Chapter 4 Phone
"I might have to trouble my 'old friend' this time!"
Jiang Dong scratched his head. "I did, but Xiaoru didn't quite believe it. I originally wanted to bring my father-in-law and mother-in-law back, but Xiaoru said they went to my aunt's house in N City and wouldn't be back for a while."
Ren Ru's hometown is also local, only a dozen miles away from Xiaohewa, and the two villages are not far apart.
There are only two sisters in her family, and Ren Ru is the second oldest. The eldest sister, Ren Ying, studied nursing and worked in N City after graduation. Later, she married and settled in N City.
The younger daughter is married nearby, so she usually takes care of the children more. However, the old couple of the Ren family will occasionally go to City N to live for a while to help their eldest daughter take care of the children.
Ren Ying had just given birth to her second child a few months ago and needed someone to take care of the baby. The two old people had nothing to do at home, so they went last week.
Huang Liping did not comment on whether her daughter-in-law believed it or not. After all, she herself did not really believe it. She just sighed.
"Why is it so unfortunate?"
Although she didn't believe what her daughter said before, she felt a little panicked when she saw the busy preparations at home today, and couldn't help but worry about her in-laws.
"Then call Xiaoru's parents and ask them to prepare some more food. Even if you can't come back, it's always good to prepare more."
Jiang Dong nodded. "Well, I placed an order at the local supermarket when I came back. I guess the items have been delivered to my home by now."
As he was speaking, Ren Ru's phone, which was charging next to him, rang.
Ren Ru heard the phone ringing, came out of the room and picked up the phone.
The people who called were Ren's parents who were far away in City N.
"Xiao Ru, someone just sent a lot of things to our house? Did you buy them?"
"Dongzi bought these for you," Ren Ru said, looking at everyone in the family looking at her, and turned on the hands-free mode. "Dongzi said the weather has been bad these past few days, and we don't know when the rain will stop. It's not good to go out in this weather, so he thought he'd stock up on some extra things for you."
"But Dongzi also bought too much."
Mother Ren looked at the bags of things that almost filled the living room and the entrance, her forehead throbbing with pain. "Here are two bags of rice and flour... When the rain stops in a few days, your father and I will go back to our hometown. There are only a few people in your sister's family. How long will they last if you buy so much? They will get infested with worms. Isn't that a waste?"
"Don't tell me I can't control him. I can't stop him from buying things!" Ren Ru was afraid of her mother's nagging, so she pushed all the blame onto Jiang Dong without feeling guilty at all. After all, it was Jiang Dong who bought the things.
Hearing that it was her son-in-law who bought them, Ren's mother's tone was not so anxious. She just said, "Then why don't you at least stand by and try to persuade them? So many things, it must cost a thousand yuan, right? Your sister just said there are several cans of milk powder. Your nephew still has plenty of milk powder at home, so you don't need to buy any. Why did you buy so many such expensive things at once? Are you tired of living? Tell Dongzi not to believe those rumors on the Internet. How can our good life end like this?"
Thinking about the attitudes of her parents-in-law, aunt-in-law and husband, as well as the preparations her family had made, Ren Ru felt a little uncomfortable and quickly interrupted her mother.
"Alright, alright, I get it. Just keep it if I bought it for you, and don't worry about us. We know what's going on. Since you're not coming back, just stay at my sister's house and be more alert. Charge your phones and get a few more power banks. If anything happens, call me and Dongzi. Got it?"
Ren's mother knew her daughter was getting impatient, and she knew she couldn't control her. "Okay, okay, I won't nag you anymore. It's raining and the temperature is dropping. Be careful not to let Chenchen catch a cold."
"Yeah, I know."
Everyone in the family was listening. Ren Ru didn't say much. She gave a few commonplace instructions and then hung up the phone.
Huang Liping's face looked a little bad. Although she also felt that the children's preparations were a bit unnecessary and she did not believe the news of the end of the world, her in-laws' call saying not to believe rumors felt like they were saying that they were stupid for making preparations.
Jiang Weimin didn't think too much about it. He took a cigarette from the box and was about to light it, but when he remembered that his daughter-in-law was in front of him, he put the cigarette away.
There is no basis for this matter, so it is understandable that the in-laws do not believe it. Even they themselves are now half-believing and half-doubting.
I just hope their preparations are in vain!
Around 11pm, the rain had lightened up a bit and was about to stop. The sound of the pattering rain made me feel a little more relaxed.
There was no point in the family just sitting in the living room, so they all went back to bed.
Perhaps because she had exerted a lot of energy during the day, Jiang Qian slept very well that night without any dreams, and did not wake up until nine o'clock the next morning.
The rain outside did not stop as they had expected last night. Although it was not heavy, it was still drizzling.
She walked out of the bedroom and found that only Ren Ru and her little nephew were left at home.
"Xiao Ru, where are Mom, Dad, and Dong Zi?"
"Dad went to the river this morning to check on the situation and ran into Uncle Hongbing. Uncle Hongbing told us to go to the village committee for a meeting this morning. My parents and Dongzi all went to attend."
Uncle Hongbing's full name is Jiang Hongbing. He is the village chief of Xiaohewa. He served as a soldier in his early years. After retiring from the army and returning to his hometown, he was elected as the village chief. He has been in this position for more than 20 years and is very famous in the village.
Jiang Qian thought that the village meeting was probably about the rainstorm.
