Yang Niannian stared at Lu Shishen's back reluctantly, feeling so distressed thinking that he would be hungry for several days and nights without time to close his eyes.
Daniu's parents also heard what Lu Shishen said just now. From their perspective, Lu Shishen was temporarily handing his wife over to their care.
This is a soldier's wife, and she saved their child, so they felt they had to take better care of this little girl.
Daniu’s mother said.
"Let's go to where there are more people first! It's safer for everyone to be together. If they move, we can catch up in time."
Yang Niannian came back to her senses, looked at Daniu's mother and said, "Wait a minute."
She took out some cookies and candies from her bag and said, "Eat something to fill your stomach first."
There are a lot of people over there, so the food she has is definitely not enough to share. At most she can give some to the children, but she definitely won’t be able to give some to the adults.
Da Niu’s mother was a little flattered. Ordinary people don’t usually get to eat these things, let alone during this special period.
Having been hungry for more than a day, Da Niu's mother was really a little hungry. She swallowed and took out two dollars from her pocket.
"Girl, take this money, and consider it as buying yours."
When the earthquake happened, her husband reacted quickly and took all the family belongings. He now has dozens of dollars in his pocket.
Although these cookies definitely cost less than two dollars, she also knew that at a time like this, even if she had money, she couldn't buy anything to eat.
Yang Niannian made up something.
"No need to pay, this is food donated to the disaster area by others, I brought some with me."
He kindly reminded, "Hide the money you have on you. Don't let anyone know, in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to do something bad."
Hearing what Yang Niannian said, Daniu's mother quickly put the money back into her pocket, thanked Yang Niannian repeatedly, and then took the biscuits and shared some with Daniu.
Da Niu's father was reluctant to eat it, and it was only after Da Niu's mother forced it into his mouth that he finally ate one piece.
Yang Niannian looked at their simple appearance and felt warm in her heart. Suddenly, she thought of an important question. This place was far away from Dawa Town. How could her grandparents appear here?
I asked curiously, "Are you from this village?"
Daniu's mother shook her head. "No, we are from Dawa Town. My husband works here, so our family of three moved here. It's a good thing we are here. If we were in Dawa Town, we wouldn't know if we would still be alive."
When she talked about Dawa Town, she couldn't help but sigh, "I heard that many people died there, and the crying was deafening, and it didn't stop all night yesterday."
Da Niu's father also said, "We came from a village up there. We were evacuating and rescuing people on the way. The situation up there is much more serious than here, not to mention Dawa Town."
At the end of his speech, he kept shaking his head and sighing. He originally wanted to go back to visit his relatives alone, but was stopped by his wife.
His mother died early, and his father remarried and didn't take much care of him. He was raised by his grandparents. His father also passed away a few years ago, so he doesn't have any close relatives over there.
If he really went back, he might get separated from his wife and son. Thinking of this, he gave up the idea of going back.
Of course Yang Niannian knew the situation of her home, so she didn't ask any more questions and just pointed ahead.
"Let's go over there first!"
"Okay." Da Niu's father responded, then put Da Niu on the ground and let him walk by himself.
Yang Niannian quickly said, "Daniu sprained his ankle."
Upon hearing this, Da Niu’s father quickly picked up Da Niu again. After encountering the natural disaster, they cherished their family affection even more.
The four of them had just walked away for a while when Wang Chengcheng trotted over. Seeing that Yang Niannian was fine, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he had lost his boss and had been looking for him for a long time.
Yang Niannian introduced Daniu's parents and Wang Chengcheng to each other and briefly explained the situation.
"I have found my husband. Let's follow Daniu's family now and take a break. We will go to the safe zone together later and help out in the rear."
Wang Chengcheng had been a soldier, and he guessed that the situation in Dawa Town was quite tragic. In fact, he did not support Yang Niannian going to Dawa Town, for fear that she would not be able to bear it mentally.
Now that Yang Niannian has taken the initiative to give up going to Dawa Town, it is naturally the best thing.
Several people came to the front of the crowd, where many injured people and some children were sitting. The living people had dull expressions, with relief and fear in their eyes for surviving the disaster. Those who were not injured were still searching and rescuing people.
Just as they found a place to sit down, they heard someone speaking in a crying voice.
"It's so tragic, it's so tragic, none of the five members of Lao Xu's family escaped."
"A big pit was dug to the west of the village, and all the victims were buried in it. It was so tragic, I couldn't bear to watch..."
When Yang Niannian heard these words, she suddenly understood why Zhao Fengnian didn't let her go to see Lu Shishen before. Was he afraid that she would be scared when she saw it?
This must be the reason why Lu Shishen didn't let her go to Dawa Town.
Wang Chengcheng felt very uncomfortable after hearing these words and stood up.
"You guys rest here, I'll go look around to see if there are any more people buried."
Da Niu's father also stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Daniu's mother was a little worried, "Please be careful."
Da Niu's father warned, "Don't go anywhere before we come back. Just wait for us here."
After saying that, he followed Wang Chengcheng to search and rescue without looking back.
Yang Niannian was not idle either. She took out all the biscuits and candies in her backpack and distributed them to the children and some injured people, talking as she distributed them.
"We'll reach the safe zone in a dozen miles. There are disaster relief supplies, food and medicine there. The adults who are not injured should bear with it for a while. I will give the food to the children and the injured first."
Everyone was quite well behaved and were eagerly waiting for Yang Niannian to distribute the items. No one tried to grab them.
As they were distributing the materials, they suddenly heard a gunshot. Everyone was startled and subconsciously looked in the direction of the gunshot. Unfortunately, there were some houses that had not collapsed and the fog blocked their view, so they could not see anything.
Some people speculated, "It must be the black bear from the mountain coming down again."
Yang Niannian looked at the man who was speaking in confusion, "There are black bears here too?"
The man said, "Yes, of course not. Before the earthquake, a black bear came down from the mountain. Last year, it bit a man's face. Someone saw a black bear this morning. It may have seen so many people here that it ran back up the mountain."
As soon as he finished speaking, Daniu suddenly said.
"It's a tiger."
Daniu's mother patted him on the forehead and said, "Where is the tiger? Don't talk nonsense, kid."
Daniu muttered quietly, "It's the tiger. I saw it before."
Everyone else thought it was just the kid's nonsense and didn't take it seriously.
Yang Niannian listened to it. If it was really a tiger or a black bear, she would feel more at ease.
There was only one gunshot, and whether it was a tiger or a black bear, it must have run away or been shot dead.
In this era, tigers and black bears have not yet been listed as protected animals. If they really run out and hurt people, they will definitely be shot dead.
On the other side, Zhao Fengnian sat on the ground with a pale face, looking at the bloodstains on the ground. He was almost scared to death. If the captain had not reacted quickly, his neck would have been bitten off by the tiger.
Just now he found tiger footprints here, so he called the regiment commander over. However, after just a scouting tour nearby, he felt something was wrong behind him. When he turned around, he saw a tiger preparing to attack him.
Fortunately, the regiment commander shot the tiger in the thigh, and the tiger ran away in fright.
The others were still frightened when they thought of what had just happened. They didn't know if other ferocious beasts would come down from the mountain, so they moved to fill the pit much faster.
After filling the deep pit, they hurriedly followed Lu Shishen to the village. As soon as they arrived at the edge of the village, they heard a woman shouting at them in a sharp voice.
"Come and help, someone is injured here."
There was a commanding tone in her words, which made people feel uncomfortable. However, at this time, no one bothered with her and just trotted towards her.