Chapter 23-24 Extreme rain

"Minister Zhang, how are you preparing for the publicity work?" Hong Xianguo turned to Zhang Changhe, Minister of the Propaganda Department.

"All equipment and personnel are in place." Zhang Changhe said: "Just wait to welcome Secretary Zhao's arrival."

Hong Xianguo nodded without asking any more questions. Zhang Changhe has served as the Minister of Publicity for two terms and has rich experience in publicity work, so you can rest assured about the task of publicity work.

"Lao He, what about the reception work?" Hong Xianguo looked at He Lu Ming, the head of the county party committee office, with a smile. Lao He was responsible for the connection and coordination between several preparations, and was also specifically responsible for the reception work.

"There is no problem with the reception work. Secretary Zhao's accommodation in the county party committee was arranged to be in Building 1, Xiaozhao. He also made careful preparations in terms of diet, which not only took care of Secretary Zhao's hometown taste, but also reflected the local characteristics of our southern China. In addition, we also specially invited a senior nutritionist from the Provincial People's Hospital to be responsible for the recipes in the past two days..."

Before He Luming finished speaking, a dazzling lightning suddenly flashed through the huge floor-to-ceiling window, followed by a huge thunderclap, as if it was exploding above a person's head, making the chandeliers in the conference room flicker and dark, and the two cabinet-type air conditioners actually stopped working.

"What's going on? There's still a thunder at this time?" Before Hong Xianguo's thoughts had been completed, he heard a loud bang, and two windows blew open. A strong wind wrapped in sand and dust blew in from outside, blowing the documents on the conference table all over the sky. Looking out the window, he saw a flash of lightning flashing wildly in the night sky, and the sound of thunder was endless, almost breaking the eardrums of people.

He Chengming rushed to the window quickly and was about to close the window. Before he could reach the window, the rain had already come in. The ground at the base of the window was wet. Looking outside, the lights were already white, and the overwhelming rain poured down from the sky...

"God is really a strange thing. Why is there such heavy rain at this time?" Uncle Quan said in the ward on the second floor of the People's Hospital, looking at the heavy rain outside.

"Do you care about the heavy rain and light rain, as long as the weather is cool." Aunt Quan sat next to the hospital bed and fanned Lin Yuanfang, and said, "You haven't looked at the sky today, and you haven't heated our distant place to death yet."

"Mom, I'll do it myself." Lin Yuanfang was about to take the fan. Isn't it just an appendicitis surgery? The stitches were removed the day after tomorrow, and he was really embarrassed to ask the two elders to serve like this.

"Isn't it a prank for you?" Aunt Quan patted Lin Yuanfang's hand and said angrily: "Don't show off, let's talk about it when you're well prepared."

Uncle Quan lay on the windowsill and looked at the rain outside, shook his head and said, "Sun monster, it's so weird! I haven't seen such heavy rain in decades. In the distance, the weather forecast on the radio in the afternoon did not say that there was rain! Such heavy rainfall on the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a good sign."

"Dad, there is nothing strange. This is called locally strong convective weather. The formation process is very fast and happens very suddenly. The meteorological station did not predict it. It is normal." Lin Yuanfang turned over and got out of the bed, slowly walked to Uncle Quan, and looked out the window. Aunt Quan followed behind him and fanned him one by one. At this time, the rain had just started, and it was cooler outside, and the room was even more stuffy.

Even though he said that, Lin Yuanfang was still surprised when he saw the waterfall-like rain falling from the sky. No wonder his father said that he hadn't seen such heavy rain in decades, and Lin Yuanfang's memory had never seen such fierce rainfall. Although he didn't know the specific rainfall, looking at the rain, it was definitely enough to be a heavy rain.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuanfang shook his head. If the rainwater is in the current momentum, the city of Mangnan will definitely suffer. When we wake up tomorrow morning, the county will be filled with water. As the backbone of the planning and technology department, Lin Yuanfang is very clear about the drainage capacity of the drainage pipeline network in Mangnan County. Although the county party committee Piaotianwen carried out technical transformation two years ago, Lin Yuanfang knew very well that the transformation was okay to deal with rainfall every three or two years. When encountering such heavy rainstorms that happened once in a few decades, the drainage capacity of the drainage pipeline network would seem too weak.

