Chapter 26: Who Sacrifices His Life When Disaster Strikes (Fourth Correction 4 & 5)
Chapter Twenty-SixβChapter Twenty-SevenβWho Sacrifices His Life When Disaster Comes?
Five days of time to come, the water in various places began to flood, several states almost the whole ocean, even if there are mountains is useless, people who hide in the mountains do not have to worry about being washed by the water, but the mountains will be landslided, no matter how much vegetation there is on the mountain, as long as the soil is saturated,.
The valleys in the mountains are also filled with water, the heavy rain is still falling, from time to time someone is floating with a board, Qinzhou is flooded, Sumaozhou is flooded, Lianzhou is flooded, Shangsizhou is not running, and Yingzhou is also in the place of large-scale rainfall here.
The typhoon landed in Luzhou, and the people who had been prepared for a long time moved to the valley, and the big ships also hid far away, only one more ship was slower, and it was blown and stranded.
The strong wind turned around in the bay of Luzhou and never had the strength to go back, and gradually dissipated, and the old man who could watch the sky said to Zhang Zhong that this is just a dragon, and there are no other dragons.
Zhang Zhong couldn't care about a few dragons, so countless boats were released to pick up people from the other two counties and neighboring states.
People living by the sea may be worse in other aspects, swimming is absolutely no problem, people who go out to sea to catch big fish, people who usually live close to the sea, there is no one who can't swim, four or five years old little baby dares to go into the water to touch things.
Everyone knows what to do when the water comes, and even people with good water characteristics don't swim stupidly by themselves, and usually find something floating to hold onto.
The two counties of Ninghai and Huaqing had already been notified, made their own wooden rafts, and put the things in their homes on them, but they did not demolish the houses and did not prepare so many ropes.
When the flood came, the families rowed wooden rafts to the state capital, and this was their only hope.
"Dad, mother, can our family survive? Let's go up the hill, it's higher there, and it's getting lower and lower. β
An eight- or nine-year-old boy, holding his three-year-old sister in his arms, wiped the rain on the connection, and said to his two parents who were rowing a wooden raft when he held a large leaf in one hand to protect his sister from the rain.
"Luoluo, there are dead people on the mountain, what if we run to the mountain and come down later, and the new good official does not recognize us? Hug Beibei, let's go to the official. β
When the father rowed the wooden raft vigorously, enduring the invasion of the raindrops, the son said.
The mother is also helping to row, crying while rowing, the home is gone, the land is gone, and I don't know how to live in the future, the only fortunate thing is that the news from the big official is early, and the wooden chop is returned, and the family has nothing to do.
The little boy nodded as if he didn't understand, and said to his three-year-old sister, "Beibei, we'll have something good to eat in a while." β
The man lying there spoke at this time, "It is worthy of being a guard of a good official, it is really powerful, the small boat in front is yours, right?" There's also a guy up there looking around with something, and after swimming so far, you don't seem tired at all. β
"Brother is right, it's really not tired, I'm used to it, where is this, usually the training is much farther than this, and it's good to bear weight, brother, don't move, let me see the injury."
The man on the wooden raft leaned over and said to the man in the house.
At this time, there was a whistle sound over there, one long, one short, one long and two short, and the five people around the wooden row immediately broke away from the wooden row and swam away, still freestyle and butterfly strokes switched to each other, still so fast.
"Brother don't care about them, and find that someone is in danger, rest assured, no one can die, as long as the people on that boat are still alive when they see it, and they are not harmed, then they can be saved, and they are not afraid of drowning, they can be saved in this time."
As he spoke, the man took out the same thing from the small bag around his waist, and finally took out a piece of oilcloth and said to the boy: "Come and help me hold on, hold on to the top of my hand, don't hold it blindly, it's not easy to treat if you get infected." β
The guard first took out a needle, wiped the needle with an alcohol cotton, wiped the place where the needle was to be placed, gently sent the needle in, flicked both sides, picked out the bruised place, squeezed out the bruised, and then cleaned up the other broken places, and wrapped the three fingers that had lost their nails.
After these were done, there was one last place left, the calf was cut by the stubble on the wood, a two-inch long strip, the wound of the bone could almost be seen, dipped in alcohol, and the guard said to the man: "This is my own first aid kit, in order to stay awake at all times, there is no anesthetic in it, you bear with it, bite it." β
As he spoke, the guard snapped off a piece of wood and stuffed it into the man's mouth for him to bite, and then rubbed the alcohol-soaked cotton against the wound, and the man cried out even as he bit the wood, leaving tears in his eyes.
