Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 309

At this time, the meal was delivered. The lunch was also very simple, with pickled vegetables and minced meat, and a tea egg for each person.

Erhu and his friends eat first, and then Qin Dahe and his friends go up to eat.

The four of them work in two shifts, each shift lasting six hours, and they just need to sleep in the gaps.

Don’t even think about going home at this time. The leaders are sitting barefoot on the levee, and there are even reporters coming to interview you.

After dinner, the two of them slept for two hours in the car, but they still felt tired when they woke up.

They are both very tall, and it is not very comfortable for them to sleep in the car.

The situation in the sheds next door was even worse. They didn't even have a car and could only sleep on the ground or on the table.

After waking up, they sit in the shed and smoke. When there is something to do, they are the mobile force. When there is nothing to do, they take turns on their own. People must stay here.

"Damn, it's a bit cold, fuck." Qin Dahe cursed and stomped out the cigarette butt.

It had been raining for so many days in a row, and he was still wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, but he was actually starting to feel cold.

It was too boring to stay in the shed, so he held an umbrella and went to the embankment with his child to watch the waves of the Yuxi River surge.

You can even see big fish jumping in the water and fainted fish drifting with the current. These phenomena are very normal when there is a flood.

But no one had the heart to catch fish at the moment. Seeing the water level rising, everyone felt nervous.

There should be fewer people on the riverside, mainly to prevent pipe bursts, and the inner side is also strictly guarded.

The two young people left behind in the shed next door saw them coming out and came over, since they were very close anyway.

Qin Dahe took out a black pine and asked the other person to hold it. He and the baby also lit it and took a deep breath. As the smoke entered their lungs, they felt more comfortable.

"Brother, which village are you from?" Qin Dahe asked casually.

"We are from Chenwan. Are you the Qin Dahe from the entrance of the village?"

Driving a car and smoking black pine, he is so recognizable.

"Haha, it's me. I've been to your village many times to collect things." Qin Dahe said with a smile.

The four young people stood by the river holding umbrellas and chatting. It was too boring to hide in the shed.

The waves in this section of Sancha River are bigger than those in other sections, and it looks quite spectacular.

"Many people in our village went to the riverside. I heard that someone died there." The person nearby said mysteriously.

"How did he die?" he asked curiously. The dike hadn't been broken yet.

"A big fish washed up on the shore. Someone tried to pick it up, but it got swept away by the undercurrent. My eldest brother just told me about it on the phone."

"Haha, what big fish do you want at this time?" Qin Dahe shook his head with a smile.

The waves on the river surface are not scary because you can see them, but once the undercurrent comes up, even a god cannot escape.

The rain subsided a bit in the afternoon and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the water level has not dropped, it at least gives people some psychological comfort.

The armed police force also arrived at four o'clock, directly occupied the sand station, and stationed on the large platform inside.

At this time, the owner and employees of the sand station were nowhere to be seen, wishing that no one knew that this was once a sand mining pond.

Because illegal sand mining will cause the riverbed to collapse, the collapse will naturally be filled by the surrounding mudflats. After being filled again and again, the levee will collapse.

Although they mine sand in the center of the river, it also affects the levee.

At this time, reporters, armed police and villagers gathered at Wuwei Dam, and the leadership stayed here to patrol 24 hours a day.

Once someone mentions it, the owner of the sand station will have no way to escape.

There are people visiting Qin Dahe to express their condolences. Some people gave him instant noodles and mineral water, and dinner was still tea eggs.

But there is no food left, so I can only eat instant noodles.

As more and more people gathered on the levee, it became difficult to supply food to everyone.

While we were eating instant noodles, armed police came over to chat. At that time, everyone had nothing to do, so they were waiting for something to happen, or praying that nothing would happen.

The pipe burst in the morning was really scary. It happened just 500 meters west of Qin Dahe and his team.

We are all young people, so there is no barrier between us when chatting.

Seeing the young faces of the armed police soldiers who were the same age as him, everyone felt much more at ease.

"I'll make a phone call to Wuhan and Sichuan Province to see what the situation is upstream. It's still raining and we can't handle it downstream either," Qin Dahe said with a wry smile.

The water level has risen another 30 centimeters, and everyone is getting more nervous with every little increase.

"Hurry up and fight, the water level is scary." The young armed policeman's eyes lit up when he heard him say that.

He nodded and directly called several of his clients. Most of his clients who sold bait were in the Yangtze River Basin, both upstream and downstream.

I didn't expect that this fight would actually yield some results.

