Natural Disaster (MTL)

Chapter 122

Chapter 122

"Where did you come from?" The soldier who was sitting on the outermost half of the tent getting wet stood up and covered his head with a wooden board to avoid the rain.

"Hello, hello, we came from outside, this is my daughter, my son." Qiao Songzhi hurriedly greeted.

Qiao Qingqing added: "Hello, we ran outside during the earthquake, and we walked back after a long walk." The

soldiers looked at the raincoats on them, as well as the bulges on their backs and waists, with a wary expression.

"This is a crossbow, I was a member of the crossbow team before, and this is my previous certificate." Qiao Qingqing noticed this, and took the initiative to lift the raincoat to reveal the crossbow inside, "The back is a backpack, my mother and My eldest brother has participated in Yeshan's crossbow team trials before, so he also has a crossbow." The

soldier looked at the documents and breathed a sigh of relief: "Come here, register your names first, and I will find you a leeward place to sit in a while. There are no other rules in the camp, just one point, you can't hurt other survivors at will, we will distribute food, and the amount will not be much..." He briefly introduced the situation of the camp as he walked, Qiao Qingqing looked at the camp, and some tent doors were left open. , someone looked at them from the tent, with curiosity and indifference in their eyes.

The registration name is very simple. The soldier shouted into a tent, and one person probed: "Come on, tell me, I will remember it!"

Qiao Qingqing took out the ID cards of the three of them and handed it in to her for registration.

"I want to ask, is there Shao Sheng'an, Shao Dacheng and Huang Xia in this camp?" Qiao Qingqing asked expectantly.

"Wait a minute, you can find a place to shelter from the rain first, and then you will find someone for you later." The soldiers comforted them, "Everyone will almost look for their relatives when they come, but we only have a paper version of the roster now, to find the necessary Time, you write your name on the paper in a while, and I will ask Xiujun to find it for you one by one."

"Thank you! Excuse me."

Suppressing the anxiety in their hearts, Qiao Qingqing and the others followed the soldiers to a tent.

"Squeeze in, you can squeeze another person here."

"You can't squeeze! They're already squeezed to death!"

"They have raincoats, just let them stay outside!" The

soldier frowned: "You can't even have raincoats. Standing outside all the time, it

's easy to get sick— " After walking this distance, Qiao Qingqing saw that there were a lot of people in this camp and that there were not enough tents.

"It doesn't matter, we have our own tents, please find us a place to set up tents." Since the tents are not enough, use your own.

As soon as Qiao Qingqing's words came out, the noise disappeared instantly.

"Do you have a tent?" the soldier asked in surprise.

Shao Shengfei patted himself on the back. He was tall and inconspicuous, with the tent bag on his back and the raincoat on his back.

"It's here!" Shao Shengfei said cheerfully.

The soldier was obviously relieved: "That's great, the tent is really not enough now, our supplies lost a lot in the earthquake... Come with me, the three of you, how big is your tent?"

"About four Wuping."

"That's right, there is a place where you can put down your tent."

It was an open space between the two tents.

Qiao Qingqing and the three of them began to quickly install the tent, which was soon completed. In the middle of the tent in the camp, it looked very small and low. After the three got in, Qiao Qingqing took out the curtain to separate the tent, and then took out the hot water and towels.

"Change your clothes first, don't catch a cold." The

three of them felt a lot easier when they wiped their clothes and changed their clothes.

This is the first time they have been scrubbing their bodies after the big earthquake. The rain is a good reason. Isn't it normal for the rain to wash off the dirt left on by the sandstorm?

The water after scrubbing was all black, and there was a layer of soil in the bucket. Qiao Qingqing put away the dirty water temporarily, then took out a pen and paper to write down the names of Shao Shengan and the three of them.

"I'm going out, you all be careful."

"Don't worry, Qingqing, you also put on your mask." Qiao Songzhi said. After changing their clothes, they put on raincoats. If there is an accident, they can immediately escape from the tent and run in the rain.

Qiao Qingqing nodded and put on the mask.

She was walking on the muddy dirt road, and every time she stepped on the water shoes, there would be an uncomfortable creaking sound, which made her heart beat uneasy.

The paper was handed in, and when it was taken in, it was drenched with a few drops of rain, which dissolved the strokes. Qiao Qingqing almost blurted out: "Can you see clearly? I can write another one."

"See clearly, Shao Shengan, Shao Dacheng and Huang Xia, right? I will find it, you go back first and I will give you the result. ."

She wanted to say, can you just stand here and wait for the result?

But she thought rationally, standing here like an overseer, what if the other party was in a hurry when she was urging him to look up the roster and missed it?

"...Okay." Qiao Qingqing finally walked back step by step.

In a temporary camp, Shao Shengan was walking on a muddy road in the rain. He passed by a group of survivors who had just been rescued and came in from outside. He raised his head and searched carefully, then retracted his gaze in disappointment, and bury his head on the road.

