Reborn in the red age

"Weimin, how is the situation in Gusu? Has the water from Taihu Lake flooded into Gusu City?"

Hu Jiabao, who was resting in the house, heard the noise coming from the living room. He hurried out of the house and asked Wang Weimin about the flood situation in Gusu.

Seeing Hu Jiabao's nervous expression, Wang Weimin was stunned and suddenly remembered that Gusu was Hu Jiabao's hometown.

The two places are so close, and when the flood came, Wang Weimin secretly ran back without taking Hu Jiabao's parents with him. This made Wang Weimin feel a little embarrassed when facing Hu Jiabao's questions.

"Gusu, Gusu should be fine. I haven't heard of any news of water entering the city." Wang Weimin scratched the back of his head awkwardly and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry. I forgot to pick up my uncle and aunt in Gusu before I came back."

Hu Jiabao was a little disappointed that he didn't get any specific information from Wang Weimin. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay. With such a big disaster, communications are blocked and roads are cut off. You don't know my parents. Even if you go to Gusu to pick them up, you probably won't be able to find them."

"Jiabao, Weimin just came back from the disaster area. The news he brought is accurate. Gusu City has not been affected by the disaster. Don't worry, your parents will be safe." Seeing that Hu Jiabao was in a low mood, Li Qingfeng hurried forward to comfort him.

"Yes, sister-in-law, don't worry. The troops have entered the disaster area. This is not a mountain flood, so nothing will happen." Wang Weimin also echoed.

Listening to the two people's comfort, Hu Jiabao nodded and forced a smile on his face.

When Hu Jiabao returned to the room after learning the details of the flood, Li Qingfeng looked at Wang Weimin and said unhappily, "The whole of southern Jiangsu is now engaged in disaster relief. Why did you come back instead of staying in Wuxi to organize the factory workers to help with the disaster relief?"

“I ran back because I was afraid”

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Li Qingfeng wanted to scold Wang Weimin for being afraid of death, but he put himself in Wang Weimin's shoes and thought that faced with such a big flood, he would probably run away to avoid the disaster for the sake of his life. So he swallowed the curse and asked about the factory's losses instead.

"Don't mention it. My factory was built on a depression. The water came in at night. When people discovered it, the water was almost one meter high. The factory suffered heavy losses this time." Wang Weimin's face was filled with heartache when talking about the factory's losses this time.

Li Qingfeng nodded and said comfortingly, "It's okay. It's just a little loss of property. It's nothing. You can earn money again if you lose it. As long as you are safe, it's fine. By the way, why didn't you bring Benxia and the child with you today?"

When Wang Weimin heard Li Qingfeng mention his wife and children, his expression became a little awkward, and he stammered and couldn't say anything.

Looking at Wang Weimin's expression, Li Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and said strangely, "You didn't come back alone, did you?"

"No, no, I am not the kind of person who would abandon my wife and children. I have brought them all back, I have brought them all back," Wang Weimin waved his hands quickly.

"Then why don't you bring this along?"

"Ebenxia is divorcing me now."

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Li Qingfeng looked Wang Weimin up and down several times. What had this kid done to anger heaven and man that he could force his wife to divorce him?
You have to know that Wang Weimin’s wife could tolerate and not divorce him even when Wang Weimin had a mistress outside.

Under Li Qingfeng's strange gaze, Wang Weimin smiled awkwardly, looked around, and wanted to get close to Li Qingfeng's ear to explain the situation.

But before he could get close, Li Qingfeng pushed him away: "Why are you getting so close? Just sit on the stool and talk."

"Well, I'm a little embarrassed."

"You are embarrassed to do it, but embarrassed to say it?" Li Qingfeng glanced at him and said unhappily: "Okay, there are only two of us in the living room, just say whatever you want to say."

Wang Weimin carefully glanced at Cai Genhua who was busy in the kitchen, and said in a very low voice: "This time when I came back, I brought a woman with me on a boat. Benxia got angry and made several scenes on the boat. As soon as we got off the boat, she threatened to divorce me."

"Benxia knows that you have someone outside, so why would she make trouble with you on the boat?" Li Qingfeng asked in confusion, frowning.

"She was pregnant, and she was vomiting a lot on the boat, and there was no one around, so I..."

"You did this."

Li Qingfeng stopped talking halfway. This matter was difficult to comment on and Li Qingfeng didn't know what to say.

I looked at Wang Weimin speechlessly. This guy is really a scumbag, and he has reached a new level of scumbagship.

