Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 97 Temporary Survivor Base

After the dignitaries in Beijing recovered from the earthquake, they found that the cities all over the country were basically destroyed, but there were still a large number of survivors in the countryside. For this reason, they held an emergency meeting and decided to transfer the population to the countryside. Build a base of survivors, save the fire of life, but before they take action, the sky is full of ice.

The freezing happened on the fifth day after the earthquake. At that time, Zhang Shuilai was organizing manpower to strengthen the canteen house. Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds. People thought it was a blizzard coming again, but they waited until the night when the weather was very gloomy and the temperature dropped. It fell again, and there was no snowflake falling when it dropped to minus 40 degrees, but the melted snow water was suddenly frozen, and sporadic snowflakes began to fall in the middle of the night.

When people got up the next day, they found that the whole world had turned into a frozen world, and the ice layer was still gradually thickening. In the evening of the next day, the outdoor temperature was close to -45°C, and people could no longer go outside. Activities, those places that have not been searched and rescued have to be abandoned. Even if there are still survivors, they may not last long under such harsh temperatures.

Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan had the foresight to repair the canteen as soon as he woke up, so after the sudden drop in temperature caused the freezing of the whole country, their canteen was almost reinforced. Half of this was due to the efforts of the villagers. It meant something to them to drop the temperature significantly again, so they all worked hard with all their strength.

Qin Zhiyuan asked Zhang Shuilai to divide the cafeteria into two, with troops living on one side and villagers living on the other, and returning the food and other items that Qin Yulin had collected to the villagers. He would not take the villagers' survival tasks on his shoulders unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, he is the first to feed his own soldiers. If the villagers are allowed to take care of themselves, he will only assist them. If there is no catastrophe, they are expected to survive this winter safely.

Qin Zhiyuan called several village chiefs, including Wu Hong, for a brief meeting. After talking about the matter, the village chiefs disagreed with this method at first, but they heard that the troops would not stand by them , When they would help out when they were in trouble, they agreed very simply. After all, food is their life now, and it is a completely different concept to control life in their own hands and in the hands of others.

After the discussion, the troops took the lead in gathering the soldiers and living in one side of the cafeteria. Several village chiefs took their villagers to live in another big room. The Qiao family also moved in. Originally, Qin Zhiyuan wanted the Qiao family to move in. On his side, but because of Qin Zhiyuan's injury, Qiao's mother always felt that she owed him, so she didn't want to trouble him anymore, and finally moved to the villagers' side with Wu Hong.

Those who can live in are lucky. They have successfully survived the earthquake, so even if they look very embarrassed now, they are very content with only a small amount of rations and a few simple beddings.

After discussing with several village chiefs, they decided to gather all the materials together to survive this severe winter. Qiao Miwei's family also handed in the grain and a lot of firewood moved from the house. The broken quilts that arrived were brought back and wrapped up the whole room, and then the beds were gathered together as much as possible, and a brazier was placed around to keep warm, so that more people could be warmed with as little firewood as possible.

Qiao Miwei has been in a coma for several days. If it wasn't for Qiao's mother forcibly feeding her some porridge every day, she might not be able to survive at this time. The military doctor has seen her several times, but it is impossible to judge because of the lack of equipment. For her condition, Qin Zhiyuan has been visiting Qiao Miwei several times a day since she sat up and stopped vomiting.

That day, when Qiao's mother was feeding Qiao Miwei porridge, she choked on Qiao Miwei because there was a little too much porridge at one time. After a few muffled coughs, Mother Qiao handed the porridge bowl to Father Qiao in surprise, and picked up Qiao Miwei, "Wei Wei, Wei Wei, you're awake!" Tears flowed out before she said the words.

Qiao Miwei only felt that the flesh and bones of her whole body were hurting, especially her head, and her throat was burning with pain. She opened her eyes a little, and rolled her eyes dryly, and saw Mother Qiao who was close at hand. I yelled, "Mom..."

"Hey, it's good to wake up, it's good to wake up." Mother Qiao twitched her nose twice, and put Qiao Mi down slightly.

Father Qiao touched Qiao Miwei's forehead, "Weiwei, does your head still hurt?"

Qiao Mi nodded slightly, "It hurts, but it's bearable." After she finished speaking, she looked around and found a lot of people, some she knew and some she didn't know. People's faces were very miserable. She asked in puzzlement, " Where are we?"

Father Qiao put some porridge in a spoon and brought it to Qiao Miwei's mouth, sighed, "In the cafeteria of the base, the earthquake was too big, and half of our house was destroyed. It has been several days now, or Aftershocks continued, the temperature outside dropped again, this time it dropped directly to [-] or [-] degrees. Fortunately, Xiaoqin asked everyone to reinforce the cafeteria, so that they had a shelter. The people in this room were a few people nearby. Survivors of the village."

