Chapter 10 chapter Ten

I am very curious about the dance called "Night Rose" that my senior sister mentioned. Whenever the seniors in the square want to teach new dances, I always pay special attention. Correctly speaking, it is an expectation. I still have the habit of hiding in the shadows when it comes to pas de deux. But the senior sister can always find me, pull me away from the darkness, toward the light, and dance together. "Student, I saw you. Are you still hiding?" "Stop pretending to be dead, junior. Come quickly." "Wow!" Sometimes the senior would sneak up behind me and yell.

Seeing me turn around in embarrassment because of fright, my senior would always giggle. "Unexpected, junior. This is a Greek dance, let's dance together." When I just finished dancing "Courage" in Ameria, due to the balance step (Balance step) required for courage dance The action was more violent, and I accidentally strained my left leg.So I left the square and wanted to walk back to the dormitory to rest. After walking a few steps, looking back, the senior was looking around in a panic, shuttling between the light and darkness of the square. between. In the end, the senior seemed to give up, and sat slumped on the low wall at the edge of the square.

"Sister." I limped a little behind her and called out. She turned her head and smiled nonchalantly, but there was still a hint of sadness in her eyes: "Where are you hiding this time? I can't even find you. " The senior stood up and pulled my right hand: "This is a Malaysian jerk dance. Let's dance together." I gritted my teeth and tried to keep my steps normal. I remember the look of the senior sister looking for me in a panic at that time; I also remember the smile of the senior sister after I suddenly appeared; I even remember The senior sister's eyes were slightly sad; but she couldn't remember the pain of the strained left leg.

Since then, although I still can't generously invite my partner to dance pas de deux, I no longer hide. Because I don't want to see my senior sister's panic and sadness again. I will try to stand at the intersection of light and darkness in the square, staring at the center of the circle. The first time my senior saw me standing between black and white from a distance, she stopped immediately. She looked at me in surprise, paused for a few seconds, and then began to smile. Then a senior came over to invite a dancer, and the senior gently pulled the hem of the skirt with her right hand and bent her knees.

When she walked into the center of the circle, she turned her head and smiled at me. That was the first time I stood outside the circle and watched my senior dance carefully. Senior sister's movements are light and elegant, and the dance steps and beats are perfectly matched, and her face is always hanging. smiling. Later, senior sister no longer has to shuttle between the light and darkness of the square to find me. She just needs to stand where she is and look at me. Do a little searching and you'll see me. When she saw me, she would smile and wave to me. When I walked up to her, all she said was, "Let's dance together."

Of course, sometimes before the senior sister waved to me, someone would approach her and invite her to dance. The senior would agree with a smile, then shrug and stick out her tongue at me. There is only one exception.I remember just finishing a polonaise that time. "Please invite a dance partner!" The senior's voice was still loud. I took only a few steps back and stood still, ready to simply admire the dance steps in the circle. The "Next Dance" senior looked down at the note in his hand, then raised his head and said, "Night Rose." I don't know why, but my subconscious action after hearing it was to walk towards the center of the circle.

In the middle of the night when Typhoon Nali struck, the flood water finally crossed the embankment of the Keelung River and flowed into Taipei. One way ran west along the sixth section of Zhongxiao East Road; the other way rushed south along Keelung Road. The flood soldiers advanced in two ways, and then joined forces at the intersection of Keelung Road and Zhongxiao East Road. At the intersection of the two armies, huge waves rushed out, and the maximum water depth exceeded two meters in an instant. Known as the most prosperous Zhongxiao East Road in Taipei, it became the Zhongxiao River overnight.

The underground MRT along Zhongxiao East Road was almost invulnerable, and it was easily invaded by floods. As a result, the tracks that used to be used by trains have now become flooded waterways. The flood finally flooded into Taipei Station, engulfing all underground facilities, and Taipei Station became an underwater city. If traveling by train, you may want to wear a wetsuit and carry an oxygen tank. Early the next morning, even if Taipei City hadn't announced the suspension of work and classes, I couldn't go to work. Because there is no boat that can take me to the company.

