Chapter 862 Let Me Save One More! This Is the Most Delicious Chicken!
Three days later.
The Zhou Qingchen who once had his hair combed meticulously, his clothes neat and smell-free, and who was proficient in singing praises and flattering words, disappeared.
Replaced by Zhou Qingchen, who was unkempt, smelly, silent and dull.
Even the fine leather armor he was wearing, which could buy a horse, was gone.
After all, wearing leather armor is to guard against enemies.
But there are no enemies in Dongxiaoli now!
With several blisters in his hands, he raised a handful of loess and raised the tomb higher. Zhou Qingchen took two steps back and nodded with satisfaction, then his eyes unconsciously turned to the man who was kneeling not far away and silently weeping. A small figure.
In front of that little figure, there were two grave mounds standing side by side.
One of them reads ‘My father, the silkworm husband’, and the other reads ‘My mother’s scissors’. The vigorous fonts that used to only appear in the palace of the Qin Dynasty formed a sharp contrast with the desolate and barren Dongxiaoli!
After Zhou Qingchen looked at it intently for a few seconds, he silently left with his hand on his shoulder. After a while, he came back, threw a cooked egg into Cai'er's hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Eat the chicken."
Cai'er slowly raised her head and looked at Zhou Qingchen with eyes drained of tears. She raised the chicken again with both hands and choked up her voice hoarsely: "Thank you, uncle, for saving Aweng and my mother."
"Grandma said that my uncles are all good people and righteous people. They have shed countless blood and sweat for them."
"Uncle, if you eat more chicken, you won't feel tired anymore!"
Zhou Qingchen's hand holding the shovel tightened unconsciously.
Even though Zhou Qingchen deliberately paid more attention to Cai'er and put the rescue work of Cai'er tribe first, he still only rescued Cai'er's grandmother and cousin, and Cai'er's aunt's right leg was crushed by the beam. , has been amputated and sutured by Su Jiao. Even if he can survive this test, he will no longer be able to work in the fields.
How will such a combination of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled live in the future?
How could he deserve the name of a righteous man?
Zhou Qingchen waved his hands roughly and said with a look of disgust: "I am the Minister of Great Qin!"
"You little savage, do you know what a servant is? A chicken like this is not qualified to be presented to me."
"You can eat whatever you want, what nonsense!"
After finishing his words, Zhou Qingchen strode towards the camp without giving Cai'er a chance to be humble.
Cai'er slowly put away the cooked eggs in her hands and bowed gratefully: "Thank you, uncle!"
Zhou Qingchen's footsteps paused, then accelerated again, and finally even rushed directly into the medical tent and asked solemnly: "Shilang Su!"
Su Jiao didn't reply, but gave Zhou Qingchen a glare.
Only then did Zhou Qingchen realize that a victim with a broken left arm was lying in front of Su Jiao.
Zhou Qingchen said no more, but bowed his hands and retreated to the side.
Su Jiao then tied the proximal end of the victim's left arm with a bowstring again, then picked up the ax, pointed it at the injured man's jagged broken arm, and slashed down suddenly!
"ah!!!"
The victims were lying on the hospital bed twisting and struggling wildly, but Su Jiao just watched coldly.
When the intensity of the victims' struggle slowed down a bit, Su Jiao finally spoke: "Suppress the injured!"
After hearing this, Zhou Qingchen hurriedly stepped forward to help Su Jiao hold down the injured man's torso, and Su Jiao used needle and thread to sew up the victim's blood vessels and flesh.
After a long while, Su Jiao finally let out a breath, put down the needle and thread in his hand, washed his hands and asked, "Shilang Zhou, do you have something important?"
Zhou Qingchen stuffed back what he originally wanted to say, and then said: "We have excavated all the ruins that can be excavated. Even the cave dwellings under the mountain have found traces of human beings."
"But except for the strong men who were sent by Zheng Lizheng to explore the road, there are still sixty-five people missing."
"Shilang Su, what should we do next?"
Su Jiao, who had a splitting headache due to exhaustion, slowly washed his hands, then walked out of the medical tent and took a deep breath of fresh, slightly cool air. Finally, his head regained some clarity, and he shouted loudly: "Shilang Feng !”
Feng Jie, who was busy not far away, came in a hurry and bowed his hands: "Shilang Su!"
