Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 236 235. The End of Youth, a Belated Farewell (Part )
There was a touching scene in the ward.

Qin Zhenggang was lying on the hospital bed, his consciousness was hazy, but he roughly remembered what had happened and realized that the one lying on top of him and crying loudly was his troublesome son.

Qin Zhenggang was surprised and moved.

The relationship between father and son has been strained since their son entered puberty.

This was the first time that the bastard showed such a fragile, broken and helpless side in front of him.

Qin Zhenggang was very touched!

It would have been even more touching...if my son hadn't pressed on his oxygen tube.

In the ward, the five teenagers had different moods.

Qin Jiapeng cried so hard that he was useless. His snot and tears covered the bed, and his image as a cold and cool academic master was shattered.

As the future daughter-in-law, Chen Shuang also had tears in her eyes, but she tried hard to hold it back.

After all, premature love is not good.

Especially at this critical juncture, if Qin Zheng, who had just woken up, discovered that his son was in a premature relationship, he would probably faint from anger again.

Then Qin Jiapeng is really... so filial to your father!

As for the other three boys.

There are two big words engraved on his face, as if copied and pasted: Redundant!
The three of them watched the show for a long time, and finally realized that they had no chance to appear on stage, so after exchanging glances for a long time, they quietly walked out of the ward.

I have to say, the way she stood on tiptoe, hunched her head, and pushed and shoved, looked very sneaky.

When we arrived outside the hospital, it was almost noon.

Lin Yu looked up at the sky and found that the heavy rain that had lasted for many days had finally stopped.

Thinking of my brother who is still fighting on the front line of flood control.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course he knew that the cessation of rain did not mean the flood would end.

But at the very least, without the blessing of heavy rain, the floods would not be able to continue to grow bigger and stronger and create greater glory.

Those on the flood fighting front just need to overcome the current difficulties.

This is good news after all.

The three teenagers stood at the hospital gate, all looking very sad.

However, Lin Yu and Liang Tian's sadness were real, while Zhang Zihang was just pretending.

amount……

Zhang Zihang mainly didn’t know what to be sad about.

But seeing that everyone seemed unhappy, it would seem a bit out of place if I laughed.

So forget it, let’s just stay consistent with everyone else.

"It's noon now, let's go eat!"

Seeing that the two men were silent, Zhang Zihang took the initiative to speak and break the silence.

Lin Yu and Liang Tian were not interested.

Liang Tian said: "Chen Shuang and Qin Jiapeng will definitely not be able to come, so...are we still going to have this meal together?"

Lin Yu didn't say anything.

Zhang Zihang scratched his head: "Then we have to eat..."

Liang Tian sighed and said, "I'm not in the mood anymore! I didn't know the flood was so powerful. Qin Jiapeng's father almost died... My brother-in-law is still on the front line of flood control. My sister is worried sick, but I'm still thinking about having dinner with friends every day... It's really outrageous!"

As Liang Tian spoke, her fair little face twisted into a ball, and she obviously felt really guilty.

After hearing what she said, Zhang Zihang didn't feel comfortable making any further proposals.

The three of them discussed it and decided to just go home.

Zhang Zihang went to take the bus.

Lin Yu came here on an electric bike in the morning, so he took Liang Tian to the carport and rode the electric bike home.

"Hey, put it on!"

Lin Yu handed Liang Tian a helmet.

Liang Tian was immediately unhappy: "It's uncomfortable to wear this... Just ride slowly, I won't blame you if I fall, you don't have to worry about me!"

Lin Yu was a little embarrassed.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Well...if you don't wear a helmet, you will be fined if you are caught!"

Liang Tian: “???”

I thought he gave me his only helmet out of concern for me, but I didn't expect the reason to be so simple.

This is a bit embarrassing.

"What will you do if I wear it? You will be fined if you catch me, right?"

Liang Tian immediately pointed out the loophole and tried hard to make a comeback.

Lin Yu didn't say anything, but opened the storage box on the back seat and took out a new helmet.

Liang Tian: “…”

The scene became even more embarrassing.

