According to preliminary statistics, the death toll is probably less than fifty.
Only eight houses were burned down.
A lot of food and vegetables hidden in the cellars by the villagers were destroyed by the army of rats.
"Huh! Uncle Shuisheng, this is a blessing in disguise.
It is really remarkable that we in Linjiagou have been able to deal with such a serious rat infestation to this extent.”
After reading the summarized information, Lin Huowang breathed a sigh of relief, then said to Lin Shuisheng with a smile.
"Yes! To be honest, when you told me that there would be a rat plague and many people would die, I didn't believe it.
After all, this rat usually runs away for its life when it sees people, so how could it dare to hurt people?
But last night, I really saw how crazy the rats are!
The extremely hungry rats would bite anyone they saw. Although there were relatively few deaths in our production brigade, there were many people bitten.
The health center is now crowded with villagers who need alcohol to disinfect their wounds.
Doctor Zhou just told me that the medicines in stock will run out soon, and asked me to find a way to get some more."
At this point, Lin Shuisheng also had a headache, and he touched his head and said: "But now the heavy snow has blocked the road out of the mountain, and the telephone line between us and the commune is also broken.
This person can't get out, and the news can't get out. I'm so anxious!"
Lin Huowang smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Uncle Shuisheng, don't worry. Although the heavy snow has blocked the mountain road, there will always be a way.
We just need to wait, the people outside will find a way to clear the way."
"With such heavy snow! Can we open up the mountain road from the commune to our village? That's impossible! Not to mention that the commune doesn't have the ability to do so, even if it did, Zhao Tiechui doesn't have the courage to do it."
Lin Shuisheng shook his head and did not hold out any hope.
Lin Huowang kept it a secret and did not say it on the spot, but continued to say with a smile:
"In short, don't worry! There will be food and medicine."
The other production team cadres were all in disbelief when they heard Lin Huowang's confident "big talk".
They were born and raised in Linjiagou for decades after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Whenever the road out of the village is blocked by heavy snow before the New Year, people have to wait until the following spring when the snow melts before they can leave the village.
Without exception, I have never heard of a year in which anyone has the ability to leave the village safely after the roads are blocked by heavy snow.
As for opening up this snow-covered mountain road, that is even more of a fantasy.
How many people are needed to shovel the snow?
Not to mention, there was snow all morning long from time to time, and it was impossible to shovel it all.
At this time, outside the production team, a lot of villagers gathered.
And the number of people was still increasing. Everyone was very excited and started shouting towards the team headquarters.
"Awang! Come out for a moment. We are here to thank you."
"Yes, yes, yes! Awang, you are the lifesaver of our entire production team! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid everyone in my family would have died in the mouths of rats."
"From now on, anyone in the village who dares to say something bad about Awang will have a quarrel with me."
"That's right! Awang, I have to apologize to you. I used to call you a cripple, and it was my fault."
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Hearing the noise, Lin Huowang and the cadres of the production team came out to see what was happening. Men, women, young and old, all braved the wind and snow to rush to the production team headquarters, just to thank Lin Huowang.
"Awang, uncle is right!
Everyone still has some conscience and remembers your kindness.
I have to say that this time you successfully warned of the rat plague, not only saving the whole village, but also doing a good job for yourself and me, and increasing your prestige in the village!"
Seeing this, Lin Shuisheng's heart was also burning. "Now, even if Lin Jianguo's two legs grew back and he jumped over to compete with us for the position of captain, no one would support them anymore."
"Uncle Shuisheng, the leader once said that the eyes of the masses are sharp.
I also believe that as long as we are wholeheartedly doing good for the villagers, they will definitely be able to distinguish right from wrong and recognize our efforts and contributions.”
Lin Huowang nodded, and then asked, "So how are Lin Jianguo and Accountant Zhang's families doing now? I just heard from you that it seems to be very badly affected. Should we go over and take a look?"
"Well! Both families are still dealing with the aftermath! The situation is not good, the house has all been burned down, and now both families are staying in the shed outside in the snow.
This is not a solution. Let us cadres work together to solve this problem!
There are several other families whose houses have been burned down and whose food is gone. If we don’t take care of them, they will surely freeze to death or starve to death today.”
When this was mentioned, Lin Shuisheng immediately mobilized the cadres.
"Awang! Wherever you want to go, we will go with you and lend a hand."
"Yes! Several families were in real trouble this time. I heard that both the elderly and children were bitten to death by rats."
"There were several houses burned down! The captain's house was burned down. When I just passed by, the captain looked so miserable! He was crying loudly..."
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There were about seventy or eighty villagers who came to express their gratitude, so they followed Lin Huowang and the cadres to Lin Jianguo's home in the center of the village.
Lin Shuisheng took a bag of corn flour from the granary, about five pounds, as an emergency gift to Lin Jianguo.
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