Qiao Miwei didn't have time to lament that she had been in a coma for several days, she was just surprised, "People from several villages are here?"

Mother Qiao nodded sadly, "Yes, ten rooms and nine empty rooms!" Although her words were soft, many people still heard them, and for a while there were slight weeping sounds from the room.

Qiao Mi turned her head slightly and found that there were only the three of them. Thinking of Brother Daying's family, her face suddenly turned pale, "Me, my brother?"

Father Qiao quickly patted the back of Qiao Miwei's hand, "Don't worry, they went out, Daying and others went up the mountain to cut firewood, and your sister-in-law went to fetch water, and she will be back in a while."

Hearing that they were all fine, Qiao Mi's hanging heart finally relaxed, but she always felt as if she had forgotten something. She tilted her head and thought about it, but there was a burst of needle pain in her head, "Hiss... "

Mother Qiao quickly hugged Qiao Miwei's head, "Weiwei, is your head hurting again? Let me rub it for you."

Afraid that the two of them would miss it, Qiao Mi nodded slightly and asked Mother Qiao to rub her temples.

After a while, suddenly a gust of cold wind came in. The people were swept by the cold wind, and they all shivered at the same time. Father Qiao got up quickly, "Your sister-in-law is back."

It was the water fetching team who came back. Now it is too cold outside, and the ice layer in the well is getting thicker. It is difficult to fetch water every day, and the time to go out is getting longer every day. Save that bit of water for eating, as for washing, it can be saved. Father Qiao took the bucket in Yu Yawen's hand. There was a large piece of ice in the bucket, which was frozen very thick. Even if it was already indoors, it still melted a little. There is no sign of it.

Qiao's mother waved at Yawen, "Come here and enjoy the fire."

The location of Qiao's house is relatively close to the fire. The main reason is that Qin Zhiyuan comes here several times a day and often gives them some food. In order to match what he likes, Wu Hong arranged for Qiao's house to be closer to the fire. Others are envious of the position, but no one raised any objections. After all, being able to make friends with the troops is also good for them.

Yu Yawen became thinner, but Xiao Tianyou hadn't been found. It was already so cold outside. He was a child and had no food. After so many days, it was obvious that his chances of being alive were very slim, and she still had something else in her heart. A layer of worry, this earthquake is too big, she is very worried about her parents, do not know if they are safe.

Before the big earthquake, her parents had been living in the military garrison, and their safety was absolutely guaranteed. However, even Qiao's house couldn't survive an earthquake of this magnitude. The situation in other places is obviously not much better.

Now that the communication was cut off, she was naturally worried, and followed Father Qiao to their bed in dismay, raised her head and met her eyes, "Wei Wei! You're awake."

Qiao Mi narrowed her eyes and smiled weakly, "Sister-in-law, it's thanks to you these days."

Yu Yawen patted Qiao Miwei's hand, "What are you talking about, it's too outlandish, aren't we a family?"

Qiao Mi nodded slightly, "Well, a family."

Yu Yawen described the current situation outside to her again, and Qiao Miwei was also very surprised when she learned that the outside world had become a world of ice and snow, but she had been in a coma for a long time, and her body was weak. Not feeling well, he fell asleep in a daze after a while.

When I woke up again, it was already dinner time, and what I ate this evening was still porridge, with carrots and cabbage in it.

Qiao Miwei leaned against the head of the bed and watched Yu Yawen carrying a big basin to the front line to get the porridge. In front of her was a woman leading a little girl who was obviously hungry and grabbed her mother's clothes. Unable to twist the corners, the team moved forward slowly, and it was the turn of the mother and daughter. The woman stretched forward holding a large bowl, and immediately a spoon filled with a large spoonful of porridge was dunked in. The woman said carefully , "My daughter has lost weight recently, send me an extra pancake?"

The cake the woman said was cornmeal cake, the size of a palm, with radish stuffing inside, but because it was baked in an oil pan, it was relatively nutritious. The man looked at the emaciated child at the woman's feet and sighed. Picked up a piece of cake from the side, tore half of it and handed it to the woman, "I'll give her half."

The woman's hand flicked back immediately. She felt that the cake was hot, so she quickly waved her hand and said, "No need, no need."

The man simply stuffed the cake into the little girl's hand, "Eat it, no matter how hard it is, the child cannot be hurt."

The people in the back all gave a nod of approval. Now that the catastrophe is coming, no matter whether these people are from the same village or not, and they know each other, they should help each other at this moment. leave with the child.Yu Yawen took a step forward holding the bowl and handed it out, suddenly the ground shook violently, everyone couldn't stand still, the bowl in Yu Yawen's hand fell directly into the porridge pot, and there was a clear sound of glass shattering behind her , "Ah... porridge!"

(End of this chapter)