“I’ll wear this!”

She took the new helmet, put it on quickly and sat in the back seat, trying to cover up her embarrassing fact with her quick movements.

Lin Yu noticed her intention and expressed his support for her by looking away and calmly starting the car.

The car hummed to life.

Just as the serpentine position was turned into a straight line, he ran over a speed bump, and immediately both the car and the people swung up and down.

Liang Tian was holding onto both sides of the seat with her hands.

When he was shaken, he subconsciously grabbed Lin Yu's waist. He didn't hold it firmly the first time, so he quickly grabbed some more cloth in his hand.

Lin Yu quickly analyzed the source of the force from the tightening of his clothes.

I lowered my head slightly and saw a pair of white, tender, translucent, and nervous hands on both sides. My heart immediately started beating faster.

A face suddenly turned red.

"Let's go~" Liang Tian urged from behind.

"oh oh……"

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment before he retracted his left leg that was supporting the stability of the vehicle and started again.

They had agreed not to eat out, so he went straight home.

In the end, I didn't ride more than two miles.

Liang Tian saw a small shop selling fried skewers on the roadside. The fragrant smell aroused her appetite and she immediately shouted, "Stop, stop, stop..."

Lin Yu was startled and stopped the car quickly.

Just as I was wondering, I heard a gurgling sound coming from behind me on the sidewalk after the rain.

"Ok?"

Lin Yu was puzzled, then understood instantly and smiled secretly.

He rode the bike to the door of the fried skewers shop and stopped steadily, while Liang Tian waited obediently beside him.

This scene happened to be seen by Zhang Zihang who was passing by on the bus.

Zhang Zihang was so angry that his eyes widened.

"What the hell! I said I wasn't going to dinner, but as soon as I left, the couple went on a date... Are they complaining about me being a third wheel??!"

Zhang Zihang was about to explode.

Even though you know there's something going on between these two people, there's no need to deny it to death while secretly complaining that your friends are unnecessary, right?
It turns out that being beautiful means youthfulness, so are fat kids just worthy of being despised?
It's so abominable!!
He simply puts women before friends, and forgets his father after getting a wife! !

Crazy, crazy!!
but……

Liang Tian is leaving tomorrow, and I don’t know when we will meet again!

It's normal for a young couple to want to be alone for a while and experience their own world...

When Zhang Zihang thought about it, he suddenly realized that he was being immature by refusing to leave the hospital gate just now!

"Um... they're so slow in their relationship, and you blame me?"

"Forget it, forget it. Just consider it as my fulfillment of your wishes!"

"Lin Yu, remember this, you owe me a meal... No, two meals! Three meals!!!"

……

It was already 12: when Lin Yu and Liang Tian finished their fried skewers and returned to Linjia Village.

I heard a car moving.

Zhou Xiuping hurried out of the house and asked the two children to go have lunch.

Liang Tian was surprised: "Auntie, haven't you eaten yet? Where's my sister?"

Zhou Xiuping said: "Xixi said she wasn't hungry and hadn't eaten yet. She said she would wait for you. I called Lin Yu but he didn't answer. I guess you should be on your way back... and now you're back!"

Liang Tian nodded a little guiltily.

At this time, Han Xixi just came down from upstairs, and several people went to the kitchen to eat together.

Lunch was sumptuous.

Even though heavy rains have been falling for a week and floods are raging, the rural village of Linjia can still easily provide a sumptuous meal with meat, vegetables and soup.

Liang Tian was so hungry after seeing this, but the fried skewers just now filled her stomach so much that she couldn't eat any more.

Lin Yu saw her embarrassment and wanted to explain: "Actually, we just..."

Before he could finish his words, Liang Tian interrupted him: "It smells so good, Auntie. I can definitely eat a big bowl of rice!!"

Zhou Xiuping was so happy that she quickly agreed and served her a large bowl of rice.

Liang Tian took it reluctantly. Even though she was so full that her throat was about to be filled, she still had to pretend to have a good appetite.

Lin Yu felt embarrassed for her when he saw this.

"Xixi, eat quickly, it's getting cold..."

