[Rebirth] One more blizzard and two worlds

At dawn the next day, a group from the News Department embarked on the journey to the mountainous area of ​​Province J.

At noon, Yu Xiao and his party arrived at County S in Province J, preparing to walk the mountain road.

The mountains in County S are not too high, but because they are not developed as tourist attractions, the mountain roads are relatively rugged.It just rained here yesterday, the road was full of mud, the trees and branches were overgrown, and from time to time, a bean-sized drop of water would drop on the top of the pedestrian's head.

The mountain road twists and turns, and when we reach the middle of the mountain, the road is blocked by a few broken rocks.The road was littered with broken branches, and green leaves lay lifeless in the muddy water.

They tried to get around the rocks and walked on them.The road ahead was even worse. On the road most severely damaged by the storm, several tall masson pine trees fell down, and the trunks were bent by stones.

After walking for another distance, the sky suddenly changed its face and fell down gloomyly.Yu Xiao led the group to speed up their pace, and finally reached the mountain village before the downpour of rain fell.

They didn't come here to report on the safety of drinking water in mountain villages at all. They came here to do an interview on the landslide accident that just happened here a few days ago.

The mountain people rushed out to meet the working team, and after inviting them into the house for a while, the village chief began to introduce the situation of their village.

Between 11pm and 130pm yesterday, 3mm of rain fell here.2 villagers were buried, 1 died and [-] was missing. The body was just found this morning.

The vegetables grown in the fields were also destroyed by the heavy rainfall. These days, food in the mountain village is a big problem.The stream water has been seriously polluted, and the clear water has been mixed into the dirty muddy water, making it undrinkable.A few families simply came out with basins to catch the rainwater, and the family saved some money.Spring is cold, and people in a village take cold showers.

The only food left is the bacon and potatoes piled in the warehouse, and a few jars of old wine.

Showers always come and go quickly.Before they could say a few words, the rain started to lighten, so the village head led Yu Xiao and the others around to the back of the village.

It was cold in the deep mountains, and it was already March, and the pear tree inside the fence was still in bloom, white as snow.There is silence in the mountains, only the sound of birdsong and the rustling of raindrops on the leaves.

The little grandson of the village chief was attending class in the county town at the time. The kid didn’t know what was going on with his family, and the grandpa didn’t have the strength to rush down. His legs and feet were not flexible enough to escape to the bottom of the mountain with the young man. Fortunately, his house didn’t Being hit by a rock, the family escaped unharmed.

Now his grandson has not come up the mountain and is being protected in the school.There is no telephone signal in the mountains, and he can't report his grandson's safety. They are far away from each other and miss each other.

A few young people picked up a few pieces of broken cement from the ruins of the house, and padded the four sides of the house to prevent the rain from rushing in.

In the evening, Yu Xiao and the others helped cut the bacon and boiled the potatoes. A mass of people gathered around the room, eating the tasteless food in silence. The men held small wine cups and poured the spirits into their stomachs. irrigation.

The child fell asleep after supper and went to bed in the room.The people outside chatted for a short while, and the child ran out with bare feet again. He mumbled, "I'm having a nightmare," and pulled his recently widowed father, asking him to sleep with him.

The father said that he still had something to say to these uncles and aunts from the city, but the child twisted a few times and refused to obey.The father was impatient, and was about to hit him with his hand, but Yu Xiao stopped him with a sound.

"The child is still young, and he has never encountered such a big incident." Yu Xiao comforted, then turned to tell the team members, "You are chatting here, Xiao Zhang insists not to get sleepy, I will go first to comfort the child sleep."

The whole room looked at him silently, a few people nodded to him, and he took the child's fleshy little hand and entered the room.

At the same time, it began to rain in N city.Gu Tingyun sat alone in front of the TV and listened to the weather forecast. The torrential rain in J province did not stop because of the landslide, but became more and more rampant.

Feeling uneasy, he picked up his phone and wanted to call Yu Xiao to ask him what the weather was like, but unfortunately there was no signal in the mountains.

The sound of the rain outside was getting louder, and he didn't know what the person he was worried about was doing on such a night.

It was late at night, and the villagers dispersed one by one. Yu Xiao and Xiao Chen slept in the same room, and Yang Yiwen and Zhang Qing next door also squeezed into the same bed, spending the night sloppy.

Yu Xiao lay on the hard bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

With his ears pressed against the bed, the night rain outside the window was almost deafening.The rain was pulled into strips of clear filaments on the eaves, hanging down to the ground, hitting a small water vortex, and the water droplets splashed silently.

