Chapter 405 The crisis continues to ferment
Zhao Pengcheng put down the phone and immediately implemented the tasks assigned by Chen Yi. Tengyi Real Estate Group has many heavy machinery and is usually responsible for real estate construction. Once a geological disaster occurs, he will immediately join the volunteer team for emergency rescue and disaster relief, and has received unanimous praise from the people in society.
Chen Yi had breakfast at Xu's house, and Xu Guanghua kept going outside to investigate the disaster situation. The residents of Longyuan Town were quite calm. After all, they had experience of being affected by the disaster, but the food prices in the town skyrocketed, and instant noodles rose to ten yuan per pack in the morning.
In the morning, Chen Yi and Xu Yayun chatted with their grandmother Pang Xiuxiang, and occasionally teased Xu Guanghua's youngest daughter Xu Xiaolan, and the whole family was having a happy time.
It was almost noon, Xu Guanghua ran in from outside excitedly and said with a smile: "Tell everyone a good news. I heard that the rescue team has come down from the mountain and is hurrying to repair the road!"
"Well, that's good." Chen Yi nodded, and Xu Yayun and Pang Xiuxiang also showed relief on their faces.
But I know that things in the world are impermanent.
In the afternoon, the storm suddenly changed and the sky became cloudy again. Dark clouds covered the sky and swept across.
After a while, the huge raindrops fell down, and it became heavier and heavier, and soon it reached the level of heavy rain.
"Damn it! This unlucky rain is coming again!" Chen Yi sighed inwardly.
Xu Yayun and Pang Xiuxiang looked at the sound of rain outside the window, and their faces were filled with worry again. Will the heavy rain affect the construction progress of the rescue team at the foot of the mountain?
The sky seemed to leak, and the downpour was falling. The sky was pitch black and terrifyingly cloudy, which also indicates that the intensity of this rainstorm was absolutely rare.
Not long after, the town's power supply system was hit by heavy rain and was completely paralyzed, and every household was pitch black. It seemed as if the end of the world was about to come.
However, many families are also glad that thanks to the rumors of "apocalypse", the family prepared sufficient candles, and now it finally came in handy.
A kind-hearted person also gave extra candles to his neighbors and relatives, and every household in Longyuan Town lit candles to illuminate them.
The Xu family also saved a lot of candles. Xu Yayun quickly took them out and lit them. There was finally a bright light at home.
Chen Yi was trapped in Longyuan Town, so he naturally had to live here tonight.
At night, the water stopped and the crisis continued to ferment.
Suddenly, Xu Guanghua ran in in a raincoat and said with a panic: "Oh, it's really unlucky. Because it rained heavily, the rescue work was blocked and the road was not yet open. We can only wait for the rain to stop before we can continue construction."
"The plan has not changed quickly. It seems that the road will not be opened tonight." Chen Yi sighed and asked Xu Guanghua softly: "How much food is there at home now?"
"There are still many. The town is full of farmers, and every household has stored a lot of food, but there is not much drinking water. This is the most worrying thing." Xu Guanghua sighed.
"I hope the road will be opened soon!" Chen Yi said.
Everyone ate noodles at night. Because they were anxious and irritable, no one spoke at the dinner table, and the atmosphere was dull.
After dinner, Chen Yi immediately called Zhao Pengcheng and asked, "Mr. Zhao, how is the situation now?"
"Dong Chen, because the rain is too heavy, secondary disasters are very likely to occur. The emergency repair work has stopped now. The provincial and municipal governments attach great importance to this mudslide disaster and have set up a special emergency response team. However, because there is only one road leading to Longyuan Town, you can only wait for the rain to continue the rescue work." Zhao Pengcheng said.
"Yes, it's really raining too much. The rain keeps stopping, and the rescue cannot be carried out." Chen Yi sighed.
"Dr. Chen, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Xu Guangrong and Secretary of the Nanzhong Municipal Party Committee Gong Zhicai have visited the scene to guide the emergency rescue and disaster relief work. Do you want to report the situation to them?" Zhao Pengcheng asked again.
"Of course, please give me the phone number to Secretary Xu quickly." Chen Yi said.
Not long after, Xu Guangrong heard the phone call and asked anxiously: "Chen Yi, how is the situation in the town now?"
"Secretary Xu, don't worry, everything in the town is calm, it's just that the water and power are out of order, and the food is sufficient, but I am worried that there will be not much drinking water. If the road cannot be opened as soon as possible, it will be difficult for the residents of the town to drink water." Chen Yi said.
"I understand, we will definitely snatch the road as soon as possible." Xu Guangrong said.
"Secretary Xu, I'm at grandma's house. Now our family is very good. Don't worry!" Chen Yi knew that Xu Guangrong was very worried about the safety of his family, but due to his status limitations, it was difficult to ask about his family in front of other officials, so he had to take the initiative to inform him about the situation at home.
