It was just dawn, and the entire city was already in a state of busyness and panic.
There are ruins everywhere, and countless tree trunks and grass are floating in the turbid and dirty floods.
The streets and alleys are filled with voices calling for children, calling for daughters, calling third uncle and calling for eldest father.
Countless people who were slightly affected by the disaster did not bother to repair their damaged houses and courtyard walls, so they hurried to the homes of relatives nearby to check the situation.
If they encounter a relative's house and the disaster is not that serious, these people will go to the next relative's house together with their relatives.
If the house of a relative is damaged or someone is injured, a group of relatives will rush to carry the injured person to the hospital.
The remaining women, children, old and weak used their bare hands to pick up the fallen beams and bricks.
Looking around,
Now the entire Tuocheng city, in the two blocks surrounded by the city wall, is plunged into a vast ocean.
In Saibei, can you also see the sea?
These are the words that the resilient people in Saibei use to laugh at themselves while busy with disaster relief.
Due to the higher terrain of the main street, the damage was relatively minor, that is, a "drum tower" and more than 10 houses collapsed.
Some people were also injured as they braved the rain all night to repair their houses.
However, the lower-lying Erjie Street was severely damaged during this storm: dozens of houses were seriously damaged in the heavy rain.
There was even a three-story building that collapsed in the strong wind and rain, trapping a large number of people among the ruins.
Now the entire Tuocheng area is desperately organizing manpower to rescue the collapsed building on Second Street.
Luo Xuan led a group of girls out of the basement.
First, let the girls clean up the two houses that were affected by the disaster, and take all the beddings that were soaked by the rain to the roof to dry.
As for the glass that was broken by storms and hail, Miss Hu Yan took her other daughter-in-law to the building materials store to buy it.
It is early spring now and the weather is still a bit cold.
If the window glass is not repaired as soon as possible, the temperature will drop sharply at night and it will be impossible to sleep in the entire room.
Standing on the roof of the office, Luo Xuan looked around, and everything he saw was a mess.
I saw that the entire city had really turned into a vast ocean at this time, and some low cave dwellings were like isolated islands floating in the waves.
Although the floods have receded a lot, the flood flow on the three streets is still not small.
From time to time, in the torrent rushing on the streets, there are still many dead pigs, dead sheep, dead dogs and dead cats, floating there, drifting with the current.
This attracted many people to go to salvage one after another.
Although these drowned animals soaked in dirty water are likely to have a lot of germs on their bodies, the people in Saibei who are accustomed to saving are reluctant to waste any resources.
“It’s so miserable”
Huang Xuan held Luo Xuan's hand, her eyes full of regret: "How are the people going to live their lives now? I don't think they can keep their food, pickles, etc., right?"
Luo Xuan nodded: "Go and inform Finance Li Yan and ask her to take all the employees in the office to the supply and marketing cooperative's vegetable and seasoning store to purchase as many vegetables, vermicelli, and tofu as possible and distribute them to the affected people for disaster relief relief.
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Huang Xuan was about to turn around and leave.
"Also, there are many tofu shops here in Tuocheng. Ask Li Yan to buy as many tofu as possible."
Luo Xuan ordered: "In addition, there are many vegetable planting teams outside the south gate. You can ask them to go directly to these vegetable teams and buy more carrots, radishes and the like, so that they can be given to the masses for free in limited quantities.
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Remember, the only place to distribute these things is at the entrance of our Orchid Flower cosmetics store."
Wang Ruirui, who was also standing on the roof of the building and was busy drying the bedding, couldn't help but blush when he heard this: "Is this going to be a little bit off to you?"
This Wang Ruirui watered well last night.
Her entire face was as red as a newly bloomed azalea.
Luo Xuan shook his head: "Comrade Wang Ruirui, I'm afraid your concept is wrong.
Donating money and materials to fight floods and provide disaster relief, our factory does not expect anything in return. While distributing supplies, it is understandable that we also place them at the entrance of our own store to increase our factory’s exposure.
You can do good deeds without expecting anything in return, but if you can turn this kind of thing into a good deed that benefits both parties.
In this way, I believe that more companies will emerge in the society that are willing to do good things for people. Everyone will follow suit, and the masses will also get benefits, so why not?"
The conversation between myself and Wang Ruirui just now actually stemmed from differences in concepts.
In her opinion, it is natural to do good deeds without seeking fame or profit.
But if you do good deeds to others, the person doing the work can gain fame and even benefit.
