Chapter 23

There were several aftershocks after this one.

Fortunately, the magnitude of the earthquakes was not high and everyone survived it safely.

It's just that a few kids were terrified.

Shanshan was the youngest and could not stand such a shock. In addition, she had a slight fever and had not had a good rest in the past two days.

Now I finally couldn't bear it anymore. The temperature that night was approaching 40 degrees and was about to go down to 41 degrees.

Fortunately, Gu Zhengchu had prepared all kinds of medicines in advance, including those for clearing heat and reducing fever.

After taking a few packets of medicine, the child's condition finally improved.

But it still scared Chen Xi a lot. After all, in his current state, nothing could possibly go wrong.

Tongtong and Xiaoyu didn't have a fever, but both children were injured to some extent.

When Xiaoyu was at the door before, both of his knees hit the concrete floor.

I was too scared at the time to care about the pain, but after I settled down, the child finally couldn't help but started crying.

The adults then discovered that the little guy had a large broken skin on his knee, which was covered in blood and mud and looked horrible.

Tongtong had a big bump on his head, and he couldn't even tell where he got hit.

It was now swollen and shiny, and it made people feel sorry for him just by looking at it.

In addition to children, adults also suffered abrasions and sprains to varying degrees.

Old Master Gu treated everyone's wounds one by one, and Chen Cong assisted him.

Although Xiaoyu's mother followed everyone into the house, her expression was numb and her tears never stopped.

Obviously, today's experience was more than she could bear.

She had fallen quite hard before, but now she seemed to feel nothing at all and didn't even bother to check the wound.

She just held the phone tightly, hoping to receive a call from her husband the next moment.

Shen Cong walked over with iodine and cotton wool.

"Take care of your wound first, otherwise you won't be able to walk when you come to find someone tomorrow."

She saved the man just now out of her nature.

No one can really not help when someone around them is about to die.

But saving her life doesn't mean they will be tied together in the future. There are enough people in the family, and Chen Cong doesn't want to support two more.

Besides, the relationship is not up to par.

So we couldn’t let her faint at home and be unable to go out.

Xiaoyu's mother didn't know what Shen Cong was thinking, and was deeply grateful to her at this moment.

She stood up, took the medicine, and said to Chen Cong sincerely: "Thank you, Xiao Shen. If it weren't for you today, Xiao Yu and I would have died. Now I won't say anything polite, but I, Zhou Ying, will remember this favor and I will definitely repay it in the future."

After saying that, she wiped her face vigorously, wiped away her tears, and looked at the other people in the Shen family.

"Thank you for the trouble today. Thank you so much."

She bowed deeply to everyone.

"What are you thanking me for? Anyone who meets you at this time would have to lend a hand. There's no need to thank me." Cheng Ru waved at her.

Zhou Ying nodded gratefully at her again, and then continued, "Uncle and aunt, I have to ask you to take Xiaoyu and I in for one night tonight. With the situation outside, we can't go out.

We will leave at dawn tomorrow. I have to go find his father and grandparents. Even if we die, we want to die together as a family."

When she said the last sentence, Zhou Ying's tears fell again.

"Don't talk about death. We are lucky to survive. We have avoided such a big disaster, and we will not die easily in the future!"

Shen Jianyi's tone was serious.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Xiao Zhou, what are your plans for the future?" Cheng Ru asked again.

The earthquake has just happened. What plans can we make now?

It's not easy to just keep your life and survive.

But Cheng Ru still asked.

After all, she still has selfish motives.

After all, we are not a family. We can lend a helping hand at critical moments, but we still have to take care of ourselves afterwards.

With so many secrets in her family, she doesn't want to support an outsider in this situation.

Or a completely unfamiliar outsider.

I didn't expect that Zhou Ying had actually thought about this.

She said, "Auntie, I think we should find Xiaoyu's father first. After we find him, we will go back to our hometown.

