Chapter 104
The tenth day after New Year's Day.
After lunch, Mr. Gu went back to his room to take a nap, while the others sat in the living room and chatted.
"Congcong, when will you go back to work?"
Shen Jianyi leaned on the sofa, fanning himself with a large palm-leaf fan, and then asked his daughter who was cutting watermelon in the kitchen.
"Let's talk about it later. There's nothing I can do in the group right now."
Shen Cong said calmly without turning his head.
Shen Jianyi smacked his lips in disapproval: "How come there is no work? Look at Shichen, look at Cancan, they are all children, they are so busy every day that they don't even have time to go home. There is no work for you? You just don't want to go."
Chen Cong smiled but said nothing.
There really hasn't been anything going on with her lately.
Her special ability is somewhat useful in building houses, but is completely useless in growing crops and vegetables.
Sometimes Chen alone is enough to maintain the formation, there is no need for two people to go together.
Besides, she had helped build a large number of iron roofs for planting bases throughout the region in the previous month, so she deserved to take a break for a while.
She had explained this to her father many times, and the old man knew everything.
His repeating the same old tune now only meant one thing - he was tired of living here and wanted to go home.
He knew it was useless to bring it up now, as no one in his family would agree to let him go, so he started complaining about all kinds of things.
But everyone was used to this situation, so they let Old Man Shen chatter on and on in the living room, and the whole family pretended not to hear him.
Shen's mother Cheng Ru wore reading glasses and read a book called "100 Examples of Nutritious Soups" very seriously, occasionally taking notes on a piece of white paper.
Completely ignore the resentment of your spouse.
Her mentality is much better than Father Shen's.
In the old lady's eyes, as long as she lives with her children and the family is safe and sound, it doesn't matter where she lives.
Living anywhere is much better than being apart.
Chen Xi has been annoyed by his father these past two days.
At first she tried to persuade him, but now she understands that there is nothing wrong with her father, he is just too idle.
In that case, let him speak.
He was just grumbling anyway.
Chen Xi was still very clear about his father. Although he was always noisy and seemed to have many resentments, he was actually a person with a hard surface but a soft heart.
Now Uncle Gu's health has just improved a little, and his brother-in-law's arm has just scabbed over. They both need someone to take care of them. Even if he wanted to, he would not leave these people behind and go home.
So Chen Xi didn't respond to his father's words and turned around to play building blocks with his two children.
Father Shen talked for a long time, from his daughter not working properly to the abnormal weather. It was almost the twelfth lunar month and it was still so hot.
Besides, I don’t know if Sun Qing remembered to open the window, so that the vegetables in the house would not be suffocated.
At the beginning, the daughter and son-in-law would still say a few words to him, but as time went on, no one in the family paid any attention to him.
He was so angry that his eyes widened, but there was nothing he could do.
After looking at the whole family, the old man stood up angrily and walked towards the stairs.
"Dad, eat the watermelon before going upstairs. It's very hot on the rooftop now." Gu Kai put down the formation diagram he was studying and called out behind him.
"I won't eat. I'm full of anger!" The old man waved his hands and went straight upstairs.
But before he took two steps, someone outside the window suddenly shouted, "It's raining! It's raining again!"
The voice was so loud that it split into two parts due to fear, and the people who heard it shuddered.
It was as if the cry was exploding right next to my ears.
Father Shen paused, and instead of going upstairs, he turned around and walked quickly back to the living room.
At this time, the whole family heard the shout, stopped what they were doing, and ran to the balcony together.
Fulin's house originally had floor-to-ceiling windows, and later he asked Chen Cong to add a layer of explosion-proof tempered glass.
But even through two panes of glass, you can clearly see the big drops of rain falling outside.
It is past noon now, the time when many people working outside go home for lunch, and the roads in the community downstairs are crowded with people.
Maybe the previous acid rain left a huge psychological trauma on everyone, so when they saw it raining, everyone screamed, ran, and hid everywhere.
When the Shen family rushed to the window, they were able to see the chaos below.
Some people covered their heads and screamed in fear, some quickly took off their clothes to wrap the children and women around them, and of course more people desperately rushed under the shelter...
Every movement and gesture showed deep fear.
Even though the people from the Shen family were separated by two layers of tightly closed glass, they still subconsciously stepped back, and Shen Xi even hugged the two children tightly.
"Our car is still downstairs!" Gu Kai suddenly said.
Before he finished speaking, Shen Jianyi shouted, "No one can go downstairs!"