Zhou Xiuping greeted, then looked at her youngest son and immediately changed her expression, "Why are you standing there? Are you waiting for me to add more food to you?"

Lin Yu didn't feel unfair about his mother's two faces.

Humph, I’m at the bottom of the food chain. I’m used to it.

"I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat anymore!"

he said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Liang Tian became anxious before Zhou Xiuping did anything.

"Lin Yu you——"

How disloyal!

Liang Tian's eyes widened and she swallowed the last five words.

However, this sudden shouting still made the three adults confused, and they simultaneously cast glances at the two teenagers.

Han Xixi almost understood it by now.

But now, her mind is on her husband Lin Xiao, whom she hasn't contacted for many days, and she has no mood to pay attention to anything else.

She lowered her head and continued to count the rice grains with her chopsticks, without any appetite at all.

On the opposite side, Lin Yu felt threatened by the girl's eyes on the left and the covetous look of his mother on the right, and shrank his neck in fear.

Under pressure, he finally picked up the empty bowl and filled it with half a bowl of rice, then sat down and started to eat it with relish.

There were five people eating at the table, but no one was talking and everyone seemed a little absent-minded.

"Xixi, you have no appetite? How about some soup?" Zhou Xiuping was a little anxious as she looked at her daughter-in-law who couldn't eat.

"No need, mom. I'm just not hungry..."

Xixi forced a smile.

Zhou Xiuping continued, "Is it because you didn't tell your mother that you came here, and you were afraid that she would be angry? Don't worry, I just called her..."

Han Xixi still shook her head and tried hard to maintain a smile.

Zhou Xiuping was at a loss.

Seeing this, Liang Tian sighed and said, "Auntie, don't worry, my sister is fine. She is just worried about my brother-in-law... There is a flood outside, and the mayor of my brother-in-law's unit fell into the flood and almost drowned. Now my brother-in-law is still on the front line of flood control. How can my sister not worry..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Xiuping and Lin Jianping's expressions changed at the same time.

"What else is happening?!"

The two were shocked and panicked.

This reaction caught Liang Tian off guard. She thought this happened nearby and her uncle and aunt would definitely know about it.

But I didn't expect that they were unaware of it.

Liang Tian realized that she had said something wrong, so she quickly lowered her head to eat to hide her embarrassment.

Zhou Xiuping and her husband looked at each other, and finally they understood why their daughter-in-law suddenly drove over in the floodland with a big belly.

So there is such a thing!

"Lin Yu said that his classmate's father was nearly washed away by the flood and is still in the hospital for treatment... Is he the mayor of Chaobai Town?" Lin Jianping reacted.

"Ah... yes!"

Liang Tian admitted it reluctantly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiuping's eyes immediately turned into a steel knife and shot towards Lin Yu who was eating silently!
"You are such a pig-head. You didn't explain such a serious matter to me clearly, and you are still talking about my classmate's dad!!"

My mother was very angry and the consequences were serious.

"He's actually my classmate's dad..."

"Still being stubborn!!"

Zhou Xiuping was really angry this time. "Your classmate's father is the mayor of Chaobai Town, and he works in the same unit as your brother. Why didn't you tell me? I just called your aunt this morning, and she said the water wasn't high, the situation wasn't dangerous, and the crops weren't flooded... A mayor almost died, and you still say the situation isn't dangerous?"

Lin Yu put down the bowl, his eyes were dull, and he doubted his life.

He was too lazy to complain.

Anyway, no matter who said something they shouldn't have said, they will be the one to be held accountable in the end, as they are at the bottom of the food chain!
Liang Tian felt deeply sympathetic for her friend's situation, but was powerless to save him.

Because the trouble is caused by oneself.

She also noticed that when Lin Yu was being scolded, her cousin's face became more and more nervous and frightened.

Liang Tian wanted to say a few words of comfort.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying anything. It would be best if my brother-in-law came back quickly, even if it's just a phone call.

Thinking of this, Liang Tian couldn't help but feel a little angry with the man.