I don’t think this can happen to the whole world at once, right? My parents are still in Pingchuan, let’s go back to Pingchuan, at worst we can start over again!”

Pingchuan produces jade - so they can open jade shops.

Hearing Zhou Ying say this, Shen Cong nodded in understanding.

These days I’m afraid of meeting bad people.

For people with bad intentions like Liu Xia and her son, no matter how much they say, the Shen family will not agree to let them move in.

Zhou Ying knew what was going on when she heard this, so in the face of disaster, the Shen family was willing to stay temporarily.

The adults hardly slept that night.

Everyone was lying in bed fully clothed, curled up on the sofas and cushions in the living room, always on guard.

Although the children slept for a while, they did not sleep well. They were awakened by nightmares from time to time and cried again in the middle of the night.

It took a lot of effort to get through the day.

With Zhou Ying and her son around, it was inconvenient for Chen Cong to take things out of the space.

Fortunately, before the earthquake, my family was making dumplings. Although some of the steamed dumplings fell to the ground during the earthquake, they were not damaged.

You can eat it after peeling off the skin and cleaning it.

In the morning, Cheng Ru took out the buns and shared them among the ten people.

After dinner, Zhou Ying was going to take the child away as agreed yesterday.

Cheng Ru originally advised her to leave Xiaoyu behind first and come back to pick up the child after she found her husband.

But Zhou Ying insisted on taking the child with her.

It can be seen that she has really made up her mind that she wants to die with her family.

In this case, there is no way to persuade him.

Chen Cong took out the clothes and sneakers he bought for Tongtong and asked Xiaoyu to change into them.

I also packed out an emergency kit, which contained a raincoat, a folding helmet, a flashlight, first aid medicines, biscuits and candies, and two bottles of water.

She gave the thing to Zhou Ying, thought for a moment, and then stuffed a folding anti-wolf stick into her hand.

Looking at those things, Zhou Ying started crying again.

This time she said nothing, bowed deeply to the Shen family, took her son's hand and walked towards the door.

"Wait!" Chen Xi said and ran back to the inner room.

When she came out again, she was holding a pair of her sneakers and a thin windbreaker.

"Change before you go." She put the clothes on Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying's tears fell down, but she obediently took off her sandals and put on her clothes.

After seeing Zhou Ying off, Chen Cong, Gu Kai and Shen Jianyi also put on their backpacks and took out tools that could be used for disaster relief, such as ordnance shovels and pickaxes.

They were ready to go out and take a look.

Let’s see what the situation is outside now?

Which places were completely destroyed and which places were fortunately preserved.

Are there any other survivors out there?

Has the government’s disaster relief team arrived?

Although the house looks fine now and the family is safe and sound, there is definitely no problem with them being alive.

But they know that there must be many neighbors and companions like Zhou Ying out there who need help.

When there is no other option, you must take care of yourself first.

But when they have the ability to help, they cannot live alone with peace of mind.

"I'd better go with you. My younger siblings and Xixi are at home and can take care of the child."

Seeing that they were about to leave, Gu Zhengchu said it again unwillingly.

"Dad, didn't we agree that there should be someone at home who can protect the family?

My mother and sister can clean the house and take care of the children, but they can't do anything if someone breaks in. Don't forget, our house doesn't even have a front door.

Also, what if Shanshan gets angry again? If we all leave, my sister won’t be able to find anyone.”

Chen Cong patiently explained it again to his father-in-law.

Yesterday, when I was talking to my nephew on the phone, there was a sudden earthquake. I heard the screams from the other side with my own ears. The old man was quite shocked.

In just one night, I felt like I had aged several years.

At this time, no one wanted him to go out with them, in case he encountered any greater stimulation.

Gu Zhengchu understood his family’s good intentions, so he didn’t insist.

He nodded and said, "Then I'll make a fence to block the hole. Don't let the child get out accidentally and run into danger again."

The whole family nodded.

