Chapter 24

As soon as Chen Cong walked through the small door, he saw his sister pushing the family's cart laboriously in front of him.

There must be something heavy on the car. Her body was bent forward, and it was obvious that she was exerting a lot of strength.

Shen Cong quickly ran a few steps and walked over to his sister to help.

When she got closer, she saw that the car contained the small electric saw stored at home and the shovel and hoe bought by her father.

"Dad asked you to send them? Where are they? I'll go send them, sister, you go back."

Chen Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and refused: "No need. Shanshan is asleep, Tongtong won't make trouble, mom can take care of it alone, I'll come over to help."

"But……"

Chen Cong thought of the old Qian couple he met in the morning.

Before a major disaster, if there are people who are only thinking about disaster relief, there will definitely be people who are only thinking about themselves.

Chen Xi seemed to have seen through her thoughts and comforted her, "Don't worry, when I go out, Mom and I will move the iron gate over and block the main door. If we don't go back, Mom can't even get out by herself."

Chen Cong was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing: "So Chen, are you guys using all your strength, right?"

"Yes, even Tongtong went to help." Chen Xi sighed.

The two sisters walked forward together while talking, and the atmosphere was still a bit relaxed at this time.

But after they walked around the building near the gate and reached the rescue site, the two men could no longer smile and their faces instantly became solemn.

The V-shaped crack runs right through the middle of the residential area on the high-rise side.

An entire building sank directly into the crack.

The twenty-plus-story building is now completely gone. Even if you lie down at the crack and look down, you can't see even a shadow.

At this moment, several people were lying in front of the crack, howling at the bottom. It could be seen that they were the survivors of the building.

They looked miserable, some with wounds all over their hands and bodies, but they didn't care.

No one knew how long they had been crying. What they made now was no longer crying, but a kind of wailing almost like that of wild beasts.

Shen Cong got goose bumps when he heard it.

Chen Xi watched, unable to control herself and crying with her hands covering her mouth.

And next to these people, there is another Shura scene.

The earthquake and the turbulence caused by the ground fissure collapsed the two buildings next to the fissure.

One building was cut in half, with the upper part falling directly down;

The other one was even worse.

There was a big crack in the ground, and the lower half of the building had sunk. Now only the top four or five floors are left on the ground.

The twenty or so floors below were completely buried, along with the people and houses.

Today, the survivors in the community, the property management and the few remaining security guards have spontaneously formed a rescue team and are desperately trying to find and save people.

Because there are not many tools, the only ones that can be used are shovels, sticks and other items that are commonly available at home, and the efficiency is very low.

Many family members were desperate and were moving, relocating and carrying the bodies with their hands, trying their best to give their family members a glimmer of hope.

Seeing this kind of scene, no one would want to go home anymore.

Chen Cong walked quickly towards the wounded who were carried out and temporarily placed in the shade, waiting to be taken to the rescue station, opened the first aid kit and began to clean and bandage them.

Chen Xi continued to push the cart towards the place his father had told him to go.

Not long after, someone pushed a flatbed cart over and was overjoyed when they saw Shen Cong and the medical kit she was carrying.

"Doctor, doctor, go over there! There are still many wounded people in that open space, and we don't have a doctor here, please go over there quickly!"

Shen Cong did not explain that he was not a doctor at all.

She quickly bandaged the old man's leg, then stood up and ran in the direction the man pointed.

Sure enough, about two or three hundred meters behind the two buildings, a slightly flat ground had been cleared, and some plastic sheets and canvas were covered on it to block out moisture.

There are now more than a dozen people lying on those cloths.

There were a few old ladies and young girls looking after them.

Not far away, a tricycle was coming towards this side. The man pushing the tricycle was sweating profusely. It was obvious that he was transporting the wounded back and forth between the two communities.

Seeing Chen Cong, the volunteers who were taking care of him were all pleasantly surprised, as if they had seen hope.

Shen Cong did not bandage the wounded immediately, but took a quick look.

The more I looked at her, the heavier my heart felt.

This is not a job she can do!

Those who stayed here were obviously more seriously injured. One of them had a broken leg, and his calf was twisted outward at a strange angle.

Another person had a large wound on his waist, with skin and flesh turned outward and blood gushing out...

I guess the reason why they are still here and not carried to the better environment in the villa area is because no one dares to move.

But how could she treat such a serious injury? !

She pointed at a girl standing next to her and said, "Hurry up and go to the property management department over there and get Doctor Gu. Tell him there's a seriously injured person here and he must come. Do you know where the property management department is?"

