Chapter 34: Aftershocks
In the evening, a few birds flew by in the sky.
The sunset is all over the sky, and it is unusually gorgeous. Perhaps because of the cloudiness, many of the clouds seemed to hang very low, as if people could touch them if they climbed on top of a tall building.
If it was a few days ago, Yu Panan would definitely take out his mobile phone excitedly to record this beautiful scenery. But at this time, she didn't even have the mood and strength to look up. She had just finished moving several boxes of drinking water and setting up several tents with other volunteers, and she was so tired that she couldn't straighten up and was resting on a chair.
This is the second day of her volunteering, but her palms have been blistered, her arms and legs have been injured, and her face is no longer bright. Blowing in the wind all day and basking in the sun, her cheeks have been flushed with a faint redness, and there will be a slight pain when she touches it.
Several times, the volunteers in her companionship joked to her, "Look at you, don't be a volunteer for a girl with such fine skin and tender meat!"
Every time she just smiled and didn't refute. In addition, everyone later saw that she was not lazy at all when she worked, and she worked very hard, and no one was embarrassed to tease her anymore.
Because it is not an area where earthquakes occur frequently, the people of City B do not fully understand the many arrangements during the earthquake. A sudden catastrophe seemed to hang over their hearts and brows, and almost all of them spoke with a fire in their mouths. Therefore, when they came to seek the help of the volunteers, they were not amicable, but a little arrogant, as if the volunteers had caused them to lose their former homes.
Not only that, but there are many, many people who don't know what this magnitude of an earthquake means, and drive desperately to run to the epicenter.
Yu Pan'an's area is the only way to the epicenter, and they have to persuade countless private cars to return every day. Every time you persuade, you have to talk dryly, and it is normal to tear a few times when you meet a difficult person. That's how Yu Pan'an's arm injury came, and as for the leg, she can't remember it herself.
There was no mirror to look at her, but she could guess how disgraced she was. Ji Zhiheng's sentence suddenly came to mind, "You can get injured if you install a shoe rack, run to volunteer, is it crazy?"
Her physical strength is relatively poor among the volunteers. Although she is not hypocritical, she always works very hard, but she is always worse than others. So she was assigned to a special vehicle to persuade her to return, and only occasionally helped carry things. Disputes with others are far more difficult for Yu Panan than doing manual work, but she understands that she has to obey the arrangement, so she holds up silently.
Burnout.
Fortunately, I'm basically done with it at this time, just waiting for the lunch box to wait for, and everyone can take a nap. Yu Pan'an closed his eyes slightly, but he didn't dare to sleep too deeply, worried that he wouldn't be able to take care of something for a while. It didn't take long for the lunch box to be delivered, and Yu Pan'an got up to help distribute the lunch box and chopsticks to everyone, and finally sat down to eat it by himself.
As soon as the chopsticks touched the rice, the chair shook suddenly. Yu Pan'an knew that this was an aftershock, and there were a lot of aftershocks in the past two days, but at most, the object was shaken, and there was nothing serious. She was just about to continue eating, when the tent that had just been erected not far away suddenly collapsed, and the ground shook violently.
Yu Pan'an reacted that the aftershocks this time were not small, so he quickly put down the lunch box and walked with everyone to the collapsed tent.
The area around here is full of volunteers, and they are filled with items and tents that would not cause casualties even if they collapse, so they still dare to move. Inside the collapsed tent lived a child, who was crying.
Several volunteers worked together to move the tent, but Yu Panan took two steps forward, coaxing the child while picking him up. It's a pity that the child didn't listen to her at this time, and only shouted for her mother.
Yu Pan'an didn't feel irritable, but just sad.
The child was sent from the epicenter yesterday and because she was not injured, she was not taken to the hospital, but to a makeshift shelter for volunteers. I heard from the person who sent her that she was a child from a single-parent family, and her mother was the only one with her. And her mother has already lost her life to protect her.
Yesterday the child didn't cry a word, not only didn't cry, but he didn't even say a word. Yu Pan'an tentatively talked a lot to her, but she ignored her.
Others persuaded Yu Pan'an: "Xiaoyu, don't bother, this kid is scared stupid." ”
Yu Pan'an knew that this was not frightened, but so sad that he even forgot how to cry. She still remembers that when she lost her mother, she also seemed to have forgotten how to cry. But Yu Pan'an's mother died of illness, no matter how sad she is, at least she has time to prepare. Besides, she still has her father and brother, and she is not alone. The little girl in front of her experienced a sudden disaster and lost her only relative.
Yu Pan'an was a little grateful for this aftershock. The aftershocks aroused the little girl's fear, and she finally cried. Otherwise, I just keep holding it back, I'm afraid I'm going to suffocate.
She hugged the little girl for a long time, and after all, she was a child, and then she fell asleep when she was tired of crying. Yu Pan'an returned to his seat, and the lunch box that was not hot was already cold. But she can't pick and choose—if she doesn't eat, she'll be hungry, and if she's hungry, she'll have no strength to work.
She picked up a mouthful of cold rice and put it in her mouth, eating and eating, and she wanted to cry a little.
In the face of natural disasters, human beings are too small. But even if it is small, the power cannot be ignored. Everyone is fighting the disaster in their own way.
After eating a few more bites, Yu Pan'an saw a taxi slowly driving not far away, sighed, and put down the lunch box.
- It was a very uneventful meal.
Yu Panan stood up and walked in the direction of the car, waving his hand to signal the driver to stop. The driver cooperated, and stopped a few meters from their gathering point.
The back door of the car was opened, and a man stepped down from it.
The person who saw it clearly was Ji Zhiheng, and Yu Pan'an's heart was completely messed up.
- When did he come? How did he come in this situation? Why did he come at such a dangerous moment.
- Is it because of me?
Ji Zhiheng wore a very ordinary gray sportswear, because he was not very interested in sports, he never wore sportswear. He approached Yu Pan'an step by step, full of the feeling of being dusty.
Yu Pan'an actually felt that the hot and humid wind in S City was approaching Ji Zhiheng, the tip of her nose was sour, and she wanted to cry again.
She was so homesick that she didn't want to.
It's obviously just a very close distance, but because of the fluctuations in the hearts of the two, it seems to be long. Ji Zhiheng finally stood still in front of Yu Pan'an, pondered for a long time, and only said, "I'm back." ”