No one objected to the old man's order. Everyone in the room pursed their lips, stood there, and stared out the window without blinking.
The rain is getting heavier.
At the beginning, it was big raindrops. Even standing on the 19th floor, you could see the raindrops hitting the dry soil on the ground, making small pits.
But soon, the rain turned into lines, and then into water columns. The water columns looked thicker than fingers.
The road, which had long been dry and covered with dust, slowly became moist, and the gray smell in the air gradually faded, replaced by thick water vapor.
"This doesn't look like acid rain." Gu Kai said after a moment of hesitation.
Everyone now felt that the rain hitting the ground, the street lights, or even people did not seem to cause any harm.
There was no more sound of those desperate cries.
Chen Cong walked forward and suddenly opened the window, and a gust of cool and humid air rushed towards him.
She subconsciously took a deep breath, and then said affirmatively: "It's ordinary rain, without that sour smell!"
The whole family's faces were suddenly filled with joy.
Everyone came forward. Although they didn't dare to open the window screen and stick their heads out, it was good to feel the long-lost moisture.
At this time, the people downstairs also realized that the rain was normal.
After more than two years of drought, it suddenly rained and everyone was excited.
There were bursts of cheers from the crowd.
Soon, some brave people ran into the rain and fog, jumping, laughing, and feeling the moisture and coolness brought by the real rain.
"The rain is getting heavier. I'll move the car to a higher place." Gu Kai said and was about to go out.
"Don't get your arms wet. I'll go." Chen Cong stopped him.
"Dad, give me the car keys and I'll put the car in the space. Who knows when this rain will stop."
Shen Cong said softly.
Gu Kai turned and looked at his wife.
There was no change in Chen Cong's eyes, and she looked very calm, but Gu Kai still felt the deep worry hidden in her heart.
"Congcong and I will go together. Xiaokai, you stay at home." Shen Jianyi did not listen to his daughter. As he spoke, he went to the shoe cabinet at the door to get an umbrella.
This time Gu Kai did not stop him.
The father and daughter walked towards the door together.
Before he took two steps, Chen Cong suddenly turned back and said to Gu Kai who was still standing at the door: "My dad and I will go back to the community and try to come back before dinner."
This sudden remark surprised not only Gu Kai but the whole family.
"Why are you going back to the community in such heavy rain? What's the matter?"
"That's right, can't we go back after the rain stops?"
Cheng Ru and Shen Xi both expressed their disapproval.
"We'll try to go early and come back early." Chen Cong didn't explain, but his tone was very firm.
Father Shen stood beside her, looking at his stubborn daughter with a frown on his face.
Although he had been making a fuss about wanting to go home, he definitely didn't want to go back at this time.
It's raining so heavily outside, and the chassis of the electric car is low. To be honest, it's a bit dangerous to walk long distances in such weather.
What's more, the roads outside are not as smooth as before. In many places, the roads can only be barely called roads, and there are still potholes everywhere.
If something happens to the car on the road, it would be normal to leave the two of them on the road.
But seeing his daughter's attitude, he knew there must be a reason, so he didn't say anything against it.
"I'll go with you." Gu Kai said as he was about to change his shoes.
"You stay at home." Chen Cong stopped him again, and his attitude was strong.
"My dad and I will drive there together, and you all should stay at home. Why are there so many people going? Don't you think it takes up too much space? I still need to pack my things!"
After saying that, she pulled her father and ran downstairs.
She was very fast and anxious, and she didn't even care whether her father could keep up.
Seeing her like this, no one could say anything to stop her, and the key point was that it was useless to say anything.
Gu Kai went straight back into the house and stood in front of the window again. The others also came back and stood beside him.
At this moment, the rain has slowly turned from water columns into sheets.
The entire sky became dark.
The strong wind brought dark clouds, and thunder roared one after another, frightening the two children so much that they quickly hugged the adults' legs and buried their heads in their arms.
Countless lightning bolts seemed to tear the sky apart and into pieces.
Just a moment ago the sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly, but now it was so dark outside that one could hardly see anyone on the other side, as if it were night.
Gu Kai stared downstairs, trying to see his wife.
But the visibility now was different from what it was a few minutes ago. He couldn't even see the small square downstairs.
I can't even see my own car, nor the people driving it.
The rain outside the window has turned into a curtain of water, and the sky and the earth seem to be connected into one.
Looking around, the outside looked like a huge piece of frosted glass, foggy and as if it were real.
"It's the end of the world." Tongtong, who was still hugging his mother's legs, suddenly said.
