Chapter 222 She actually gave birth?
Upon hearing the sound, the young soldier immediately waded through the water to get there.
"Auntie, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. Your area is in low-lying terrain, so you need to evacuate immediately!"
Of course, the old lady wanted to leave as soon as possible.
The problem is, she still has a lot of things to pack!
I didn't know it was a category 16 typhoon before, but now that I do, I'll definitely try to salvage as much of what I can from my home.
Otherwise, after the typhoon, it will cost at least two or three hundred dollars to buy all these things again.
"Young man, I haven't finished packing my things yet..."
The young soldier wiped the rain off his face. "Auntie, it's an emergency. Don't worry about these things now, saving your life is the most important thing!"
"That won't do!"
After speaking to the old woman, she grabbed the young soldier's hand and led him inside.
"Young man, please do this old lady a favor."
"I can't move this thing. Why don't you help me carry it to the auditorium?"
As she spoke, she pointed to the sewing machine placed in the corner.
"I bought this thing less than six months ago, and it cost my son more than three months' salary."
"My son earns all his money through hard work; it would be such a waste if it were all wasted!"
Before the young soldier could speak, he said to the old woman, "Young comrade, I have two more packages here. Could you please take them with you later?"
Upon hearing this, the young soldier's pupils nearly dilated in shock.
The two packages were wrapped in bed sheets and looked bigger than a dining table.
Even if he had three heads and six arms, he couldn't do it by chance.
Besides, this doesn't comply with the rules.
"Auntie, this might not work."
As soon as the young soldier finished speaking, Aunt Xiang rolled her eyes unhappily.
"You're a soldier too, how come you don't even have this much awareness? Is it so hard to ask you to do me a favor?"
"Auntie, it's not that I'm unwilling to help."
The young soldier patiently explained, "The auditorium at the division headquarters has limited space, and this is to prevent secondary injuries."
"During this evacuation, all family members are only allowed to bring some valuables and daily necessities."
Aunt Xiang panicked: "These are valuables!"
It's over a hundred yuan, how can it not be considered a valuable item?
The young soldier replied, "Auntie, it was clearly stated on the broadcast that only documents and money are allowed; other large items are not permitted."
After being rejected several times, Aunt Xiang's expression grew increasingly unpleasant.
"Why are you so inflexible? You don't know how to be flexible at all."
"In the time it takes to talk, you could have walked halfway."
The young soldier remained silent. He now understood why Director Pan had said that working in the family compound was difficult.
"Mom, let's forget about it."
Li Mei opened the door and walked out, looking weak. "The army has its own rules. Let's not let this affect Chunsheng."
When the topic of her son's future came up, she muttered a couple of things to her aunt and then fell silent.
Seeing this, the young soldier breathed a sigh of relief. "Then hurry up and pack up. We must evacuate in ten minutes."
After saying that, he turned to leave, but Li Mei called him back at that moment.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, it's like it's pouring down from the sky.
That old hag only knows how to talk; she's the one who cleans everything up.
Packing her things was one thing, but she was too weak to carry them.
Moreover, she plans to take this time to recover her health and try to have a healthy baby boy next year.
You must not get caught in the rain or catch a cold.
Having already nearly lost her life, Li Mei is now very open-minded.
Thinking of this, she clutched her chest and coughed several times before speaking.
"Young comrade, my wife is away on a mission and not at home. We have a whole family, from the elderly to the young."
"In my current condition, I can't possibly wade through the water to get to the auditorium."
"Could you please borrow a cart so I can push it over there?"
The young soldier glanced at Li Mei's pale face but ultimately said nothing.
Family members are also part of the military; as long as they act according to the rules, they will definitely help.
A few minutes later, the young soldier pushed a cart over.
He originally thought that at most only Li Mei would sit on the cart.
Unexpectedly, it was their entire family that got on the bus last.
In addition, when the young soldier wasn't looking, the old lady stuffed several more packages onto the cart.
The young soldier had no choice but to call over another person.
And so, the two of them pushed the cart.
It took a lot of effort to get Grandma Xiang and her family to the division headquarters auditorium.
Even so, Grandma Xiang was still not satisfied.
The implication was that they were complaining about how slow the two of them were pushing.
Li Mei impatiently interrupted her, "Mom, hurry up and go up, otherwise there won't be any good spots left."
