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

Zhao Baogen walked up to Gu Zhan with doubts: "What did you say to Stationmaster An again, kid?"

Zhao Baogen still feels that Gu Zhan's promise to Anqing that there would be heavy rain in mid-August was just a stopgap measure to trick Anqing into opening the floodgates without any hesitation.

Gu Zhan's face was serious, not as relaxed and casual as before.

"Uncle Zhao, please believe what I say next."

Seeing Gu Zhan like this, Zhao Baogen also became serious.

Gu Zhan's ability is obvious to all, so Zhao Baogen had to take what he said seriously.

"Gu kid, just say it directly, don't worry."

With Zhao Baogen's words, Gu Zhan's next words became easier to say.

He was silent for a moment, then pointed at the already obvious cotton-like clouds in the sky and said, "Uncle Zhao, it's going to rain. It's a rare downpour. We must be fully prepared."

"Is everything you said before true?"

Gu Zhan knew what Zhao Baogen had said to An Qing before asking him.

"Of course it's true."

Zhao Baogen pondered for a moment, "Boy, how did you know there would be heavy rain in the middle of this month more than half a month ago?"

Why is it not the beginning of the month, nor the end of the month, but the middle of the month?

Looking at the clouds in the sky which had obviously changed, Zhao Baogen almost believed everything Gu Zhan said.

In order to make good preparations for flood prevention, all production team members must be mobilized. If there is no rain after the mobilization, it will give them an excuse to criticize the team.

But on second thought, flood prevention is a matter of preventing disasters before they happen. If this work is not done, once a disaster occurs, it will be a devastating disaster for the entire Shanghe Village.

From the perspective of the life safety of the entire production team, it should not be difficult to mobilize them. At most, there will be a few chattering team members in the back, which is not a big deal.

After figuring this out, Zhao Baogen suddenly understood: "Okay, let's go back now, discuss it first, and then make further arrangements."

The two of them arrived at the brigade office. Gu Zhan took out a piece of paper and drew a rough sketch of the terrain of Shanghe Village Production Brigade exactly. Then he briefly explained the main ideas of this flood prevention according to his own thoughts.

The first thing is to ensure people's safety. Within one or two days, we must actively mobilize everyone to clear the waterways around the courtyard and repair the roofs to prevent the houses from being soaked and collapsed. We must also move several households in low-lying areas to safe areas to ensure their personal safety.

The second priority is food and property safety. Starting tonight, all harvested wheat from the brigade's wheat fields must be moved to a safe, elevated location and properly waterproofed to prevent it from sprouting after days of rain. The village corn fields must also be cleared of any waterways blocked by irrigation, and drainage channels must also be cleared promptly.

Finally, the male members of the production brigade were divided into groups to patrol key areas, especially dams and grain storage areas, which must be given special attention.

Gu Zhan made a simple arrangement for such precautions by referring to the emergency flood prevention measures in his previous life. Zhao Baogen was shocked after hearing it.

He had not expected that a young man in his twenties could have such a complete thinking system, be able to delve into reality and come up with comprehensive flood prevention measures. Even he, the team leader of the production team, probably could not think so comprehensively and properly.

"Good boy."

Zhao Baogen patted Gu Zhan's shoulder, turned around on the spot, excitedly folded up the paper where Gu Zhan had written the important precautions, and put it in his shirt pocket.

Zhao Baogen was very anxious. He still needed to find other cadres from the production brigade to discuss flood prevention arrangements, so he left first.

Gu Zhan was worried about Liu Xiaoxi, so he went back home first.

When he was leaving, he said it would only take a moment. Liu Xiaoxi must have been getting impatient by now.

As night fell, the visibility was not too bad. Gu Zhan walked to the door of his house, opened the half-closed wooden fence door and walked in.

Liu Xiaoxi had already recognized Gu Zhan through the glass and walked out of the house.

"Why so late?"

Gu Zhan took Liu Xiaoxi's hand and held it in his, then led her into the house. "It's expected to rain heavily in the next few days, so I discussed something with Uncle Zhao."

When Liu Xiaoxi heard Gu Zhan say that there would be heavy rain, he thought that the team had received a notice, and he didn't know that this was a warning information raised by Gu Zhan.

She felt sorry for Gu Zhan who was still hungry at this time, so she quickly took away the food on the table. There was a bowl of millet and sweet potato porridge and a plate of blanched vegetables.

Gu Zhan was also hungry. After finishing his dinner in a few bites, he reminded Liu Xiaoxi, "I might be busy until very late tonight. Are you afraid of sleeping alone?"

Liu Xiaoxi heard Gu Zhan asking her like a child, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not a two or three-year-old child, I'm not afraid."

"Okay, then when I leave, you lock the door. Don't go out no matter who tells you to. Remember?"

Seeing Gu Zhan's serious expression, Liu Xiaoxi put away her smile and said, "Remember this, don't worry."

"Be good! You may hear the bell for work later. Don't go out and get involved while you are pregnant. I will explain the reason to the team leader." Gu Zhan touched the top of Liu Xiaoxi's head, gently touched her forehead with his lips, turned around, closed the door and left.

After Gu Zhan left, Liu Xiaoxi looked at the room filled with the dim light of the kerosene lamp and felt that this room, which she was not familiar with yet, was a little empty.

She said it nicely and said she was not afraid at all, but after Gu Zhan left, she was still a little timid in her heart.

Bringing the kerosene lamp to the edge of the kang, Liu Xiaoxi climbed onto the kang and wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, only then did she barely find a sense of security.

There were no entertainment activities in the village at that time. Apart from the occasional laughter and screams of children playing, there was no other sound.

This night was eerily quiet.

More than half an hour after Gu Zhan left, just as he had said, the bell for the brigade to go to work rang.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The crisp sounds of metal bells drifted everywhere along with the night breeze.

Many people were enjoying the cool air in the yard. When they heard the bell, they thought they had misheard it and asked other people at home to confirm.

A few seconds later, the bell rang again, and everyone woke up from their dream.

What on earth is going on in the middle of the night?

Everyone settled their children at home and walked towards the brigade headquarters with confusion and panic.