When the magic flower blooms

If you can escape, the monk cannot escape the temple.

This was the consensus reached by the two participating members at the first family meeting of Jinyu Village.

If you don't do anything, just escape to the city, and when the typhoon is over, you still have to come back to clean up the mess.What's more, there are more than one typhoon in summer, and escaping is not the best choice after all.

"There are still two days left. I will go to the village to find some wooden boards or something to reinforce it. I believe there will be no major problems."

An optimist is always an optimist, and He Tiansi quickly made such a decision.

At the same time he set off to collect materials in the village, Ming Ruoxing also called the General Affairs Office of the Security Bureau, complained to the commissioner in charge of managing security facilities in various places about the poor condition of the safe house in Jinyu Village, and asked for help in repairing it.

Unexpectedly, the other party replied that the application and approval of the maintenance fund needs a rather long process, and it will take one month at the earliest to be approved after submitting it now.Moreover, after being approved, social organizations will be entrusted to conduct bidding. It is estimated that the decoration company will officially enter Jinyu Village, and it will have to wait until the next quarter anyway.

Considering the actual situation, the other party suggested that Ming Ruoxing move his residence to avoid the typhoon, and the additional accommodation costs incurred could be borne by 50% of the Asian Security Bureau.

If the above answers are just making people feel uncomfortable.Then the commissioner's next suggestion really made Ming Ruo into a rage.

"Is there any mistake! He actually said, 'If you have a chance, please help me to record a video of the house being severely damaged by the typhoon. It would be even better if there was a damage process, and the insurance company may need it.'- Then do I still have to Take a video recorder and stand in the typhoon to help him record?!"

After finishing the call with the commissioner, Ming Ruoxing immediately called Wu Fei again, and started complaining straight to the point.

"Xiao Xing, don't worry."

As expected of an all-round elite with qualifications as a psychological counselor, Wu Fei's voice always sounds so steady,

"I will help you care about the maintenance, but there is only one and a half days left before the typhoon center lands, and the impact of the storm will come even earlier. Purchase materials from the headquarters, organize a maintenance team, and rush to eliminate the typhoon before it arrives. All hidden dangers, this is probably unrealistic."

What he said was right, at present, it seems that before the typhoon leaves, everything may only depend on Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi.

-

Once the status quo is confirmed, Ming Ruoxing is no longer confused.He contacted He Tiansi and drove to the village to pick him up.

Fortunately, every household in the village reinforced their houses a few days ago, leaving a lot of planks, nails, sandbags and other windproof supplies.He Tiansi just "begged" from house to house, but managed to scrape together a lot.

In addition, there are a few kind-hearted uncles along the way who want to come to help.However, considering that with the presence of ordinary people, the ability of demihumans cannot be displayed too clearly, Ming Ruoxing still politely declined.

After the sweep was over, the two of them transported all the materials they had found back to the yard, and started a frantic cramming.

All the flowerpots and sundries in the yard were collected into the house, and the lush tree branches near the building were painstakingly sawed off.The transformation of the house itself starts from a high place.The area of ​​the tarpaulin was not enough, so they selectively covered the roof above several key areas such as the two bedrooms and the studio, and fixed it with a nail gun.All windows facing the outside of the house were confirmed to be locked and battened.The outside of the wall was also reinforced in several places, and stakes were laid to help support it.

In the atrium, drainage is also a top priority.The pond had to be salvaged again, and all the drainage pipes blocked by silt were opened.Make sure that excess rainwater does not flood the hallway.

As for the interior, the second floor can no longer take care of it.As for the first floor, due to the unevenness of the wooden floor, they also needed to move all the important materials and daily necessities to a higher place, some of them were packed and waterproofed to deal with the emergency.

With less than 36 hours left, all of this is not known to be fully completed.However, since this plan has been chosen, neither He Tiansi nor Ming Ruoxing will have any complaints or complaints, and achieving the goal is the common goal of the two of them at this moment.

It was around five o'clock in the evening when they started to be busy. At that time, the air was oppressive and humid, but there was no wind, and there was no sound of birdsong or other creatures. It was eeriely quiet.

As the sun was about to set, there were eerie fiery clouds and red and blue radiating lights.

Holding a roll of oilcloth, he easily jumped onto the roof in a way that is almost like flying over the eaves and walls in martial arts novels.Ming Ruoxing saw that He Tiansi was holding a nail gun in his hand, but he was looking up at the colorful sky in the distance.

"When are you still in a daze? You don't want the house anymore?"

He Tiansi's jaw moved, he should have regained his senses, but he still looked into the distance.

"I'm thinking... If the house really collapses, I have no other choice. I have to go out and find something to do."

"What are you going out for?"

"I don't seem to have any special skills, but I don't want to do something that everyone can do."

Having said that, He Tiansi finally turned his head around and gave Ming Ruoxing an extremely rare wry smile.

"You said, you are reluctant to be here but you want to go out, you have no strengths but you want to be different - am I a bit hypocritical?"

"No idea, but a lot of people I know do."

Ming Ruoxing threw the tarpaulin on the roof, and then took the initiative to sit beside He Tiansi.

"Every demihuman is unique. Of course, you also have your own specialties and your own path... But the path is not just imagined. When the time is right, you will find that the previous troubles are actually meaningless."

