After the Earthquake of Rebirth

By the time the temporary rescue team organized by the government arrived at Qingyun Kindergarten, it was already dark.Ning Qiyan and the parents who rushed over later dug up all the buried teachers and students in the kindergarten, checked the lists one by one, and confirmed that there were no omissions.When the earthquake struck, the children were already taking a nap on the small solid wooden bed with railings, and most of them were still alive due to the buffering of the railings.

The temporary rescue team scanned the collapsed ruins again with a life detector to confirm that there were no omissions, leaving two people behind and organizing the survivors to go to the resettlement site designated by the government.

City D has been divided into four resettlement sites.University Town in the Northeast, Stadium in the Southeast, Ecological Park in the Southwest, and Longshan Park in the Northwest.

Because the security guard happened to be an internal employee of Longshan Park and was familiar with the layout and facilities in the park, he was arranged by the rescue team to help resettle the survivors in Longshan Park.

As night fell, Ning Qiyan and Du Cheng separated from the security youth and rushed to Xiangye Primary School not far away.

Compared with Qingyun Kindergarten, where only one-third of the buildings collapsed, three of the four teaching buildings in the entire Xiangye Primary School collapsed, and the only remaining one was a laboratory building with no people there.Fortunately, the nap time in elementary school was delayed. When the earthquake started, most of the students were active in the playground.

Because the teaching building collapsed severely, after the rescue team arrived, they called down the teachers and parents who were temporarily rescued from the ruins, and the rescue team with life detectors made unified arrangements.

Ning Qiyan and Du Cheng randomly found a team to join them, and followed the instructions of the rescue team to clean up the ruins under the light of the mobile lights that were carried to the wall.

As time went by, I heard from time to time the happy laughter of some students after they were rescued, but more often the bodies were found and the parents were crying in mourning.

Ning Qiyan's arms were sore and numb for a long time, and he only relied on his thoughts to support him.

Lifting the slate again, revealing a dirty arm.Ning Qiyan took off his gloves, gently touched his slender arm, and felt the slight movement of his palm, his eyes lit up.

"Du Cheng! Come and help me, this child is alive!"

As the words fell, not only Du Cheng, but also two other middle-aged people nearby rushed over immediately.

Because too few of the students rescued from the teaching building survived, every child who survived was extra careful.

Du Cheng and one of the middle-aged men worked together to lift up the top stone slab. Ning Qiyan quickly lay down and looked down.

"You can't move the wall..." The thin voice came out faintly, if Ning Qiyan hadn't listened carefully, it would be easy to ignore it.

Ning Qiyan quickly swipe through several guesses, and finally asked below: "Can you hear me? Does it mean that if you move, a wall will collapse? If yes, move your arms twice, if not, move your arms three times."

The arm under the palm moved twice.

"Can you tell Uncle which wall it is? Are you the only one under the wall?"

"Right...eleven...alive..."

Shocked, Ning Qiyan stood up and shouted to the place where the rescue team gathered on the other side: "Come here, help support the wall, there are more than ten children alive below!"

Because he was too excited, Ning Qiyan's voice broke when he shouted at the end.

Ning Qiyan lay down again to appease the children below, while the rescue team took over the rescue.It didn't take long to determine the wall in the child's mouth, and carefully opened the position of one person. One of the men involved in the rescue jumped directly and supported the wall with his body.With a support point, the other side does the same.The others moved at the same time, moving the surrounding ruins away.Ning Qiyan was the closest, and immediately carried the child out.Then other people carried out eleven children one after another.

"You are so brave! And very smart!" Ning Qiyan handed the child to the doctor.

The child gave a weak smile.

"Uncle's surname is Ning, and his name is Ning Qiyan. Can you tell uncle your name?" Ning Qiyan asked suddenly, causing Du Cheng who was beside him couldn't help but look up at him.

"Uncle Ning, my name is Han Boyu." As soon as the child finished speaking, he was asked about his health by the doctor, and Ning Qiyan squeezed out from the surrounding family members.

These parents who came forward are all children who have not yet found them.Every time a child is found, whether it is alive or dead, they will come to identify it.

Ning Qiyan turned around to continue participating in the rescue, but Du Cheng grabbed him.

"I haven't slept for 24 hours, and the rescue alone took more than 15 hours."

Ning Qiyan paused, "I'm not tired."

Du Cheng didn't speak, but he didn't let go either.

Ning Qiyan had no choice but to meet his gaze, and after a while, he said helplessly: "Okay, I'm very tired, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get up after I rest."

"Then rest until you can get up." Du Cheng couldn't help but pull him outside.

Ning Qiyan couldn't break free, so he could only follow Du Cheng to find his car.

Ning Qiyan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, did not drive for a long time. Du Cheng glanced at him, thought for a while, got out of the car, went around, and opened the door.

"I'll go."

Ning Qiyan raised his eyebrows, "You don't have a driver's license, do you?"

Du Cheng looked at him. Under such circumstances, who can check the driver's license? !