Soon he came to a tent, opened the tent door and went in.

"I found this, I don't have the conditions to cook it, just eat it raw." He didn't take off his raincoat, but only took out a piece of sweet potato from the bag tied around his waist.

Not only their family of three, but more than 20 people lived in the tent. As soon as this thing was taken out, it attracted the attention of many people, and Mother Shao heard the sound of swallowing.

A patrolling soldier walked past the tent door, which was not closed tightly.

Shao Sheng'an didn't move, cut the tuber into three pieces, and gave one to each of his parents.

"Eat," he said softly. These things can be eaten raw, according to the doctors in the camp, the bitter numbness of the mouth and tongue is a small problem in the face of starvation, and starvation is a major problem. Of course, they have not yet reached the point of starvation, but the crisis of undernourishment has been hanging over their heads. Although they found a camp so that they could live temporarily, and also got a small amount of food that could barely sustain their lives, Shao Shengan still felt uneasy.

The makeshift base for food and medicine shortages unnerved him, as did the weather that continued to deteriorate and did not improve.

Only by hoarding food can Shao Shengan feel a little at ease. People have to eat enough to have the strength, otherwise they will not have the strength to escape when they encounter danger. The food distributed in the camp was too little, and Shao Shengan was very grateful for the food, at least it could stop them from wasting the compressed biscuits in their backpacks. It doesn't matter if he is not full, he can go out to find food and come back to replenish.

Mother Shao took a bite. If this thing is undercooked, it will be very bitter in the mouth. The bitter taste will always stick to the throat and tongue, and the whole mouth will fall into a state of numbness, even when speaking, it will have a big tongue. After swallowing the first tuber, Mother Shao felt the bitterness spread from her esophagus to her stomach and then to her heart, making her eyes red. "Sheng An, don't go looking for things, we have enough food and supplies." Mother Shao said. This tuber plant usually occurs in cracks in the ground, and the power of a major earthquake tosses up large pieces of land, turning tubers that grow deeper than it over to provide food for survivors. They came to the camp the day before yesterday. There are tents here to shelter from the rain and sleep peacefully. The only problem is that there is a shortage of food. Sheng An said that the compressed biscuits in the backpack should not be eaten for the time being, in case they need it in the future, so he often goes out to find food, which makes Shao mother very worried, how dangerous the ground seams are. Shao Shengan knew his parents' concerns, but he was confident to protect himself. He smiled at Shao's mother: "I'm fine, everyone is going out to find food and take care of each other." As soon as he said this, the tent door was suddenly blocked. When he opened it, a teenage child glanced at Shao Sheng'an and shouted excitedly, "Where's my dad! Where's my dad who went out with my dad! They all said they didn't see my dad, but you saw my dad. Is it?" "I didn't see it." Shao Shengan said.









"You must have seen it, but you just don't want to tell me..." The boy shook his head and kept crying, "You must have seen it! Where's my dad! Where's my dad!"

Shao Shengan looked at him silently and didn't speak. He did not see the boy's father, but he heard something vaguely. On the way back, he met two people with different expressions. One of them had scratches on his face and neck. Where tubers are abundant.

He didn't tell his guess, he could only watch the boy cry and run away, looking for clues about his father elsewhere.

Other scoldings could be heard vaguely outside: "I said I didn't see it! Go find it yourself!" "Hey, don't quarrel

! Fighting is not allowed in the camp!"

Who knows where his dad is..."

Listening to the movement outside, Shao Shengan lost his appetite, but he still forced himself to continue eating.

"Next time it's me, we'll take turns looking for it." Father Shao ate all the tubers, and his tongue was numb when he spoke.

"...Okay."

Shao Shengan finished eating all the food, and then began to stare at the rain curtain outside.

Without Qingqing and them in this camp, where would they be at this time?

Seven kilometers away, when Qiao Qingqing returned to her tent, she suddenly heard someone calling her.

"Sister, wait a minute!"

Someone called her, Qiao Qingqing stopped and turned her head. A person emerged from a tent next to him, trying to hold her hand in the rain. Qiao Qingqing immediately walked away, and the woman quickly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean anything, I just wanted to ask you a favor. I heard you say that you brought a tent and only three people lived there. You can let my daughter go to you. Do you live in the tent at home?" She licked her lips, "There are too many people in the tent. My daughter is too young and frail to carry it. Can you take my daughter in?"

"No." Qiao Qingqing refused. .

"I beg you, my daughter is very thin and doesn't take up space—"

Qiao Qingqing shook her head: "Our tent is not big, and there is no room for a fourth person." She lowered her head and entered the tent. .

"Sister!" The

woman was unwilling to give up and chased outside the tent.

"I beg you, sister, can you have a little sympathy, we are really miserable, if you help me, there will be a good reward!"

Qiao Qingqing went directly into the tent and didn't answer her again, the woman couldn't stand the rain, left soon.