At that moment, she just wanted to shut this old hag up.
Surprisingly, she was right.
When they arrived at the auditorium on the second floor, it was already packed with people.
This time, it wasn't just the residents of the East Family Compound; people from the West Family Compound also came.
The two residential compounds together house several thousand people.
What are you looking around for?
Seeing that Li Mei remained standing there motionless, Grandma Xiang couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
"Hurry up and find a place to lay out the mat, otherwise there won't even be a place to stand in a while."
Li Mei remained calm and said, "Mom, let's pick a better place."
As she spoke, her gaze kept searching back and forth.
"What's there to choose from?" Grandma Xiang weighed her grandson in her arms, her expression growing increasingly impatient.
She was already exhausted and just wanted to find a place to sit down and rest, and also change out of her wet clothes.
She's already quite old; she can't withstand the torment of a high fever.
Helpless, Li Mei could only explain in a low voice, "Mom, even the Great Hall might not be able to withstand a category 16 typhoon."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Grandma Xiang immediately looked over.
She comes from the inland, and if she hadn't come to visit her youngest son this time, she would never have seen what the ocean looks like.
The old woman's eyes were filled with fear. "Isn't this the best house the army has? It can't even hold up?"
"It's the best house, that's true, but we've never encountered a typhoon of this magnitude before."
As she spoke, Li Mei pointed to the ceiling, "If it can't hold up, the roof will definitely be the first to collapse, and the areas near the windows won't be able to either."
"Where should we go?"
The old lady looked around. They had arrived late, so there weren't many good places left for them to choose from.
Li Mei didn't know which place was good, but there was one thing she was absolutely certain of.
The richer you are, the more you cherish your life.
Those with more power are also more afraid of their lives!
The highest-ranking officials in the Fourth Division were the division commander and the political commissar, so as long as you lived close to their families, there shouldn't be any major problems.
After searching for a while, Li Mei was unable to find the wives of the division commander and the political commissar.
Instead, he spotted Jiang Si in the crowd at a glance.
The reason is simple: she's too fair-skinned.
Especially among a group of people with darker skin tones, her whiteness was simply too dazzling.
Coincidentally, it was only after Li Mei's family had finally managed to squeeze through that time that things started to go smoothly.
Just then, they saw the division commander's wife and Jiang Si talking in hushed tones.
Now, even Grandma Xiang couldn't help but believe it.
Staying close to these people will definitely make you safer.
They even thought about the old lady more deeply.
She wanted to take this opportunity to build good relationships with the wives of these leaders and show her face whenever she had the chance.
In the future, if any good opportunities arise, the leaders will definitely think of Chunsheng from their family first.
Jiang Si was unaware of the schemes orchestrated by Li Mei and her mother-in-law.
But Li Mei was right about one thing.
The spot she chose was indeed the safest in the entire auditorium.
Jiang Si was among the first to enter. Because she had some knowledge of architecture, she chose the storage room under the stage as her first choice.
This storage room is a semi-basement structure.
The stage wooden floor and reinforced concrete base overhead can effectively form a composite compressive layer.
Even if the roof collapses, it can still provide a good buffer.
Furthermore, compared to the center of the auditorium, the environment here is relatively private.
That's exactly why the division commander's wife came over.
She was the previous head of the cultural troupe and knew the auditorium fairly well.
They were a little late because they needed to evacuate the military dependents from the western residential compound.
By the time she finished her work and rushed over, there was only room left for one more person in the storage room.
Upon seeing this, she sent her little granddaughter inside.
The little girl is very well-behaved and is nine years old this year.
He and the eldest brother are classmates.
In addition, Hu Meili had previously worked in a performing arts troupe, so it was only right and proper for her to take care of the young girl.
Seeing that her granddaughter was being looked after, the division commander's wife felt relieved.
He thanked Jiang Si and the others briefly, then left in a hurry.
Jiang Si and Xu Mingjuan stood there for a while, then glanced at the sky outside.
Just as she was about to return to the storage room, someone suddenly called out to her, "Comrade Jiang."
Jiang Si turned her head.
The next second, their gaze fell on Li Mei.
To be precise, it landed on the child in her arms.
Then I looked again, and there was her stomach—
It's deflated!
Jiang Si was surprised for a moment. She had actually given birth?
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