Natural Disaster (MTL)

Chapter 123

Chapter 123
Qiao Qingqing felt bad about rejecting a mother who was for the sake of her child, even though she knew it was the best choice for herself and her family.

After returning to the tent, she took out the food and ate the late lunch with Qiao Songzhi and Shao Shengfei. After eating, she packed up, she couldn't help looking outside the tent many times, Shao Shengfei felt her emotions and asked her, "Do you want to go out to play?"

He told Qiao Qingqing: "It's raining outside, let's change it up. Don't go out to play with your clothes on, do you know that, little sister?"

Qiao Qingqing exhaled: "I know eldest brother, I don't want to go out to play."

"We'll go out to play when the rain stops, and I'll pick those beautiful flowers for you." Shao Shengfei gestured. When they climbed over from the tank just now, he saw a flower, which was very beautiful.

"Pink," he said.

The corners of Qiao Qingqing's mouth twitched slightly: "Okay, thank you big brother."

Waiting has always made people anxious, but waiting is also a happy thing, at least there is a chance to wait.

Qiao Qingqing took out a toy for Shao Shengfei to play with. Qiao Songzhi wanted to sleep, so she took out a soft pillow and quilt and laid it out: "Sleep, Mom."

"Aren't you going to lie down for a while?"

"Lie down later, you can go to sleep."

She took out the wool and let her mind knit a scarf while listening to the sound of rain.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, accompanied by the howling wind, making the tent crackle.

Not knowing how long it had passed, she heard someone calling her.

"Is Qiao Qingqing here? Is Qiao Qingqing here?"

Qiao Qingqing returned to her senses and recognized that the voice was the soldier who had brought them in, so she quickly responded, "Yes!" She put down her things and opened the tent door, the wind and rain were blowing outside. When he came, Qiao Qingqing raised his head: "Is there a result?" The

soldier nodded and shook his head: "These three names were not found in the roster."

"...Is it possible to miss it?" she asked.

In the rain, the soldier shook his head: "I just cleaned up the roster yesterday."

"...Okay, I understand, sorry for your troubles, thank you." The

tent door was closed again, Qiao Qingqing looked back and saw that her mother had already sat up, and Shao Shengfei also looked up from the toy , both eyes looked at her. She forced a smile and said, "Sheng An and the others are not here. We will stay here for a few days. If we can't wait for anyone, we will dismantle the tent and leave and go to the next camp."

Qiao Songzhi and Shao Shengfei had no objection.

Qiao Songzhi lifted the quilt and folded it.

"Mom, are you not going to sleep anymore?"

"Don't sleep anymore—you are so good at knitting, you have made progress." She picked up the scarf woven by Qiao Qingqing and praised.

"Obviously there are several wrong stitches. I'll take it apart and weave it again."

"I'll take it apart, wipe your face, it's all rain."

A cry came through the rain curtain, and then came the voices of soldiers maintaining order. Qiao Songzhi's action of unwinding the wool slowed down, she listened carefully and sighed: "It seems that someone has died."

Before night fell, the temporary camp began to distribute dinner.

What was delivered to Qiao Qingqing and the others was a can of potatoes and a compressed biscuit.

"This is the amount of two meals for three people for lunch tonight and tomorrow."

Qiao Qingqing understood that the camp only provided two meals a day, and the amount was really too small. It can be seen that the supplies here are really in short supply. Thinking of the tanks that had climbed before, Qiao Qingqing understood that a lot of materials must have been lost in the earthquake. Now these tents and these materials should have been rescued by the soldiers.

She returned the food: "Our food can still hold, let's share it with others first." The

soldier asked one more question: "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

He laughed until his teeth were exposed: "That's good, tell me if there's not enough food, and I'll give you another one."

"Okay, thank you." The

food was distributed, and the camp was very noisy. The food was indeed insufficient, and after it was distributed, it caused a lot of dissatisfaction. It seems that the food was not so small yesterday. Qiao Qingqing and the others stayed in their tents, waiting for the night to come.

"It's so lively here." Qiao Songzhi said listening to the movement outside.

"Some people are crying, they've been crying." Shao Shengfei asked, "Are they separated from their parents too? But I also separated from them, so I didn't cry."

Qiao Songzhi touched his face distressedly, this silly child , I cry secretly every day I sleep, as if I don't know.

"Okay, Feifei is the best. When I see Axia, I will tell her that you are very good."

"Mother Qiao pulls the hook, you must tell my mother that I am good."

At eight o'clock at night, Qiao Qingqing left the tent and looked for A signal flare was placed farther away, but no response was received. Her hope was broken. She was extremely disappointed. When she walked back through the rain, she encountered a patrolling soldier. The other party asked her, "Are you looking for someone?

" The soldier was the one who received them during the day. Hearing

the words, he encouraged them: "I will find them.

