The forty-day confinement period passed quickly. On the day of leaving the confinement period, Aunt Wu boiled mugwort water for Xiao Yubao to wash his hair and take a bath.
At forty days old, the face of the little Yubao has become twice as round, and he even has a double chin.
After taking a bath and changing into the tiger-head hat and shoes made by Aunt Wu, Si Yang and Qiu Xia took little Yubao out for the first time to have his hair cut.
Many military families in the compound gathered around to see the child. They were all attracted by Xiao Yubao's appearance and praised the child for being so good-looking.
"Oh my~ This fat boy is really fair and looks a lot like Captain Pei."
"Yes! Captain Pei is so lucky. His wife is beautiful, and he has such a handsome, fat son."
Si Yang politely exchanged a few words with everyone and was about to leave the crowd when someone took the initiative to ask Si Yang about Annie.
It turned out that after these people learned that Annie had treated Chief of Staff Qin's wife and her diagnosis was very accurate, they all wanted Annie to help them take a look as well.
These are all elderly people, just like machines that have been out of repair for a long time. Who doesn’t have some minor illnesses and pains?
Si Yang only said that Annie would not come for the time being, and would convey their intentions when she came later.
A group of aunts behind him were still chattering, and after Si Yang's family finished talking, they started talking about the daughter of Deputy Captain Wang.
I heard that Niu Daqin did not stay in the military family home for her confinement, but the news that her daughter had a deformed hand somehow spread around the home.
Qiu Xia sighed repeatedly after hearing this. She had heard that the old lady of the Wang family wanted to abandon her granddaughter and let them have another one. However, Deputy Head Wang disagreed, and the mother and daughter had been arguing for a while.
"What about Niu Daqin? Did she also agree to not have her daughter?" Si Yang asked with a frown.
"It doesn't matter whether she wants it or not. The decision is in the hands of her mother-in-law and husband." Qiu Xia just felt sad.
Although the slogans of women standing up for themselves are loud and clear, how many women really have a status in the family?
As the two were thinking about their own things along the way, they suddenly felt a slight vibration from the ground.
Si Yang hugged little Yubao tightly in her arms and looked at the shaking treetops on the roadside. She knew that an earthquake had occurred.
The ladies who were huddled together chatting in the courtyard all felt the vibration, and the noisy environment instantly became quiet.
After the shaking stopped, the frightened people rushed back to see if there was anything wrong with their homes.
Si Yang comforted Qiu Xia not to panic, as the tremor was very mild, indicating that the epicenter of the earthquake was still far away.
An hour later, Pei Tingyu came back dressed in a dusty uniform.
They had just received news that a 6.8 magnitude earthquake had struck Los Angeles, 300 kilometers away. He had to go to the disaster area to carry out rescue work, and it might take at least a week before he could return.
Si Yang told him to be careful and not to worry about home.
Before leaving, Pei Tingyu kissed his wife and son, and immediately set off for the disaster area.
When the rescue team arrived in Los Angeles, it was raining heavily.
This is not only detrimental to rescue efforts, but also a challenge for the survivors under the rubble.
The team led by Pei Tingyu was responsible for the rescue of Luocheng Middle School. The once century-old famous school in front of them had now become ruins.
Because it was right at the center of the earthquake, it suffered serious damage.
According to school staff who managed to escape, they were in class when the earthquake struck, and it took only two minutes from the tremors to the collapse of the classroom.
So there were at least three hundred students and teachers buried under the rubble.
It was already dark, but life waits for no one.
Pei Tingyu immediately deployed a rescue plan based on the situation on the scene and launched the rescue overnight.
The night vision glasses that Si Yang had given him earlier came in handy. Through the thermal detection and perspective capabilities of the glasses, he was able to spot survivors in the first place and ask his comrades to cooperate in the rescue.
After fighting for more than ten hours, Pei Tingyu's team rescued 120 survivors from the rubble and dug out 32 bodies.
After searching one area and preparing to move to another, Pei Tingyu's sensitive hearing vaguely heard a crisp knocking sound coming from under the ruins.
He heard the sound and looked over. Through the light of the flashlight, he saw a girl with a face covered in mud deep in the ruins.
The space above the girl was pressed down by a massive load-bearing beam, making it impossible to move it anytime soon. He had no choice but to pry open the entrance to the ruins, and after making sure he could get in, he bit the flashlight and crawled in.
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