Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

"Xiao Ke, let me buy you a cup of coffee." After lunch, Shu Hongdao said. We walked over to a coffee chain that was celebrating its anniversary and launching a new coffee. Since the new coffee was on special, I ordered a cup each with Dredge. "This store is really kind." Shu Hongdao said after taking a sip. "Where are you so kind?" "It's a good thing that such a terrible coffee is only released once a year. If you drink it every day, it's still worth it?" He's about to start cracking jokes again, I'd rather concentrate on my bad coffee.

"Do you know why you and your boss are at odds?" He suddenly turned to me and asked. "why?" "Because you're wearing a blue plaid shirt today." "Ok?" "Doesn't the blue plaid shirt look like checkered blue?" After finishing speaking, he laughed again. I continued to drink my coffee, pretending to be dead and ignoring him. "Xiao Ke, to be honest. You spoke very well in the meeting just now." "Really?" "Your concept is very complete, I have increased my knowledge. So I should thank you." "Oh? You're welcome. I'm just talking on paper."

"Hey! So humble." Shu Hongdao patted me on the shoulder: "I want to ask you, the storm tide level in the Tamsui Estuary Why is it also included in the forecast system? " "The flood forecast is mainly based on the rainfall forecast. With the rainfall, it is converted into the flow and water level of the river, Then you know the safety of the embankment.For the embankment design process, frequency analysis is performed first, for example, deriving Estimate the 100-year frequency of rainfall, and then convert it into a 100-year frequency of floods, and then design to withstand the 100-year frequency

The embankment height of the rate flood. " I took a sip of coffee and continued: "But the wind field and pressure field of the typhoon will cause storm tides in the estuary. The storm tide level is much higher than the normal sea tide level.The sea water travels along the Danshui River and can reach the Xizhi area of ​​the Keelung River. Therefore, the water level of the river will be raised even more.Even if the typhoon does not bring too much rainfall upstream, it may still be caused by downstream Affected by the storm tide level, the flood will overflow over the embankment. "

"What about the flood discharge from the Emerald Reservoir?" Floodway asked again. "First of all, it must be clarified that the reservoir must be a positive contribution to flood control. If there is a reservoir upstream, it will eat a lot Water that was supposed to flow downstream.But the reservoir is absolutely not allowed to be too full, otherwise, once the dam breaks, most of it may be submerged Taipei.So when the reservoir can't hold too much water, it needs to release the flood.In case of flood discharge, how to allocate flood discharge, It is knowledge.For example, spending one hundred yuan in three days is not the same as spending it in one day.Even if it's the same three days

After the flowers are finished, whether it is 50, 30, 20 flowers or 40, 20, 40 flowers is not the same. " "Oh." After a while, Shu Hongdao responded, then stood up and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back to work. Otherwise, the boss will say again: You spend 10 minutes more drinking coffee, how can you get 10 more points for flood prevention warning Where is the clock? .This kind of logic seems to be that as long as your home has a fire, you are not qualified to be a firefighter. rotten. " Shu Hongdao seemed very disapproving. I knew that the Shuhong Road was comforting me, so my mood at work in the afternoon was no longer so dull.

But inadvertently, I still think back to the time when I worked in Tainan. At the beginning, I should have stayed in Tainan for a longer period of time, and there might be other job opportunities. Now I feel that the current office is so big and big, and I have become relatively small. I still take the bus after get off work, but I get off work later than the average commuter, so the traffic is not so congested Car, I was only on the bus for 20 minutes. On the way back after getting off the car, I saw several garbage dumps almost two stories high, full of soaked furniture and other sundries.

things. There are water pumps in front of many shops, and the sound of the engine is loud, trying to drain the water in the house. I am a student of water conservancy engineering, so of course I know that flood disasters can only be reduced, not completely mitigated. But the aftermath of the flood was so horrifying that I couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Back at 7C, I opened the door, and the smell of food wafted into my nostrils. "You're back." Ye Meigui said in the kitchen with her back to me. "Hmm." I slumped on the sofa, feeling powerless. "The rice is almost ready."

"Fan? How did you know I'd be late?" "Nonsense. When I woke up and saw that you hadn't left the house, I knew it." "You are amazing. You should do water conservancy projects. Your estimation of time is much better than mine." "What nonsense are you talking about?" She turned her head, "Come and help me bring the dishes to the living room." Ye Meigui brought the last dish to the living room, sat down and said, "Let's eat together." I originally reached out to grab the bowls and chopsticks, but after hearing this sentence, my movements stopped suddenly.

