50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 135 Flood
During the Spring Festival of 62, Sun Ailai did not return home, but stayed in Northeast China to spend his first Spring Festival without his family.

Sun Zhiwei wanted to go see her, but his two children at home were making a fuss, so he couldn't go. In the end, he could only send her 100 kilograms of dates.

The dates are all grown on the trees in the yard and are picked in January when they are all ripe.

He and Tong Jiajia were reluctant to eat it, so they gave some to relatives and friends and saved the rest for their daughter.

As a result, she didn't come back, so they had no choice but to send it to her.

At the beginning of the year, my mother-in-law couldn't let go of her home in the port and wanted to return to the island city.

The couple couldn't stop it. After all, their son and husband were there, and the mother-in-law couldn't just focus on her daughter.

My godmother has a whole family to take care of, and Mr. Sun is old. It’s okay for him to leave for a short time, but it’s impossible for him to stay with Sun Zhiwei every day.

Daxiang's wife was also pregnant, so Daxiang's mother had to go home to take care of the pregnant woman.

For a moment, the couple was in a panic.

In the end, the two of them talked to Director Wang and decided to bring their children to work.

Beihai Kindergarten has a baby class that is full of children under one year old, which is just the right place to take care of Sun Hongying and Sun Aiguo together.

As a result, the two of them rarely went home, only going back once a week to replenish supplies. They stayed in the kindergarten most of the week and almost regarded the kindergarten as their home.

By the mid-year summer harvest, the rural harvest had improved significantly compared to the previous two years, the supply in the city began to gradually recover, and the supply in Beihai kindergarten also began to recover.

Although the pedestrians on the street were still thin, their expressions were obviously much better, and everything was moving in a good direction.

Time flies, and it is the summer of 63.

The weather in July was particularly hot and a bit dry, and Sun Zhiwei and Tong Jiajia were very busy in the garden.

In order to cool the children down, he used the method he had used in previous years: making ice with saltpeter.

The method is an old one, but it is very easy to use and the principle is simple.

The teachers in the kindergarten have at least a high school education. They can understand this simple principle once it is explained, and the operation is simple. They can also take the opportunity to teach the children some physics knowledge.

The method quickly became popular, and teachers took the children to an ice-making class every day. It was both educational and entertaining, and could prevent heatstroke and cool down the children, so it was very popular among the children.

There was a light rain in the city on August 8th, which slightly relieved the heat, and everyone was looking forward to more rain.

The BJ Daily's weather forecast for the 5th read: "Overcast to overcast with isolated showers." The paper also noted that "continuous rain in the suburbs will benefit crops."

It did rain again in the next two days, but the amount was not heavy.

On the morning of the 8th, the sky was gloomy. Sun Zhiwei had just gotten the children in his class up to wash up when it started to rain heavily outside.

After the heavy rain, with the strong wind, the hot and humid weather became noticeably more comfortable.

Fortunately, there was a corridor connecting the cafeteria and the dormitory. Sun Zhiwei and several teachers drove the children to the cafeteria to have breakfast like ducks.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier and didn't stop all day long. Thunder and lightning flashed from time to time, startling the children in the classroom.

After putting all the children to bed at night, Tong Jiajia saw the continuous heavy rain and became worried about her family.

Sun Zhiwei also felt that he needed to go back and take a look, so he found the teacher on duty and asked for leave.

The teacher on duty saw that the rain showed no sign of stopping, so he asked him to stay home for the night and come back the next morning after the rain stopped. He put on his raincoat and rushed home in the heavy rain. As soon as he opened the door, he looked at the pool in the corridor. The purpose of this pool was to prevent the corridor from flooding.

Now that it has rained all day, the water level in the pool has risen a lot, but the excess water is being discharged to the outside through the regular drain.

This place needs to be well protected, as there are still many large fish and old turtles in the pond. That year, when Jia Jia was in confinement after giving birth, he caught a lot of crucian carp and threw them in the pond, and he still hasn't eaten them all.

Sun Zhiwei immediately opened the emergency drain and then went to check the inner courtyard. There was a sewer in the courtyard leading to the main sewer pipe in the east, and there was no water accumulation at the moment.

I checked the house and there was no leak.

This is very rare for a house that has been built for more than ten years, which shows that the construction quality at that time was very high.

At this moment, the rain suddenly increased in intensity, pouring down like water. He already remembered the rain: Chaoyang, Haiding, and Fengtai were all flooded, and all the university campuses in the northwest were submerged.

After calculating the location, he found that his godmother's house was also within the flooded area.

He needs to go over and help quickly before the water rises.

He put on the raincoat he had just taken off and looked at the heavy rain from the sky. He felt that the small brim of the raincoat could no longer block the rain, so he simply put on a straw hat over the raincoat.

Rushing back into the heavy rain, he headed all the way to his godmother's house. On the way, the streets were already moving, and he kept seeing large numbers of people and cars on the road.

After riding for 10 minutes with great difficulty, I arrived at my godmother's house. At this time, there was already water on the ground that was above my feet.

He knocked hard on the gate of his godmother's yard. There was a loud sound of wind and rain outside. It took a while for the third child of his godmother's family to come and open the door.

"Brother, it's raining so hard, why are you here?"

"Third brother, are godmother and the others asleep?"

"Mom and Dad are asleep. They just woke up."

"Go wake everyone up, I'm going to see godmother." After saying that, he ignored the third brother and went straight into the house.

When the godmother heard the noise, she came out of the room with her clothes on. When she saw Sun Zhiwei, who was soaked all over, she was also surprised.

"Zhiwei, what happened? Where's Jiajia? Where's the child?"

"Godmother, Jiajia and the children are in the kindergarten. They are fine. It's you who has problems."

"What's going on here? Is everything alright at home?"

"Godmother, this rain is not right. You are in a low-lying area here. The water is already rising outside. We can't protect it here. I'm here to take you to my yard for shelter."

"Zhiwei, you said this whole area will be flooded?"

"Yes, I'm sure. It's only been a while, and there's already half a foot of water outside. I saw it when I passed by the river. The river is already full and will soon overflow."

"This rain shows no sign of stopping. We need to leave now, or your house, which has been here for decades, will be in great danger if it gets flooded."

The godmother was also a decisive person. After listening to Sun Zhiwei's statement, she agreed in her heart.

Only a few of the younger ones were unwilling, but since their mother had given the order, they had no choice but to obey and start packing up.

"Godmother, just bring two sets of clean clothes and your valuables. You don't need to bring anything else. I have everything I need."

(End of this chapter)