The bamboo forest that Shen Jianyi was most proud of had been destroyed beyond recognition after yesterday's disaster.

Being able to make use of those bamboo poles is the best way for them to return.

Chen Cong and his friends came out of their home and walked eastward along the crack, which was the exit of the original community.

After walking about a hundred meters, they finally passed the narrowest part of the crack, and the road ahead gradually widened.

The three of them have now understood that the shape of this huge crack extending to both sides is somewhat similar to a wider V-shape, and the Shen family is located at the bottom of the V.

Walking along the slanted side, you can see one or two relatively intact houses besides the ruins.

Especially in some places where people already lived, you could still see a dim light inside, which should be from candles or emergency lights.

All these indicate that the people in the family are still alive.

As long as there are people, there is hope!

Looking at the light, the three of them felt a little better.

After walking for a while, Shen Jianyi suddenly stopped and shouted loudly towards a villa in front of him: "Lao Qian! Is that you? Lao Qian!"

Hearing the sound, the two people who were walking into the house stopped and turned to look at them at the same time.

When he recognized Shen Jianyi, the man was very excited. He waved and ran towards them.

Chen Cong also recognized the couple and knew that they were neighbors in the yard.

The uncle surnamed Qian is my father’s fishing friend, and they would make plans to go fishing together every now and then.

When old friends meet again after surviving a disaster, they are extremely affectionate.

The two old men choked up as they spoke.

"What's going on now? Isn't your house in front? Why are you here now? How many people are still in our community now? How many people are gone?"

Shen Jianyi eagerly threw out a bunch of questions.

Old Qian wiped his tears and said, "It's tragic! The two rows of villas in front of your house are all gone, four single-family houses and four townhouses, that's twelve villas in total!

Fortunately, no one lives in those buildings, otherwise whoever lives there will die!"

Lao Qian’s words made everyone feel uncomfortable.

Although he said that no one lived there, everyone knew that there were actually people living there.

For example, Zhou Ying's family, who lived directly opposite them, lived in one of the houses in that row.

In addition to Zhou Ying, there must be people from other families, because Shen Cong has seen cars parked in the parking spaces at the doorsteps.

But at this time, everyone should sincerely hope that—

Those neighbors don’t live at home, right?

"How is your family? I just saw from afar that your wall has not collapsed, so there should be nothing wrong, right?" Lao Qian asked with concern.

His wife also chimed in, "I was so scared yesterday. I was standing in the yard and saw the ground in front of your house crack open. I was so scared!

I really thought we were all going to die. I didn't expect that I would survive in the end! God bless me!

We are lucky.”

Uncle Qian’s wife’s surname is Jiao, and you can tell at first glance that she is a talkative person.

As she spoke, she patted her chest rapidly, her tone full of emotion of surviving a disaster.

But the Shen family had no mood to chat with her at the moment.

After a few perfunctory words, Chen Cong asked, "Auntie, you came out early, did you see anyone from our little Bie? We only saw you two along the way.

Now the phone is not working, there is no internet signal, and I don’t know what’s going on outside. Has anyone been out?”

"No one can get through, not just us. The people at the property management are frantic, they can't find anyone to help. They sent someone out this morning, but they said the road was blocked and there was no way to get through, so they came back.

Now they are short of manpower, there are only three of them, and they can’t send anyone out. I don’t know whether the others have gone out or not.”

Aunt Jiao was obviously a worrier. Even at this time, she was still extremely well-informed.

He kept talking: "Oh, the people in the property management department are also unlucky. The earthquake collapsed the roof of their property management department.

It is said that one person's leg was broken and another suffered a concussion.

They just came here to look for help, saying that the situation at the top is extremely chaotic. We are considered to be in a good situation here, but I heard that the situation at the top is even worse, with many people dead!

But Lao Qian and I are both so old, what can we do? "

"Where are the people from the property management now?" Gu Kai couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted her.

