A new disaster has struck again, as if this village is cursed. The natural calamity seems like the hand of God, rcilessly attempting to destroy this village.
Midnight.
A sudden uproar.
The dam suddenly burst, and the stored water roared out like a beast unleashed after being starved for a long ti, rushing fiercely towards the nearby village.
The village under the moonlight, like a tiny mold in a sandbox, was instantly overwheld; the houses tilted and collapsed, unable to withstand the onslaught.
Jiang Can awoke, startled from his dreams.
He and his father rushed out imdiately, heading towards the rescue point, setting up the turtle shell.
As for his family...
The rescue team would prioritize saving them.
The villagers were in a panic, knocked down and swayed by the floodwater.
The rescue team quickly organized, wearing life jackets, going from house to house to find people, escorting them to the turtle shell rescue point.
Every ti the rescue team leader passed by Jiang Can’s house, he would pause, then turn towards another direction.
No one asked why.
Nor did anyone heed the cries for help from the won inside.
No one knew if the number of turtle shells was enough.
Now there were more children in the village, and the three turtle shells were barely enough.
If they first rescued Mrs. Jiang, the dislodged ones could take their children’s spot.
Since Mr. Jiang previously gave up Mrs. Jiang’s spot to save the children, then every ti after that, it should be the sa, right?
Ti passed bit by bit.
Jiang Can supported the turtle shell, watching as children were continuously brought into his turtle shell, but his mother was nowhere to be seen.
Another rescue boat ca over, bringing in a dozen children.
Jiang Can quickly grabbed soone: "Mr. Li, have you found my mom?"
Under the dim moonlight, Mr. Li turned his head away, looking anxious: "Don’t worry, don’t worry! We’re looking! Haven’t found her yet, don’t know where the flood swept her to, we are searching and rescuing, don’t be anxious!"
Jiang Can quickly nodded: "Please, Uncle, my mom’s legs are bad."
Mr. Li hastily responded, steering the rescue boat away.
In the end, Jiang Can did not see his mother and sister being brought into his turtle shell.
He kept consoling himself, maybe they were sent to the other two rescue points!
Slowly, the flood receded.
The turtle shell was reopened.
The ground was muddy, yet the sun in the sky was exceptionally bright.
The village was knocked down and swayed, but under the sunlight, birds perched on the roof singing, as if celebrating the villagers’ survival from the disaster.
Jiang Can rushed out.
He arrived at another rescue point.
"Dad! Are mom and sister with you?" he rushed up.
Mr. Jiang was stunned: "Weren’t they closer to your rescue point?"
Jiang Can’s face changed.
Mr. Jiang, as if realizing sothing, showed a look of panic on his face, hastily saying: "Don’t worry, maybe they were swept to another rescue point, go ask there..."
Jiang Can had already rushed out, running towards another rescue point.
"Village Chief! Are my mom and sister with you?"
The village chief shook his head in bafflent: "No, weren’t they supposed to be with you?"
Jiang Can’s face changed drastically, visibly flustered.
Seeing this, the village chief clearly understood and quickly comforted: "Maybe they’re at another rescue point, you..."
Jiang Can suddenly seed to think of sothing, rushed out, running howard.
"Jiang Can! Jiang Can, where are you going?"
Jiang Can ran back ho like a madman, seeing his ho reduced to rubble, the tilted corners of walls, and the cabinet not swept away.
Soil carried from elsewhere was still piled there.
Nearly up to the ankles.
Jiang Can’s sharp eyes saw a tiny bit of the tricolor flag exposed in the mud.
His pupils suddenly contracted.
He seed to be plunged into a vacuum, all surrounding sounds cut off in an instant.
He crazily rushed over, frantically digging the mud around with his hands.
Mr. Jiang, who followed, turned pale instantly upon seeing the tricolor flag in the mud.
"Mom, here’s a flag made of red, yellow, and green cloth, hold it!"
"What do I need this flag for?"
"I’ve talked to the rescue team! Next ti there’s a disaster, no matter where you are, just wave this flag, and when they see you, they’ll save you first! The colors stand out, they can see it at a glance!"
"Alright, alright, next ti the flood cos, mom will hold your sister and wave this flag, waiting for them to save us! Our Shen really thinks ahead, he will definitely be a considerate husband in the future!"
"Mom, I’m talking about rescue here, where are you going off?"
"Hahaha... such a grown man, why are you getting shy?"
Mr. Jiang stood motionless, losing his spirit, afraid to co closer.
Jiang Can was madly digging, but the flowing mud seed endless.
His hands were injured by nails and sharp broken wood underneath, crimson blood mixed in the black and yellow mud.
Finally, a hand erged from under the mud.
Jiang Can recognized this hand at once.
It cracked every autumn and winter, so his mother loved to wrap bandages around her fingers in winter.
"Mom!!" He roared, finally unable to control himself, tears blurring his vision.
He dug madly.
The guilty and mutually searching glances rescue team hurried over to help.
"Jiang, don’t..."
"Jiang, your hand is bleeding, let us..."
"Get out! All of you get out!" Jiang Can raged, pushing everyone away.
Fallen to the ground, the person also had a bad look, only able to step aside.
Under the brilliant sunlight, not only was Mrs. Jiang excavated but also the young Erya.
Erya was gripping tightly to Mrs. Jiang’s chest with her limbs, Mrs. Jiang’s one hand was gripping tightly to the corner’s rebar, the other clutching the tricolor flag, trying hard to hold it up.
Jiang Can was trembling all over, almost unable to breathe.
"Jiang..." remorseful rescue team mbers wanted to co forward to comfort him.
Jiang Can, with bloodshot eyes, suddenly stood up and pushed away the person trying to get close: "Why didn’t you save my mom!"
The person who was pushed was stunned, guilt fleeting across his face.
Everyone was watching, so he quickly defended: "We really didn’t see it! Sorry Jiang, the flood was too deep, we ca to look, we really didn’t find them!"
Jiang Can grabbed his collar: "Liar!!! You are lying!!"
Nearby, rescue team mbers quickly rushed over trying to stop Jiang Can: "Jiang, calm down!"
"Jiang, we are also saddened by your mom’s death, but you can’t lash out at everyone like this, everyone was working hard to help, we would have rescued them if we had seen them!"
Jiang Can roared, shaking everyone off: "It’s all of you!! It’s all of you!!! Didn’t I tell you, the tricolor flag, you’d know it’s my mom’s spot!! She was holding such a long flag, the flood should have floated the flag to the surface, you can’t not see it! You did it on purpose!"
The head of the rescue team was more guilty, his hands trembling, not daring to et Jiang Can’s eyes: "Don’t bla us! We really didn’t know your mom was at ho! The flood ca, everyone was scattered!"
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