"Can you say that again?" "what?" "That's what I just said." "Don't say good things twice." She glared at me: "Eat quickly, you won't be bored." mpanel(1); It's not that I'm bored, it's just that I suddenly think of Senior Sister again. In the dark corners of the square, seniors could always say, "Let's dance together." Take me out of the dark. Now, Ye Meigui said: "Let's eat together." There are similarities in the same way but also the same effect. "Did you get scolded again today?" Ye Meigui looked at me and asked.

"That's right." "I knew it." "You seem to know everything." "Of course." She pointed her chopsticks at my face, "It's all written on your face." "Really?" I touched my cheek, "It's written on my face: I was scolded again?" "No. It says: I don't listen to advice, so I deserve to be scolded for being late." "Where is your advice? That's called a warning." "Really?" She put down her chopsticks: "You can say it again." "It's advice, it's advice, that's right." I took a bite of the rice and concentrated on picking up the vegetables. We fell silent and stopped talking, and we didn't even cross our chopsticks. When I was almost full, Ye Meigui gave me a feed, and I turned to look at her. "The newspaper said that the embankment in Taipei City can withstand floods for two hundred years." Ye Meigui began. "Oh." "Then why is the flood so severe this time?" "how could I know." I lowered my head to eat again. "Hello!" Ye Meigui suddenly called out. "Why?" I bit my chopsticks and looked at her. "I'm asking you." "Why are you asking me?" "You are studying water conservancy engineering. If you don't ask me, why don't you ask the lady at the bookstore?" "Don't ask the ladies in the bookstore, they have a bad temper." "Are you going to tell me or not?" "I'll tell you when you wash the dishes." "Forget it." She turned her head and ignored me. "Do you know Li Bai?" I tried to speak, but she didn't respond. "Do you know that Li Bai has a poem called Jiang Jinjiu?" She still didn't respond. "Isn't there a sentence in Jiangjinjiu: The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky?" She still didn't respond. "Do you know why Li Bai said that?" "What on earth are you trying to say?" She finally responded, but she gave me a glare: "Finish the words at once." "Oh. I want to ask you if you know why Li Bai said: The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky?" "The Yellow River originates from the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai, with an altitude of more than 4,500 meters, so Li Bai said that the water of the Yellow River As if it came from heaven. ’ she replied after a while. "Is it just like this?" I put down the bowl and chopsticks, and asked again: "China's famous big rivers usually originate from Gao On the mountain, why didn't Li Bai say: The water of the Yangtze River comes from the sky?Does he look down on the Yangtze River? " "Okay, then please tell me why. The little girl is all ears." "Don't dare." After I finished speaking, I shut my mouth. "Say it!" "I told you I wouldn't dare." "Hey!" Ye Meigui also put down the bowl and chopsticks: "If you don't say anything, I will tell Xiaopi to bite you." "Okay, let me say." I looked at Xiaopi first, smiled at it, and then said, "Because the amount of sediment in the Yellow River is very large. The river bed is often silted up, and the water level rises accordingly, so the embankments on both sides must be continuously raised to resist the flood. Due to the continuous silting of the river bed, sometimes the bottom of the river is even higher than the road surface.Think about it, if the bottom of the river is thicker than the ground If you look at it from a distance, don't you feel that the river is flowing in the sky? " "Oh. That's why Li Bai said: The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky?" Ye Meigui nodded. "Well. Li Bai is indeed a great poet. The imagination and creativity of this poem are great." "Is this related to the flooding of Taipei City?" "In the past 40 years, the land on both sides of the Keelung River Basin has been over-developed, and the river course has also been silted up. The bed has been raised. " "yes?" "Well. And Taipei's flood control plan was drafted in 1964, almost forty years ago. In the past forty years Taipei is developing rapidly, and many places that used to be land have now become high-rise buildings. Forty years ago, if it rained today, the river flow would be different. " "What's the difference?" "Simply put, even with the same rain, the flow of the river is now much greater than before." I paused, and then said, "Also, the flood will come sooner." "so what?" "So the height of the embankment designed to prevent floods with a frequency of 200 years may be less than 50 years left now. arrive.The embankment safety in Taipei City is not as high as you think. " "so what should I do now?" "The embankment can be raised moderately, but raising the embankment alone is not the solution. The Keelung River should be treated, And limit the excessive development and utilization of land, and