Current Situation in China (II)
After Yuan Huawei and the others retreated with guns pointed at them, they could only watch as a few soldiers escorted the two cars away. One of the soldiers even glared at Yuan Huawei and the others angrily as if he was warning them.
A middle-aged man beside him, who was twenty years older than him, also looked at Yuan Huawei. When he saw that it was a few new refugees, he said mockingly," Young man, what's the hurry? Eat something to fill your stomach first. There's no need to fight with them. You can't win against them. Hehe, it's not good to be arrogant. Be careful not to lose your life here."
After hearing what the middle-aged man said, the mute man beside Yuan Huawei tugged at Yuan Huawei's clothes and gestured for him to sit down.
Yuan Huawei stared at the soldier as he walked away step by step. He was pulled back to sit down by Mute. He felt that he did not hear what the middle-aged man said at all. However, just because he did not hear it did not mean that his companion did not hear it. We're not bad people, so they won't dare to shoot randomly. If we can deal with them, we'll…
The middle-aged man looked at the person who spoke as if he had seen a fool and laughed non-stop.
Mute went forward and tugged at the person who spoke. He put his finger to his mouth and made a shushing gesture.
Yuan Huawei's other companion saw everything and then looked at a soldier who had not gone far and was staring at them with an unfriendly gaze. He nudged the person who spoke and told everyone to sit down…until the soldiers had gone far away.
The sound of instant noodles being eaten could be heard from the surroundings. Everyone was wolfing down their food as if they were afraid that others would snatch it away.
The middle-aged man ate the instant noodles like everyone else. Soon, there was nothing left. He drank a few mouthfuls of water and gulped it down as well. He looked like a hungry ghost who had yet to eat.
Yuan Huawei and the others quietly looked at the strange surroundings. They felt that the people here were like uncultured prisoners who had completely derailed from civilization. The five of them had become aliens.
Yuan Huawei and the others didn't know what was going on here, so they took the initiative to talk to this middle-aged man.
Yuan Huawei said," Uncle, the five of us just came from the mountains last night. We don't know what's going on here. I feel that the people here are all strange…"
The middle-aged man thought, Strange? You wouldn't feel strange if you came here on the first day. This isn't a place for humans. The people here are all animals.
As the middle-aged man spoke, he began to gnash his teeth. He clenched his fists tightly, and the tendons in his hands bulged.
A 25 or 26-year-old man beside the middle-aged man saw that the middle-aged man was very angry. He stood up and helped the middle-aged man sit down. After comforting him for a while, he picked up the thin clothes under the middle-aged man's body and went to the place where the old man used to be beside Yuan Huawei. After laying a simple mat, he sat down and started to chat with Yuan Huawei and the others.
As he laid out his clothes, he said,"Brother, you don't know what we've been through. It's like we've come from hell."
I was just watching TV on New Year's Eve, but who knew that there would be a power outage right after midnight? I vaguely remembered that an astronaut said that there was light nearby, and then the power went out. I was about to sleep, but then I felt the ground start to shake. I thought it was an earthquake, and my family ran out. Now, the three gorges dam in the northwest was as bright as the sun. I was so scared that I quickly went back to put on my clothes and ran up the mountain with my family. Not long after, the Yangtze River was flooded. The waves were so high that the town was submerged in an instant…
A person beside Yuan Huawei interjected, No, the Yangtze River flood didn't come here?
Yuan Huawei said," It's because the water level of the Yangtze River is too high. It's pouring in. Don't interrupt and listen to him."
The twenty-five-year-old man quickly said," Yes, yes, yes. The water comes from downstream. It keeps rising. Many people in the town were swept away by the water before they could run out. If I didn't react quickly, I probably wouldn't be talking to you here."
Yuan Huawei said," I know that. I also felt that something was wrong, so I brought everyone out immediately. We all hid on the mountain to avoid being washed away by the water. Sigh!" Unfortunately, many people were still killed by the hail.
The 26-year-old man continued, Yes, yes, it was such a big hail. It rained for a long time, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Many people who hid in the mountains were killed in this way. Our family of three hid under the big rocks and finally survived the hail. Who knew that it would start to rain again? It was a hot rainstorm. The rain was dense, especially heavy and especially urgent. The hail rolled down the water, and the mud and stones rushed down the mountain. We couldn't even stand steadily. I don't know when the big rock behind my family moved and took them away…sob…sob…
Yuan Huawei looked at the person who was crying as he spoke and comforted him softly.