This kind of night reminded him of that snowy night at Lager Station. He looked at the tree shadows swaying in the wind outside the house, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

What he thought of that night were the continuous snow-capped mountains, the wind howling over the top of the mountain, the glaring white sky, and the flourishing sweet potato vines and leaves on the path, but tonight, he only thought about one person.

That person helped him wash and fold the clothes that he didn’t have time to wash, made clumsy excuses to cook light dishes for him, found the buttons he had loosened when he was walking with him, kept stomach medicine even though he had no stomach problems, and endured it when he had a fever. With his bad temper, he took good care of him, put his heart in front of him time and time again, and waited anxiously for him to reach out to pick it up.

When Yu Xiao looked into Gu Tingyun's eyes several times, he felt a sense of déjà vu, lost his mind when he looked at it, and wanted to reach out and hug this person, to touch his skin.

That is such a joyful person, quiet, meticulous, and tender, which makes him feel at ease.

He laughed at himself for being greedy, and he was looking for something else. It was enough to have such a person with him day and night.

Thinking about it, he slowly fell asleep.He tucked in the quilt, and decided to tell Gu Tingyun his true heart after returning home.

The next day, when the rain was over and the sky was clear, Yu Xiao took the group to investigate on the mountain road.It was freezing cold in the mountains, and the rain was still dripping into the collars of the people, and several people were shivering while walking on the road.

More than half of the road up and down the mountain collapsed, and rocks the size of a house fell on the road, making it impossible for cars to pass.A large area of ​​trees was buried under the mud, mixed with the bricks and cement blocks washed down from the house, and it looked like ruins from a distance.

The mountain peak washed by the rain was covered with a layer of deep blue, and the grass poked its head out from the crevices of the rocks. Seeing that the surrounding companions fell down, they could no longer straighten their backs, so they had to grit their teeth and grow up alone.The hillside is a moist black-green, with layers of cedar and pine trees.

A lone bird flitted across the darkening clouds.

There was a rumbling thunder in the sky.Immediately afterwards, a storm rolled over without warning.The mountain people were frightened by this posture, and they were at a loss for a while.

A few strong men supported the old and the weak, women and children, and stepped up to the outside of the border.The people in Yu Xiao's group were halfway up the mountain, quite a distance from the houses.A few men who were closer to them waved at them desperately, telling them to come up quickly. The rain might wash down several more rocks.

"Leader, shall we leave quickly?" Yang Yiwen asked hastily.

The other two also looked worriedly at Yu Xiao who was still concentrating on taking pictures.

"You guys go first, I'll follow." Yu Xiao put away the camera, his expression still calm, "Don't panic, keep your pace, and follow the big team up."

The three nodded, and immediately started to run.

Thick clouds rolled down, and the heavy rain hit like a galloping wild horse.Not long after, the first rock rolled down.The mountain people who walked in the front still hadn't reached the houses. Seeing that the disaster was about to happen again, everyone became uncontrollably frightened.

Xiao Chen dragged Zhang Qing to run up, and Yang Yiwen looked back while running.

Yu Xiao was trying his best to rush this way, but the successively falling branches became obstacles to his progress.Yang Yiwen saw him getting farther and farther away from the main force...

"No, the team leader is running further and further behind, I have to go over and bring him up!" She said tremblingly to the two people in front.

Zhang Qing hurriedly shouted: "Sister Yang, sister Yang, don't be impulsive! Watch out for your steps!"

Xiao Chen turned around and wanted to grab Yang Yiwen, who would have thought that she would have rushed down like crazy.

"Leader!"

Yu Xiao looked up and saw Yang Yiwen rushing towards him in embarrassment, his heart tightened suddenly.

"Yiwen, don't come here, go back!" He shouted loudly.

Yang Yiwen didn't listen, and rushed to Yu Xiao directly, gasping for breath, unable to utter a word.

"It's too late." Yu Xiao looked up at the rolling black clouds, and felt a chill in the soles of his feet, "We won't be able to reach the top of the mountain."

Yang Yiwen was astonished by Yu Xiao's weak will to survive.

"Group, group leader..." Seeing Yu Xiao's expressionless face, she was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Yu Xiao's expression suddenly froze, and he pulled Yang Yiwen over: "Come here, hide over the ridge."

Yang Yiwen looked at him blankly.

"It's okay. I've encountered landslides before. It's safer to hide here."

Yang Yiwen nodded heavily, and then got into the sill with Yu Xiao.