No matter how important your work is, you should not forget your parents and your pregnant wife at home who are worried about you!

"I really don't understand what my brother-in-law is thinking..." Liang Tian complained in her heart.

Because of her unexpected news, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became tense.

This lunch was more quiet.

Halfway through the meal, Zhou Xiuping seemed to suddenly remember something, her whole body trembled, and her chopsticks fell on the table.

There was a crisp "click" sound.

The other four looked at her at the same time, all confused.

Zhou Xiuping smiled awkwardly, picked up the chopsticks and continued eating, but her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't control them at all.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" Liang Tian asked, unable to suppress her curiosity.

"No, it's nothing..."

Zhou Xiuping tried her best to cover it up.

The more she tried to cover it up, the more curious Liang Tian became. She kept asking, "Auntie, what's wrong? You're so scary..."

Zhou Xiuping glanced at her daughter-in-law and saw that she was looking at her seriously. She hesitated whether to speak or not.

Finally, he couldn't stand the curiosity and pressure from everyone at the table, and said tremblingly: "I just remembered... Lin Xiao went into the water to save someone before, it was about now... this time..."

He stammered out a sentence and everyone fell silent.

"Mom, are you talking about the time he jumped into the water to save someone 11 years ago?" Han Xixi asked.

"Right...Lin Xiao told you?" "I said it!!"

Liang Tian said proudly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yu put a large piece of pork ribs into her bowl, indicating that she should cover her mouth quickly since she couldn't speak.

Zhou Xiuping was stunned for a moment before she responded: "Oh, yes, the last time Zhenpeng got married, Tiantian also went with him..."

The atmosphere at the table became increasingly serious.

Zhou Xiuping said hurriedly: "It's nothing, it's nothing, it happened many years ago... I just suddenly remembered it, it's nothing..."

Although he said so, the panic in his tone was unmistakable.

Han Xixi was in a nervous mood for the whole morning, until this moment, when she finally reached the top.

"Mom, do you remember the exact date?" she asked in panic.

"What?" Zhou Xiuping was confused by the question.

"Well, that time when Lin Xiao jumped into the water to save someone at my grandmother's house 11 years ago... what day was it?"

"Which day... I really can't remember..."

Zhou Xiuping tried hard to recall.

At this time, Lin Jianping, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said, "August 8th!"

When these words were spoken, several people were stunned at first, and then they took a breath of cold air at the same time.

"Isn't today August 8th?!"

Liang Tian exclaimed, "This is... too much of a coincidence!"

Just as she said this, another big chicken leg was put into her bowl.

Lin Yu was a little anxious. He couldn't understand why such a nice girl had a mouth!

The atmosphere at the table became increasingly weird.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally, everyone's eyes were focused on Han Xixi.

Xixi's face was solemn and she said nothing.

Suddenly, my stomach churned, and I couldn't control myself, so I leaned on the edge of the table and started retching wildly.

……

Because of this strange coincidence, Han Xixi couldn't hold it anymore.

After the dry heaving subsided, she no longer cared whether it was appropriate or whether it would disturb her husband's work.

She called Lin Xiao directly.

But it is turned off.

Han Xixi became even more panicked. Her inexplicable sixth sense made her tremble uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Liang Tian quickly took her sister's wrist and comforted her: "Sister, don't worry! My brother-in-law has been fighting the floods on the front line for so many days. His phone may be out of battery or flooded. It's all possible... Don't worry!"

Han Xixi knew that she was a little too nervous and too pretentious.

But I don’t know what happened today.

I have been having nightmares since last night, and I felt totally dazed when I woke up this morning.

She doesn't believe in metaphysics or superstition.

But then Liang Tian told her that the mayor of the town where Lin Xiao worked had just been rescued from the brink of life and death, and Lin Xiao had never mentioned a word about this to her.

Such a terrible thing happened at such a coincidental time.

It was hard for Han Xixi not to be nervous and worried, so much so that she began to believe that the baby in her belly felt the blood connection and caused her discomfort throughout the day.

Right now, the phone call is not going through.

Han Xixi became increasingly uncontrollable in her panic, and felt like vomiting again.

