Chapter 30 Meeting Grandpa and Grandma (Part 2) Heavy rain...
"Qiao Qiao! It's Qiao Qiao, right?"
Qiao Qiao looked up and saw her uncle and aunt leaning against the window with half of their bodies sticking out. They looked not afraid of falling.
Qiao Qiao simply ignored them, took out the loudspeaker and continued to direct. "Old people, children and women, come down first."
"Me, me, me! Qiao Qiao, let your aunt go down first." Aunt Wang Jing pushed the others aside and jumped down first.
Due to the huge movement, the rubber boat shook a few times, causing a wave.
"Be careful!" Another boat had just picked up an old lady over 80 years old and was also affected and swayed a few times. Su Ke hurriedly protected the old lady.
"Let me emphasize again! Everyone can be rescued, don't scramble, and if anyone disobeys orders, I will give you the final rescue!" Qiao Qiao's face was cold, but he didn't say anything and continued to give orders.
Because of Wang Jing's behavior, although immoral, it was within the scope of priority transfer.
"Come on, Yaozu, come down quickly, mom will catch you." After Wang Jing stood firm, she raised her hand and called her son.
Then a boy nearly 1.8 meters tall appeared in the window.
"Wait, we prioritize rescuing the elderly, children and women. Your child should be quite old, right?" Zhu Mulin was surprised when he saw this and stepped forward to stop them.
"What nonsense are you talking about? My Yaozu is only 16 years old and not yet an adult. Besides, Qiao Qiao is here, how can she ignore her nephew!"
Wang Jing was displeased and scolded him loudly, even directly pulling Qiao Qiao, "Tell me, am I right, niece?"
"Don't try to make connections during work!" Qiao Qiao frowned and shook him off, turning back to look at other people.
"He is indeed only 16 years old, but I still suggest rescuing the elderly and younger children first, as their bodies can't hold on for much longer."
Wang Jing obviously didn't expect Qiao Qiao to respond like this. She was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained her strong attitude.
"Qiao Qiao, what's your attitude? Your uncle, me, your grandparents are still here, don't you care about us? Anyway, you said they can all be rescued, can't you just let them wait for the next trip?"
"Okay, it's decided. Save the elderly and children under 16 first." Tang Mingli ignored her roar and made the decision directly.
"Wang Jing, if you continue to interfere with the rescue, I have the power to save you one last time." Qiao Qiao was already hot and tired, and her noise made her even more annoyed.
"You!" Wang Jing was frightened by Qiao Qiao's cold and emotionless eyes. She did not dare to refute for a moment. She could only step aside angrily and let other people who needed rescue get on the boat first.
Wang Jing thought to herself, "How come this little girl has changed so much all of a sudden?"
Qiao Qiao took a deep breath. She didn't want to deal with family disputes at this tense rescue moment, and she couldn't let this emotion affect the rescue process.
This community consists of old houses, with most of the residents living under the same roof with three generations living together. There are more than 400 survivors.
Fortunately, her grandparents, whom she had only seen less than 10 times since she was a child, were on another ship, otherwise she would be annoyed to death. It would be better to let her father handle such a difficult matter.
The other side.
"Xinghe, can't you tell them to evacuate their family members first?" Qiao Xinghe's father Qiao Changping approached him and said.
"Yes, you don't know. We almost had to live in the corridor during this period, and we were always bullied by others. You have to avenge us." Mother Li Mei kept complaining about how hard life was.
"I don't have that right. We're about to set off. Sit down first." Qiao Xinghe interrupted them and focused on driving the boat.
Seeing this, the two did not dare to disturb him. After all, their lives depended on the driver alone.
There were so many people that they couldn't evacuate them all with just two boats until dawn. When they arrived at the temporary resettlement site, Tang Mingli asked other people for help.
Even so, it took until after 11pm to complete the transfer.
Just when everyone had completed the handover and were preparing to return to the city, someone rushed over and stopped the three members of the Qiao family.
"Xinghe, you see your house is flooded, and judging from the rain, we don't know when it will stop. Dad remembers that your house is a high-rise building, so let us stay there for a while." Qiao Changping was not polite and said in a commanding tone.
Uncle Qiao Xinghai stood aside and agreed. "Yes, brother, look at how bad the environment is. Several people are squeezed into one room, and some even have to sleep on the floor in the hall.
It’s fine for Xiaojing and I, but my parents and children can’t stand it. If it really doesn’t work, let them live in your house and we’ll deal with it here.”
"What nonsense are you talking about! How can your brother not care about you? I've made the decision. You all go live at his house!" Qiao Changping pretended to hit his youngest son.
Looking at the two people in front of him, one playing the good cop and the other playing the bad cop, Qiao Xinghe felt nothing at all, but instead found it a little funny.
On the other side, Grandma Li Mei, Aunt Wang Jing, and nephews and nieces also stopped Qiao Qiao and Qiao Huizhou.
"I haven't seen my sister for a long time. You two should say hello to her." Wang Jing pushed the two children behind her to the front.
"Hello, sister."
Qiao Yaozu still resented Qiao Qiao for not letting her get on board before, so he greeted her reluctantly.
Although they didn't have much contact, the few brief encounters were enough for them to get to know each other, so Qiao Qiao has always hated this cousin who was spoiled by his family.
However, I really like this cousin who grew up in a patriarchal family, never had any extra classes but always ranked first in the grade.