stop competing with the river for land.In addition, open a flood channel to disperse the Keelung River The flood is also a feasible method.However, this method can be expensive and the project is not easy to carry out. " "Isn't it okay to install more pumping stations?" She thought for a while and asked again. "Pumping stations are usually set up beside embankments to pump the flooded water in the urban area into the river for discharge, so it is very important for prevention As far as urban flooding is concerned, pumping stations certainly have a role to play.However, due to the continuous pumping of water into the river by the pumping station, virtually But increased the burden on the river. " I paused, then turned to ask her: "If the flood is not serious, of course the pumping station should quickly pump the water in the urban area. Drain it into the river to avoid flooding in the urban area.However, if there is a major flood and the water level of the river is full, the pumping station Where should the water be pumped? " "So the key lies in the Keelung River itself?" "Well, you are so smart." I smiled, and then said: "There are some problems in the Keelung River, except for the In addition to the arrival, there is also the problem of Zhongshan Bridge. These should all be included in the Keelung River governance plan. " "What's wrong with Zhongshan Bridge?" "The river near Zhongshan Bridge is about 100 meters wide, but the river upstream is 400 meters wide. The flood flows through Zhongshan When the bridge is built, the river channel suddenly narrows, and the water level will rise, which will also raise the upstream water level.The water level rises, the flood Then it is easier to cross the embankment. " "Then how should we govern the Keelung River?" "I don't know that." "why?" "Because managing a river in Taiwan is sometimes not an engineering issue, but a political issue. You should ask a great politician, not a little engineer like me who is always late. " Ye Meigui seemed a little puzzled after listening, she lowered her head and said nothing. "However, if you think about it, maybe thousands of years later, the water from the Keelung River will become a famous poem." I said with a smile. "You still have the nerve to gloat?" Ye Meigui raised her head and glared at me. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be joking." "Don't forget, you live in Taipei now, not Tainan." "But," I sighed, "maybe I should go back to Tainan." "Why do you suddenly want to go back to Tainan?" "Nothing." I smiled, "Just talking." Ye Meigui glanced at me, but didn't ask any further questions. She stood up, started to pack the dishes, took them to the kitchen, and turned on the faucet. "Let me do the dishes." I followed to the kitchen. "No need." She turned her head, "You must be clumsy." "You guessed it right." I smiled. I stood behind Ye Meigui, motionless, watching her wash the dishes. After she finished washing, drying her hands, she turned around and saw me standing behind her. "Why? What's so interesting about washing dishes?" "I just want to help, but I don't know how to help." "Huh, no wonder." After finishing speaking, she sat back on her exclusive sofa and turned on the TV. I also go back to my couch. "Are you in a better mood?" Ye Meigui looked at the TV and asked me. "Mood? I'm not in a bad mood." "It's fine if you're in a good mood, and it's bad if you're not. There's nothing to hide." "Oh. I was really in a bad mood when I first came back, but after hearing what you said, I feel much better." "Which sentence?" "It's the sentence that you say good things without saying it a second time." "Oh." She replied. "Are you in a bad mood because you were scolded for being late?" "That's right." Ye Meigui looked away from the TV and looked at me: "What happened?" I looked at her, her eyes were gentle. So I roughly told her about the conversation I had with my boss in the conference room today. "Oh." After listening, she responded again. "Did you say what you should have said?" Ye Meigui turned off the TV and asked me. "yes." "Did you do what you were supposed to do?" "yes." "Then you don't have to worry about it." "Yeah." I replied. "Just like the traffic lights on the road, the red light is red, and the green light is green. There is always one side of the road, The other party is blocked.Of course you will be hated by people in a hurry if you turn on a red light, but you just do what you have to do thing.You can't just turn on the green light all the time just to please every car. " "Oh. Thank you, I see." "Remember, turn on the red light when it's time to turn on the red light." "Then can I turn on the red light now?" I asked her after thinking for a while. "Of course you can." "The fish soup tasted weird just now, it's not good." "Say it again." Ye Meigui sat up straight and stared at me, as if trying to run a red light. "But the taste is unique and has a special flavor." I hurriedly gave the green light. "Humph." Ye Meigui picked up the book and started to read. I sat with her for a while until I