"It's over with a long fight, what is this injury? Don't you see someone dislocate themselves and return to their place by their own body, the expression on that person's face has not changed, and he is still attacking when he is dislocated, what are you afraid of when he rubs some alcohol, I will have stitches in a while, and then I will treat you as a woman, well, you are not as good as a woman. β
The guard frowned when he heard this person's shout, and said while carefully wiping the dirt out of the wound, he remembered the short battle between the little boy and the little lady and the old man, the little boy used the de-torture technique, and the sound of the wrist being subjected to force when the body connected behind the little lady's iron plate bridge turned one hundred and eighty degrees.
If you think about how much pain it would take for two people to continue to attack at that time? As a result, the two of them didn't have any extra expressions at all, and they were able to smile after a little recovery.
The man didn't know who the guards were talking about, and he didn't expect that it was the two little babies who made the guards so respectful, not only in terms of identity, but also in terms of strength.
But this man was still a man in front of his family, and he was stunned, even when the guard sealed the needle for him, he didn't snort again, biting the piece of wood in his mouth, his face was pale, and he stood up.
After treating the people, the guards did not stay long, and said to the family: "Continue forward, when you get to the front, there will be boats patrolling back and forth to guide you, and in less than three hours, you will be safe, and there will be a place to eat, drink and sleep there, and a doctor." β
After speaking, the guard resealed his bag, tilted his body, and disappeared into the water with a plop.
"Dad, the good official is really powerful, the people from the nursing home can save us, Dad, are you still in pain? This time my sister was finally saved. β
The boy was happy, and said to his father while paddling over there.
The man who was the head of the family also breathed a sigh of relief, it hurt, it hurt all the time, but the pain could hold on, and he was not afraid of any pain if he had hope, he looked at his son with relief and said, "Those people are not ordinary nurses, do you see their bodies in the water?" The chest is all above the water, not deliberately, but they tread water like that.
These people should be the elite of the good officials, the good officials sent them out, and there must be fewer people around them to protect them, and they all complained that we people were not angry, and they obviously sent people to tell them, and they didn't think carefully about what they would encounter when making wooden rows. β
The boy didn't think about it so much just now, and when he heard his father say that the good official sent the elite out, he began to worry about the good official again, in case someone makes it bad, the elite is not around, who will protect it.
Thinking of this, the boy rowed harder, so that his mother had to paddle hard, and said while paddling the boy, "When I get there, I will stand next to the good official, and whoever dares to hurt him, I will fight." β
Three hours is not a long time, but after two hours, you will find that it is already dark, the rain is still falling, and the family of four is still rowing the wooden raft, but fortunately, a boat with a lantern will appear in front of it from time to time.
When it came to another boat, the family rowed the wooden raft, and the boy asked the people on the boat, "How long is there?" I'm exhausted. β
"You're going to be rowing for more than half an hour, are you hungry? Come, drink some hot soup. "There was only one person on the boat carrying the lantern to show the way, and he was there looking at the charcoal stove, and when he spoke to the boy, his eyes looked at the man who was lying down, and three bowls of pork and ginger porridge were served, and a hook was released from the boat to hook the wooden raft.
Three bowls, one bowl for two adults, one bowl for two children is enough, two adults don't care, the boy gave a spoon in the bowl.
"Sister, it's time to eat." The boy took his sister over, scooped some porridge with a spoon and blew it for a while, licked it with his tongue, felt that it was not hot, and sent it to his sister's mouth.
The girl was very stable along the way, not crying or making trouble, and when she woke up, she was blinking there with her eyes open, and at this time there was something to eat, and she smiled at her brother and took the spoon into her mouth, sipped the spoon and cleaned it, waving her little arm and saying, "It's delicious, brother eat." β
"The little guy is really interesting, come, this piece of candy is also for the little one." The people on the boat looked at the warm appearance of the brother and sister, took out a quick candy and put it in the hand of the boy.
The boy fed his sister more than a dozen spoons, and then he ate it himself, and stuffed the candy into his sister's mouth, the girl seemed to be born with how to eat sugar, and she didn't swallow it directly, and she took it in her mouth, and moved back and forth between the two cheeks, blinking her big eyes and being curious about everything, and she didn't know that it flowed out of the corners of her mouth.
The wooden row rowed forward again, saying that it was more than half an hour, but in fact, it only took half an hour for the family to see the scenery over there.
