Chapter 465: Searching
Whether it was Zhang Jianwen or others, listening to the neat thanks from the seventy or eighty children, they felt in their hearts that the hard work in the heavy rain tonight was completely worth it.
"Okay, okay, it's getting late now. The children must be hungry. Let's let everyone eat while the food is still hot."
With that said, Zhang Jianwen revealed The steamer and the oilcloth of the large steel basin were opened, and the hot food inside was steaming in the cold night.
Smelling the aroma of potato and chicken nuggets in the basin, each of the children couldn't help but swallow. They were really hungry, and the teachers next to them were no exception.
After Zhang An and others distributed bowls and chopsticks to the children, Zhou Yang subconsciously picked up a spoon and served everyone food and food.
After all, in the past two or three years, whether he went to the river to deliver meals to the fishermen at first, or later served meals to the students at home, this action had long become his habit.
The bowls used for the children to eat are all big bowls. These bowls belong to Zhou Yang’s family, and only their family has so many big bowls, because
When the students and children go to eat with them, These are all big bowls.
After all, these children are in the stage of growing. If they don’t do it, let them do it. If they do, try to let them eat as much as possible.
When Zhou Yang finished preparing meals for the children, Ou Lin and the other teachers were still standing.
"Principal Ou, you can eat together, we have prepared a lot of food."
So Zhang An shouted. He knew that these teachers had not returned to the dormitory yet. He has been guarding the students in the classroom, and they must not have eaten yet.
So when they were at Zhou Yang's house, Zhang An asked Zhou Yang to cook more meals.
After all, for them, this is just a matter of putting in more rice.
Olin and the others were a little shocked, because they subconsciously felt that these meals were prepared by the village for the children, and they were not included in them.
If they ate, these students might not have enough to eat, so they kept watching.
I thought that after the students had eaten, they would go back to the dormitory to deal with them casually. After all, they lived in the school, which was quite convenient.
Unexpectedly, Zhang An also prepared rations for them. Now they changed from taking care of others to being taken care of.
"In this case, let's stop being polite. It just so happens that we have never had the opportunity to have dinner with the students."
Ou Lin looked at the remaining rice in the steamer and the remaining vegetables in the basin. There was indeed a lot, so he didn't pretend to be polite.
After calling out to the other teachers who were at a loss next to him, he picked up a big bowl, filled himself a bowl of rice, and took two vegetables from the basin.
At first, when Ou Lin put the spoon down, he found that there was a lot of chicken on the spoon. He immediately put it back in the basin and prepared to scoop it out again.
When I took the second spoonful, I found that there was even more chicken.
Only then did he realize that there was no less chicken than potatoes in the pot, and he became even more silent at the moment.
When he saw chicken in other children’s bowls at first, he already felt good about it.
But in his heart he felt that there wouldn’t be much chicken in this big pot of chicken.
After all, in his opinion, these meals were prepared by the village. What they can give them in one bite is already good, and it is impossible to expect more.
Because everyone in the village is actually not very wealthy, although everyone raises chickens, they are not willing to kill one to eat themselves, and they always keep it and sell it for money.
But now it seems that there are not a few chickens in this big pot of potato stewed chicken. It is estimated that a lot of chickens were killed.
Normally, the meals they teachers had were not as good as this meal, so he remained silent and sighed in his heart that the people in the village were so simple and kind.
Seeing Ou Lin take action, the other teachers also put aside their reserve and followed Ou Lin behind.
Because tonight is still very long, there is no way to go back to the dormitory. They must guard the students in the classroom.
After all, the rain outside is still the same as when it first started falling. It is still unknown whether it will stop tonight.
They dare not leave students alone in the classroom. If someone gets naughty and runs out in the heavy rain at night, they, the teachers, are not responsible for what happens.
While they were eating, Zhang An went home again in the rain.
Because he saw that the candles lit in the classroom were about to burn out, and when he came, he forgot about the candles, so he did not bring the candles.
And this time he not only went home to get some candles, but also picked up two buckets of water.
In addition to eating, the children also need to drink water, but there are no water pipes in the teaching building. Even if they want to drink tap water, they have to go out in the heavy rain.