Taking his pregnant mistress on the same ship with his wife and children, and taking care of his pregnant mistress in front of his wife on the ship, this is something that no one can tolerate, right?

"Brother, I know what I did was wrong, but there was nothing I could do. She is eleven years younger than me, only twenty-two this year, and with a big belly. Do you think I can not take care of her on the boat?" Wang Weimin tried to give a reasonable explanation for his scumbag behavior.

Li Qingfeng shook his head as he watched Wang Weimin defending himself. After the reform and opening up, the rapid degeneration of society was vividly demonstrated in Wang Weimin.

Lifestyle problems persist despite repeated bans, and even when the crackdown just ended, people were still doing things secretly and didn't dare let anyone know.

With the rapid opening up of the entire society, this guy is no longer hiding anything.

Seeing that Li Qingfeng didn't say anything, Wang Weimin said, "Um, brother, I want to ask you a favor."

"This is about your little girlfriend, hands-free." Li Qingfeng didn't wait for Wang Weimin to finish his words and directly interrupted him.

"Well, this is really her business, brother, please help her. After all, the baby in her belly is my child."

"Your child is not my child, so you should take care of your own child. Now is a time of great disaster, and I don't want to discuss these bullshit with you."

As he spoke, Li Qingfeng turned on the TV directly to check the latest news from the disaster area, and no longer paid attention to Wang Weimin's chatter.

Wang Weimin didn't stay at the Li family for long. He chattered around Li Qingfeng for a while, but when he saw that Li Qingfeng had no intention of paying attention to him, he didn't force him and left the Li family in shame.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. The news of Wang Weimin's divorce spread quickly.

Ma Wenhui, who lived closest to Wang Weimin's home, got the news the next day and hurried over to share the gossip with Hu Jiabao.

I also wanted to call Wang Weimin over and ask him what the situation was.

However, Hu Jiabao was currently worried about the flood at home and was too lazy to care about these trivial matters. He had no interest in Ma Wenhui's proposal at all.

It was the end of June, and the heavy rains that had been falling for two months showed no sign of stopping. The water level of the Chuhe River had risen sharply, and there was a risk of bursting the dike at any time, seriously threatening the normal operation of the Jinpu Railway.

In order to avoid suspension of railway operations and greater losses, some people proposed to divert the Chuhe River, that is, to blast a certain point to lower the water level.

After this method was approved, local blasting operations began immediately.

The diversion of the Chuhe River was successful and the Jinpu Railway was saved, but the continuous heavy rain showed no signs of easing.

In just two months, the total population affected in Anhui and Jiangsu, the two provinces hardest hit by the disaster, reached nearly 90 million, accounting for 70% and 62% of the total provincial population respectively.

The affected areas of crops in the two provinces reached 730 million hectares, with direct economic losses amounting to over 200 billion yuan. The floods left more than million people homeless.

On July 1991, 7, a press conference on "Urgent Appeal for Disaster Relief" was held in the capital. The Secretary-General of China's "International Decade for Disaster Reduction" Committee and the Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs introduced the disaster situation to Chinese and foreign reporters at the press conference.

On behalf of the Chinese government, we urgently call on relevant United Nations agencies, governments of various countries, international organizations, and all relevant parties in the international community to provide humanitarian relief assistance to the disaster-stricken areas in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces of China.

This was the first time in our country’s history that we made a large-scale and direct appeal to the international community for assistance in the face of a domestic natural disaster.

Li Qingfeng, who had been watching TV the whole time, took the lead in responding to the capital's call for donations on behalf of Lemon Company on the day of the press conference.

Donated 20 million U.S. dollars in cash and purchased 30 million U.S. dollars in various disaster relief supplies, with the total donation amount reaching 50 million U.S. dollars.

After Lemon Company, Hong Kong entertainment industry held a large-scale concert "Selflessness Gala" at Happy Valley Racecourse to raise funds for flood victims.

The Hong Kong government allocated HK$5000 million to provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas in East China. Immediately, a wave of donations to help the East China flood relief swept across Hong Kong. In just ten days, the total amount of funds raised for disaster relief in Hong Kong had reached HK$4.7 million.

Even Taiwan, which has always been at odds with the mainland, responded to the mainland government's call at the first opportunity and organized the people on the island to make charitable donations to the mainland.

Li Qingfeng was at home watching the charity performance CD sent from Hong Kong.

When seeing Andy Lau performing the stone-breaking performance, Long Ge doing seven somersaults, Anita Mui flying over the human wall, and Sylvia Chang singing while holding her child, Li Qingfeng kept nodding his head. This performance can be rated as the greatest performance in China.

