Due to inconvenient transportation and heavy rain, it was impossible to rush back that day. Lin Mai stayed in Yunzhen overnight and returned to Simei Town the next morning.
Although there is a long-distance bus from Yun Town to Simei Town, it does not stop at Simei Town, but at the entrance of Yangliu Village, five miles away from Simei Town.
Lin Mai got out of the car and walked to Simei Town holding an umbrella, thinking about what delicious food to make for lunch.
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang are old, and they don’t care about anything. The most important thing is to eat and drink well.
As long as she is in Simei Town, she will cook delicious food for him and his wife.
From Yangliu Village back to Simei Town, you have to pass through a small river called Yudai River.
This river is not very wide. It is only a dozen meters wide during the summer flood season and only six or seven meters wide during the dry season.
A simple wooden bridge was built over the river to facilitate pedestrians passing by.
Lin Mai walked towards the Yudai River gliding step by step.
Several villagers who had just stepped off the Yudai Bridge came towards me.
Two elderly villagers were walking and talking with lingering fear.
One of them said: "The rain in the past two days has been terrible. The Yudai River suddenly swelled to more than 20 meters wide. It looked so scary."
Another lamented: "Yes, I have lived for more than fifty years, and this is the first time I have seen the Yudai River swell so wide."
Lin Mai felt moved when he heard this.
She remembered that in her previous life, the rain was too heavy and the water from the upstream reservoir flowed into the Yudai River, causing the Yudai River to surge.
Then the embankment burst, flooding Yangliu Village and Yudai Village, which were the lowest lying areas along the Yudai River.
Because the danger occurred at night, the villagers had no time to retreat.
More than a dozen villagers, including the elderly and children, were washed away by the sudden flood.
Even Dong Keqiang, the village party secretary in the prime of life in Yudai Village, died in the flood while rescuing the villagers.
The Yudai River is a bit far away from Wujiacun. Although Lin Mai heard about it in his previous life, he didn't see it with his own eyes, so he didn't have a deep impression.
Now if he hadn't heard the villagers talking about it and seen with his own eyes the usually gentle Yudai River roaring and galloping forward like thousands of troops, it would be difficult for Lin Mai to recall this incident.
Although the river is still some distance away from the bridge, when people walk on the bridge, the majestic river water at the bottom of the bridge still makes people feel frightened, fearing that they will fall into the river and be doomed.
Lin Mai carefully passed the Yudai Bridge holding on to the bridge railings and reached the other side.
But she did not leave, but stared at the turbulent Yudai River.
I thought to myself that if we start strengthening the river embankment now, we should be able to avoid the tragedy of the previous life.
Then you have to find the village party secretaries of Yudai Village and Yangliu Village and ask them to mobilize the strength of the villagers to fight the flood.
Lin Mai inquired and came to the village office of Yudai Village.
Several village cadres in Yudai Village were all sitting in the office, puffing away their smoke, discussing anxiously about how long the rain would last.
If it is true as what was said on the radio, in the next ten days and a half, all the crops will be gone.
Although the fields have now been contracted to each household, the village committee will not be able to do anything if the crops are flooded.
However, in the first year of the land reform, the crops failed and the whole village had to be on relief. The village cadres like them were disgraced.
A village cadre also mentioned that there are several households in the village with five guarantees.
Said that the houses those families lived in were in dilapidated condition.
If the rain continues to fall, their house may become dangerous and they must be relocated in advance.
At this moment, Lin Mai knocked on the door of the village office.
All the men in the office turned to look at her.
Today, Lin Mai is not only wearing the fashionable dress that Fang Zhuoran bought for her in Guangzhou, but her temperament has also changed a lot.
She no longer has the rustic look of a village girl, and her whole person is full of sunshine and the atmosphere of a big city.
Dong Keqiang immediately misunderstood and thought she was a clerk sent by superiors to inspect the work.
——Since the fields were contracted to each household, the superiors often sent people to check the work at the grassroots level.
They are afraid that the effect of contracting farmland to households will not be good and affect farmers' livelihoods.
The main purpose of the state's contracting of farmland to households is to improve farmers' livelihoods and make their lives better.
Dong Keqiang immediately jumped up from his chair and greeted him warmly: "Welcome to inspect the work. I don't know what to call you, hehe!"
Lin Mai was a little embarrassed: "I'm not sent here to inspect the work, I'm just a passerby."
Dong Keqiang, who wasted his expression in vain, was not angry and asked kindly: "Do you have a problem with us?"
Lin Mai said straightforwardly: "I came from Yangliu Village across the way. When I passed by the Yudai River, I found that the water in the river rose too fast. I want to remind you to strengthen the river embankments."
Several village cadres looked at each other in shock.
Their ancestors here have never heard of reinforcing the embankments of the Yudai River.
Someone's daughter who was working in the city came back. She didn't know the situation, so she made a fuss.
No matter how well-intentioned he was, Dong Keqiang thanked him politely, then waved his hand and said: "This is not necessary. We have also checked the Yudai River, and the water is still about one meter away from the river bank!"
Lin Mai solemnly reminded: "I am afraid that the upstream reservoir will open and release water, causing a flood peak that will hit the river embankment and cause the embankment to burst. Then it will be dangerous."
Dong Keqiang remained silent.
Although the possibility of this is very slim, if it does happen, it will be a catastrophe for Yudai Village.
Lin Mai continued: "After this heavy rain, it is estimated that all the crops will be destroyed.
When the crops are finished, it only lasts for one season, and they can still be replanted.
But if the embankment breaks, the lives and property of the whole village will be greatly threatened.
Instead of doing that, it is better to take precautions before it happens and strengthen the river embankment as early as possible."
Dong Keqiang was a little tempted.
The Yudai Village where he is located is the lowest village along the Yudai River. If the Yudai River really breaks its banks, Yudai Village will be the first to be poisoned.
But here’s the problem, it’s no longer collective ownership.
If it were still a collective ownership system, all he had to do was say that all villagers who participated in strengthening the river embankment would be given work points, and the villagers would definitely respond positively.
But now that there is no work assigned to the villagers, asking them to strengthen the river embankment is actually asking them to work in vain. Who knows whether the villagers are willing?
After all, the power of the village committee is much smaller now, so I am afraid that the villagers will not buy it and think that the village committee is messing around.
Dong Keqiang pondered for a moment and said: "Then arrange for village cadres to patrol, and if there are any problems, call the villagers to strengthen the river embankments."
There has never been any danger in the Yudai River before, and it doesn't happen now either.
If you rashly ask the villagers to strengthen the river embankment, it is estimated that not many villagers will respond.
Lin Mai warned: "Then you must be careful when patrolling. This is related to the life and property safety of your entire village."
Dong Keqiang felt that the serious look of this little girl was too cute, so he responded with a smile.
Lin Mai suggested that he communicate with the village party secretary of Yangliu Village across the street and ask them to also patrol the Yudai River.
She just went over and suggested it to the village party secretary of Yangliu Village.
She did not have any memory of Yangliu Village Party Secretary in her previous life, and she did not know whether he was as conscientious as Dong Keqiang.
If not, wouldn't it be like sticking her hot face to someone else's cold ass if she suggested it?
It would be better to communicate with Dong Keqiang. After all, the two of them are on the same level, and the village party secretary of Yangliu Village should give him some face.