It was break time and several teachers were chatting together. Principal Lu Hongjun suddenly ran in from outside. Seeing that several teachers were there, he spoke hurriedly.
"Shigou Village needs help. Each unit needs to send a few people over. We also have a mission here. Leave two female teachers to look after the students, and the rest will leave immediately."
They work in the unit. If there is any problem that the local villagers cannot solve, they will apply to the higher authorities and ask these public officials to help.
The male teacher who had just spoken said, "Come on, whatever you say will happen."
He said, "I'll go, you let the female teacher stay! They won't be able to help even if they go."
The principal sighed, "We're just going to put out a fire. If anything happens, no one can replicate it. You guys stay here! I'll go with Teacher Shu."
As they talked, they started to clean up.
Jiang Baige was also worried about Chen Jianguo. She had been there for a day, but there was no news at all. Moreover, she heard that there was still a raging fire burning on the mountain.
She raised her hand and said, "I want to go too. Teacher Yuan and the others will stay behind to look after the students."
Teacher Yuan didn't expect her to go, and he winked at her from the side, trying to get her not to go with him.
But Jiang Baige really didn't see the look in her eyes. She was wondering whether Lu Hongjun would agree to take her with him.
Lu Hongjun glanced at her and said, "Okay, you can go and help out. It would also be good to help with logistics."
He heard that the wildfire seemed to have burned down the entire village, so it would be helpful to have more people to help.
After getting permission, Jiang Baige put down the pen in her hand and quickly took the bag to pack the things.
I put the water bottle and towel into my shoulder bag, put it on my back and set off.
The four of them left the school. There was a truck parked at the school gate with many people they didn't recognize on it. They guessed that they were also going to support the fire fighting.
Lu Hongjun said to the people above him: "Comrades, lend us a hand and give us a hand."
The people above quickly reached out and pulled them up.
The door was patted and the truck started.
At the same time, Chen Jianguo and his team were originally going to put out the fire in the mountains. When they passed by the village, they found that the houses here were ignited by the fire core blown by the wind.
After working hard for a day and a night, they finally put out the fire in the village, but many houses were burned down.
Because it was summer and there was a lack of water, it took a lot of time to put out the fire.
Chen Jianguo and his friends finally had a moment to rest and lay down on the ground by the roadside.
Chen Jianguo's face was smoked black and red, and his clothes were covered with black dust and were a little wet, making him look very embarrassed.
It's not just him, the people who are with him are the same. Even if their own mother comes over, she won't know who these people are.
After resting for a while and catching his breath, Chen Jianguo shouted to the crowd.
"Erzhu, bring the food over quickly. Everyone should have eaten their fill and take a break."
Erzhu came over with the bags of steamed buns they had packed, and said, "Captain, these are all that's left. One for each person."
Chen Jianguo glanced at his dirty pockets and said, "Let's fill our stomachs first. I'll go find the village chief later and ask him to find a way to make some food for everyone."
He took a steamed bun, then opened the kettle and ate it, mouthfuls of steamed bun and sips of water. If they hadn't eaten the meat last night, they might still have meat to eat now.
There were also people from other units with them, and like them, they had almost finished eating the food they brought, but the village chief of Shigou Village had not expressed any opinion yet.
Some people in the crowd were discussing this, and someone said, "What's wrong with their village chief? We came all the way here to help them put out the fire, and they can't even have a bowl of hot porridge."
Someone echoed, "Who says it's not? We worked hard all night last night to help them save their house and food, but they didn't even send them a drop of water."
Erzhu squatted next to Chen Jianguo, eating a steamed bun while looking at the other people around them and whispered.
"Captain, this village doesn't seem very united! Look, last night, we were helping them save their houses. The village was burned down like this, but they were still only concerned with their own affairs."
The roof of the house in front of them was burned, and no one from other houses came to help.
Chen Jianguo said: "I am taking care of my own family, so I don't have time to care about others."
Erzhu continued, "What about their village chief? He disappeared after being seen this morning. There are about 10 to 20 of us here, and they didn't even say hello."
Chen Jianguo looked around and said, "Maybe he was so busy that he forgot! I don't think the captain is that kind of person. I'll go talk to them later and see if they can provide us with food."
Things happened so suddenly that a lot of logistical work hadn't been done, so he didn't know whether the village could provide food, accommodation, or other support.
At the same time, in the office of Shigou Village, the team leader and the village chief were holding a meeting.
Shigou Village was originally poor, and there was not a good harvest last year, so there is not much surplus grain in the village.
The team leader asked the village chief to gather a few people to take care of the meals for those people outside first.
But the village chief hesitated for a long time and didn't say anything. They only had a few hundred kilograms of grain in their granary. If they took it out at this time, what would they do this winter?
The captain was already angry, and when he saw that he didn't say anything, he became even angrier.
He slammed his hand on the table and said, "The crops in the fields will be ready for harvest in a while. In the meantime, just be patient and deal with the current issues first."
"Look at those 10 or 20 people outside, and the dozens more on the mountain. If we don't give them food, they'll be so disheartened. If they get blamed by the higher-ups, I won't be able to be the team leader anymore."
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