wanted to go back to my room to sort out the materials I brought back from the company. "I'm going back to my room first." I stood up. "Ok." I walked a few steps, and Ye Meigui's voice sounded behind me: "Ke Zhihong." "What's the matter?" I stopped. "Let's eat together." After Ye Meigui finished speaking, there was only a slight smile on the corner of her mouth. "Ok." But I was smiling happily. As soon as I felt relaxed, my right hand holding the briefcase also loosened, and the briefcase slipped from my hand. After I took two steps toward the center of the circle, I stopped. Because I found that my senior was standing in the center of the square. "We ask Senior Sister Yiqing and Senior Papaya to teach us to dance this night rose." The senior who always asks us to invite a dance partner said this again. I just found out that the senior sister is going to teach dance today, and it's Ye Meigui's dance. I don't care who the senior Papaya is, I even forgot his name is Papaya?watermelon?Or cantaloupe? My eyes are only focused on the senior sister. Today's senior sister is very different, her hair seems to have been combed deliberately. And the plain clothes in the past were also replaced with bright colors, a rare red appeared. The first time I saw such a senior sister, I couldn't help but stare blankly, not moving. When I came back to my senses, the crowd had slowly formed two circles, men inside and women outside. Men and women face the direction line and stand shoulder to shoulder.The hands hang down, not holding. I hurried back a few steps and left the dance. The senior sister explained the dance very carefully, and the dance steps of the demonstration were deliberately slowed down. I tried very hard to write down every word and every action of my senior. In martial arts novels, before the master dies, he will always pass on his lifelong martial arts to his apprentices in oral formulas. Just like that apprentice, I memorized every formula with my heart. The outer foot crosses in front of the inner foot (partner facing each other), the inner foot steps on the spot, the outer foot steps on the side (turning to the direction line), stop. The inner foot crosses in front of the outer foot (partner faces away from the dancer), the outer foot steps on the spot, the inner foot steps sideways (turning to the direction line), stop. From the first eight beats of this dance, I memorized the dance steps like a formula. After the senior sister finished teaching, she nodded in the direction of the radio. While waiting for the music to start, the senior sister explained with a smile: "This is a dance for lovers, so anyone who steps on The dance steps should be gentle, and don't disturb the roses that bloom alone in the middle of the night. " Then the music played: "The roses are blooming, the roses are blooming, the roses are like Yiren You are more charming than flowers, staring at the eyes, where the fragrance is floating, the flowers and shadows leaning on each other tenderly, the moonlight is like flowing water, who do you entrust the flower dreams to?" Ye Meigui's dance steps are actually not difficult, they are very basic and simple. Whether it's rattan steps, repeated steps, or Yemen steps. It's just that men and women must constantly shift positions, sometimes facing each other, sometimes facing each other, and sometimes standing side by side. Occasionally turn around. When the music is about to enter the "place of gazing at the fragrance", men and women hold hands. If you draw the dance trajectories of men and women in the square as lines, you will be able to draw roses flower. And the center of the circle where the senior sister is located is the most charming rose in bloom. I finally know that Ye Meigui is not only a song, but also a dance, and she is a senior. If liking a person is like a fire scene, there is a fire point, then this is what I like to learn My sister's fire point. Then it burns quickly, out of control. "Tenderness and moonlight are like flowing water, to whom to entrust the flower dream" The music ends. With the experience of being late that day, when I was woken up by the alarm clock in the morning, I stopped talking with Zhou Gong. Even if Zhou Gong grabbed my sleeve and wanted me to stay for a few minutes longer, I would kick him away. After a few days like this, the bus dispatchers in Taipei gradually got used to us group of people who took the bus. Although there will be traffic jams on the road, it is not as serious as that day. After a few days of adaptation, I found that if Ye Meigui and I wake up at the same time, then 15 minutes after I get up, It's the perfect time for me to go out to work. I will go out earlier than her, so before I go out, I have to say to Xiaopi: "Little Pi, my brother will be here soon." came back. " He would also say to her: "I'm leaving, see you tonight." And you have to say goodbye to Ye Meigui first, and then to Xiaopi, the order cannot be reversed. Otherwise I'll see the thorns of the night rose. Both Ye Meigui and I have developed a new habit of going out