Chapter 744

The old woman didn't know what to say anymore, she just shed tears and nodded.

Su Xinghui said, "Auntie, then you bask in the sun here first, I'll go see other families, tonight, you should be able to live in a safe house."

The old woman nodded and agreed. Su Xinghui then went to the next family with Liu Yongjun and Peng Yuwen. They looked at more than a dozen dangerous houses in a row. These dangerous houses were all homes of families with relatively difficult economic conditions. They were unable to renovate their houses, so after their houses were soaked by water, they all appeared to be in danger.

After looking at these dangerous houses, Su Xinghui went to the village committee and found village cadres such as Peng Siping.

Su Xinghui went straight to the point and said to Peng Siping, "Director Peng, there are so many dangerous houses in your village. I hope your village committee can organize to repair these dangerous houses to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people. During the repair period, you must also find a safe place for them to live."

Peng Siping said, "The village is also investigating and registering the disaster situation of the whole village, preparing to report to the town government and apply for disaster relief subsidies."

Su Xinghui nodded, "Okay, you report the investigation and registration situation to the town government as soon as possible, and the town government will implement the disaster relief subsidies as soon as possible."

Peng Siping nodded, "No problem, as long as the disaster relief subsidies are in place, the village can organize manpower to renovate their dangerous houses."

Su Xinghui added, "Also, I found that there are some 'five-guarantee' households in the village whose houses not only appeared to be in danger, but their bodies are also quite bad. I think your village should help them treat their illnesses. Especially the old woman Liu Xiulan, she has rheumatism, and it is very difficult to take care of herself. The village should help her treat it as soon as possible, and should send someone to take care of her daily life."

Liu Xiulan was Peng Yu'an's cousin-in-law.

Peng Siping immediately started complaining, "Town Mayor, the financial situation of the village is like this. The 'five-guarantee' funds allocated by the county are limited. It's good enough to provide the 'five-guarantee' households with enough food and clothing. Where is the money to help them treat their illnesses? Her rheumatism is a chronic disease, a bottomless pit. No amount of money can cure it. How can we help her treat it?"

Su Xinghui's face became serious, "Comrade Peng Siping, I found that you don't care enough about the 'five-guarantee' households on a daily basis, right? If you could improve their living conditions earlier, I think their rheumatism wouldn't be so serious, right? Now you say you have no money to help her treat it?"

Su Xinghui's words were correct. If Liu Xiulan's house wasn't so dark and damp, her rheumatism couldn't be so serious. This matter was purely caused by the inaction of the Xiaohu Village committee.

Originally, Su Xinghui didn't want to bring up old accounts about the past, but Peng Siping actually had the face to complain in front of him, so Su Xinghui had to bring up this old account.

Peng Siping had a bitter face, but he had nothing to say. This matter was of course the fault of their village committee. Just take Liu Xiulan's house, the terrain of her house was relatively low, so it was naturally easy to be dark and damp. In fact, as long as they got some soil and padded the ground higher, and it didn't accumulate water when it rained, it wouldn't be so damp.

If the village committee could often send people to help Liu Xiulan's family dry their bedding and clean up, Liu Xiulan's rheumatism would definitely not be so serious.

However, Peng Siping still felt a bit wronged. Which village's 'five-guarantee' households weren't like this? Even a bedridden patient for a long time has no filial son. Everyone has no relatives or reason to be with Liu Xiulan. Who is willing to care about her every day? Being able to send rice, oil, and clothes on time is already quite good. And help her treat her illness? Wouldn't that be too good for her?

Peng Siping felt that Su Xinghui was a bit pretentious. Just a few 'five-guarantee' households, why be so serious? But of course he didn't dare to say it directly to Su Xinghui, so he could only have a bitter face.

Seeing that Peng Siping didn't speak, Su Xinghui said to Peng Siping, "Why, Peng Siping, do you have any resistance?"

Peng Siping quickly said, "No, no."

Su Xinghui slowed down his tone and said, "Comrade Peng Siping, 'five-guarantee' households are also the common people under your governance. Your village committee has the responsibility to let every common person live a dignified life and a quality life. If you let them live like this, what is the difference from dying?"

Peng Siping slandered, pretentious, just too pretentious. Do 'five-guarantee' households also need to live? Isn't it enough to be alive? And a dignified and quality life, these are all words said by bookworms.

However, Peng Siping still nodded in agreement.

