Chapter 222: The End of the Cold Doomsday
Chapter 222: The End of the Cold Doomsday
Jiang Jiang stood firm and looked carefully. The small dot in the distance was closer to them.
Is there really anyone?!
"Uncle! Secretary! Do you see anyone over there?!"
Jiang Jiang immediately went to find the branch secretary and others, pointing in the direction he saw and said.
"real?!"
The branch secretary was a little excited. It had been a long time since they saw anyone from outside their own village.
After the cold wave subsided, they wanted to go to Qingtu Village and Qingshui Village, but they found that it was impossible to get there, so they gave up the idea.
Everyone put down their fishing rods and headed towards the direction Jiang Jiang had pointed.
Fishing is a small matter, saving lives is a big matter.
"Secretary, look, are those Uncle Jianguo and his friends?"
Although Zhang Yang was not good at fishing, he had sharp eyes and recognized who it was before the other person came up to him.
Hearing this, Zhang Qiang became a little excited.
Although everyone in their own village survived safely, everyone has relatives in other villages. It would be fine if they lived nearby, but the heavy snow blocked the roads and all communication between the villages was cut off. They didn't know what the situation of others was.
Zhang Qiang was distressed when he saw Liu Jianguo’s pale face.
"Brother, how is everyone doing?"
Zhang Qiang spoke tremblingly.
"Ugh."
Liu Jianguo sighed. Compared to the last time he came to borrow charcoal, he now looked more than ten years older.
"Many people in the village didn't make it. I only got some charcoal from you guys before, otherwise I would have gone with you."
"this......"
Zhang Qiang wanted to speak, but didn't know what to say.
The rest of the people were silent as well.
They were lucky, and by various coincidences, the whole village survived.
But what about everyone else.
Qingshui Village was only a few miles away from their village, but from the tone of Liu Jianguo and others, they could get a glimpse of the tragic situation at that time.
"We went out every day to see that the temperature was gradually rising, until today, when we were finally able to come here."
Liu Jianguo knew something about the situation in Qingshan Village. Several villages had accepted help from kind-hearted people in society and received a lot of food and clothing. However, Qingshan Village was lucky as it happened to have a charcoal factory and had a lot of charcoal that had been produced but had not yet been shipped out.
He had heard before that this factory was invested in by the only college student in their village. Even if he was envious and jealous, there was nothing he could do because the younger generation in their village were not as capable as him.
Seeing that people from Qingshui Village had arrived, everyone stopped fishing. Everyone picked up their own bucket and the group returned to the village in a mighty procession.
Ever since the temperature has risen, everyone has moved back to the charcoal factory. The abandoned military base is good, but it is too remote and it is not very convenient to get anywhere.
This time when they brought the people of Qingshui Village back, there was chaos again.
After Liu Hui learned about the various news about Qingshui Village, she kept crying.
"It's all my fault. I wish I could have let you bring back more charcoal."
Liu Jianguo and others sighed.
"It's not your fault. I can only say that God is not kind to people."
Regardless of whether Zhang Qiang accepted their money or not, the few people who came with them could only carry so much charcoal back.
"Brother, why don't you move over here? We have food and heating in our village, and at least no one will die anymore."
The original population of Qingshui Village was larger than that of Qingshan Village, but many young people in their village did not return to the village. The people in the village were old and young, and many people did not survive this cold wave.
According to Liu Jianguo, there are less than fifty people still alive.
When others heard what Liu Jianguo said, they felt the same way.
If there were no Jiang Jiang, the situation in their village would probably not be much better than that of Qingshui Village and Qingtu Village.
Liu Jianguo and others have not moved here to live after all. The remains of their relatives are still in Qingshui Village. How can they come here?
However, after the two villages were connected, they moved a lot of charcoal back for heating.
"Qiangzi, we will give you the money later."
Zhang Qiang shook his head.
"No need. If I had known that this snowstorm would be this serious, I would never have asked you for money, and I would not have asked you to carry only this little charcoal back."
"No more deaths can occur."
Liu Jianguo didn't say anything, his face was already covered with tears.
Yes, it is already extremely difficult to survive, we can’t allow more people to die.
This time, God finally treated them well.
In the days that followed, although the temperature did not rise significantly, it gradually improved.
Every day Zhang Qiang sends signals through the only radio in the village.
It's not a call for help, but a desire to help others.
At the same time, everyone in Qingshan Village also started to take action. They would go out to explore the road every day, the road to Qingshui Village and Qingtu Village, and the road to the foot of the mountain.
As time goes by, the temperature gradually warms up, and little by little, the outdoor temperature has risen to minus ten degrees Celsius.
Although it is still a bit cold, it is a suitable temperature for people who are accustomed to the cold.
At least you're walking outside and won't freeze to death immediately.
Gradually, they were able to bring people back from the foot of the mountain and other villages.
Every person brought back was skinny and bony without exception.
"Eat slowly. There is still a lot of food in our village. I will give you some clothes later."
It was not the first time that Aunt Shufen had seen someone being rescued, but she couldn't bear it every time.
How much suffering have these children endured?
Gradually, the reputation of the Qingshan Village Survival Base spread.
After hearing the news, many people who suffered in Liaocheng went to the mountains together.
Qingshan Village gradually evolved into one of Liaocheng's official rescue bases.
One day, a team of soldiers in military uniforms brought a group of young people to the Qingshan Village Survival Base.
Jiang Jiang just happened to be walking out of the house and ran into them head-on.
Suddenly, she smiled.
Because the young people in front of her happened to be her college alumni.
This group of young people are students from Liaocheng University of Science and Technology.
Two of them are members of the same club as Jiang Jiang.
However, Jiang Jiang did not see those familiar faces.
And those students had never expected that one of their alumni would be here.
"I heard there's a lot of food here, and we won't have to go hungry anymore. Is that true?"
"Who knows? Anyway, there is a charcoal factory here, so we won't freeze to death..."
(The Extreme Cold Doomsday copy is completed)
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