The commune director, Zhao Tiechui, shuddered and immediately asked, "What's going on? Explain it to me clearly."
"I don't know the details, but there are rats everywhere! It's a rat plague, Director, what should we do?
Many production teams have suffered. Moreover, the mountains are now blocked by heavy snow and many production teams are in the mountains. We can’t contact them at all.”
This is Wang Zhongfa from the Liaison Office, who is responsible for regular communication and understanding of the situations with the various production brigades under the commune.
When he arrived at the commune early this morning, he saw several production team leaders who came to him specifically to talk about the rat plague.
Therefore, he did not dare to delay. After summarizing some of the information, he immediately ran to report to the commune director Zhao Tiechui.
"Where's the phone? Call each production team immediately."
Zhao Tiechui felt cold all over and his heart was pounding. He felt that a disaster was about to happen!
I wonder how many people will die from such a serious rat plague!
“I just tried to call, but… the phone line seems to be down and I can’t get through.
It’s snowing so heavily and we can’t send anyone there.
We have no idea what the situation is like in the various production teams below!"
Wang Zhongfa was also sweating profusely. Who could have thought that he would encounter such a thing on the first day of the Chinese New Year?
"It's over! It's over! Quick, call the production team leader who came to report the situation in!"
Zhao Tiechui forced himself to calm down. He knew that the most important thing now was to find out the situation.
"They are waiting outside. I will go and call them right away."
Wang Zhongfa quickly brought in two people from outside, one was the deputy captain of the Dawanggou Production Brigade, and the other was the captain of the Tianjiatun Production Brigade.
Dawanggou is the closest one to Hongxing Commune. It takes less than half an hour to get there by donkey cart. The road is flat and there are no mountains blocking the way.
The situation is similar in Tianjiatun, which is even closer than Dawanggou. If you walk fast, you can walk to Hongxing Commune in 20 minutes.
Therefore, the villagers from these two production brigades were the most diligent in coming to the commune on weekdays.
In this severe winter, no matter how strong the wind and snow are, it basically cannot block their way to the commune.
therefore……
After solving the aftermath of the rat plague this morning, the two production brigades immediately sent people to the commune to urgently report the situation.
"Director Zhao! Rats, there are really too many rats.
This is the first time in my life that I have seen a rat bite a person to death! It is really horrible."
Li Daya, deputy leader of the production brigade in Dawanggou, still speaks with lingering fear.
Zhou Ergou, the leader of Tianjiatun nearby, immediately nodded in agreement and said with emotion:
"It's tragic! It's so tragic! There are more than a dozen families in our village whose entire homes have been eaten by rats. There are also more than a dozen families who set their homes on fire to drive away the rats. Everything was burned to ashes..."
"How many people died? How much food was lost and how many houses were destroyed?"
After hearing the conversation between the two, Zhao Tiechui's heart became even colder.
Such a serious accident could not be concealed, and he, as the director of the commune, had to report it.
Moreover, although this could be considered a natural disaster, he, as the director of the commune, did not provide any help at all, and he will definitely be held accountable and punished by his superiors.
"Director! Our production team is really miserable.
I did a preliminary count this morning and came here to show you.
I hope you can quickly send some life-saving food from the commune warehouse to our production team! And some materials for building houses and so on..."
Li Daya took out a piece of paper, on which was written in crooked handwriting the losses caused by the rat plague in Dawanggou.
“122 people died and 233 were injured.
A lot of food was lost.
23 houses were burned down..."
"Director, our production team has also come up with the statistics, take a look."
Zhou Ergou from Tianjiatun immediately handed over a crumpled piece of paper, which read:
"140 dead and 270 injured.
The grain storage was emptied and most villagers had no food to eat at home.
31 houses burned down..."
So shocking!
Holding the two pieces of paper, Zhao Tiechui's hands began to tremble.
"This, this, this...what should I do?
Your two production brigades have already suffered so much losses.
Aren’t the conditions in other production teams much worse?
More than a hundred people died in one production brigade. If there were 24 production brigades, wouldn't that mean... 3,000 people would die in one go?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Tiechui almost fainted.
"Director! Director!"
Wang Zhongfa immediately supported the director and asked, "Do you want to go to the health center to see a doctor?"
"It's already this late, why are you still seeing a doctor?"
Zhao Tiechui held his head with one hand and asked the two people, "What is the current situation of the villagers in your two production teams? What about the injured villagers? Do you have enough medicine?"
"It's not enough! Director, we came here early in the morning just to ask you for food and medical care!
Many of our villagers have been bitten by rats and are now suffering from fever and vomiting. The situation is very serious.”
"Our production brigade is in a similar situation. These rats are so poisonous. Once a person is bitten, the wound will fester quickly. The doctor at the clinic in our production brigade can only use limited alcohol to disinfect us, but it doesn't seem to be very effective..."
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