Surrounded like a giant rice dumpling, Lin Anran struggled to lift her head and said, "Hi! Captain Su, are you busy?"
"Yes, we don't have enough manpower, so I can't just sit idle."
Su Xing shoveled a large ladle of snow and piled it on the roadside. Even though it was very cold, he was still sweating profusely.
They asked many people, but none of them were willing to help.
Lin Anran symbolically adjusted the sleeves of her clothes. "Perfect timing, we're here to help out, so leave this to us!"
Apart from Gu Chen, who was injured and forced to stay home to watch the house, the other five people came and took over the shovels from the staff, working hard.
Su Xing smiled; this group of people seemed to be quite different from what the deputy base commander had said.
The volunteers and staff around them, who had lost hope, were instantly ignited by them.
In one morning, thanks to everyone's efforts, snow was cleared from a road, saving about ten people.
The group of people who had originally come to gather information now had even more complicated feelings.
In the face of disaster, everyone seems so insignificant. They have no way to fight against nature and can only try to protect themselves.
Su Xing stopped everyone, saying that they would only have the energy to work after they finished eating.
"Help! Help! Someone please save my child!"
The group, who were engrossed in eating, immediately put down their lunchboxes, picked up their shovels, and ran towards the location of the cries for help.
The old lady grasped at Lin Ma's hand tightly, as if she had seen a lifeline. Her icy hand was already blue and purple from the cold, and she kept pleading for help.
"Kind-hearted person, please save Xiaohua! She's buried in the snow! Please, I'll kowtow to you."
Lin's mother hurriedly helped the kneeling old lady up. "Grandma, please don't panic. We're here to rescue her. Tell me where she is? In which direction is she buried?"
"There she is! She's there!" The old woman pointed to the small woodshed not far away, muttering repeatedly, "My little flower, Grandma is here! Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Seeing that the old lady was highly stressed and, coupled with the cold weather, was not wearing a single thick coat, Lin Anran called over the staff around her and arranged for her to stay in the rescue tent.
"Grandma, we will save your flowers. Wait in the tent, and we will bring them back to you soon."
"Okay! Okay!"
The group worked tirelessly, digging through the thick snow, for a minute, half an hour, an hour...
"Found it!"
Lin Yu's exclamation made everyone stop what they were doing.
He threw down the shovel and started brushing away the snowflakes with his hands, revealing a pale and delicate little face.
He shakily removed his gloves, and the cold wind seeped directly into his clothes from his sleeves, his icy fingers lightly touching his nostrils.
"She's still breathing! Someone come quick, someone save her!"
The staff carried the stretcher from the roadside and ran over. The little girl's face was dirty and covered in snowflakes, making her look especially pitiful.
Lin Anran and the others helped lift the little girl onto the stretcher before they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiaoyu! You did a great job." Lin Anran's performance made Lin Yu blush.
"Of course, of course."
The blizzard intensified, forcing everyone to seek shelter in tents.
"Sis! Look!"
Lin Anran looked at the place Lin Yu was pointing to.
The old woman who had just cried for help is now sitting by a small bed, muttering something unintelligible.
At that moment, their hearts were warmed.
Half an hour later, Su Xing came in from outside, bringing two pieces of news.
The good news is that all the victims have been rescued, except for a dozen or so who are still missing.
Another piece of bad news is that the entire F area was covered by heavy snow, making rescue impossible and forcing evacuation.
As Lin Anran and her companions were preparing to leave the tent and go home, their attention was drawn to a group of people entering through the door, who seemed somewhat familiar.
The middle-aged man at the front glanced around and headed straight for the old lady and Xiaohua.
He took off his mask. "Aunt Wang, I've finally found you! How are you? Is Hua'er alright?"
The old lady stood up, tears streaming down her face. "Xiaochun! Hua'er and I are alright. Thank goodness, thank goodness you are all alright."
Cao Ming asked worriedly, "What happened? Aunt Wang, how did Xiaohua get buried in the snow?"
The old woman sobbed as she explained, "It's all my fault. I thought it was too cold, and since Xiaohua was asleep, I went out alone to find firewood. When I came back, it was already the next morning. I couldn't find Xiaohua, so I started asking for help."
The people at the base rescued the flowers, and we've been staying here ever since.
The man called Xiaochun had tears welling up in his eyes. "Okay, that's enough. We're safe now. I'll take you home."
Xiao Chun helped the old lady up, while Cao Ming picked up the little girl from the bed and walked outside.
Lin Anran frowned and stopped them, "Wait! You can't leave."
Cao Ming, assuming they were base staff, looked at them impatiently and said, "We will hand over the supplies. Thank you for saving people."
“I’m not from the base. I just wanted to warn you that it’s windy and snowy outside. If they go out, they’ll definitely get sick. You’ll be fine, but the old lady and the little girl won’t be able to withstand the wind and snow.”
The old lady's eyes lit up when she heard the voice. "It's you? Our benefactors! Xiaochun, Xiaoming, it's them. They just saved Hua'er."
Xiaochun bowed deeply to the group, "Thank you for saving them. I will compensate you, and thank you for reminding me."
Xiaochun straightened up and finally saw the person in front of him. His voice trembled as he asked, "Um, benefactor?"
Lin Anran wasn't used to being called a benefactor, so she waved her hand and said, "No need to call us benefactors. Saving the little girl was just something we did casually. There's no need to be so polite."
Luo Chun's eyes reddened. "No, no, you are those two little benefactors from the old factory."
He remembered it clearly; that day was their lucky day, when they met the gods who came to save them, a girl and a boy.
They helped them defeat the demons and gave them a lot of supplies.
They were able to reach the base safely entirely thanks to those two little benefactors.
Lin Anran seemed to realize something and tentatively asked, "Luo Chun?"
"Yes, yes, it's me, my little benefactor. I didn't thank you properly that time, and you saved us again this time."
Lin Yu was also surprised to see this group of people again, and said with emotion, "It seems we are quite destined to meet!"
The group of men following Luo Chun also had red eyes. The old factory incident was a painful memory for them. If it weren't for these two little benefactors, they would have died long ago in the mouths of mutated animals or under the guns of Xuzhou.
“My dear benefactors, if you don’t mind, you are welcome to visit our home. We live in District C, which is not far from here.”
Lin Anran couldn't refuse, so she arranged the rest of the things and got warm clothes for the old lady and the little girl before leaving the tent.
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