Chapter 35 36. Waiting for Miracles
Jin Qianqian was a little panicked. These days, more and more people were following the team, but it was not their fault for being selfish. She only had so much water and could only help so many people.
Gu Wenheng thought about people's hearts, and at the same time, he became alert. "Wait a minute, every time it's only our team that can find water, everyone is worried."
Compared with these refugees, Gu Wenheng cares about Jin Qianqian the most. He cannot let Jin Qianqian fall into danger in order to help these people.
“But everyone is out of water.”
Just as Jin Qianqian finished speaking, Gu Wenheng reached out and tapped her forehead. Seeing Jin Qianqian covering her forehead in grievance, Gu Wenheng felt distressed first, "Does it hurt? My husband is wrong."
"Qianqian," Gu Wenheng said with a serious tone after he felt sorry for her. "Think about it, if we hadn't come, how long could these people have held on?"
"But we've already helped so much, so this one time won't make any difference." Are we going to watch these people collapse? It's the last moment.
Gu Wenheng said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Pay attention to the looks of those people outside. They are like searchlights, almost staring at you closely.
Let's wait and see. There is no safe way, so let's not move this time."
Jin Qianqian raised her head suddenly and found several people not far from them, squatting there scatteredly, but looking towards them frequently.
"When did this happen?" Jin Qianqian was stunned.
"It's just these few days. I'm sure that no matter who finds the water this time, it will be robbed by these people in the end."
"How could they do this?"
"Why not? These things were originally ownerless. Whoever gets them will distribute them. Isn't this how we have always done it?"
Jin Qianqian's hands were shaking. "Have we been discovered before? Has anyone already discovered us?"
Gu Wenheng quickly grabbed her hands and comforted her, "No, if someone really found out, do you think we could still stay here safely?"
"Should we tell everyone about this?" Jin Qianqian thought of the number of people around her. At this moment, she didn't dare to bet on human nature.
"Many people should have noticed that these days when going out to find water, everyone tries to gather together." Gu Wenheng felt a headache when he thought of the plastic barrels piled up on the carriages in front, but everyone treated them as treasures and protected them carefully along the way.
It’s hard to explain. Looking at these piles of time bombs every day, Gu Wenheng sometimes feels terrified. He is secretly calculating along the way, thinking about finding an opportunity to return these plastic barrels that should not exist to Qianqian’s space.
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Not far from them, a group of people also gathered together.
"Why hasn't a miracle appeared yet?" Li Chuntong had been waiting all the way here and had already become a little annoyed.
More importantly, the water they had looted along the way was almost gone.
"It should be about right, right? We've followed this route, and every time the entire team is in dire straits, some life-saving water always appears out of nowhere." Lan Yongnan sat next to Li Chuntong and said affirmatively.
"Then you just keep watching. As soon as we get the news, we will take action and don't let those people waste the water."
Lan Yongnan looked very pleased with himself. "I'll give that little idiot a hard time when I get back. As soon as he hears that we don't have water, he'll definitely be more active than us."
“…”
Li Chuntong nodded in the direction where Lan Yongnan left, and then ordered his men to continue to keep watch.
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"Go away, go away," the sound of horse hooves was accompanied by shouts, "urgent news from the border, all pedestrians, please get out of here immediately."
Before Jin Qianqian could react, Gu Wenheng pulled her to the side of the road and held her in his arms.
Everyone looked at the horses galloping away in confusion.
"This is a scout from the border. He is running in such a hurry. Is there going to be a war?" Gu Dashi had served in the military before, so he naturally knew something about this.
"Scout?" Gu Wenheng was shocked. He couldn't be that unlucky, could he? He had to flee from the drought. If there was a war, how could he survive?
"Dad, are we going to have a war?" Gu Yuanjin licked his lips. Although he had three sons, none of them had families yet. If there was a real conscription, he would be the only one to go.
Gu Dashi was a little trembling. If he had known this earlier, he would not have divided the family so early. How many male offspring would be born in this family?
Li Cuicui took a deep breath and said, "Don't forget where we are now. We have left our homeland. The entire Baini'ao has fled. How can they recruit soldiers?"
Gu Wenheng was not as optimistic as the old lady thought. If it really came to that, these refugees would be the first to bear the brunt. No matter whether you had a household registration or not, you would be rushed to the battlefield.
"The head of the village asked everyone to hurry up and not create more trouble here." Seeing that the team behind was slow to catch up, the head of the village could only send someone over to notify them.
"It's just a scout, look how anxious you are.
Instead of thinking about all that nonsense here, why not check how much water is left in everyone's bamboo tubes? How long can they last? "
Seeing that everyone was still discussing, Gu Shulin could only say something serious, "Hurry up and catch up. If you fall behind, the ones ahead won't wait for you."
Everyone was looking forward to finding water when they took a break, hoping that this miracle would happen again.
Gu Wenheng, "..."
Jin Qianqian, "..."
It was already the late night and there were more and more people on the roadside. Gu Sanbu could only ask everyone to stop and rest and sent a few people out to inquire for news.
"The city is in front of us. To take the official road, we have to go through the city. Now the city gate is closed and everyone is stopped outside the city gate." The person who went to inquire for the news came back soon.
There are already tens of thousands of disaster victims gathered outside, and their current location is several miles away from the city.
"What about other trails?" This wasn't the first time they had encountered this situation, so everyone had no choice but to take a detour.
"There is a small path, but it's blocked by the locals. They blocked the road, so we can't get through even if we want to."
Gu Sanbu immediately grasped the point, "You mean the locals here didn't flee?"
"That's probably right! Anyway, no one is allowed to enter or leave. It has been blocked here for a long time. Some people couldn't hold on and were buried on the spot." When saying this, the people who were trying to find out the news had tears in their eyes. They were really afraid that this would be everyone's fate.
Jin Qianqian pulled Gu Wenheng, "There is water here."
Gu Wenheng grabbed her hand and said, "I'm afraid that's the case. Please give me your telescope and I'll find a high place to take a look."
Jin Qianqian shook his hand back and said, "I'll go with you. It's too dangerous to go alone."
(End of this chapter)
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