On August 11, an unexpected person suddenly came to Shanglin, it was Zhao Min. When Zhang Qing, who was crying with red eyes, brought Zhao Min, who was also crying like rotten peaches, into Lu Li's tent, the latter only glanced at Zhao Min's mournful expression, and then sat down on the chair, looking at her with his eyes, his lips trembling, and he couldn't pronounce a single syllable.

Zhao Min's white jade-like face became even whiter, this is a sickly pale, the wings of the nose became red because of excessive crying, but it was not a healthy color at all, looking at Lu Li thin into a handful of bones, the girl screamed in her heart, she really didn't want to pass on such news, and she was helpless, "Lu Li, you ...... Your uncle...... Nope. ”

There were six or seven people in the tent, but it was quiet, and a few PLA soldiers and educated youths and peasants in the village who had come to discuss things with him had already heard a lot of such news in the past half a month, and they lowered their heads at the same time. Lu Liqi swallowed his saliva, suddenly felt a pain in his chest, bent down, and a mouthful of blood spurted out! "Tiny?"

"I'm fine." Luli's clothes were stained with blood, as if he didn't realize it, "Why, you know how...... What's going on? ”

Seeing Lu Li's mood so calm, Zhao Min was a little shocked, but that mouthful of bright red blood made the girl's heart ache! originally thought that he had let go a long time ago, but who knew what kind of position he was in his heart when he met today. Yu Fang asked herself to convey the bad news, and she agreed without thinking about it, did she also want to come and see him?

"I also listened to your aunt, she was fine, she told me that your uncle was on duty at the police station, and the house collapsed." Zhao Min lowered her head, her voice getting deeper and deeper, as if it was her fault.

Lu Li covered his face with his hands, and uncontrollable tears flowed from his fingers! Zhao Min ignored the surprised eyes of others, stepped over and hugged his head, "Lu Li, I know...... You are bitter, you can cry if you want to, right? ”

The two of them sat and stood together, crying in unison, and it was a long time before Lu Li raised his head, "My aunt...... This? ”

"She's fine, and so is your sister. Now I have moved to live in Linjianzhong. Zhao Min explained: "I ...... I went to see your aunt, and she said that he should have come on his own, but he didn't dare—she was afraid to come, and knew what you were ...... Bad news, so please come to me. ”

"So, what about your family?"

"It's all fine, in fact, it's not only our family, Xu Yunjian and a few of their family are also very good, Zhang Qing's father's leg is broken, but it's no big deal."

"Temporary construction?"

"Yes, they were all built on both sides of the road, Heping Road, Duolun Road, Shengli Road, these main roads are now small roads, and there are temporary buildings everywhere - the family doesn't dare to live in the house at all, so they can only move there."

Lu Li nodded, indicating that he understood, he opened his red eyes and stood up, "Zhao Min, thank you!" I remember your kindness. I will definitely repay you if I have the opportunity in the future! ”

"Don't say that, we're old classmates and friends, I'm just a trip, it's nothing. Oh, I heard Xu Yunjian and Liang Xin say that you almost ......"

"yes, almost gone. Don't tell my aunt about this when you go back. You tell her that I'm all right, and that I'll go back to see her by the end of September at the latest! ”

"Okay."

Luli suddenly realized at this time that the tent was empty, when did these people go out? Maybe leave a little space for yourself and her, right? Turning his head and beckoning Zhang Qing in, "You clean up and go back immediately." ”

Zhang Qing also knew the news that his father's leg was broken, and cried a lot, he was going to ask Lu Li for leave to go back, but it was difficult to open his mouth - so many things in the village were done with the help of these young people, how could he be a deserter at this time? "Tiny?"

"Go back, take care of the old man, and take a look at my aunt by the way. Tell her I'm fine. ”

"Cheng, don't worry, I will definitely bring the words."

"My aunt probably didn't believe you and thought you were comforting her. Well, I think about it, how should I prove it? By the way, you just say ......, you come here, I'll talk to you. ”

Zhang Qing leaned over, Lu Li whispered a few words to him, Zhang Qing snorted, "Really? ”

"Really, if you tell her like that, she'll believe it."

"Okay." Zhang Qing couldn't help but smile, Zhao Min saw it in his eyes, a little confused, but he knew that he was telling him some family affairs that only the two of them knew, in this case, it was better not to ask. "Also, Zhao Min, thank you, you will also go back with Zhang Qing, right?"

"I don't want to go back in such a hurry, I want to stay and help."

Lu Li looked at her seriously and was silent for a moment, "Okay, if you want to stay, you can stay, and I will go back with you when I go back." ”

In this way, Zhao Min stayed in Shanglin temporarily, and Lu Li arranged a tent for her, and found her a job: helping out at a temporary medical point belonging to the army. She was a girl, and although she had never seen such a tragic scene before, many of the work of the medical team did not involve personal contact with the wounded, such as sterilizing medical equipment in the simplest way.

After settling all this, Luli went to the Luan River alone, and saw that there was no one around him, he knelt down, his head was on the ground, his body was like a dry wooden peg, he held the back of his head with both hands, and cried loudly! My uncle's family is his closest family, and now there is one less for no reason, how can it not be painful!?

Amid the cry, the roar of an airplane was heard in the sky, and Luli wiped away his tears and looked up to see that it was an An-2 plane, spraying malathion and dichlorvos, which smelled strongly of garlic as it flew, to disinfect it.

More than 240,000 people died in Tangshan (including suburban areas)! In such weather, countless corpses buried under the rubble began to decompose, stink, and even infected the soldiers who provided disaster relief, and there were often formed units with collective poisonous sores, and the various protective equipment that the troops could provide was completely insufficient, although some local methods were adopted, such as applying toothpaste and alcohol to masks, stuffing garlic cloves, coriander leaves, or plugging cotton balls with perfume and alcohol, but this was useless, there were too many dead bodies!

