Xiang, who was sitting on Dong Feng's car at the other end, looked out the window solemnly. The patter of rain was not hitting the window, but her heart.

She only had a brief emotional breakdown when she first learned about her husband's accident, but calmed down after getting into Dong Feng's car.

Compared with the last time when Dong Ming went to the city and couldn't be contacted for several days, this time she knew that something had happened to her husband and that the investigators were trying their best to search again. She felt at least a little confident and was not so scared.

It would be best to find Dong Ming who is safe and sound. If Dong Ming is injured, she will do her best to take care of him until he recovers. If the injury is serious, she will be willing to take care of him for the rest of her life.

I'm afraid Dong Ming won't be able to find him back.

Even if I can't find him back, I still want to see him alive, and he wants to see his body even if I die!Dong Ming suffered this disaster because he was trying to protect the people, and he died a worthy death.She will take good care of her parents-in-law, train her son to be a talented person, and wait until a hundred years later to meet him with her back straight.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiang's face reflected in the passenger window left two lines of sad tears.

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Due to poor road conditions at night and heavy rain, the journey that used to take more than two hours suddenly took nearly four hours.

After everyone got off the bus, Zhou Chunyan accompanied the three elderly people at home to wait for news. Dong Feng took Lu Xiang, Huang Qiaoxiu and Xie Jianjia directly to the county government.

Due to Dong Ming's disappearance, the three-story building where he was supposed to get off work was brightly lit and everyone was busy.

Seeing Lu Xiang, Dong Ming's secretary looked guilty.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I..."

Lu Xiang shook his head and forced himself to stay calm.

"I don't blame you. You braved the heavy rain to help the police find the whereabouts of Daming and the others. Thank you for your hard work."

"Uncle, what is the scope of the police's current search?"

Xie Jianjia interjected and asked. There were few towns in Ningli County, but there were many large and small villages. Finding them one by one was time-consuming and labor-intensive, so the scope must be narrowed down as soon as possible.

The secretary had met Xie Jianjia many times and knew that this little girl was Dong Ming's goddaughter. She was very smart and had helped Dong Ming a lot. So he took out the county map nearby and circled Xie Jianjia with a pen on the spot.

"The investigation focused on the Changyun River Dam area, and other villages affected by the flood were also investigated one by one. The police began to move the victims early yesterday morning. During the process of moving the victims, the dam was washed away by the upstream water. County Magistrate Dong is Lost in the chaos..."

At that time, the scene was in chaos, and in the heavy rain, no one could see clearly who was standing next to them. It was not until dawn, when all the victims were moved, that they discovered that there were missing people when they counted the number of people.

Xie Jianjia stared at the area drawn by the secretary and asked: "Among these towns and villages, which ones are close to rivers, or which ones have lakes connected to rivers?" Although Xie Jianjia didn't understand what Xie Jianjia was going to do, the secretary still listed the rivers one by one. The places with lakes are marked with pens of different colors.

Xie Jianjia pointed to the place where the red marker was.

"Uncle, please contact the police and focus on searching these dozen areas."

Hearing her determined tone, the secretary didn't waste any time, put down her pen and contacted the leader of the search team using her landline phone.

After confirming with the other party, he returned to Xie Jianjia.

"I have told the search team that now not only the search team is looking for the whereabouts of the missing persons, but also many enthusiastic people have organized teams to help search at night."

Enthusiastic people?

Xie Jianjia frowned.

"Is there a weather forecast?"

The woman sitting there who was sorting out information looked up at Xie Jianjia and replied, "Yes."

Xie Jianjia: "When will it rain tonight?"

The woman looked at the report in her hand.

"It will rain heavily before midnight, moderate rain from midnight to four in the morning, and then light rain after four o'clock."

It is now ten o'clock in the evening.

Xie Jianjia looked at the secretary with a serious expression and said in an urging tone: "Hurry up and ask the police officers from the search team to help stop the spontaneous team!"

The secretary didn't understand: "But wouldn't the search work be faster if there are more people?"

Xie Jianjia shook his head.

"The search team has professional equipment. If anything happens, the state will provide pensions. They will be buried as martyrs, and their children will enjoy state subsidies. But the enthusiastic people are just ordinary people, and they do not have any professional life-saving skills. Tools are a little better during the day, and anyone who has a problem can be found in time, but it is night! On a night of heavy rain, it is okay if nothing happens. If something happens, who will bear the responsibility? How will the subsequent compensation be resolved? "

Xie Jianjia's tone was decisive and could not be refused.

"Among the common people, as long as one person gets into trouble because of saving his godfather, whether he is alive or... dead, he will attract criticism and criticism!"

Hearing this, the secretary was shocked and quickly called the search brigade again to ask them to stop the search and rescue activities of enthusiastic people. It was best not to go out at night unless necessary, and put the lives of the people first.

After hanging up the phone, the secretary breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, a little girl reminded him that he was really eager to save people. He only thought about the more people, the better, and did not consider other factors, which was really wrong.

Xie Jianjia looked around and asked, "Why don't you see the deputy county magistrate?"

When something happens to Dong Ming, logically the deputy county magistrate should be the one to take charge of the overall situation. Why is Secretary Dong Ming the only one here?
The secretary sighed: "In the past few weeks, County Magistrate Dong has been on the front line of disaster relief and rescue operations. The cross-city anti-trafficking operation has left Deputy County Magistrate Chen very busy. He only received the news in the morning and didn't have time to rush back. "

It was really unlucky, everything was piled up together, and everyone was in a hurry like ants on a hot pot.

　Second update today!

　　small theater:
　　Xie Jianjia: I am good at making up stories.
　　Dong Ming soaked in water: Gululu... Feudal superstition is unacceptable!

　　Grandma Dong (reciting): Tathagata, Buddha, Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, Supreme Laojun, Jesus, God, ancestors, bless you.

　　Xie Jianjia: Why did Jesus God sneak in?

　　Grandma Dong: Anyway, it’s not a bad thing to say goodbye.

　　(End of this chapter)