The man cried for a while before continuing," Sigh! The big rock rolled down from their bodies. There was half a foot of muddy water under my feet. I wanted to save them but I didn't know how to do so. I couldn't even see their shadows. Wuwu…wuwu…
Hearing this, the people around them cried silently because they had all experienced the same thing.
The man wiped his tears and seemed to have found someone to complain to. He grabbed Yuan Huawei's hand and continued to talk.
The man said," There were about a hundred people who escaped from that hillside. After a hail and heavy rain, only six people were left. I was the only one who was not injured. None of the remaining five could stand up. The others were all dead."
The rain came one after another. At first, it was still hot, but then it became colder and colder. Before dawn, the remaining five people died. I was the only one left alive on the mountain.
When the sun was about to rise and I felt like I was about to freeze to death, I heard a rumbling sound coming from the west. It turned out that the dam upstream of the river by the bridge had broken. A wave that was dozens of meters tall had filled up more than half of the river valley, and all kinds of dead branches and rotten leaves were floating everywhere.
I sat at the top of the mountain and watched for an entire day and night. The water had only gone down by half, and the rain was not as heavy as it was at the beginning. I don't know how I managed to survive this day and night.
As the man spoke, he raised his head and looked at the people around him. He seemed to want an answer, but who had an accurate answer?
The man continued," At noon on the second day of the first lunar month, a helicopter flew at a low altitude along the river by the bridge. When it flew near me, it circled around me. I waved at them, and they flew away."
When Yuan Huawei heard the mention of helicopters, his interest was piqued. He wanted to ask him about it, but he held back his curiosity.
However, his companion couldn't help but ask him," Didn't the helicopter come down to save you?
The man shook his head." No, I guess they're just here to see the disaster. Why did they come down to save me?" I'm just a nobody. What's there to save me for?
The man seemed to be unusually dissatisfied with the army, but he could do nothing but mock himself.
However, when Yuan Huawei and the others heard these words, their expectations instantly turned cold.
Then, they refused to give up and asked him how he got here.
The man replied that he saw the helicopter coming here seven or eight times a day, so he followed the helicopter and came here himself.
When Yuan Huawei heard that the helicopter would come several times a day, he had a plan in mind. They felt that the other party was only one person and was not as important as the dozens of them.
He asked the man about the time when the helicopter would usually come here. The man said that it would come every two hours, mainly to transport some food. He also advised Yuan Huawei not to use the helicopter to save people, because the helicopter would not specially save people.
The five of them asked in unison, Why?
The man said,"One helicopter is not enough to transport food and medicine. Do you expect them to save people?"
His words made the five of them feel even colder, but Yuan Huawei still felt that he had to give it a try.
Just as she was about to continue asking the man about the situation, a car drove in from the entrance of the tunnel. Thick mist sprayed out from both sides of the car, causing a long string of coughs from the people in the tunnel. After understanding it, it turned out to be a disinfectant. However, everyone's clothes were completely wet again.
Yuan Huawei looked at the people curled up in the tunnel, and an inexplicable pain surged into his heart. The rescue here only gave the most basic food and epidemic prevention. There was no medical care, no warm clothing, nothing. If they wanted to survive, they could only rely on themselves. In order to keep themselves warm, they were willing to take off the clothes of the dead...
But what else could he do if he didn't come here? It was even colder outside, and life was even more fragile outside. It was better to have more protection here.
Yuan Huawei made a calculation in his heart. He felt that it was better to have a more comprehensive understanding of this place, so he continued to ask this man. After a simple personal understanding, this man was called Li Mingwei. He was from Qiaobian Town and had been here for more than three days. He was the first batch of refugees to arrive here.
Yuan Huawei asked,"Brother Li, you've been here for a few days. What do the people in the army do every day?" Why did it seem like everyone was afraid of the soldiers?
Brother Li: " Brother Yuan, you're late. There are many things that you haven't experienced. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have thought that our soldiers had such an iron-blooded side."