In the county party committee meeting room, at the beginning, Hong Xianguo and Liu Hongwei and several leaders were talking and laughing. Liu Hongwei said that the rain seemed heavy, but it didn't matter. The faster it came, the faster it would go, it would definitely not last long. It would not affect our work in receiving Secretary Zhao.

Deng Guohua, deputy secretary of the Party and the masses, also made fun of it: It is better to rain, not only does the air be fresh, but it also means cleaning the buildings for Mangnan County for free. Secretary Zhao's inspection will definitely be better.

He Luming hid aside and called the Mangnan County Meteorological Bureau and asked them what happened to the heavy rain? Why did he not make a forecast?

The director of the Meteorological Bureau hurriedly explained that this was a locally strong convective weather, and the meteorological process occurred very suddenly and there was no time to make a forecast. He also said that not only the Meteorological Bureau of Mangnan County, but also the Municipal Meteorological Bureau, the Provincial Meteorological Bureau, the National Meteorological Bureau, and even the Meteorological Bureau abroad did not have a good forecast method for such locally strong convective weather.

He Luming impatiently interrupted the director of the Meteorological Bureau to explain in a long and long manner. He said, "I am not a provoking a crime now, you don't need to explain this to me. I am now asking you about the situation, how big the range of this heavy rain is and how long it will take."

The director of the Meteorological Bureau hurriedly said that according to the feedback from the meteorological station below and the situation of the surrounding counties and cities, the rainstorm was not large in the range of the heavy rain, mainly concentrated in Chengguan Town, Nanzhuang Town and Gucheng-rural generation, among which Chengguan Town has the largest rainfall. As for how long this rain can last, it is hard to say. However, according to the general situation, this locally strong convective weather will not last too long...

He Luming hung up the phone, came behind Hong Xianguo, and reported the situation to Hong Xianguo and Liu Hongwei. Liu Hongwei smiled and said, "Why is the old Li from the Meteorological Bureau saying something similar to me?" He doesn't need to tell me, I know that the heavy rain will not last too long."

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room. Everyone said that County Magistrate Liu is really knowledgeable. He would dare to fool us in the future.

When saying these words, no one realized that the rain outside would develop into a century-old heavy rain in Jiannan County.

I heard from the director of the Meteorological Bureau that the rain cannot fall too long, and the rainfall is limited, Hong Xianguo completely calmed down. Yes, it is already the Mid-Autumn Festival, so how heavy can the rain be? Just think it is a great baptism for the entire Mangnan to welcome Secretary Zhao of the Provincial Party Committee.

"Okay, let's continue to have a meeting!" Hong Xianguo returned to his seat, waved his hand, and asked, "Let's go ahead and talk about it just now, Lao He, you can continue."

He Luming quickly sat upright, glanced at his notebook, and reported: "In terms of food, we have also made careful preparations, taking care of Secretary Zhao's hometown tastes, and reflecting the local characteristics of our southern China. In addition, we also specially invited a senior nutritionist from the Provincial People's Hospital to be responsible for the preparation of the recipes in the past two days. We must not only ensure the taste of the food, but also ensure that the food can provide sufficient nutrition to the leaders of the provincial party committee."

"Yeah!" Hong Xianguo nodded. The reception work is three points to live and seven points to eat. Whether the leader can eat well is an important criterion for measuring whether the reception work is successful. In some sense, the superior leader's satisfaction with the dining table is more important than the satisfaction with the software and hardware services in the room. He turned his attention to Wu Shuhong, general manager of the county party committee Xiaozhao sitting in the corner: "Old Wu, you are responsible for the specific reception work, so you can also say a few words."

Wu Shuhong scratched his head and said, "Take care of Secretary Zhao's hometown taste, reflecting the characteristics of our southern Chinese, and paying attention to nutritional matching. These are not difficult. Director He said that Secretary Zhao has strict regulations on dietary standards, and must be four dishes and one soup..."

Speaking of this, Wu Shuhong stopped and looked at Hong Xianguo in embarrassment: "Secretary Hong, it would not be easy to reflect Director He's previous request in four dishes and one soup."

