The Happy Life of the Reborn Dad

"Oh, I'm going, you guys are looking at this amazing. A pound of coriander costs more than 60 yuan. How dare you ask for it." In a QQ group with more than 100 people in Qicheng, someone posted a photo.

The originally quiet group was instantly fried.

After a while, dozens of messages appeared, and the follow-up messages went down like running water without listening to the screen, swiping the screen.

People who are slow to respond can't see what the information is, and they have to swipe up to see the information in front of them.

After finally scrolling to the photo just now and connecting the information, I found that most of them were scolding mothers.

"The profiteer, kill the whole family!"

"These people who made a fortune in disaster, the whole family should die!"

"I curse you to die!"

The information below is all in one piece, and every piece of information expresses everyone's dissatisfaction.

But I don't know who sent a new message in the group: "But the heavy rain is still falling outside, I don't know when it will stop, we can skip the coriander, but we have to buy something else to eat, my wife just went to the supermarket to see it. Look, the prices of most vegetables have gone up, seven or eight yuan, or a dozen yuan has become the norm, you said, is there any reason for this world?"

"Isn't the government concerned? With such a heavy rain, the company won't let me go to work. What can I use to buy food and drink without earning money?"

For almost an instant, the people who saw these two messages were silent. This is a typical chat that kills the sky.

…

In another group, I don't know who posted another photo, showing a crouched human figure floating in the water. Judging from the pink clothes on her body, it should be a woman.

She was lying face down in the water, and most of her body was submerged in the water.

"Fuck, what's the matter, practice swimming to hold your breath?"

"Dead, I heard slipped while walking on the road and drowned."

"Why did you come here on purpose to make fun of you? It looks like it's on the main road. If you look at the building next to it, it should be Zhongtai Avenue. The accumulated water will submerge your knees at most. You told me that such shallow water can kill people. Drowned?"

Seeing that he was still distinguishing, and he even took out the data to make sense, the person who just posted the picture finally sent a message: "What you said was right, but I don't want to argue with you, this person was indeed drowned. , you'll know by watching the news."

"…"

Everyone in the group who was peeping at the screen couldn't say what it was like. They were feeling that human life was like a mustard, and they were also feeling that the power of nature was unfathomable. If one life was gone, they were inexplicably flustered.

"When will the rain stop? I heard that some places have burst, and many people are missing. It's terrible!" I don't know who sent a message to the group.

Then someone below said: "I don't know, it has been raining for two days and one night. The people at the meteorological station said that the impact of the typhoon front has not passed, and the rain is not good enough."

"We're okay. If it goes down like this, the worst will be the people. Is it easy to grow some food in the fields? A heavy rain floods them all. When the grains fail, the people will cry."

"My family still has 9 acres of land. I called my mother last night, and she said that the land is full of water, people can't get in at all, and the water can't be released. The water is soaked, and this year's food is basically useless."

"This **** is really dying, can you leave a way to live!"

…

In Jingtong Development Co., Ltd., Xia Zekai was sitting in his office, listening to the sound of rain and thunder outside, glanced at the information on the computer screen, and watched the news of the increase in vegetable prices. The news of drowning, and the news of people crying and wiping tears, all kinds of information, he was a little numb.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell"

I don't know when, the phone rang for a while, Xia Zekai took the phone to see that it was his wife who called.

As soon as it was connected, he heard his wife's voice come over: "Zekai, when are you coming back, the weather is bad now, don't come back too late."

"Well, I see, is the family okay?" Xia Zekai asked habitually.

Luo Xiyun was not annoyed either, she said, "Everything is fine, you can rest assured!"

When he was about to hang up, Luo Xiyun said abruptly, "Did you watch that news just now?"

"Which one did you say?" With so much news on the Internet in a day, how could Xia Zekai guess what news his wife was watching?

Luo Xiyun said: "On that road, he slipped and drowned."

"I just saw it, and I really answered that sentence. If people are unlucky, they will have their teeth stuck when they drink cold water." Xia Zekai said.

Luo Xiyun shook his head and said, "I was thinking just now, which will come faster tomorrow or the accident."

"Zekai, take two days off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, don't take such a risk."

After the couple chatted for a while, Xia Zekai hung up the phone with a heavy heart, but he knew that it was not his time to rest.