"Okay, take care of yourself! Contact us anytime if you have anything to do." Xu Guangrong hung up the phone.
The rain was less until midnight, but the heavy rain made the landslides on both sides of the road worse, and several mudslides rushed down.
Chen Yi spent the night at the Xu family and still lived in the same room with Xu Yayun. The next morning, the rain still did not stop and the sky was still gloomy.
"When will this unlucky heavy rain finish?"
Chen Yi got up in the morning and listened to the news broadcast of Nanzhong City. According to the meteorological station's tips, there will still be heavy to heavy rain in the surrounding areas of Nanzhong City in the next three days, and the situation is not optimistic.
Because the continuous mudslides that occurred last night destroyed the power supply and water supply lines leading to Longyuan Town, and the emergency repair progress was slow, and the entire town suddenly became an isolated island that was isolated from the outside world and was cut off from water and food.
After breakfast, Xu Guanghua sighed: "The food stored in our warehouse is fine for a month, but there is not much drinking water, so it can last for two or three days. What should I do?"
"Come back to the supermarket and buy some!" Chen Yi said, "Uncle, I'll go buy it with you."
"Okay, we have to start early. If it's too late, we can only drink rainwater." Xu Guanghua said.
"No, you can't drink rainwater. There will be a major epidemic after a major disaster. If we drink it, we are looking for death." Chen Yi quickly stood up, put on the raincoat prepared by Xu Guanghua for him, and the two left the Xu family together.
The heavy rains over the past few days have made the streets of Longyuan Town muddy, and the water and electricity are cut off, making the town even more lifeless.
"Uncle, which supermarket is the largest in our town?" Chen Yi asked as he walked.
"Dazui Supermarket in the center of the town!" Xu Guanghua said.
"This name is quite interesting. Are people who run supermarkets very big?" Chen Yi asked with a faint smile.
"Well, the owner of this supermarket is Li, who is in his fifties and nicknamed Li Dazui, which is more vernacular." Xu Guanghua said.
"Oh, then how is he like?" Chen Yi asked again.
"I want to tell you, Li Damou is a relatively smooth person, just because he lifts the curtain and relies on his mouth!" Xu Guanghua said.
"Look at the uncle's tone, it seems to have a grudge against this Li Dazui." Chen Yi said.
"I remember when I was in middle school, I went to his place to buy things. At that time, his store was not a supermarket, but a grocery store. I handed him twenty yuan to buy two pencils worth 50 cents. He should have asked me for nineteen, but he insisted that what I gave was not twenty yuan, ten yuan, so he found me nine yuan! Because there was no surveillance at that time and there was no evidence, I could only suffer a loss..." Xu Guanghua sighed helplessly: "Just to reduce this ten yuan, I was beaten by my mother when I got home!"
"Haha, uncle, maybe Li Dazui was wrong!" Chen Yi said with a smile.
"I thought so at that time, but later I heard that that guy often bullies children, and many children have suffered his losses." Xu Guanghua said hatefully.
"So this Li Dazui is not a good cake!" Chen Yi said.
"But this guy can rush into the camp and flatter, and hook up with the people of the town government. His daughter married the mayor of our Longyuan Town. The police station director is still his nephew. Usually, the town government and subordinate villages all go to Li Dazui's shops. Relying on this relationship, Li Dazui's shops have grown and grown in the past few years, from the original grocery store to the warehouse shopping, and from warehouse shopping to the current supermarket!" Xu Guanghua said.
The two of them walked and said, and before they knew it, they came to Dazui Supermarket in the center of the town.
Chen Yi looked carefully and saw that the supermarket covers an area of nearly 200 square meters. It is the largest supermarket in this small town. Even in the city, the scale of this supermarket is not small.
When I walked into the supermarket, I saw that it was crowded and the town residents who came to buy various food and drinking water were all over the supermarket.
At the checkout in the supermarket, the two cashiers were so busy that they hit the back of their heads, and they were having a lot of fun.
"Damn it, are you a supermarket or a bandit's nest? A bottle of mineral water costs ten yuan? A bag of instant noodles costs twenty? You might as well just go to the street to grab the money!" At this time, a young man who came to the supermarket to pay the bill cursed in dissatisfaction.
"Sorry, the prices of the products are all set by our boss today. I am just a collector. Please don't make things difficult for me. If you don't buy them, please return the products to the shelves. Thank you for your cooperation." The female cashier in the supermarket said with a smile.
"Who said I won't buy it? These things have to be sold at normal prices! Li Dazui, a heartless guy." The young man said unyieldingly.
"Do you buy it?"
"Do you sell at the normal price?"
The young man and the cashier immediately started arguing, and all the residents shopping next to him supported the young man in unison, denying Li Dazui's ugly behavior of wantonly raising prices.
"This Li Damou is too immoral and is so overwhelming, right?"
"Isn't this a loss of wealth in the national crisis? I think it should be shot!"
Chapter completed!