Hong Xianguo also laughed. Now when he was in reception work, the most feared thing was that the leader asked for simplicity. Because the more luxurious the leader was, the better the reception. The people below were just spending more money and spending some effort. They would not make mistakes when they were luxurious. However, when they met a leader who was simple, it would be difficult to deal with. They should not only receive the leader well, ensure that the leader's food was pleasant, but not exceeding the standards, which caused the leader's disgust. The standard between them was indeed difficult to grasp.

"If it's easy, anyone can be the general manager of the county party committee's small tricks. Why do I appoint you?" Hong Xianguo smiled and looked stern, "No matter how difficult it is, you must follow Director He's request just now and do your best. If Secretary Zhao is a little dissatisfied with food and accommodation, I'll ask you!"

"Yes, yes! Secretary Hong, I will do my best and do my best!" Wu Shuhong wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.

The work was discussed soon. Looking at the watch, it was already half past twelve. It had been raining for more than half an hour. Not only did I have no intention of stopping, but I was getting heavier and heavier.

He Luming stood up and prepared to go to the bus shift. He notified the drivers to prepare umbrellas and send the county leaders back. As soon as he pushed open the door of the conference room, he couldn't help but scream. It turned out that the county party committee courtyard was already covered with white water, and the accumulated water had spread to the steps at the door of the conference room.

When Hong Xianguo heard the screams, he quickly got up and went to the door of the conference room. Seeing this scene, he was shocked.

"Old He, call immediately and notify the construction committee director Long Tianfei and ask him to come to the county committee for a meeting."

"Yes!" He Luming responded and walked out quickly.

Hong Xianguo stopped him again: "Also, call Director Li of the Meteorological Bureau and ask him when the rain will stop, and ask him to give me a sure letter!"

At two o'clock in the evening, the heavy rain finally stopped. A beam of silver-white moonlight shone through the window and sprinkled on the ground of the ward, like a pool of clear water.

The sultry feeling has long been driven away by the heavy rain. The air is refreshing and even makes people feel a little cold.

Lin Yuanfang sat up from the hospital bed, turned over and gently got off the ground.

On the hospital bed in the north, Uncle Quan

Lin Yuanfang walked gently to his father's bed in the north, and saw his father lying on his back, his nose snoring loudly, and he fell asleep beautifully. The military quilt had been kicked away by him, half dragging it to the ground. Lin Yuanfang bent down and picked up the military quilt and carefully covered it for his father. Unexpectedly, his father moved, which scared Lin Yuanfang, thinking that he had woken up his father, so he stopped quickly. Unexpectedly, his father turned over gently, tucked the quilt under his body, and continued to sleep soundly.

Lin Yuanfang quietly stuck out his tongue and then felt relieved. He turned around and came to the bed where his mother rested in the west. Compared to her father, her mother's sleeping position was much more peaceful. She lay there on her side, wrapped tightly in the floral quilt brought from home, with a smile on her lips. She probably dreamed of something good.

Lin Yuanfang smiled and shook his head. His parents are old and have been running around the hospital these days to take care of him. He has to go to the corridor to work on the floor to work in the evening, so he must not have had a good rest. Today the bed was liberated and the weather was cooler. The old couple had a rare sleep.

Lin Yuanfang turned around and came out of the ward and came to the corridor outside. He saw a bright moon hanging in the deep night sky, and the silver moonlight shone on the earth, covering the whole world in a crystal clear area.

Looking at the hospital courtyard, the waves are sparkling under the moonlight, like a beautiful lake...

Hey, how could there be a lake?

In an instant, Lin Yuanfang realized that it was water accumulation and the hospital compound must have been flooded. He looked up and forgot about it in the distance, and saw that the streets in the distance were also filled with waves under the moonlight. The sound of the water flowing came into his ears, almost making Lin Yuanfang think that he was deep in the water city of Venice.

It's over, it's over! Lin Yuanfang shook his head. The weak drainage capacity of Mangnan County was completely exposed in this severe rainstorm that was rare in decades. I don't know how many houses will have water in their houses tonight. Tomorrow morning, people may have to wade to work.
Chapter completed!