Ziyu Garden Villa, Xia Zekai's home.

Zhou Yinghong saw that her daughter-in-law had finished calling, and she asked, "Xiyun, what did Zekai say, is he back?"

"Mom, he's not finished yet, he'll come back when he's finished." Luo Xiyun said.

When the girl heard it, her face was full of unhappy: "Why is my father like this? If he doesn't come back, no one will play with me. I hate it."

When Zhou Yinghong heard her granddaughter say this, she immediately said, "Girl, grandma will play with you."

"But grandma, you are running too slowly to drive me and Tongtong." The girl was a little reluctant to play with grandma.

When Luo Xiyun heard her say that, she wanted to slap her: "Then you don't know how to stop and wait for grandma."

The girl shook her head: "I'm not good, how can hide and seek stop and wait for someone, so I won't be found."

Sun Yuping next to her couldn't help laughing when she heard the child's illogical words.

She said, "Little girl, can I play with you?"

She actually wanted to leave today, but she went out to take a look just now. For 20 minutes, she didn't see a taxi. At this time, she used the 'Yichang taxi app', and no one took the order.

"Qicheng Bus" has announced that it will suspend operations for one day today.

They are also afraid that if something happens on the way, it will be difficult to handle.

Luo Xiyun would definitely be even less likely to let her walk back, and just like that, Sun Yuping stayed for another day.

When the girl heard that Aunt Sun said she was willing to play with her, her eyes widened and she nodded sharply: "Okay, okay, Aunt Sun, I'll hide it for you, okay?"

"Okay, hide it, I won't watch it!" Sun Yuping agreed.

Tong Tong was playing with the track train alone, and when she heard the conversation between her sister and Aunt Sun, she also came to be interested, stopped playing with toys, jumped up and said, "I want to play hide and seek too, Aunt Sun, I will first Hidden!"

Sun Yuping watched the two sisters jumping around looking for a place to hide, and she couldn't help but want to laugh.

At this moment, there is a mirror in front of her, and in the mirror, she can clearly see the movements of the little sisters.

Sun Yuping suddenly felt that this game was very naive, and she wondered if the boss had played such a naive game with her two daughters. If so, the picture would be too beautiful.

…

Unlike most citizens and ordinary people who only pay attention to the things around them, everyone in the municipal party committee and government at this time has a very solemn expression.

Both bosses were angry.

Up to now, the losses that have been counted include personnel, vehicles, water conservancy, houses, passenger transport, bus outages, food losses, consumption costs of various rescues, etc., which add up to an astronomical figure, not to mention heavy rain. It is still raging, and various losses that have not been counted have been growing rapidly. Breaking 100 million is a stable thing, and it depends on the final loss of several hundred million.

This sum of money is enough for the city government to make their hearts hurt.

Liu Changhong and Zhou Wenyi are currently discussing countermeasures together. At this time, both of them have abandoned the issue of their own political differences, put their hearts together, and thought about how to deal with this matter.

If they don't do it well, it will be a disaster for Zicheng.

The rainstorm is a natural disaster, but whether they can take effective measures and deal with the troubles caused by the rainstorm is the test for them.

"According to the feedback from the staff of the meteorological department and from the information from the meteorological satellites, the heavy rain will decrease tonight. At present, the front of the typhoon has moved to the southeast. If there are no other accidents, by the day tomorrow, the The heavy rain will stop, and what we need to focus on now is the follow-up work." Zhou Wenyi told everything he had learned.

Liu Changhong nodded: "I have already received the information, but this heavy rain has started to fall in the daytime yesterday, and the current situation is not optimistic, let alone how to support it until tomorrow."

"What happened to the four reservoirs, but you must not learn from Weicheng. At this time, nothing will happen."

When Zhou Wenyi heard him say this, he nodded heavily: "There must be no accident, otherwise, with the current situation of Qicheng, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Secretary Liu, there is one more thing. I just heard from them that the prices of vegetables in the market are chaotic, and there are a lot of sky-high prices." Zhou Wenyi mentioned this matter casually.

He said: "The people's grievances are boiling, and the grievances are full!"

"Normal, let the industrial and commercial people remember the names first, and when the rain is over, they will settle the accounts together." Liu Changhong thought about his black gauze hat, and he would also eliminate a group of people who were behind him.

