The white mountains and black waters at the end of May, the clouds are low and the sky is as dark as ink.

Along with the thunder and lightning, large raindrops hit the ground, and puffs of smoke and dust rose up.

Soon, the raindrops became denser and heavier.

Rumble, click!

A twisting silver dragon flashed on the black horizon, winding like a dead branch hanging in the sky, appearing and disappearing.

The deafening thunder hits people's hearts all the time.

Every roar makes people tremble, like a punishment from heaven coming to cleanse the world.

Wow wow wow!

The wind carried the heavy rain and fell from the sky.

The raindrops fall to the ground and bounce back into water splashes, converging towards low places.

On the mechanized path of the vegetable garden, the turbid water flowed eastward, rushing like a stream.

Needless to say, this flow went into the reservoir.

Lu Changhua braved the wind and rain and walked eastward on the current.

He is worried about the reservoir.

Although the reservoir has been emptied now, the rain is so heavy that the reservoir may be full in a day or two.

It is more than 400 meters from home to the reservoir, and we have to walk through a wetland to reach it.

As soon as I walked into the wasteland next to the duty room, I saw sewage flowing across the field. The large flow of water that gathered together actually eroded a deep ditch on the ground.

The water in the ditch was turbulent, falling from a high place to the bottom of the ditch, making a roaring sound that shook dozens of meters away.

As he approached the reservoir, he heard a loud crashing sound.

Since the reservoir was reinforced, the sluice gate has not been closed.

Lu Changhua knew that even if he opened the sluice, he might not be able to release the flood in time. If he closed it, he might as well forget it!

Sure enough, in less than an hour, the reservoir was already half full.

Streams from all directions converge here, and the water is turbid and grey-white.

This is caused by the water carrying a large amount of sediment.

If the rain stops, it will settle in two or three days and the water will naturally be clear.

He walked east along the dam and carefully checked the condition of the dam. When he saw that nothing happened, he felt relieved and walked back to the duty room.

Opening the door and taking off his wet raincoat, he immediately felt a chill.

There was lightning and thunder outside the window, and heavy rain poured down.

The stream of water hanging under the eaves has never been broken. It is like hanging a water curtain and you are in the cave.

After resting in the duty room for an hour, Lu Changhua put on his raincoat again and walked onto the dam.

There is also sewage flowing across the dam, flowing to both sides. Puddles of puddles are all over the top of the dam. Looking around, it is so foggy that you can't see the scenery in the distance.

It was nearly noon, and the sky was as dark as evening.

Lu Changhua had no choice but to go into the duty room again to hide from the rain.

Although I had a raincoat and boots, the rain was too heavy and it was of no use.

After entering the house, he took off his raincoat and hung it to dry, turning his rain boots upside down to drain the rainwater.

My feet were soaked and turned white. They were left to dry in the air and felt cool.

He came to the kitchen with bare feet, poured a few ladles of cold water into the iron pot, stuffed the dry branches and bean straw beside the stove into the stove pit, touched the match on the stove, and lit the firewood.

The orange-red flame burned slowly in the stove pit, and light blue smoke emerged from the straw.

He stretched out his hand to warm the fire at the mouth of the stove pit. When the flame inside became smaller, he stuffed another handful of straw into it.

The flames burned cracklingly, bringing warmth and roasting Lu Changhua's stiff body.

Little by little, the coldness on his body dissipated.

"Oh, it's raining too much!"

Lu Changhua listened to the sound of rain outside the house and sat in front of the stove talking to himself.

Although he knew there would be waterlogging this year, he didn't expect the rain to be so heavy!

Why didn’t I feel anything in my previous life?

Now, Lu Changhua knows that the reservoir must survive. Otherwise, the reservoir contracting at the end of the year will be ruined.

Think about it, if the reservoir is gone, why should we still be contracted?

If it really breaks down, I don’t know when it will be repaired again.

While he was thinking wildly, a barking sound came from the dog.

Um?

The barking of dogs is getting closer and closer.

Lu Changhua got excited, quickly got up, ran into the office, and opened the door.

At the door of the room, Xiong Bao, who was dripping wet, was shaking off the rainwater on his body, and his mother burst in wearing a raincoat.

"Mom? Why are you here?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to get home, so I'll bring you something to eat."

Only then did Lu Changhua notice that his mother was holding a bag in her arms.

"Take off your raincoat quickly."

He quickly helped his mother take off her raincoat.

Mom's clothes were already wet, and her hair was wet, dripping with water.

"There is a fire in the kitchen, let's warm up."

"It's okay. I'm going back first. Your dad has to eat when he comes back."

Mom shook out her raincoat and put it on again.

He turned around and pushed the door open and walked into the rain.

Lu Changhua wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and closed it again.

Isn’t this how people live nowadays?

Xiong Bao kept shaking his fur and made the ground wet.

He took out a few steamed buns from the bag that his mother brought, while they were still warm.

Lu Changhua broke off the steamed buns and put them into his mouth piece by piece.

Seeing that there was food, Xiong Bao raised his head and looked at his owner, then came over and looked at him with a longing expression.

"You are the only one who is carefree!"

Lu Changhua handed the steamed bun to Xiong Bao.

Xiong Bao seemed to understand. He tilted his head, carefully opened his mouth, exposed his pink tongue, and gently took the steamed bun in his mouth. After Lu Changhua took his hand back, he bit the steamed bun and walked aside.

Squint your eyes and chew slowly.

It rained all the time.

The rain intensity changed a bit in the middle, sometimes getting heavier and sometimes getting lighter.

Thunder and lightning can be used to describe it appropriately.

It was almost evening, and Han Jianhua broke into the duty room wearing a raincoat.

"Xiao Lu, how are you? Is the reservoir okay?"

"Director, it's okay for now, but if it continues for a few days, I'm afraid..."

"Have the floodgates been opened?"

"opened."

"It looks like the water is going to be pumped out."

"I'll go right away."

"No, let the electrician come."

Han Jianhua grabbed Lu Changhua who was about to pick up the water pump.

Lu Changhua knew that on such a heavy rainy day, a bad operation would result in electric shock or even death.

Let the professionals do it.

Han Jianhua turned around and went into the rain.
To be continued...