Yuan Huawei: " I feel like everyone is afraid of soldiers. How did you treat them…"
Brother Li: " You don't know this, but our first batch only consisted of a few dozen people. Those soldiers treated us quite well. The second batch consisted of more than a thousand people from several villages. They were all from the same village and bullied the others. At first, the soldiers only tried to persuade them, but those people didn't take the soldiers seriously at all. They robbed us when they needed to. In the end, the people from the two villages almost started fighting. The soldiers came over to stop the fight. I didn't expect that those people would even injure a few soldiers. In the end, it seemed like a company commander fired two shots into the sky, but it did not scare them at all. Instead, some of them tried to snatch the gun because they had more people. The company commander fired eight shots in a row, killing eight people in one go. Moreover, he did not change his expression and calmly reloaded a clip.
Seeing that the crowd had calmed down in an instant, the company commander began to speak.
Yuan Huawei's companion asked anxiously,"What did he say?"
Brother Li said,"The company commander said," I'm good to you, but you don't know what's good for you. Do you have to see blood before you're honest?" I've been observing these eight people for a long time. They deserve to die. If any of you want to continue making trouble, take a step forward and let me see (everyone took a step back).
At this point, Brother Li chuckled and continued," He was so f * cking mighty and domineering. Initially, he wanted to continue to lecture the people, but in the end, the topic changed and he started to lecture his soldiers.
What to lecture, what to lecture. Several people around him started asking.
Brother Li imitated the captain's tone and said,"What are you all afraid of?" Didn't he hear the leader speak to him when he was on a mission? Safety and stability are our top priority. The internal conflicts between the people are more terrible than floods. What we need to do is to suppress these conflicts and protect everyone's basic right to survive. If we encounter such a mass struggle and persuasion is ineffective, we can take down a few troublemakers. The higher-ups will not give you a demerit, but will instead give you credit.
Did you hear me clearly? The captain suddenly asked loudly,"
Listen carefully. The soldiers replied,"
What's our first mission? The captain continued to ask loudly,"
Maintain stability. The soldiers answered loudly.
What should he do if he encountered someone who was destroying the stability? The captain continued to ask loudly.
Destroy them resolutely! The soldiers answered as loudly as they could.
Yuan Huawei and the others were stunned. No wonder everyone was afraid of the soldiers. Every one of them was well-behaved. It was as if they could lose their lives at the slightest disagreement.
Yuan Huawei recalled the soldier's cold-blooded gaze when he distributed the food. He felt a chill run down his spine.
Thinking about the situation here, everyone was especially afraid of the consequences of creating chaos, so everyone was especially depressed. Although this was not a good thing, it was the best thing at this stage.
A young man beside Yuan Huawei asked Brother Li," Why haven't I seen a woman since yesterday? Where are they?
Brother Li looked up at the young man and said, How many tunnels were there?
The young man nodded, meaning that he understood. As a result, the people around him laughed.
Brother Li continued,"I advise you not to go there. It's very dangerous."
His wife was about to give birth, but he didn't allow her to go and see him? A man in his twenties asked jokingly.
Brother Li: " Let alone when my wife is about to give birth, even if she's dead, I can't let a man in."
Everyone laughed and then started chatting and joking again.
Yuan Huawei softly called two of his companions to go out for a walk, leaving two people to look after the few pieces of clothes left behind.
The three of them followed the lane boundary in the middle of the tunnel to the exit. They passed by two corpses that had been stripped to their underwear. They were particularly pitiful, but no one could do anything about it.
They were watched by everyone who was awake along the way. The atmosphere was especially creepy, making the dark tunnel seem especially long. However, there was an end to this. Yuan Huawei and the others finally walked out of the tunnel under an inexplicable pressure.
The sun had already risen outside, and it was almost noon. The long-lost sunlight was especially bright, but the northern wind was whistling strongly, and the temperature felt a little colder than a few days ago.
There was a row of five tables next to the tunnel entrance. As it was almost noon, people were attracted to receive food. There were not many people who stayed here now.
Of the five tables, three were written for convenience services, while the other two were for shops and medical consultation.