"

Then someone scolds... Qiao Qingqing closed her eyes, leaned her back against her mother's warm body, and fell asleep listening to various sounds in the rain.

Qiao Qingqing woke up early the next morning, and went around the camp to make sure that no new survivors came over last night. After Qiao Qingqing's observation, she estimated that there were about three or four hundred survivors in the camp, and there were seven in total. The big tent, one of which was obviously far away, was where the cry heard at night came from. She asked, and the soldier told her that there were patients there: "Don't come near if you have nothing to do, their disease will be contagious."

"Have they come into contact with dead bodies?"



The soldier sighed: "Some of them fell ill without touching the corpse. Since the rain, more people have fallen ill. You should also be careful of unclean water sources." They gathered outside the camp, and some survivors followed suit with protection from the rain. They were curious and went over to ask a few questions.

A survivor said: "They have to go out to find food. There is not enough food in the camp, and there is not enough food. We will go out to find it together. The food we find will be ours and they will not collect it."

It turned out to be the case.

Qiao Qingqing did not go out. She went back to the tent to prepare breakfast, and waited for Qiao Songzhi and the others to eat together after they woke up.

An ordinary day was spent in the rain.

In the afternoon, Qiao Qingqing heard the movement and opened the tent door.

The people who went out to find supplies came back. Along with them, there were bags of harvest. The air was filled with the smell of earth, which showed that they had dug a lot of land. The food was pulled into the tent that served as a warehouse, the sack was torn apart, and a large piece fell out. Qiao Qingqing recognized that it was a tuber that she had tried before.

In addition, Qiao Qingqing also saw many lucky newcomers. They looked around anxiously in the rain. Unfortunately, Shao Shengan and the other three were not among these people.

Qiao Qingqing returned in disappointment. The newcomers crowded the already crowded campsite, and there were dissatisfied noises everywhere. For some reason, some people moved their hands and feet from the tent to the outside of the tent, crushing the tent. In one corner, the soldiers angrily separated the people, made a temporary canopy and threw the two of them out, canceling the food supply for two days.

Two days later, the flooding in the camp got worse.

The field where the camp is located is relatively flat, with only the crack not far away.

The rain gurgled into the cracks in the ground, but the water in the camp was still rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it soon covered the instep. The soldiers organized manpower to dig ditches to drain water, and Qiao Qingqing also went out to help.

Sleeping in the tent at night, Qiao Qingqing couldn't sleep because of the smelly damp smell.

Stumbled until dawn, she found that the wind and rain were getting stronger, and she looked up at the dark clouds that kept accumulating in the distance, and she was a little worried.

"It shouldn't be so unlucky, this rain will be as big as when it was in Huacheng before?" Qiao Songzhi worried.

If there is another flood like that, where can you escape? They've got kayaks, they've got boats, but what about everyone else? Once again, many people will die in the flood.

The members of the rescue team obviously had the same concern. They held a meeting in the tent, and the squad leader couldn't make up their minds: "However, with so many people in the camp, where can we move to, we can't contact the superiors or other people at the post at all. "

"There are two more patients today. The high fever is persistent with vomiting and chills. They have been moved to the ward. If the rain continues like this, there will be more and more sick people, unless there are high-rise buildings that can completely leave the epidemic area."

One person said: "Our place is not considered an epidemic area anymore, so many people have not died-"

"The rain has brought the germs over."

"The people who went out to find their way have not returned..." The

rescue team was in a meeting, Joe Qingqing is also discussing with Qiao Songzhi and the others: "We have been here for four days, and Sheng'an and the others should not come. On rainy days, they must find a place to shelter from the rain. Instead of waiting for them to come, let's continue to find them." Sheng'an and their backpacks There is also a set of raincoats inside, but it must be difficult to spend without a tent at night. This weather is not suitable for traveling. She believes that Sheng An will find a place that can shelter from the rain and tide and settle down temporarily.

She has plenty of supplies, and the rain is not much of a hindrance. During the four days in the camp, there was no need to guard against strangers. The three of them got enough rest and had enough energy to set off again.

"You're right, when will you leave?"

"Tomorrow morning."

After making the decision, Qiao Qingqing was much faster. But the plan was always unable to keep up with the changes. That night, the wind roared, and the wind got into the gap of the tent, making the ghostly special effects common in horror movies.

On the second day, the wind became stronger, and after Qiao Qingqing and the others finished their breakfast, only ten minutes had passed, and the wind seemed to have doubled several times!

"It's so windy! The tent is shaking so badly!" During the

previous sandstorm, there was no such strong wind. Qiao Qingqing's tent looked small, but small tents are good in the camp. "Big trees attract the wind", they The tent was caught in the middle of the big tent, and it would hold up for a while.

"I used four buckets of water to press the four corners, don't be afraid." Qiao Qingqing said.