Due to the serious damage, Taipei stopped going to work and class for two consecutive days. Since returning to work normally on the third day, a huge change has taken place in my life. Because I can no longer take the bus from the MRT station to work. The MRT station was flooded with water, and it would take days to drain the water. mpanel(1); If we want to resume normal traffic, I am afraid we will have to wait another month or two. The night before returning to work, Ye Meigui reminded me to leave the house early tomorrow. "How early is it?" I asked. "Probably an hour earlier than your usual departure time. Because you have to take the bus to work instead."

"An hour earlier? Are you kidding me?" "I'm serious." She glared at me, "It's fine if you don't believe me." "Of course I believe what you say, but an hour earlier would be too much." "That's an exaggeration. You want to say that, don't you?" "Yeah. Wouldn't I lose an hour of sleep? It's inhumane. What about you?" "I commute to work by scooter, so it doesn't make much difference. Maybe 10 minutes earlier." "That's not fair! I'm only 10 minutes early too." I stood up and protested.

"Whatever you want." She turned her gaze back to the TV, "Anyway, I have already warned you." "Um, fine. I'll be there 15 minutes early." She turned off the TV, pulled out a book, and started reading, seemingly ignoring me. "What about 20 minutes?" I add another 5 minutes. Ye Meigui looked up at me again, then lowered her head and continued to read. After I went to work in Taipei, I always took the MRT to and from get off work, and I never knew what a traffic jam looked like. When I was in Tainan, I often heard that the traffic jam in Taipei was very serious; but I also heard that since the MRT, The traffic jam situation has improved a lot. So it's hard for me to imagine why I have to leave the house an hour earlier. I looked at Ye Meigui, she shouldn't be joking. And seeing her act of flipping the book is a bit rude, she should be angry that I don't listen to her. "I'm ready 25 minutes earlier. What do you think?" I tried to talk to Ye Meigui. She remained unresponsive, as if she wasn't listening to me at all. "30 minutes." I circled my right thumb and index finger, raised the remaining three fingers, and pointed at her: "Just 30 minutes bell.No more. " "You're sick, and you're not bargaining." She closed the book and said loudly, "I said you'll be fine in an hour." an hour! " So I set the alarm clock forward an hour before bed. But when the alarm clock woke me up, I couldn't accept the fact that it sounded so early, so I set it back Dial a little and dial back a little and dial back a little until my conscience finds out. Getting out of bed, he opened the door in a daze, only to find that Ye Meigui also opened her door almost at the same time. "Good morning." I greeted her, the first time I saw her before eight in the morning. "Didn't I tell you to come an hour earlier?" "Because of that" I was embarrassed: "The alarm clock is not used to me getting up early." "Okay." Ye Meigui glanced at me out of the corner of her eye, "Very good." I felt cold all over my body and woke up wide awake. I hurriedly pretended to be in a hurry, and scolded myself a few words, because I had to let Ye Meigui feel I didn't mean to disobey her. Before going out, as usual, I knelt down and patted Xiaopi's head: "Xiaopi, my brother will be back soon." Xiaopi also followed the usual practice, biting my trouser leg and not letting go. Seeing me tugging with Xiaopi on the balcony, Ye Meigui couldn't help laughing: "Does it do this every day?" "Yeah." I opened Xiaopi's last tooth in my trouser leg and stood up. "Then your pants will be ripped." "Really?" I raised my left foot to rest on my right leg, leaned on the wall with my right hand, and checked carefully: "Wow! Really Hole yeah. "I counted: "There are seven small holes in total, arranged like the Big Dipper in the sky. Xiaopi It's not easy. " "Boring." She turned and went on with her business. "I'm leaving, see you tonight." I touched my nose and opened the door. "Go." Ye Meigui replied flatly. I looked at my watch, it was exactly eight o'clock, half an hour earlier than my usual time to go out. "Habits also satisfy the theory of relativity." I thought it was still early, so I talked more: "Habits are relative Yes, not absolutely.I used to get up at 8:20 and go out at 8:30; today I got up at 7:50 and went out at 8:00. The absolute habit has changed, but the relative habit has not changed, which is to go out 10 minutes after getting up. "I tut A few times: "I'm not simple either." "Are you going or not?" Ye Meigui said coldly, as if throwing a knife. "Yes." I suppressed my smile and said, "Leave immediately." "Hello!" Ye Meigui called out suddenly. "What's wrong?" I withdrew my right foot from stepping out the door, walked back to the balcony, and