"It's the captain uncle." Zhou Yubai stood up, put on a raincoat and went to open the door.
"Uncle, what's wrong?" Zhou Yubai let the captain in.
"It's rained too heavily these past few days. I'm afraid there will be a flood. The farmland needs to be drained. Uncle wants to ask you to go with him to take a look." said the captain.
After just three days, the captain looked extremely tired.
"Okay, I'll go with you right now." Zhou Yubai responded.
Shen Qingli hurried to the kitchen, took out a few steamed buns and eggs and gave half to the captain and half to Zhou Yubai respectively.
"Uncle, Yubai, if you're hungry, have a bite."
"Here, Mrs. Yubai, this is too much. I'll just take a steamed bun, but no eggs." The captain refused. He was busy all morning and was hungry, but at this time, he was too embarrassed to take so much food from Shen Qingli.
"Uncle, please take it. Robbery is a physical job." Zhou Yubai said.
The captain did not refuse and put it away, "You two are both good people."
The captain sighed and walked ahead.
Shen Qingli walked Zhou Yubai to the door and said, "Be careful."
"Well, don't worry." Zhou Yubai squeezed Shen Qingli's hand, turned around and quickly caught up with the captain.
Shen Qingli closed the door, feeling a little panicked for some reason, as if something might happen today.
"Don't worry, Mom. Dad is very capable. The captain often asks him for help when he has problems." Gou Wa said. He has been in the village for a long time and knows a lot.
"Yeah, it's okay." Shen Qingli said it was okay, but after returning to the room, she couldn't continue making clothes.
She simply leaned back on the pillow and released her mental power to explore.
She saw the captain, along with Zhou Yubai, gathering the strong men in the village and heading upstream towards the riverbank.
Many people have already gone to the river bank. The villages downstream include not only Kaoshantun, but also Lijiawan, Zhaojiatun and Shuidongcun.
The captains of several brigades came over with their men.
"If the rain continues, the riverbank will surely collapse."
"All we can do is be prepared."
Several team leaders discussed it and decided that the only thing they could do now was to urgently repair the river bank and get through the rain first. They would then report to the commune and invite experts to provide guidance on the work.
Zhou Yubai and other young people started carrying stones and sandbags.
Busy as a whirlwind.
Shen Qingli's mental strength was not sufficient yet, so she could not cover such a long distance. She did not seem to have discovered any danger.
Shen Qingli slowly withdrew her mental power.
The rain continued until noon, and finally stopped slowly.
However, the temperature was a little bit strange. It should be a little cooler after the rain. After all, it is May and the temperature will not drop significantly. But now it is very cold.
Shen Qingli took a set of Zhou Yubai's clothes, boiled a large pot of ginger soup, filled two thermoses, and took a few bowls. She reminded Xiao Hei to be at home, said hello to Gou Wa Niuniu, and walked towards the river bank.
The road was muddy and Shen Qingli was very annoyed. She thought that she must repair the road when she had money, otherwise her feet would be covered in mud when it rained.
Riverbank.
When Shen Qingli walked over, everyone was resting.
However, the break was only temporary, as the commune officials had already arrived at the scene, as well as experts from the Water Conservancy Bureau.
They were discussing the construction of the river embankment with the brigade commanders.
After the rain stops and the sky clears, but before the busy farming season begins, we can allocate some of the labor to do this first.
Although the brick factory is also important, the river embankment is more urgent.
Discuss the plan there.
Zhou Yubai just listened without expressing any opinion. When he turned around, he saw his wife coming towards him.
"Why are you here?" Zhou Yubai strode over and took the kettle from Shen Qingli's hand.
"I cooked a big pot of ginger soup, which is full in these two thermoses. Ask someone to share some for everyone. I also brought you some clothes, so you can change into them later. Don't catch a cold. The weather is not good." Shen Qingli said softly.
As soon as she came over, she attracted a lot of people's attention, especially Shen Qingli who was carrying two thermos bottles.
When people in Kaoshantun heard Shen Qingli say that the ginger soup was for everyone, they felt proud.
Look at the young wives in our village, they are pretty and kind, and most importantly, all of us, young and old, have ginger soup to drink.
The strong men from other villages all looked at her with envy and gulped their saliva. They thought that the young wife was pretty and thoughtful. Where else could they find such a wife?
Zhou Yubai casually asked a reliable person to share the ginger soup with him, and he took the clothes that Shen Qingli brought and found a place to change quickly.
Dry clothes are much more comfortable to wear than wet clothes.
As soon as Zhou Yubai changed his clothes, he saw Dong Jianjun, the deputy secretary of the commune who was in charge of the work, talking to Shen Qingli.
"Are you the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family?" Dong Jianjun asked. He felt that Shen Qingli looked familiar.
"Yes, I am Zhou Yubai's wife." Shen Qingli answered crisply.
"Yes, you are a good comrade. While taking care of your own man, you also think about the old and young in the village. Well done." Dong Jianjun praised.
"Thank you for the award. You have come all the way here in this kind of weather to preside over the work. It must be hard work." Shen Qingli responded with a smile.
Dong Jianjun looked at Shen Qingli with a high opinion of hers. It was rare for rural female comrades to be so graceful and elegant.
"Hello, Secretary Dong." Zhou Yubai walked over to greet him and stood next to his wife.
The two of them obviously don't look a good match in terms of appearance, but when they stand together they feel like a family, the kind that no one can interfere with.
"Well, okay, Zhou family boy, good, do a good job." Dong Jianjun patted Zhou Yubai on the shoulder.
He knew Zhou Yubai, and he also knew a little about what happened when Zhou Yubai retired from the army.
Feeling emotional, but helpless.
The three of them talked for a few more words, and when Shen Qingli saw that the ginger soup had been divided, she packed up her own kettle and prepared to go back.
Zhou Yubai sent her.
Shen Qingli secretly stuffed an egg cake into Zhou Yubai's mouth. It was too expensive, and Shen Qingli couldn't give it to other people no matter how generous she was.
"Eat now and then go back." Shen Qingli said in a low voice.
Zhou Yubai nodded, finished the egg cake brought by Shen Qingli in a few bites, and drank some water.
"I'll make you some soup when I get home and put it on the stove. You can have it hot when you get home." Shen Qingli said in a low voice.
Zhou Yubai wanted to hug his wife, but there were too many people...
Shen Qingli gave a few more instructions before slowly walking home.
"Boy from the Zhou family, I see that Qingli seems to be feeling better." said the captain.
"Well, now I can eat enough, which is better than before." Zhou Yubai responded. His words were casual but meaningful. What he meant was that his previous poor health was due to not eating enough.
"But it's sometimes better and sometimes worse. After all this trouble, I'm sure I'll have a fever again tomorrow." Zhou Yubai's face was full of worry.
What he meant was that she was a little better, but not completely, and she absolutely could not go out.
Captain: I know, I know everything, you don’t have to emphasize it…
At this moment, a cry of panic came from the crowd, "Hurry up and save people!"
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