On this day, a cry for help came from downstairs, and Qiao Qingqing put down her book and went out to read.

"It seems like something happened to a child." Qiao Songzhi put her head out of the escape window and listened to what was going on downstairs.

"There must be a child crawling into the tunnel. I'll go down and take a look." Shao Sheng'an came down from the balcony, smelling of wood. He had just been chopping firewood on the balcony.

"I'll go with you, Mom, watch out for my big brother."

The couple went downstairs together, and met Chen Binggang and others on the seventh floor who also went downstairs to check.

"It feels like something happened to the child. Alas, I said those passages should be blocked, otherwise the child would be in danger if he climbed in." Chen Binggang muttered.

"The tunnels in our building are blocked. I usually tell my children not to play there. If I find them, they will be beaten severely. They don't dare to go. The one who heard the noise was from other buildings, hiss.

"It's so cold. How dare children crawl around? Aren't they afraid of the cold?" Wang Jiale rubbed his hands and asked Shao Sheng'an with a smile if he had chopped firewood and was covered with sawdust.

"Yeah." Shao Sheng'an nodded and asked Wang Jiale if he had gone looking for wood recently. He could go together next time. Qiao Qingqing had a lot of fuel supplies stored in the space, but they haven't been used yet. They picked them up during the flood.

, the wood that neighbors sent her in exchange for supplies has not been used up yet. After the temperature dropped, in order to hide from others, Qiao Qingqing's family would occasionally pretend to go out to look for wood, but they would only pick up a little and bring it back for show.

Wang Jiale agreed and said he would go look for it together next time, but he was a little worried, "The charcoal sent by the supply ship was too little and not enough. We still have to find wood by ourselves. The furniture has been chopped and burned, and it is still cold. I am now

I just hope that it will rain wood from the sky.”

While they were talking, they came downstairs and followed the sound.

Some people had gathered around the place where the accident happened. Qiao Qingqing asked and found out that a child had entered the abandoned house and couldn't get out.

"Hurry up and dig, oh my daughter, my daughter"

"Don't worry, don't worry, the tools are here."

The crying young woman looked familiar, and Qiao Qingqing recognized it as the mother of a pair of twins in the building next door.

"How can you keep your sister in there? That's your sister, oh oh oh oh"

There was a boy of six or seven years old beside the woman, who also looked panicked and pitiful with pale lips.

"Okay, don't talk about him anymore, Junjun is still young." The neighbors consoled him.

The submerged floors in the community were dug up one after another in the days when there was a shortage of carbon fires, and the furniture inside was taken out and used as wood for fires. The building where Qiao Qingqing's home was located was no exception. Qiao Qingqing thought it was too dangerous at that time

reasons for not participating.

It was a big project and very arduous. At present, the progress of each building in the community is about the same. They are digging to the fourth or fifth floor. Even so, the passage is winding and deep enough. It is very dangerous to enter without tools. Look.

The situation was that the children of this family got in to play, but the passage collapsed, and there was a little girl inside.

"Let's help with tools too." Shao Sheng'an asked Qiao Qingqing.

"Yeah. Go get it." Qiao Qingqing nodded. She didn't know if this happened in her previous life. Except for necessary outings, she always stayed at home. In days of natural disasters, she often cried, asked for help and shouted.

, those human joys and sorrows often penetrated into Qiao Qingqing’s ears through the gaps between sealed doors and windows. She heard it, but she didn’t dare to get close, and only hid in her own shell, so even if she was reborn, what happened in this community

She didn't fully understand the matter.

While waiting for Shao Sheng'an, the child's father finally rushed downstairs with a shovel. Neighbors who had gone home to get tools also arrived one after another, and seven or eight people dug together. Unfortunately, the ice was too hard and the digging was not fast.

"I'm here, just stand aside and I'll dig." Shao Sheng'an rolled up his sleeves and joined the digging team.

"Why did it collapse? This damn ice is not usually so hard."

"I think this is retribution. This family was disrespectful to the old lady and even hid her at home after she died."

"Shh, stop talking"

Qiao Qingqing's feet were cold as she stood. She took a few steps to eliminate the numbness in her feet while still paying attention to the situation in the passage.

After digging for about forty minutes, the tunnel was finally dug. The child's father took the lead and tied a rope to his waist and slid in. After ten minutes, the rope was pulled, and the people above quickly pulled the rope. Judging from the expression of the person pulling the rope

, the other end of the rope gained weight. The mother of the child stared in surprise, looking expectantly as the rope was pulled out inch by inch.

Out

The residents couldn't help but cheer.

"Meimei is not breathing," the child's mother stumbled towards her and shouted as soon as she touched the girl's breath.

"There was one just now." The child's father touched it in disbelief and fell to the ground.

"Artificial respiration, rescue immediately."

"Send to hospital"

“The hospital is too far”

Qiao Qingqing walked over and said, "Let me take a look."

After a quick check, she shook her head, stood up and exited.

The child's parents cried bitterly, and the boy stood aside helplessly, as if he had come to his senses, and started crying too.