Su Xinghui asked, "Then can your village committee handle this matter well?"

Peng Siping nodded, "We will try our best!"

Seeing that Peng Siping's mood was not high, Su Xinghui didn't force him anymore, so he stood up and said, "Comrade Peng Siping, then you report the disaster situation of the village as soon as possible, and I will go to other villages to see the situation first."

Peng Siping quickly nodded, "Okay, Town Mayor Su, I will investigate the disaster situation as soon as possible."

Su Xinghui spent a few days looking at the disaster situation of the whole town. After reading it, his mood was very heavy. The disaster situation in Pengjiawan Town this time was relatively serious, with at least more than 100 dangerous houses and nearly 100,000 mu of rice fields affected.

With such a large disaster area, the sharp decline in the town's grain production this year has almost become a foregone conclusion. Although some remedial measures can be taken in the later stage, these remedial measures can only be a remedy and cannot completely recover the losses.

Moreover, these dangerous houses also need to be repaired, and other losses of the disaster-stricken people also need to be subsidized. The pressure on the town this year will be great again.

In the final analysis, we must develop the economy. Only when the economy is developed and the infrastructure is perfect can we have enough ability to resist natural disasters, and the common people will not be impoverished because of a natural disaster.

These days, the village committees of various villages are investigating and registering the disaster situation in the villages. However, the weather has been very good, with sunny days for more than a week, and the Changjiang water level has also dropped to a relatively safe water level. Farmers are busy draining and drying the fields.

Although the loss of grain production this year has become a foregone conclusion, as long as the farmers can recover some losses, they will still do their best.

Several professors and students from Jiangcheng Agricultural University also made great efforts to guide farmers in various villages on how to recover the losses of natural disasters and try to increase production.

It is now late July, and the continuous sunny weather for many days has also made the temperature higher and higher, gradually entering the hot summer. For several days in a row, the temperature has been above 38 degrees. However, the farmers are not afraid of the heat at all. They are now wishing for a few more sunny days, as the fields have not been dried well yet.

Perhaps if it is sunny for one more day, when it comes to harvesting, one mu of land can harvest a few more jin of rice.

However, this continuous high temperature and hot summer is a very severe test for the personnel guarding the flood on the embankment. With continuous high temperatures above 38 degrees, even if you blow an electric fan at home, you can't stand it, let alone on the embankment, under the big sun?

The flood prevention duty personnel work in four shifts a day, of which the shifts from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM are a bit easier, and the shifts from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM and 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM are the most difficult to endure.

The afternoon shift is the time with the highest temperature of the day, and the shift in the middle of the night is not allowed to sleep, and there are many mosquitoes. When patrolling the embankment under the embankment to prevent piping, because of the fear of snakes in the grass, you have to wear high-top rain boots and long pants. That stuffiness is unbearable, let alone mention it.

Su Xinghui gave a death order to the logistics support personnel to boil more mung bean soup to ensure the supply of heatstroke prevention and cooling as well as mosquito and snake prevention supplies for the embankment guards. They must not get heatstroke, and they must not be bitten by snakes.

At this time, the medicines donated by the Quanji Pharmaceutical Factory played a huge role. Of course, the batch of mineral water donated by the Yongfeng Beverage Factory also played a huge role, at least allowing the flood prevention personnel to drink clean and hygienic water.

Su Xinghui also often went to the embankment during this period. He was anxious when it rained, and he was equally anxious when it was hot. If the flood prevention personnel fell ill, that was not what he wanted to see.

In addition, Su Xinghui also issued an order to the town health and epidemic prevention station, asking them to do a good job in health and epidemic prevention after the flood.

During the flood, drinking water sources or water supply systems were seriously polluted or destroyed. After the accumulated water receded, the decay of animal and plant bodies, the existence of large and small water bodies, etc., caused the massive breeding of flies and mosquitoes. Therefore, seriously doing a good job in disinfection and the control of vector organisms after the flood is one of the important health and epidemic prevention measures to prevent the occurrence of a major epidemic after the disaster.

Due to the continuous high temperature after this flood, the decay speed of animal and plant bodies accelerated, so the possibility of a major epidemic also greatly increased. This requires health and epidemic prevention departments to timely dispose of animal carcasses, clear accumulated water, disinfect drinking water sources, strengthen supervision of food hygiene, and prevent mosquito breeding. These are all the work of health and epidemic prevention departments.