Oishi Village.

"It's six o'clock, why hasn't your dad come back yet, and the phone still can't go out?"

In the courtyard, the group was still sitting there, and even the fire that had started before had been extinguished, and they didn't move the place.

Grandma Liao said angrily: "Don't block people's hearts, if you can get through, Xiao Pingzi will definitely come back a long time ago." ”

"It may be a traffic jam on the road, maybe I'll be back in a while."

The bald Uncle Zhao saw that Zhou Rui and Zhou Qi looked uncomfortable, and hurriedly added another sentence.

But such words could not comfort Zhou Rui and Zhou Qi, let alone the two of them, that is, Mu Mu was walking around the yard anxiously, whether he ran to the village to take a look, lying at the intersection from time to time, a pair of big dark eyes always staring in that direction.

Seeing that the time was getting later and later, the sky was almost bright, and Zhou Ping still didn't see his figure.

The crowd did not dare to speak.

Grandma Liao didn't dare to imagine what would happen if Zhou Ping really had an accident and left two underage children?

Grandma Liao couldn't help but turn her face away and quietly wipe her tears.

"Daddy will be fine."

Zhou Qi held Zhou Rui's hand hard, wanting her to feel more relieved.

The two of them leaned together, and when Mu Mu saw this, he probably also understood their mood, walked over and rubbed Zhou Rui's knee gently, and swept Zhou Qi with his tail, and whispered.

Zhou Rui never spoke, she looked at the only road leading to her house, wondering if Zhou Ping was buried in someone else's house with an earthquake when he was installing solar energy for others.

Is he in a corner of the house, under a safe triangle, waiting for rescue?

If that's the case, they don't even know where he's buried, and they can't even get through on the phone.

The time soon came to seven o'clock, and the sky was bright, and as time went by, Zhou Rui and Zhou Qi's hearts became more and more desperate.

And the scorching sun rose from the east, the scorching summer, the scorching sun was in the sky, it was majestic and unhesitatingly spreading the scorching, dazzling light reigned over everything, first basking Zhou Rui's hope little by little, and then waiting until the concrete floor under their feet spread unbearable heat, the time was already eight o'clock.

"Ruirui, Xiaoqi, come into the house, it's too hot outside, something will happen to you like this."

Grandma Liao and they had already moved to the house, but Zhou Rui and Zhou Qi still sat stubbornly in place, Zhou Rui endured it so that she didn't cry, it was eight o'clock, nearly four hours had passed since the earthquake, and she hadn't come back by this time, maybe something had happened.

But how could she admit that her father was a survival freak! An existential freak who points to the sun and says that the global heat is about to rise, how can a small earthquake make him fall down?

She never wanted to believe such a thing, but after so long, could it be true that she was stuck in traffic on the road?

How is this possible?

"Ruirui, let's go in first."

Zhou Qi pulled Zhou Rui's sleeve, it was eight o'clock, it was indeed hot outside, and their clothes were soaked with sweat.

The steaming heat in the yard is almost visible to the naked eye, the whole environment is impervious to the slightest wind, and the dry weeds in the fields are all immovable.

"I'm going to wait for Daddy to come back." Zhou Rui was stubborn.

There was no way, Zhou Qi could only go and get an umbrella to wait with Zhou Rui, the time was almost nine o'clock in the blink of an eye, but there was no movement on that road.

Nine o'clock was already a very hot time, there was no electricity in the village, and a few grandmothers and uncles who were hiding in the house to escape the heat couldn't stand the mission shaking their fans, not knowing what to do.

"It's so hot, I can't stand it, we're going to get sick if we go on like this."

Grandma Liao said: "Why don't you make a bucket of water and soak yourself, it's only nine o'clock now, if you don't call again, what should I do at twelve o'clock?" ”

"What else can I do? Die! This is going to kill us! Why haven't you called yet? I'm going to complain about them! Uncle Zhao said very excitedly.

"Say you're uneducated, do you think we're the only ones in a hurry? Let me tell you, the people in the power supply bureau are more anxious, and now there must be a group of people rushing to repair it, this earthquake is too big, there must be a problem with the line. Uncle Ge said.

Uncle Zhao scoffed, "Are you educated? You have the culture, you go and ask when the call will come, just say here, I will see you be the first to die of heat in a while. ”

"Oh, stop arguing." Grandma Liao interrupted the two of them and looked at Zhou Rui and Zhou Qi outside, her eyes full of distress.

"You say, if Zhou Ping really can't come back, what will happen to these two children......"

Several uncles were silent for a moment.

After a while, Uncle Ge said: "Lao Zhou and his daughter-in-law went early, Zhou Ping seems to be a lone seedling, right?" ”

"Yes, the only child at that time."

"That's over." Uncle Zhao made a bitter face, "I said that what kind of bullshit stuff is not good, but now it's okay, I don't even have a relative, what should I do with these two babies." ”

Knock knock.

Footsteps could be heard outside.

It's like someone is coming.

Grandma Liao's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly came out to see.

As a result, of course, the person who came was not Zhou Ping, it turned out to be the village head.

The village chief saw that several of them were in the house, and saw that Zhou Rui and Zhou Qi were both outside the house, "Why don't you enter the house?" It's too hot outside, kid, let's get inside. ”

Grandma Liao hurriedly signaled him to shut up, "Don't talk, the two children are waiting for his father to come back." ”

The village chief's eyes were dull in the blink of an eye, and his gaze at Zhou Rui and the others was suddenly full of sympathy, "How can this ......be good?"

Uncle Zhao asked, "Village Chief, what are you doing here?" Is it coming? ”

The village chief suddenly smiled bitterly: "I just want to say that there may be no electricity today, but the weather forecast shows that it is 62 degrees today, if you have the conditions, you can go to the city to find an air-raid shelter, or find a café with electricity, milk tea shop or something." ”

"Otherwise, you'll be choked."

"Ahh Uncle Zhao exclaimed, "Why is this so, if there is no electricity, we have to find a place by ourselves, is this how you cadres do things?" ”

Grandma Liao said: "Yes, and let's go to find the air-raid shelter, we don't know where it is, I haven't been to the city a few times in my life, and the farthest is in the town." ”

The village chief said with a bitter face: "I also want to help, but I can't help it, this disaster is so urgent, the rescue can't be snatched, how can we still have the strength to care about us able-bodied people, there are still many people buried in the rubble waiting for someone to save it, so you should also be considerate, hurry up and find a place to move, otherwise when it is noon, heat stroke will be in trouble." ”

Uncle Zhao was speechless, "If you want to suffer from heat stroke, you are also harmed, there is no electricity, isn't this forcing us to a dead end!" ”