Doomsday Grain

After confirming that there were no major problems in the village, the family of three also started to tidy up the house.The cup on the table was broken by the earthquake just now, and I had to clean it up when I heard someone knocking on the door.

Lin Qian opened the door and stuck his head out. It was none other than his neighbor Uncle Liu.

When he saw someone, Lin Qian knew why he came and understood.There was an earthquake, and he was the only one in the whole family, so he must be worried.

"Uncle Liu." The umbrella was right next to the door. Lin Qian picked it up and put it on. It's not yet noon, and the sun is enough to bear.

Uncle Liu wanted to speak, but was a little embarrassed.Lin Qian walked over and said first: "Don't worry about Aunt Liu and the others? It's okay. If there is any shortage in the city, it is impossible to miss the hospital. There is no hospital in good condition anywhere. Besides, the earthquake is not too big, so don't worry. Sister-in-law just After giving birth, the caesarean section can’t be picked up now.”

Hearing this, Uncle Liu felt relieved, and after thinking about it, he said, "Then can I hire your car to go to the county?"

It was really difficult to go to the county just after the earthquake, even if it was paid.

"It's not that I don't want to help. When Wenxuan and I came back, there was a crack at the entrance of the village. The crack was quite big at the time from the side-view mirror, and then it shook for a long time. I don't know what happened. , It must be dangerous to pass the car. Let’s go over tonight to have a look. If you can pass the car, I will take you there. If not, you can wait. The county government and the township government must take care of it.”

Looking back on that crack, Lin Qian still has lingering fears. If the two of them hadn't taken a quick step, the best outcome would have been that the wheel of the car fell into the crack and couldn't move forward. If the crack really got bigger, it wouldn't be impossible for the car to fall in. .

There was no need for Lin Qian to lie, and Lin Qian was a kind person, Uncle Liu knew that.

Uncle Liu sighed, but still thanked him and said, "That was a trouble to you, and I have caused you a lot of trouble recently."

"What are you talking about, folks in the village. Just after the earthquake, my house is also quite chaotic, so I won't let you sit in the house, go back first."

Uncle Liu went back, and Lin Qian walked back. Before he got home, he heard a woman screaming in front of him.

Immediately there was a cry for help, and I didn't know what happened.

Lin Qian looked back, He Yangxuan opened the door and looked over, Lin Qian waved to him, motioning him to go out and take a look.

After going out the door, listening to the source of the sound, it was a family diagonally opposite in front.His house doesn't have a back door, but Sister Liu's house next door has a back door, but it's locked with a chain.

Originally orphaned and widowed, having a door in the backyard was actually not safe, because I was constrained by my thoughts, and I always felt that I had to find someone to come and work to help seal the door or build a brick wall to cause gossip, so I just locked the door with a lock.

Lin Qian hurried over to have a look, and patted the back door.

"Is Mrs. Liu at home?"

After shouting twice, Mrs. Liu came out with an umbrella.There are quite a few people with the surname Liu in the village, but she was married from outside, and even her surname is Liu, and she is one of the few in the village who is not called by her husband’s name. The root cause is that her husband died early, and some young people don’t remember who her husband is. up.

"It's a child of the Lin family, what's the matter?"

Lin Qian pointed to her house next door: "I heard someone calling for help. The wall of her house is so high that I can't get over it. I went through the alley and took a detour. Let's use your road to see if anything happened."

As soon as she heard this, Sister-in-law Liu also heard the voice of calling for help clearly. Knowing that it was an important matter, she opened the lock with the key in her hand. Lin Qian entered the yard, walked across the back yard in a few strides, and passed the front yard from the Go out the gate, turn your head to go to the next door to Mrs. Liu's house, and saw a man running out with a woman in his arms. He didn't even have time to open an umbrella, and his face was flushed with anxiety.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qian asked.

At this time, several people gathered around.There were people walking around each other to see how neighbors and relatives were doing, whether they were injured or not, and now they all came to see if they heard any movement.

There are good and bad everywhere, even in the village.Normally, they may talk bad things about each other in groups of three or five, and slap their thighs if someone is unlucky, but they are worried if something happens.

