Chapter 19 Discussion
"That's courting death!"
Huang Liping didn't have the mind to think about others. She just wanted to know whether the supplies she applied for online could be delivered on time after the water passed tonight.
If it can’t be delivered, there will probably be trouble on the mountain!
She thought about it and looked up at the mountain.
"Why?"
"Is there a power outage in the temple? Why is it dark?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the temple, which was usually lit up, was now pitch black.
"The lights were on just now, weren't they?" Jiang Dong asked hesitantly, "Could it be that the flood just now broke the power lines?"
“It’s more than just wires.”
Jiang Qian looked at the page on her phone that couldn't be refreshed, "The phone signal is gone!"
After hearing this, Huang Liping also took out her mobile phone, but she was also unable to connect to the Internet and could not make any calls.
She couldn't help but complain, "What the hell is this!"
Not only is there no electricity, but now there's no signal either. Trapped in this mountain, there's no way to even contact the outside world!
Jiang Weimin was optimistic. "That's fine. At least we lost the signal only after we declared the supplies."
Glancing at the turbulent water outside, he said, "We don't know if there will be a second wave soon. Let's go back to the temple!"
Everyone thought about the scene they had just seen and felt a little scared, so naturally no one disagreed.
If there is another flood, they may not be safe on the road halfway up the mountain.
"Let's go back. At least we are all together and we can feel at ease!"
Although Jiang Qian felt uneasy, she had no other better choice at the moment.
The whole family left without any delay.
Jiang Weimin drove the car, winding up the mountain road.
The not-so-bright headlights were like a sharp blade in the dark night, breaking through the darkness and illuminating the road ahead.
But not long after we went forward, we found another car parked on the side of the road.
The person in the car saw them coming and opened the door and got out.
As they got closer, the Jiang family members could see clearly who was in front of them, and Jiang Weimin quickly stopped the car.
"Aihua? Why are you here? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Jiang Aihua and Jiang Jizhong in front of him are both from Xiaohewa. According to seniority, they are Jiang Weimin's nephews and grandchildren, and they are also rare young people in the village affected by the flood.
The two had been working outside before, and this time they came back to help their family harvest wheat. Who would have thought that they encountered a rare flood before they had harvested a few acres of wheat.
Because there are fewer young people in the village, Jiang Aihua and Jiang Jizhong have been following Jiang Hongbing around to help run errands these days.
But why were they outside? Were they also braving the wind like them?
Just as Jiang Weimin was thinking this, he saw the anxious faces of the two young men in front of him.
"Uncle, do you still have a signal on your phone?"
Jiang Weimin was stunned. "My phone ran out of battery a long time ago, but Qianqian did say she had no signal just now."
"What? Didn't you get through on the phone when you went down the mountain?"
Jiang Aihua and Jiang Jizhong were both youngest children, and their entire family had evacuated safely to the temple. However, both had two older married sisters, so it wasn't surprising that they'd come out to call their families.
"Why didn't you come down earlier? Why are you calling me so late at night?"
Jiang Weimin didn't notice anything wrong, but Jiang Qian, who was always on edge, did not miss the fear hidden under the anxiety of the two people.
She asked directly, "What happened in the temple?"
The two looked anxious and did not hide anything.
"Sister Qianqian, there are zombies in the temple that bite people. We don't know what's going on yet."
Jiang Aihua said, "Originally, it was just a villager who was not feeling well. My cousin (Jiang Hongbing) sent me out to make a phone call. Later, Ji Zhong also came and said that someone in the temple had gone crazy, attacked others, and was then killed."
This sentence contained a huge amount of information, which made all the Jiang family members present stunned. Even Jiang Qian, who had reminded herself to be mentally prepared, did not expect the situation to be so serious.
"What about now?" Jiang Qian asked, "What's the situation in the temple now?"
Jiang Aihua: "I don't know. We've been calling since we got out. We haven't been back yet, so we asked someone to go back to the temple to report the news. But the phone lines to the county and town hospitals are all busy, and just now there was no signal at all."
Jiang Dong recovered and said, "There was a flood just now, and it probably broke the power lines, so..."
"What?"
The two were shocked.
The place where they parked was slightly higher than the Jiang family's, so they couldn't see the river. Their attention had been on the phone and they hadn't noticed anything happening down the mountain.
Jiang Jizhong glanced at his cousin and said, "Aihua, what should we do now?"
Uncle Hongbing asked them to come out and make a phone call, but the call was obviously not going through. What should they do?
"Let's go back!" Jiang Aihua gritted his teeth.
He was willing to come out and make a phone call to see if he could get in touch with the outside world, get some information in advance, and find a safe place for his family.
But in this situation, contacting the outside world is obviously a luxury, so let's go back.
The temple is in chaos now and is not safe. Their whole family is still staying in the temple.
Although Uncle Hongbing is in the temple, nothing serious should happen, but he can only feel at ease when he is with his family.
Jiang Jizhong also wanted to go back. The situation was even worse when he came out, so he was more worried about the safety of his family in the temple than his cousin.