After forcibly suppressing it.

Han Xixi made up her mind: "I will drive to Chaobai Town now..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Xiuping stopped him with a look of panic on her face, and the two teenagers quickly stood in front of the car.

Everyone talked at once and tried to comfort her.

Lin Yu said at this time: "I'll call Qin Jiapeng... His father is the mayor, he should know a few people in Chaobai Town, so he can ask about the situation!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him hopefully.

Liang Tian even thought that this flat-headed boy was actually quite handsome!

Lin Yu called and the phone was finally connected after a few rings.

On the other end, Qin Jiapeng was a little confused and his voice was a little hoarse after receiving the call.

After hearing the purpose of Lin Yu's visit, he quickly called the Chaobai Town duty room.

Lin Yu dialed the landline again.

This time the call was connected quickly, and he asked directly: "I am a family member of your deputy mayor Lin Xiao. I can't get through to him on the phone. What's going on?"

The other end took a while to respond before saying, "Maybe the battery is out... But I just saw Lin Zhen in the cafeteria. He was eating. Why don't you try calling him again later..."

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief and relayed the duty officer's response to everyone.

After hearing this, Han Xixi's expression looked better.

Just then, the cell phone rang - it was Lin Xiao calling back.

"Hello!" Han Xixi quickly answered the call.

"Hey, wife~~"

Lin Xiao had just returned to the office. His tone was tired but a little tender. "My phone ran out of battery this morning. I just turned it on... Did you call me just now?"

A familiar voice came, and Han Xixi's restless heart instantly fell back into her stomach.

"Yeah, that's right!" Xixi replied quietly.

"Is there a problem?"

"Oh, nothing... I just wanted to ask if you've eaten?"

"Just finished eating, how about you?"

“I just finished eating…”

Xixi paused, then said, "I'm fine. You have to take care of yourself. No matter how busy you are, you have to eat. Take a rest when you have time. Don't be too tired. Got it?"

Lin Xiao was a little surprised by the instructions, but he still felt very heartwarming.

"okay, I get it!"

"Well, then you should take a quick lunch break. I'm hanging up now!"

"Okay, I love you~"

"..."

Xixi glanced at the four pairs of eyes beside her, a blush ran across her face, and she was too embarrassed to respond.

Finally, he could only lower his voice and say, "Okay, go to sleep... I'll wait for you to come back!"

The two hung up the phone.

Lin Xiao looked at the page on his phone and always felt that there was something wrong with his wife's tone, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

But I'm not in the mood to care about it at the moment.

He was really tired. It had been nearly 40 hours since he had been searching for Qin Zhenggang on the dike all night, and he had slept for less than four hours in total.

I was so tired and sleepy that my brain couldn't work at all.

Before retreating from the village, Tu Hui gave a strict order, requiring people at each point to take turns on guard duty and not to allow them to get into danger due to overwork.

Lin Xiao then returned to the town, sat down to have a peaceful lunch, and then planned to sleep for two hours.

However, I put down my charging phone and was about to lie down on the folding bed.

Zhou Baoping pushed the door open and came in, looking panicked: "Lin Zhen, it's bad, the dike of Zhoujia Village has burst..."

Lin Xiao's whole body tensed up and he suddenly disappeared from all sleepiness.

……

Twenty minutes later, Lin Xiao arrived at the dike breach site.

He drove all the way here at full speed.

Although Zhoujia Village is not his administrative village, his relatives live here and it is his mother's hometown.

He spent a small part of his childhood here - although those memories belonged to another person, they have now become part of him.

It is difficult for Lin Xiao to regard the ties of family affection as a burden brought by his original body.

Moreover.

Putting aside personal factors, he is also the deputy mayor of Chaobai Town and a member of the town's flood control and drought relief command leadership team.

Faced with the danger of dike breach.

He couldn't just sit there and watch, just because the village was not under his responsibility, he just lay in the office and slept.

So he came in a hurry.

Before climbing up the dike, I could see the breach from afar. An inverted "V"-shaped gap about two or three meters wide had appeared on the long dike. The muddy flood was rushing out through the gap like zombies that had finally smelled the breath of the living.

