We spent a night in the open air, so it didn't rain again. However, mosquitoes were biting her all night long, and even spraying toilet water on her did not seem to help. She was bitten on several bumps on her arms and legs. The bumps were red and swollen, and it seemed that she had attracted poisonous mosquitoes.
The fish belly has turned white in the east, and it looks like the weather today should be good. Li Wei stood up, her stomach was empty. When would she be able to eat enough and sleep peacefully? These seem to have become luxuries.
I followed the soldiers to do some aftermath work, and only left Willow Bay at noon.
"Lao Bao, where should we go next? Does the leader have any instructions?"
Lao Bao said: "Yes, the boss said that we should go deep into the severely affected areas. In addition, the supplies in our car are limited, and we have to go to replenish them."
Li Wei knew that he was about to face a bigger challenge before he had time to rest.
The driver drove everyone to the resettlement area and conducted a brief interview. Spent the night by the way. The gymnasium in the county town was also flooded, but now the water has been cleared away and protected, and it has become a temporary resettlement site for disaster victims.
What Li Wei and others have to do is interview and report on these victims. The government has allocated enough manpower and material resources to rescue them, and will not talk about rebuilding their homes until after the floods.
After a short rest, we replenished our supplies and headed back to the hardest-hit area.
Except for Li Wei, the three people in the car knew how to drive. The three of them took turns driving for three days and two nights to reach their destination. The water level has risen significantly, and the dikes of the tofu project have long since burst. The officers and soldiers are busy raising the dikes.
I stayed at Poyang Lake for a day, made relevant reports and then continued to the villages surrounded by floods. This time the TV station's vehicle followed the soldiers' truck into the mountains.
Just as the car entered the mountainous area, it encountered a heavy rain, and the car broke down halfway.
Lao Bao was so angry that he cursed his mother. There was lightning and thunder again, and he did not dare to stay in the car for a long time. Several people moved all the things out of the car. As for food and drinking water, they were simply distributed.
"Let's move together. Don't get separated. It will be inconvenient to contact us then." Li Wei suggested.
The driver, Lao Liang, nodded in agreement.
Everyone put on raincoats and rain boots and walked slowly towards the hinterland.
"Li Wei, how do you feel about this trip?" Lao Bao asked with a smile.
"Feelings, now I just want to have a hot meal, then take a shower and go to bed." Li Wei hadn't slept well for many nights in a row.
The little wish has now become a luxury, and all four of them have bitter smiles on their faces. Ji Kun raised his head and looked at the sky: "It depends on when the sky will clear up, when the flood peak will pass, and when we will have peace."
When is the end ahead
After walking for a while, the four of them felt that it was not good to go out in the rain like this. There happened to be a cave, so Ji Kun said to take shelter from the rain for a while.
Li Wei felt that the terrain here was not good, so he hurriedly said to him: "No, how can we take shelter from the rain here? Let's walk again. The soil has been softened by the rain. If it collapses, people will be buried." Li Wei cherished his life. , she didn’t want to commit suicide in vain.
Lao Bao dragged Ji Kun away. After a few steps, the group heard the sound of rocks rolling down from behind. Everyone looked back and saw that the place where Ji Kun was standing just now collapsed. Ji Kun was also shocked and broke into a cold sweat. Fortunately, he did not commit suicide, otherwise he would have died.
Without a transportation vehicle, I walked for more than four hours on my legs, and finally entered the valley. A lot of landslides in the north collapsed.
Lao Bao said: "I didn't see many villagers. They might have been buried in the mud and rocks."
This sentence is full of sadness, I hope there are still survivors.
Everyone went north together.
Although it was still raining, the soldiers had arrived early to start searching for survivors.
Lao Bao found the angle, and Li Wei was already standing in front of the camera and began to report on the rescue.
The soldiers found a relatively flat and safe place as a temporary settlement, and the rescued wounded were also moved to flat ground. The corpses lifted out from under the rubble were placed on the other side.
Li Wei has experienced a lot of death, but this is the first time he has been as frightened as now. Looking at the bodies that were dug out, many were stained with mud and it was difficult to tell who was who.
Several bodies were dug out one after another and placed side by side. The soldiers took off their hats to pay tribute to the victims.
Those who were rescued couldn't help crying when they saw that their relatives, friends or neighbors had died. Life becomes extremely fragile in the face of disaster.
Xia Tian's body cannot be kept for a long time, and it seems to be difficult to transport it out. Furthermore, China values the fallen leaves returning to their roots, and there is no reason to let them be buried elsewhere.
The less injured villagers managed to find hoes and shovels from under the rubble and began to dig holes to bury them.
Li Wei was extremely tired and couldn't care less about his sadness, but Ji Kun, a man in his thirties, burst into tears when he saw this situation.
"You're tired of crying and hungry. Eat something." The driver, Lao Liang, handed Ji Kun food and water.
"Instant noodles? We don't have boiling water." Ji Kun was a little frightened while holding the instant noodles.
"The soldiers gave it to us. Just eat it like this. Where can we find boiling water at this time?"
In order to fill his stomach, he didn't have so many scruples. He gnawed big gulps on the flour pancakes. They were just gnawing pancakes without seasonings. There was only a faint salty taste. It was really hard to swallow. Then he drank heavily. Drinking mineral water, I barely filled my stomach.
"Come here and help me, this purlin is too heavy."
The soldiers called them over to help, and even Li Wei stood up and went over to work together.
Everyone worked together to remove a thick purlin. The soldiers continued to dig deeper, and finally found the remains of the victims, one large and one small. The adults held the children tightly in their arms. Their bodies were deformed. They tried their best to give the children survival, but unfortunately the children also died. Didn't survive.
Li Wei felt panicked when he saw this scene, and several people carried out the bodies, one large and one small. Ji Kun's stomach was churning and he felt extremely uncomfortable. Later, he couldn't help but ran to the side and vomited.
It took the soldiers nearly seven hours to dig out all the victims buried in the mudslide, and also rescued a group of survivors.
"There are a total of 79 households in our village, with more than 200 people, and now there are only 41 left."
The old man's voice was extremely desolate, and Li Wei felt his eyes heat up, and tears flowed down his face.
The soldiers comforted the survivors: "Tomorrow there will be planes dropping food, and there will also be planes coming to transport you out to big hospitals for treatment. There is no mercy in natural disasters, and there will be blessings in the future if you survive a catastrophe."
(End of chapter)