"Okay!" Zhou Wenyi nodded, as a reminder for these profiteers who were sitting on the ground and raising prices.

"Let's go, go out to meet everyone, and arrange tasks. We can't just sit here, we have to go to the scene to see." Liu Changhong got up first and walked out.

Zhou Wenyi also followed, and they were going to take a look outside to appease the people.

On this occasion, what is the matter with the two principals of Qicheng just hiding in the office?

When they were going out, Cheng Wanli, Liu Changhong's secretary, hurriedly gave the TV station a glimpse. Without going into details, the TV station understood what it meant and hurriedly sent someone to follow up and report.

The positive image of the leader must be quickly publicized. If it cannot keep up with the rhythm, it is a matter of attitude.

Not long after, a bus departed from the Municipal Party Committee. Liu Changhong and Zhou Wenyi were both on the bus. Don't take your own car at this time, or you won't know how they got stuck in the water.

Behind the bus, a pickup truck with the words Qicheng TV on it slowly followed. They were the staff assigned by the TV station to follow and report.

It's not easy!

The bus moved slowly in the stagnant water, and the sound of water waves hitting the body could be heard from time to time. This day was doomed to be unsettled.

…

When it was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon when he got off work, Xia Zekai saw that all the workshops in the factory were powered off, and the buses had left. Only the security guards were left in the company. He encouraged the security guards a few words before getting on the bus. Go outside.

"Boss, let's go back to the community?"

"Don't go back first, go to the Ford 4S store to see if there is a car, I'm going to buy a Raptor." Xia Zekai said.

He wanted to buy it a long time ago.

When he and his wife were still living in Qiyun Garden Community, they went out for a walk after dinner and saw a Ford Raptor F150 parked in front of the Ford 4S store. He was moved and said This is a man's toy.

Xia Zekai remembered clearly that his wife asked him if he wanted to buy it.

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He said to his wife Luo Xiyun at the time, 'This thing is just looking bluffing, not practical. ’

In fact, he really wanted to buy it at that time, but at that time, he only had a few hundred thousand in his hand, let alone not enough money for the car.

But it's different now. When it started to rain heavily yesterday, and there was water on the ground, he realized that his Mulsanne was only weak in the face of such heavy rain, and he thought of buying a Raptor. .

That kind of full-size pickup looks a lot taller than other cars, and it makes me feel like thinking about it.

"Raptor!" Wang Yi heard it, and without saying a word, he drove Xia Zekai towards the Ford 4S store.

There is a Ford 4S store five or six kilometers away from their company. It is not very far away. On the way past, Xia Zekai did not forget to call his wife to say.

Luo Xiyun also complained about him: "You have to buy it today, you can't do it another day."

Xia Zekai said, "I'll be back in a while."

Luo Xiyun doesn't care about him, just let him toss.

About 20 minutes later, when I arrived at the Ford 4S store near the north expressway intersection, it was still not off work.

I saw a Porsche Paramila coming in. At the door of the 4S store stood a saleswoman who was in her thirties. She saw this point and the people who came here in this weather were most likely to buy a car. If you want to maintain and repair it, you must go to the Porsche 4S center.

After Xia Zekai and the others got out of the car, the female salesperson immediately stepped up to meet her, and a young male salesperson behind her glanced reluctantly.

He also realized that the guests who came to the door at this time must have a clear purpose.

"Sir, what can I do for you?" the saleswoman asked with a cheerful smile on her face.

Xia Zekai had no ink, and asked directly, "Do you have any Raptors in your store? If so, I'll pick one up."

"..." The saleswoman was dumbfounded. This was probably the fastest time she had been in selling cars for so many years.

The next moment, the female salesperson reacted, and she nodded quickly: "Yes, we have the new 6.2LSVTRaptouperCrew that just went on sale in June this year, V8 engine, 417 horsepower."

"How much is the full amount to pick up the car?" Xia Zekai asked her.

The saleswoman was stunned at the time. Before she could finish her introduction, she started asking about the price?

But she responded quickly and said quickly, "Sir, we have a guide price of 728,000 yuan from the manufacturer, and about 820,000 yuan for the floor stand."

