my summer

In the second half of my senior year, I started working on an internship at the largest travel agency in City C while preparing my graduation thesis.In order to fight for the opportunity of the graduate school, Xia Zhi was so busy that he turned his back on his back.I also try not to disturb him as much as possible, and only occasionally call and chat with him before going to bed.

In the blink of an eye, it is May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the business of travel agencies is also getting more and more prosperous.Originally, I only took a group of foreign guests, but I temporarily received a domestic group tour to Jiuzhaigou. Adhering to the principle of exercising once more and earning more, I happily led the team to go.

Unexpectedly, this mission almost caused Xia Zhi and I to be separated forever.

Just in May of this year, without any warning, an accident happened.The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking, the sky is falling apart, countless lives are buried forever, and countless families are torn apart... We are so weak, we are so helpless in the face of the arbitrary nature...

Sad May.

Dark May.

The May of a lifetime.

When the accident happened that day, we were on the bus to Jiuzhaigou.The falling rocks blocked the road and smashed the front windshield of the bus. The whole body shook violently for more than ten minutes before it stopped.

Quite a few people were injured, and I was no exception.Because I couldn't sit down and fasten my seat belt in time, I was slammed into the driver's window, and my forehead was cut by the broken glass.The depth is unknown, but the pain is burning, and the bright red blood keeps flowing.

At that time, the situation was urgent, so I hurriedly wrapped it with gauze several times.

The bus couldn't go any further, and didn't dare to turn around and drive back rashly. The uncle driver had to park the bus on a relatively intact lawn by the roadside.

After about half an hour, there was no movement, so I pretended to be calm and asked the tourists to bring their valuables, get out of the car and walk.All the way, everyone was worried and spent more than two hours escaping to the nearest small town.

The town is in disarray.

Cracked roads, collapsed houses, running adults, crying children... A strong sense of dizziness overwhelmed me. It was the first time I faced a huge disaster, and I felt at a loss what to do.

Summer solstice!What happened to the summer solstice?Will it also be shaken?How are others?

With trembling hands, I took out my mobile phone from my bag and desperately dialed Xia Zhi, but I could only hear a cold beeping sound.I was so anxious that tears streamed down my face.Someone nearby told me that the communication signal in the whole area has been cut off now, and the phone calls cannot be made.

For a moment, my world fell apart.

Later, along with the townspeople, we were temporarily housed in several large tents on the school playground.

My head became more and more dizzy, my whole body was weak and weak, and I felt the urge to vomit even after drinking water.The gauze on my forehead was already soaked with blood, and when the busy doctor came to help me deal with it, I was already in a semi-conscious state.

I felt like I was lying on the surface of a frozen lake, sometimes my body was heavy as if filled with lead, and sometimes I was so light that I wanted to fly into the sky.There is a voice in my head that keeps echoing, Xia Zhi?summer solstice?summer solstice...

I don't know how long I slept for, but when I raised my eyelids with difficulty, I only saw a piece of dark green roof.Huh?Roofs of this color are rare.Oh, it turned out to be a tent.

Enduring the pain in my head, I forced myself to sit up and glanced around.The tent was full of people, some were sitting, lying or standing, some were talking with people in low voices, some were secretly wiping tears, and most of them were in a daze with blank faces.

The atmosphere is heavy, and even the air is filled with silent oppression.

"Xiao Zhang, you finally woke up!" The uncle driver beside him shouted a little excitedly.

"How long have I been sleeping?" My voice was like being run over by a wheel, and my throat hurt badly.

"It's been almost three days!" The uncle couldn't help raising his voice, "The doctor said that your wound is inflamed, and there is no suture condition now, so we can only simply disinfect and bandage it, and give you antipyretic medicine."

"Oh," I replied softly, "are all the guests okay?"

The uncle nodded desperately, his voice choked with sobs, "It's okay, the doctor has checked it out... Come out and play, who would have thought that there would be a natural disaster, hey..."

I felt uncomfortable for a while, and after a moment of silence, I asked him in a low voice, "Is there anything to eat?"

If conditions permit, I can definitely eat a cow at this time.After receiving the compressed biscuits and mineral water from my uncle, I started to gobble them up.In fact, at this time, the taste of compressed biscuits is no different from that of beef.

I want to regain my strength as soon as possible and stay awake. I haven't heard the news of the summer solstice, so I can't fall down by myself.

After another two days, my mental and physical strength basically recovered.During this period, I gradually got some information about the disaster from other people's mouths.

Fortunately, City C was not affected, and my hanging heart was finally let go.

The small town where we are located is a certain distance from the epicenter and has not been affected by aftershocks, so the disaster is not too serious compared to other areas.But this side is mostly mountainous, and there is only one main road. Once there is a break or blockage, the entire traffic will be paralyzed.The road is still under repair and communication has not been restored.

A nearby rescue team has arrived in the town and is racing against time to start a search and rescue.Although five days had passed since the incident, no one gave up even if there was only a glimmer of hope.

Along with other young men, I voluntarily joined the rescue team.There are not enough excavators, so we lift them with both hands.In the face of reinforced concrete, gloves are almost useless, and my hands are quickly ground with blood, which is burning and painful.

I kept telling myself that I must grit my teeth and hold on.

Not because of how great and selfless I am, but just because of an instinct to survive, a kind of awe for life, and a helpless struggle against the ruthless nature.

My mobile phone has long been out of battery, and time seems to me to be an ethereal and vague concept.After about eight or ten days, the search and rescue operation was announced to stop.

The main road is basically passable, and communication is gradually restored.I discussed with the uncle driver that our bus was severely damaged, even if it did not affect the operation, it would be dangerous to return to City C by the same route. For the safety of tourists, we decided to wait for the official rescue vehicle.

My whole person looks like I grew up in a garbage dump. There is no clean place on my body. The wound on my forehead is scabbed, cracked and scabbed. The scars on my hands are even more shocking.The smell of sweat, blood, and earth mixed together made me sick.

But compared to those unfortunate people, how lucky I am.

If the huge rock happened to hit the bus at that time, if the road under the bus just happened to crack, if there were aftershocks when we were walking...even if only one "if" came true, I would say goodbye to Xia Zhi forever, even the last time I saw it less than.

Scared to think about.

How is Summer Solstice now?Your body should be safe, but you must be worried about me, right?And my parents must have seen the news, and they must be very anxious if they can't get through to my phone.It's a pity that the surrounding area is still in chaos, and there is no place to charge it for a while.

Hey, why hasn't the car that picked us up come yet?

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