While the two sisters were worrying about the house under the eaves, a family at the west end of the village finally collapsed after half a month of continuous rain.
Fortunately, it was daytime and no one was at home, otherwise the whole village would have had a feast.
When the team leader who went to the commune to pick up people came back, he just heard the calls of the elderly and children who were left behind.
The team leader now had no time to give instructions to the new educated youth, so he handed them over directly to the two team leaders of the Youth League Institute, and took the few people from the village entrance to help.
When they arrived and realized that there was no one downstairs, He Shubai and the people who followed him breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a pity that they relaxed their breath too early. Before they could start to rescue the things in the house, another house to the east collapsed.
There were elderly people and children at home in the family. Upon hearing this, the older child turned around and ran straight to the field where they were working.
Upon seeing this, He Shubai gave a few more instructions and then ran towards the house where the collapse occurred with his men.
Standing at the door, looking at the newly arrived educated youth, the two sisters were about to have a discussion when they heard a noise coming from behind.
The sisters looked at each other, and saw confusion in each other's eyes. They walked out the door and looked at Wang Han and Zhou Jie:
"Wang Zhiqing, Zhou Zhiqing, why are there only two of you here? Isn't the team leader here with you?" In order to get the question, He Wanqing greeted the two of them.
"Comrade He, Comrade Shen, a house collapsed in the west of the village. The team leader went to check it out. He asked the two of us to bring the new educated youth back first. If there is anything, he will explain it to them tomorrow."
Looking at He Wanqing and Shen Ping who were pregnant, Wang Han nodded slightly and as if to avoid suspicion, handed the topic over to Zhou Jie.
"Really?" Upon hearing this, He Wanqing instantly understood what the call behind her was.
"Yes, that's why. Comrade He, do you have any other questions?" Zhou Jie looked at her and asked.
"No more. Now Yu Xiao, you guys should take them back to the Youth Hostel."
"I'll go now."
As soon as Zhou Jie finished speaking, louder shouts and cries were heard from behind. Wang Han, who had originally wanted to pretend not to hear anything, also changed his expression.
He Wanqing and Shen Ping turned around, closed the door, and hurried to the back.
After the two men left, Wang Han also made a decision. He turned around and looked at the new educated youth. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke:
"The sound just now should be the collapse of a fellow villager's house in the back. The male educated youth delivered his luggage to the educated youth home and followed me to the back to help.
It has been raining recently and all the men and young people in the village have gone to work in the fields. If we don't go to help, the day lilies will be cold by the time the people in the fields come back. ”
Without waiting for their answer, Wang Han finished speaking and ran behind He Wanqing and her sister.
"I'll go too." Zhou Jie said, and then she turned to the educated youths behind her, "If you're willing, go. If you're not willing, stay in the educated youths' courtyard and don't run around."
As he spoke, he led them to the entrance of the Youth Educated House and kicked the wooden door open: "The left side is for male youth educated, and the right side is for female youth educated."
Looking at the new educated youth whose face was full of disgust, Zhou Jie turned around and chased after Wang Han who was leaving.
The new educated youth who stayed behind looked at each other in bewilderment. They were not familiar with each other yet, so they looked at each other until they heard crying again from behind. Then they whispered to each other:
"Shall we go? It sounds a bit serious."
"Do whatever you want, I'll go now." A male educated youth delivered his luggage to the room where the other educated youths lived, and before the rest of the people could think it over, he had already run away.
Seeing this, the remaining male educated youth, whether voluntary or involuntary, under his leadership, hurriedly threw their luggage into the house and ran to the back to help.
Seeing this, the three female educated youth who were left behind by the male educated youth looked at each other, took their luggage to the room, threw it on the ground, and followed.
"Hey, I didn't want to go at first, but I can't be the odd one out, so I had to go with you guys."
The female educated youth who was running in the front said this without giving the two people behind her a chance to respond. With one quick step, she rushed to the landslide site.
The two people who were a few steps slower than her looked at each other, speechless at her words, and quickened their pace for fear that the captain would remember them.
The collapsed house was not far from the foot of the mountain and was the last row of houses behind He Wanqing's.
"Sister, it's like this, can the people inside be rescued?" Chen Ping stood on the side of the road, looking at the people who were digging the wall with their hands.
"I don't know, but I have to try." His eyes fell from the collapsed house to the back mountain.
Fortunately, there was no mudslide, otherwise they would all have been buried.
The two sisters stood aside and watched everyone rescue the child, while holding the frightened child beside them and comforting him.
With the help of the new educated youth, the rescue speed was much faster. When the village elders came back with tools, the old man was the only one left in the Zhu family.
Looking at the Zhu family girl who had been rescued and kept crying, He Wanqing and Shen Ping walked over to them and started to comfort her after Doctor Shen finished examining her.
Two hours later, the bodies of the old couple of the Zhu family were carried out.
Just as the two sisters were about to look up, they were chased back home by He's mother.
"Sister, why don't you let us watch?" After returning home and hearing the crying behind her, Chen Ping was very confused.
"Didn't your aunt say that pregnant women like us can't see this? Okay, stop pouting. The afternoon has passed and it's time for dinner.
Do you plan to eat at my house today, or at my uncle's house, or back at your own house? "He stared at her intently, wanting to know her decision today.
"I'm not eating at your house. I'm leaving. I promised my dad at noon that I would have dinner with him in the evening."
As if she had just remembered it, Chen Ping walked very quickly, almost putting on a set of Hot Wheels.
"Slow down, the road is slippery in the rain." Looking at Chen Ping jogging, she walked to the door and reminded her worriedly.
After she waved her hand in response, he turned and went into the house.
Instead of returning to the room, he went straight to the kitchen, added half a pot of cold water into the pot, covered it with a lid, sat in front of the stove and started to light a fire to cook dinner.
"Sister-in-law, there are a lot of crayfish in the fields after the rain. We just caught a lot of them. These have been cleaned and fried for you to eat in the evening."
While she was cooking, Gu Ya and Wu Shuling walked to the kitchen door with the cleaned crayfish.
"You guys eat. I don't want to cook for dinner, so I'll just have noodles." There was still some food left from lunch, just enough for two bowls of lo mein.
"Oh, we'll cook it and bring it to you later." Seeing that she looked a little tired, Gu Ya said this and without waiting for her response, she directly pulled Wu Shuling away.
He Wanqing opened her mouth and was about to say no, but after watching the two sisters run away, she shook her head at their backs and continued to look at the fire under the pot.
"Xiaoya, why are you pulling me to run? I still want to say a few words to my sister-in-law." Wu Shuling asked in confusion, shaking her arm that was being pulled.
Gu Ya stretched out her hand and continued to pull her while walking, saying: "Don't you see that sister-in-law looks tired? If you have anything to say, you can talk about it tomorrow.
Let’s go home and fry the crayfish first. Otherwise, if we deliver it to my sister-in-law after she finishes eating and locks herself up to rest, wouldn’t that be a waste of her rest time? ”
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