"The rain just stopped in Sichuan Province for an hour, and it seems like the sun is out." As soon as the words came out, everyone cheered.

"The rain in Chongqing is easing, with moderate rain turning into light rain in the afternoon."

"It's still raining heavily in Hubei and Hunan."

The main channel of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and its numerous tributaries are all in these provinces. When it rains, the water level downstream naturally rises sharply.

When the customers heard about the water situation in their area, they all said that they would notify him immediately if there was any change in the rain intensity.

At this time, there were already quite a few people gathered around, including people from the shack next door and patrolling armed police.

Everyone was very happy to learn that he was able to find out the actual water conditions upstream. At least the rain in two provinces was getting lighter.

"I call once an hour. If you want to know something, just come and ask me." Qin Dahe said with a smile.

He doesn't mind this kind of thing, and the clients don't mind him being a bother either. Human lives are at stake.

"Brother, this is good." The silly kid happily followed his elder brother.

I met a lot of friends today, and even an armed police officer talked to him.

"It's just some phone bill anyway, haha." As long as I can help, it doesn't matter how much it costs.

After finishing the instant noodles, he looked at the time and let Erhu and the others come up, and then he and Hanwaer went downstairs with flashlights.

There is still some time before dark, so there is no need to rush.

At 6:30, I called again to inquire. The rain had stopped in Chongqing and Sichuan Province, but it was still raining in Hunan and Hubei, but the intensity was decreasing.

It's a pity that Wuhan was flooded. The customer was in the mountains when he received the call.

Qin Dahe was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Their downstream area was fine, but the upstream area was flooded first.

He shouted a few words loudly and passed the message up, and the people above immediately felt relieved.

Everyone has a very simple map in their mind. Starting from the upstream, the rain gradually becomes lighter.

It started to rain sparsely here, and the rain was probably moving north or south.

The patrolling armed police also "just happened" to arrive. The news was real-time, faster than the report from above, so they naturally paid attention.

Everyone was overjoyed to hear this, as it was good that the rain had stopped upstream.

Qin Dahe sneered and continued patrolling the river with Hanwaer.

At 9:30 in the evening, I called again and learned that Hubei and Hunan had also started to drizzle, and the rain had stopped there.

Even the armed police leaders were waiting for news from him. The fact that the water level only rose 20 centimeters in the first half of the night was proof of that. By the time the shift changed at midnight, he still had fried noodles, specially delivered by the armed police on patrol.

It is not the kind of fried noodles that are like noodles. It is made by frying flour with oil and sugar, and then mixing it with boiling water and eating it.

Two armed policemen were resting in his shack, and it was quite interesting to see a few young people chatting under the light.

At half past twelve, Qin Dahe called again, and this was basically the last call.

You can't keep harassing people in the middle of the night; everyone has to sleep.

Upon learning that it had started to drizzle again in Sichuan Province but there was no rain in Hubei and Hunan, the two armed police soldiers returned.

After Qin Dahe finished his midnight snack, he smoked a cigarette and lay down on top of the car.

My phone bill today has exceeded 100 yuan. If it's charged in both directions, it would be several hundred yuan.

After lying down for half an hour, I couldn't stand the cold anymore, so I started the car and turned on the air conditioner for heating.

The heating of a fuel vehicle is to send the residual heat of the engine into the car, and it takes a while before it starts to heat up.

It's just a little gas money, as long as you feel comfortable.

They left the car window a crack, felt a little warmer, turned off the car, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

It was 5:30 in the morning, just as the sky was getting light. I looked at the warning posts on the river bank, but I couldn't even make out the red and yellow lines.

The rain had stopped at this time, but there was no glow, which meant the sun had not come out.

Qin Dahe shivered unconsciously after getting off the car. He was so cold. He should have brought two coats.

I simply started practicing the farming techniques my dad taught me, at least it can warm me up.

The armed police who passed by stopped to say hello. Qin Dahe smiled and said that he started making phone calls at seven o'clock and harassed people until half past twelve last night.

After practicing for a while, the silly kid started to make instant noodles. There were really enough tea eggs, and more than 20 were delivered yesterday.

"Aren't you cold?" This silly brother was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, which was puffy and looked very tough.

"Not cold." The kid laughed innocently, "Brother, I'll go on patrol later, you stay in the car."

"Nonsense! It would be so embarrassing if others knew about this." Qin Dahe curled his lips.

The purpose of the armed police patrol is to see whether they are carefully checking the river embankment. Once a pipe burst is not dealt with in time, the thick embankment can be broken in a short time.

