Chapter 63: Digging Stones
Su Xiaomu was so frightened by Li's sudden fainting that his whole body trembled.
She stood far away, and before she could step forward to help her, she glanced at Mr. Gu sitting next to her from the corner of her eye.
At this moment, his face was turning blue, his lips were trembling, the pipe in his hand rolled down at his feet, and he looked at those who came to report the news as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
The two brothers of the Gu family are also very dizzy now. They can't believe what they just heard. The third son of their family is such a smart person. If it rains so heavily, he will not risk going home, so how could he be buried?
What about to the mountains?
"I said Uncle Zhao..."
Ms. Chen is considered the calmest among the Gu family, but her voice is trembling now.
"You don't dare to fool us..."
"How dare I joke about something like this? A total of five students who came back were buried in the mountain. Except for our Jingcheng, the rest are from other villages. They also passed this news back to us."
"Now everyone is saying that every household will send someone to dig them out. These scholars are more valuable than us farmers, and no matter what else, the village has to see people alive and dead or corpses!"
Uncle Zhao wiped the rain off his face and stamped his feet eagerly.
"You guys should stop being so impatient. Jingcheng is your child, and we can't waste a single second now!"
"Uncle, you are right. My eldest and second brothers will go with you now. The time is tight and there is really no time to delay."
After Su Xiaomu said this, she turned around and took off all the raincoats hanging on the wall outside the house. After giving them to Gu Feng and Gu Hai, she also put on one herself.
"Two sisters-in-law, I will ask you to take care of me. My eldest and second brothers and I will go rescue our husband."
She spoke solemnly to Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Yin. It was raining heavily and the light from the moon hanging in the sky was extremely dim. The Gu family was saving money and only lit a kerosene lamp outside the house at this time.
The light was so dim, but Chen felt that Su Xiaomu's whole body was glowing at this time.
Especially her eyes, which are big, round and bright.
"Okay... Then you, you must pay attention to safety."
Mrs. Yin didn't have as many ideas as Mrs. Chen. She just nodded blankly and placed all her hopes on Su Xiaomu alone.
Their family cannot live without their third uncle. They have invested so much money in him, hoping that he will succeed in the future and the Gu family can follow the chickens and dogs to heaven.
If... if the third uncle is gone, then they will have to live in this small mountain village and endure hardship forever.
"Okay, you girl is a courageous person, so let's set off quickly, we won't waste any time."
Uncle Zhao didn't know Su Xiaomu, but they were all from the same village. How could he know that the Gu family had spent money to buy a daughter-in-law for their third child a few days ago?
He originally thought their daughter-in-law was a cute little girl and didn't take her seriously at all.
Unexpectedly, he is a person who can carry a heavy burden. Didn't he see the two brothers Gu Feng and Gu Hai, why didn't she resist?
He shook his head with emotion, and his pace did not slow down at all.
"We have to go to the village chief first. There are only seven or eight of us here. With such a number, it will definitely not be enough to dig the mountain."
Her usually gentle and tranquil face was now filled with calmness.
"Big brother and second brother, you have to talk to the village chief later and ask him to call more people, preferably all the men in the village who can work. Call them all."
If a family only produces one, the quantity is still not enough.
The most important thing is that she hasn't arrived at the scene yet and doesn't know the specific situation of the landslide.
But judging from her previous experience of watching the news, people like them now are definitely not enough.
"Okay, then I'll go tell Uncle Zhao and let's go find the village chief first."
Gu Hai also calmed down at that time, and he completely agreed with what his third wife said.
It rained really hard. Even if Su Xiaomu wore a raincoat and hat, the rainwater still flowed down the gaps onto her face and body.
The rainwater on the ground was also very deep, and every step she stepped on would cause countless large splashes.
Every time she raised her eyes, she watched helplessly as the heavy rain swept across the land mercilessly.
Sometimes it heads east, sometimes west, and sometimes it seems to form a whirlpool not far away, which makes people feel scary and spectacular.
The village chief's house was still some distance away from them. On the way, she was sober from the rain.
In fact, it didn't matter to her whether Gu Jingcheng lived or died.
There was no relationship between the two of them to begin with, and it was even said that recently, some unpleasant things always happened between them.
Su Xiaomu believed that she was not the Holy Mother, nor did she have the ability to save others, so she really didn't feel sorry for Gu Jingcheng at all when he fell into such a desperate situation.
But it's very helpless, who made him Li's favorite?
Putting aside the blind marriage between them, Mrs. Li was also very kind to her.
Although she herself is not a person who lacks love, in this era, she is very satisfied to have people like Li who treat her well.
Although these good intentions are not very pure, she can still feel Li's sincerity to a certain extent.
She didn't want to make Mrs. Li sad, nor did she want her two sisters-in-law to lose hope.
For the men in the family, having someone who can be a high official in the family is a good thing to honor their ancestors, and it will make them look good when they go out.
But the Chen family and the Yin family were different. For them, from the day they got married, they were forced to spend all their resources on Gu Jingcheng alone.
Therefore, they have been looking forward to Gu Jingcheng taking them to enjoy the happiness together after he becomes successful.
To be honest, Su Xiaomu didn't really like the phenomenon of using all the family's efforts to provide for one person.
But in ancient times, in ancient rural areas, this was completely impossible to do.
Most of the people are illiterate, so the whole village is lucky to have a talented scholar.
After walking for about two-quarters of an hour in the heavy rain, they arrived at the village chief's house.
The village chief actually knew earlier that there were students buried in the mountains.
But he didn't know that Gu Jingcheng was also buried at that time, so he didn't pay attention to the request for help from the neighboring village.
But it was different now. As soon as he heard that Gu Jingcheng had an accident there, he immediately became as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He quickly called his son to call the villagers to come to the landslide to help.
The expression on the village chief's face was full of anxiety at this moment. He held Gu Feng's hand and said babbledly.
"Xiao Feng, why didn't you come to your uncle and me earlier? It's raining so hard now. If we can't find Jingcheng later..."
"We will definitely find the village chief of Jingcheng."
Chapter completed!