Chapter 20 Return to the Temple
"Don't think about running away..."
Seeing that her father was not going to change his mind and was determined to stick to his guns, Jiang Qian's voice became louder and louder.
"You said it's safe over there. You can go if you want. I'll go with you."
"No." Jiang Weimin was anxious. "You are a girl, what can you do there?"
"Then let Dongzi go with you."
"Dongzi can't do it either." Jiang Weimin became even more anxious. "I'm leaving, and Dongzi has to stay and drive."
Jiang Qian was so angry that she almost laughed, "You arranged everything for us, why don't you consider yourself?"
Just as she was thinking about how to continue persuading him, someone patted her on the back.
Huang Liping pressed her daughter down on her seat and said, "Alright, stop talking to him. Your dad is a stubborn ass. You can't win over him."
"If he could listen to me, why would I have been angry with him so many times over the years?"
"Don't you know your father? He won't give up until he hits the wall. If you don't let him get what he wants, he won't stop."
Huang Liping comforted her daughter and said to her husband, "If you want to see it, let's go and see it."
Jiang Weimin didn't expect his wife to agree. He was interrupted just as he was about to say something.
"You can go and see, but you have to listen to me. Our whole family will not get out of the car. We will park outside the temple and we will not go in. If you want to see someone, you can ask them to come out. That's the only way. No other options."
Jiang Weimin was unwilling to do so. "The temple is so dangerous, why are you going there?"
Jiang Qian curled her lips, once again realizing how hypocritical her father was. He had just said that the temple was not that dangerous.
"Jiang Weimin, you have no right to bargain." Huang Liping's tone remained calm, but she left no room for doubt. "Don't even think about running away. If you don't agree, I can also learn from the Red Army and tie you up, as long as you're not afraid of losing face."
"Don't disbelieve me. If it really comes to that, will my son and daughter listen to me or you?"
Jiang Weimin remained silent.
Who should her son and daughter listen to? That didn't even need to be considered. The whole family obeyed her orders.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Huang Liping took it as his agreement and turned to look at her daughter-in-law who had a bad look on her face.
"Xiao Ru, don't worry. I'm just driving your dad to check it out. I won't get out of the car. Our family is the most important thing to Mom. Don't worry, if something goes wrong, we'll drive away immediately."
"You know your father well. If I don't let him get what he wants, it will probably be a lifelong regret."
"I think so too. We're all in the mountains and can't leave right now. Things in the temple are inevitable. Why not take a look first, ask around, and make plans early..."
Huang Liping explained in detail to her daughter-in-law.
Her husband has his own way, but she has to take into account the opinions of other family members, especially her daughter-in-law. She has also been a daughter-in-law herself, so she knows the feelings of a daughter-in-law best.
As the saying goes, a harmonious family brings prosperity. Only when family members think and work together can they get along better and better.
After listening to her mother-in-law's words, Ren Ru quickly figured it out.
"Mom, I know."
Although the place where they are now is a mountain, it is just a small hill that is slightly higher than other places.
The place is not very big, and if something really happens in the temple, there is no way to hide.
Ren Ru glanced at the confused child in her arms and said, "Let's go and take a look. Maybe Uncle Hongbing and the others have already controlled the situation."
After confirming the opinions of everyone in the family, the bus slowly went uphill and headed towards the temple on the top of the mountain.
The temple, which is usually noisy due to the large number of people, was unexpectedly quiet on this rainy night. The only sound was the occasional croaking of frogs in the wet grass.
The car stopped in front of the first main hall of the temple, but did not get closer. It still kept a distance of nearly 20 meters from the outermost edge of the square in front of the door.
In the thick night, many people in the cars parked in the square saw the conspicuous bus, but no one spoke and no one got off.
Jiang Weimin stopped the car and looked outside through the window. Not seeing anyone familiar, he wanted to open the door and get out, but was stopped by Huang Liping, who had been beside him for a long time.
"You said you wouldn't get out of the car, so stay in the car."
Jiang Weimin also remembered what he had promised before and felt a little embarrassed. "But there is no one outside. I have to find someone."
Huang Liping disagreed and held her husband's arm even tighter.
"Have you ever thought about why no one is getting out? It's because it's too dangerous outside, so no one gets out of the car, and only you, a fool, are scrambling to get out."
"Then what should I do?" Jiang Weimin grabbed a handful of messy hair. "We can't just wait here, right? Wouldn't it be more dangerous to wait here all the time? Just let me go down and take a look! You see, it's quiet outside, there shouldn't be any danger."
Huang Liping did not back down. "Even if I just wait, I can't go down."
The atmosphere was tense for a moment.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long.
After a while, a ray of light shot out from the backyard of the temple.
Jiang Qian squinted her eyes and vaguely saw a figure behind the light.
When the person walked in, the family realized that it was Jiang Hongbing.
Jiang Weimin wanted to open the door again, but thinking about his family in the car and what his wife had just said, he ended up just opening a small window next to him.