"Are you all busy? But they have set up a help station at the property management office, and they said you can go there for help if you have any problems.

We just checked. There was only one tent, which was very small. All the people inside were injured, and there was no place for others to sit.

There was no food or accommodation, so I discussed with Lao Qian and decided to live at home so as not to cause trouble to the government."

At this point she seemed to suddenly react and finally remembered what she was doing before.

Subconsciously, she took two steps back, stood behind her husband, and hid the plastic bag in her hand behind her back.

Then he asked Chen Cong a little embarrassedly: "Do you have any food at home? If not, hurry up and find some. I think this disaster is serious. I don't know when the government's rescue will come. We can't live without food."

Chen Cong had already noticed the dirty packets of instant noodles in her bag, which were obviously found from the ruins.

She knew that these two people must be collecting the victims' belongings while no one else was paying attention.

Having experienced the end of the world, she has seen a lot of things like this.

Not to mention searching the victims' belongings, in another two years, there will be many more unbearable things happening.

She was no longer surprised by this and would never judge others for it.

On the contrary, she thought the couple was smart.

Not many people who live here have stock at home. If you don’t look for it now, it will be gone later.

It's so hot today, even some food will go bad.

After saying goodbye to the couple, the three of them went to the temporary relief center in the community.

At this time, there were already about twenty people gathered there.

It can be seen that the property department was also severely damaged, and only a shell is left of the three-story building.

Fortunately, a lot of supplies stored inside were rescued.

If it is true as Aunt Jiao said, that there are only three people left on the property at this time, then they must be working very hard and doing a lot of things.

It's still early now, not even eight o'clock.

However, a tent had been set up on the flat ground in front of the property department, and next to it were two canvas awnings, which are most commonly used for outdoor promotions in the summer.

The people lying in the tent should be seriously injured. From the outside, we can see that they have all been simply bandaged and are guarded by their families.

The floor of the awning was covered with cardboard, on which were scattered some taken down red cloth banners. Some of them were obviously dug out from the ruins and looked dirty and tattered.

Five or six wounded men were lying on the banner, groaning.

Next to them, there were a few people sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall, with painful expressions on their faces.

They all looked injured to varying degrees, and some of their wounds were still bleeding.

But the injuries were not as serious as those of the people in the tent.

Those who are sitting here should be waiting in line for someone to treat their wounds.

A young man was squatting next to the wounded man with his back to the outside, bandaging his wound in a hurry. It was obvious that he was forced to do something and his movements were extremely clumsy.

"Let me do it." Shen Cong walked over quickly.

In her previous life, after she came back from Nan'an, she followed her father-in-law to the village clinic to volunteer.

She is not good at treating patients, but she is used to bandaging wounds.

"Sister, you can do it!" The young man was very surprised to see someone helping him.

"Come here, come here!"

He didn't even wait for Chen Cong to answer, he quickly picked up the medicine box beside him and stuffed it into her arms as if he was unloading a burden.

Then he rubbed his nose in embarrassment and said, "Sister, all the medicines in our community are here. There will definitely be injured people coming here later. You... use them as you see fit."

After saying that, he turned around and saw Gu Kai and Shen Jianyi who followed him. He was immediately surprised again.

"Are you here to help?" they asked repeatedly.

And when he saw the shovels and axes in their hands, his eyes lit up so brightly that they could dazzle people.

He was so excited that he almost jumped up and shouted, "Great, great, you actually have tools!"

He quickly turned around and looked at Chen Cong again, and asked expectantly: "Sister, can you help me keep an eye on this side and I will take them over there to help?

My colleague will bring the injured over later, and you can find him if you need anything then."

This guy must have just started working. He lacks experience and still looks childish.

He didn't even realize that Chen Cong and the others were the owners and might have come here to seek help.

Seeing them was like seeing family members, and I immediately assigned tasks to their family.

And his eyes were full of trust and expectation.

It makes it impossible to say no.

Fortunately, Shen Cong and the others were here to help.