"The time is right, when is that?"

"Not necessarily, some people can't mature at all, and their whole life just goes by like this."

"Hey!" He Tiansi bumped Ming Ruoxing lightly with his arm, "You seem to be comforting me!"

"Who said I'm going to comfort you? If you have time to spare, spread the oilcloth quickly. If the house really collapses, I'll see how you cry."

After saying this, Ming Ruoxing stood up again.With light steps, he first jumped onto the side tree trunk, and then jumped back to the ground in two or three steps.

He Tiansi poked his head out from the roof and shouted at him: "I will do it!"

"Do what?"

"I will mature quickly and show you, I will not live my whole life in a daze!"

"...Speaking is better than singing. If you can't do it, I'll wait to see your jokes."

Although he was still uttering unrelenting sarcastic remarks, the brilliant fire clouds reflected on Ming Ruoxing's face and pupils, for a moment, it even made him look extraordinarily radiant.

-

time does not wait.That night, the two of them completely gave up on sleep and spent the whole night doing windproof reinforcement work for the old house.

At about three o'clock in the middle of the night, the wind picked up and the rain followed.It is the kind of intermittent, dense and rapid light rain.Like a messenger coming from the south, he hurriedly announced that the army was about to overwhelm the border.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the sky was still only dim, and thick clouds had already piled up over Jinyu Village.The rain started to get heavier and showed no signs of letting up.The weather forecast said that the nearby area officially began to enter the typhoon's influence area.

The outdoor reinforcement work has all been completed, and Ming Ruoxing temporarily parked his car in an unused indoor garage in the village.He Tiansi grabbed Boss Bai and carried him into the room.

Because of the low ground, porches and vestibules are almost certain to be hardest hit.The dining room kitchen and the two bedrooms face each other across an atrium. If it is raining heavily, it may not be easy to walk through the corridor.

After a simple trade-off, the two and one cat decided to choose the living room as the place for the next 24 hours.After all, there are food and cat food stocks in the refrigerator and pantry, and the newly purchased table can serve as a temporary "shelter".

Even with the worst plan, the room on the second floor above the living room has been vacated, and even if it collapses, the weight will be much lighter than other places.

At eleven o'clock at noon, the indoor and outdoor emergency reinforcement work had been basically completed. It happened that another wave of wind and rain had just passed, and the condition of the house seemed to be fine.

Before the most tense moment came, the bedding was spread out on the floor, and the two people who had been busy all night just fell asleep carelessly.

However, this sleep was not solid-only a few hours later, they were awakened by a loud noise.

Ming Ruoxing walked to the window and looked out through the gap between the wooden boards.He was shocked to find that a medium-sized silk tree in the yard had been blown down, knocking down a section of the courtyard wall.

"This... is more serious than we thought."

He Tiansi also leaned over to take a look, and then took a deep breath, "I said, let's stay...it should be right?"

"I don't know, it's too late to say anything now anyway."

Ming Ruoxing still maintained his composure, and of course only he knew that this composure was just a bluff.

The time displayed on the mobile phone is four o'clock in the afternoon, but the sky is already close to six or seven o'clock in the evening.The dark clouds were so dense that they seemed to be squeezed from the sky, and they were flowing quickly, like a river hanging upside down in the sky, falling down under the force of gravity.

"What's going on..." He Tiansi rubbed his ears, "I've been feeling stuffy since just now, and the sound I heard seems to be quieter than before."

"It's a change in ear pressure, and Asians are more sensitive." Ming Ruoxing handed He Tiansi a piece of chewing gum, "This means that the typhoon has come."

Maybe the strong wind damaged the power equipment that had just been upgraded.Half an hour later, the whole house was plunged into darkness.Fortunately, they were well prepared, and immediately turned on the flashlights and began to inspect the situation of the house so far.

Hugging Buddha's feet temporarily seems to be somewhat useful.At least it doesn't look like the house is leaking.Most of the rooms on the second floor are kept dry, the outer walls have no water seepage, and the water in the atrium garden is also falling quite quickly, which poses no threat to the corridor.

The only slightly worrying thing was that there was already two or three square meters of accumulated water in the small depression outside the porch, and if it continued to expand, the goldfish in the pond could swim directly to the door.

Worrying is nothing but worrying, but there is no remedial measure so far. It is better to adjust your mentality and enjoy a rare dinner in the miserable wind and rain.

Ming Ruoxing lit a candle on the table and filled Boss Bai's rice bowl with cat food.He Tiansi brought out the fruit of his labor in the past 5 minutes - two bowls of instant noodles with an egg added.

The two sat together face to face and started the first candlelight dinner in their lives.

There is no electricity, and the mobile phone can't browse the web at will in order to save power, and can only focus on each other.This atmosphere seems a bit ambiguous - Ming Ruoxing was just thinking about it when he saw He Tiansi took a sip of instant noodles and raised his head.

"I said, it should be a good time to tell ghost stories, right? How about we talk about a few?"

"I'm not interested." Ming Ruoxing called him an idiot in his heart, "If you want to say it, you say it."

"I don't even remember those things."

He Tiansi poked his head to express his helplessness, but he still tried very hard to think about it, and he really found one after searching.

"...Then let me tell you about the ghost story that happened in Jinyu Village."