"I know." The girl nodded quickly, then ran away without saying a word.

Shen Cong came from there, and she knew that the wounds of the wounded in the villa area had been treated.

Those who were seriously injured in the tent could only rely on themselves to fight for their lives before the government medical team arrived, and no one else could help them.

In this case, it makes more sense for my father-in-law to come over here.

Even if Shen Cong didn't ask anyone to call him, Gu Zhengchu was actually ready to come over.

Mainly because he was running out of bandages.

This time when he went out, he carried all the remaining trauma medicines from the clinic with him, thinking that they would be enough.

Who would have thought that in just a short while, more than thirty wounded soldiers were sent over and all his supplies were used up!

"Is the situation bad over there?" he asked the girl who came over and called him.

"Yeah." The girl nodded, breathing heavily, and couldn't even speak clearly.

But when she heard Mr. Gu ask this, her eyes suddenly turned red.

Gu Zhengchu didn't ask any more questions, but his brows were already twisted into knots.

His daughter-in-law predicted the earthquake in advance, so he prepared a large amount of trauma medicine, which would be enough to hold out for a while.

Can--

No matter how much preparation one makes, it is not enough to support the wounded in a community!

Moreover, even if the family’s reserves are sufficient temporarily, they cannot all be taken out.

Otherwise, no one has the energy to pay attention to this now, but what about afterwards?

At that time, someone will definitely wonder - where do so many medicines come from?

The community itself has no reserves at all, and he said that all of them were leftovers from his clinic. How much could he have left from a small clinic like that?

Gu Zhengchu glanced at the groaning wounded beside him, then at the sweaty faces and solemn expressions of the volunteers, and the pressure in his heart increased a little.

By the time Mr. Gu and Shen Cong had treated all the wounded, it was already dark.

Gu Kai came to find them and took them home.

After not seeing each other for a whole day, Gu Kai seemed like a different person.

His hair was stuck into wisps by dust and sweat, and his face and body were covered in dust.

The black long-sleeved T-shirt he was wearing was soaked with sweat and stuck to his body. It was dirty and covered with unknown objects.

I don’t know how long it has been since he last drank water, but his lips are already covered with dry skin.

The gloves I had worn in the morning were gone, my hands were terribly dirty, and several of my fingers were broken and covered with black Band-Aids.

"Doctor Gu, Sister Shen, you two can go back first. We will take care of this place. You have been busy all day. Have a good rest. We don't know how long you will be busy tomorrow!"

Seeing Gu Kai, the girl who had helped to call people said.

Chen Cong nodded: "Let's go back and clean up first, I'll come over to be on duty at night. If you find someone again, you can go to my house immediately, my dad and I can come over."

In fact, no new survivors have been sent in since four o'clock in the afternoon.

After all, in a collapse like this, not many people can survive.

The girl agreed readily.

The three of them then went home together.

When they returned, Shen Jianyi and Shen Xi had just moved away the security door blocking the entrance, and they had not even had time to enter the house.

Seeing them, Shen Jianyi immediately said, "Xiao Kai, let's fix this door after dinner. I just checked and the door frame is still usable. Let's just fix the door."

Gu Kai did not agree immediately.

He walked over to take another look and said, "Dad, I suggest we don't install this door. Bring some bricks from the flower bed and seal this side directly. We should go through the backyard from now on. It's safer this way."

As soon as he said this, Shen Jianyi hurried over and looked around.

After thinking for a while, he nodded: "That's fine. I don't think this ditch can be filled up. Our house is too close to the ditch. It's really scary to go in and out from this side, especially since we have children. Okay, okay, let's block this door together later."

Several people went back to the house together while talking.

Because the crack is in the shape of a large V, the main entrance of the Shen family is at the bottom of the V.

So their backyard and the area outside the backyard are relatively flat, at least there is no ground subsidence or ground cracks.

It would be more appropriate to go out through the small door in the backyard.

Cheng Ru was not idle at all at home today.

After the disaster, she became even more obsessed with preparing more food whenever possible, in case the world got worse.

So, after tidying up the house a little, she cooked for the whole day.

There is no water or electricity at home, and the gas is also out of service.

Cheng Ru simply went out, picked up a few bricks, and built a simple stove in the yard.

On this day, she steamed all the dozens of kilograms of rice that her daughter had left outside, and also used up all the flour.

At this moment, she didn't have the energy to make those exquisite buns and dumplings, so she let the dough ferment and baked them all into pancakes.

