Chapter 226 Heavy Rain and Mudslides (Part 1)

In mid-July, Jiang Ningyue finally finished the cultural and tourism promotion.

Because July and August are already the peak tourist seasons, publicity at this time will not be very effective.

Jiang Ningyue returned to the county from the neighboring city and returned to the county town from the road in the north.

The way back is all mountain roads. Because it is still a main road, the mountain road is quite spacious and can accommodate two cars.

On the way, Jiang Ningyue suddenly had a bad feeling. She looked up at the dark clouds.

The driver said, "Boss, the weather is bad tonight. Should we find a place to rest on the way and continue tomorrow?"

Kang Meijing yawned and said, "I heard there will be heavy rain tonight."

"So heavy as to be a torrential downpour?"

Jiang Ningyue's memories suddenly flashed back to her childhood, when heavy rains in the village would wash away the mountain roads. Nowadays, with the successful conversion of farmland to forest, mudslides have become less frequent, but they still occur.

"Will there be a mudslide tonight?"

"I saw a notification in the group."

Kang Meijing looked at her phone and said, "Some villages in the northern part of our county are at risk."

"oh."

Jiang Ningyue was not in charge of security, so logically speaking, this matter had nothing to do with her. Therefore, she couldn't say much.

However, she was still very nervous.

This feeling reaches its peak especially when going around a mountain road.

"Is there a village nearby?"

Facing Jiang Ningyue's question, the driver quickly replied, "Yes, there is a Lijiazhuang on the mountain."

Kang Meijing added, "There are a lot of tourists in the county right now. There should be a lot of tourists in Lijiazhuang too, right?"

Compared to the plains, tourists prefer to stay in the mountains and experience the environment of a "natural oxygen bar" right outside their door. But it is obvious that today's weather is not suitable.

The 'Danger Warning' continued, reminding her that it was dangerous to stay here.

Jiang Ningyue didn't hesitate, "Let's go to Lijiazhuang."

"OK."

The driver didn't ask any questions and immediately turned around and headed for Lijiazhuang.

The car drove into the village and stopped at the entrance of the village committee. Because it was already night, the door of the village committee was locked. Jiang Ningyue asked Kang Meijing to call and contact the village head and village secretary.

After calling seven or eight times with no one answering, Kang Meijing found the phone number of the village party building cadre in the group.

This village-based party-building cadre is a young man sent by county-level departments to each village to be responsible for party-building work.

This time the call went through and the other party was playing games.

"Are you Cao Bin? I'm Kang Meijing from the county government. County Magistrate Jiang and I are standing in front of your village committee. Where are you?"

"Hello, leader. I'm at home."

Cao Bin was a little confused. Why did your county leaders come to Lijiazhuang so late at night?

"Hurry up and call your village secretary and village head over here."

Kang Meijing paused and said, "Don't keep County Magistrate Jiang waiting too long!"

"Oh! Okay."

After Cao Bin hung up the phone, he immediately ran to the village secretary's house. However, no one was home and the phone was unreachable. With no other options, Cao Bin ran to the village chief's house.

The village chief was hosting a banquet at home, and everyone was having a great time. When they saw Cao Bin running in, village chief Li Shengtao smiled and invited him, "Little Cao! Come have a drink with us!"

"Still drinking!"

Cao Bin said anxiously, "Someone from the county government just called me and said that County Magistrate Jiang has come to our village and is standing in front of the village committee."

"County Magistrate Jiang?"

Li Shengtao was drunk and his brain was not thinking at all. "Who is that?"

"Jiang Ningyue!"

Cao Bin reminded.

"Jiang Ning..."

Li Shengtao was a little sober now. He said to the others at the table, "You guys drink first! I'm going to go out for a while."

"It's late at night. Is your leader sick?"

"Who knows?"

Li Shengtao smiled and followed Cao Bin out of the house. As they walked down the street, Li Shengtao asked in confusion, "What is County Magistrate Jiang doing here?"

"I don't know."

Cao Bin looked bewildered. "I'm playing games at home."

"What the fuck."

Li Shengtao cursed and trotted to the village committee gate with Cao Bin. At that moment, a government vehicle was parked at the gate with its hazard lights on.

Li Shengtao came to the car with a smile on his face. Kang Meijing got out and asked, "Village Chief Li, I called you seven or eight times, why didn't you answer?"

"Excuse me."

Li Shengtao smiled awkwardly and said, "We have guests at home and are drinking."

Jiang Ningyue opened the car door and got out. Li Shengtao smiled and said, "Hello, leader. I'm Li Shengtao."

Jiang Ningyue looked at Li Shengtao calmly, "Didn't your township send out a notice? There's going to be heavy rain tonight, and you're being asked to evacuate the villagers."

"Ah, I know that."

Li Shengtao smiled awkwardly. "However, I think this notice is a bit exaggerated. This is the third time this month. Although it rained the first two times, it wasn't heavy! There were no mudslides. Our village is now running B&Bs, and we have many tourists here! The first two times made the tourists very unhappy, and they all clamored to check out! Our village is just starting to pick up, so I don't think there's any need to make such a fuss, right?"

"Who tormented you?"

Kang Meijing angrily scolded, "Did the county give you a hard time? This is a warning from the Meteorological Bureau. Your village committee must fulfill its responsibilities."

"Yes, yes. I was wrong, Leader."

Li Shengtao didn't dare to refute, and nodded and said, "I will review it."

"Hurry up and evacuate the people," Jiang Ningyue said calmly. "Let all party members and cadres take action and evacuate every household."

"ah?"

Li Shengtao said awkwardly, pointing to the sky, "There's not even a drop of rain today. There's no reason to evacuate now."

"Listen to me."

Jiang Ningyue said calmly, "Quickly evacuate the crowd."

"This..." Li Shengtao was a little embarrassed.

Kang Meijing took out her cell phone and said, "If you don't understand, I'll call your township head and the township police station right now and ask the police and township government to evacuate!"

"Hey, no, no, no."

Li Shengtao said helplessly, "I will send people to evacuate now."

"Oh right," Jiang Ningyue said calmly, "Your village has a loudspeaker, right? Use it first. Also, where is your village secretary?"

Li Shengtao blinked. "I don't know. The secretary never tells me where he goes."

Jiang Ningyue nodded and ignored the matter.

The village committee's gate opened, the power turned on, and Li Shengtao turned on the loudspeaker. After testing the sound, he shouted into the loudspeaker, "An emergency announcement is now being broadcast. According to higher authorities, there will be heavy rain around midnight. All villagers and tourists are requested to gather at the village square. All villagers and tourists are requested to gather at the village square."

Li Shengtao shouted seven or eight times, but not many villagers came out. Only a few tourists came out in confusion.

Jiang Ningyue raised her hand, motioning Li Shengtao to stand. She sat down at the microphone and said, "I'm Jiang Ningyue. According to the weather bureau's warning, tonight's heavy rainfall may cause mudslides. All villagers and tourists, please pay attention and gather at the village square immediately!"