Rebirth in 1980: I pretend to be a pig, eat the tiger and marry the chief

Tang Zheng felt that what the village chief said made sense. This included food and accommodation, and it only cost fifty cents per person per day, which was really cheap. A box lunch at her fast food restaurant cost two or three yuan.

Because the rain was not going to stop, in order to avoid trouble, everyone was given one dollar per person for two days of food and lodging. After paying the money, the villagers took everyone to their homes.

Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people in the yard. Some people, no matter how unwilling they were, gritted their teeth and paid one dollar in order to avoid starvation and cold.

Finally, there were only two groups of people left, and they looked embarrassed and at a loss.

The man from one of the families rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly: "Village chief, our family is not well off. Can you let my child live in the farmer's house for one dollar, and then my husband and I can just find a place to hide from the rain?"

The child heard this and said quickly: "Mom and Dad, I won't go to the farmer's house. I will sleep on the haystack or under the bridge with you. I won't leave you!"

The couple were very pleased with the child's words, and they patiently persuaded the child, but the child said he would never agree to go to the farmer's house and expose his parents to the wind and rain. This was indeed a filial act.

The village chief looked at the tattered clothes worn by the family, hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, it seems that you are not doing well either, just go to my house, and each family only needs to pay one dollar."

Then the village chief looked at another family and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

There was a woman with a child. Both of them were dressed in rags and were thin. One could tell at a glance that they were not in good conditions.

The village chief sighed: "Okay, follow me!"

Tang Zheng thought for a moment, then took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to the old lady: "Auntie, it's not easy for them. The village chief's family must not be rich either. We brought them here, so we'll pay for it. Please deliver it to the village chief."

"Good boy, wait a minute, I'll send it to the village chief right away."

After a while, the old lady came back from outside in the rain: "Those two families asked me to thank you!"

"You're welcome. Everyone has difficult times."

In the evening, everyone ate millet porridge, corn cakes, and cabbage stewed with potatoes. Although it was lighter, the amount of rice and vegetables was sufficient.

Tang Zheng and his friends had no appetite as they were all worried about the passengers and staff on the train.

I hope everyone on the train is safe.

As long as there is no landslide, even if the train is stuck there and cannot move forward, she can still call on the villagers to bring them food or invite them to come to the village to take shelter.

However, Tang Zheng always felt uneasy. After all, the strange sound and the shaking of the mountains when they left should not be a good sign.

It rained all night and cleared up the next day. Although it was sunny, the road was still difficult to walk on, so everyone decided to wait another day and see how the situation would develop.

Tang Zheng was worried about the situation on the train, but in her situation, she could only worry. She had no right to instruct anyone to take risks there.

Before we had breakfast, many soldiers came to the village. Probably because the train they were riding had not arrived at the station for a long time, the staff suspected something was wrong, so they reported it to their superiors, and they sent soldiers over.

They wanted to find someone to lead the way and evacuate the people on the train first.

Lao Jin, Xiao Hang and others expressed their willingness to follow the soldiers to help.

"Oh no... Oh no... The train is buried..."

Just as everyone was about to set off, a villager came running over in a hurry, crying and shouting as he ran.

The village chief grabbed the man's hand and asked tremblingly, "What did you say?"

The man was holding a whip in his hand. "I was herding sheep this morning and met a group of people on the way. They were shivering from the cold. When I asked them, I learned that they had gotten off the train last night. Before they had gone far, a landslide occurred and the train... was buried!"

The soldiers' faces suddenly became solemn after hearing this. The company commander who led the team said quickly: "We will go over and check the situation. If we can save anyone, we will save them!"

The company commander cast his eyes on Lao Jin, Xiao Hang and the others: "Comrade, it's too dangerous to go this time. If it really doesn't work, you stay here and just tell us the approximate location of the train!"

Lao Jin glanced at Tang Zheng standing beside him, and Tang Zheng quickly turned his head away, not daring to look at him.

She wouldn't say much about this kind of thing. No matter what choice Lao Jin made, she would support and understand him.

Lao Jin made a decision quickly: "I am also a retired soldier. Now the country needs me, the people need me, and I have no choice but to do it!"

Xiao Hang and others also expressed their attitude: "Serve the people!"

"I..." Mu Ran also wanted to help, but was stopped by Tang Zheng.

"Even if the sky falls, there are still a group of grown men to support it. You are a girl after all. You were caught in the rain for so long yesterday and you still have a fever now. What if you cause trouble for them if you go there?"

Mu Ran thought about it and felt that what Tang Zheng said made sense, so he stopped talking.

Lao Jin suddenly walked up to Tang Zheng and said, "If I'm in any danger, please ask Mr. Ming to help look after my daughter."

Tang Zheng nodded quickly: "Don't worry, I will try my best to take care of her."

Lao Jin hesitated for a moment and touched the diamond knot on his wrist: "And she..."

Tang Zheng was puzzled: "Who?"

Lao Jin: "When the time comes, tell her to forget me. There are many men in the world who are better than me. I wish her the best..."

Before Tang Zheng could ask who the 'she' Lao Jin was talking about was, Lao Jin had already disappeared in the crowd.

It took Tang Zheng a long time to realize that Lao Jin had a lover, and Tang Zheng knew that lover. Who was it?

The shepherd villager brought back more than fifty people. These people were much more miserable than the group of passengers who came with Tang Zheng before.

They were all so cold that their faces were pale, their bodies were shivering, their noses were snotty and their eyes were crying, and they could hardly speak clearly.

I heard that there were two people who had fainted over there. They were already weak, and after being drenched by the rain and frozen all night, they lay in a ravine with only one breath left.

The village chief wanted to accommodate these later arrivals, but there were too many people, so he could only transfer some of the young people who were in good health and could walk easily to neighboring villages.

"Grandpa... I want to find grandpa..."

When the little boy heard that many more people from the village had arrived, he shouted to find his grandfather.

Tang Zheng asked Tang Wenli to take the child over to take a look and ask about the situation on the train.

Tang Wenli was in a bad mood after he came back, and the little boy kept sobbing and crying.

Tang Zheng knew that the old man was most likely dead.

About an hour later, Lao Jin and several soldiers came back. They had checked the situation over there and could only describe it as "tragic".

Several soldiers began to go door to door to borrow hoes, shovels and other farm tools to facilitate digging.

Lao Jin was carrying a man back. The man was crawling on his back with blood on his hands.

Tang Zheng rushed out to greet him: "Is this the person who was dug out from the mudslide? The injuries are pretty serious. He needs to be sent to the hospital, right?"

Lao Jin had a strange look on his face and didn't say anything.

Tang Zheng was about to ask something when he saw the man slowly turn around, allowing Tang Zheng to see the man's face clearly.

The man's head was also injured, half of his face was stained with blood, and his hair was messy like a bird's nest, making it almost impossible to see his original appearance.

Tang Zheng was just skeptical at first. She looked at Lao Jin with a confused face, and then saw Lao Jin nodded.

Tang Zheng's face turned pale as paper in an instant: "Xiao Beiqi..."