"I don't want grandma's photos anymore, I want my sister, oh, oh, oh, sister, I want my sister."

Shao Sheng'an took Qiao Qingqing's hand and pulled her to him. Feeling the chill on Shao Sheng'an's skin, Qiao Qingqing motioned for him to go home, "You have to change clothes and go home to keep warm."

"Let's go."

Wang Jiale followed them back and whispered, "I just asked that boy why he went into the tunnel. He said he was looking for photos of his grandma. Oh, what a pity. His sister is so beautiful."

"You have to keep a close eye on your children," Shao Sheng'an said.

"Don't worry, I will keep a close eye on them."

Such a tragic incident in the community really sounded the alarm for all parents. Shao's father also seriously told Shao Shengfei not to go near those passages, "otherwise I will hit you with a feather duster."

Shao Shengfei quickly assured, "I didn't go. Last time Fangfang asked me to go, I didn't even go."

"The Fangfang Wang family's children are not good. I have to tell Aunt Wang about this. She has many children, so there will inevitably be times when she can't be looked after."

Qiao Songzhi went out for a trip, and when she turned around she heard the sound of a child being beaten downstairs.

Wang Jiale's wife was so distressed that she cried. Grandma Wang comforted her, "We don't usually spank our children, but this time we really need to spank them. We have to make them feel scared. It's better to feel pain now than to have something bad happen later, ugh."

After that, the community strengthened the management of tunnels. Zheng Tiehui proposed to dig them out as soon as possible and then block them.

"I wonder if we will be asked to lose money in the future."

"Why do you care so much? Everyone is doing it now. Besides, the furniture has long been damaged by water and can no longer be used."

"Then let's dig. Once these furniture are burned, I don't know where to find wood in the future."

"I heard that some people went to Fushan to cut down trees. They secretly cut down trees so that the police would not find them."

Zheng Tiehui coughed several times to interrupt this dangerous topic. Even if he wanted to secretly cut down the trees on Fushan Mountain, he would have to find a room to plan secretly. How could he discuss it in public?

"Dig the tunnel first, this is also for the safety of the children nearby."

Qiao Qingqing's family did not participate in digging the tunnel, so Qiao Qingqing found a day with better weather to visit Yuan Xiaowen.

She has not visited Yuan Xiaowen for two months. On the day when they were supposed to meet, her mother caught a cold and fell ill. Later, her condition worsened and she went to the hospital for medical treatment and hospitalization. After her mother was discharged from the hospital, she was busy studying with Dr. Wei again, until now

She just made time.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xiaowen, who was fine when they met two months ago, was now lying on the bed with a broken body. She became angry when she took one look at Qiao Qingqing. But she did not get angry immediately. After all, she was just a friend, and Hu Yanhai was Wenwen's.

Husband, what's more, Hu Yanhai also has a stubble on his face and his eyes are bloodshot, and he looks tired at first glance.

"What's wrong with her? I can't feel her fever." She looked back at Hu Yanhai.

Why did Xiaowen's body become like this in less than two months?

The energy and weight gained while recuperating at her home were all gone.

"There is no fever. She caught a cold and had a fever before, but the fever went away quickly. But after she recovered from the cold, she was not in good spirits and couldn't sleep well. She finally fell asleep and had trouble waking up. When she woke up, she was still confused. She couldn't eat well.

I have no appetite either." Hu Yanhai had a serious look on his face.

“I’ve checked around the nearby hospitals and the city hospitals further away, but they don’t have any medicine.”

City hospital

Qiao Qingqing asked about the date. She was in the city hospital at that time. Unfortunately, communication was inconvenient, so they didn't meet her.

She examined Yuan Xiaowen first, but she had only been studying for a long time and her medical skills were not even superficial. She did not dare to give Yuan Xiaowen any medicine she had.

Qiao Qingqing made up her mind, "I know an old Chinese medicine doctor with very good medical skills. I'll take her over first. It's not good for her to fall asleep like this."

As soon as she stood up, she heard a weak call. When she lowered her head, she saw that it was Yuan Xiaowen who had opened her eyes.

"Wenwen, it's me when you wake up. I'm here to see you." Qiao Qingqing felt a little sad. She sat down and held her hand, gently blaming her for getting her body like this. "Weren't you fine when you were at my house?

, I see, you still have to go home with me."

Yuan Xiaowen's haggard face looked even more decayed in the dimly lit bedroom. When her misty eyes looked over, Qiao Qingqing's heart couldn't help but tremble a few times.

"Qingqing." Her eyes finally focused on Qiao Qingqing's face, and there was a smile on her lips, "I miss you so much, I miss my dad and my mom."

"I'm here, aren't I? My uncle and aunt must miss you too. Get well soon and we can see you in the future."

The corners of Yuan Xiaowen's eyes were moist and she closed her eyes again.

"I'm going to pick up Dr. Wei right away."

On the way to pick up Dr. Wei, Qiao Qingqing's heart beat uneasily. Shao Sheng'an saw that she was upset and comforted her with gentle words.
To be continued...