"Snake! There is a snake! That snake has a triangular head. It must be a poisonous snake. My wife was bitten just now!"

This is not a trivial matter, and an older person frowned: "There are no poisonous snakes around here, and the soil balls are a bit poisonous, so they can't enter the village?"

(Tuqiuzi: The scientific name is Wusuli Agkistrodon, a Viper type, less toxic, common snakes in Northeast China.)

"I know the earthball! It's because the snake doesn't know it, so it's scary. My wife can't even stand up. Who has a car to help me to the hospital!"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Lin Qian.Lin Qian went over to hold the umbrella up: "If it's really poisonous, it would be fatal if it travels so far. Let's send it to the clinic to clean it up. I'll pick up the car."

This time, let alone a crack in the ground, even if there is a river to cross, it is a matter of human life.

After hearing this, the man finally found the backbone, and nodded quickly: "You are right, I will go find Dr. Xue right now."

"This snake is venomous. There is no treatment in the village. What kind of treatment can you do? Where did you meet the snake? Tell me, let's kill the snake, and we will go to the hospital together later to know what snake bit it. The hospital will know what to do. rule."

When treating patients bitten by venomous snakes, the hospital must first determine what kind of venomous snake it is, and then adjust the blood serum and set up a treatment plan.If not, it will take a while just to find out what kind of snake's venom it is.

Lin Qian encountered this in his outing school when he was in college, and he remembered it clearly.

When meeting Lin Qian who understands things like this, things are much easier to handle. Lin Qian gave him the umbrella and told him to go to Xue Xinyi's side quickly. Lin Qian found a stick and asked if it was the snake he saw in the backyard. find the way.

Lin Qian took the lead, and a few brave people also found something to help them find it. The backyard was shaded and there was no torture from the sun, so the search was not difficult.People are afraid of the sun, and snakes are even more afraid, so they can only hide in cool and humid places.Just now it bit someone again, and the snake was also frightened at this time, so it should still be hiding.

In the end, a middle-aged man was the first to notice it and hit it twice with a stick. The snake was about to run away, and it was about to run away. Lin Qian happened to have a shovel in hand, so he picked it up and threw it over there.

In fact, Lin Qian didn't feel anything at all. He just made a subconscious movement not to let the snake run away. He didn't expect to hit the snake's body just like that. The shovel was still new, and the tip was still shining. It was inserted into the soil at this time, and it just hit the snake. Snake cut in half.

Both ends of the body are twisting at this moment, and they will not die for a while.

"Don't come close!" Lin Qian yelled to tell them to back off, "Whoever looks for a bottle, it's best to bring a lid!"

After hearing Lin Qian's words, someone turned around to look for him.In fact, it's not that others don't know these things, it's just that the situation is urgent, and I didn't think of going there for a while, and even if I thought of it, I couldn't say it in a hurry.

What did Lin Qian do before?The department manager is good at directing things on the spot, so he made arrangements with a few words in advance when he encountered this kind of situation.

When others went to get the bottle, Lin Qian used a stick to hold down the snake's head to prevent it from running away, and then asked the person next to him for another stick, and the two sticks clamped the snake's upper body.Soon someone ran back to bring a canning jar. After Lin Qian asked him to open the bottle and put it on the ground, he endured his nausea and picked up half of the snake and put it in the can. Then he blocked the mouth of the can with two sticks and closed the lid. superior.

After unscrewing it, I didn't worry about it, so I took off the coat and wrapped it around the bottle, and tied two dead buttons with the two sleeves.

That's how the snake caught it.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Qian smiled a little more. Once the snake was caught, there was basically nothing to be afraid of.

At this time, Lin Qian realized that his hands were shaking badly, and his body was a little exhausted.

Afraid?It would be a lie to say that you are not afraid.From childhood to adulthood, if Lin Qian was afraid of anything, snakes would rank first and second.

Fear and panic.

After finishing it, someone patted him on the shoulder. Lin Qian turned around. He was a man from the village, and he looked familiar.

The man gave Lin Qian a thumbs up.

"It's a man!"