"Sister, Mom is warming up your breakfast in the rice cooker. I haven't cooked any vegetables yet. The steamed buns and canned pickles are in the refrigerator."
"Okay, I understand."
Jiang Qian went to the kitchen and quickly finished her breakfast. As soon as she came out of the kitchen after washing her dishes, she saw the people who had gone out for the meeting coming back.
Seeing her parents, she hurried to greet them.
"Dad, what do people in the village say?"
"What else can we say? Just say the river is flooding and tell us to get ready and pack our things so we can leave if we need to."
"Is the situation really that serious?"
Although she had already made plans for the worst, Jiang Qian still felt a little uncomfortable when the time came to leave her family and career.
Jiang Weimin was also upset. "This morning, the water level in the creek exceeded the previously recorded high. The wheat in the fields below our house has already been soaked. If it were just raining here, it would be fine, but now it's raining all over the creek, so it's bound to overflow sooner or later."
"Many families in nearby villages have already evacuated. Your Uncle Hongbing means that our village is located on high ground. Those who don't want to leave can stay and wait. The village will send people to check the water level every hour. Once it exceeds the designated line, the whole village will have to evacuate."
Jiang Qian: "So where should we retreat to? Should we go to Gangshang? I saw a message in the group chat this morning saying that the tunnel of the railway bridge leading into the village was completely flooded last night! I saw the photos I took, and Dongzi's car was completely submerged, and the roof was no longer visible."
"Let's go to the post. The terrain there is high and should be able to hold out for a while."
Jiang Weimin said to his family, "Pack up any important things you find. Once the village gives the signal, we will follow the main force."
Ren Ru didn't expect that she would receive news of possible evacuation today just after she arrived home yesterday. Thinking about how her husband insisted on taking her and the children back to his hometown yesterday, she couldn't help feeling a little resentful.
She should have stayed in the city. After all, the buildings there wouldn't be flooded. Today, she checked with the community group and saw that only some homes on the first floor of low-lying buildings had been flooded by half a meter.
"Then how do we evacuate? Dongzi's car is useless, so the only thing we have left is that electric tricycle, right?"
Feeling indignant, Ren Ru's tone inevitably revealed some displeasure.
If I hadn't insisted on going back to my hometown yesterday, the car at home might still be in good condition and there wouldn't be so many troubles.
Jiang Weimin could hear the resentment in his daughter-in-law's heart, but he didn't particularly care. After all, he also doubted whether he was right to acquiesce to the decision made by his two children.
He felt sad when he thought about his son's car that was flooded. It was a car he had just bought two years ago, and it was scrapped after being flooded for more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
But things have come to this, nothing you say will help, solving the problem is the most important thing.
He thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry about the car. We have another one at home. I might have to trouble my old friend this time!"
Jiang Weimin’s old friend is a dilapidated bus.
The village of Xiaohewa is at the foot of the mountain, not close to the city or the county seat, and transportation was very inconvenient in the early years.
At that time, cars were not yet commonplace, and people who wanted to go to the city could only ride motorcycles or drive cars. However, not everyone could drive a motorcycle, so it was very difficult for the elderly, women, and children to go to the city.
So, thirteen years ago, Jiang Weimin used the money he earned from working in the south, and together with his former co-workers, his family bought a bus and started a passenger transport business from the village in Xiaohewa to the city.
Both families are husband-and-wife teams, one driving and the other selling tickets, and they take turns soliciting passengers in the village and the city.
The villagers in the thirty or so nearby villages on the passenger route they have booked are basically willing to spend a few dollars to take the bus.
Although it is not a government-operated bus, the fares are based on government standards and are not expensive. It is much more convenient than finding a way to go to the city on your own.
Because it was a unique business that solved the problem of difficulty in entering the city, it was quite popular. Therefore, in the early years, the two partners did make a lot of money from this business.
But this business did not last long.
As time went by, people became more affluent, cars began to enter every household, and compact and convenient electric vehicles also began to appear on the market. Jiang's bus was no longer the first choice for people to travel, and the income from Jiang's passenger transport business began to decline.
A few years ago, another family he was partnering with came to Jiang Weimin to discuss whether they should buy a new bus to continue their short-distance business.
Although Jiang Weimin made a lot of money from this car, he didn't think the money could last long and it was not cost-effective to buy another car, so he didn't plan to continue investing in it.
Besides, their family had just bought a house and a car in the city, so they really didn't have any extra money.
The other party thought he had a point, so he didn't insist. So, three years ago, when the buses of both companies reached the mandatory scrapping age, they completely split up.
Thanks to Jiang Weimin's foresight, the city bus route soon reached their village, allowing them to ride into the city for just one yuan. If they had replaced their car at the time, they would be in such a predicament now!
As for the old bus, Jiang Weimin couldn't bear to sell it, so he parked it in the lot behind his house. He removed some of the seats and replaced them with a worn-out table and mattress. In recent years, he occasionally drove it with his grandson to the river for fishing and camping.
It’s true, although the car is old, it is quite popular among the children in the village.
Speaking of their father's old friend, the Jiang family naturally had no problem reacting. After all, this car had been the economic pillar of their family for ten years. After Jiang Dong graduated from high school in his early years, he followed his father to run passenger transport for two years, so he was even more familiar with this car.
But this car has been in the factory for almost fifteen years and has been idle at home for more than three years. Is it really reliable?
【Author’s words】
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I have a lot of ideas saved in draft form, but as time goes by I get lazy and can’t continue writing after 30,000 or 40,000 words.
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