What's wrong with this?
If you keep asking others to pay in vain and get nothing in the long run, companies that are willing to strive to do good things for others will inevitably have less enthusiasm.
This kind of thing cannot be compared intuitively.
But if doing good deeds can also yield rewards for the giver, it is inevitable that more companies willing to do good deeds will emerge in the future.
The results of doing something with subjective initiative and doing it reluctantly are different.
"Then I'll also go shopping for vegetables and tofu?"
Huang Xuan asked: "The quantity purchased this time is so large, and there are not so many tofu tickets, how can we buy them?"
Luo Xuan thought for a while and said: "Wang Ruirui, go to the Second Department Store to find the person in charge, Director Wang, and ask him to contact the Disaster Reduction Headquarters and ask the headquarters to specially approve 10,000 kilograms of tofu stamps for us to fight floods and reduce disasters."
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Wang Ruirui's eyes widened: "11,000 kilograms of tofu? So much?!"
In this era of tickets, buying anything requires a ticket.
Even Tuocheng is rich in tofu.
But each of the residents of Camel City can only receive one and a half kilograms of tofu stamps every month.
Wang Ruirui is not an urban resident, so she is not eligible to receive the monthly [urban resident quota tofu stamp].
But Wang Ruirui also has relatives in the city. Wang Ruirui still knows how difficult it is for city people to eat tofu.
So when she heard Luo Xuan say that she had to buy 10,000 kilograms of tofu at one time, this was an astronomical figure for him.
"This is a special situation and cannot be measured by ordinary rules."
Luo Xuan explained: "The Disaster Reduction Headquarters is a complex that integrates the Planning Commission, the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Materials Bureau, as well as the fire protection and militia battalions. They have the right to mobilize a variety of social materials to carry out flood fighting and disaster reduction work.
There are not 50 tofu shops in the entire Camel City, but at least 30. Making 10,000 kilograms of tofu is nothing to them? It’s just that they don’t have that production target, so they don’t dare to go all out to produce tofu.”
"We are a caring enterprise and have allocated a special fund to buy tofu and distribute it to the victims free of charge."
Luo Xuan pushed Wang Ruirui, who was a little scared, "Go quickly! I believe that the leaders of the headquarters will strongly support the work of our cosmetics factory."
When Wang Ruirui walked away, Huang Xuan asked: "Can the leaders of the headquarters really grant us the quota of 10,000 kilograms of tofu?"
"Hard to say."
Luo Xuan smiled slightly: "10,000 kilograms is indeed a bit large. But when we write the application, we must write more.
If we only apply for 5,000 kilograms, the leaders at the headquarters will probably only grant us 3,000 kilograms, and the maximum is 4,000 kilograms."
Huang Xuan nodded, as if she suddenly understood: "In other words, if we ask for a quota of 10,000 kilograms, whether to approve this much is a matter for the leaders of the headquarters.
But the amount we apply for must be larger to have the possibility of obtaining the quota of 78,000 kilograms of tofu."
"Yeah, the rabbit opens its mouth, but it's just asking for a carrot."
Luo Xuan picked up Huang Xuan and left: "If we, the lions, open our mouths, others will not throw a little carrot over and send us away, right? Whenever there is a slight possibility, we have to fight for it. As for the final result
, then it’s beyond our control.”
Huang Xuan asked where to go?
Luo Xuan replied: "Of course we are going back to the Shilipu production team! When the Nanmenkou Bus Station resumes operations, we have to take the first train back to Zhimi County."
"What about the disaster relief work in Tuocheng City?"
This time, cosmetics factories have invested so much manpower and material resources in disaster relief.
This is the critical time to expand the influence of "Orchid Flower Cosmetics" and increase the reputation of the cosmetics factory, but Luo Xuan didn't stay to participate in the disaster relief work?
Huang Xuan was very puzzled by this: "You are not in the office. How much money is needed to purchase disaster relief materials? What materials need to be purchased to distribute to the victims? These things would be a bit difficult to handle without you here.
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"Let's slow down things in the city for a while. Right now, everyone is busy fighting floods and disaster relief, and post-disaster reconstruction work.
The real peak period of consumption is not at this time. Therefore, during this period, the cosmetics factory offices and all promoters should focus on expanding brand awareness and improving brand reputation."
As Luo Xuan pulled Huang Xuan toward the bus station, he explained: "Actually, when encountering natural disasters, the members of the production team are the ones who suffer the most.