When Lin Qian hit here, he pointed out the way for the panicked family members, then directed a few people to catch the snake together, and the shovel just now, it's hard not to admire.

Everyone is willing to listen to compliments, and Lin Qian is no exception.

"I'll go home to pick up the car first, and I'll go to Doctor Xue's in a while."

Lin Qian turned his head to go back, but he hesitated when he saw the place not covered by shadows.He gave the umbrella to the family, and now he will inevitably lose a layer of skin when he goes back.

Someone saw the difficulty and was about to give him the umbrella. It happened that another person walked up behind him. Lin Qian looked around and saw that it was He Yangxuan who just came over with the umbrella.

"What's the matter?" He Yangxuan just came over and still doesn't understand what's going on.

"There's a snake." Lin Qian picked up the bag of clothes wrapped on the ground, "I caught half of it. The daughter-in-law of this family was bitten by a snake. Take this snake and go to the hospital to find out what it is."

The clothes belonged to Lin Qian, and He Yangxuan could tell at a glance that they were wrapped in Lin Qian's clothes, which proved that Lin Qian caught the snake.

He Yangxuan's expression changed, and he took a few steps to grab Lin Qian's arm: "How are you doing!"

Lin Qian pointed to the second half of the snake on the ground: "Look, I cut it open with a shovel. It's all right, there's a canning jar inside, and the snake is in the canning jar."

This is a snake, Lin Qian felt quite fulfilled to be able to catch it.

He has a sense of accomplishment, but it scares He Yangxuan enough.

"You dare to catch a snake without any preparation? What if you get bitten?!" He Yangxuan's eyebrows twitched together.

"Isn't there a lot of people? I can't bite if my hands are too fast." Lin Qian talked about He Yangxuan. There are so many people. At least let him save face.

He Yangxuan held back his anger.When I saw a snake, I was worried at first, but after making sure that the person was fine, only anger remained.This little bastard doesn't have any self-consciousness at all, he didn't bite him, if he bites, whoever will cry!

"You're really talented, you don't have the guts to look at a picture of a snake usually given to you." The fire was not posted at this time, and He Yangxuan could only open his mouth to sting.

Lin Qian touched him with his arm: "Okay, I'll go to the county later. You stay with my grandfather at home. The old man must have been scared after the earthquake."

Seeing Lin Qian doing work for himself again, He Yangxuan glared at him, said nothing, and dragged Lin Qian under the umbrella to go home together.

The people present looked at the two people's way of getting along with each other a little strangely, but they couldn't tell why it was so strange.

It can only be said that the two of them are so nice, like two brothers.

The two walked back, and the car had just entered the garage.With the current road conditions, Lin Qian was worried about opening the bun. He Yangxuan was worried, so he gave Lin Qian the car keys and opened the garage door with a cold face.

"You don't even say I'm meddling?" Lin Qian asked.

He Yangxuan's temper is actually quite withdrawn, basically he won't interfere with people except those he cares about.Of course, if you meet poor people, you will help them out, but generally you don't bother yourself.

"My lord is right." He Yangxuan sighed, and said, "You have to integrate into this village. You don't have any relatives in the village, and you don't stay in the village all year round. To the villagers, you are no different from outsiders. You are not sociable. I don’t have any friends, and it’s easy to be isolated if something happens. It’s good now. I just saw their expressions and admired you. This is a good opportunity. You should show more and let the village know you better. We will stay in the village for the rest of our lives. of."

Of course, He Yangxuan wanted to keep the door tightly shut and keep his ears shut, which is unrealistic.

Until then, human beings will be a humane society.Sitting in the office before, the people in this company are all their own people. As the leadership, as long as the command is correct and everyone has a smiling face, they are in the leading position in this company and don’t have to worry about anything.

But after returning to the village, everything returned to its original shape, and it took some effort to blend in.

When He Yangxuan said this, Lin Qian couldn't help stretching out his hand to rub his hair: "It's a human life anyway, so I can't just watch it. It's a blessing to be able to save someone once you meet him. I'm leaving, and I'll call Let's go to Uncle Liu and take him to the county together."

"Don't talk too much, whether it can be delivered or not is another matter. It's just an earthquake, what if there is a ground crack on the road?"