Ning Qiyan moved his arms, because he relaxed, he couldn't lift his arms at all.In the end, I had to get out of the car and exchange places.

Du Cheng had practiced a few times before, and the car drove very steadily. When he arrived near Longshan Park, there were already many cars parked on the side of the road. You don't need to look to know that the parking lot has long been empty.

He found an empty space and parked the car. When Du Cheng turned his head, he saw that Ning Qiyan had fallen asleep.

Hanging their travel bags on their arms, Du Cheng carried Ning Qiyan on his back and walked towards Longshan Park.

Many survivors had been placed in Longshan Park. The gate was opened, and most of the survivors who walked in were helping each other. Du Cheng followed the flow of people in and saw many rescue workers with yellow cloth strips on their cuffs along the way.

A lot of signposts were temporarily posted on the side of the road. The survivors walked in the direction of the signs, while Du Cheng turned in at the cherry blossom forest.The park where they camped before had only one path, which was a stone path blocked by many fallen trees after the earthquake.

Back to the small park, the original marble-paved park has been covered with bedding or blankets, and even the grass outside the stone surface is fully occupied.And their tent was moved to the grass near the woods.

If you look around, you can see that all the students here are relatively young, because the places connected to other parts of the park are surrounded by woods, which is relatively less crowded and safer for children.

Because this place is already full, and the people who come later will be placed in other places, so when Du Cheng came over, the staff in charge stepped forward.

"Are you injured?" Looking at Ning Qiyan who was carried on Du Cheng's back, the staff explained: "The service center on the east side of Longshan Mountain has been converted into a temporary hospital. If you are injured, you should go there for treatment."

"I was exhausted when I participated in the rescue, but I was not injured." Du Cheng explained, and then pointed to the tent near the woods, "We were originally camping here."

The staff suddenly realized that they seemed to be people who went out to help rescue after the earthquake. No wonder when they came over, they found an empty tent, but no one was there.

"Then you rest, food and water will be distributed regularly."

Du Cheng nodded, then walked towards the tent with Ning Qiyan on his back.

Mattresses and other sundries in the tent were neatly put away. Obviously, after the tent was moved, someone came in to help tidy it up.

Du Cheng put the two bags in his hands to the corner, then put Ning Qiyan on the mattress, helped him take off his dirty and ugly coat and pants, and covered him with a quilt.And he himself took out a can of eight-treasure porridge, ate a few mouthfuls of pickles, and finally got into bed and fell asleep.

Ning Qiyan woke up amidst the chaotic and noisy voices, his muscles ached all over, and the surroundings were pitch black, and he sat up with the light coming in from outside the tent.A little dazed, it took a while to remember that he fell asleep on the way back, presumably Du Cheng carried him back.

Feeling a rumbling stomach, enduring the discomfort in his body, he carefully passed Du Cheng who was sleeping outside.Turn on the charging light on the top of the tent.

"Are you up?" Du Cheng rubbed his eyebrows and sat up.

When Ning Qiyan turned his head, he saw Du Cheng's face was exhausted.

"I'll get up and find something to eat, can you sleep a little longer? Or eat something before going to bed?"

Du Cheng rubbed his face, "I won't sleep anymore, I'm almost done resting." Then he got up and put on his shoes.

Ning Qiyan bent down to put the dirty clothes on the floor into the space, then took out two sets of clean ones, handed Du Cheng's to him, and put on his underwear.

Even though it is already May, the temperature at night is still a bit low, and I feel a bit cold in just wearing long johns and a T-shirt.

After getting dressed, Ning Qiyan opened the curtain of the tent and got out.

The circuit in the park has been damaged, and the lighting is emergency lights, which should have been issued by the city.

Under the light of the emergency lights, people are everywhere as far as the eye can see.

Taking a closer look, Ning Qiyan found that there were a lot of children here, and many of them were snuggling up to the adults.And most of the children have no family around them.And it was the group of children who hadn't found their parents who woke Ning Qiyan up.

When I listened carefully, I heard the adults who were surrounded by the children, whether it was teachers or staff members, comforting the group of children.

"I don't know if the parents of these children can survive." Ning Qiyan whispered to Du Cheng who was standing beside him.

Du Cheng looked at the children over there, but said nothing.

If there is no serious problem, after the earthquake, parents will definitely go to the school to look for their children as soon as possible.And these children who have not seen their parents until they are led by rescuers to move here and settle down, most of them will lose their families.

During the rescue before, Du Cheng heard the rescue team say that after the city reacted, they called in personnel, and the first rescuers were the hospital and the school.

The purpose of rescuing the hospital is to ensure the chances of survival of the medical staff. If the shortage of medical staff is too large, even if other injured people are rescued, it is difficult to guarantee their survival.

And the school, whether it is responsibility or instinct, will always be the first to be rescued.

Judging from the situation during the rescue, the tragedy of the earthquake has exceeded Du Cheng's imagination.