Pacing alone, facing the cruel starry sky alone, having friends to accompany the warm trek, and the cold reality hitting the fragile self.

In the summer, I staggered on the road to the aid station, passing by the earthquake-proof shelters of many people.

Along the way, there will be kind-hearted uncles and aunts, like the enthusiastic aunt, who will ask the passing green uniform, "Will you be hungry and thirsty?" "Summer usually shakes her head and then shouts a reminder:

"Remember that people who have toothpaste should apply toothpaste to their mouth and nose for protection."

As soon as Summer walked near the makeshift shelter, she heard a noise.

The cries of babies, many female voices using various local accents, arranged for the children in the yard to line up to receive food.

Summer, who walked closer and stood at the door of the aid station, was stunned by the sight in front of her.

What an unfortunate group of survivors!

The sudden catastrophe destroyed their homes and destroyed their lives, but only these young seedlings were left.

The comrade who was specially responsible for sheltering these orphans stepped forward and asked, "Hello comrade, are you in charge of our epidemic prevention staff here?" ”

Summer gave a military salute and replied:

"Yes, I'm in charge of distributing the medicines, along with some food. However, I am only a temporary medical officer, and my real job is to be a reporter for the military newspaper of the Kyoto Military Region, and my name is Summer. Comrade, could you please take the time to tell me about the situation here? ”

The middle-aged female cadre introduced her surname Liu, and she excitedly held Summer's hand and said:

"I'll look for you when I'm done, you give out the medicine first. It just so happened that they were about to eat. You start by talking to the children. There were a lot of babies in the house who needed to be fed, and I had to help them finish feeding and then put them to sleep.

They need to report that there are thousands of orphans here, and they should let people outside know as soon as possible that there is a group of children here who need a home. There was urgency in his voice, and there was a choked sound in the last sentence.

Standing next to the food distribution staff, she cooperated with the staff with a pale face and sweating profusely, and when she distributed food to the children, she would hand them masks and teach them how to prevent the epidemic.

Hundreds of children sat in a group in the courtyard, many of them wrapped in large military uniforms.

Summer listened to a few temporary staff members next to him and sighed:

"It's hot. They were all naked when they were rescued. You're coming. And the soldiers took off their uniforms and put them on them.

When Director Liu and I went to various units to retrieve them, we often saw little soldiers in twos and threes taking more than a dozen children to play games and tell stories.

They are very sensible, and they are led by their parents, neighbors, your medical team, and the disaster relief troops who come to us without crying or making trouble. After gathering them here, I can often hear from them how the PLA uncle is. ”

The six-year-old brother patted the back of the four-year-old sister and coaxed gently......

The five-year-old lady struggled to hold her two-year-old brother......

Summer looks at these kids. Tears in the eyes. I want to try my best to make my facial expressions not sad and pitiful. She commanded herself to smile, to let their pure eyes perceive hope. However, tears involuntarily slipped from the corners of his eyes.

Most of the children were sitting on benches in the yard, but Summer noticed a little girl standing around the corner. It's like she's watching everyone. Don't get close and don't come forward.

Summer took the initiative to walk up to the little girl, squatted down and looked her in the eye and asked gently, "Can you tell Auntie what your name is?" How old are you, kid? ”

The little girl took a step back timidly, blinking a pair of big round eyes and staring at Summer seriously, and the clear eyes seemed to see into Summer's heart.

Just when Summer thought she wouldn't answer, she spoke:

"My name is Li Jing, and I'm six and a half years old."

Summer half-crouched and moved forward to try to get closer to her, and when she got closer, the little girl suddenly put her arms around Summer's neck without warning.

Summer was hugged by those warm little hands, and felt the fragile and shaking shoulders in her arms:

"Aunt PLA, Mom and Dad are gone."

The little girl broke down and cried, and Summer picked up the crying girl and walked out of the courtyard.

When the child has an emotional breakdown, the adults will not use any words of comfort, not to mention that facts speak louder than words, and she does not want to deceive the child.

Summer could only carry the little girl farther away, and she was afraid that the crying would cause a group of nursing children in the house to cry.

The little girl cried for a few minutes before she hiccuped and calmed down in Summer's arms.

The child wears two adult watches on her wrists, and the little girl needs to wipe her tears and pull them in the crook of her arm to keep them from falling.

"Mom and Dad?"

The child showed an expression that did not belong to this age at all: "That's all there is to it." ”

Summer thought that the little girl Li Jing wanted to express that her parents only gave her two things when she ran away, but who would have thought that she heard something unexpected.

"Aunt PLA, someone is trying to snatch my watch. I didn't see my parents when I was rescued by my uncle in the People's Liberation Army. But I really heard my mom say I was going to wear it. ”

Summer turned her head sideways, not wanting the child to see her cry.

The child fiddled with the watch in the crook of his arm and continued:

"Later, my uncle's uncle from my father's unit said that he was looking for someone to pick me up. Called cousin.

My cousin came with three people, and I was left behind by my uncle from my father's unit. But they were so busy digging up my stuff that I thought I was going to starve to death, and my cousin pushed me to the side of the road.

They dug up my mother's clothes and things, and my cousin stared at them as she gave me a piece of bread to eat. He pointed to his watch.

Summer clenched her fists, and she understood that this so-called "cousin" had her eyes on the child's watch, which was a relic! At the last moment, the parents used their lives to protect their daughter's life, and only left her two pieces of "thoughts"!

Summer gently hugged the child and gently patted her back to soothe.

The little girl showed a lonely and depressed expression:

"Then I went into hiding. So that they can't find me...... Aunt PLA, am I doing something wrong? Can you please not scold me, I miss Mom and Dad. ”

The child cried again with a "wow".

The child who should have grown up in a happy family has now become a child without a father and a mother.

In the aftermath of the earthquake, they suddenly understood so many things that they should not have understood at this age. The ups and downs, these children tasted it in dozens of hours after the disaster, and they saw the good guys and bad guys with clear eyes.

When Mom and Dad were alive, they were held in their hands as treasures.

In the face of catastrophes, I encounter people who have no conscience and do not save them and even want to take advantage of their children.

Summer put the little girl Li Jing's shoulders on the shoulders and told her seriously:

"You are very brave, and Auntie thinks you are the best child."

The future of these children will enter a new family and have a new father and mother, and in their hearts, can they really be so easily replaced by a new "happiness"? (To be continued......)