No matter how healthy she is, Cheng Ru is already over sixty years old.

I have to cook and look after the children, there is no water, electricity or air conditioning, and I have to watch over a stove like that.

At the end of the day, I was so tired that I almost collapsed.

But when she thought about the work her husband, in-laws, and her daughter and son-in-law had to do outside and the suffering they had to endure, Cheng Ru wished she could do more, for she was always afraid that they would be too tired and get scolded again.

So I dragged my extremely tired body and used the makeshift stove to stir-fry two dishes and make a soup.

I saw that the unbroken stainless steel basins, bowls, pots, and lids in the kitchen... were all put to use by my mother, and the whole house was filled with the aroma of rice and flour.

There were two dishes and a soup on the table. Chen Cong and the others were all shocked when they entered the room!

It is totally unbelievable how Ms. Cheng completed such a huge project in such a short time.

"Mom, how much work have you done since I left?" Chen Xi murmured.

At this time, Cheng Ru was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back.

She did not answer her eldest daughter, but held her waist and said to Shen Cong: "Cong Cong, put these things away quickly and free up the basins for me. I need to use them to steam salted fish and bacon in the evening."

Chen Cong was also very distressed.

She took two steps forward and wanted to support her mother, but when she saw how dirty she was, she stopped.

She could only stand there and complain, "Mom, we've already prepared so much, the whole family can't finish it in a year. Don't bother yourself like this, there's still a long way to go."

Cheng Ru waved her hand: "Don't worry about it. I can't go out at home, so I can only think about random things. I might as well do something. Just listen to me and put the things away, and then bring out some vegetables and meat."

Hearing his mother-in-law say this, Gu Kai touched his wife and said, "Listen to me."

Chen Cong had no choice but to nod.

Compared to other families, the Shen family lives a much better life.

Because the bathtub and shower head at home were no longer usable in the collision, Chen Cong simply took out a set of dormitory-style bathing equipment from the space, and combined it with the warm water that had been stored in the small water tank, the whole family took a nice bath.

Because we knew there would be no water for a long time, no one was willing to throw away the dirty water from bathing.

Instead, he used a large bucket that he had purchased in advance for composting and stored it for use in flushing the toilet.

Shanshan no longer has a fever and is in a much better mood than in the morning.

After what happened yesterday, Tongtong seemed to have grown up overnight and turned into a little adult.

He knew that he couldn't help the adults much, so he took good care of his sister.

I fed my sister water, fanned her, told her stories, and slept with her.

The little one is trying hard to lighten the burden on the adults in his own way.

However, after seeing his mother, Zizi finally returned to his six-year-old appearance.

He stayed by Shen Xi's side and didn't want to leave for even a minute.

I told my mother everything that happened during the day, that I helped my grandmother pick up stones and washed my sister’s face…

The little mouth kept talking, holding onto the corner of Chen Xi's clothes with her hands, following her wherever she went, not wanting her mother to leave her sight for even a moment.

Only at this time can one truly feel the deep fear in the child's heart.

After the meal, no one came to call Chen Cong and the others over.

That means no new casualties are being sent to the temporary relief center.

This realization does not make people feel at ease, but instead makes them more stressed.

"It's so hot. If there's no water or electricity, not only the injured people, but ordinary people won't be able to bear it!" Cheng Ru was the first to say.

"Not only is there no water and electricity, there's not enough food!"

Shen Xi sighed, “Mom, you haven’t been to the high-rise area, so you don’t know the situation there. Few people living there are owners, and they are basically tenants who work in nearby towns.

Most of them are not at home during the day, and they don’t have much food stored at home. In the past two days, because of the earthquake forecast, all the restaurants and shops in the town have been closed, but they did not go to work and stayed at home..."

At this point, Shen Xi lowered his head, his tone showing unconcealed sadness.

It took him a while to control his emotions and he continued, "It's so tragic. Let's not talk about the dead, what are the people who survived going to do in the future? There's really nothing to eat.

There is no canteen in our community, and there is no food stored on the property!

Today I followed those volunteers and dug for almost a whole day just to dig out a small supermarket in front of Building No. 2.

But when I really dug it out, I found that there was not much stock in that supermarket.

Actually, it's easy to understand. It was just a small storefront converted from a storefront on the first floor. It wasn't very big to begin with. We took out all the biscuits and instant noodles that were in pieces, but we still couldn't get enough to buy a tricycle.

What is this enough for? ! "

"Apart from food, there is not enough water. In such a hot day, it is bearable to go without food, but you really can't survive without water." Shen Jianyi also sighed.