Like his sister, the boy opened his mouth and let the saliva run down, and after a while, he rubbed his arm down, pointed over there and said, "That's the state capital?" It's all lanterns. β
The two adults were also confused, there were countless lanterns in front of them, this is not the most important thing, what made people in a daze was that under the light of some lanterns, it turned out to be a flat land composed of wooden rows, one wooden row next to another, and someone was walking back and forth on it.
How many wooden rows do it take to form such a flat ground with the undulations of the waves, but they never break?
In the center of the rafts was a large boat, which was also brightly lit, and the most surprising thing for the family was that there were sheds on top of them.
"Dad, are we in the wrong place? How can this be? Could it be a piece of land made by the Sea Dragon King? The boy finally wiped his saliva and said to his father.
When the father is indeed dumbfounded, this scene is a little too big, making people look at a piece of undulating land, and a big flag painted with cute rice seedlings is propped up on the big boat, letting people know that this is a thing in the family of a new good official.
"Row over, the good official is really unusual, he actually made a piece of land here, okay, don't worry, no matter how big the flood is, you don't have to be afraid, you can't collapse the wooden rafts that are connected together."
When the father said a word to his son and daughter-in-law, he finally let go of his heart and fainted.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Mother, hurry up, there will be a doctor in the place. The boy glanced at his father and paddled vigorously.
Before they could row to the place, a patrol boat came and pulled their wooden rafts over, and when the wooden rafts were connected to the land, the doctor rushed over and began to treat them, and the boy was taken to a safe place with his sister and mother in his arms, and the wooden rafts were also connected and repaired, making the land a little bigger.
At this time, there is no need for Zhang Zhong to come forward, there are still many people who have made meritorious contributions to their crimes, Yin Zhubo is one of them, seeing someone coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said to Luoluo's mother: "This lady, are you here alone with two babies?" β
"Ah, Yin Zhubo, you, you are ......" The woman took two steps back in fright, looking at the Lord Bo in front of her in disbelief.
"You know me? Then you must be from Ninghai County, don't be afraid, there is a thorn in the world, there will be a good life in the future, this time it is a little water, the adults are ready, Ninghai County come with me, I will arrange a place for you to rest, look at this little baby, how good, look at my eyes without blinking. β
Yin Zhubo didn't dare to show his majesty at this time, he was easily shot, and said with a smile to the family.
The boy was more realistic, glanced at his sister, and then at the main book that his sister was staring at, and said: "My sister is glaring at you, usually my sister will stare at people who don't like it." β
The three-year-old little girl couldn't understand the pain of the adult, and reached out to touch the leaf that blocked the rain, and the brother cried out, looking very happy.
After a while, the little girl was not so excited, she screamed hungry, and the male baby asked for a mouthful of steamed buns, chewed them in his mouth, spit them out and sipped them into the girl's mouth.
"Beibei, eat quickly, you won't be hungry after eating, and when you get to the place, you will have hot soup to drink."
The female baby ate half of the steamed buns, and finally was full, shrunk into her brother's arms and fell asleep, the male baby thought about it, put away half of the steamed buns again, and the family came out this time to bring food, but they were all raw, only a few dry steamed buns, or left for my sister, I can eat raw.
A family of four, riding on the wooden raft, drifted along the water in the direction of the state capital, and while floating, a big tree that had been washed down slanted and crashed into it.
The couple paddled for time to avoid it, but they dodged where the water was exposed, but the branch under the water hit one side of the wooden raft, and with a clicking sound, the hemp rope tied to the wooden raft could no longer withstand such a great force, and it was shortened three times in a row.
"Dad, you take the snail away, I'll follow behind with Beibei." The woman saw that the wooden row was cracked, and shouted to her husband, she was going to hug the little girl, the man's water nature is good, the snail is also good, something happened at home to leave offspring, the male baby is the offspring, and the woman is ready to give up.
"I can't throw my sister, I'll tread water, mother, the three of us take turns stepping on water, let's walk with wood, I can't throw my sister, I can't do without my mother." The boy immediately understood what his mother's words meant, hugged his sister tightly, and said that he would not give it to his mother.
"Luoluo, it's useless, such a big water, you can't turn around while holding the wood, you will be washed into the sea, go with your father, you two can go over." I was reluctant to be a mother, but I had to give up at this time.
"Don't say it, row, it's not scattered yet, I'll hold it." At this time, the man climbed onto the wooden raft, grabbed the wood with his hand, and sandwiched one between his feet, so that the wooden raft did not completely disperse, but the water did not hit once, and the squeezing of the wood made the man hurt once.
