After the lively New Year's Eve, on the first day of the new year, the children from each family in the compound came to pay New Year's greetings. Su Nuan had never seen this staff before.
With so many children coming at once, I didn’t know how to entertain them. Fortunately, Aunt Mei was there and she prepared some candies and snacks and gave each of them a small red envelope.
A group of children, happily saying auspicious words, went to the next house.
Looking at these carefree children, I suddenly missed my own childhood.
At this time, Gu Chengfeng walked into the house from outside in the cold wind and saw his wife standing at the door.
"Wife, what are you thinking about? It's not cold outside."
"Nothing, did you change shifts?"
"Yeah, I just changed it."
"Have you had breakfast?"
"not yet"
"Aunt Mei, prepare something hot for my uncle."
Hearing Su Nuan's call, Aunt Mei immediately went to the kitchen to get busy.
Soon, a bowl of hot noodles was ready, with a fried egg.
Gu Chengfeng held the hot soup noodles and started eating.
After eating, Su Nuan urged him to go to bed and rest. He must be very tired after standing all night without sleeping.
In the following days, the compound was very lively. Even though it was cold outside, the New Year atmosphere was still strong.
Unlike later generations, when conditions have improved and technology has advanced, the distance between people has become increasingly greater.
Gu Chengfeng rested at home for two days and then returned to the army.
On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when everyone was lying down to sleep, there was a knock on the door.
Gu Chengfeng quickly got up and opened the door. Seeing the soldier at the door, the two of them exchanged a few words.
Gu Chengfeng returned to his room and began to pack his things.
"Wife, we have an urgent mission and need to gather together. Go to bed early and don't wait for me. If you are not used to being in the army, you can go back to the old house tomorrow."
Su Nuan nodded in agreement, and didn't plan to sleep anymore. She got out of bed to help clean up.
A few minutes later, Gu Chengfeng carried his backpack, hugged Su Nuan, and ran away.
Su Nuan stood at the door and watched him go away.
Anne and Aunt May, who were originally asleep, were also woken up by the noise.
"Miss, what happened?"
"Aunt Mei, it's okay. Cheng Feng suddenly had an emergency mission."
"A mission at this time?"
"The army has its own rules. Don't ask any questions. Go to bed early."
"Oh, okay."
Su Nuan was worried, but she didn't say much and went back to her room to lie down.
After turning off the lights, I couldn't fall asleep for a long time. I always felt uneasy and depressed.
I kept praying in my heart, hoping that nothing would happen.
Su Nuan tossed and turned all night and got up at dawn the next day.
At this time, Annie was planning to go out for a morning run and was surprised to see Su Nuan getting up so early.
"Miss, why are you up so early this morning?"
"I'm fine. I couldn't sleep. You want to go for a run?"
"yes"
"Wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and go with you."
Although Annie didn't understand why Su Nuan suddenly wanted to run, she nodded and agreed.
The two ran along the family compound all the way to the large playground of the army. After running two or three laps on the playground, Su Nuan felt a little exhausted.
Annie helped her and found a place to sit down. She then continued running seven or eight laps before stopping.
The two men returned to the family compound, sweating all over.
In the kitchen, Aunt Mei was busy. Seeing the two of them coming back covered in sweat, she quickly asked them to take a shower.
After Su Nuan entered the house, Aunt Mei pulled Annie aside and asked.
"What time did you get up in the morning, Miss?"
"It's only five o'clock."
Aunt Mei couldn't help but sigh.
"Aunt Mei, what's going on?"
"I guess the young lady is worried about her son-in-law and didn't sleep well the whole night. Usually, a young lady would get up early to run to vent when she has something on her mind."
"I see. Why did you get up so early today, Miss?"
"Okay, go take a shower, breakfast is ready."
"Oh, okay."
After the three of them had breakfast, Su Nuan suggested going back.
Aunt Mei and Annie had no objections and started packing their things.
After returning to the old house, most of the day had passed. Su Nuan felt depressed all day and always felt as if she had forgotten something important, but she couldn't remember it.
After coming back, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep soon.
After falling asleep, I didn't feel very well and had a nightmare.
In her dream, everything was white. She saw a group of soldiers in military coats struggling to move forward in the thick snow. The village not far from them was almost covered and submerged by the snow.
The fate of the villagers inside is uncertain.
Su Nuan seemed to see Gu Chengfeng. The heavy snow had turned his eyebrows white. He didn't say a word, but a chill came out of him. However, he still insisted on talking. It was unclear whether he was giving a lecture or encouraging the soldiers to move forward quickly to save people.
Soon, a group of soldiers arrived at the village and divided the work to search for surviving villagers in the ruins of the collapsed houses.
Because the snow was too thick and the temperature was very low, heavy snow like goose feathers continued to fall, which added a lot of obstacles to the soldiers' rescue.
But they did not give up and kept searching for survivors.
Gu Chengfeng personally led the team to the most dangerous place to search and rescue. In a collapsed house, he found a surviving child. His parents were dead and frozen. The child was held in the arms of a young couple and was crying.
Gu Chengfeng called two soldiers for help, and with his bare hands he lifted the wooden beams of the house that had hit the couple, and struggled to rescue the baby from the stiff bodies of the couple.
After the child was rescued, he found that the child was blue and purple from the cold. He quickly took off his military coat and wrapped the child. Just as they were about to evacuate, the beams of the house could not be supported and collapsed.
Gu Chengfeng handed the child to the nearest soldier and asked them to evacuate quickly, as he was the last one to leave.
The house collapsed very quickly, and with the thick snow, Gu Chengfeng was hit by the collapsed house, and soon his entire body was covered and buried in the snow.
After calm returned, there was no sign from the outside that a house had collapsed here.
At this time, Su Nuan was awakened and got up. After getting up, she found herself in her own room and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Pat your chest and comfort yourself.
"It's okay, it's just a dream"
At this moment, she suddenly remembered that Huyuan Province, hundreds of kilometers away from Shanghai, suffered a snow disaster that was rare in a decade. The shortage of supplies and inconvenient transportation brought great obstacles to the rescue personnel.
After the snowstorm, statistics showed that 27 million people were affected, more than 1,000 people died, about 50,000 people were injured, and the direct economic losses amounted to 5 billion yuan.
This shows how serious the losses caused by this snowstorm are.
In such freezing weather and lack of supplies, people simply cannot survive. How can they be rescued in such a situation? Thinking of this, Su Nuan could no longer sit still.
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