Mu Hanxia turned on the lamp, but it didn't turn on. She just found out that the power went out. Went into the bathroom to wash up, but the water was cut off.
She left the room and went to the hotel desk. There have been many guests gathered there, all talking about the rain and the power outage. The proprietress was not there, only a little girl was behind the bar.
"It's raining really hard. Didn't the weather forecast say no rain? When will it stop?" a guest asked.
The girl replied: "I don't know. The weather in the mountains, I can't tell." She looked quite calm, as if she was used to this kind of situation.
Another guest asked: "When will the water and electricity be cut off?"
"It's hard to say, we have water and power outages here at every turn."
Since it is the top of the mountain, what the girl said must be the truth. Everyone gathered here again and chatted for a while. Another customer came back from outside with news that several nearby restaurants had run out of food—because of power outages. Just bought a few tea eggs, and they are now sold out. Fortunately, there is also a coal stove in the hotel kitchen, which can supply a small amount of hot water. So many guests bought a few boxes of instant noodles at the service desk and took them back to their rooms.
The service desk is made of wooden planks, facing the green hills, and is a glass dome. Some guests went back to their rooms to rest, and they definitely couldn't go out to play today. Mu Hanxia stayed here, looking at the rain. It was raining so fast that the mountains on the opposite side could not be seen clearly. The clear and slow river that separates the two mountains from yesterday, the water flow suddenly swelled a lot overnight, becoming turbulent and turbid. From time to time, clothes and wooden boards can be seen floating in the river. This made Mu Hanxia a little worried, because it meant that something might have happened to the upper class.
After a while, the lady boss came back. Wearing a thick raincoat, high boots, covered in mud, all wet hair. Mu Hanxia and several other guests gathered around and asked, "Boss, how's it going?"
The proprietress' face was calm, but her tone was also a little anxious: "I just went down the mountain. I was in another store at the foot of the mountain, and my things were basically washed away."
Everyone was surprised, they didn't expect the disaster to be so serious. Mu Hanxia asked, "Is the loss great? Are the personnel safe?"
The proprietress smiled bitterly: "The loss must be big, and it's all for nothing this year. My waiters and guests are all right."
She simply said what happened. It turned out that it rained until three or four o'clock last night, and the proprietress felt that something was wrong. With experience, she went down the mountain overnight, and the waiters woke up the sleeping guests one by one and asked them to come to a higher place. As a result, not long after they left, the customers were settled, and the store was swept away by the flood.
"That group of guests came on a tour group." The proprietress said bitterly, "At first, she refused to leave, and insisted that I refund the money for today's breakfast. I really... Where can I bring money in the middle of the night."
The crowd was in an uproar. Mu Hanxia said indifferently, "I really can't figure it out." The proprietress nodded at her.
However, the proprietress also brought three other news.
First, according to the old man living in Miao Village, this is a rainstorm that has not been seen in 60 years.
Second, there is another store at the foot of the mountain. It is said that a person was swept away by the flood in the middle of the night yesterday.
The third is that the road leading to the mountain has collapsed and has been closed. When it will be available, I don't know.
Mu Hanxia chatted with them here again for a while, bought a box of instant noodles and went back to the room. Tasteless, eat whatever you want. The rain didn't seem to be decreasing at all. This is the first time that Mu Hanxia has encountered such a natural disaster. Now that the water and electricity are cut off, the mobile phone has no signal, and he is trapped on the mountain and can't get out. However, the terrain here is high and relatively safe. She wasn't too flustered, but when she remembered the agreement with Lin Mochen, she was always a little uneasy. I was afraid that he would be worried, and I didn't know whether he had arrived in Guizhou or whether he had planned to enter the mountains.
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It was raining heavily, and Lin Mochen sat in the car, looking at the police line in front of him and several blocked cars. He took out his mobile phone and continued to search for news related to the disaster.
"A once-in-a-60-year torrential rain..."
"Hundreds of tourists are stranded in the scenic spot..." The school flower's personal expert "There are no casualties yet."
On the Internet, there are still some photos of road collapses and buildings being washed away.
After a while, the door of the car opened, and there was a sound of rain. Sun Zhi took his umbrella and sat in, saying, "I've asked clearly, the road here is a county road, and it often collapses, so it won't work if it rains a little. This time the rain is too heavy. It has collapsed in a lot of places, so the road is blocked. But the troops went in to repair it this morning. The response is still very fast, and it can be repaired this afternoon as soon as possible. But I can't say for sure. The situation should be fine. "
Lin Mochen nodded: "It's hard work." Sun Zhi smiled: "What are you talking about?"
This time Lin Mochen came over, and Sun Zhi heard that the scenery of Miao Village was good, so Ben also brought his whole family to travel. Unexpectedly, he encountered a natural disaster, so he left his family in the hotel and accompanied Lin Mochen to pick up Mu Hanxia.
Their car is still the Cayenne that the driver made a special trip to drive from Beijing. Lin Mochen had his own thoughts. He originally planned to return to Lin City instead of Beijing after picking up Mu Hanxia. The piece of land that was first acquired in Lin City, the northwest corner with the best scenery, has been building a villa for him and her.
This trip back, first get the certificate. He didn't want to procrastinate more than a day.
The two men just sat in the car, listening to the rain outside. After a while, Sun Zhi called his family, smiled and comforted them that it was all right. And Lin Mochen called Mu Hanxia's cell phone for the twentieth time, but the signal still couldn't be reached.
