Chapter 37: Strengthening the Levee
At this time, Xu Xinxin had already put all the earth bags on the car into the space, jumped off the car, and was about to run towards the dam.
"Wait a minute!"
The person in charge quickly grabbed her and said, "Just follow me to unload the goods, don't run around!"
The person in charge was afraid that Xu Xinxin didn't hear him clearly and ran away, so he grabbed her arm tightly and waved at the truck driver: "The goods have been unloaded, hurry up!"
The truck driver was also unloading goods and naturally saw Xu Xinxin's performance. He looked at her excitedly, gave her a thumbs up, then immediately closed the compartment and drove the truck away in a hurry.
Time is urgent and there are not enough trucks, so the shorter the unloading time, the better.
The person in charge said to Xu Xinxin, "Put your stuff here, and then come with me to unload the other car!"
"good!"
Xu Xinxin understood what he meant, and immediately put all the earth bags in the space aside, then followed him to get into a car.
With Xu Xinxin's joining, the unloading efficiency increased a lot. They even had time to say a few words before the next truck came back.
The rain wasn't so heavy now, so they didn't have to shout when talking.
Xu Xinxin wiped his face with his hand again and sighed, "The rain was too heavy, and the water level rose too fast. It caught us off guard."
"It's not that the rain is too heavy, it's clearly flooding from upstream..." The person in charge responded angrily, then immediately thought of something, stopped talking, took a deep breath, and said:
"It's raining all over the country now. The dikes upstream are about to burst. We can't hold them, so we've sent some water down."
When Xu Xinxin heard this, her eyes widened immediately, and she said "this...this" twice, her face full of shock, and suddenly she didn't know what to say.
Should we say that the upstream is "selfish and heartless", but the upstream is the capital city, and its population is many times that of Jiangcheng. So, no matter what, the capital city must be defended first.
But... Jiangcheng is now no longer defensible, and her home is in Jiangcheng.
Xu Xinxin suddenly felt bitter inside, and her mood became even heavier.
Watching the truck approaching from a distance, she asked, "Then Jiangcheng will surely be able to be defended, right?"
Who knows, but...
The person in charge also wiped his face with his hands, looked at the people busy on the embankment, and said firmly: "With us here, there will be no problem!"
"Yeah!" Xu Xinxin nodded heavily, then followed the person in charge and ran towards the truck.
“Beep, beep, beep!”
The truck driver honked the horn several times, then got out of the car and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Xu Xin reached out and touched it.
Now she is transporting goods more and more smoothly, and can almost do "collecting" and "taking out" at the same time.
I saw her touching the earth bags one by one with her left hand, and reaching her right hand to the other side, and "puff puff" the earth bags were taken out and thrown to the ground.
In less than half a minute, the entire carriage of goods was unloaded.
After unloading one truck of goods, Xu Xinxin ran to another truck and was busy until dawn.
It rained all night, and around eight or nine in the morning, the rain suddenly subsided and slowly stopped.
The dark clouds dispersed, and the sunlight leaked through the gaps in the clouds, and a ray of light appeared in the sky after a long absence.
A rainbow, spanning the entire Jiangcheng, appeared in the sky.
Someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Wow!" and then someone shouted, "Look, that's a rainbow!"
“It’s really a rainbow!”
The people on the dam had worked hard all night, and when they saw the rainbow, they all became refreshed.
It seems that the appearance of the rainbow means that the dam can be defended.
The crowd, who were still busy, couldn't help but look up at the rainbow, and the dam suddenly became quiet.
Seeing this, the other team leaders not far away immediately shouted: "Let's work harder and stabilize the dam completely."
"good!"
"no problem!"
"come on!"
There was a loud cheer from the crowd, which lifted everyone's spirits.
Xu Xinxin looked at the rainbow and became excited. In fact, she felt so hot inside that her face also became hot and her whole body felt warm.
The person in charge who had been cooperating with her all night couldn't help but excitedly said to her: "It's a rainbow, this is a good sign... Why do you look a little strange? Why is your face so red... Are you having a fever?"
"Ah? I'm not, I'm just a little excited, and a little... dizzy..."
Xu Xinxin suddenly felt the ground "flying" towards her face, and then her eyes went dark and she could not see anything.
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Xu Xinxin was caught in the rain all night and successfully gave herself a fever.
She woke up again and found herself in a makeshift infirmary converted from a large tent.
She had changed her clothes and was lying on a folding chair, covered with a quilt, with an IV in her right hand.
When the nurse saw that she had woken up, she pointed the thermometer at her forehead and said, "Your fever has subsided. You must keep warm and don't catch a cold."
"Yeah," Xu Xinxin nodded in response, but asked, "How is the dam now? Is the water level still rising?"
"This..." When the nurse heard Xu Xinxin's question, she forgot everything she had previously instructed.
She glanced at the worried girl in front of her, and then recalled the conversation she had heard before, and said:
"Now that the rain has stopped, all the nearby water flows have gathered here, and the water level is rising faster. Moreover, the nearby earth mounds seem to be running out, and the dam has many more cracks. Now it is all supported by the earth-type mutants. I wonder how long they can hold on..."
how so?
Xu Xinxin listened to the nurse's words with a look of disbelief on her face.
Everyone worked so hard last night, and there was a rainbow in the morning... How could the situation be so bad? She didn't believe it.
I don't want to believe it either.
The nurse looked at Xu Xinxin's shocked expression and added, "However, the mayor just came and said she would definitely not let the dam burst, so don't worry."
Upon hearing that the mayor of Jiangcheng was coming, Xu Xinxin felt much more relieved.
Last summer, it rained heavily and the levee was almost unable to be defended. It was the mayor who led everyone to carry soil up to the dam.
When everyone was tired of moving the soil, they would stop to rest from time to time, but the mayor did not sleep for several days in a row and managed to defend Jiangcheng.
After the injection of the medicine, Xu Xinxin changed into a set of dry clothes and was about to leave the tent, but was stopped by the nurse.
"You just recovered from the fever, and your body is weak, so you can't be affected by the wind. This is the latest medicine based on the research of evolutionary plants. Taking it can strengthen your physical fitness in a short period of time.
You should do an allergy test first. If you are not allergic, take this medicine before leaving."
After hearing this, Xu Xinxin sat down obediently to do the allergy skin test.
The physical constitution of people with special abilities is naturally better than that of ordinary people, and her physical constitution was the same as yours before, so how could she get sick?
It must be because she hasn't eaten much meat in recent years, and her aunt just passed away, so she has a weak constitution and is prone to illness.
After this heavy rain is over, she must earn more money to buy meat and restore her health.
After completing the skin test and drinking the medicine, Xu Xinxin instantly felt his mind clear and his strength increased a lot.
This is really good stuff.
"Nurse, how much is this per bottle? Can I buy it?" she asked.
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