Chapter 137: Danger in the Mountains
Chapter 138: Danger in the Mountains
"Now broadcasting the emergency weather forecast issued by the Meteorological Observatory at 6 o'clock this morning. From today to tonight: cloudy to heavy rain, west wind 5-6, local maximum temperature 25℃, minimum temperature 12℃, air quality - excellent, UV index - strong. It is expected that from tomorrow to the 25th, under the influence of the northwest cold air, the whole city will have heavy to torrential rain in the next two days, and the temperature will drop sharply below 5℃. Please prepare for flood prevention in advance, and beware of the unstable weather causing inconvenience to your travel..."
Listening to the weather forecast on the radio, Wen Ning, who was sitting in the back of the car, suddenly frowned. Fang Qing should have arrived at the place where she collected folk songs in the past two days. According to the location she mentioned at the beginning, it should not be too far from the city. I wonder if it is raining there.
But just as Wen Ning's car arrived at the villa, it began to drizzle outside. Wen Ning paused, got out of the car and entered the villa. Although Fang Qing was away for the past two days, fortunately Zi Cheng did not refuse him, and he quickly completed today's teaching task.
In the evening, there was a loud thunder outside and heavy rain poured down. Because the Meng family villa was located in a low and remote area, the housekeeper was worried that Wen Ning might have an accident on his way back, so he invited him to stay here for one night.
At night, listening to the thunder and rain outside, Wen Ning couldn't fall asleep. He always felt his heart beating violently. But the small mountain village Fang Qing went to was remote and there should be no phone. He didn't know how to contact her. He just hoped that Fang Qing and the others would notice the weather changes in time and return to the camp early.
But Wen Ning could never have imagined that Fang Qing was experiencing a life-and-death moment at this moment.
Ever since that student fell into the ravine, all the students panicked. Teacher Wang and the students tried their best to pull him up, but as the rain got heavier, the soil under the students' feet gradually loosened.
Li Hui was the first to notice this. He shouted "Danger!" and pushed the teacher and his classmates several meters away. With a loud bang, the students who fell on the other side of the mountain road found that a huge piece of earth and stone on their heads had rushed down and smashed down the place where they had just stood.
At this time, the student who fell into the ravine had completely lost contact.
Everyone was even more panicked when they saw this. The female students huddled together in fear, and the male students turned pale and were at a loss. Because of this incident, the way they had wanted to return to the top of the mountain was completely cut off. If they wanted to leave here, they could only move forward and find another way out as soon as possible.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Staying on the mountain for one more second would increase the danger. Li Hui grew up in the mountains and had more experience than the others. He immediately pulled everyone together and said, "Teacher Wang, we must get down the mountain quickly. The rain is getting heavier and heavier. It is easy to cause a landslide. The longer we stay here, the more dangerous it will be!"
Teacher Wang looked at Li Hui and regretted not listening to his advice on the top of the mountain. If they had left there earlier, perhaps they would have returned to the camp by now?
But this was no longer the time to regret. Seeing Li Hui's determined eyes, Teacher Wang gave him all his final trust.
"Are you sure you can lead everyone away from here?"
Li Hui wiped the rain off his face and observed the surrounding terrain. "I'm not too sure, but when I came here, I saw a large open space on the other side of the mountain. The terrain there is higher, so even if there is a landslide or mudslide, it should be a relatively safe place."
At this point, all the students were at a loss. When they heard Li Hui say this, they immediately nodded in agreement, "Teacher Wang, let's leave here quickly. We have to give it a try no matter whether it works or not."
So, under the leadership of Li Hui, everyone supported each other and stumbled towards the other side of the mountain.
Because of the heavy rain, a lot of water gradually gathered on the mountain. The girls stumbled along the way, their clothes were torn, their shoes were lost, and even their drawing boards were thrown away somewhere.
While rescuing a female student, Zhang Jiaqi accidentally sprained her ankle. Wang Nan and Fang Qing supported her on both sides and helped her move forward with difficulty.
But when they reached a narrow mountain road, the three of them couldn't pass at the same time. Fang Qing tried to carry Zhang Jiaqi on his back, but because they were wet, they fell to the ground after walking a few steps and almost fell into the ravine.
Seeing this, a male student behind him immediately stepped forward, pushed Fang Qing away, carried Zhang Jiaqi on his back, and quickly caught up with the team in front.
Wang Nan was also in a bad condition. She was wearing shorts when she came here, and the trees and bushes on the mountain scratched her arms and legs. Fang Qing used his sleeve to bandage her, and the two of them supported each other and limped forward.
Zhao Qiang, who was following behind, saw Wang Nan's condition and finally couldn't bear it anymore. He strode over and wanted to carry Wang Nan on his back like the boy just now, but Wang Nan verbally refused.
"I can walk without you."
Pushing Zhao Qiang's hand away, Wang Nan picked up a wooden stick from the roadside and supported his staggering body.
Fang Qing looked at Zhao Qiang's sad and silent face, sighed, and chased after Wang Nan to protect her.
The group stumbled along for more than an hour, and after several dangerous encounters, they finally arrived at the open space. To the students' surprise, there was a natural cave on the cliff behind the open space.
Team leader Li Hui immediately went into the cave to check. After making sure it was safe, he asked everyone to quickly get into the cave.
Finally, the rain stopped, but the cold wind in the cave made everyone shiver. Fortunately, several students still had lighters, so they wrung out the water on their bodies, looked for dry firewood in the cave, lit a fire, and then sat down around the fire. Everyone was finally able to replenish some energy.
Although a lot of equipment was lost, most people still had their backpacks. Fang Qing opened the backpack and found that the towels and paper inside were just a little damp, so she immediately distributed them to the girls to dry themselves. Looking at the ham, sausage, bread, biscuits and other things Wen Ning bought for her in the backpack, Fang Qing was very glad that she didn't bother to carry them all.
The students exchanged items with each other, and some used teacups to boil water for everyone to take medicine and keep warm.
Fang Qing found a few Band-Aids, but because they were wet, they were a little damp, so he put them on the rocks next to the fire to dry them, when he suddenly heard a sound coming from outside the cave.
As the sound got closer, the team leader led another group of people to collect folk songs into the cave.
"Oh, thank God, luckily you are all okay, you are amazing, how did you find this place?"
But all the students remained silent, because they had made unimaginable efforts to get here, and even a companion had passed away.
Just when everyone was immersed in grief, Li Xin from the opposite crowd walked over quickly. In full view of everyone, he strode to Zhao Qiang and snatched the teacup from his hand.
"It's great that there's hot water. I won't hesitate."
(End of this chapter)
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