Xu Qinghe wiped the rain on his face, lifted the old man up, and continued to drag his steps forward.

The old man began to struggle, trying to jump off.

Xu Qinghe was sad, but scolded on his lips: "Uncle, are you trying to kill me?" The slope here is steep and slippery, and there is a flood below, and if you make any more disturbances, I will bury you. ”

The old man didn't dare to move, but his voice was choked: "Baby, the water is coming up, you can let me down." ”

The rain was loud, but everyone was exhausted, except for Director Zhang, who was still cheering and urging in a hoarse voice, and almost no one spoke.

The conversation between Xu Qing and the two of them was naturally heard by the people around him.

The middle-aged man, the old man's son, had been following closely, and when he heard the old man's words, his lips trembled, but he didn't know what to say.

He had already thrown most of his belongings in the middle of the road, and now carried his daughter, who looked like she was no more than eleven or twelve years old. Next to them were women and half-grown boys, about fourteen or fourteen, who were carrying a large bag of things.

Xu Qinghe took a deep breath and wanted to persevere.

But his physical strength is really reaching the limit.

He looked at the middle-aged man, stopped, and put the old man down.

The middle-aged man's face was sad, and the old man's eyes were red: "Hard-"

"Give me your daughter." Xu Qinghe said honestly, "I don't have enough physical strength, it's a little reluctant to carry my uncle, your daughter should be fine, you can carry your father." ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then surprised: "Okay, I'm sorry for you!" Quickly turned her daughter onto his back.

Xu Qinghe checked the weight of the little girl and felt that he could do it again.

The middle-aged man also hurriedly picked up his father: "Dad, you insist on it." ”

"Huh!"

The middle-aged man was estimated to be tired, hesitated, threw another bag of luggage, and said to the woman next to him: "Don't worry, I'll earn it back in the future!" ”

The woman cried and scolded him, "What do you do now, hurry up!" “

The middle-aged man smiled: "Go!" ”

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Director Zhang also urged behind, and his voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

It's a long walk up the mountain again.

Xu Qinghe was damp and cold, and the rain on the autumn night in the mountains had brought a chill, penetrating into the skin and straight into the bone marrow through the wet and cold clothes.

He couldn't even feel his hands and feet, so he only carried the child numbly on his back, followed the people in front of him, dodging branches, crossing dirt pits, and climbing steep slopes......

"The rain has stopped!!"

"Stopped!! It's really stopped!! ”

"Isn't the water going to come up?!"

Xu Qinghe came back to his senses, looked up and felt that the heavy rain that had been crackling and slapping his face was really gone, and occasionally a drop was also a drop of water rolling down from the leaves.

Someone started crying excitedly.

Director Zhang in the back continued to shout in a hoarse and ugly voice: "We can't stop when the rain stops, who knows if the rain has stopped upstream?" Let's go! ”

Having said that, everyone knows that when such a heavy rain stops, the water rises slowly.

Climb a little further and they'll be safe.

With hope, everyone's spirit is immediately different.

The people in front of them even shouted slogans.

"One-two-one, one-two-one......"

Xu Qinghe thought to himself, the code of Lao Tzu is coming again, and his sons are all born, how can he be folded here?

He turned his head to the little girl on his back and said, "The little friend hugs it tightly, uncle will take you to the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise!" ”

The little girl let out a weak "um" and hugged him tightly.

I climbed up for a long time.

The sky slowly reveals the whiteness of the fish's belly.

Suddenly, Director Zhang's voice could not hide his surprise through the loudspeaker: "The water has not followed, and the upstream is estimated to stop raining earlier than us!" You can rest assured!! ”

The crowd cheered.

The secretary in front shouted: "Don't let up!! It's not safe here, let's climb up and climb to a safe place!! ”

……

When the day dawned completely, everyone finally climbed to the top of this low mountain.

Xu Qinghe handed the little girl who was pale from the cold into the hands of her parents, lay down on the spot, and rested.

Shen Dong walked over and sat down beside him.

The staff who came on a business trip together sat back to back on the other side with the photographer, and they didn't have the strength to speak.

Director Zhang settled his family and walked around with his mobile phone.

The secretary ran over: "What, is there a signal?" ”

Director Zhang: "No, it is estimated that the base station is out of order." ”

The secretary was worried: "I don't know when this wave of water will recede, we have so many old and young people, it won't last long." ”

Xu Qinghe turned over and sat up, took out his mobile phone from his makeup bag, and there was no signal on the mobile phone with only two bars left.