headed towards the living room. "You didn't bring your briefcase." "I was in a hurry to take a taxi back to find you that day. I left the briefcase at the company and forgot to bring it back." "Oh." She responded, her voice became gentler: "Don't be so confused in the future." "Yeah. I see." I turned to go out and heard her feed again. "Is there anything else?" "If you're late, don't worry." "Don't worry, I won't be late." "Really? Do you want to bet?" "Okay. If I'm not late, you have to cook for me and wash the dishes tonight." "No. I'll cook if you're late." "So good? Then I'd rather be late." "Whether you prefer it or not, you're bound to be late." "What if I'm not late?" "Then I'll cook noodles tonight." "You" I was stunned suddenly, not knowing what to say. Because it means that no matter whether I am late or not, Ye Meigui will cook something tonight. Originally, I thought that night roses would only bloom quietly at night and didn't like sunlight. Unexpectedly, in the early morning, she was still as charming as the night. Even under the light of the morning sun, the hazy night rose becomes bright and showy. I finally saw the color of the night rose clearly. It was dark red, not the dark red I always thought it was. "Thank you." I thought for a while, and I could only say thank you awkwardly. "You don't have to thank me. Let's go out." "Actually, I listened to what you said, but I was too sleepy, so I kept setting the alarm clock back." "Stop talking, let's go." "Do you feel that you are repaying grievances with kindness? Or is it that I compare my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines in the ditch?" His emotion? " Ye Meigui suddenly stood up and faced me, put her right hand on her waist, and stretched her left hand horizontally to the left: "Hurry up and get out!" I went out like flying. Walking to the bus stop, I finally understood why I had to leave an hour earlier. There was a large group of people crowded there, as if taking the bus today is free and will give away a bag of goodies. I can't describe the people waiting for the bus as a long queue, because there was no queue at all. Whenever a bus stops, everyone flocks to get on it, only waiting for the last person to get off the bus, and rush to get on car. Ever seen a basketball game? When competing for rebounds in the penalty area, all players will carefully watch the ball bouncing around the rim, and then catch it Time, leap forward, grab the rebound. People waiting for the bus are like playing basketball. Just after returning to work, the MRT stopped running again, so all the people who were traveling underground returned to the ground. The bus dispatching in Taipei City was unable to evacuate this group of people who abandoned the dark and turned to the bright in time, which led to traffic chaos. Even though I managed to squeeze into the car, what used to take me 7 minutes on the MRT now takes me in 50 minutes on the bus. So my dinner today is to eat because I'm 20 minutes late. I was at the entrance of the elevator downstairs in the company, and I happened to meet the flood road. "Hi! Xiao Ke." Shu Hongdao seemed very happy: "We are really heroes who see the same thing." "It's already late, why are you so happy?" "I haven't been late for a long time, and I almost forgot how flustered I was when I was late. Today is just the time to take this opportunity to revisit Warm old dreams. " I was too lazy to pay attention to him, and stretched out my right index finger to press "△", but he grabbed my right hand. "Why?" I turned to him and asked. "Press the elevator slowly. Please let me enjoy the feeling of being late again." "Hey!" I quickly stretched out my left hand, and he immediately grabbed my left hand again. As a result, we pulled and pushed, as if doing Tai Chi at the elevator door. I was only supposed to be 20 minutes late, but it turned out to be 30 minutes. We could have sneaked into the office, but when Shu Hongdao first entered the office, he yelled, "Hi everyone! We are late. " The boss who heard the sound came over to give us a spiritual lecture, and he showed righteousness. Later I heard that many people in the company were late that day, but Shuhongdao and I were the longest late. So the boss repeated his speech several times. The topic of discussions and chats in the office today revolves around the flooding of Taipei City. At about 11 o'clock, the boss called a meeting of our working group. In addition to the supervisor, me, and Shu Hongdao in our working group, there are two male colleagues, and the color of the lipstick The color will make people mistaken for the poisoned Miss Li. The meeting focused on discussing why such severe flooding occurred in Taipei? Since I am the youngest person with the lowest qualifications, and I am not familiar with Taipei, I am a big Part of the time is to play the role of listener and