In the afternoon, Hu Jiabao hurried back. As soon as he came in, he greeted Li Qingfeng and picked up the suitcase to pack his clothes.

Seeing Hu Jiabao hurriedly packing his clothes, Li Qingfeng asked curiously, "What's going on? Why are you packing clothes for no reason? Wasn't Suzhou city not seriously flooded?"

"There are signs of plague in the areas where the disaster-stricken people gather. A large number of the victims are suffering from diseases. There is a severe shortage of doctors and medicines. Our school has urgently organized a medical team to go to the disaster area for rescue. I have signed up. The train will be in an hour." Hu Jiabao kept packing his clothes and quickly answered Li Qingfeng's question.

When Li Qingfeng heard that Hu Jiabao was going to the disaster area for rescue, he was stunned. His first reaction was to step forward and stop Hu Jiabao from packing his clothes.

"What are you doing?" Hu Jiabao, who was stopped from packing his clothes, looked at Li Qingfeng in confusion.

"No, why didn't you discuss it with me? Why are you going to the disaster area? What about our two children? Are you not going to care? Besides, our family has already donated so much money to the disaster area, there is no need to donate people as well."

"I'm a doctor. The disaster area is in need of doctors. It has nothing to do with how much money we donate. Chuyi and Fifteen are already that old. They can't live without someone. Besides, don't we still have Xiao Cai?"

"You are a shitty doctor. How many times a week can you perform surgery? You are a teacher. Don't interfere in other doctors' affairs."

"I am a medical school teacher and also a doctor. Please let me go. The disaster victims need me."

Looking at Hu Jiabao's determined eyes, Li Qingfeng sighed and slowly let go of Hu Jiabao's arm.

Hu Jiabao, who was freed from his restraints, didn't say anything and quickly stuffed all his clothes into the suitcase.

It took me five minutes to pack my luggage and prepare to leave, when I saw Li Qingfeng who looked unhappy.

Hu Jiabao thought for a moment, put down his luggage, stepped forward and gently hugged Li Qingfeng: "I was wrong not to discuss joining the medical team with you, but the disaster area is too miserable. There are more than two million homeless victims on the Huaihe River embankment. There is no end to the embankment, and there are temporary tents everywhere."

"There are elderly people and children who get sick all the time. Every additional doctor in the disaster area can help dozens or even hundreds of people get treatment in advance. You take good care of the children at home. Don't worry about my safety. We are a medical team and we have the protection of the army, so there will be no problem with safety."

"Ugh"

After listening to Hu Jiabao's words, Li Qingfeng sighed deeply and patted Hu Jiabao on the back gently: "Alright, let me go. Isn't the train in an hour? I'll take you there to meet up."

"I knew you were kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the victims suffer. You would definitely support my decision to join the medical team. Honey, you're so nice." As she spoke, Hu Jiabao stood on tiptoes and kissed Qingfeng Li on the face.

Wiping the saliva off his face with disdain, Li Qingfeng snorted coldly: "The best way to deal with the suffering of disaster victims is to not see them. But you can't see this, but you still insist on going in."

"What kind of perverted logic is this?"

"It is what it is. You cannot bear to watch disaster scenes. No matter how hard-hearted or soft-hearted you are, who can help but shed tears when seeing those tragedies? Kind-hearted people will give money if they can, and give things if they can. If they can avoid going to the scene, they will avoid going. If you watch too many tragic tragedies, you will have psychological trauma."

Hu Jiabao thought about it. These words sounded a bit awkward at first, but when he thought about it carefully, they did make some sense.

When Li Qingfeng carried Hu Jiabao's luggage and drove him to the gate of the medical school, quite a few people had already gathered at the entrance.

There were men and women, young and old, and most of them were family members who came to see them off. Many of them held their heads and cried, as if they were going to the battlefield.

"Okay, go back, we're getting in the car."

Standing at the door of the bus that the school had sent, Hu Jiabao waved goodbye to Li Qingfeng, carrying the backpack full of medicine that had just been distributed to him.

Li Qingfeng gave his final instructions before leaving: "Be careful, don't show off your abilities in the disaster area. You are a doctor, and doing your essential work well is the greatest help to the victims. Don't cause trouble to the disaster area."

"Don't worry, I know my own abilities. Don't worry about my safety. Just take good care of the child at home. Don't let Chuyi have too much fun during the summer vacation. Tell her that I will check her grades when I come back. If they drop, I will spank her."

"You can't hit this butt. With the grades in the first grade, there is no room for improvement."

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