The whole family's hearts were stifled by these childish words, as if they were stabbed hard, and there was a suffocating feeling.
"Don't talk nonsense." Shen Xi scolded softly.
"It's the end of the world. Mom, look, is it exactly the same outside as in the movies?" Tongtong retorted in a low voice unwillingly.
Chen Xi pursed his lips and said nothing.
But I couldn’t help but think in my heart – this is much more like the movie!
As soon as Shen Cong and Shen Jianyi walked out of the corridor, they were soaked by the heavy rain.
Umbrellas are of no use at all.
The rain hit my body, and it hurt, just like being slapped in the face.
I can't even open my eyes.
They simply stopped using umbrellas and tried to run towards the car.
There was no one in the square at this moment. All those who had been hiding from the rain had gone to find a more suitable place or had gone home.
Even if there is someone there, with such visibility, you may not be able to see clearly that there is someone opposite you even if you are face to face, so there is no possibility of being discovered.
Shen Cong directly put his car into the space, then sat in the driver's seat of his father's car, and Shen Jianyi also got in the car as quickly as possible.
The two people moved very quickly, but even so, the car seat got wet while they were opening the door.
But there was no dry place on their bodies, so it didn't matter if they got a little wet.
Chen Cong drove towards the community.
Sitting in the car, Shen Jianyi finally had the chance to ask.
He asked: "Congcong, why are you in such a hurry to go back to the community?"
"Go and collect the things from home." Chen Cong did not hide anything and answered directly.
Shen Jianyi had actually thought of this reason when he followed her downstairs, so he was not surprised when he heard her say it.
He continued to ask: "Will this rain last for a long time?"
"I'm not sure. A lot of things are so different now than what I've experienced before, and I'm just going with my gut.
After the insect plague in my previous life, it rained for more than 20 days in Bac Ninh. Although no serious disasters were caused in the end, many houses were soaked and many collapsed.
Dad, do you remember the house in our civil servants' community?"
Shen Jianyi glanced at her and said, "How can I not remember the house I've lived in for decades? I don't have Alzheimer's disease."
Chen Cong didn't mind being scolded by his father, and continued: "I remember that the house collapsed during that rain.
Of course, it was mainly because the foundation was weakened by the previous earthquake, and it couldn’t withstand the water.”
Shen Jianyi was silent for a moment, then said, "But didn't the house fall into the cracks in the ground before?"
After a pause, he said, "So I said a lot of things are different now."
"We shouldn't go at this time. It's too dangerous!" Shen Jianyi looked at the gray sky outside the window and expressed his disapproval.
"This rain shouldn't last too long. If it's the same as in the last life, it will get lighter in half an hour at most and then stop for a few hours."
In my previous life, the rain didn’t fall all the time.
Otherwise, in twenty days, Bac Ninh City would no longer exist and would definitely be submerged under water.
The rain was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, falling continuously, which actually gave people a chance to catch their breath.
Chen Cong doesn’t know what this life will be like, she hopes it will be the same as her last life.
This at least gives her some time to make amends.
Chen Cong didn't know it would rain today.
During this period, her mind was focused on her husband and father-in-law's illnesses, and her mind was full of thoughts about how to help them recover as soon as possible.
So much so that we ignore the rainy season that we talk about every day.
Maybe everyone is lazy and always procrastinates subconsciously.
When the rain suddenly came, she realized that she still had a lot of things to do.
"Let's go back before the rain gets too heavy and put everything we can pack away in the space.
If nothing else, put away the things in the basement first.
Don't believe what they say about how much rain it can protect against. Besides, it's underground.
If it rains hard and the ground is soaked, it will be useless no matter how good the sealing is. ” Chen Cong said to his father.
There is a sentence that is not said——
Who knows what kind of "surprises" this damn weather will bring them in the future? And how long will it last?
The things at home may not be needed for a while, but if they are really damaged, it will not be easy to buy new ones in the future.
Shen Jianyi looked out the window worriedly and said nothing.
His daughter's words made him feel extremely depressed.
Although she kept saying that the heavy rain did not cause any catastrophic damage to the community and it passed quickly.
But Shen Jianyi was somewhat skeptical.
My daughter also said that many things are different in the two lives. If nothing else, at least when she lived there were no thousand chickens in the community.
How these chickens will survive the rainy season is a big problem!
Fortunately, the father and daughter were lucky. When they drove out of the city in the heavy rain and approached the highway, the rain really subsided.
Although the sky was still gloomy and covered with dark clouds, as if another heavy rain would pour down at any time, at least I could see the road ahead.
