Chapter 164 I'll Go Find It

In the evening, under the instruction of the teacher, the children from the compound took the lead in clearing the school auditorium and playground as a temporary resettlement point.

The first and second regiments participated in the field training, while the soldiers of the third regiment stayed behind to detach a company to patrol the flooding situation in the compound!

Many houses in low-lying areas were flooded.

The frail electric wires could not withstand the strong wind and were blown off in half, with sparks flying around in the air.

The power outage in the compound occurred before nightfall.

For a week straight, the rain showed no sign of abating.

The surrounding villages and towns were also at risk of being affected by the disaster. The Third Regiment needed to allocate some soldiers to coordinate the lives of the people, so it could only gather everyone in the compound to the auditorium of the children's school.

Aunt Qin was holding a roster and calling out names one by one. When she saw Xiao Zhang coming in with a lot of bags, she frowned and asked, "Where's Comrade Xiao Zhu? Why isn't he with you?"

"Sister-in-law went to the tube building to pick up Sister-in-law Zou!"

Xiao Zhang took the sack off his shoulder and opened it: "These are the pancakes my sister-in-law baked. Aunt Qin, please help me share some!"

Aunt Qin seemed not to hear anything, her eyes rolling around.

"That's not right. Sister Zou left before me. Where did she go?"

…

In the tube building.

The doors of every household were closed and the windows were locked tightly.

"Zou Mei? Little Zou Mei?!"

Zhu Yunying shouted twice, but heard nothing, so she went downstairs suspiciously.

When I walked out of the stairs, I saw two young people arguing with each other while pushing umbrellas and cursing!

"Jia! Why are you stopping me? My sister-in-law ran away alone. What if something happens to her?"

"My job is to get you all to the auditorium safely. There are other people patrolling outside the compound. Do you want me to go AWOL and chase you out?"

"It's clearly your fault! If you hadn't said that Captain Yang's team had encountered a landslide, would your sister-in-law have chased them out?"

"I said it, but not to her face! She overheard it..."

Both of them were very angry. The husband thought he was right and the wife thought she was right, and neither of them would give in.

Zhu Yunying rushed to the two people with an umbrella, and only then could she see clearly that it was Wen Wen and her boyfriend Xiao Jia.

"Wenwen, are you talking about Zou Mei? Has she left the compound?"

she asked anxiously.

Wen Wen saw that it was Zhu Yunyao and immediately told everything.

The surrounding floods had a serious impact, and the division commander ordered the first and second regiments, which were conducting training outside, to return to participate in the rescue.

But at present, only two sporadic teams from the Second Regiment have returned. The news they brought back was that they encountered mudslides and landslides during the training and completely lost contact with the main force.

Xiao Jia was ordered to accommodate the military dependents in the compound. After everyone gathered in the auditorium, he would reorganize the team to go for search and rescue.

When Zhu Yunwei heard this, her heart suddenly sank, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "It's the Third Regiment... Has everyone been unable to be contacted?"

Wen Wen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening, but it was too late to cover her mouth.

Xiao Jia quickly tried to comfort her and wanted to take Zhu Yunying towards the auditorium.

"Sister-in-law, Captain Feng has seen a lot of ups and downs! He's sure to be blessed by fate, and nothing will happen to him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yunyao immediately came forward and said, "You are going to search and rescue in a while. What car are you driving? Which road are you taking? I'll go with you!"

"Sister-in-law, no! We are going on a mission and cannot take you with us."

"Zou Mei's belly is already very big and she can't stand the tossing and turning. I won't go looking for Feng Shuo. If I meet Zou Mei on the way, I will bring her back. This way, it won't delay the search and rescue efforts. If we can't meet her, you can just treat me as a helper."

Zhu Yunying spoke very sincerely.

Xiao Jia couldn't make up his mind.

At this time, Xiao Zhang and a few others came chasing from the direction of the auditorium. When they saw Zhu Yunying, they shouted, "Sister-in-law! Go hide inside. Let's go find Sister-in-law Zou."

Xiao Jia also advised: "Yes, yes, yes! Sister-in-law, Xiao Zhang will go find Sister Zou, don't worry!"

Zhu Yunyao took a quick look and saw that there were a lot of young men, including Xiao Zhang.

She frowned and nodded to Xiao Jia first: "I won't cause any more trouble for you."

Then he looked at Xiao Zhang and said, "I'll go out with you guys and just look for Zou Mei. We'll come back as soon as we find her. We'll come back before dawn if we can't find her. How about that? She's pregnant and about to give birth. I can't leave her out there alone."

Little Zhang, a young boy, had always been taken care of by Zhu Yunying. He also knew that she and Zou Mei had a deep relationship, so there was no way to persuade them.

"Sister-in-law, you have to walk with us! You must not run away!"

When he said this, his teeth were chattering with nervousness.

In the end, Zhu Yunying, Xiao Zhang, and two other soldiers drove out of the compound in a jeep.

The rain showed no sign of letting up. The water seemed to be pouring down directly from the sky, pouring onto the windshield and completely blurring my vision.

After driving for more than an hour, the car encountered a tractor.

Zhu Yunwei and Xiao Zhang looked at each other.

The jeep stopped.

The car window rolled down, Xiao Zhang stuck his head out and asked, "Fellow villager, I have a question! Have you seen a pregnant woman passing by? She's got a big belly and wants to go out to look for her family."

The tractor rumbles!

The driver muttered for a long time before he understood what was said and nodded, pointing to a forest.

"I saw it! She said her husband is a soldier, training in the mountains over there! I helped her get a ride, but the water ahead was too high and it was hard to get through."

"How long ago was it?" Zhu Yunying asked from the side.

The driver scratched his head: "About an hour! Who knows? It's raining so hard."

“Thank you, Master!”

Zhu Yunying handed the tractor driver a small bag of apples to express her gratitude.

She took out a few pieces of dried meat from her shoulder bag and distributed them to the people in the car.

"While you have some free time, eat more and conserve your energy! And here's this water, I added some red ginseng slices to replenish your energy. Everyone, drink some!"

Zhu Yunwei poured Lingquan red ginseng water to each person one by one.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law, there's no way ahead. We have to get out and walk. Why don't you stay in the car?"

Xiao Zhang prepared a straw raincoat and held it in his hand, but was a little hesitant to give it to Zhu Yunyao.

Zhu Yunying smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? We're almost there! There's strength in numbers, and we'll find her soon."

“Okay… okay!”

Xiao Zhang gritted his teeth and gave the raincoat to Zhu Yunyao.

There were four people in the group, Xiao Zhang was in the lead, Zhu Yunwei was in the middle, and the remaining two were at the rear, walking towards the forest with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

…

On the other side of the mountain, there is a cave near the collapsed pass.

Lu Chen had a bandage on his head and his eyes were so swollen that he couldn't open them.

Yang He poured him some tea, which flowed down the corners of his lips.

"Brother! Drink it! Swallow it!"

Seeing this, Yang He's tears welled up in his eyes and he couldn't help but call out the titles of several people in the "Leng Feng" action team.

"Xiaojiu, who told you to touch the boss's kettle? Be careful when you get back, or he'll make you write a self-criticism! Ahem…"

Lu Chen shouted weakly, his eyes closed dejectedly.

Yang He choked up and said, "Just drink it. The boss asked me to give it to you! He's out there rescuing his brothers. When he comes back and sees you're not cooperating, he might as well send you to guard the outpost."

Lu Chen mustered up his strength and drank two sips.

Yang He didn't dare to cry out loud.

He hasn't seen Captain Feng for a whole day and a night.

The rain was so heavy at that time that it was washed away in an instant.