Below the dike are stretches of paddy fields.

After a week of heavy rain, the entire farmland had been submerged in water, with only a few green tips showing at the top.

According to the current situation.

Although there was flooding, the heavy rains had stopped.

If nothing unexpected happens, the water in the fields will be drained away quickly after the flood passes.

For seedlings that have been planted for more than a month, the root system underneath has stabilized, and short-term flooding will not harm the roots, and they can still survive after the water is drained!
But the problem is that the accident has now happened.

The raging flood was rushing into the paddy fields frantically. In just half an hour, the clear water in the dozen acres of fields below the gap had become turbid, and the young seedlings were completely submerged.

Such a big impact, such a large amount of water.

The rice seedlings in this field are definitely not going to survive.

Of course, the loss of some rice fields is nothing. The key is that according to the prediction of the Water Conservancy Bureau, this wave of floods will take at least three or four days to completely pass, and the water level of Chaoshui River will slowly recede.

During this period, the flood was enough to submerge hundreds of acres of farmland.

What’s even more terrifying is that the dike has burst.

Under the lateral impact of the flood, the earthen dam is simply impossible to be impregnable, and the gap will only become bigger and bigger.

In fact, from the discovery of the breach to now.

In just half an hour, the cross-section of the breach had expanded by exactly one-fold, while the earth and rocks on both sides continued to collapse, turning into mudslides that rushed towards the vast farmland.

If left unchecked, the breach will only get bigger and bigger, and the amount of water rushing down will increase exponentially.

The consequences will be disastrous!
When Lin Xiao rushed to the dike, acting town mayor Tu Hui, deputy town mayor in charge of Zhoujia Village Jia Minglu, as well as town and village cadres, and leaders of the county water conservancy bureau, dozens of people gathered there.

The person in charge of the scene was a deputy director of the county who had retired to the position of director of the Veteran Affairs Bureau, named Qi Haiguang.

Just like the deputy mayor of a town is in charge of several villages.

The county also has a liaison mechanism, and all department-level leaders will be responsible for a street or town.

When carrying out key tasks or when major dangerous situations occur, the liaison leader will go to the affiliated unit to take command and guide the implementation of related work.

Of course, so-called guidance is mostly just a formality.

As for leaders, most of them do not understand the work at the grassroots level, nor are they willing to understand it.

So when they sit there, they either say nonsense like "thank you all for your hard work" or "I'm here to learn", and kick the important decision-making responsibility back to them.

Towns and villages have long been familiar with this and are no longer surprised by it.

But then again, the top leaders of townships and towns do not want an outsider to give them instructions, so they are happy to carry out their work according to established procedures while giving full respect to the leaders in charge.

The situation is outside of the city.

When a job is handled poorly and someone needs to be held accountable, or when the township does not have a top leader who can take charge, or when the situation is extremely dangerous and a decision must be made immediately.

The leaders of the association cannot hide even if they want to.

Unfortunately, Chaobai Town currently has all three unfavorable factors.

The top leader is hospitalized due to injuries, and decisions must be taken immediately if a breach occurs in the territory. If the situation is not handled properly and causes major casualties or losses, the person will be held accountable!

Qi Hai's bald head has grown big.

He will retire in two years. At his age, he should be enjoying his retirement, but he did not expect that he would be faced with such a difficult situation just because he was in charge of a unit.

He felt that he would definitely have a bad year!

However, he would have to wait until afterwards to change his fortune. Faced with sudden danger, he had to make a quick decision, whether it was to organize rescue operations with all his strength or to quickly evacuate the people.

The flood roared down like the roar of a tiger and a dragon.

On the dike, everyone felt the moisture brought by the water flow, and dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at Qi Haiguang.

After a long while, Director Qi finally made up his mind: "Hurry up and organize people to quickly evacuate all the villagers in Zhoujia Village!!"

Everyone was surprised to hear this order.

Tu Hui quickly arranged for Jia Minglu and the village director to mobilize the people, and then asked, "Director Qi, what about this breach?"

