Rebirth: My 80s

The village has been razed to the ground.

The broken yellow mud bricks, wooden beams and door panels left after the collapse of the earthen houses almost covered the entire village.

Large patches of black, like blood vomited by a seriously injured person, could be seen everywhere. Although the fire had been extinguished, black smoke was still rising from many places, with furniture and food reduced to ashes.

The strong smell of charcoal and wood lingered at the tip of my nose, mixed with the aroma of blood and meat.

People covered in dust, ragged clothes, most of them injured, dragged their heavy bodies and rummaged through the ruins together with a few scattered soldiers.

Li Jiankun personally witnessed a charred body of a child being dug out from the rubble. During the lifting process, a villager used a little more force on his hand, and a piece of the charred body fell off, revealing scarlet and white bones...

They were not frightened at all and were so calm that it was scary.

There were many corpses like this on the road, which could not even be called a road.

There were also many who were curled up in extremely strange postures, their flesh and blood blurred, no longer in human form...

"vomit!"

Lu Ran squatted on the ground, almost vomiting bile, and her thin body kept shaking. If Li Jiankun hadn't put his hands under her armpits and lifted her up, she would have collapsed to the ground.

Li Jiankun didn't feel much better than her. His stomach was churning and his heart felt like it was being stirred by an iron rod.

The busy people finally noticed the movement at the entrance of the village.

When people saw the green military uniforms and the large and small bags they carried on their backs, they cried with joy.

"Help is coming! Help is coming!"

"Finally something is coming in!"

"Are there any food or medicine?"

...

They spoke Lahu language, including the soldiers, who should be from the township militia or armed forces.

Li Jiankun and others didn't understand a word.

Lu Ran somehow managed to summon strength and slowly stood up. Tears rolled down his cheeks, but a smile formed on his face. He shouted in Lahu language, "All! All!"

oh--

The surprising news quickly spread throughout the village...and the ruins.

People came from all directions, stepping forward and stepping back.

Kong Bajin signaled the soldiers to form a circle with their backs to the center of the circle. He drew his pistol from his waist and signaled the people rushing over to wait. He then began to organize everyone to unload supplies and distributed a round of biscuits and purified water.

One set per person, distributed in order.

After getting the food, people can't wait to stuff the packaging bags into their mouths and devour it.

This was their first proper meal after the disaster.

Although the rescue workers from the village brought some dry food, it was very limited and the village government had collapsed.

After eating something, people were no longer so impatient. An old man talked to Lu Ran and asked, "Can the car go down the mountain?"

Lu Ran shook his head: "We came here on foot from Balidian."

Hey!

Those who were eating paused.

Its appearance at this time obviously meant that it had come overnight. It rained last night and there were continuous aftershocks. The mountains are now full of "traps", and it is simply a life-and-death struggle.

Only then did people notice that the group of people in front of them were not much cleaner than them.

The girl, who could speak Lahu, had her clothes torn in many places, and her exposed skin was covered with scars.

There was also a soldier with a lame leg, with his trouser legs rolled up and his calves swollen.

The old man suddenly burst into tears and said "thank you" solemnly.

Inspired by him, people looked at Li Jiankun and others, then turned their heads to look at their relatives who were dug out of the ruins and placed on the "road", and tears burst out again.

There was a lot of crying.

"My son!"

"My little daughter!"

"Old lady!"

"A sin!"

...

Among the soldiers Kong Bajin brought was a military doctor. After sorting out the medicines, he hurriedly asked the villagers: "Are there any wounded soldiers who need emergency treatment?"

"Have!"

"I'm afraid... he can't be saved."

"Sir, can I have another portion of food so that my wife can die well-fed?"

...

Only a few of these villagers were not injured.

But at this time, even broken arms and legs are not considered emergencies.

Under the guidance of the villagers, Li Jiankun and others moved to the east end of the village.

There is a piece of high ground here. Although the land also looks like it has been plowed, fortunately the cracks on the ground are not big and the entire high ground is relatively intact.

Several makeshift tents were built on it using wooden beams, torn nylon and thatch.

A painful groan came from inside.

Lu Ran was timid and didn't dare to get close.

She noticed that the young man who had been protecting her suddenly stopped and stood there in a daze, so she subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"

Following his gaze, Lu Ran looked down and saw a river not far from the village.

Li Jiankun glanced at the simple tents and was filled with a strong smell of blood. He thought that he could not help here, so he retreated from the high ground and walked silently towards the river.

Fugui caught up with him without knowing when, and walked quietly behind him.

Lu Ran was unable to extricate himself. Even though there were people who could speak some poor Mandarin, it would be better to have an interpreter for the seriously injured patients.

A typical river in a tropical rainforest, with green plants growing on both sides of the river, many of the branches have been broken, and a lot of gravel rolling down from high places scattered along the river bank.

The river is about seven or eight meters wide and does not seem to be very deep. The water flows slowly.

Li Jiankun looked at the river surface quietly, his sight extending to the end of the river.

