The Sedum City under the sun faded away from the ferocity and horror of the stormy night, showing the devastation after it was destroyed.
Shu Huan stood on a small slope with a higher terrain outside the city. When he saw this scene, he involuntarily closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
She smelled the muddy smell after the rain, the fresh sap from the broken grass and trees, and the smoky smell.
When I opened my eyes again, what I saw was still the dilapidated ruins.
The city was completely destroyed by the earthquake and fire. There are almost no intact houses. There are broken tiles, broken beams and pillars everywhere. Some tiny people searched the ruins, and some people collapsed from time to time. Lying on the ground, mourning and weeping on the ruins, the heart-piercing cry drifted along the wind for a while, and seemed to disappear, like a thin string, pulling back and forth on the human heart, Leaving out invisible scars.
"Girl, look over there." Meimei pointed behind her.
Shu Huan looked back, and saw some temporary dwellings built with picked up bricks, stones and wooden boards scattered in the distance behind him. There were no doors, and only a rag curtain was hung at the entrance as a cover. A woman was squatting outside the curtain. I started a fire, and the leaves and firewood I picked up were very wet. When the fire was lit, a puff of smoke came out first, which made the women cough, but the children didn't know what to worry about. among the smoke.
"Go and have a look." Shu Huan walked over there first.
The coachman was silent, and followed behind with his donkey cart.
Get closer and see more clearly. These temporary residences cannot withstand the wind and rain at all. A small aftershock may knock them down, but after all, it is a place to sleep, which makes people feel a little bit safe in their hearts. Come.
Seeing them approaching, the women stopped what they were doing and looked back with surprise in their eyes. The children also stopped running, with their fingers in their mouths, and their eyes stared straight at the donkey cart.
"Auntie, please ask me." Zhang Zirong led the donkey first, and stepped forward to inquire about Zhang's family.
Shu Huan saw those women gathered around, but after hearing his description clearly, he just shook his head constantly, and said humanely: "There are disaster-stricken people everywhere, and everyone looks the same, so I saw it and May not remember."
Zhang Zirong showed a disappointed look on his face, Jingmei also went forward to inquire about Gu Xiran and Ji Danqing's news without giving up, but the answer he got was exactly the same, no one knew.
I didn't expect to find them as soon as I arrived in Sedum City.
Shu Huan sighed softly, took out a small bag of candy from his sleeve pocket, distributed it to the children around him, and then greeted those women, planning to set up a temporary residence here, and waited slowly, Find it slowly.
When they heard that they were going to live here, those women were also enthusiastic, pointing them to go to the city to pick up some scraps to build a residence, and some even said: "If you need it, just say hello, we can help."
When the coachman heard that they planned to stay and not leave, he showed hesitation on his face: "I... I still have children waiting at home..."
Shu Huan knew that he didn't want to stay here, so he smiled and said, "Uncle, you can just go back after unloading the car later, just do us a favor, how about bringing two carts of bricks and stones back?"
As she spoke, she stuffed a handful of copper coins into the driver's hand.
With money, everything is easy to talk about, the driver immediately breathed a sigh of relief, said hello repeatedly, and rushed to carry things down from the car, causing the group of children to follow behind pointing and laughing.
Building this kind of temporary shelter is actually like children playing with building blocks. It doesn't require too much skill, and someone will help reinforce it. When it is completely dark, Shu Huan is outside Sedum City. Even if he has a place, Even though it is small enough for a person to lie down and sleep, even if they want to stand up and take two steps, they have to bend over.
Zhang Zirong followed them lingeringly, and set up a residence near them. At this time, Shu Huan didn't want to drive him away, and he didn't like him anymore. He was finally an acquaintance who knew everything, so he had someone to help him in trouble.
After tidying up everything, she lifted the curtain, bent down and came out, and saw Xin Xin sitting on a broken brick and busy making a fire, but she couldn't light the wet wood anyway, and was sweating profusely.
She couldn't help laughing: "The weather is bad, don't start a fire, just eat two sesame cakes and deal with it."
Enjoyment shook his head and said: "I always have to burn hot water to drink, and I can also warm my hands and feet by the fire."
A woman nearby who was chatting with Jingmei heard their words, and hurriedly waved to them: "Bring firewood to the side of my fire and roast it. It will be easy to light when it dries up."
Shu Huan took advantage of the opportunity to sit over and looked into her cooking pot on the fire, and saw a pot of boiling water filled with some green wild vegetables and dozens of grains of rice that could be counted. The man's child was holding a broken bowl, staring at the pot eagerly, making him feel sore.
She didn't say anything, just turned around silently and took a few sesame seed cakes, and at the same time distributed them to the beautiful scenery on a good day, and at the same time handed two to the child and the woman. He came from a kind family, he was embarrassed to take something from Shu Huan, and thanked him repeatedly, but he was reluctant to eat the sesame seed cakes in his hand, so he hid them quietly, telling the child to eat slowly and don’t choke, while helping him out of the pan. I scooped a bowl of porridge with wild vegetables.
Shu Huan hesitated for a moment before asking, "Where's the child's father?"
Before the woman could answer, Meimei rushed to the side and said: "My aunt said, today the magistrate posted a notice outside the city asking those who are able-bodied to go to the city to help with work and save people. Uncle hastened to go , this meeting hasn’t come back yet.”
"Yeah, I haven't come back until now, and it's getting dark." The woman looked anxiously towards the direction of the city, but there was a bit of joy in her voice: "I didn't expect the magistrate to be a good man. I went to the city to help save people, and each person was given a bowl of rice every day. This is life-saving food, and what I did was to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. If the child was not young and wanted to be watched, I would go too."
After leisurely speaking a few more words, and inquiring about some news in the city, Shu Huan returned to his residence, and after a while, the woman's husband also came back, and Shu Huan saw that he handed over a small The woman gave the cloth bag to the woman, and then picked up the child and kissed it for a while. The stinging stubble pierced the child's delicate face, causing the child to scream and laugh, and the sound was heard far away in the silent night.
She watched quietly for a while, and when Xinxin handed her a bowl of hot water, she turned her gaze back, but saw Zhang Zirong sitting on a broken tree trunk not far away, silent and thoughtful. Looking at the family.
Shu Huan secretly sighed, in the face of disasters, everyone is equal, no matter how rich or poor the original family is, what he is looking forward to now is that the family can get together safely, even if they eat chaff and swallow vegetables, they can taste the joy of life. Happiness comes.