Qi Haiguang's face turned cold: "What can we do? All the sandbags stored on the dike have been thrown down, but they are useless. Instead, the gap is getting bigger and bigger. Now there is water on the ridges. If we want to transport sandbags from outside, the car can't drive in! In addition, the water is leaking so fast. Once we organize rescue efforts with all our strength, what if there is an accident? Who can take this responsibility?!"

After a few words were spoken, the dike fell silent and only the roar of the rushing flood could be heard.

Qi Haiguang added: "Heavy rain and floods are natural disasters, and dike breaches are accidents. No one wants them to happen. But fortunately, Zhoujia Village is located at a higher altitude. Even if a breach occurs, it will at most flood the fields and will not threaten the village houses. Even if it does... it's still in time to relocate the villagers. Talent is the most important thing, what do you think?!"

Still no one responded.

Qi Haiguang's face became uglier and uglier. He had no choice but to make the final decision: "That's it. We will do our best to organize the villagers to evacuate and wait for the arrangements of the county headquarters..."

The words have not yet fallen.

A voice rang out from the crowd: "Director Qi, I think that since the breach is not too big now, if we organize rescue efforts with all our strength... we may still be able to block the breach!"

These words were shouted with full force, and everyone was stunned.

Qi Haiguang looked over in the direction of the voice.

At the place closest to the breach, I saw a handsome, dignified and young face.

After spending many days together, Qi Haiguang recognized this young man. He was the deputy mayor Lin Xiao who had pulled Qin Zhenggang back from the brink of death two days ago.

To be honest, Qi Haiguang admired him very much.

Young, energetic, courageous, and even more rare is that he is loyal, brave, and resourceful.

But young people are young after all, and they don’t know how serious and terrible the consequences of their decisions may be.

"Rescue?!"

Qi Haiguang's face darkened as he shouted angrily, "Deputy Mayor Lin, are you kidding me? The dike has burst, which shows how great the pressure of the flood is! Now the breach is gradually expanding, and the roads leading to the dike are blocked. How can we rescue people? What can we use to rescue people? Who will rescue people?"

The repeated questions still sounded powerful against the backdrop of the raging flood.

There was silence on the dike.

Lin Xiao was a little hesitant, but when he looked at the paddy fields nearby and the villages in the distance, and then at the relentless flood, his heart immediately became firm.

"If the road is blocked, you can walk on foot. If there are no hands, you can mobilize the villagers!"

Lin Xiao said with a resolute expression, "Although the danger has occurred, it is far from the point where we have to choose between saving people and disaster relief. Before the flood season arrived, each village had sufficient sandbags in stock. Even if they were not enough, they could still be urgently dispatched from other villages.

“If cars can’t drive in, we can drive to the intersection and let the villagers carry the sandbags onto the dike one by one - the sandbags on the dike are all carried up in this way.

"Look at this breach. Although sand and rocks are falling on both sides, the flow rate is not fast, which shows that the internal structure of the dike is generally stable enough.

"As long as we speed up the rescue work, it is still possible to plug the breach. This is much easier than plugging a dam breach in a river...

"We can't just give up without even trying because it doesn't threaten the safety of the people for the time being - these large paddy fields are the lifeblood of the villagers!"

These words were so loud on the dike that they almost drowned out the roaring torrent.

Everyone present had a solemn expression, but no one spoke!
Qi Haiguang said angrily: "You said you wanted to rescue people! Then let me ask you, if an accident happens while villagers are carrying sand and they accidentally fall into the flood from the dike... who will be responsible?!"

The question was asked in a stern voice, as loud as thunder.

Lin Xiao was also trembling a little at the question. He wanted to straighten his back and say "I'm responsible", but he knew that as the deputy mayor, he had no such power.

He was very unwilling to accept this, and was about to scold this leader for being irresponsible and inactive, and for only being a coward in order to save his life!

However, before he could open his mouth, the acting mayor Tu Hui suddenly shouted in a loud voice:
"I'll take responsibility!!"

(End of this chapter)