At this point, the whole family looked up at Chen Cong at the same time: "Cong Cong, do you think the government will ignore us?"

"Of course they will, but it's hard to say whether the government has the capacity to do so now. We don't know what the city is like yet, and who dares to say that this earthquake only occurred in Bac Ninh?"

Chen Cong's tone was very calm.

But these words were like a basin of cold water poured directly into everyone's heart, chilling them from the inside out.

"What should we do? Just wait to die? Hundreds of lives are at stake!" Chen Xi's voice was filled with tears.

Tongtong didn’t quite understand what the adults said, but when he saw that his mother was about to cry, he suddenly became scared.

He climbed onto Shen Xi's body all at once, hugged her neck tightly, put his face against hers, and shouted anxiously: "Mom, Mom!"

Seeing her brother like this, Shanshan was also scared.

She was originally held in Cheng Ru's arms, but she struggled to get down and throw herself into Chen Xi's arms.

Seeing his two children and thinking about the hopeless future, Chen Xi was about to break down.

"Come on, let's seal the door. Tongtong, come and help grandpa. Shanshan, come too. Let your grandma take you to catch cicadas."

Seeing that the children were frightened, Shen Jianyi stood up and changed the subject.

He walked over and took his grandson from his eldest daughter's arms, while winking at her, asking her to pay attention to her emotions.

Chen Xi lowered her head and quietly wiped away the tears that had already overflowed.

The others also stood up.

This topic is too heavy. Even though everyone knows that they cannot escape it, they don’t want their children to feel it too early.

The whole family came to the front yard. Chen Cong took out the tools and turned on the large solar emergency light. Everyone gathered together to discuss how to seal the door more appropriately.

Just at this moment, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside.

They went out to take a look, and then saw a group of people queuing and slowly coming towards them.

Because the road in front of Shen Cong's house was the narrowest, it was a little dangerous for two people to walk side by side, and it was already dark, so the group walked very slowly and carefully.

It took several minutes for the leader to reach the door of the Shen family.

"Shi Lei, where are you going?" Shen Jianyi recognized the person leading the team in front and asked.

The man also recognized the Shen family and immediately smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, Gu Kai, so this house belongs to you! This house is really nice and solid."

He exclaimed in amazement.

"We were lucky. We had just renovated it before the earthquake." Gu Kai explained lightly.

Then he looked at the people following behind him and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the empty villa in front." Shi Lei pointed to the west of the Shen family.

"All the buildings over there collapsed, and the ones that didn't collapse are no longer habitable. So we discussed with the property management and wanted to move in with you. You still have a lot of empty houses that haven't been sold, and the property management agreed."

"Okay, okay, this is a good idea." When Shen Jianyi heard this was the reason, he nodded repeatedly.

He looked at the people behind him and asked, "Are you the only ones?"

"No, there are more than a hundred people here, and some of them live in the buildings to the east. We are all single, without families, no elderly or children.

The road here is too narrow, and we were afraid they would be in danger, so we discussed and decided to just come over here."

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at the chasm on the side and sighed, "Your family is really lucky, just this little bit... You are so lucky, so lucky!

This ditch—my legs were shaking a little when I passed by it.”

Chen Cong now understood that Shi Lei should be the leader elected by the high-rise residents.

Today's rescue was done by him and the people from the property management team.

She looked back and recognized several familiar faces in the group of people, all of whom had helped transport the wounded.

It is obvious at a glance that the people who came with Shi Lei are the main force of today's volunteers.

Now knowing that they had given up their better-located accommodations to others after a busy day, Chen Cong had a better impression of them.

She thought about it and took the initiative to approach and talk: "Shi Lei, right? I am Chen Cong, Gu Kai's lover. Are you free tonight? If so, Gu Kai and I will come over to talk to you later."

It was dark, and Shi Lei had not noticed Chen Cong before. When he heard her say that, he quickly turned towards her, with deep gratitude in his tone.

"It's Doctor Shen. I saw you at the nursing station just now. You were busy at the time and might not have noticed me. Thank you so much today, and Doctor Gu. You saved many of our lives!

Dr. Shen, if you have anything to say, just tell me!"

Chen Cong was too lazy to correct whether he was a doctor or not.

She just nodded and repeated, "You guys go and pack up first. We have some things to do at home. We'll go over at eight o'clock. If possible, it would be best if we could invite the people in charge of our community to come with us. Let's have a meeting to discuss our future plans."

At this point, she paused and said, "There are not enough medicines and gauze."

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