Shen Dong saw it and whispered: "Don't worry, after the power went off yesterday, I sent the location to the boss." ”

Xu Qinghe looked up in surprise: "Such a coincidence, I also sent it." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Shen Dong coughed lightly: "I mean, Boss William." ”

Xu Qinghe: "...... Oh, I sent it to Lao Pei. ”

Shen Dong: "......"

Xu Qinghe sighed: "It's useless, they want to get here from Beijing, let alone a day, not to mention that the road conditions are not clear now, and there will be landslides at any time, and the troops may not be able to come in." ”

Shen Dong thought of the mountain road with nine twists and eighteen bends when he came, and was silent, and said, "The road condition should be fine......

Xu Qinghe: "It won't help them when they come, we will definitely have to wait for the water to recede before we can go down the mountain." ”

The flood water conditions are unknown, and it is dangerous for small boats to wade in the water, so if it is an emergency, it is enough, but now that the rain has stopped, everyone must wait for the water to recede before acting.

Shen Dong understood, so he didn't say more.

The two of them spoke in low voices, and no one heard them except for the photographer and staff who were sitting next to them. Although everyone escaped death, although they were tired, they still had to take inventory of their belongings, take care of the elderly and children at home, and communicate the losses caused by this wave of floods...... It's noisy and shouting, like a market.

Until someone shouted "Ahh

Some old people couldn't withstand the autumn rain and fright overnight, and they burned.

Everyone panicked.

The village secretary was anxious: "Who brought the medicine?" Hurry. ”

Fortunately, someone did bring medicine. Then I asked someone with a baby for some hot water and poured it for the elderly.

Those who brought clothes from each family also hurriedly changed the clothes of the elderly and children.

Director Zhang and the village secretary organized them, and the female went to the back of the mountain stone to change in.

Xu Qinghe threw away the suitcase halfway and had no clothes to change. Shen Dong did have clothes in his bag, but on a short-distance business trip, he brought a total of three clothes and two in his bag...... Didn't wash.

Xu Qinghe was speechless, and was hesitating whether to be clean or clean, and the middle-aged man who was walking with him all the way grabbed his clothes and walked over.

"Young man, I see you threw away all your clothes, if you don't mind, wear this."

Xu Qinghe raised his head and was surprised: "Big brother, didn't you throw a lot of things?" "Why do you still have clothes? Isn't it a priority to throw away clothes?

The middle-aged man scratched his head and said with a smile: "It's not mine, I'll ask someone else for it." The clothes are clean and you can wear them with confidence. ”

Xu Qinghe hurriedly got up and picked up his clothes: "Thank you for me, fellow countryman." ”

The middle-aged man gave the clothes and left, surrounded by big men, Xu Qinghe was not hypocritical, he picked it up on the spot, and changed into the cotton long T and sweatpants of the villagers - he hesitated when he took off his pants and left his half-wet underwear.

I changed out of my wet clothes and got a little drier.

Then he wrung out his wet clothes, wiped his raincoat, sat on the ground, and followed everyone to the mountains and the water that could be seen everywhere.

The battery of the mobile phone can't hold up, except to look at the time, everyone is reluctant to take it out to play.

Sitting and sitting, Xu Qinghe felt that his head was starting to heavily, so he simply hugged his knees, put his head on it, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

When I was almost about to fall asleep, the rain began to fall again, and it was dripping and not heavy.

Everyone panicked again, and there were faint cries and worships of the Buddha.

The secretary and director were so anxious that they kept taking their mobile phones to test the signal.

Xu Qinghe also took out his mobile phone, and there was only one grid of electricity left-, there is a signal!

"Director Zhang!" He didn't care about his drowsy brain, and got up, "There's a signal!" ”

The secretary was also pleasantly surprised: "I have it too, I have it - I'll call the county!" ”

Xu Qinghe softened his hands and feet and sat back.

This rain ...... I don't know when it will be.

Shen Dong next to him started to call, and as soon as he connected, Xu Qinghe's mobile phone also rang.

It's Pei Shengye.

Xu Qinghe hurriedly picked it up.

"How's it going for you?" The signal is unstable, and the calm sound is wrapped in the sound of electricity, intermittent, like electronic music.

Xu Qinghe couldn't help laughing, and said weakly: "I can't die yet." He raised his head, squinted at the rain, and muttered, "It's a pity to die now, there are so many things that haven't been done......

The other side was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "No, Shen Dong's mobile phone has satellite positioning, and we will be there soon." ”

Xu Qinghe smiled again. He guessed that Pei Shengye would come over, but when he heard it with his own ears, he was still very happy, but he ......

"Our phones are running out of battery." He was honest.

Opposite: "......"