Licheng Twilight

Chapter 63

City B's economy is not as good as that of Li City, and it is still at a very lagging stage.

Ye Tianche drove all the way here, and all he saw were farmlands and mountains, without any urban atmosphere.

After driving for less than half an hour, I found that the road ahead was blocked. Not far away, all the dirt and rocks on the mountain slid down, blocking the entire road, making it impossible for cars to pass.

Looks like it's been affected here too.

Ye Tianche grabbed a passing villager, danced and gestured for a long time, but the old man didn't understand what he meant. Sure enough, it was still inconvenient to lose a mouth. After thinking about it, he took out a pen and wrote it on the paper. Write down a line, "Master, how far is it from Yu County?"

"Young man, there was just a big earthquake in Yu County, and it's still very dangerous there. You can't drive here. If you want to go to Yu County, you can only walk there." The old man stroked his beard and spoke in dialect. Question mark, repeated again kindly.

Fortunately, the dialect here is not difficult to understand. After listening for a long time, Ye Tianche finally grasped some key points and understood seven or eight points.

Seeing that the old man was about to leave, Ye Tianche quickly grabbed his hand, gesticulating indiscriminately, and asked how to go?
The old man gave him a strange look, pointed to a gravel road in the southeast, and said that you can just go straight along this road, but the road must be very difficult after the earthquake.

Ye Tianche bowed to express his thanks, left the car and left.

The old man behind him was still trembling and shouting, hey, young man, it takes at least ten hours to walk to Yu County from here, you——

Mu Mu has been here for the fourth day, and this is her first visit to the earthquake site.

I can't explain the feeling, I don't know how to describe the scene.

There are collapsed and dilapidated houses everywhere, and there are broken bodies everywhere. The muddy water in the small river flows around, and bloodstains can be seen faintly on the muddy road.The best time for search and rescue has passed. Almost all the search and rescue team dug out from the ruins were cold corpses, whose limbs were deformed by heavy objects, and some of them could not even see their faces clearly. Everyone has lost their loved ones, but they can only hug their knees and huddle in a small temporary tent, weeping uncontrollably, and their empty eyes are full of fear and anxiety.

Medical care and supplies are in a state of extreme shortage. The earthquake caused landslides, and the vehicles transporting supplies from the government have no way to get in. They can only be transported by manpower, and it will take at least three days to arrive.Water far away can’t save a fire close by. There is a severe shortage of drinking water, food, and medicine here. Many people are injured and need antibiotics and nutrition, but they don’t have it. So they can only use iodine or even normal saline over and over again every day. Washing the wound, drinking porridge every day, those who are not in good health just fell down, survived the earthquake, but died of disease.

Standing next to the pile of corpses, Mu Mu realized for the first time what it means to be filled with sorrow.Just yesterday, the search and rescue team dug up a mother and daughter from under a pile of rubble. It was a young mother, holding her daughter who was less than two years old. The little girl was already dying in the mother's arms, and Mu Mu had no time. Thinking about it, he quickly took the equipment from the backpack and gave her an infusion. The young mother had chapped lips and said thank you weakly.But Mu Mu took the child in her arms and examined it carefully, only to find that the girl's vital signs were already extremely weak. If an emergency operation was performed in a well-equipped hospital, there might still be a chance of survival, but now, under such an environment, it was impossible to recover. sky.

The little girl's mother saw that there was something strange in her expression, as if she realized something, she raised her head and stared at her closely, the longing in her eyes made Mu Mu unable to bear to look at each other, so she could only lower her eyes and shake her head feebly.The young mother immediately couldn't help getting excited, she desperately grabbed Mu Mu's shoulder, crying desperately and lonely, please save my daughter, please save her!I've lost my husband and I can't lose my daughter anymore!Please, please, doctor, I kneel down for you, please save her, please save her!She just knelt down like this, ignoring the sharp rubble and broken glass on the ground, just knelt down straight, the scarlet blood quickly smeared around her knees, and the smell of blood quickly permeated the air.

Mu Mu stood there, motionless, letting the fingernails of her hands grabbing her shoulder cut through her skin and dig deep into her flesh, letting the oozing blood stain her white T-shirt red, letting her She knelt on the ground and hugged her leg and refused to let go, allowing her to push herself to the ground at the end, rushed up and punched her, pointed at her nose and yelled, saying that you can't even save a child, what kind of doctor are you? , You give back my daughter, you give back my daughter!

Crazy to vent, but Mu Mu didn't seem to feel the pain at all, just numb, and didn't resist at all.

