They drove from the TV station, but on the sixth day they encountered heavy rain blocking the road. The wheels got stuck in the mud and stalled. The people in the car had no choice but to put on raincoats and get out to push the cart.
The combined efforts of several people finally failed to push the car out of the pit. Fortunately, they met several soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms who went to the front for disaster relief. With the help of the soldiers, the big guy was removed from the puddle.
Lao Bao and others were very grateful to the soldiers for their help and wanted to spread cigarettes for each comrade. The soldiers waved their hands and said, "Thank you very much, we don't smoke."
"Where are you going to rescue?" Ji Kun asked.
A soldier with a northern accent said: "Go to Willow Bay. It is said that a village over there was flooded and we had to rush to rescue people."
Ji Kun asked Lao Bao what he meant: "How about we go to Willow Bay with us?"
Lao Bao is the oldest, so everyone obeys his arrangements, and Li Wei doesn't have any objections.
So he decided to drive to Willow Bay with the soldiers.
The heavy rain turned into moderate rain, then into light rain, and the rain never stopped.
Afraid of the car breaking down, I walked very slowly.
In the car, Ji Kun was concerned about Li Wei and said, "Are you afraid?"
Li Wei said: "I have nothing to be afraid of with you guys together. I happened to learn swimming in college. If I accidentally fall into the water, I can still swim ashore."
These words made the other three people laugh. They all thought that they were young and had never seen danger. If they were really in danger, they might cry.
The car drove for a day and a night before reaching what the soldiers called Willow Bay. It encountered a heavy rain and the power had been cut off for a long time. It was pitch black all around, with the only sound of rain falling.
Lao Bao said: "How about we rest in the car for one night and then go to the village to shoot in the morning. It's pitch black, there's water everywhere, and we're not familiar with the road. What if we fall into the water?"
Everyone obeyed Lao Bao's arrangements. Li Wei turned on the flashlight and took out a thin blanket he brought in his bag to cover himself, preparing to sleep in his position.
The space was so small that I couldn't stretch my body and limbs at all, so I had to persevere under limited conditions. Li Wei leaned against the car window and closed his eyes. The sound of rain was still clear. He just hoped that tomorrow's interview and filming would go smoothly.
Li Wei did not sleep deeply, sometimes awake and sometimes confused. She woke up before dawn the next day, and the others in the car were still sleeping. She looked at the time and it was only half past five, so she closed her eyes and rested for a while until someone called her.
"Li Wei, it's time for us to set off."
Li Wei rubbed his eyes, it was already dark. She carried her bag and raincoat, took a few bites of the bread handed to her by Lao Bao, hurriedly got out of the car, and began to carry out her day's tasks.
Wearing rain boots, Lao Bao and Ji Kun walked through a lot of bumpy muddy ground.
This is a mountainous area, and washed-down mud and rolling stones can be seen everywhere on the road. It was still raining lightly, and after walking for a long time, my trouser legs were covered with mud. The road surface has been soaked by rain and has become very soft and slippery. If you are not careful, you may fall or roll down the hillside.
Ji Kun reached a branch, broke off a section of the branch with force, and handed the long and thick section to Li Wei, asking Li Wei to use it as a crutch.
Li Wei said thank you to him, and the three of them supported each other and continued to move forward into Willow Bay. This journey is the longest and most difficult journey Li Wei has walked in his life.
They climbed up a hillside and looked down. There should be a village below, but there was already a vast ocean, and a few houses could be vaguely seen at the foot of the mountain. The road to the outside world has been cut off, and it has truly become an isolated island.
"How should we enter the village?" Li Wei was a little confused.
Ji Kun said: "I saw some soldiers passing by in an assault boat. Let's go and see if we can pick one up. If we can't get in, we won't be able to interview."
The three of them supported them all the way down the mountain, and just in time to catch up with some soldiers driving an assault boat to the other side, Lao Bao stepped forward and circled.
The soldiers initially did not agree to let them go in. After all, there were many dangers inside, but they agreed after hearing that people from the TV station were coming to interview and report on the disaster, and there were not many people.
They boarded a rubber boat and headed to the disaster-stricken village. Lao Bao was carrying a camera to record the real-time scene, and Ji Kun began to interview several soldiers who went to rescue.
The soldiers all looked young, and some were very shy when facing the camera. There was one who was obviously quite tall, but had a baby face. He was probably not yet twenty years old, and he was a recent recruit.
Li Wei admires these rescue warriors from the bottom of his heart.
The assault boat quickly entered the disaster-stricken village.
The disaster in the village was more serious than imagined. Many houses had been flooded. A family climbed onto the roof and sat waiting for rescue.
Li Wei acted together with the rescue soldiers. When the soldiers were rescuing a woman, she first held the woman's infant child for a while.
Over there, Ji Kun was busy interviewing a villager who was crying sadly when his house was destroyed and his family was washed away. Ji Kun later took the villagers to find soldiers to help find his family.
There are about three hundred households in this village, which can be considered a large village. In the past few years, young people have gone out to work one after another, leaving some old, weak, sick and disabled at home to look after their homes. Now that their homes have been destroyed, the old farmers still refuse to leave by boat.
Li Wei had no choice but to go down and help persuade.
"Uncle, it's impossible to leave. It's useless for you to stay here. If there's another flood, you will be washed away. Get on the boat and leave. Wait until the flood recedes before coming back. If your home is gone, you can still build it again. , The life of a person is still very long.”
What the simple old farmer felt distressed was the thousands of kilograms of grain buried under the rubble, as well as the two fat pigs he fed, which were the family's biggest assets. Without the grain, he would be told what to eat and what to use in the future.
We organized batches of people affected by the disaster to evacuate to safe places. By the afternoon, the rain finally stopped. The sun showed its smiling face, and the heat steamed up, making it even more sultry.
There was a bottle of mineral water in Li Wei's bag. She had already given it to a woman who was still breastfeeding, and she also asked for some water from a soldier's water bottle. At noon, I ate most of the bread, helped to move things, and ran up and down. Now I was tired and hungry. The villagers have not yet completely moved, and it will be dark soon.
Li Wei dragged his tired body and continued to move forward. The clothes were stained with yellow cement, and their original appearance was almost gone. It was the hardest job for her.
Everyone worked together and finally evacuated the last batch of victims. Everyone was extremely tired and had no energy anymore. Li Wei felt like her whole body was floating. She tried her best to support herself under a big tree and leaned her back against the trunk. She planned to spend the night and leave the village tomorrow.
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