"Don't worry, you have to tell me what's going on over there so I can know how to distribute these medicines."

Shen Cong pointed to the medicine box and asked quickly.

When she asked this, the young man's eyes suddenly dimmed.

He lowered his head and said in a low voice: "It's very miserable. There are fewer people in our villa area, so it's better. The high-rise areas are unbearable.

Just now, when my colleague came back to pull the car, he said that many people are still trapped underneath! "

Several people fell silent at the same time.

Chen Cong took over the young man's job, while Gu Kai and the others went with him to the top management.

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Chen Cong didn't move for the whole morning.

Stay under that awning the whole time.

At first he was squatting, but later he couldn't squat any longer and half-knelt to stop the bleeding and bandage the patient.

When someone finally remembered to bring her a small stool, her legs felt like they didn't belong to her anymore and were so numb that she couldn't move.

Not long after Gu Kai and his team arrived, a tricycle loaded with wounded soldiers was sent over.

They had lent the tricycle to the security guards before, but had not yet returned it to them.

I heard from the people who sent the injured over that two buildings collapsed on the high-rise side, and another building and the people inside it sank directly into the ground, making it impossible to rescue them.

There are only about ten people in total from the property management and security guards on both sides. This situation is totally useless. Now the owners have to rely mainly on self-rescue.

From last night till now, several groups of people have gone out to seek help, but no one has brought back good news.

I heard from those who had to come back that the situation outside was not much better than in the community. The roads were gone, and in some places the terrain had changed.

Not only were there several large cracks, but a small hill suddenly appeared out of nowhere between Yingshui Village and their community!

It's something I dare not even think about!

Looking at this situation, I really don’t know how long we have to wait for government rescue.

You can only rely on yourself now.

But how can we save lives without tools, medical care and medicine?

Even if we rescue people, how many of them can survive if they are not given timely treatment?

As the man was talking, the forty-something man suddenly squatted on the ground, holding his head and sobbing.

It is enough to prove what kind of miserable situation is happening over there!

Chen Cong silently took out some medicines for treating external injuries from the space and quietly put them into the medicine box when no one was paying attention.

At this point, this was all she could do.

At noon, Mr. Gu came over.

He had a lunch box in his hands and the usual medical kit on his shoulder.

As soon as he entered under the awning, he pushed Shen Cong aside and took her place.

"Go eat, I'll come this way."

Chen Cong didn't argue. He walked to the side, opened his lunch box and started eating.

She knew that time counted, and if they treated the wound of an injured person earlier, it might reduce the chance of a person being infected.

After finishing his meal in a few bites, Chen Cong picked up another medical kit and ran towards the upper floors.

She knew that more manpower was needed there.

What Chen Cong didn't expect was that someone arrived earlier than her.

Before she reached the door connecting the upper floor to this side, she saw a familiar figure from afar.

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"Mom, wake up, we have to find my dad quickly."

This was the first sentence Ke Bei heard when she opened her eyes.

Then I felt my legs lighten as the heavy stone on them was lifted up and thrown aside by the boy in front of me who was less than six years old.

The severe pain came and she suddenly woke up, realizing that she was reborn, back to the moment before the natural disaster.

Returning with her was her son Cheng Tian, ​​who was born after the end of the world.

"Can you get up? Hurry up, the bridge is going to collapse!"

Without waiting for her to respond, her son grabbed her up, threw her on his shoulders and ran away.

Lying on the baby's back, Ke Bei closed her eyes silently, and understood——

The cub's superpowers returned with him.

--

After Cheng Gan retired from the army, he opened a car repair shop and had good business. In addition, one person's food fed the whole family, so he lived a happy life.

Until one day a bridge in the city collapsed, and a woman with a child found him and said to him -

"I am your wife and he is your son. Come with us now. We will die together as a family!"

Cheng Gan: “…”

I've never been in a relationship, so where do my wife and son come from?!

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