Chapter 741

Soon, the Shangjun County Party Committee sent a new deputy town mayor to Pengjiawanzhen, named Li Yongjin. He was the former deputy section chief of the county highway section. After he was transferred to Pengjiawanzhen, Su Xinghui still handed over the work of political and legal affairs, fire fighting, and water conservancy to him.

Li Yongjin was a cadre who had worked his way up from the grassroots level. He had a strong spirit of practical work and strong organizational ability. As soon as he took office, he quickly entered his role and threw himself into the intense flood fighting and rescue work.

In mid-July, the rain that had been falling for half a month finally stopped, and the water level of the Changjiang River was slowly dropping, which made the flood prevention situation much better, no longer as urgent as it had been in the previous period.

More than half of the people on the Pengjiawanzhen embankment section were withdrawn, leaving only a small half to continue guarding the embankment, because the end of the flood season was still far away, at least another month or more, and now was not the time to slack off.

However, Su Xinghui knew that there shouldn't be any too critical moments in this year's flood season. He also returned to the town government and had a good sleep. This sleep lasted from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM the next day, a full twelve hours, without waking up.

He had been too tired during this period. For nearly half a month, he slept at most five hours a day, and every day he carried sandbags on the embankment for at least half a day. He ran fast, and every day he carried at least one or two sandbags. What a huge amount of labor that was!

Fortunately, he was young and had practiced martial arts for a long time, so he had good endurance and recovered quickly. Therefore, after a sleep, he recovered.

After the Changjiang water level dropped, Su Xinghui mainly handed over the work on the embankment to Li Yongjin, and he went to various villages to busy himself with disaster relief.

Although the main embankment of the Changjiang River did not breach, the rain had been falling for so long that the waterlogging in various parts of Pengjiawanzhen was very serious, which also had a great impact on rice production. The disaster situation was still relatively serious. As the town mayor, Su Xinghui naturally had to go to the villages to check the disaster relief situation.

Pengjiawanzhen was by the Changjiang River, and the terrain was low. Many lands were obtained by filling lakes and ponds, so the terrain was even lower. Moreover, the number of ponds and lakes for water storage had decreased. During the flood season, the water level of the Changjiang River was already high, so the accumulated water from waterlogging could not be discharged into the Changjiang River by opening the sluice gates, so the waterlogging was naturally serious.

Su Xinghui's first stop was to take Liu Yongjun to Xiaohu Village. Xiaohu Village originally had several lakes. After liberation, there was a great movement of enclosing lakes to create farmland in this area, and most of the lakes and ponds were filled in. The waterlogging situation here was also one of the most serious villages in Pengjiawanzhen.

Along the way, Su Xinghui saw that the ditches by the road were almost full and were about to overflow. More than half of the rice in the fields was also submerged by water. However, it could be seen that the rice had already tillered and should have been dried in the fields long ago, but the water couldn't be drained, so how could they dry the fields?

When the car drove to Xiaohu Village, Su Xinghui saw Uncle Peng Yuwen standing blankly by his own field. He stopped the car, got out, and said to Peng Yuwen, "Uncle Peng, are you looking at the crops? How is the situation?"

Peng Yuwen turned his head and saw Su Xinghui. He sighed and said, "Sigh, Town Mayor, this is God not giving us food to eat. If this continues, the rice will almost rot at the roots."