There will be various major units and even garrisons in the city participating in flood relief and post-disaster reconstruction.
The higher-level departments will go all out to mobilize various supplies from various counties and communes. The daily life of these people in the city is still basically guaranteed."
"But the amount of rain this time is really too heavy. Needless to say, this flood will affect a lot of production teams, and there will be many members who will suffer heavy losses."
Luo Xuan sighed: "Rural areas are vast. If these disaster-stricken members want to receive timely relief, let alone whether there are so many materials to help them.
Just say that the statistics of disaster victims and the distribution of relief materials are both massive projects."
The affected area in rural areas will be large, and because these production teams are distributed within hundreds of square kilometers.
The traffic in Saibei is not very developed, and there are landslides in many places. Even if the higher-level departments want to rescue them, it is difficult to do everything.
Therefore, when natural disasters occur, the vast rural areas can only selectively rescue those key areas and rescue those places where traffic can still be kept smooth.
In fact, even if Luo Xuan didn't explain it so clearly, Huang Xuan knew that there was another very important reason just now that Luo Xuan didn't say.
We bought our tickets at the bus station. Fortunately, Luo Xuan and Huang Xuan arrived at just the right time. There was a shuttle bus bound for Zhimi County that was about to leave.
Get in the car,
All the conversations among the passengers in the car now are, without exception, discussing the heavy losses caused by this heavy rain disaster.
An old man sighed and said, "I just came to visit a lady's house in the city, and unexpectedly I encountered a heavy rainstorm last night.
Oh my god, where is the rain? It's like countless taps in the city are turned on, pouring water onto the roof! I've been alive for 56 years, and I've never seen such a heavy rainstorm."
A passenger nodded in agreement and said, "That's right! It's just that the rain is heavier. It's not a big deal."
The most hateful thing is that the strong wind blew off the roof of my son's house! The whole family was wrapped in quilts and hid on the kang, suffering all night! They suffered so much."
"The strong wind is nothing!"
Another passenger gritted his teeth and said: "The most hateful thing is the hailstone as big as a finger! Last night I picked up the biggest hailstone and it was the size of an egg!"
That’s it. The wheat seedlings that finally survived the winter this year were completely ruined!
Alas, this is the spring famine season, when there is no harvest. The bitter herbs and wild vegetables on the mountains have not yet grown. I wonder how our production team will survive this year?"
"Isn't it?"
The old man took a puff of dry cigarette and sighed: "Speaking of a major disaster this time, the commune will also distribute some 'return grain'. But with just a few dozen kilograms of sorghum, millet, and millet, how can the family survive the spring famine?"
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Another passenger smiled bitterly: "Let's make do with this little food and wait for half a month. By then, the bitter wormwood and bitter herbs on the mountain will sprout.
We suffering people have endured this for generations.
What I'm most worried about now is whether the river dam built by our production team will be washed away? Will the cave dwellings of our production team collapse?"
Tears welled up in the old man's eyes: "How can we save it? When Wudinghe loses its temper, the earthen dams built with three-component soil and silt will be able to withstand it!"
Someone asked the old man: "Uncle, since you know that the dam built by the production team will definitely not be able to withstand the flood of Wuding River, why is it that no one can explain it?"
The old man wiped away his tears with a look of sorrow on his face: "Why didn't you tell me? My third son said at the beginning that the construction of this kind of dam is not very useful, mainly because it is difficult to play a sustainable role.
But alas, what the third son of the E family said is not true! Although he is educated, he is not a water conservancy expert, so his words naturally have no authority. Some people just pretend to be the third son of the E family and act nonsense."
When everyone heard this, they fell into silence.
An aunt asked her companions: "Back then, weren't you the pacesetter in water conservancy construction in our production team? Weren't you working the hardest?"
The man drooped his head and replied in a sullen voice: "The captain has arranged it, and everyone has to do it. As for the result, that is something that the cadres in the production team should be concerned about. We who are suffering can only worry about it." Just work hard and be worthy of your hands and the work."
People in the car were talking a lot and chatting all the way.
When the shuttle bus slowly left Camel City, it gradually moved forward along the kilometers of Wuding River.
suddenly!
Someone in the carriage screamed: "It's over! Look, everyone, what's floating in the river?!"
Passengers sitting on the right side of the shuttle bus who could see the river couldn't help but panic when they saw this: "Those are people! There are so many people floating in the river! God bless me, it's over, it's over, they're done."
