In the afternoon, the cafeteria auntie came over as expected. Her frozen shoulder was very serious before. In the past few years, she had no conditions to go for treatment. She could only save up some supplies and exchange some local remedies for application. Later, there was a big earthquake... There was no doctor who was good at this in the fleet. Faced with patients with various serious injuries such as perforated intestines, broken hands and feet, bleeding organs, etc., the medical team was already stretched to the limit. Her frozen shoulder was just a minor problem that did not threaten her life, and she was embarrassed to bother the doctor.
However, after arriving at the new land smoothly, Aunt Liu also planned to see a doctor, otherwise it would affect her work. This morning, she could hardly lift her hand when cooking. After washing the dishes at noon, her right hand was in great pain and completely stiff. After the examination, Qiao Qingqing massaged her and did some acupuncture. Although she knew that Aunt Liu could not rest, she still said something as usual not to work.
"Oh, now I feel comfortable. How can a person not work? If he doesn't work, he will starve to death! Thank you, Doctor Xiao Qiao." Aunt Liu thought that applying the ointment would affect her work, so she refused to use it. She paid her work points and left.
Qiao Qingqing couldn't say much. There were still many patients waiting behind her, and the afternoon was busier than the morning.
The busy first day passed like this. She finished her dinner in the cafeteria. Aunt Liu, who was serving the food, had shaking hands and gave her half a spoonful more.
After packing up the medicine box and going home, she saw Shao Shengan waiting for her not far away as soon as she left the tent. She smiled and quickened her pace: "You must have been waiting for a long time. Don't come to pick me up next time. It's so close that I can walk back by myself."
"I'm full and have nothing to do, so of course I came to pick you up. Did your work go well today?"
"It went well. How about you?"
Shao Shengan said happily: "I found two good ones. Although they have been soaked in water, the inside is still good. After cutting them open, drying them and doing some processing, they will definitely be usable."
After searching for a whole day and only finding these two pieces of not-so-good wood, Qiao Qingqing knew that her husband and elder brother must have put in a lot of hard work.
"The weather is getting hot. You and your brother should be careful to avoid the heat. Don't go out in the sun during the hottest time of the day."
"It's OK. We are wearing hats. We have umbrellas and water in the car. We brought a lot of water."
Qiao Qingqing leaned her head on his back. The couple said nothing more and returned home peacefully and quietly.
After she got home, she was naturally comforted and cared for. Her family even left some noodles for her because they were afraid that she would not have enough to eat on the fleet.
"Are we having noodles at home tonight?" Qiao Qingqing asked with a smile, looking at the green cabbage and six round fish balls in the bowl.
"Yes, the noodles have just been cooked, eat them quickly, otherwise they will become clumpy soon." Shao's mother urged.
She was about eight-tenths full in the cafeteria, and now she felt hungry looking at this bowl of noodles, so she slowly ate it. Qiao Songzhi said with a happy face, "Do you know who I met this afternoon?"
Qiao Qingqing became interested: "Who is it?"
"Su Cong! That tall soldier with a girl!"
As soon as she heard the name, Qiao Qingqing remembered that he was the soldier she met after the tornado. They traveled together for a while, and then she and her family continued to go to the new community.
"It's Su Cong. How many of them are here?"
"There are quite a lot of people, several hundred of them. They have settled in the area on the left. They were setting up tents in the afternoon. I also gave them a pot of boiled water." said Qiao Songzhi.
Shao Shengan added: "My eldest brother and I met them on the road in the morning and showed them the way, but my eldest brother didn't say anything at the time. Later, my mother and I went to the beach to wash clothes and happened to meet Su Cong and his friends fetching water. That's when we recognized them."
Shao Shengfei touched his head: "I really can't remember."
"It's no surprise that you didn't remember me, as we just met by chance. What does Song Sanhe have to say?"
"I don't know. I saw Song Sanhe passing by before the sun went down. Has he come back?" Shao Shengan asked his father.
Father Shao nodded: "When you went to pick up Qingqing, I saw him coming back and he even greeted me."
Qiao Qingqing turned sideways to look at the camp of Song Sanhe and his group nearby. The camp was dark with no lights or fires on. She could only vaguely see a figure sitting outside fanning himself to keep cool. The warm summer night breeze brought whispers from over there.
"Qingqing, do you have any plans?" Shao Shengan knew her best. Qiao Qingqing put down the bowl and said softly, "We built the boat just in case. I think we should also remind Su Cong and Song Sanhe."
Although she had only stayed at the Tangzhou fleet for one day, Qiao Qingqing had already vaguely realized that they had no ideas and no spare capacity to receive the survivors from the Xicheng base. If she wanted to survive, she had to rely on herself. She was now joining the medical team in Tangzhou to find another way out for herself and her family, but how could she put all the pressure on others? So their family had to build a boat. Their family had no shortage of supplies, so they had the spare capacity to build a boat. Song Sanhe and Su Cong, who had just arrived today, had limited supplies, and finding survival supplies was the most important thing. But Qiao Qingqing didn't believe that there were only so many people left on the seashore on this land. There would definitely be more survivors coming in the future, and perhaps there would be other troops from Ye Shan among them? Before that, Song Sanhe and Su Cong had to be informed of this matter first. When more soldiers and survivors came here in the future, the survival suggestions of Song Sanhe and his comrades who came first would definitely be persuasive. It would be easier to get things done with more people.