Xia Zekai nodded and asked her, "Is there an existing car? If I pick up the car now, can I do it?"

"I have to rush home for dinner, so don't waste time."

He urged, and no matter how the tone of voice sounded, it made people feel that he was rude.

There was a proper copper stench, but the saleswoman felt at ease when she heard it. She had sold the car for so many years, but she had never met such a refreshing customer.

It's not that he hasn't met rich clients before, but the richer people are, the more critical they are sometimes, but the young rich man in front of him is obviously different from the older rich people.

"Sir, we have existing cars in our store," the other party said.

Xia Zekai was very satisfied when he heard it. He said, "Okay, you can ask your manager how much you can give me the maximum discount for the full payment. I'm very busy, let's not waste time."

When the saleswoman went to ask the manager, the others wanted to go up and talk, but what was the use.

Half an hour later, Xia Zekai paid the money and signed a contract with the Ford 4S store. Due to the influence of the weather and 22:14:38 on April 13, 2022, the rest of the procedures are going to be done at another time.

As he himself said, he was in a hurry to get home for dinner.

After going in for more than half an hour, a Porsche Paramila came in, and when I came out, I saw a pure black Raptor F150 headed, and Paramila followed obediently behind like a little brother.

The heavy rain was still falling, but the amount of rain was obviously much smaller. Xia Zekai was a little excited and drove the big guy towards Ziyu Garden Villa in person.

The accumulation of water that can reach an adult's knee has already affected ordinary family cars, but it has no effect on the Raptor at all. When it hits a place where there is no car, Xia Zekai directly stepped on the accelerator, and the Raptor's speed did not decrease at all. rushes ahead.

417 horsepower, maximum torque of 588N.m, all-wheel drive, this is not a cover, the current road conditions are trivial for it.

When a car passed by it, Xia Zekai looked down at the short and worthless car next to him, and he felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

"Sure enough, this is the big toy a man should have." Xia Zekai thought to himself.

Wang Yi was sitting in the co-pilot, and he was the one who was worried. Since he started the profession as a bodyguard, he should be the first bodyguard to sit in the co-pilot and enjoy the boss being the driver.

But he can also understand the boss's mood at the moment, let alone the boss, even he is impatient to get started, but he can't grab the car with the boss.

…

The black bird of prey entered the Ziyu Garden villa area unimpeded. When Xia Zekai drove the car into the courtyard of the villa in one breath, the family and Sun Yuping in the house heard the roar of the engine outside, and they came out curiously. Look, I saw that big guy.

The girl and Tongtong saw this big guy in the villa, they were so happy, they jumped and vented their excitement.

"Dad, this new car is so big, I like it very much." Tong Tong said excitedly, jumping on his feet.

The two of them liked new things very much, especially the Raptor, which looked tall and mighty, and attracted enough attention.

Not to mention the two children, when Xia Weicheng saw this car, he immediately fell in love with it.

"And such a big car?" he asked.

Xia Zekai said with a smile: "Dad, there is a bigger car than this, but it's not very convenient to drive."

Luo Xiyun knew what Xia Zekai was doing, but she looked at this full-size pickup truck and said a little sourly: "Hmph, what are you so poor, come over to eat quickly."

"Hey, it's here." Xia Zekai responded, pulling a long tone as if singing a Peking Opera, and entered the room.

Luo Xiyun remembered something, and she asked, "Zekai, where is my car?"

"You drove my car away in the morning, and now you won't be throwing my car out!"

"Daughter-in-law, how is that possible? Wu Jialei and the others are driving behind." Xia Zekai said.

In this environment, neither the Porsche Paramella nor the Raptor could compare, and Xia Zekai was dumped a few blocks on the road.

After a while, Wu Jialei, Liu Changzheng, and Peng Guodong came back in Paramila.

When Wu Jialei parked Paramila next to the Raptor, everyone could intuitively see the gap between the two cars. It was really not a little bit.

Whether it is the length of the car, or the height and width of the car, Paramila is like a little brother.

"Why did you buy this?" Luo Xiyun asked him curiously.

Xia Zekai said: "It's beautiful, the more you look at it, the more pleasing it is. Don't you think it's very handsome."