Mu Mu held the child in her arms with a blank expression, feeling that her body was getting colder little by little, her body temperature was gradually losing little by little, and finally became stiff.

She put the child back into the mother's arms, with a very soft and low voice, sorry.Immediately, he wiped away the blood stains from the corner of his mouth, limped and turned to leave.

Sorry to see you die.

Sorry, there is no way to save you.

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.

For three whole nights, she didn't close her eyes.

I couldn't sleep, and as soon as I closed my eyes, I saw corpses all over the ground, and heard the overwhelming cries. This place is really a hell on earth.

The children couldn't sleep either. Every day, some children would wake up in a dream and start crying.At first it was one, then the second, then the third, and finally all the children would wake up. Mu Mu held them in her arms and comforted them patiently. The children, who were only a few years old, always woke up with faces full of tears. Looking up with tears on her face, she asked, "Auntie, where are my parents? Where did they go? They didn't die. This is not real, it's just a nightmare, right?"They'll come back when I wake up, won't they?I will be very good and obedient in the future, and they will be reluctant to leave me, will they?
Mu Mu was speechless, she could only hug that small body tightly, patted her back lightly with one hand, and coaxed softly in a hoarse voice, "Hey, go to sleep, go to sleep."

And those teenage children often choose to be silent, silent all day long, staring at the destroyed home that cannot be seen in a daze all day long. Such children are strong and weak at the same time. People are distressed.

On the fifth day, Mu Mu was still running around to help treat the wounded. There were too many wounded here, and few survived without injuries, so the work of the medical staff was very heavy.In addition to dealing with newly discovered patients every day, we also need to change the dressings and give injections for a large number of wounded.Occasionally, some serious patients suffer from shock, organ failure, or even heart failure, and urgent rescue is inevitable.

In fact, the night scene here is very beautiful. In the midsummer sky, there are always a few stars faintly hanging on the sky before night falls. At night, the bright stars cover the whole sky, and the wind blows When passing by, I can often smell the faint fragrance of flowers sent from far away places, which is the smell of unknown wild flowers, which is faint and refreshing.

Occasionally there will be lively times, that is in the middle of the night, the crickets in the grass are always singing happily.

Mu Mu suddenly remembered the legend of Aurora.

Aurora is the goddess of dawn in Norse mythology, the youngest daughter of the god king Odin, and one of the Valkyries who summoned the souls of brave warriors. She is a beautiful goddess who flies to the sky every morning to announce to the earth Dawn is coming.And in the legend, Aurora fell in love with the mortal Yerku. She knew she couldn't love him, but she couldn't give up her love. So she prayed to the god king Odin, asking Odin to give her lover the water of immortality, so that he could love him. Never die so they can stay together forever.Odin granted Aurora's request, but he repeatedly warned her that once the wish was made, it could not be taken back.However, Yeerku was seriously injured on the battlefield. Although the water of immortality could save him from death, the wound could no longer heal. Aurora returned to the heaven to ask Odin, and Odin told her: "Go back to him, If you really love him, he will be healed in your love." Aurora was very sad, her lover was in pain, moaning every day, but could not die, Aurora was tired of "so-called love", abandoned Yeerku went away and turned him into a cricket.It is said that this is also the reason why the cricket keeps screaming every day, because the person he loves has abandoned him, so he groans all day long.

A bit of an ironic story.

At dusk, she was changing the dressing for a person who had injured a leg, when suddenly someone patted her on the shoulder, it was a colleague who was working together, he pointed behind him and said, Mu Mu, someone is looking for you over there.

Mu Mu looked back, turned around, and saw Ye Tianche standing ten meters away, with his back straight, standing against the wind, as if he had fallen from the sky.

Mu Mudai reacted, lowered his head and bent his mouth mockingly, and patted his face, heh, why did he have hallucinations again, it seems that he has been really tired recently.

He raised his head again, but saw him walking towards him, getting closer and closer, and finally stopped at an arm's length away, he smiled, smiling at her childishly sunny, Mu Mu I just feel that my whole brain has lost the ability to think. For a moment, it seems that the whole world has quieted down, and everything between heaven and earth has been eclipsed. Only his smile is warm and real.

He looked at her and opened and closed his lips silently. Although it was only a few seconds, Mu Mu could see clearly. He said, Mumu, I miss you.

Then, he stretched out his arms towards her. This time, without any hesitation, she rushed forward and hugged his waist tightly, and buried her head on his chest. The first time I cried unscrupulously, the exhaustion and insomnia for days Let her physical strength to the extreme, she leaned in his arms, felt the familiar breath, and finally passed out with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)