When the others approached, he asked quietly, "Hongbing, I heard from Aihua that something happened in the temple?"
Jiang Hongbing frowned and glanced at the people gathered behind the car window. He had no intention of getting in the car and nodded from a distance of more than one meter.
"Aihua just came back. I heard them say they met you on the way. I thought you would come back, so I heard the sound and came to see you."
He adjusted the light of the flashlight in his hand and looked into the car. "Is everything okay at home? Is anyone with a cold or fever?"
Jiang Weimin shook his head subconsciously, "No? What's the matter?"
"We've discovered that this strange disease mostly strikes people who are already sick. It's probably related to immunity. People with poor health are more susceptible to it, so you should be careful."
Jiang Hongbing was relieved to know that his family was fine, but he continued to remind them diligently, "If anyone is sick, tie them up and seal their mouths. People with that disease are unconscious and will bite you."
Jiang Weimin nodded blankly, "Did anyone get bitten in the temple?"
"Yes." Jiang Hongbing nodded. "The Zhang family's grandson is sick. He bit Zhang Yuan's mother and his wife in the car. Zhang Yuan's mother is dead."
Everyone in the car was stunned.
Zhang family, Zhang Yuan... I had just seen these people an hour or two ago, but when I heard the news again, they were completely different.
Ren Ru's throat was dry, and something was stuck in her heart. She wanted to say something but couldn't.
Jiang Qian was the first to react, "What about Zhang Yuan's wife? How is she?"
"His wife was fine. She was bitten on the arm, but thankfully she didn't die," Jiang Hongbing sighed. "However, they were afraid that the bitten people would also be infected with the strange disease, so Zhang Yuan's wife and his mother were also tied up."
"We cleaned the temple and placed the sick people separately. Now, although everyone is still in the temple, except for those who want to accompany sick family members, everyone has returned to their cars and dares not leave."
"If you're okay, don't come down. It's not safe."
Jiang Weimin nodded, "I understand."
Before coming here, he had never imagined that the situation in the temple would be so serious. Naturally, he did not dare to risk the safety of himself and his family at this time.
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Hongbing and was about to ask how Weiguo and Weibing were doing, but he saw an expression on the other party's face that seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
Jiang Weimin asked subconsciously, "What's wrong?"
When the people outside the car heard his question, they still hesitated before answering.
"For the people, I was also hesitant about whether to bring this up, but...ah."
He sighed and continued, "During the screening tonight, we found that several children in the temple were sick and had fever symptoms. I heard that Zhang Yuan was looking for medicine for the children before, and your family has it, so..."
He didn't finish his words, but everyone knew what he meant.
"I know medicine is in short supply right now, even rarer than food. You might not have much at home, and even if you did, it might not be effective for the children. But I still want to try."
Jiang Hongbing felt embarrassed as he spoke.
He lowered his head. "Those kids just have a fever, they haven't lost their minds and bitten people yet. Maybe they can get better after taking some medicine..."
After hearing his words, the Jiang family all fell silent.
The air fell into dead silence.
"If there's none, or there aren't many left, forget it..."
Jiang Hongbing knew that he was forcing the other party to do something, so he waited for a while but didn't hear any reply. He didn't insist and turned around to leave.
After only a few steps, he stopped again, turned around and whispered, "The situation in the temple is not good right now. If you can stay here, don't come back. But don't go too far. If anything happens, I'll have the villagers notify you."
After saying that, he thought that there was only so much space on the mountain and there was nowhere to hide, so he felt there was no need to say anything.
Although Brother Weimin is a nice guy who is easy to talk to, Sister-in-law Liping is smart and decisive, so the family should be fine.
Once he understood this, he stopped worrying.
But when he turned around and was about to leave, a silver sequin suddenly flashed before his eyes.
He looked up and saw an arm holding half a box of medicine being handed to him.
Sister Liping, who had been so fierce during the grain collection, shook her arms. "Didn't you say you wanted this? Why don't you take it?"
Jiang Hongbing stood there in a daze, looking at the faces behind the car window. His heart, which had been chilled by the heavy rain and the accident, suddenly warmed up.
He took the pills in front of him, his lips trembling, "Thank you, thank you."
Huang Liping withdrew her hand, took the little grandson from her daughter-in-law, and looked at the person outside the car who kept thanking her. She looked a little uncomfortable and said, "Why are you thanking me? It's not for you."
Jiang Hongbing's eyes were red, and he smiled for the first time. "Then I have to thank you on behalf of the children in the village. This is their way of life!"
Ren Ru looked at the person outside who was old but still had a straight back, and she did not regret her decision to put the medicine into her mother-in-law's hands and give it to her.
No matter how difficult the situation is, there are always people who are dedicated to serving the public.
She glanced at her son in her mother-in-law's arms, and her heart gradually calmed down.
Just think of it as doing good deeds for your children!
【Author’s words】
At any time, there are people who are dedicated to the public good and who are willing to help others. Just like when the epidemic broke out suddenly, there were always people willing to donate their fever-reducing medicine at home.
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