Chapter 144 Remembering that it was originally a world in a book
That unusually sharp voice finally managed to attract everyone's attention.
The increasingly shrill and piercing sound was like a sharp blade, completely shattering the bewilderment of most people.
The fields fell silent for a moment, then erupted in chaos, and then a reaction ensued.
"Young Xu, what's wrong?" someone stopped what they were doing and called out.
"What kind of whistle is that, Little Xu? We're still earning work points. We almost thought we were about to finish work."
"That's right, Little Xu, the educated youth, has nothing better to do than tease us with this kind of thing."
“Young Xu, we don’t have time for your nonsense. We’re working hard to earn work points—these work points are life-saving food. We really don’t have time to waste on your nonsense.”
"Young Xu, you should take your younger brother and go back first."
"What urgent matter has happened to young Xu, the educated youth?"
"Hmph, how could that be! She's not the captain, how could she be qualified to whistle to gather people?"
"It's an airplane, everyone be careful!"
The elderly people in the village were the first to react, their voices filled with anguish.
Some people instinctively dropped their farm tools and rushed into the field ridges and ditches, while many more instinctively surged towards the safe areas they remembered.
Xu Zhili scooped up Xu Zhian in her arms and rushed to the bicycle, shoving him into the back seat: "Hold on tight to your sister, don't let go."
At the same time, she carefully comforted Xu Zhian, saying, "Don't be afraid, your sister is here."
With a slight thought, she used her body as cover to gently brush a wisp of spiritual energy across the back of Xu Zhi'an's neck, causing him to fall into a peaceful sleep.
She then quietly sent him into her spatial dimension: "Ya Ya, take good care of An An."
"Don't worry, Master," Ya Ya's voice replied immediately.
With her biggest worry gone, Xu Zhili's eyes instantly hardened.
She had to go to the cowshed immediately to check on the safety of her loved ones, who were the most important people to her.
Xu Zhili pushed her bicycle, only to find herself being led in the opposite direction from her destination.
The safe zone was at the east end of the village, but the cowshed she wanted to go to was at the west end of the village.
The roar of engines overhead grew closer, and the paint scheme under the wings became clearly visible.
Suddenly, a loud bang came from afar, the earth shook, and dust flew up.
"boom--!"
Xu Zhili was extremely anxious and tried to walk west against the flow of people, but she could barely move.
She saw her familiar neighbor, an auntie, stumble and fall to the ground in the surging crowd while trying to help the little girl who had been knocked down. Her arm was scraped and bleeding.
"Mother!" The little girl's cries were heartbreaking.
Xu Zhili's expression changed, and she could no longer care about anything else.
She abruptly shoved her bicycle to the side, skillfully using her mental power to push through the crowded people in front of her, and quickly rushed to her aunt's side.
He scooped up the little girl and shoved her into the arms of a staggering but still fairly strong man next to him: "Comrade, please help me, take this child to a safe place."
At the same time, he quickly tore off his headscarf and used it to bandage the woman's bleeding arm, then helped her up with all his might, saying, "Auntie, hang in there, follow the others and walk east."
She couldn't help everyone, but she could do her best to help the elderly, women, and children maintain their balance and give directions, calling out in a hoarse voice: "Go east, to the safe area, don't crowd, take care of your own children."
Xu Zhili tightly wrapped the baby in her arms with a sweat-soaked cloth, held the older child in one hand, and had to hold her husband's clothes tightly with the other, for fear of being separated by the crowd.
Some men carry their elderly fathers or mothers on their backs, their backs bent under the weight, and even young children have to squeeze in and out among the adults.
If you accidentally get your shoes stepped on and lose them, you'll have to run barefoot on the gravel.
Just then, a sharp whistling sound came from overhead, more piercing and terrifying than when an eagle swoops down.
This made the already panicked crowd even more tense, with cries and shouts rising and falling.
They were all in a chaotic mess, and no one cared about anyone else.
"Quick, get out of the way! Get to safety!"
"Don't push! My child is still behind!"
The chaotic shouts were drowned out by an even louder roar, and another explosion could be heard in the distance.
The mud and broken bricks were thrown into the air, and several slow-moving figures were instantly swallowed by the dust and smoke, without even having time to call for help.
However, the enemy planes in the sky seemed to have identified the crowd, and their wings suddenly turned, a blatantly provocative gesture that instantly plunged the people on the ground into even deeper panic.
Xu Zhili watched helplessly as the old man, in trying to help his fallen grandson up, was pushed and stumbled by the crowd surging behind him. Just as he grabbed his grandson's hand, his arm was grazed by flying pebbles.
Blood gushed out instantly. The old man gritted his teeth and pushed the child toward safety, but he tripped and fell to the ground.
"Grandpa! Grandpa—!"
The little boy's heart-wrenching cries were drowned out by the explosion. All that could be seen was the old man futilely reaching out his hand at the feet of the crowd, before falling silent.
Those around them saw this and many people took the initiative to help the elderly man and protect the little boy, and the group moved forward together, supporting each other.
"Dad! Where are you?"
"My leg is trapped... Someone please help me..."
"God, I can't live like this anymore..."
Anxious calls echoed through the smoke and dust, mingled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, making it hard to open one's eyes.
Shoes that had been trampled off, broken bundles, and strips of cloth hanging on the broken wall were scattered everywhere on the ground, swaying in the wind like the sighs of the dying.
Xu Zhili never expected that the Xiangyang Brigade members, who always greeted her with smiles when they met in the neighborhood, would turn into this in the blink of an eye.
Someone stumbled past, muttering a complaint: "Wasn't it supposed to be an air raid warning? Why didn't they even give us time to take cover?"
Xu Zhili was in turmoil—it was a time of peace, not war, so why was there an air raid?
For a moment she forgot that she was in a world constructed from a book.
In order to add a rich and colorful touch to the story of the female protagonist Bai Linlin and the male protagonist Lu Yanchen, and to allow the two to meet, get to know each other, and eventually come together, the book specially arranged this plot of enemy plane invasion, which contradicts the true history.
When the air raid struck, Bai Linlin was leading the wounded to safety. In the chaos, she was nearly hit by falling debris, but was saved by Lu Yanchen who happened to be passing by.
Amidst the smoke and fire, he protected her as they passed through the ruins, and she bandaged his wounds. Their mutual support in the face of danger became fertile ground for their feelings to grow. This seemingly illogical air raid, in fact, became a catalyst for their relationship to deepen.
The present era contradicts known history. Is she ultimately destined to follow the plot set by the male and female protagonists?
She might be a cannon fodder character in the book.
It seems that the plot of this book is far more absurd than just this air raid.
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