Jiang Jizhong went to drive the car, while Jiang Aihua looked at Jiang Weimin and asked, "Uncle, what about you guys? Are you going back to the temple?"
Jiang Weimin looked at his family, but hesitated.
In the past few days, they had heard their daughter talk about doomsday literature such as zombies. Therefore, even if Jiang Aihua and the others did not explain it clearly, they roughly knew what it was.
They did want to go back to the temple before, but when they thought about the situation in the temple they had just heard about, they felt a little scared.
They have already come out and have food and drinks outside. Do they still want to go back?
Ren Ru hugged her son tightly.
She doesn't want to go back.
She was just a daughter-in-law who married from outside the village. What happened to the people in the village had nothing to do with her. The only thing she cared about was the people in the car in front of her.
But Ren Ru also knew that she could remain indifferent in the face of this situation, but other people in the family might not.
Jiang Weimin did not answer, but instead asked, "How is the situation in the temple?"
"When we came out, the village chiefs were looking for the people who had mutated. They should have been under control by now. Then we came out. We don't know what happened after that."
As Jiang Aihua spoke, she saw that the car next to her had already driven over, so she stopped asking questions, opened the passenger door and got in.
"Uncle, my parents and wife are still in the temple. I'm worried, so I'm leaving first. Please think about it." He paused and said something from the bottom of his heart, "Uncle, the temple is not safe. If you can avoid going back, don't go back."
Jiang Weimin nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go first. Be careful."
"Um."
Jiang Aihua nodded in agreement, and the next second, the car sped away, leaving only the Jiang family's bus stopped halfway.
The family digested what they had just heard in silence. Finally, it was Jiang Dong who broke the almost dead silence and asked tentatively, "Are we going back?"
Ren Ru opened her mouth and quickly closed it again.
Like her, her mother-in-law married into the family from outside the family. However, her parents had passed away long ago, and even her brothers and sisters had passed away a few years ago, leaving behind only a few nephews and nieces. They had all started their own families in recent years, and they rarely visited each other except during the holidays, so they were not very close.
But my father-in-law was a native of Xiaohewa.
"Jiang" is a common surname in Xiaohewa, and most of the villagers are related to it. Although my father-in-law's brothers and sisters are all gone, he still has a few close cousins who stayed at the temple during the evacuation.
Although she didn't want to go back, if her relatives or friends were in the temple, she would go back to see them no matter what.
She looked at the struggling expression on her father-in-law's face, and it felt like a hand was twisting her heart.
"I thought about it and decided that I can't go back," said Jiang Weimin.
"We don't know what's going on in the temple yet. We're lucky to have gotten out, but we can't let our whole family get involved again."
Ren Ru breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could feel at ease, she heard the next sentence.
"But I am worried about them still being in the temple, serving their country as soldiers."
Jiang Weimin didn't want his family to be in danger, but he was really worried about his old brothers.
Their family was just a small branch within the larger Jiang clan, with relatively few members. Although they shared the surname Jiang, they weren't particularly popular in the village. They could only follow the main branch and sometimes even outperformed the smaller clans that had come together.
In order to live a good life in the village, they can only unite as a branch and have a say in the village and the clan.
Over the past decade, more and more young people have left the village, and the clan influence in the village is not as strong, but the feelings cultivated with cousins back then are still genuine.
"You guys just stay here with the car. I'll go take a look and come back. If anything happens, Qianqian and your mother should close the car doors and windows. Dongzi, you drive away directly."
"no!"
Jiang Qian and Jiang Dong said in unison.
Everyone knows that temples are very dangerous nowadays, so how could they dare to let their father go alone?
Jiang Dong had feelings for his uncles, aunts, and cousins, but they were not as deep as his father's. He was more worried about his father than his uncles and aunts who were separated by a room.
But he knew his father's temper better, and it was impossible to persuade him by force, so he could only try it softly.
He tried to persuade them earnestly, "Dad, I know you're worried about my cousin and the others, but it's so dangerous up there. You have to think about us too. Are you just going to abandon us along the way?"
Jiang Weimin looked up at him and said guiltily, "How could I have left you? Just stay in the car. I'll be back soon."
"Is it a matter of going?" Jiang Qian had seen the most doomsday movies and was the most afraid. "Maybe there's no coming back. I told you so much before, Dad, didn't you listen to it all?"
"Why didn't I listen? If I hadn't listened, I would have asked you to go back with me."
Jiang Weimin straightened up and tried to retort, but when he met his daughter's tearful eyes, his temper softened again.
"Besides, your uncle Hongbing is already handling the situation at the temple, so it's not that bad. I'll just go back and take a look. If anything goes wrong, I'll come back immediately. Look how scared you are."
"dad!"
Jiang Qian looked at her father's unyielding attitude and took a deep breath, calming herself down before speaking.
"This isn't a question of whether you're scared or not. The situation is already so dangerous. If you go over there, to put it bluntly, you're courting death! Do you understand that?"
【Author’s words】
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