"If there is a floor seam, you have to get through it. Someone came up with the solution. I'm leaving." The garage door opened, and Lin Qian wanted to get in the car.

He Yangxuan pulled Lin Qian over and kissed him: "Be careful on the road."

"Call you when you arrive, and tell my grandfather, let me see, if you can't come back tonight, come back tomorrow, don't worry."

Lin Qian got in the car, but He Yangxuan was worried, walked to the co-pilot, opened the small drawer, put some food and emergency supplies in it, put another coat on the driver's seat, and took two parasols In the co-pilot's seat, the door was closed.

Usually it's okay, but this time it's after the earthquake.He Yangxuan's heart became more delicate after experiencing the fear just now.

"I'm leaving."

"Go early and return early."

Lin Qian drove out, and He Yangxuan felt a little uncomfortable watching the car get out of the garage.He really wants to go together, and he can help if there is any situation.But in this case, grandpa needs company more than Lin Qian.

He Yangxuan had to take good care of his grandfather, so Lin Qian wouldn't worry.

Lin Qian first drove to Uncle Liu's house, let him get in the car, and then explained to him in a few simple words on the way to Xue Xinyi's side.

When they got to Xue Xinyi's side, Lin Qian asked Uncle Liu to wait in the car. He got out of the car and entered the clinic. Xue Xinyi was treating the wound.The place where he was bitten was his ankle. Lin Qian took out the half of the snake, opened his clothes bag, and twisted the lid of the jar. The snake inside was still alive and moving inside.

Lin Qian didn't even dare to look at it, and couldn't help but take a look.Before, I was highly nervous about the secretion of adrenaline, and I was a lot more courageous. Now I just look at the overnight meal and I feel like vomiting.

Xue Xinyi stopped, took a closer look at the snake, and was a little uncertain: "It seems to be a black-browed viper, and I'm not sure. I'll go to the county and show it to the county doctor later."

Xue Xinyi is studying for a master's degree. To put it bluntly, he is still at the stage of talking on paper, and he has not participated in much practical teaching.Right now, it's okay to see a minor illness and treat a small wound in the village, but it's impossible to treat these fatal injuries.

The wound is treated simply to prevent the spread of toxicity.Tie the thigh with a tourniquet, and tell the woman husband that he will untie it for half an hour, and then tie it again, and try to go to the hospital within an hour, so as to minimize the spread of toxicity.The degree of lethality of this snake's venom is not yet known, there are only these things that can be done.

Lin Qian wrapped the snake in clothes again, and led the couple into the car and headed straight to the county.

The woman was terrified, and said a lot of nonsense along the way, and she didn't know whether it was because of the snake venom or sheer fright.

Lin Qian stepped on the gas pedal and encountered the crack when he left the village.

Stop the car, the crack is more than one meter wide, it is definitely unrealistic to drive directly through it.

Lin Qian looked at the two sides of the car. There were lands on both sides. The crack extended for 30 to [-] meters, but the ground could be bypassed by walking in, or the crack would be narrower.But there are trees planted by the roadside, even if they are dead, the spacing is very narrow.And even without trees, the slope down is a bit scary.

Lin Qian frowned, a little difficult.

The woman's husband was a little anxious, and looked up: "What's the matter?"

Uncle Liu helped to explain: "There are cracks, which should be caused by the earthquake, so we can't get through."

Uncle Liu also understood that Lin Qian didn't send him to the county before, no one would have the guts to pass through such a crack.Unless it is an excavator or bulldozer with larger wheels, a general tractor cannot pass through such a wide crack.

Lin Qian frowned, thought about it, and said, "Go back to the village, find some wooden boards and bring them here."

This is the simplest and most practical method. If there is a crack, build a bridge to pass it.

However, ordinary wooden boards may not be able to bear so much load. You need to choose a thick and wide one, which is really not easy to find.

Go back to the village again and go directly to the brigade to find the village chief.There was a pile of wood on the side of the brigade, and the village chief asked Lin Qian to choose the right one after knowing the situation.But the ones in this village are either cut thin slices or round wood, which are not suitable.

