In June 1975, heavy rain in the province caused the water of the Gancha River to rise sharply, and after the reconstruction project of the Gancha River, the water level of more than 10 newly built reservoirs downstream was in an emergency, and almost all highway traffic in the Gancha River basin was completely suspended.

"Stay at school and don't go home during this time. There is no large reservoir near Ling'an City, and even if it is discharged, it will not reach there. Don't run around, and it's best not to even go out of the school gate. I'll send someone from Ling'an to send you some biscuits and fruits, so you should reserve them in advance, and if anything happens to stay in the dormitory, I'm sure I'll be able to go to you right away." You know? ”

Shen Guodong repeatedly told him on the phone, he was afraid that any section of the Gancha River would not be able to hold the flood and that Ling'an, which was high and not next to the river, would not suffer natural disasters, but man-made disasters might occur.

Zhou Wanwan repeatedly promised that he would stay well in school, but Shen Guodong was still not at ease, so he asked her to repeat it before he put down the phone very uneasily.

As soon as he put down Shen Guodong's phone, Zhou Chen's immediately called again, with the same content as Shen Guodong, and repeatedly told Zhou Wanwan that he should stay at school and the school was the safest. He also reassured her that Zhou Yang was ready, and once the situation was critical, he would definitely go to Suilin County immediately.

There is a reservoir less than five miles from their home, and Xiangyangtun is the most unsafe at this time.

Then Dunzi's phone call came again, and it was about the same again.

The dormitory teacher couldn't help it, so she asked Zhou Wanwan, "How many brothers do you have?" ”

"Four, I won't fight again after this fight." Zhou Wanwan was very sorry and asked the teacher to call her over and over again to answer the phone. It was pouring rain outside for several days, and there was no point in stopping, and everyone was trapped in the dormitory. Many students are waiting to answer the phone or make a phone call.

"Your eldest brother called, and I'll call you again." The good impression left by Zhou Yang continues to ferment, and it has not disappeared yet, and as soon as he is mentioned, the dormitory teacher will become more pleasant.

After a week of heavy rain, the sky was suddenly clear, the sun was scorching the earth, and everyone was impetuous in the center of a humid and sultry heat.

Liu Fang's eyes are red almost every day, and her home is in the lower reaches of the Gancha River. When the embankment was renovated, the engineering team held a celebration meeting in order to complete the project within the specified date, but the section of the embankment near their house was only piled up with a few layers of stones and soil on the original earthen embankment, which could not withstand such a big disaster.

Everyone except for a few innocuous words of comfort. There is nothing that can be done. At this time, it is inconsequential to say anything, and the relatives are in danger, and it is impossible to achieve a truly comforting effect by saying anything......

The weather is clear. However, the water level of the Gancha River has risen instead of falling. The string in everyone's hearts became tighter and tighter, and finally broke at midnight.

The Gancha River really broke its embankment in the Qian'an section.

It is said that this was a once-in-a-century flood disaster in the whole province after the liberation, and more than a dozen communes in the entire county of Qian'an became a flooded country, and the flood raged for three or four days before gradually subsided.

When the traffic was restored to Qian'an County, Liu Fang couldn't sit still and had to rush home as soon as possible. Take the car to the county seat first, and you have to walk back for the rest of the dozens of miles.

But before she could leave, her family came to find her.

Her mother was washed away in the flood. The father injured one of his legs, and the little nephew hit driftwood in the big water. Unconscious, one of the two elder brothers came to Ling'an with his father on his back and his little nephew who was unconscious.

They had come to see two people. The country's disaster relief and resettlement sites are in severe shortage of materials and medicine, and it is difficult to get enough even the most basic food, let alone advanced medical equipment.

For certain reasons, the victims of the disaster throughout Qian'an were not allowed to move around casually, and could only wait for further arrangements at fixed resettlement sites.

Liu Fang's two elder brothers knelt down and begged the secretary of the brigade, only to get two letters of introduction, and came to Ling'an to treat their father and son in the name of joining their relatives. Liu Fang's sister-in-law and sister were detained, and if the few of them who went out did anything out of the ordinary, those who stayed at home should not think about it.

But when they came to Ling'an, they couldn't even enter the hospital consultation room with no money.

Liu Fang endured her grief and took out the more than 20 yuan she had saved to take them to the hospital for registration, her father's leg was severely fractured, and there were already broken bones pierced into the flesh to suppurate, and if he didn't treat it, he would have to amputate his leg, and the little nephew had to be hospitalized for further examination to know how his condition was.

Liu Fang's little money is a drop in the bucket, and there is nothing enough. To cure the illness of two people, it is conservatively estimated that it will cost 300 yuan.

For the Liu family, who had just suffered a catastrophe and was destitute, the 300 yuan was a huge amount of money that could not be taken out, and Liu Fang's family was stupid at the gate of the hospital.

This is no different from being sentenced to death.