Su Jiao asked in a deep voice: "How many days will my luggage be enough for us?"
Feng Jie recounted the family treasures and said: "The leaders of Guizhou have all donated their own food. Including the food we have shipped, it is enough for everyone to chew for half a month, but the ginger is only enough for another day, and the healing herbs are only enough for two more days." day."
Su Jiao nodded slightly when he heard this, and then turned his eyes to Dongxiaoli, which had become increasingly dilapidated due to the search and rescue work. After a moment of silence, he said: "Finally, we will search and rescue for half a day."
"When the sun sets, everyone must check in and have a good rest. There must be no mistakes."
"Tomorrow we will make rice at early sunrise (5:00) and set off at four quarters of sunrise (6:00)."
"Take all the surviving Qin people and return to Zheng County!"
Those who disappeared may have been swallowed by the cracks in the ground and have long since perished in the belly of the earth dragon.
Or maybe they were buried under some unknown pile of loess, waiting for their rescue.
But the shortage of medicinal materials and the cutoff of reinforcements made Su Jiao no longer able to wait any longer!
Feng Jie breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Wei!"
After Zhou Qingchen's lips wriggled a few times, he finally said nothing more and just cupped his hands and said, "Wei!"
Ying Chengyu had already announced that the earthquake area was under military control, and Su Jiao's words were like military orders.
No one dared to disobey Su Jiao's orders.
But when Su Jiao's order came out, everyone, regardless of their identity, dug harder and searched harder, praying secretly in their hearts.
The Four Heavenly Emperors above! Earth Dragon above! Lord Chang'an above! Please let me save one more! Just one more!
Until the sun completely set, everyone finally returned to the tent with reluctance and helplessness.
Su Jiao hoped that everyone could have a good sleep.
But the suppressed crying still made most people in the camp unable to sleep all night.
At 5:45 am the next day, looking at the obvious dark circles and tired looks of Zhou Qingchen and others, Su Jiao was rarely angry: "Did you stay up all night?!"
"Do you know that we are going to return along the rugged mountain road today, and we have to help a group of widows and children and seriously injured people!"
"You are so tired, if you encounter danger on the way, how can you resist!"
Feng Jie forced a smile and asked back: "Minister Su also stayed up all night last night?"
Su Jiao was speechless.
Zhou Qingchen whispered: "Since it is inconvenient to return when you are so tired, why not search and rescue for another day?"
Su Jiao sighed softly: "If we search and rescue for one more day, will you be able to sleep well tonight?"
Everyone was speechless!
Su Jiao walked towards a stretcher carrying the wounded and said sadly: "The lives of the wounded are also lives!"
Su Jiao also wanted to continue the search and rescue, but there was no medicine!
Su Jiao couldn't sacrifice the lives of these wounded for the survivors who might or might not exist!
Lifting one end of the stretcher, Su Jiao said in a deep voice: "Pass on my order!"
"Let's go!"
"Return to Zheng County!"
Feng Jie stepped forward first, and he and Su Jiao lifted the same stretcher one after the other, and walked towards the mountain road opened by Su Jiao.
Zheng Chen knelt down facing the ruins of Dongxiaoli, kowtowed loudly, and then stood up suddenly, shouting with a bloody forehead: "Elders of Dongxiaoli!"
"Except for food and earthenware jars, all other items should be placed here. We will come back and pick them up one day."
"If you are still strong, go and help the benefactors carry food and grass and the wounded!"
"The benefactors have paid too much for the elders, don't let the benefactors work harder for us!"
"Let's go!"
After saying that, Zheng Chen resisted the urge to look back, followed Su Jiao first, and snatched the stretcher from Su Jiao.
All the people of Dongxiaoli were reluctant to leave their homeland, and those whose families were still missing knew clearly that once they left this place, their missing families would surely die!
But no one threw a tantrum, and no one made a fuss.
Just as Zheng Chen said.
Su Jiao and others have paid too much for them, and Su Jiao's decision is also for their safety.
If you still cause trouble to Su Jiao and others in this situation, are you still a human being!
After the Dongxiaoli people kowtowed in the direction of the ruins, they either looked back every few steps or turned around resolutely, but they all ran to Su Jiao's troops to help Su Jiao and others carry the supplies, just hoping that Su Jiao and others could relax a little.