The woman nodded with tears in her eyes, and said to the boy: "Put Beibei down, row with my mother, and it's almost there." β
The boy hesitated for a moment, took off his only pants, naked, put his sister on top of his pants, and put the leaf on his sister's body, and then picked up the piece of wood that his father had used, and scratched it vigorously on the other side.
The wooden raft advanced for another quarter of an hour or so, and the man's feet and legs had been ground and bleeding blood, and the fingernails of his left hand were accidentally squeezed by two pieces of wood, and three nails fell off, and blood seeped out.
Just when the woman was about to snatch her daughter and jump down in despair, several black dots suddenly appeared in the water in front of her, and the black dots moved very fast, accompanied by a splash.
The woman was stunned, the black dots were already closer, and after a closer look, she found that the heads of six people appeared and sank from time to time, and the splash was also made when the six people swam.
The boy also saw it, stunned there, he was also water-based, he could tread water, but he definitely couldn't swim so fast, the movements of the six people were almost the same, the body seemed to be wearing black clothes, and even the head was wrapped, and the head was a big break in the distance.
When sinking, the head is in the water, when the head is floating, the head swings from side to side, when there is no wave, the two hands are alternately forward, and when the wave is encountered, the action is immediately changed, and the two hands should be stretched forward to pass through the waves.
The six people swam to the front of the wooden platoon in one go, and one of them took out a rope from the bag in his arms and said to the people on the wooden platoon: "Don't be afraid, we are the new assassins, that is, the escort of the great officials, we are ordered to meet everywhere, get up, don't lie on your stomach." β
As the man spoke, six men surrounded the raft, and one climbed up and began to re-tie the log, and the man had no strength anymore, and lay there on his back, and kept saying words of thanks.
The woman cried and picked up the girl, while the man looked at the six people adoringly and asked the person who was tied with the rope there, "What did you just do?" Swimming so fast? β
"I used the most standard freestyle and butterfly just now, the freestyle speed is fast, the butterfly stroke is labor-saving through the waves, and I usually practice it." This man is also easy to talk, and explains to the little boy while tying up.
The boy didn't know what to swim, he only knew that the speed of the six people was really not slow, and asked curiously: "You are the people of the strong seedling protection team, right?" I heard that fifty-six people jumped out of a very high boat a few days ago, and they didn't do anything at all, and they were able to swim in the water for a few hours without being afraid of getting tired. β
"The little baby is smart, we are the people of the strong seedling protection team, compared to swimming, except for some local people here, no one else is as good as us, the lord is afraid that something will happen, so he sent us out, you are the twelfth rescued wooden platoon.
Usually we have to know a few standard swimming postures when we train, but usually don't, everyone has their own most comfortable movements, but today is not the time, not to show the individual, can only use the most standard posture, with more effort, but the speed is the fastest. β
The movements of this man's hands were very quick, and there was only a piece of wood left in the two sentences, and he said to the little boy while tying it.
The little boy looked at the six people with straight faces, and he didn't feel scared at all, but was very stable, and the cold expressions of the six people made people know that they were very resolute at first sight, and it seemed that no difficulty could stop them.
"This big brother, can I enter the Strong Seedling Protection Team? I also want to be like you, so far away, so fast to rush over to save people, and you are wearing beautiful clothes. β
The boy asked with a look of longing.
The person from the seedling team tied the wood, buckled it, smiled at the little boy and said: "This is not so easy to enter, first if you sign a death contract, and then you have to undergo training, that kind of pain is very imaginable, sometimes the heart of death is there, but you can't die, if you want to come in, then you have to learn to read first, are you literate?" β
"Can't read?" The boy shook his head regretfully, he didn't expect that these people were not only good swimmers, but also looked amazing, and they even knew how to read.
"Then you have to study hard, first learn to read, learn to write, and then you can participate in training, and when you get used to hardship, you will become worse." This man encouraged the boy, and at the same time thought of his own training, which has not been completed yet, not an ordinary hardship.
"Then big brother, are you the most hard-working people?"
"This ...... We are far from the two of us, if those two people fall into the water in the place just now, they don't need to be rescued at all, they can easily go back, if they want, they can stay for a few more days, and the food can be solved. β
This guard thought of the little boy and the little lady, he was one of the two people who accompanied the two into the old man's house, and he couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the reaction and ruthlessness of the two little ancestors.
The boy nodded and didn't say anything more.