Liu Fang has always been a weak and timid girl, and the biggest burst of courage in her life was to draw two patterns for the admissions teacher of the teacher's college.

Now, after experiencing the pain of losing her mother and losing her father and sweet little nephew immediately, this girl, who usually blushes when she speaks loudly in front of people, is strong again.

She went to the supervisor, to the head of the department, hoping to advance her living allowance from the school, she wanted to save her father and her little nephew, their family has enough disasters and difficulties, and they can't lose anyone anymore.

There are hundreds of students from Qian'an, and almost most of the students' families have suffered from the disaster, and it is impossible for the school to set this precedent for Liu Fang.

However, the leaders and instructors of the department still held a donation to Liu Fang throughout the department. Liu Fang's matter was too urgent, saving his life was important, the instructor donated most of his monthly salary, Teacher Hao alone donated fifty, and the students of the 75 art class were even more generous.

In the 121 dormitory, except for Zhao Lifang, who didn't talk to everyone, she didn't donate a penny, and even Qian Xiaoling, who was just face-saving with a few girls in the art class, donated a dollar, and Jiang Yindi, who was reluctant to spend a penny in half, took out a piece of five cents, and Xiang Xiuqing even took out all the money on her body.

In the end, all the teachers and students of the department donated a total of 186 yuan, seven cents and five cents to Liu Fang. Although there is still a gap of more than 100, Liu's father and little nephew can finally be admitted to the hospital for treatment first.

Liu Fang took a long vacation. Every day when he went to the hospital to take care of the sick, the boys in the art class cleaned up the empty bed in the dormitory so that Liu Fang's brothers could take turns to take a break.

There's only so much you can do to help. The rest is left to their own devices.

There are still more than 100 yuan left in the medical expenses hanging over the heads of Liu Fang's family like a knife, and every time the hospital notices to pay the bill, it has become a nightmare for their brothers and sisters.

Liu Fang's face lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, but her spirit did not collapse, "There are still ten days before the subsidy will be paid, and I will still have sixteen yuan by then." I just didn't eat or drink to save my dad and my nephew. ”

Xiang Xiuqing also discussed privately and issued subsidies, and the three of them left the money for three steamed buns a day. The rest was taken to Liu Fang for treatment.

But after all, it would take ten days to wait, and the money in the hospital would soon run out.

After the flood, on the day it was just opened, Shen Guodong couldn't wait to drive a jeep to the school to watch Zhou Wanwan.

That same evening. Zhou Wanwan found Liu Fang alone. "I borrowed a hundred yuan from my brother, but I didn't tell you before, because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to borrow it and disappoint you."

If Shen Guodong doesn't come, there is no reason for Zhou Wanwan to help Liu Fang with so much money at once.

Liu Fang hugged Zhou Wanwan and cried loudly, the money in their hands was about to run out, and if there was no money, the hospital would immediately stop her little nephew's medicine.

"Tonight, I'm sure I'll pay it back as soon as possible. Our whole family will remember you and your brother for the rest of our lives. Liu Fang has experienced this time, and has grown from a timid and weak little girl to a firm and responsible adult.

"My brother is not in a hurry to use this money. Wait until you graduate and earn a salary. I told him everything. Zhou Wanwan put the money in Liu Fang's hands, "If these are not enough, you tell me again, I will help you think of a way again, don't push yourself too hard, what should you do if something happens to your little nephew?" ”

The matter of money was solved, Xiang Xiuqing and the three of them took turns to deliver meals to Liu Fang and her brothers every day, and the meals in the school cafeteria were much cheaper than outside, especially in the hospital, where buying one steamed bun was enough to buy two at school.

When Zhou Wanwan and Xiang Xiuqing came back from the hospital that day, Mo Qiqi put all the snacks and meal tickets for the three of them on the table, and announced to the two of them, "We're going to break off." ”

They also had a dime and a half for a meal ticket, two stacks of biscuits, two apples, and that's all they had for the next three days.

The money was taken away by Liu Fang, and the meal tickets were also eaten together in the past few days, and the biscuits and fruits sent by Shen Guodong last time were also taken by Mo Qiqi casually, and today he gathered things together, which was enough for one person to eat for a day.

"There are three days of subsidies, and you can't starve to death if you drink cold water." Xiang Xiuqing didn't take this seriously at all.

"I'll go home and get some steamed buns, just three days, and the patience will pass." Mo Qiqi didn't think it was a big deal.

None of them thought of going to a friend or classmate for help, and tacitly agreed that only the three of them knew about it. If she goes out to let Liu Fang know about this matter, she will definitely feel guilty, her affairs are already messy enough, so don't add to her psychological burden.

Zhou Wanwan put energy supplements in the water they drank to ensure that their bodies would not have problems in the past three days, and they would endure it if they were hungry, and there would be no problems if their bodies did not have an accident.

However, it rained overnight, and at the beginning of June, when the subsidy was issued, the school's accountant went on a business trip again, and the subsidy payment date had to be postponed.