occasionally write notes. Until the boss suddenly said: "We should be grateful for the typhoon Nali, because it made our company more There is so much to do. " After I heard it, the hand holding the pen was a little angry and excited, and couldn't help trembling slightly. "Xiao Ke." The boss asked me, "Do you have any comments?" "The typhoon brought floods, how can we say we are lucky?" I said. The boss smiled, put down the materials in his hand, leaned back on the back of the chair, and asked me: "If there is no flood, what would you do?" How can there be a job? " "If you were a doctor, would you want people to get sick so that you could make a lot of money?" "How do doctors make money if no one gets sick?" "Because someone is sick, a doctor is needed. But not because a doctor must exist, so hope Diseases keep happening.There is a cause and an effect, and the effect cannot be the cause. " "Oh, really? At least floods can make water conservancy projects more important?" The boss smiled again: "Taiwan I have never paid much attention to water conservancy projects. Do you think that if floods occur frequently, water conservancy projects will be paid more attention to? Water conservancy projects The status of the teacher will also be higher? " "The significance of water conservancy projects is not to be valued." I put down my pen, stood up and said, "It is to be valued." need. " After I finished speaking, the air in the conference room seemed to condense, and all voices suddenly stopped. "Okay, since you said that you need this kind of thing, apart from the hardware flood control facilities and river regulation What do you think is needed for flood control? " The boss sat up straight, left the back of the chair, and stared at me. "A complete flood forecast and flood warning system." I replied. "Could you please be more specific?" "Yeah. But I'm not good at learning. If there are omissions or mistakes, please correct me." "Come on." The boss was obviously a little impatient. The problem is complicated by the considerable uncertainty in the "forecast".If a complete forecasting system is to be established According to the system, when the Meteorological Bureau starts to issue typhoon warnings, it is necessary to pay close attention to the path of the typhoon.According to the predicted typhoon path diameter, pressure field and wind field, wave calculations are carried out from the open sea, and the storm tide level of the Tamsui Estuary is estimated.Then by forecast Calculate the flow of the river, and consider the discharge of the drainage system into the river and the flow of water pumped into the river by the pumping station. Since the Danshui river system includes the Danshui River, Keelung River, Xindian River, Dahan River and other rivers, it is necessary to do the whole river system Flood routing, to estimate the water level near the bridges and densely populated areas along the river.And if the Emerald Reservoir in the upper reaches leaks Floods should also be included in calculations to avoid excessively high water levels at downstream flood peaks, so an optimal flood discharge strategy is required.forecast one It will definitely be inaccurate, so the latest observation data should be used to correct and update the calculation results at any time.Taipei metropolitan area The terrain of the basin makes it difficult for the flood to vent, which can easily lead to a rapid rise in the flood level, so more flood control treatment should be strived for time.In addition, electronic media reports should not only focus on the severity of the disaster and the amount of rainfall, but should cooperate with The results of the forecast remind the public to evacuate and where to evacuate.In short, when it is necessary to strive for more responses time to reduce casualties and property damage. "You mean, time is very important?" The boss asked me after listening. "From the perspective of flood warning, yes." "Then why are you half an hour late today?" "This is because" "You can't estimate the time added to taking the bus because of the MRT stop, can you?" "yes." "So how do you estimate the uncertainty of the entire forecasting system?" "I'll estimate that." "You want me to believe that a person who is late and has no sense of time can help me get more flood warnings. time? " I was speechless for a while, bowed my head, and stopped talking. After the meeting, I was very depressed. Although I know that it is impossible to estimate the additional time required to go to work this morning, and it has nothing to do with the flood warning, but in my heart Still feel a little ashamed and a little embarrassed. It's like being called up by the teacher to answer a question when I was in elementary school, but it's embarrassing to get the wrong answer. I was not in the mood to have lunch, but Shu Hongdao still forced me to eat with him.