And because of the previous drought, there wasn't much water on the road.
Even though it was an electric car, we finally managed to drive back to the community smoothly.
When they saw them coming back, the community guards were stunned. They couldn't understand why they would run back in such heavy rain.
Chen Cong and his friends didn't say much to the security guard. They just said, "Let's go home first and go to the property management later." Then they hurried home.
Because they were afraid that the two captains, Sun Qing or others would rush over after hearing the news, the two men locked the door from the inside after entering, and then went directly to the basement.
The construction skills of Old Zheng, who built the house for them, were really good.
He solemnly promised that the basement was so airtight that no matter how heavy the rain was, it would not flood back into the basement.
From what we can see now, he is not lying.
Opening the dark door and walking in, Shen Jianyi checked the house carefully inside and out, and sure enough, he did not see any trace of rainwater seeping in.
Chen Cong didn't have time to look around like his father.
Wherever she went, not a single leaf was left behind.
From furniture to electrical appliances to various small items, the entire basement was soon cleaned up by her.
While Shen Jianyi was still checking for signs of water leakage, she even blocked the vents.
The father and daughter did not stay long. After coming out of the basement, they went straight to the third floor.
The third floor is the most precious place for the whole family at this time, where the old man’s herbs are planted.
Because we have tried it before. Although no living things can enter the space, that refers to living animals and does not include plants.
So Chen Cong collected all the flowers and plants into the space without hesitation.
Then they went to the top floor.
When the Shen family designed the top floor, it was different from Fulin's.
Two large flower beds were built there before, and some root plants were planted in them, so it is a bit difficult to move them.
All the things used here are vegetable racks, and all the plants are planted in movable containers, so there will be no hindrance at all when Chencong is put into the space.
Only when she was almost done with the collection did she ask, "Dad, if we put all these away, will others think too much? Let's not talk about others first, what about Sun Qing? She has to come and water the plants every day."
"She's not the talkative type, it's okay. I'll go get the key back later and tell her that we're taking the vegetables to the city to grow. She won't say anything outside." Shen Jianyi answered confidently.
But as he spoke, he sighed deeply in his heart and looked at the house again and again with nostalgia.
He knew that they might not come back for a long time after they left this time, and he didn't know what this home would be like when they came back.
Thinking of this, he felt uncomfortable.
Chen Cong understood her father's feelings, but she didn't say anything to comfort him.
In fact, she is more optimistic than Father Shen.
Maybe after going through so many things, people's hearts will become stronger.
Chen Cong always felt that these disasters were temporary and they would definitely be back soon.
The reason for staying in Fulin is that if the water level rises, we will definitely receive more information in the city, and it is also safer on the higher floors.
But the terrain here in the community is high!
Speaking of which, the terrain here in the community is a little higher than that in the city.
In the past, people always said that the ground here was level with the roofs of dozens of stories high buildings in the city.
Therefore, Chen Cong felt that nothing would happen in the community.
Although she thought so, after packing up her things, she still ran to the top floor and used the scrap iron in the space to make a large iron cover for the entire top floor.
Even though nothing else can be done, having such a cover at least provides protection for the solar panels.
In addition, it can also reduce the possibility of roof seepage.
While Chen Cong was making the protective shield, he was thinking that he would also make one on the roof of his house when he returned.
It’s just that the roof of Fulin’s house is too big, and she might not have enough metal in stock to complete it all.
Where can I find some more?
While Shen Cong was thinking about these things, Shen Jianyi went to the property management first.
Shi Lei is not here. He went to the city to do some business.
Lao Cao was checking the chicken coop. He rushed over when he heard the father and daughter had returned, and was soaked all over.
Seeing him like this, Shen Jianyi didn't say much, but just told him that his family had discussed it and decided to stay in Fulin for a while, so they came back this time to get some things.
Hearing him say this, Lao Cao's first reaction was: "Is the old man's illness getting worse again?"
"Not really." Shen Jianyi waved his hand.
"But his health can't be restored in a day or two, and he needs someone to take care of him.
My wife and two daughters wouldn't let us go back, and insisted that we stay there for a while longer. Isn't there anything we can do about it?" Shen Jianyi sighed and explained.
"We have to stay for a while longer. We have to help the old man get his health back in shape." Lao Cao echoed.
But although he said this, he was still a little nervous.
He always felt that the Shen family suddenly rushed back in the rain to move when the heavy rain just arrived, which was a bit serious.
Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Shen, can you tell me the truth? Did something happen in the city?"
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