Even Cai'er carried her brother on her back, with a basket full of food hanging on her chest. Although she needed to use her hands and feet to climb the steep slope from time to time, she did not pass the burden on to others.
Zhou Qingchen stopped when he saw this, and waited quietly until Cai'er passed by him. He pinched Cai'er's brother's neck with his left hand and held him in his arms. With a flick of his right wrist, he took off the basket on Cai'er's chest and put it on his back, and then held Cai'er in his arms with his right hand.
Cai'er, who was sad, anxious and exhausted, didn't come to her senses until she felt Zhou Qingchen's embrace. She hurriedly said, "Uncle, let me down!"
"The head of the village said that the uncles have shed a lot of blood and sweat for us. We can't bother them anymore. We have to do what we can do ourselves!"
Zhou Qingchen said in a bad tone, "So much nonsense!"
"You don't drag down the team's marching speed and stay here well, so you don't bother me!"
Cai'er felt a little guilty about what Zhou Qingchen said, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, uncle, I have to take the food from my family, otherwise my brother and I will starve to death."
Zhou Qingchen didn't know what to say, but just said "um" in a dull voice.
Cai'er didn't know what she should do, so she could only control her movements as much as possible and shrink in Zhou Qingchen's arms.
The dull atmosphere lasted for a long time, and Zhou Qingchen finally took the initiative to ask: "Kid, what's your name?"
Cai'er then realized that she had not told Zhou Qingchen her name for so many days, and Zhou Qingchen had not asked her name, but just called her "Kid".
Cai'er hurriedly said: "My name is Cai'er, my brother hasn't been named yet."
Zhou Qingchen nodded gently: "Cai'er, good name."
"Hold on tight!"
Letting Cai'er hold on to his expensive leather armor, Zhou Qingchen supported himself with his right hand and finally climbed a steep slope carrying two children and a basket of millet.
Seeing Zhou Qingchen panting tiredly, Cai'er hurriedly took out the cooked egg from her arms: "Uncle..."
Realizing that Cai'er was hesitant to speak, Zhou Qingchen's eyes fell on the egg in Cai'er's hand.
Zhou Qingchen, who had an excellent memory, knew very well that this egg was the one he gave to Cai'er yesterday. As for Cai'er's hesitancy to speak, it was not difficult for Zhou Qingchen to guess.
Zhou Qingchen said calmly: "Peel it."
Cai'er was slightly startled, then nodded vigorously, and quickly peeled the eggshell with both hands, carefully put the egg into Zhou Qingchen's mouth, and asked with sparkling eyes: "Uncle, is it delicious?"
To be honest, it's really not delicious!
Eating a cooked egg dry would cause choking, not to mention that this egg was not fresh.
But Zhou Qingchen smiled and nodded: "This is the most delicious egg I have ever eaten in my life!"
Seeing Cai'er smiling, Zhou Qingchen's voice became a little gentler, and he took the initiative to find a topic: "Cai'er, do you know Chang'an Jun?"
Cai'er nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, I know, my grandfather said that Chang'an Jun is the best nobleman in the world!"
Recalling the back of Ying Chengjiao rushing into the disaster area without hesitation, Zhou Qingchen smiled: "This can't be said in front of others, but it's not wrong."
"Last year, Chang'an Jun communicated with the earth dragon and learned that the earth dragon would turn over in Guanzhong this year, so he ordered officials from all over Guanzhong to Be well prepared to deal with it. "
"Until six days ago, the earth dragon turned over here, and Chang'an Jun hurried here. "
Cai'er was attracted by Zhou Qingchen's words, and asked expectantly: "Is Chang'an Jun here to talk to the earth dragon?"
Zhou Qingchen shook his head: "I don't know."
"I only know that a kind person like Chang'an Jun will not let the people of my Great Qin be swallowed by the earth dragon."
"Don't worry, Cai'er, with Chang'an Jun here, your parents will definitely not suffer after they go to the underworld!"
More and more people gathered around Zhou Qingchen, drawing precious comfort from Zhou Qingchen's sporadic words.
On the rugged mountain road, the people of Dongxiaoli and the soldiers who came to rescue were no longer distinguished from each other. They took turns carrying the baggage and the wounded, helping each other to cross the steep slope and the cracks in the ground.
Leaded by the red flag, walk out of the abyss of yesterday!