Jiang Jianli has lost a lot of weight recently, making the heavily pregnant Huang Li look big and bulky. She even refuses to eat properly, saying she wants to lose weight.
Jiang Jianli was so worried that he didn't want to go back, so he slept in the office and lived with his colleagues. Surprisingly, his interpersonal relationships improved.
Hearing that the leaders were coming to inspect, Jiang Jianli was both excited and nervous. He had prepared flattering words in his heart, but when he saw the person in person, he wanted to hide. When the junior clerk introduced himself, Jiang Jianli's face flushed.
After I had done my own emotional work, my colleague said, "He left a long time ago."
The breeding areas for livestock such as pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks are built right next to the farm, also for convenience.
The rotten vegetable leaves on the farm also found a place to go, as water-based ability users took turns feeding them.
Shangguan Chen looked around and found that the farm's construction and systems had been largely perfected within the past six months, so there was nothing that needed major changes. He stayed for less than an hour before leaving.
While sitting in the car, I sent a text message to Lu Qiuying: Overall it's not bad, but the output distribution needs to be adjusted. I'll show you the plan tonight.
Lu Qiuying replied to him after the meeting: Okay.
Taking a deep breath and lying back, Lu Qiuying felt a soreness, astringency, numbness, and a dull ache in her back. She realized that her lumbar and cervical spondylosis were probably about to flare up.
Cervical spondylosis is an old friend, having been with him for over ten years. The doctor said it was nerve root type, located in the 3rd-4th cervical segment. It started with numbness and tingling in the hands, and later caused blurred vision and occasional loss of taste.
He has all sorts of symptoms now.
My health is definitely not what it used to be, but thankfully my wife is here at home, so even if something unexpected happens, there will be someone to take care of me.
Thinking of this, he recalled Shangguan's matter, saying that he was already thirty years old and why wasn't he in a hurry?
At night, the office building was brightly lit. Many people, afraid of being delayed by snow and stuck on the road, simply brought their bedding to sleep in the office.
It wasn't so cold when there were many people huddled together, and Shangguan Chen was no exception; he hadn't been back for almost half a month.
With the plan finalized, I knocked on the door of the office across the street.
Lu Qiuying glanced at it and handed it back: "Okay, I'll leave this to you. I don't have enough people, so don't be idle on your side either."
"This means you're delegating power," Shangguan Chen thought, a slight smile playing on his lips.
These flowers have all bloomed in my career.
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Before we knew it, it was December, and the north wind was howling, making the windows rattle.
Jiang Shuyin was woken up by a phone call. When she saw that it was an emergency call for help from nearby, her mind cleared instantly. She got up and glanced out the window.
Overnight, the outside world changed dramatically. The buildings and roads were covered in a blanket of white snow, appearing and disappearing amidst the snowflakes.
Ace's school had been closed for a long time, but today was Monday, so he still had to attend online classes. Heimei and Shuining sat behind him listening in, behaving very well.
I'm going out.
Zheng Lanxiang came out upon hearing the noise, but the door was already closed.
"Why are you going out when it's like this outside?" Zheng Lanxiang asked worriedly as she watched her daughter start the car and drive slowly through the snow, the car and its driver almost completely submerged.
The navigation destination was set to the location reported by the contact person, a distance of nearly four kilometers.
Jiang Shu drove slowly and laboriously through the snow. When she encountered a downhill slope, she almost wanted to slam on the brakes. It took her an hour to reach her destination.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the residential area, someone came over.
A man dressed like a ball came over to greet us: "Hello, hello, our community is without water and electricity. Are there any repairmen coming to fix it now?"
Jiang Shu saw several power line towers frozen solid on the way. She couldn't solve the problem, but since she was already there:
"Do you have an electrician in your community? I'm only responsible for personnel safety and evacuation."
The man quickly asked in the group chat that the water and electricity had been cut off all night, and many people were too afraid to go to the toilet, so they were all waiting for the group message.
When they saw that an electrician was needed, three people actually signed up in the group. One of them even worked for the State Grid. They wouldn't dare to show off without some real skills.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the three arrived with tools and equipment. They discussed for a long time in front of Jiang Shuyin and came to a conclusion: "Let's go and take a look at the power transmission towers in this community first."
Jiang Shuyin was responsible for driving them there.
They had to stop and inspect every utility pole they encountered along the way. As maintenance electricians, they used the same methods as doctors: observation, listening, questioning, and palpation.
The infrastructure in Anshi is old and the circuits are damaged by freezing. It's not just one neighborhood that has broken the circuits. Three electricians, adhering to their professional ethics, were still working on the repairs late into the night, wearing headlamps.
"My wife is waiting for the phone to come back on so she can charge it. I should be able to get it done in about two more hours."
"I'll be slower here, it'll take about three hours. I didn't even go to the toilet this morning, the toilet at home is clogged."
"If the electricity comes back on but the water doesn't, you can't really fix it even if you go back... cough, right?"
The three men noticed there was a woman below them, and swallowed the rude words that were about to come out.
Jiang Shuyin heard the news and sent a message to the work group about the water outage. A colleague had already taken people to the site.
She's free right now, so she's relaxing in her car reading a novel, feeling quite content.
She actually wanted to sleep, but she was afraid the three people would fall, so she had to stay alert at all times.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Zheng Lanxiang called to ask, "Are you still not done? The kids should be sleeping at this time. They've been crying for you since you haven't come back yet."
Jiang Shu looked up and saw that some people were already getting ready to come down: "Soon, in about an hour if all goes well."
The phone call was on speakerphone, and all three kids, including Ace, heard it before they finally went to bed.
Zheng Lanxiang coaxed them to sleep before going back to bed herself.
As soon as she left, Ace opened his eyes, glanced at the time, and saw that it was already ten o'clock, and his mother still hadn't returned.
Heimei and Shuining whispered to each other under the covers: "Sister, I can't sleep."
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