Chapter 209 Hope of Life
I have met quite a few acquaintances since coming here. Most of them just waved to me and then turned around to continue with their own things.
The next day, Lin Xiaotong came back with a basin after drying the gauze. There was a person lying on a bed in the tent, and then another person fell down.
Xiao Xue was wiping her tears, her shoulders trembling slightly.
"Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
Lin Xiaotong walked up quickly and comforted him softly. The person on the bed had an abnormally red face and chapped lips. He had a high fever and had fallen into a coma.
"I just couldn't control it. I gave my second brother some medicine, but the high fever wouldn't go away."
Xiao Xue's eyes were swollen from crying. Her second brother was a newspaper reporter. After he arrived by car, he didn't stop for a moment.
During the day, he worked with soldiers and fellow workers to rescue the wounded, and at night he took time to write articles under the light of the liaison office.
The hand holding the pen was rubbed with blood marks until I had a high fever last night.
After hearing this, Lin Xiaotong realized that this person was Xiao Xue's second brother.
Wait, isn’t this Qian Minjie’s man Xiao Kai?
"Try using a cold towel to cool down physically. No one can withstand a high fever for a long time."
Lin Xiaotong was about to go out to get some cool water, but before she took two steps, someone opened the tent and came in.
"No one is here, Xiaoxue, come and help, Bingtuozi is here."
Manager Cai was still breathing heavily while speaking, with one hand on his waist.
"Oh my god, I'm out of breath."
"Uncle Cai, thank you so much."
Xiao Xue almost couldn't hold on any longer. She hadn't slept a wink all night and was even unsteady when she walked.
"Manager, where did you get this ice?"
Lin Xiaotong ran out and filled a basin with ice cubes and handed it to Xiao Xue. The ice cubes were frozen hard and had not melted even in such a hot day.
"I just brought back a load of ice from the city's ice factory. Hurry up! This kid is almost delirious from the fever and is talking nonsense."
Manager Cai ran over, put the ice cubes in his clothes and piled them next to Xiao Kai.
Xiao Xueqiang cheered herself up and helped, she couldn't fall down.
Fortunately, the hard work was effective. By the evening, Xiao Kai's temperature had dropped and he was conscious again.
I really saved my life.
Lin Xiaotong feels extremely fulfilled every day here, and she is like a spinning top, spinning everywhere.
I was busy until night before I could take a break. I slept in the carriage and looked at the stars and lights in the distance under the night sky. I wondered what Xie Yi was doing at the moment.
…
In a collapsed factory building five kilometers away, a group of people were still working, their hands moving non-stop.
This is a textile factory building. The concrete houses could not withstand the strong earthquake and collapsed.
The fallen beams were in a mess, the cement slabs were severely broken and deformed, and there were comrades on duty in the factory who were trapped inside when the accident happened, and their lives and deaths are still unknown.
"Xie Dayi, please push harder, use a little more strength, I can't hold on any longer."
"Chuanzi, here I come, let me pry it open with a stick."
"Did you see anyone?"
"Not yet. Shine the flashlight to the left."
"Wait, did you hear anything?"
"Is that the sound of someone knocking rocks? Is there anyone inside?"
"There really is someone! Brothers, keep digging!"
"He's breathing. He's still alive. Hurry up. There's blood on his legs. Send him to the medical team."
"Chuanzi, lend me a hand."
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When I opened my eyes, it was just dawn and I had to get up and get busy again.
Lin Xiaotong stretched and pinched the back of her neck with her hand. Her limbs had been very sore and swollen recently.
"Wake up, your breakfast."
"Sister Lu, you're up too early."
After thanking him, he took the pancake handed to him by Master Lu and took a big bite, his cheeks exerting force.
"Manager Cai said we'll be leaving tomorrow, so you should take more photos today if you have time."
"OK."
I've been here for nearly two weeks, and I feel a little empty inside when I suddenly hear that I have to go back.
He stuffed a piece of bread with water and walked towards the tent.
When supplies were insufficient, the soldiers who rushed to support the cause drank water directly from the ditch when they were thirsty. Later, they filtered the water with gauze and boiled it to drink.
As soon as I got closer, I saw two children squatting at the door, staring into the distance with their eyes wide open. They didn't say a word and were a little too quiet.
Lin Xiaotong walked closer and took a look. Her eyes passed over the child's face, but she didn't care and walked in.
Xiao Xue and Xu Huiping were busy dispensing medicine for people as more and more injured patients were sent in.
"His legs were crushed too hard. We can't perform surgery on him in this environment. We should send him to Beijing as soon as possible."
A male comrade was lying on a bed inside the low tent. His leg was seriously injured. He had applied medicine and wrapped it with gauze, and was groaning in pain.
The man was trapped under the stone slab for several days and was dug out by PLA soldiers at dawn.
This man was a workshop worker in the factory. He was on duty in the early morning. Unexpectedly, there was an earthquake and he was trapped downstairs and couldn't get out.
A lesbian sat on the edge of the bed with her head down, holding a man's big hand, her body trembling slightly.
"Here they come, the helicopter is here, hurry up, send it up on a stretcher."
As soon as the words fell, the two boys who were squatting outside stumbled in and squeezed next to the female comrade.
"Mom, the helicopter is here, Dad's leg can be saved."
The older brother could hardly conceal his excitement in his words.
Several soldiers came in and carried the man out directly with a blanket.
The female comrade beside the bed quickly wiped away her tears and followed him out.
Watching with their own eyes the helicopter take the man away, the female comrade held her two children's hands and looked up, staring intently at the helicopter getting smaller and smaller, taking the hope of life away with it.
A helicopter carried as many patients as possible, and no family members scrambled to go along.
"Mom, don't worry, Dad will be fine."
"Of course we will. We'll just wait for Dad at home."
It was only then that Lin Xiaotong remembered that the family in front of her was the mother and her two children whom she had met once before in a train carriage.
Without disturbing the three people who were hugging each other to comfort and cheer each other up, he continued to clean the gauze.
After clearing the accumulated gauze, I walked around the tent with my camera.
Some people stared at their ruined homes for a long time in silence, some worked hard under the scorching sun, and some moved among the crowds...
Not only adults are active on this land, but also children. They don't cry or make a fuss, and don't make trouble. They take turns to help transport the excavated gravel.
His face was dark and he had no proper clothes, but his eyes were bright and fiery.
There is no need for composition at all. Just placing the lens there will create a real and vibrant photo.
After completing the task, I went to put the camera on the truck and saw Manager Cai holding his waist and legs, grimace in his teeth, picking at the blisters on the soles of his feet.
After Manager Cai came here, the fat on his belly was worn away and he became a size smaller than before.
"Xiao Lin, are you done with your work?"
When he saw someone coming, he grinned and asked.
"Yes, Manager Cai, I never thought you could hold on so well."
"Hey, this is just the beginning. I used to be a soldier in the army."
"Okay, stop bragging. You're an arts soldier!"
As soon as Master Lu walked in, he heard the fat man trying to fool people again, and he exposed him expressionlessly.
"Lv Hong, you always try to undermine me. What's the matter? I was also a cultural and art soldier and served on the front lines."
Manager Cai held his head high and patted his chest.
Lin Xiaotong felt that this person was about to get angry.
"Just throwing a grenade counts."
Master Lu showed her strong arms and raised her hands. She was actually on the front line, using a gun to kill the Japanese.
"Why doesn't that count? Didn't I just throw it right into the crotch of a little Japanese soldier? I threw it so accurately."
The driver who came to drink water happened to hear this and felt a chill down there. He silently clamped his legs together and moved a little further away from Manager Cai.
I can't afford to offend you.
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