"How long is this going to be? I'm hungry! Mo Qiqi couldn't stand it first.

She went home the next day to get a few big steamed buns, and she didn't dare to tell her family that she had donated more than ten yuan at once.

"With such a thick waist, who said it was gone? Why are your eyes so bad? Zhou Wanwan pinched Mo Qiqi and teased her.

Mo Qiqi lay there and pretended to be dead, "Give us two steamed buns, smear some mushroom sauce made by the second brother Wanwan, it's worth it to die." ”

Zhou Wanwan listened to the sound of Mo Qiqi gurgling and swallowing saliva, racking her brains to figure out how to come up with something to eat, so that if you are hungry, your body will be fine, and your spirit will have problems first.

Zhou Wanwan didn't think of a suitable way, Guo Kejian came to her with two lunch boxes.

The last time she was sent to the bus station back, Guo Kejian really came to her in the second week, took a small red cactus, and said that it was left for him by a colleague, and he always had to go to the mining area, and he couldn't raise it, so he asked Zhou Wanwan to help him raise it.

In this era, red cacti are very rare, this small fur ball is planted in a small dark green ceramic pot, not only does not look like the cactus is full of thorns, but there is a very cute cuteness that needs to be cared for and protected.

"It can be watered once a month, and it can be placed on the windowsill without being taken care of." Even if Shen Guodong didn't warn her, Zhou Wanwan didn't plan to have too much contact with Guo Kejian, this person had been very friendly to her and saved her life so far, but she always felt that it was a burden to get along with someone who was too shrewd.

Especially this shrewd person is something she can't see through, so she instinctively doesn't want to go deep into the relationship.

"Actually, I'm afraid that the eldest sister in the office will take it home, and she will keep an eye on it when my colleague is there, and now that she is gone, this little guy is even more dangerous. You don't know, the eldest sister used the leftover tea to water the flowers when she had nothing to do, and the flowers in the office were watered to death by her several batches. ”

In the end, Zhou Wanwan could only take this little furball to the studio. Soon it became the darling of the whole 75 art class, and everyone moved it every day to make it shine for 12 hours in the sun.

Today, Guo Kejian brought tofu brain and small buns, which were still hot, he didn't say where they came from, and Zhou Wanwan also pretended to be confused and pretended to forget that he refused to go with him to eat tofu brain fried cake last time.

Thinking about Mo Qiqi and Xiang Xiuqing's gurgling stomachs, Zhou Wanwan generously accepted Guo Kejian's kindness, "Brother Guo, thank you, I won't be polite to you." Next time you go back to Suilin, let my eldest brother and second brother invite you to dinner. ”

Guo Kejian smiled, "You just want to play Lai Bai and eat my things, right?" Don't worry, whether you eat or not, I will go to your house to eat when I go back to Suilin. ”

Guo Kejian didn't say much, asked Zhou Wanwan to hurry back to dinner, and left with a smile.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Guo Kejian's back and was a little puzzled, he wore less clothes in summer, and Zhou Wanwan took his bicycle for the second time and found that Guo Kejian had lost a lot of weight, the bones on his back could be seen from the outside of the shirt, the green tendons on his neck and hands were obviously prominent, and the whole person was a lot thinner.

Compared with when he cut the queue in the countryside, his situation should be much better, but it has been less than a year since he came back, and he has lost weight like this.

Whether she needs it or not, Zhou Wanwan still feels a little guilty for letting a person who is so thin take care of her.

Carrying the lunch box back to the dormitory, Zhou Wanwan gave the tofu brain and small buns to Mo Qiqi and Xiang Xiuqing, and took out another ten yuan, "We have money to eat!" ”

In the next few days, Guo Kejian did not appear again, but his food would be sent to the dormitory every day, sometimes it was brought by the girls who wanted to come in at the door, and sometimes it was brought to the studio by the classmates of the art class.

seems to know that these foods are not eaten by himself every night, this time Guo Kejian brought very ordinary food, stir-fried with meat, dumplings, and even a few sugar triangles and bean paste buns once.

After eating Guo Kejian's things for a few days, and seeing him at the door of the dormitory again, Mo Qiqi invited him boldly, "We have given subsidies, please have a good meal for Brother Guo in the evening!" You gave us food and lent us money, and we have to thank you! ”

Guo Kejian looked at Zhou Wanwan with a smile and didn't say anything.

Mo Qiqi and Xiang Xiuqing invited again, but Guo Kejian still didn't say anything, just watched Zhou Wanwan, and finally became three people watching her together.

Zhou Wanwan's lies were exposed in public, and she had to rely on Guo Kejian to give her a lie, so she could only invite Guo Kejian with Mo Qiqi and them, "Brother Guo, let's invite you to a meal to express your gratitude." Our school's stir-fry is delicious. ”

It's much easier to have a small stir-fry at school than to go out to eat in the middle of the day, and I still don't want to go out for this meal every night. (To be continued......)