Two people from the crowd came out and climbed the mountain first.

The two representatives were the heads of two villages, who used to live at the foot of a nearby hill, but now their houses have collapsed and they have come out to take refuge.

"We've escaped in a hurry, can you please give us some food and water?" One of the village chiefs opened his mouth licking his chapped lips.

Jiang Shiyue and Chen Shanhe glanced at each other, and they were very embarrassed.

Their food had just been divided.

Chen Shanhe and Jiang Shiyue had no choice but to take the two village chiefs to find the train conductor.

Food is often stocked on long-distance trains.

The conductor was also embarrassed after hearing this, "Our 77th train is a long-distance train, with a total distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. There was indeed some food in the car. But it's not as much as you think. According to the normal plan, we will be at Nancheng Station in an hour and a half, where we were going to make up for food. But now ......"

He shook his head and didn't continue.

Everyone present knows, but what happened behind the scenes.

The two village chiefs, to be exact, the two captains of the production team looked at each other, looking a little anxious.

One of them said: "It doesn't matter if you can't give me food, can you give me some water?" ”

People don't die of hunger if they don't eat for three days, but they really die if they don't drink water for three days.

The conductor made it even more difficult, "Most of the water on the train was used to fight the fire. ”

At that time, the whole car was bent on extinguishing the fire, and the pots and pans on the train, as well as the tea jars and kettles brought by the passengers, were all brought over to extinguish the fire.

"There should still be some water in the passenger compartment." Jiang Shiyue spoke, "The water from the dining car was taken to extinguish the fire, but there was still water in those overturned cars. There is also water in the hard-seat car at the rear. ”

The conductor still hesitated: "Now that all the communication equipment on the train has been destroyed, we can't contact the platform at all." I'm afraid that no one will come to our rescue for a while after such a big earthquake. I have to be responsible for the 1,000 or so people on the train. ”

Jiang Shiyue understood the meaning of the train conductor, and the water on the train should give priority to ensuring that the train passengers drink water.

Both team leaders were disappointed.

Chen Shanhe spoke: "It's important to save people first. There are more than 300 people in the two production brigades under the mountain. We can't watch them die in front of us. It's really not good, and the water from the nearby river can be boiled and drunk. ”

At the very least, his profession wouldn't allow him to watch this happen.

After a short negotiation.

The conductor asked the deputy conductor, who was not injured, to organize the conductors to mobilize from carriage to carriage, calling on everyone to take out food and water for redistribution.

The two captains of the production team went to bring all the members of their own team and stayed with the passengers.

Jiang Shiyue took Yangyang to find Wu Xiu'e and them.

Chen Shanhe went to find the way.

**

The train actually has two locomotives, which can change direction at any time.

The second half of the 77th train is still on the tracks, and it is theoretically possible to drive in a different direction.

But that's just theoretical.

The track was partially damaged, the tower was lost, the fuel tank was broken, and now it was full of mud and sand.

In other words, no one wants to leave.

I don't want to die, so I can only find a way to save myself.

The wind is getting stronger.

Fortunately, there are mountains on all sides, which slightly block out some of the wind.

In addition to the original passengers, some old and young women and children were also arranged to sit in the second half of the hard-seat car.

Wu Xiu'e took Yang Yang into the car.

Passengers like Jiang Shiyue and others who had damaged their carriages could only find shelter outside.

Jiang Shiyue didn't go to find a shelter, she waited at the conductor's side.

After a while, several conductors came back with sad faces to report to the conductor.

"Conductor, we found half a bag of rice from the crooked dining car, about forty or fifty catties."

Not to mention the train conductor, Jiang Shiyue's face was not very good-looking after hearing this.

Forty or fifty catties of rice, nearly 1,500 people.

I can't tell the difference.

After a while, the conductor who went to mobilize the passengers to bring their own dry rations came back to report.

"Most of the passengers on our 77th train are very conscious and willing to take out all the food they bring. However, not all of them are long-haul travelers. Some of the passengers only sat for three or five hours before they got off the bus, and they didn't bring any dry food. Some people sit for a day and bring a little bit of food.

The rest of the people brought limited rations, and taking them all out would not solve the problem of eating and drinking for so many of us. ”

Jiang Shiyue frowned.

It's not surprising that this will be the result.

In 78 years, although most people have been freed from the dilemma of starvation and cold, the supply of food, clothing, shelter and transportation is still limited.

Whether it is a member of the production team in the countryside or a worker in the city, the food stamps distributed are barely enough to eat, and even if they go out, they will not be rich enough to buy a lot of food to eat on the road.

Jiang Shiyue pondered for a moment and asked the captain of the production team, "Is your production team far away from here?" ”

One of the captains, surnamed Song, replied: "Our production team is not far away. But all the houses of our production team have collapsed, and there will be aftershocks at any time, and we can't go back to look for food. Even if you go back, you may not be able to find it. ”

The people in the production team all escaped in a hurry, and some of them didn't even have time to put on clothes, either barebacked, or wrapped in sheets or quilts.

Many of them are still barefoot and have not eaten at all.

Walking such a long way, the soles of someone's feet are covered with blood.

"Don't go back to the production team, go to your fields and see what you have to eat." Jiang Shiyue Road.

In this season, there is about corn and some seasonal vegetables in the field.

Captain Li shook his head, "We also thought of what you said." But the fields were also badly damaged, and the crops were almost destroyed. I'm afraid I can't find anything. ”

Jiang Shiyue sighed, "I have to go and see, I can find as many as I can." ”

Captain Song nodded, "Then I'll organize someone to find it." However, we can't light a fire when we find something to eat. ”

At least none of the residents in their vicinity came out with matches.

"We have matches." The conductor said, "We don't have cooking utensils, though." ”

The cooking utensils on the train are all fixed.

"Let's find something to eat first, and then we'll figure out how to eat it." Jiang Shiyue proposed.

The two captains, Song and Li, selected some of the team members wearing shoes from their respective production teams and went over the mountains to find food in the fields.

The conductor asked people to go to the train to find something for cooking.

Jiang Shiyue's eyebrows have been locked.

It's easy to start a fire, but it's hard to cook.

It had rained, and the trees on the mountain were soaked, and even if they weren't wet, they didn't have the tools to break the thick trees.

She lowered her head, her gaze falling on the sleeper, her eyes lit up.

Most of the sleepers were underneath the carriage and barely drenched.

The damaged parts of the rails can be easily removed from the sleepers.

After listening to Jiang Shiyue's suggestion, the conductor was speechless for a while before nodding and letting people disassemble the sleepers.

He worked on the train for half his life, walking day and night on sleepers.

I never dreamed that one day, I would have to dismantle the sleepers necessary for the train to walk.

Jiang Shiyue pinched her waist and breathed a sigh of relief.

**

After a while, Chen Shanhe returned.

Several people who knew that he was going to find his way looked at him dumbfounded.

Jiang Shiyue spoke: "How is it?" ”