She explained a little bit, and Shao Shengan said, "Then I'll tell Song Sanhe and Su Cong tomorrow."
Everyone is busy just trying to survive.
Song Sanhe listened to Shao Shengan's words and thought: "You didn't go fishing yesterday, so you went to look for wood?"
Seeing Shao Shengan nod, he thanked Shao Shengan for the reminder: "I will discuss it with them."
As for Su Cong, Shao Shengan brought Qiao Songzhi with him when he went there, as it would be easier to get things done with an acquaintance.
Now Qiao Qingqing's main focus is on the Tangzhou fleet. If she wants to gain a foothold here, she has to work hard and make achievements. She also has an idea in her mind: if she has the right to speak, can she directly ask her superiors to accept their whole family on board? Of course, this is the best result, and the family still has to continue to make the necessary preparations.
She worked hard on this end, and Shao Shengan and his elder brother searched day after day. They were all tanned black, and finally they found a deserted forest.
"So many trees..." Shao Sheng ran over, raised his hands to hug them, and looked back excitedly, "Brother, brother! What big trees!"
Shao Shengan breathed a sigh of relief. With so many of them, it was enough to make any number of ships. He could also tell Song Sanhe and the others so that they could come and get them when they needed them.
"There's a fallen tree over there, carry that one home first."
This forest must have been ravaged by a tornado. There was a twisted gap in the middle, trees fell in all directions, and the ground in the middle was scraped away three feet deep. Shao Shengan and his brother worked together to carry two split trees onto the car. The car squeaked and had reached its limit. Shao Shengan pushed from the outside, and Shao Shengfei pedaled in front. The two brothers took turns. The brothers didn't get home until after ten o'clock in the evening, which made their family worried.
"Such a big tree!" Shao's father limped over to help push the tree. Qiao Songzhi started to heat up the rice, and Shao's mother poured water. The camp became lively.
Pulling two such large trees over would be too conspicuous. If it wasn't already past ten o'clock at night and most of the survivors were asleep, they would definitely gather around to watch.
"Where's Qingqing? Hasn't she finished get off work yet?" Shao Shengan asked, wiping his sweat.
"Yes, I asked, and they said they were working overtime." The stove was still on. Qiao Songzhi took the hot water pot down and put the iron pot on top. She scooped out the rice from the evening and made fried rice for them, beating the eggs as she spoke.
The two brothers were so exhausted that they could not move after sitting down. Not long after they finished drinking water, Qiao Songzhi also prepared egg fried rice. Although they brought dry food, they were hungry quickly after working hard. The way they wolfed down their food made Shao's mother feel distressed.
"Why don't you just drag one? How heavy are two?"
Father Shao bent his fingers and tapped the trunk, praising: "What a good wood! I haven't seen such good wood in many years. Where did you find it?"
"I can't tell where it is, but I remember the direction. Tomorrow my brother and I will go there to collect some more, and then let Qingqing take a day off to collect them." Otherwise, it would be too tiring. It's more than 70 kilometers round trip, and I can't stand it twice.
"Okay, that's what we have to do. Didn't you split these two trees? It's a pity that half of them are missing."
"It definitely wasn't us who chopped it down." Shao Sheng'an couldn't help laughing. "How could we have such power? It must have been damaged by a passing tornado. There is a track left by a passing tornado in that forest. There are many fallen trees on both sides, and most of them are not intact."
"It was so scary. Fortunately, the tornado just threw us away and didn't split us in half." Qiao Songzhi was scared.
Shao Shengan recalled: "The tornado that passed through the forest must be very large. It felt several times more powerful than what we encountered that day. The track in the middle was several meters deep."
Mother Shao was still frightened: "It's even scarier. Fortunately, such a terrible tornado didn't come towards us living people."
Seeing this, Shao Shengan hurriedly changed the subject: "Let these two tree trunks dry in the sun first, and then I'll clean up the uneven cuts."
"I'll do it, I'll do it." These days, besides farming, Shao's father has been looking at blueprints. The first time he looked at the blueprints of the wooden boat, he felt dizzy. There are only three grown men in the family. If they don't do these rough jobs, will Qingqing and the others do them? There is no such reason. Shao's father studied hard, looked and looked, and finally got some clues.
Shao Shengan smiled and nodded.
After dinner, he went to wash the dishes. It was already eleven o'clock when he finished, and Qingqing had not yet finished get off work.
"I'll go get her."
Shao Shengan was unable to get through to Qiao Qingqing, so Qiao Qingqing asked someone to come out and say that she would sleep in the dormitory tonight.
He didn't say anything, and stood for a while before leaving. As he walked, he wondered, did something happen to the fleet? It was almost midnight, and the tent camp was still bustling and noisy. The smell of blood lingered in the air. There was also a lot of noise in the fleet not far away, and he vaguely heard gunshots.
The waters were shrouded in darkness at night, and danger seemed to be spreading, so the medical team needed to work overtime.
But he was also tired after a day's work. As long as Qingqing was safe, he really didn't have the energy to find out anything else. After going home and taking a nap, Shao Shengan got up early the next day and started processing the wood.
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