Yuan Huawei looked around at the entrance of the tunnel and then walked to the convenience service table. From the moment he walked over to the moment he sat down, the soldier did not even look at him. Since he knew that soldiers could not be offended, he asked his question carefully.
Yuan Huawei: " I still have more than 20 villagers in the mountains who need to be rescued.
The soldier on the other side of the table looked up and glanced at him. He reached out and pulled off an earpiece hanging in his ear, looking at Yuan Huawei curiously.
Yuan Huawei could only repeat what he said. I still have more than 20 villagers in the mountains who need to be rescued.
Soldier: I can't make the decision. You can ask my superior or someone else.
Yuan Huawei: What can you do here?
Soldier: To register and check the population status.
Yuan Huawei's eyes lit up. He wanted to see what kind of population he had now, so he asked the soldier how to check.
Soldier: ID number or detailed household registration information and name.
Yuan Huawei reported his ID number. The soldier typed on the keyboard and said, Missing population status.
Then, the soldier heard Yuan Huawei muttering to himself,"How could it be a missing person?" The soldier looked at the photo on the computer and then looked at Yuan Huawei. He asked curiously, Who is Yuan Huawei to you? Come, let's press your fingerprint. As she spoke, she stood up and gestured for Yuan Huawei to press the fingerprint recognition area on the computer.
Yuan Huawei said,"I am Yuan Huawei. I verified the fingerprints according to the soldier's instructions." The soldier rolled his eyes at him and called him a lunatic. He even made the soldier unhappy.
Yuan Huawei could only smile apologetically and explain the operation of these things. After that, he checked on a few good friends who went to school with him, as well as the female friends he had a crush on. In the end, he found out that several of his good friends were still alive, and only one of them had gone missing. The female friend he had a crush on had also gone missing.
Finally, he wanted to record the survival and death of the people in his village. In the end, the victim was told that only family members could record the death information, and survivors could only record the information themselves.
Yuan Huawei's other two companions asked the medical staff and the shop, but the medical staff did not have any medicine. They could only give the injured and sick some things to take note of. The limited number of items in the shop were extremely expensive. They only accepted precious metals or bartering.
When the other two started to register their personal information, Yuan Huawei went to find the higher management of the unit.
After more than ten minutes of questioning, Yuan Huawei found the company's commander step by step. In a military car, the company commander was listening to information about the war between China and afghanistani.
The two soldiers outside the car also stretched their heads out and listened attentively to the news of the war. When he realized that Yuan Huawei was approaching them step by step, he instantly raised his gun and aimed it at him. Yuan Huawei was so frightened that he instantly raised his hands.
Yuan Huawei hurriedly said,"I have an emergency to report to the company commander."
One of the soldiers shouted,"What's the matter? Tell me quickly."
Yuan Huawei: " I have more than 20 villagers trapped in the mountainous area in the northwest. Some of them are injured."
Another soldier said,"Is this the emergency you mentioned?"
Yuan Huawei nodded.
The two soldiers shook their heads helplessly and smiled. However, they still knocked on the door and reported to the captain.
When the captain heard that there were still more than 20 survivors from the northwest, he was very curious. He continued to ask Yuan Huawei where he was.
Yuan Huawei told them the name of a village, but the company commander and the two soldiers didn't know. They had no choice but to take out a tablet computer and switch it to an electronic map for Yuan Huawei to indicate the location.
Yuan Huawei marked the location of his mother and his fellow countryman on the electronic map, and then he was told by the soldiers to go back and wait for news.
Yuan Huawei didn't expect the matter to end so mysteriously. The soldier and the company commander didn't give a definite answer. They only told him to go back and wait for news.
He returned to the tunnel entrance with a belly full of doubts. He waited from noon until dark. During this time, the helicopter took off and landed four times, transporting a lot of simple food. He wanted to approach the helicopter to tell the crew about the rescue, but before he could approach, he was pointed at by a gun and stopped obediently.
The sky slowly darkened. He was carried back by his two companions because it was time to distribute food again in half an hour. They had already missed the lunch. If they missed it again at night, it would be extremely difficult to bear.
Yuan Huawei sighed and could only return to his " place " helplessly.
In the end, he finished the instant noodles without any sense of taste. Alright, instant noodles didn't have any special taste to begin with.
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