After finishing the instant noodles, they asked Erhu and the others to take over, and they started to go down for inspection.

As I walked back and forth, my shoes became heavier and heavier, covered in mud.

The two of them were annoyed and just went barefoot. Anyway, they had trampled out a passage by walking back and forth.

This passage of several dozen meters is the focus of their attention. Now that the rain has stopped, any pipe burst will be immediately visible.

At seven o'clock, I started calling Hubei and Sichuan provinces again.

When he learned that the sun was almost out upstream, he shouted a few words loudly, and everyone immediately became happy.

It’s good that the sun is out and there are no clouds. Once the rain stops, they will be able to release the flood water quickly downstream.

The flow of the Yangtze River is not comparable to that of the Yellow River. Its flow is eighteen times that of the Yellow River. As long as there is no continuous rainfall, the water level will drop quickly.

Everyone began to spread the news happily, and everyone along the long line became happy.

Qin Dahe also called the girl to tell her the good news.

"Yan'er, help me top up 300 yuan of phone credit later."

"Ah, didn't you just do it a few days ago?"

"It's used up quickly, don't worry about it, just recharge it for me quickly, I can't let my phone bill be cut off now." I didn't have time to pay the phone bill at the moment.

"Oh, okay." The little girl nodded immediately.

"How's it going over there?"

"It's pretty good. Mom even saved two hundred for the water bill." She said with a smile, "The fried buns at the door are delicious too."

"Haha, as long as I'm comfortable."

"The water level here is terrifying. The riverbank is full of people. A-Mei's mother-in-law even went to check it out this morning."

"We're better here."

After chatting for a few words, the phone was hung up.

This month's phone bill is estimated to be over a thousand. This is basically the case for all business people nowadays. Long-distance call charges are like water released from a floodgate.

There is no need to call every hour today. The sun is out over there, so just let those customers have time to send a text message.

When it was time to change shifts at noon, everyone had a happy look on their faces.

Because the water level has not risen for a long time, their team can be disbanded once the water level drops below the yellow line.

Qin Dahe also felt relieved. He finally didn't reach the red line.

Once we reach the red line, everyone will have to live on the levee with their families, which is not a pleasant experience.

Qin Dahe stayed there for two days alone and he already felt how bad the conditions were.

Even his uncle who lived far away in Shenzhen called to ask about his family's situation.

He was relieved to hear that Dongxiang was safe and sound. He also donated 20,000 yuan to the county, which was directly transferred to the disaster relief account.

The two chatted for a while and felt sympathetic about the flooding in Niubu.

After thinking about it, Qin Dahe told him about his father asking him to borrow money.

"Uncle, you have to be prepared. Grandpa might lend you the money." He said worriedly.

"Let the old man do it every day." The uncle said angrily. "Don't worry about it. It's just a few tens of thousands of dollars. If it's gone, it's gone. Anyway, he won't starve to death."

He was really helpless. He had already sent back 30,000 yuan this year, and he had to send another sum at the end of the year.

Life in a big city is not easy either. Fortunately, my work has been going well this year and I have made a lot of money, but I am really busy.

I work until 9 or 10 o'clock every day, recruiting people for the battery company, dealing with the company's order sales and investment company affairs. All these tasks take up a lot of energy.

He has grown old and is planning to resign after earning more money to focus on his investment company. He is afraid of sudden death if he continues to fight on two fronts.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Dahe didn't take this matter to heart. If things really didn't work out, he would just let his uncle cover it.

After talking to a few people in the nearby shacks, I learned that it was just a false alarm in Niubu. There were only a few casualties so far, and it was all because they were greedy for the village's wealth.

After the villagers evacuated, a few of them still wanted to make some money, so they stayed there.

This is just courting death, and the local village cadres cannot be blamed.

Because of the dike, they were just preparing to evacuate. Everyone had packed up their gold, silver and valuables and were ready to go to the dike at any time.

Apart from the levee, there is no other place with high terrain. It is a vast plain.

By the evening, we confirmed that the weather upstream had cleared up and the river water was slowly receding, and everyone was happy.

After staying on the levee for two days, I finally saw hope of returning home.

Another call was made to Jiuzi, and I told my wife and mother that I would go and pick them up as soon as the water level dropped.

The girl was so happy that she didn't want to leave. She had a great time eating out in the city for two days.

The same goes for A-Mei. As long as she has money, she can live comfortably anywhere.

(End of this chapter)