Time waits for no one, Lin Qian thought about it, and chose a few thin wood chips, which should be higher when stacked together.

Tie the plank to the roof of the car, drive out of the village again, let everyone in the car go down before the crack, and pave the plank.The woman who was bitten by the snake was hugged by her husband and stood by the side. Lin Qian and Uncle Liu laid out the wooden boards, and asked Uncle Liu to direct the board to watch. Keep pushing.As long as the car has a plank on it, it's basically fine.

Facts have proved that this off-road vehicle's ability to grip the ground is still impressive. After getting on the wood, Lin Qian drove over slowly and successfully reached the opposite side.

The boards could not be left alone, there might be cracks in the front, so the boards were taken back and tied back to the roof of the car, and the four of them continued to go to the county.

There are many things along the way, either there are cracks, or the tree has fallen.As soon as we left the village, we met two fallen trees on the road. Fortunately, they were both dead trees. The three men worked together to remove them, but time was delayed.

By the time we got to the county, nearly two hours had passed.

The person entered the emergency room, Lin Qian gave the half snake to the doctor, and the doctor identified what kind of snake it was to get the serum, and the rest was just doing what it took to obey fate.

After getting settled here, Uncle Liu couldn't wait to go to his daughter-in-law's ward to take a good look at this hard-won little granddaughter.

Lin Qian was right. During an earthquake, other places might not be safe. Only the hospital is the safest.Because the hospital not only has patients, but also has precious doctor resources.In the event of an accident, the hospital is the first place to be protected.

The Liu family was really terrified during the earthquake, but it passed after the earthquake.The newborn cried a lot during the earthquake, and when the shaking stopped, she held her in the arms of her own mother, Wang Ying, and fell asleep after a while.

Lin Qian also heaved a sigh of relief when he was sent to the hospital.This day I just ate two bites in the morning, and now it is past one in the afternoon, and I just relaxed after being highly stressed, and I am very hungry at this time.Say goodbye to Liu's family, go back to the car and have some food to pad your stomach, and call home to report that you are safe.

At this time, He Yangxuan and grandpa in the family also breathed a sigh of relief.

Grandpa told Lin Qian to go back to the city and go upstairs. If there were aftershocks tonight, it would be a new house, which would be safer.

Lin Qian said yes, hung up the phone, drove to a shaded place, locked the car and squinted to sleep for a while.

It's hot in summer, and it's cool to turn on the air conditioner in the car.Lin Qian hadn't taken a nap for a long time, and he was really nervous today.

Just went back this morning and now I'm back.

Things are unpredictable.This year it's been another flood, another scorching sun, another forest fire, and now there's an earthquake.

Lin Qian squinted for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and his drowsy head suddenly woke up.

In such hot weather, even if there are snakes on the nearby mountains, shouldn't they enter the village at this time?After all, there are few weeds on the road, and it is hot and dry.

If it is said that it was shaken by an earthquake, it proves that this poisonous snake came from a nearby mountain.

That said, there are still poisonous snakes on the mountain, and it is very likely that there are absolute numbers.

Thinking of this, Lin Qian shivered, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

You know, not long ago, he often went up the mountain with He Yangxuan to look at the trees.Just use the flashlight, but when you are unlucky, you will be bitten by a snake...

And is this the only snake?

If there are as many as mice...

Lin Qian didn't dare to think about it, the more he thought about it, the more creepy he felt.

Lin Qian immediately picked up the phone and called He Yangxuan.

Not long after he hung up the phone, he called again, which startled He Yangxuan, and he answered it almost instantly, for fear that something would happen to Lin Qian.

"Hey! What's wrong?"

"Do you have snake repellent?" Lin Qian asked.

When He Yangxuan bought some outdoor equipment, he bought a lot because he had a lot of money.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Sprinkle it all over the yard, sprinkle more! And sprinkle it around the yard too! Maybe the earthquake shook out the poisonous snake. There is a biting one here. If you don't keep it all, there are more. Let's prepare more." Lin Qian Some were glad that they ran over after hearing the cry for help, otherwise, if there was a second one, it might be their own bad luck.