So Zhang An picked up two buckets. Although there were a lot of children, the buckets in Zhang An's house were not small. One bowl for each person would definitely be enough to survive the night.
And it is also beneficial to prevent them from drinking too much, so as to avoid having to go to the toilet when they are anxious at night.
Originally, in this kind of weather, we should prepare two buckets of boiled ginger water.
But Zhang An didn't do this because he thought it was too much trouble. It would be better to just pick up two buckets of space spring water than anything else.
After everyone had finished eating, Zhang An and his group packed up the dishes and went home from school.
It’s very late now, and it’s time for everyone to go home and sleep. Normally, everyone would have fallen asleep at this point, not to mention when it rained heavily, everyone would have slept more. morning.
Early the next morning, when it was only six o'clock, Zhang An had already gotten up from the bed.
At this time, everyone at home was still sleeping. Zhang An opened the door and looked outside.
The good news is that the rain is lighter than yesterday, and he can see farther in the rain than yesterday. But the bad news is that the rain is not much lighter, and it is still falling from the sky.
Then Zhang An came to the third floor and found that the water level in the river had risen a lot after one night.
At this time, the paddy fields on both sides of the river bank were full of bright river water, and no fields could be seen at all.
Even Zhang An's strawberry field and grass planting area were completely submerged by water.
It’s just that compared to yesterday, the water flow is no longer so turbulent. The entire river surface has become much gentler in the rain, and there is no longer the roaring roar of yesterday.
At a glance, even in those paddy fields that were not flooded, all the seedlings were completely wiped out and were already crawling in the water.
Even the peach and cherry trees in the orchard behind the house, which were flourishing just a few days ago, have been damaged by heavy rains and are now bare without a single leaf.
While Zhang An was watching everything outside in a daze for a while, the old uncle's voice came from downstairs, and Zhang An came down from upstairs.
"Uncle is so anxious, is there something wrong?"
Zhang Jianwen was wearing a raincoat when he came, but he was still wet in many places from the rain, and his The voice was filled with anxiety.
Although this old man usually acted like a breeze and came and went like fire, he was rarely in such a hurry, so Zhang An assumed that he came to see him with something important.
"Chen Laoliu and his wife didn't go home last night, and they haven't come back yet."
Zhang Jianwen took a breath and said to Zhang An in a very low tone.
"What?"
Zhang An's eyes widened immediately. It rained so hard last night that there were still people in the village who had not returned from the mountain.
"I only found out this morning. His wife ran to me at dawn and said that Chen Laoliu and his wife went to the fields yesterday and haven't come back yet."
Before it rained yesterday, Zhang and his party used a loudspeaker to shout for a long time, telling people in the fields to go home quickly. The loudspeaker is very big and the sound can be heard far away, even from the Wild Boar Rock.
Many people in the village who went to the fields yesterday rushed towards their homes when they heard the horn.
Some people went farther away, so they came back in the heavy rain.
"That's troublesome. It's been a whole day and a night. Even if I find a place to hide temporarily because of the heavy rain, I'm afraid something will go wrong after such a long time."
If it’s just because the rain is too heavy and you find a cave or somewhere to take shelter first, then there’s no problem.
But if something goes wrong on the road, it will probably be bad after such a long time.
"No matter what, we are all from the same village. I want to organize people to go out to help search. And although the rain today is heavy, it is not as severe as yesterday. There is no problem walking. So I came here to ask you if you want to Let’s go together.”
Zhang Jianwen has always had a strong sense of responsibility. Now that he has encountered this kind of thing, Zhang An is not surprised at all by making such a decision.
However, Zhang Jianwen did not force him this time, but asked one by one. After all, in the current situation outside, if others are willing to go, it is out of love or not out of duty. He can't say anything.
And he made this decision only after seeing that the rain today was not as violent as yesterday.
If it were yesterday, he would not have dared to organize people.
Because if someone comes to find out what happened to Chen Laoliu and his wife, he simply cannot bear the responsibility.
"We must go here. We are all neighbors of the village. If we can lend a hand, we will definitely help."