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In the afternoon, the rain finally subsided, and only a drizzle remained. This is undoubtedly a good sign. Mu Hanxia went to the service desk again, and there were several other guests. But the proprietress said that according to the news from the bottom of the mountain, the road was still not repaired. And the passenger bus station has gathered a lot of tourists waiting, but the bus has not yet come in.
Mu Hanxia took out his mobile phone, but there was still no signal.
At this time, a young couple next to her said to her: "We just went to the platform on the top of the mountain. There are some places where the mobile phone is raised high, and there is a signal."
The two of them also came from Beijing, so Mu Hanxia had chatted with them a few times before. She thanked her, took her umbrella, and left the hotel.
Along the muddy path, Mu Hanxia kept walking towards a higher position. The shops on the roadside were all closed, and there were also some other trapped tourists wandering on the road. When Mu Hanxia walked to the highest platform, he found a lot of people gathered here, all looking down at the situation below.
"Look, that hotel is flooded by flash floods," someone shouted.
Mu Hanxia raised his head and saw a house on the side of another mountain next to it. It was almost surrounded by mud and stones. Although it wouldn't collapse, the rolling torrent was flowing out of the house. The location of that house was not much lower than the hotel where Mu Hanxia stayed. Only then did she realize that even at a high place, the house was built against the mountain, and if the mountain behind it was unstable, there was a possibility of landslides.
This made her even more uneasy.
The light rain kept falling, she walked to the pavilion, took out her mobile phone, and held up the search signal. No service, no service, no service all the time.
She changed positions again and continued to lift. Who knew that at this moment, the phone suddenly rang. When she saw it, it was Lin Mochen who was calling! Her heart shrank, and she was surprised, and quickly picked up: "Hello?"
The phone has been silent.
"Hello? Hello?"
The communication was on, but she couldn't hear him, and she didn't know if he could hear her.
"Lin Mochen, I'm fine. Don't worry when you're outside, don't come into the mountains. I'll come out when the road is clear..." Before the words were finished, the communication was interrupted.
Mu Hanxia looked at the phone, held it up and called again. However, this time, no matter what the signal is, it is impossible to dial out at all. She lingered on the top of the mountain for a while and had to go back to the hotel.
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"The road is open!"
In the evening, Mu Hanxia got the news. At this time, the rain had basically stopped, and some of the hotel guests were in a hurry and walked out with their luggage.
"Where is your car parked?" someone chatted.
"Just in the parking lot near the top of the mountain."
"Me too, let's go."
Soon the guests were halfway gone, and some people were hesitant to wait and see, constantly consulting with the proprietress.
"Is it dangerous to go now?" Mu Hanxia asked.
The proprietress replied: "It's hard to say. But the road is open, and the situation should be stable. But no one can say with 100% certainty about this kind of thing."
Mu Hanxia nodded in understanding, and then asked, "Will things be better if we leave tomorrow?"
The lady boss is still not sure.
"Because you have also seen it, the weather in the mountains is uncertain. Now the rain has stopped and the road is cleared. But whether it will rain tonight or tomorrow, I don't know yet."
"In other words, if it rains again, the road may be closed again?" someone asked.
The lady boss nodded.
At this time, the young couple who had chatted with Mu Hanxia before came out dragging their luggage. The woman asked Mu Hanxia enthusiastically, "Did you come by car or by car? Would you like to come with us?"
Mu Hanxia thought that if he stayed for one more day and couldn't get in touch with Lin Mochen, I was afraid that he would venture into the mountains. And now that the road is clear and you can go out, the road may not be clear tomorrow, and the situation will not necessarily get better, maybe even worse. Sure enough, she said, "I'm not driving, can you take me out?"
The couple agreed, and Mu Hanxia immediately packed up and left with them.
Twilight shrouded Miao Village a little bit. The couple was driving a hatchback Chevrolet, and from the narrow road at the top of the mountain, it began to circle down. The wetness after the rain came to the face, and the mood of the three of them at this moment was probably completely different from when they entered the mountain. When we came, it was sunny, gentle and comfortable. Now, the water in the river is still muddy, and there are many private cars on the road, driving in the same direction as them. From a distance, you can also see the bus stop at the foot of the mountain, where a bunch of people gather. I don't know when those people will be able to go home.
Slowly, they descended the mountain and began to enter the long winding road. Fortunately, it is the off-season, and they leave later than other tourists, so there are not many cars on the road. However, along the way, many landslide warning signs erected by the armed police have been seen, and piles of mud and rocks have been cleared away on the road.
"Be careful!" the young wife urged.
"I know." The husband replied.
The three did not speak much. Mu Hanxia looked down at his watch, it was not even dark before six o'clock. Even if you go out slowly, you should be able to drive out of the mountains in two hours. When the time comes, I will be able to contact Lin Mochen. He must have already arrived in Guizhou, or even near Miao Village. See him soon.
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"The road is open," said Sun Zhi, "but the weather in the mountains is uncertain. Now that it is open, it is said that the road is fine. If it rains again tomorrow and a landslide occurs, it may be closed again."
Lin Mochen raised his head and saw outside the car that the road was clear. There are far more cars coming out of the opposite lane than going in. They should have just "escaped" from the scenic spot. On the side of the road, several armed police were maintaining order. In front of them, there are several emergency vehicles and an ambulance driving in. Everything seemed smooth and orderly, except that there were hardly any private cars driving in.
"I'm going into the mountains." Lin Mochen said, "You..."
"I'll go with you." Sun Zhi replied.
Lin Mochen nodded and didn't say much. This kind of mountain road, Sun Zhi drove better than him, and drove smoothly into the twilight. Along the way, there was almost only one of their private cars, driving in the wrong direction with all the other vehicles.