Qi Yang did not refuse.
After all, all departments of the base temporarily stopped operating during the earthquake, and the material exchange was only opened after the thunderstorm.
After half a month of earthquakes, most of the people’s food was gone.
The material exchange office in the base is now so crowded that the queue is endless.
Fortunately, the base had made preparations in advance and the stored food was sufficient, so no food robbery incidents occurred.
Another half a month passed before He Xiaobei left home with Lightning.
She climbed up to her house and looked at everything in front of her. Even someone with a big heart like her felt a little sad.
The originally magnificent scenery became dilapidated by the earthquake, as if it had been ravaged by an invisible giant beast.
The base was in a mess, and the worst thing was that an entire mountain collapsed due to the violent shaking!
Huge rocks rolled down and hit the buildings and houses below.
These huge rocks carry endless destructive power and destroy everything beneath them.
There are quite a few houses in the base that have been destroyed by the megalithic structures.
The houses have turned into a pile of ruins, filled with smoke and dust, making it impossible to imagine what this place once looked like.
The power of nature always makes people feel extremely small and helpless.
The remnants of mountains and rivers are the cracks of the earth and the sorrow of mankind.
The people on the street had long since stopped crying, and rubble and debris were scattered everywhere.
The once clean streets became bumpy, with rainwater accumulating in potholes, reflecting the faint light.
They walked on the ruined streets in despair and sadness, the rain wet their cheeks, making it difficult to tell whether it was tears or rain.
Not many houses on both sides of the road collapsed, but the windows of the houses on both sides of the cracks in the ground were mostly broken, the doors were shaky, and rainwater poured into the houses.
But the human will is always tenacious and indomitable.
Despite the pain and helplessness, they still repaired their homes bit by bit.
He Xiaobei feels that people will be reborn in these ruins.
Then it grows madly little by little, because as long as you are alive, there is hope.
What is most surprising is that in this earthquake, the self-built houses on the top of the mountain had the highest proportion of collapses.
Of course they also took earthquake-proof measures, but there are always shoddy construction projects. Even one of the Chen family's houses collapsed in the earthquake.
But at this time, they were no longer able to cause trouble for the original construction team.
The hospital at the base was so overcrowded that it could only set up rows of temporary tents.
All the tasker teams also received the task of rescuing and transporting bodies.
The crematorium built during the previous riots began to emit white smoke again, and people were numb to the scene.
They don't know if there will be a day when their bodies will be thrown onto a truck and then disappear silently into an incinerator.
Perhaps it was dismembered by wild beasts in the wild, or perhaps it rotted quietly in a corner of the ruined earth.
He Xiaobei also applied to join the rescue team.
The base did not refuse her joining this time, but simply assigned her a job of clearing the roads.
The work is very simple. It is to use tools to clean up the gravel accumulated on the road and fill it into the potholes on the road, so that it will be more convenient to repair the road later.
He Xiaobei gave his job a rather domineering name, called "Surface Restorer".
She goes to work on time at 8 o'clock every morning and works until 6 o'clock in the evening before going home.
Lightning also followed her out early and came back late, and He Xiaobei listened to others chatting while working.
My previous depressed mood gradually recovered.
She is just a woman and cannot remain calm like the protagonist in the book.
So I can only find fun things to do and make myself feel better slowly.
That day, she was just about to finish work and put the tools in her hands on her shoulders. When she turned around, she saw a familiar figure.
The woman was tall and slender, dressed neatly, and moved gracefully.
She had a gentle smile on her face, her skin was delicate and smooth, even emitting a faint glow, as if time had been particularly kind to her.
He Xiaobei looked at her in a daze. Yu Cuicui was holding the arm of a man she didn't know.
The two of them walked forward, talking and laughing.
The man looked to be in his fifties, but he had an air of being slightly wealthy.
As the two were talking, Yu Cuicui suddenly glanced sideways and saw He Xiaobei standing in the rain.
She was only slightly stunned for a moment, and the man next to her noticed it keenly:
"Cui Cui, what's wrong?"
Yu Cuicui was now extremely panicked, but she still managed to remain calm:
"It's okay. I just saw someone who looked very similar to a friend's kid. It turned out I was mistaken. Let's go."
The man glanced at her and patted the back of Yu Cuicui's hand comfortingly.
Then he put down his arm, took her hand, and walked away from He Xiaobei.
When passing by her, Yu Cuicui gave He Xiaobei a warning look, fearing that she would speak nonsense.
She was very familiar with this look, having seen it often when she was a child.
It was not the end of the world at that time, and everyone's identity and background could be easily known, so the Xu family knew of her existence.
If it were now, haha, there would be no need for ifs. Yu Cuicui’s actions just now were the result.
He Xiaobei stood in the rain, watching Yu Cuicui and the man walk away.
Then she suddenly laughed.
The aunt who was working with her was startled and quickly stepped forward to ask:
"Hey, little girl, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
He Xiaobei laughed so hard that tears came out.
She looked at the woman in front of her. It was an aunt who had worked with her for many days. The woman was looking at her with a worried look on her face.
"It's okay, Auntie. I suddenly remembered something funny. It's getting late. You should go back quickly. Aren't your family still waiting for you at home?"
"Oh, I'm glad you're okay. I'll be leaving first. Xiao He, you should go back early too."
He Xiaobei was still grinning, thinking that Yu Cuicui had found a new man.
It seems that she is living a good life with that man. It seems that the old man from the Xu family can no longer give her a better life.
And she was sure that this woman didn't even take her son with her when she left. After all, she was also abandoned at home in the same way.
She felt that genes and blood ties should really be considered as metaphysics.
She learned all the skills that Lao He had in no time.
Look at Yu Cuicui again.
She has no other abilities in her life, but any man she likes will definitely surrender to her in the end.
She has been influenced by a mother like this since she was a child, so how can she be a good person?
Even the moment they met, she felt emotional:
Look, this is a real mother and daughter. Even their worries are the same as hers.
Yu Cuicui simply saw He Xiaobei clearing the road there and felt that her life must not be very good, so she didn't want her to disturb her life.
Isn't that what she thought too!
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