"Mother!" Da Shi spotted his elderly mother in the crowd.
"Why are you back?"
Looking at her tall and strong son, Aunt Da Shi burst into tears instantly.
"A hurricane is coming soon, and we've been assigned to different villages to help repair irrigation ditches and reinforce roofs." Seeing the villagers still gathered there chatting, Da Shi added, "Mother, why aren't you harvesting the rapeseed yet?"
"You really want to take it?"
Nearly a year of arduous training transformed the once impoverished man into a resolute, courageous, and brave soldier.
“Take it! The county government said they wouldn’t take it if the rapeseed had been soaked in water.”
Seeing that everyone remained unmoved, Da Shi's expression turned solemn, and he spoke with a firm and forceful tone.
The village chief walked over, a leaf-shaped cigarette dangling from his mouth, a basket and a sickle slung over his shoulder.
"When has the county government ever lied to us? They've already sent Da Shi back. This hurricane is probably going to be big. If we harvest now, we can still save 60-70% of the harvest. But if the rapeseed in the fields gets soaked in water, we'll have no harvest at all and who will we complain to then!"
Seeing that the village chief had gone to the fields, the villagers hurriedly ran home, grabbed their tools, and headed straight to the fields with their families.
Da Shi's mother understood that her son had official duties to attend to, and she did not use her position to make him come home to help.
"Captain, aren't we going to your house to help?" a soldier asked obsequiously.
Daishi rolled his eyes at him. "What's our mission?"
"Emergency shelters will be set up."
"Then why don't we get moving?"
"yes."
The group continued towards a higher area at the end of the village, looking for a flat place to build a temporary shelter. After that, they would build a canal to bring in water.
Lin Yinan and Yun Er traveled along the mountain road and finally arrived at the salt field in the middle of the night.
"Who's there?" The guards on duty were the first to notice the commotion in the mountains.
Yun Er wiped the sweat from his face and announced loudly, "It's me, Yun Er!"
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