to work. The only thing that is consistent and persistent in choosing the good is Xiaopi's habit of biting my trouser leg. When it bit my trouser leg, it was still tenacious. And Ye Meigui always watched with gloating. But today when I was about to go to work, Xiaopi stepped back as soon as he got close to my left foot. Kind of like a vampire seeing a cross. I was so curious that I couldn't help but look down at the leg of my left trousers, as if I saw something yellow. I raised my left foot again, rested it on my right leg, and leaned on the wall with my right hand, and looked carefully again. "Wow!" I exclaimed in a low voice, startled. Then I heard Ye Meigui's laughter in the living room. "Did you do this?" I raised my left foot, pointed at the trousers, and asked her. "Yes. It's pretty." Ye Meigui's laughter continued. "This" I don't know what to say because I have seven little stars sewn into my trouser legs. Seven yellow "★" are inlaid on the black trousers. Although they are very close to the bottom of the trousers, if you look carefully, Still obvious. "Didn't you say that the arrangement of the seven small holes resembles the Big Dipper in the sky?" Ye Meigui finally held back her smile: "So when I sewed your pants, I sewed stars on them." "When did you sew?" "Last night, after you went to sleep." She laughed again: "I saw your pants hanging out on the balcony behind the house." Take it down and sew it.Hang it back up when you're done sewing. " "Why are you helping me sew my pants?" "Xiaopi bit your pants, I have the responsibility to help you mend it." I looked down again, the stars on my pants.Then he said, "But if it's sewn like this, won't it be too much?" "How is it? Is it ugly?" "It's not a question of good looks, but" "But what?" She sternly said, "If you don't like it, I'll tear it down." "It's not a question of whether I like it or not, but" "Why? Just tell me if you're not happy." Ye Meigui snorted, then turned her head away. "That's not what I mean." I quickly shook my hand: "I'm just worried that if I wear these pants, will I wear them?" Will it be too trendy? " "It's just seven small stars sewn on. What's so fashionable?" "But the stitching is so ingenious, it's almost unreal." "What a mess." "Oh," I sighed, "I'm worried." "worry about what?" "I'm afraid it will lead to the popularity of Taipei City. Everyone will wear these Big Dipper pants." Ye Meigui snorted again, and then said, "Don't be bored. Go to work now." "Seriously, those pants look cool." "Stop talking nonsense, go to work!" She raised her voice. "Oh. Then I'm leaving." I opened the door, walked out of the door two steps, and came back to the living room: "If there is People ask me where to buy such fashionable Big Dipper pants, how should I answer? " "If you don't leave, I will let these stars appear in your eyes." Ye Meigui stood up. I quickly opened the door, left, closed it, and locked it, all in one motion. Standing on the bus, I felt a little uncomfortable, afraid of people staring at my pants. I crossed my right foot in front of my left to hide the stars. When I want to get off the car, I unconsciously want to get out of the car by walking and jumping in this posture. It was only then that I realized that this was the basic dance step when I used to dance folk dances. In the dance of Ye Meigui, when the music reaches the "place where the fragrance is gazing at the eyes", this is how it is danced. I still remember the eyes of my senior sister at that time. On the crowded bus in the morning, I actually thought of Ye Meigui from Tufeng Dance and Ye Meigui from senior sister. It almost made me miss the stops. I hurriedly got out of the car, stood where I was, and cleared the shadow of Ye Meigui from my mind. Then go to work in the company. After Typhoon Nali left, my workload obviously increased. Even at lunch, I often eat and talk with Shuhongdao. Floodway wrote a small program to simulate the flooding of the city. When the water depth exceeds one meter, there will be a voice: "Oh my god, the water is flooding in, run away!" "Brother, you go first. Please help me take care of Xiaohui and Xiaoli, and Xiaoling will ignore her." "Flood, you are so ruthless. You are more ruthless than the girl who refuses to watch movies with me!" Very boring sound effects, but Floodway is obviously very proud of it. I collect data on river channels, embankments, pumping stations, and urban sewers, and try to develop a system that can quickly Strategies for quickly draining floodwaters and avoiding urban flooding. The original off-duty time should also be postponed, but I would rather stuff my briefcase full and take the data home and deal with it later. I don't want to change the time I get off work. Because I know that there will always be a lamp waiting for me on the balcony. It's weird that when I'm in a company, even with a lot of equations and engineering drawings in my head, I can't I thought of Ye Meigui. Sometimes he would even find time to think of Ye Meigui on purpose. I don't know why this happens, I just know it relaxes me.