Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Gu Zhan's new house has been basically cleaned up in the past few days. All that is left is to open the windows for ventilation and wait for the house to dry completely.

As the weather became increasingly dry, the bottom leaves of the corn began to turn yellow, and Gu Zhan began to feel anxious.

If the water is not released, the corn will probably be completely wasted. The most important thing is that when the heavy rain comes in half a month, if the Shanghe Reservoir Dam breaks, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Looking around the new house that was almost cleaned up, Gu Zhan finally decided to take the initiative.

Can't wait any longer.

Gu Zhan was about to go look for Zhao Baogen when he saw him getting off his bicycle, sweating profusely.

"How's the cleaning going, kid?"

Gu Zhan pointed to the main room with its doors and windows open for fresh air: "Everything is basically packed up, just waiting for it to dry before moving in."

Zhao Baogen looked at the energetic young man in front of him and his mood improved a lot. He stopped his bicycle and walked into the yard. He looked around the whole yard and said with satisfaction: "You kid, you are really good."

"Uncle Zhao, you're so kind!"

"Hahaha, kid, you're being too polite to your Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Baogen was still worried about the weather, so he didn't stay any longer and went straight out to his bicycle.

"Where did Uncle Zhao go?"

Zhao Baogen, who had already considered Gu Zhan one of his own, did not hide anything from him: "Go with the team leaders of Xiahe Village and Nanhe Village to the commune to apply for the sluice gates to be opened to release water."

"What's the result?" Gu Zhan asked almost impatiently. He was now looking forward to the commune's agreement to open the floodgates and release water.

However, Zhao Baogen's words disappointed him: "The commune leaders disagree."

"Disagree?" Gu Zhan frowned.

"Judging from the weather at this time of year in previous years, it's very likely that the drought will continue. Reservoirs are the last resort."

This is not easy to do.

After Zhao Baogen left, Gu Zhan walked alone, thinking about things. When he looked up again, he was already on the path beside the reservoir.

This was Gu Zhan's first time visiting this place after his rebirth. Looking at the shimmering water under the scorching sun, he felt a mixture of emotions.

Gu Zhan walked along the road beside the reservoir. Suddenly, he noticed something was wrong with the grass beside the road. One patch of grass was obviously growing better than the others.

Gu Zhan was stunned for a moment, then he stopped and turned to walk towards the most prosperous patch of grass. As he approached, he felt that the ground beneath his feet was very different from where he had walked before.

The closer you get to the grass, the softer the soil under your feet.

Gu Zhan's heart was beating fast. He squatted down and pushed aside the weeds covering the ground in front of him. He saw several tiny holes hidden under the weeds. Water kept seeping out of the holes, eventually forming a shallow stream of water hidden in the dense grass.

Gu Zhan followed the direction of the cave, pushed aside the weeds and continued walking forward for a distance. There were traces of water on the ground where the cave passed, which continued all the way to the path outside the reservoir and disappeared.

Gu Zhan frowned. Could it be that the reservoir that broke during the heavy rain in the previous life had problems now?

After figuring this out, Gu Zhan planned to inform Zhao Baogen about this matter as soon as he got back, report it to the higher authorities as soon as possible, and eliminate the hidden dangers as soon as possible.

Furthermore, once water seepage occurs in the reservoir, opening the gates to release water and then repairing it becomes an inevitable option. I believe that at that time, the higher authorities will not stop it.

Gu Zhan's wishful thinking was in full swing. Just as he was about to return to Zhao Baogen to report the situation, a middle-aged man stopped him and said, "Young man, what are you doing here?"

Gu Zhan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man walking towards him quickly.

When Gu Zhan was wondering why this person called him, the middle-aged man had already walked up to him.

"Young man, please help me..." Before the word "help" was even finished, the middle-aged man suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "It's you?"

Gu Zhan frowned. When had he seen this person before?

Seeing Gu Zhan's puzzled expression, the middle-aged man smiled and said to himself, "It's true that after searching high and low for something, it's easy to find. Young man, I finally found you."

Gu Zhan was even more confused.

The middle-aged man didn't hide anything and told Gu Zhan loudly: "Station, tell me, there will be a drought at the end of July this year, and there will be heavy rain after mid-August."

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Zhan suddenly realized something. He vaguely remembered that he was at the county bus station at that time. He did tell this matter to a middle-aged man in order to attract attention.

Seeing that Gu Zhan finally remembered, the middle-aged man laughed and said, "Young man, when you said this, I wrote it down and waited for the time to verify it. Now it seems that the first half of what you said is very likely correct."

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce myself first. I'm An Qing, the director of the Xiaohe Water Conservancy Station."

Seeing that the other party had revealed his identity, Gu Zhan also introduced himself: "Gu Zhan, from the Shanghe Village Production Brigade."

"So you live here. Oh, and help me push my bike up this slope."

It was at this time that Gu Zhan saw the bicycle that An Qing was talking about.

I saw a large bundle of things tied to the back seat of the bicycle. It looked very heavy. When going uphill, if you were not careful, the front of the bicycle would be pressed up by the things at the back.

Gu Zhan remained silent, and Anqing naturally thought that Gu Zhan agreed.

After the two of them pushed their bikes up the hill, Anqing pointed to a small house built near the reservoir and said, "See that? That's where we took the flood control supplies for this fall."

At this moment, Gu Zhan didn't care where to put the things. He only cared about whether to tell the person in front of him or Zhao Baogen about the reservoir seepage, so as to achieve the best effect of opening the gate to release water and repair the reservoir.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Zhan decided to tell the person in front of him first. With this person's professionalism and prudence, the feedback he would get should be much faster than reporting it up one level at a time.

After helping An Qing put all his things away and waiting for An Qing to lock the door, Gu Zhan spoke: "Stationmaster, I just discovered something important."

"What's the matter?" An Qing didn't react and asked casually following Gu Zhan's words.

"Please follow me." After saying this, Gu Zhan took the lead and walked in front to lead the way.

Turning back the way they came, Anqing parked his bicycle on the road below the reservoir and followed Gu Zhan into the weeds on the side of the road.

An Qing was a little confused, wondering what important thing could happen here?