Zhang An did not hesitate and immediately agreed to Zhang Jianwen. After all, human life is a big deal.
As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Sometimes neighbors in the village are more useful than relatives at home.
"Then I'll inform the others and meet at my place later."
The first person Zhang Jianwen came to see was Zhang An. Hearing Zhang An's readily agreed, his face was very pleased, which also showed that he had not misjudged the person.
After Zhang Jianwen left, Zhang Jianguo also got up and came out of the room.
"Zhang Ping's father came over, what's the matter?"
The two did not meet, so Zhang Jianguo didn't know what was going on.
"Chen Laoliu and his wife went to the fields yesterday and haven't come back yet. My uncle wants to organize everyone to help find them."
Zhang An was preparing for a meeting. He told his father what he needed for his son.
"Then I will go with you. When your grandma left, I was always helping you until you sent your grandpa to the mountains."
When Zhang Jianguo heard this, he also I'm going to change my clothes and go with him.
In the village, when an elderly member of the family passes away, relatives cannot send him away, so he relies on the help of his neighbors.
So this kind of favor is very important in everyone's heart. When someone is in trouble, you must take the initiative to help, so as not to make others feel sad.
Otherwise, the next time something happens to your family, no one will be willing to help.
"Dad, please don't go. It won't work if you don't leave someone at home."
Zhang An didn't want his father to go with him, because one of the two men in the family must be left behind. At home, there is always someone who can make decisions about anything.
Whether it is to help or to return a favor, one person per family is enough.
If they all go, what will Wang Fang and Su Ying do if something happens to the family?
Besides, Su Ying is still pregnant, so Wang Fang will definitely not be able to do it alone at home.
If Zhang Jianguo is allowed to go, Zhang An will definitely be worried.
It’s still raining heavily, so I’m not sure what the situation will be like if I go to the mountains.
He has his own space and is not worried about anything he encounters, but Zhang Jianguo cannot.
In the end, Zhang Jianguo was convinced and stayed at home to watch. He just kept telling Zhang An to be careful outside.
When Zhang An was ready, he put on his raincoat and went out with a walking stick.
When we arrived at Zhang Ping's house, a lot of people had gathered, at least twenty or thirty people.
Young people like Zhou Yang, Huang Ming, etc. were all there, and Zhang An also saw his second uncle and third uncle coming.
This is the cohesion of a village. If any family has difficulties, everyone is willing to help.
Of course, it must be normal people. If it were the Li Jinbiao family in the past, no one would be willing to do it at this time.
After all, people like them only have themselves in mind, and they have offended everyone all the time.
This is why everyone clapped their hands and applauded when their family was driven out of the village.
"Xiao An is here, hurry up and eat the noodles."
When the old aunt saw Zhang An coming, she immediately picked up a bowl of hot noodles from the kitchen and brought it over.
This is also the attentiveness of the old aunt. She knew that Zhang Jianwen was looking for people early in the morning and no one had time to eat, so she prepared them at home.
After all, we have to go out in the heavy rain later, and we definitely can’t go hungry. There’s no reason for that.
Everyone who came over now was holding a bowl of noodles and eating it.
Zhang An was not polite and took the noodles from the old aunt's hand smoothly. He really forgot about breakfast just now.
After a while, Zhang Jianwen came back, followed by several people.
"Xiao An, why don't you bring Xiao Hu with you."
After Zhang Jianwen saw Zhang An, he suddenly said.
In the past, Mr. Huang chased a cow into the mountains, and it was Xiaohu who found it.
Later, when we were looking for wild boars, everyone saw with their own eyes the abilities of the little tigers.
"Uncle, there is no need to bring Xiaohu with me. It's not that I can't bear it, but it's useless to carry him."
Although Xiaohu's nose is very sensitive, there is nothing he can't find in the mountains. people.
But it has been raining now, and any traces left by humans have long been washed away by the rain.
So even if he took the tiger cubs with him, there would be no use for them, so he might as well leave them at home.
Everyone saw Zhang An pointing at the rain that was falling outside, and instantly understood why Zhang An didn't bring the dog with him this time.
(End of this chapter)