In the beginning, it was possible to dig trenches, tie up and fill in the landfills, but later, even such procedures were omitted, the excavator dug a big pit, and the corpse trucks brought the corpses one by one, and threw them in the pit one by one, and the bulldozer covered the soil and crushed a layer, and then it was over. This also caused the body to be buried inadequately, and at the end of the year, it was dug up again and disposed of a second time - this is a later story, not to mention.

Lu Li looked up at the plane flying away, turned his head and returned to the temporary station, at this time he was no longer in the mood to be sad and sad, it was better to take care of the living first! He rushed into the temporary command post of the rescue force in Shanglin, and several people inside were talking, "Xiao Lu, are you here?" ”

"Hey, Camp Commander Xu, I'll tell you about the situation."

"You say, you say. Oh, Xiao Lu, let me introduce to you, this is our regimental political commissar, Ma political commissar, this is Lu Li of the party branch of Shanglin Commune, don't look at him young, but it's not simple, educated youth joined the party in a year after going to the countryside, and he is also a production expert known to everyone in the commune. When the earthquake came, he saved six or seven boys in the house by himself! Guess how he saved it? It's all thrown out of the window! Instead, he was buried under the rubble for more than two days and two nights, and almost died. ”

Commissar Ma smiled kindly and stretched out his hand, "It's amazing!" Little one, how old is this year? ”

"18, 19 years old."

"What year did you join the party? What are the ingredients at home? Where do you stay? ”

Lu Li answered one by one, and Political Commissar Ma was stunned, a child of the Y faction can actually join the party? What's going on with the merchant Lin Party branch? Isn't this playing the piano indiscriminately? "Oh, little Lu, what's the matter with you?"

"I thought about it just now, there are a lot of people who died in the merchant forest, although these people are buried on the spot, but now it is the end of August, as soon as the autumn wind rises, there may be wolves, wild dogs, crows or something, if it is not good, these beasts will give disaster to the bodies of the victims? It is also susceptible to infection. ”

"And what do you say?"

"I thought, can I take the village that can move, start digging, and at the same time ask the troops to help, and get some gasoline and kerosene? Cremate the body and hold a public memorial service at the same time? ”

The two soldiers looked at each other, which was not expected, "Xiao Lu, we can understand that you have such sympathy for the victims, but it is still during the disaster relief period, is this kind of thing a little longer?" ”

Lu Li disagreed, and when the disaster relief was completed, these people would have to leave, and when the time came, it would be difficult to find their help. But I'm just an ordinary party member, what can I say? "Well, well. However, I would like to ask Political Commissar Ma and Battalion Commander Xu to reflect my problem. ”

"Yes, I agree."

"Well, I won't bother you with your work."

Watching the young man walk out of the tent, Political Commissar Ma asked, "This Xiao Lu, who is his introduction to the party, do you know?" ”

Battalion Commander Xu didn't know that in a flash, a soldier outside the tent came in and raised his hand to salute, "...... Journalists from several newspapers came. They said they wanted to interview the good people and good deeds that happened in the earthquake-stricken area. ”

"Oh, I'll go."

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By the beginning of September, the commune's original office area had been gradually cleared, and no one had been flooded, so it was put to the end of the excavation. Holding the official seal of the commune and some corresponding materials, Lu Li handed it to Shang Anti-Japanese, "Uncle, look, these things?" ”

"Let's put it here for the time being, now there are only you and me left in the party branch. My body is not good, you can keep it, and I will let them find you if there is something. Oh, Xiaoxiao, it doesn't matter what is next to you, the most important thing is the official seal, don't dare to lose it. ”

"Don't worry, I know."

When I returned to my tent, I searched for the debris dug up from the ruins, and as Shang Anti-Japanese said, other things were worthless, only the official seal of the commune, which had to be kept well. Looking at the round, red and bright official seal, pressing it on his hand, and leaving the clear font on the back of his hand, Lu Li felt a little strange: this was unimaginable in the past! An official seal represents the functional departments of the state! Even the smallest and most basic structure of the Commune has a significance that makes the hearts of young people stir.

"Comrade Luli, can I go in?"

"Zhao Min? Come on in. ”

Zhao Min wore a white nurse's uniform, lowered his head and got into the tent with a smile, and before he could speak, he smiled first, "Lu Li, your stuttering seems to be all right now?" Except for speaking a little slowly, I couldn't hear it at all. Oh, what is it? Official seal? Can I take a look? ”

Luli's heart is hot! Zhao Min was born beautiful, and wore a snow-white, well-fitting nurse uniform, which gave people an extremely huge visual impact! This made him a little embarrassed, he was no longer your girlfriend, this time he rushed over from Tian (Tianjin) to help, you bastard, what are you thinking?

Zhao Min didn't pay attention to his abnormality, fiddling with the official seal in his hand, "Isn't this from the commune?" What's wrong with it? ”

"Ah, the secretary has put me in charge for the time being."

"You can really do it," Zhao Min's clear eyes shot out undisguised admiration and appreciation, "When I was in Long March Middle School, who would have thought that after a few years of hard work, you joined the party again, and you were promoted again, and now you are still ...... In charge of the overall work of the Commune? You're amazing! ”

Luli smiled and made a gesture - his stuttering was still not good, and many times he had to rely on gestures to make the sentence flow - and was about to say something, when suddenly the sound of mournful music came from the loudspeaker outside the tent!

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On September 9, 1976, the heart of a great man stopped beating.

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