Seeing Luo Xiyun's apparent disbelief, he continued: "Daughter-in-law, I'll tell you the truth, I wanted to buy it a few years ago, but at that time I was tight and didn't have much spare money."

"How much is it!" Xia Weicheng asked casually.

Hearing his father's questioning, Xia Zekai said, "Dad, it's not much, it's about 800,000 yuan."

The 4S store actually wanted to charge Xia Zekai an extra fee, that is, to ask him to add money. This made Xia Zekai disgusting, so he put down a sentence: "I won't buy it if I add a penny more."

This car is particularly difficult to sell. One is that the car is too big, and it is definitely inconvenient to drive normally.

Another price is not low, and the fuel consumption is high, with an average of 18 fuels. If it is pure inferior, no one knows how many fuels can be driven.

People often say that I can afford a car, but I can't afford it.

Sometimes it really sucks!

Xia Weicheng nodded when he heard his son's price: "It's really not expensive. If you go out to pull some things, the bucket will have more space and be more convenient."

"Dad, you can see it too, how about it, I'll get another one for you?" Xia Zekai said with a smile.

Xia Weicheng was moved, but Zhou Yinghong scolded directly: "Zekai, don't buy it blindly, your dad only needs to have that car. No matter how good the car is, it will be wasted."

"..." Xia Zekai stopped talking, is this referring to his father? It's really not very insulting, but extremely lethal! .

The girl and Tongtong also shouted that they wanted to sit in the new car for a while and play, but it was still raining outside, so what were you going to do?

Unconsciously, it was more than ten o'clock in the evening, and the little sisters fell asleep.

Grandpa and parents also fell asleep on the first floor.

Sun Yuping was still in the room where she slept last night.

Thinking about what she saw and heard today, she silently told herself that she must work hard, strive to earn more money, and achieve the life she wants.

In the bedroom on the third floor, Xia Zekai and Luo Xiyun snuggled together, listening to the rushing rain outside, and occasionally the sound of muffled thunder rolling in from far away.

Luo Xiyun worriedly stretched out a finger and drew circles on Xia Zekai's chest, she said, "Zekai, when will the rain stop, it has been raining for two days and two nights, and the house is damp. Yes, I feel very uncomfortable."

"It should be soon. You didn't notice that the rainfall was much smaller than it was at the beginning. I guess it will be almost the same tomorrow. At worst, it will definitely stop the day after tomorrow." Xia Zekai was actually not sure, he was just guessing.

But Luo Xiyun believed it, and she said, "I hope so!"

"Zekai, I read the news today and said that the heavy rain formed a torrent, which destroyed the houses and schools in the mountains, and many people were displaced. It's miserable." Luo Xiyun thought of the news she saw today, and she was a little sad.

Xia Zekai thought to himself that you are looking quite wide.

He said: "This is something that can't be helped. No one wants this kind of thing to happen, but the mountains are too far away, and there is already the danger of flash floods and mudslides. Even if we help each other, we can't help."

"Just you are smart, everyone else is stupid!" Luo Xiyun threw him a blank eye.

But Xia Zekai felt a little irritated when he looked at the looming peaks in his wife's flickering clothes.

"Daughter-in-law, the bed in this room is too small. Our family of four is on this bed. It's a bit crowded. We might as well change rooms and leave this room to the sisters," Xia Zekai said.

Luo Xiyun saw through his filth at a glance, broke free from Xia Zekai's arms, slipped down, and said, "I'm sleepy, go to bed first, if you want to go, go by yourself."

"Bear girls, you are as good as monkeys." Xia Zekai muttered.

When he woke up the next morning, Xia Zekai opened his eyes and heard the sound of the rain in his ears becoming quieter. He suspected that he had heard it wrong at first, but he walked to the window sill wearing slippers and opened the curtains on the window sill. .

A beam of light came in from the outside, bringing light to the slightly dark house.

The rainfall visible to the naked eye is indeed small, but the water on the ground has not decreased at all, and it will take a while to flow.

"Zekai, is the rain about to stop? Why can't I hear the rain?" Luo Xiyun asked him.

Xia Zekai also had a smile on his face. He said, "It's about to stop. Seeing this, it's great to be able to stop today."

"That's right, wake them up quickly and let them hurry down to eat. I have to visit the company later." Luo Xiyun said.