Chapter 344
Meng Jiajia's seat in the class was far away from them, so she was not with them when she went downstairs just now. At this moment, she ran up from behind and patted Su Miao on the shoulder, and then saw that her face was a little pale.
He asked with concern: "Su Miao, what's wrong with you? Are you scared?"
Everyone turned their eyes to Su Miao, and only then did they notice that she had fallen behind everyone else. She looked very worried, and her steps seemed a little slow.
Zhang Yan asked, "Did you get hurt accidentally just now? Do you want to go to the infirmary? School is just over now, so the teacher might still be there."
Su Miao slowly shook his head, his voice tinged with fatigue as he said, "I'm not injured. I just read for such a long time and ran for a while, and suddenly I felt very sleepy. I should feel better after a good sleep."
After returning to the dormitory, Su Miao washed her face and brushed her teeth and went straight to bed.
Because the lights in the dormitory are only on for half an hour after evening self-study, they usually take a shower after dinner and then go to evening self-study.
After returning home, most of the students would wash their faces and brush their teeth and then go to bed, but Miaomiao usually took one more step than other roommates to maintain her health, which was to soak her feet.
But today she went to bed without soaking her feet. When her roommates saw this, they all tacitly thought that she was really exhausted.
In order not to disturb Su Miao, everyone slowed down their movements, walked softly, and spoke as quietly as possible, for fear of disturbing her.
After a while, the familiar lights-out signal sounded on time, and the melodious sound echoed throughout the campus.
As the signal ended, the power switch clicked off, and the entire dormitory was plunged into darkness in an instant.
The dormitory building, which was a little noisy just now, gradually became quiet.
Su Miao, who was thought by his classmates to be asleep, actually had his eyes open at this moment.
She felt a little sad because she remembered that on November 6, 1988, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in Lan County, and at 21:15, another magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred.
More than a dozen towns in the Lan County area were severely affected. The earthquake had a wide range of radiation and was felt in many places. Just now, there were exactly two earthquakes.
At this time in her previous life, she was only in the third grade of junior high school. During evening study, some classmates also felt the earthquake, but they did not shout out or organize to take shelter. It just passed.
It was not until a few days later that they learned about the Lan County earthquake on the radio. The earthquake killed more than 700 people, injured nearly 8,000 people, and caused great economic losses.
She has forgotten the specific details, but she has the impression that there were some charitable donations afterwards.
Complex emotions surged in her heart. She had completely forgotten about this matter. She had known about such a catastrophe a long time ago, but she did nothing.
But if she remembered it in advance, what could she do?
Reporting to superiors? This seemingly simple action hides many problems.
Will people regard them as people who disrupt social stability and create panic?
How do we explain how an ordinary high school student could predict an earthquake thousands of miles away?
But what if her superiors chose to believe her, took action in advance, and strengthened prevention and rescue preparations, would they be able to minimize casualties and losses when this disaster struck?
This brings up another question: Is it really possible to forcibly change the course of major events?
What kind of unknown chain reaction will be triggered behind this?
But now the earthquake has happened, and it is too late for her to do anything.
Countless thoughts entangled in her mind, and it took her a long time to fall asleep. As a result, when the reveille sounded the next day, she was too sleepy to open her eyes.
Hu Xiaodie looked at her half-closed eyes as she searched for clothes to put on, and said directly: "Su Miao, if you are too sleepy, don't go to do the exercises. I can talk to the head teacher. It's okay."
Under normal circumstances, Su Miao would definitely not want to break the rules and be lazy, but now she was so sleepy that she felt as light as if she was stepping on cotton.
Then he fell back on the bed and said weakly, "Please ask for leave for me. I won't do the exercises. I will get up after you finish the exercises."
As soon as she finished speaking, she fell into a deep sleep again. When she opened her eyes again, it was Meng Jiajia who woke her up.
"Su Miao, morning exercises are over. Do you want to get up?"
Su Miao slowly sat up and looked at her blankly. Meng Jiajia said a little worriedly, "Are you sick?"
Su Miao shook her head and said, "I'm fine, just a little sleepy. I'll feel refreshed after washing my face."
Last night’s emergency evacuation was just a small episode, and everyone returned to their intense studies until the news of the Lan County earthquake came three days later.
After school on Sunday morning, everyone can go home, but they need to return to school before evening self-study.
When returning to school, many students brought this week's newspaper with them. Nowadays, everyone gets to know current affairs through newspapers, television, radio, etc.
In school, only the cafeteria plays radio during meal times. There is no TV. Newspapers can only be borrowed from the library, but there are so many classmates that there is no chance to get in line to read the latest newspapers.
Therefore, during the training period, many students would take advantage of the half-day off on Sunday to bring the newspapers of the week to school to read.
The news in today's newspaper has caused heated discussion.
A classmate held up a newspaper and shouted, his eyes filled with shock and anxiety: "Have you read today's newspaper? The earthquake in Lan County was just three days ago!"
"Was it at night? Was it those two hits we felt?"
"Where is Lan County? My family doesn't have a newspaper. Can you lend me one?"
The students gathered together to read the newspaper, and extracted important information and read it to the students who could not squeeze in.
At 9:03 PM and 9:15 PM on November 6, 1988, earthquakes of magnitude 7.6 and 7.2 respectively occurred in Lan County, Yunnan Province, and the tremors were felt in many places.
The earthquake caused ground fissures, landslides and mudslides. More than a dozen townships around Lan County were the hardest hit, with casualties and collapsed houses. Rescue efforts are currently underway locally.
Although the news in the newspaper was brief, the students all knew that this was no small matter.
After reading this news, everyone's mood became extremely heavy, as if they were being pressed down by an invisible boulder.
One classmate frowned and said worriedly, "Yunnan Province is so far away from us, but we can still feel the tremors. What a terrible scene it must have been in there."
"It's on the border, so the rescue conditions might not be very good. I don't know how many casualties there will be."
At this time, a girl whispered, "The Tangshan earthquake seemed to be a magnitude 7.8... More than 200,000 people died..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the students who were originally discussing in low voices suddenly quieted down, and the entire space seemed to have been muted.
Everyone's expressions became increasingly solemn. In addition to the fear of the earthquake, their eyes were filled with deep worry and concern for the people in the disaster area.
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