"Long time no see." Qiao Qiao greeted her 18-year-old cousin Qiao Zhaodi, who was in her senior year of high school.
"Qiao Qiao, look at my grandma, she's already old and her legs and feet are not in good condition. It's so inconvenient for her to squeeze together with all these people." Li Jing began to play the sympathetic role, tears flowing as soon as she said that.
"Mom, it's no use talking to Qiao Qiao about this." Qiao Huizhou pulled Qiao Qiao behind him.
"Dad, Mom, let me tell you the truth." The hands hidden behind her back twisted the flesh on her thighs hard, and tears instantly flowed out.
"My family is having a hard time now. The supermarket has been requisitioned, and the empty rooms in the building have been used to accommodate the victims. Now my family of three is squeezed into one bedroom, living with two other families.
Rescue work is hard. We work more than ten hours a day and only get two meals. There is always the possibility of the boat capsizing. If there was no food, I would not let my daughter come with me. If you and I go back, we will have no place to sleep and no food to eat. It is better to be here as there are still rescue supplies. "
Qiao Qiao's pupils dilated. She thought her grandma was already very good at acting, but she didn't expect there was another master!
"..." The others fell silent instantly.
Seeing Qiao Huizhou, Qiao Xinghe and Qiao Qiao soaked through and exhausted even in their raincoats, everyone became suspicious.
"How could there be no food in your house?" Li Mei couldn't believe that her eldest son, who had always been an excellent person, had become so poor.
"It was all broken during the gray fog. I had been relying on the supermarkets to not stock up. Who could have thought that it would be forcibly requisitioned." Qiao Xinghe also wiped his tears in grievance.
"Forget it, it's not easy for you, brother. We won't bother you." Qiao Xinghai spoke first.
"Yes, your mother and I won't cause you any trouble. Maybe after a few days the rain will stop and we can go back." Qiao Changping quickly agreed.
Only then did Qiao Qiao and the other two manage to escape.
"Do you really believe that your brother is down and out now? What if he lied to you?" Wang Jing still had some doubts in her heart.
My husband's elder brother has always been very capable. He mailed a lot of supplies to our home before the accident. The family has relied on these foods to survive until now. Otherwise, no one would have taken them in and they would have drowned long ago.
"Impossible. My brother and sister-in-law have always loved their daughter. Didn't you see that Qiao Qiao has gone out to work? If there was really nothing wrong, how could they bear to let her go?" Qiao Xinghai denied it categorically.
"What a pity that we have to squeeze together with these people." Wang Jing looked at the crowded rescue point and felt annoyed.
"It's all his fault for being useless!" Qiao Xinghai left cursing.
Only Qiao Zhaodi was left watching their backs as they left, tightly holding a large bag of compressed biscuits in her pocket, which Qiao Qiao had secretly handed to her when no one else was paying attention.
She understood that she had always been redundant in the family. Her grandparents only cared about their eldest grandson, her parents didn't like her, and even her younger brother didn't take her seriously.
That's why she got the name "Zhao Di".
Only her uncle, aunt and cousin were kind to her and did not look down on her because she was a girl. During the holidays, she also had the same things as her younger brother.
She had originally thought that she could hold on a little longer and leave them after going to college in a year. But the unexpected incident forced her to stay with her "family", and the past month or so was simply a nightmare.
Rather than being a daughter or granddaughter, her life is worse than that of a nanny. After all, a nanny gets paid for her work, but she can only eat one meal a day from her busy work.
Looking at the busy rescue teams coming and going, I clenched my fists.
Maybe she has other options...
On the way back, the three members of Qiao Qiao's family sat together in the speedboat, while the others sat in the rubber boat.
Everyone saw what happened just now, and now they all tacitly agreed to give them a quiet environment.
"Dad, Mom, you guys..." Qiao Qiao didn't know how to evaluate the performance just now. Wow, it was not inferior to the actors in some brainless dramas nowadays.
"Haha, how was it? Dad acted well, didn't he?" When there were only three of them, Qiao Huizhou and Qiao Xinghe returned to their normal state, without a trace of sadness.
Qiao Qiao couldn't help but laugh when she saw that her dear didn't seem to be affected at all.
Her father was different from her. She had hardly seen other relatives since she was a child, so she could treat them as strangers without any psychological burden.
But they are my father's parents and younger brothers, and they have naturally developed a special relationship after years of contact, although they always disappoint my father.
"Dad, your acting skills are good enough for you to be the best actor." Qiao Qiao teased.
Qiao Xinghe smiled and said, "In that situation, if we don't say so, they won't let us leave easily. Instead of getting entangled with them, it's better to just pretend to be poor."
Qiao Huizhou said, "Your father and I have already discussed this. If we encounter them, we will do this."
Qiao Qiao asked worriedly, "But if they really need help, can you really just sit back and do nothing?"
Qiao Xinghe was silent for a while and then answered, "We'll talk about it when the time comes. Maybe we won't see each other again in the future."
Today more people were rescued.
"Qiao Xinghe, Qiao Qiao, and Tang Zhijie, you have rescued 200 people in total, with a total of 20 contribution points." The staff swiped cards for each person according to the records in the black book.
[Name: Qiao Qiao. Contribution Points: 39]
Since we came back late, we naturally had dinner outside with the crowd. Qiao Xinghe took out some hot ginger soup from the system.
"Drink some later. Be careful not to catch a cold after being in the rain all day."
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