Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 47 Collapse
"It's not that fast," Jiang Minghui didn't dare to say anything else, so he could only keep repeating: "It's not that fast."

"These people who just entered the city are just coming back now."

"My eldest brother went early and must have passed the Centenary Bridge earlier. But there were too many people inside and we couldn't squeeze out at the moment."

"I'll definitely come back if I wait a little longer."

"Really?" Bai murmured silently with both eyes, "Really?"

In fact, Jiang Mingshun and Jiang Jinyu really encountered some problems.

A quarter of an hour ago, the two struggled to squeeze out of the crowd.

Because he thought he would come back soon, Jiang Mingshun didn't plan to go far. He took Jiang Jinyu and walked slowly along the street along the stream bank, trying to find a restaurant with a better view.

Various shops line the river bank, and rows of lanterns hang at the door, illuminating the whole street as if it were daytime.

Is this the city that never sleeps?Jiang Jinyu was amazed. She raised her head and looked into the distance, feeling that the scene in front of her was like a river of stars scattered in the world.

Although Jiang Mingshun was also attracted by the magnificence of the Lantern Festival, he had seen it several times before. He quickly came to his senses and saw that many people in the crowd were holding lanterns in their hands.

Especially the cute rabbit lanterns in the hands of several children, which flicker as the children walk, which is very interesting.

"Mother Fish," Jiang Mingshun looked at the stall not far away, which was covered with lanterns, and was surrounded by circles of people buying lanterns, and asked, "Can dad buy you a lantern?"

Jiang Jinyu looked up and saw her father's eager look on his face, thinking, who are they buying it for?
She didn't expose it, just nodded and said, "Okay, Dad, help me choose one."

Jiang Mingshun happily squeezed in and picked out a rabbit lantern for Jiang Jinyu to hold. After thinking about it, he took out a hibiscus lantern and a golden koi lantern from the side.

While paying, he explained to Jiang Jinyu: "Take one back each for your mother and brother."

Jiang Jinyu: "..."

Stop talking, she understands.

After buying lanterns, the two of them found a random restaurant and went directly to the second floor.

Jiang Mingshun was busy ordering food, while Jiang Jinyu was lying by the window and looking out. He just felt that it was a different feeling to stand up and watch the lantern market.

Chaos suddenly occurred at this moment.

At first, Jiang Jinyu only vaguely heard faint shouts coming from the distance.

She stood there and listened carefully for a while, and seemed to hear crying among them.

The sound became louder and louder, and Jiang Mingshun, who was sitting in the back seat, also heard it and rushed to Jiang Jinyu's side immediately.

This restaurant is very large, three stories high.

The private rooms above have long been booked by wealthy people in the city, and only the lobby is still available to entertain guests who come out to attend the lantern festival in the evening.

"What's going on? What's going on outside?" More and more people gathered around the window, and everyone asked each other: "I seem to hear crying, do you hear it?"

"I heard it too."

"I was downstairs just now and heard a loud noise."

"Isn't it a house that collapsed?"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was quiet for a moment.

They suddenly thought that they were also in the house. What if this side collapsed too?

Some people no longer wanted to stay up there and watch the excitement, and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and went downstairs.

Jiang Mingshun also took this opportunity to hug Jiang Jinyu and leave the window.

He returned to the table and sat down, his face looking very ugly.

"Mother Fish," Jiang Mingshun asked uncertainly, "How about we go back first?"

He wasn't sure what happened, but he suddenly remembered the fire decades ago.

If something like that happened again, he really couldn't imagine the consequences of being trapped here.

Jiang Jinyu shook her head subconsciously. Her mind was in chaos, but she knew she couldn't just go out like this.

She was one of the first people to stand by the window. Although she didn't see what happened, she saw people outside rushing to squeeze into the shops on the roadside.

Why are they pushing in?It must be because it's not safe outside.

In this case, can they really go out?

To put it bluntly, even if it was really safe outside, how could they go out against the crowds of people that kept crowding in?

"Wait a minute." Although she was anxious, Jiang Jinyu still tried to control her emotions and try to calm down. She said, "Someone will definitely come up in a while."

"So many people just came in."

"They must be asking about the situation now." After hearing this, Jiang Mingshun could only suppress his uneasiness.

Apparently there are many people who think the same way.

The people who were originally gathered around the window also returned to their seats one after another, with only a few still looking out nervously.

I think there are relatives and friends still outside.

Once there are fewer people blocking the window, the sounds outside become clearer.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!"

"Let the children go in first!"

"Get out of here, Laozi!"

"If you squeeze people and knock them down, don't even get in!"

The sound became sharper and shriller, constantly hitting everyone's eardrums.

Could it be that a stampede really happened? Jiang Jinyu's bad feeling was getting stronger and stronger.

More and more people squeezed in, and some people have already reached the second floor.

Those people's faces were completely devoid of holiday joy.

All of them were dressed in shabby clothes, some had their hair half untied on their shoulders, and some were leaning against the wall with only one shoe on, panting, and the panic in their expressions was obvious.

"Brother," a diner who had been on the second floor bravely stepped forward and asked, "What's going on outside?"

The man leaning against the wall suddenly looked up after hearing the sound.

"Ho!" The diner was frightened by the ferocity in his eyes and backed away.

"I'm sorry," the man calmed down and said, "The Centenary Bridge collapsed."

"what?"

"Where did it collapse?"

"How did it collapse?"

"How did you know?"

"My God, my cousin is still on the bridge!"

"My aunt's family is here too!"

The crowd, which was listening to the conversation between the diners and the men, suddenly exploded.

Some people asked the man about the situation outside.

Those who had relatives and friends still on the bridge slapped their thighs and hurried downstairs.

Jiang Jinyu has been paying attention to the situation here. After hearing the news, she raised her head and looked at her father. Both of them saw shock in each other's eyes.

As soon as the first person spoke, the others started talking among themselves.

The Centenary Bridge collapsed suddenly. Hundreds of people were crowded on the bridge at that time. The moment the bridge collapsed, the people on the bridge fell into the water like dumplings.

People who had not yet climbed onto the bridge were first stunned by the huge cracking sound, and then panicked.

Some people stood there and did not dare to move, while others were so frightened that they wanted to run back.

People on the periphery didn't know what was going on, but they were infected by the atmosphere and panicked, causing chaos in the entire street.

Since the front and back were full of people, in order not to be trampled by people running from behind, people could only squeeze towards the surrounding shops.

Only then did the scene Jiang Jinyu and others saw just now.

After understanding the whole incident, Jiang Mingshun breathed a sigh of relief.

Although after such an encounter, there will definitely be heavy casualties outside, but it is still much better than a real fire.

Half an hour passed by, and the sounds outside were much quieter than before.

The people who had been lying by the window also came back.

"All the shops on this street are closed." After a moment of silence, the man suddenly said.

No one spoke, everyone looked down at the small empty space in front of them.

This is really true, Jiang Jinyu sighed quietly in his heart, those who have not squeezed in can only think of other ways.

She looked at the second floor, which was almost full of people, and knew what the restaurant owner was thinking. It would be dangerous to let people in again.

(End of this chapter)