Although there were some things he absolutely did not want to think about, he now had to force himself to analyze rationally.

There was no corpse floating on the river, not even a single one.

Judging from the tragic situation in the village, this is not normal. The male colleague in red also said that when aftershocks occurred, landslides occurred, and debris rolled down, it was not just the three of them who ran into the river in panic.

Li Jiankun originally wanted to bring this male reporter here, but his mental condition was really not good. Li Jiankun was somewhat puzzled at that time, but now he completely understands it.

Anyone who has witnessed the hell on earth in Zhanmapo Village will never feel at peace.

If Li Jiankun had not experienced an aerial disaster and seen corpses burnt to charcoal, his reaction would not have been better than Teacher Lu's.

Some people must have died here in the river during the earthquake.

There are three possibilities for the missing body:

1. It was fished out by the surviving villagers.

2. The body sank to the bottom of the river and was pressed down by the rocks and could not float up.

3. As the river flowed, it rushed downstream.

However, not all of the bodies washed downstream are necessarily dead bodies.

There are two possibilities here:

1. In order to avoid the rolling stones, they had to move, so they deliberately went downstream in the direction of the river flow.

2. Being hit by rubble and temporarily unable to move, he could only let the river water carry him downstream.

Of course, Li Jiankun hopes that Miss Shen will be in one of these two situations.

But to prove these two situations, he must first deny the above three situations.

Deny Red...has turned into a corpse.

Here, he could first identify two of them.

This is the thought.

Li Jiankun began to take off his clothes, but just as he took off his jacket, he heard a buzzing voice in his ear: "You are not as good at swimming as I am. I'm going to get off."

Li Jiankun tilted his head: "I grew up by the sea."

"There is a lake in Changbai Mountain. When I was three years old, my master threw me in to swim."

After Fugui finished speaking, he had taken off all his clothes except for his shorts. His two-meter-tall body with muscular body was extremely oppressive.

"Be careful." Li Jiankun did not force it. He did not think that his physical fitness and courage were comparable to wealth.

Fugui grinned: "This is far inferior to the lake where I bathe."

But there shouldn't be any bodies under the lake where you bathe... Li Jiankun watched him wade into the river. The temperature in the mountains would not exceed ten degrees Celsius at this time.

Li Jiankun stood on the shore to give instructions and deal with emergencies such as cramps: "If you run down from the village, it's probably in this area. Search a little further to the left and right..."

The river was deeper than they had imagined.

Fugui’s swimming ability is indeed excellent. A dive can last nearly two minutes, rising and falling in the water.

There were footsteps behind him. Li Jiankun turned his head to look and took out a brown wallet from his trouser pocket. He said, "I want to know if there is...her among the bodies found by the villagers."

Lu Ran took the color photo he handed over, fixed his eyes on the girl's face, and said sincerely:

“She’s so beautiful.”

After that, he took the photo and turned away:

"I'll go talk to the villagers. If... they will definitely be impressed."

I hope not, she thought.

"It's troublesome."

Fortune is still groping in the river.

It should not be long before the sound was heard again from behind Li Jiankun, this time it was louder.

Lu Ran trotted over happily. Before he arrived, his voice came over: "No! No!"

The corners of Li Jiankun's mouth curled up slightly.

The first scenario was denied.

Lu Ran came to his side and reported: "The villagers remember her. They said there were three of them who came with the first batch of rescue workers from the township.

"After an aftershock, everyone was panicking and running for their lives. Some villagers saw her jump into the river, but they never saw her again."

It's basically the same as what the male colleague in red said.

Wow!

At this time, there was a noise in the river, and Fugui emerged from the water dragging something.

When he saw clearly that Fugui was holding a pale and swollen arm, Li Jiankun raised his hand to cover Lu Ran's eyes, and opened his own eyes as wide as possible.

Fugui said: "No, it's a man."

God knows that Li Jiankun’s heart, which was about to jump out, slowly fell down.

This proves that the second situation he analyzed does exist, and there is indeed a sunken corpse at the bottom of the river.

I heard hurried footsteps. Kong Bajin and five soldiers came quickly after arranging matters in the village.

After figuring out what Li Jiankun and the others were doing, Kong Bajin took two soldiers who were good at swimming, took off their clothes and went into the river. He asked the other three to go back to the village and replace them with some comrades who were good at swimming.

A group of people were floating up and down in the river.

"Come on, let's line up in a row. It's just as wide as the river. Let's feel the entire 50 meters in front and back."

Captain Kong's idea was very good. If they could move forward in this way, they would not miss any sunken bodies in the river channel 100 meters below Zhanmapo Village.

They soon achieved success.

"Yes, yes, yes! Come and give me a hand. I'm being crushed by a big rock."

With the combined efforts of everyone, and after a lot of effort, they finally fished out a body with a sunken chest.

It's a young man.

Do not look down.

Captain Kong tried several times but failed to touch his eyes that were full of longing for his future life.

Many villagers on the high ground were looking down, and at this moment the crowd suddenly became restless.