Chapter 35 Corpses Under the Ruins
Just opened my eyes
I heard hurried sounds outside and Xiaotian's crying.
When Shen Xia opened the door, she saw Xiao Wu in the yard asking where she was.
Just as my mother was about to come in and call me, she saw me standing at the door.
When Xiaotian saw Shen Xia, he cried loudly, "Sister Xia Xia, please come with me quickly." After Xiaowu said that, he tried to pull Shen Xia away.
Shen Xia asked, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Wu sobbed with tears on his face, "Our house collapsed this morning. Grandpa was still in the house, and my uncles went to help dig the soil, so I hurried over to call you."
When Shen Xia heard this, he didn't delay and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go back to the house to get something."
He hurried back to the room to get the silver needle. If he could still be saved, the silver needle would be the only thing that could save his life.
After coming out, he looked at Song's mother, Xiaowu, and his third brother in the yard.
Shen Xia glanced at everyone and said, "Third brother, Fourth brother won't be able to stay home without someone to take care of him. Xiaowu and mother, come with me! There is strength in numbers."
Song Jin didn't say anything after hearing that.
Several people hurried to Xiaotian's house.
When we arrived at Xiaotian's house, the village chief and many other people were there.
Looking at a pile of fallen ruins
Although everyone usually dislikes Xiaotian's family, they still have to help them when facing life and death.
The village chief was also there, directing everyone to move the earth wall away.
Although the earth wall is made of earth, it is very solid and thick. Judging from the way I saw Grandpa Chen yesterday, I'm afraid it's not a good thing.
Xiaotian was digging the earth wall with his hands like crazy. It was conceivable that he and his grandfather depended on each other for survival, and he could not imagine what he would face next.
He also went to help with Song's mother.
Aunt Liu from next door was also there, as were her two husbands and her son. There were a few others whom she didn't know either. There were about 20 to 30 people present.
It was the first time that Shen Xia saw so many people in the village. She usually didn't interact with the villagers.
Without saying anything else, he joined everyone in clearing the things. If he couldn't lift the heavy things, he would lift the light things.
It took an hour to clean it up because it was all done manually and it couldn't be done quickly.
"Grandpa - if I had known the house would collapse, I should have taken you out to do the laundry." Xiaotian was still crying and shouting beside him.
Then Grandpa Chen’s body was finally seen in the kitchen, and several strong men carefully carried him out.
Shen Xia also washed his hands clean in the ditch at this time. He walked forward and took a closer look. He saw that Grandpa Chen, who had just been carried out of the ruins, had mud all over his face.
In fact, the roof at that time was made of wood, and if it had not been hit by the wall, it should still be saved.
However, looking at Grandpa Chen's current appearance, it was obvious that he was hit by the wall.
Xiaotian looked at Shen Xia with hope, his eyes full of pleading: "Sister Xia Xia, please save grandpa!"
The people around were very curious. When did this girl from the Shen family learn medical skills?
Only Uncle Liu knew that Shen Xia was a medical practitioner. Of course, he was not a nosy person, so he did not say anything and only told Aunt Liu.
Shen Xia no longer cared about the expressions of the crowd at this moment, she just wanted to save people quickly.
So, she first took Grandpa Chen's pulse and then checked his carotid artery, thinking that as long as she could feel even the slightest trace of breath, she would be able to find a way to revive him.
However, when she touched Grandpa Chen's wrist, she found that she could not feel any pulse at all.
She looked at Grandpa Chen's eyeballs again and found that they were completely dilated.
There was no hope! But when I saw the hopeful light in Xiaotian's eyes, the softness deep in my heart was touched.
How could he easily tell him the cruel fact that his beloved grandfather had passed away and would never come back?
She almost faced the death of a relative yesterday, so she understood Xiaotian’s feelings at this moment, and her situation was even more difficult.
Finally, Shen Xia had no choice but to say, "Xiaotian, your grandfather has just gone to heaven. He will still watch you grow up."
Finally, I can't say any more
"Grandpa—ah—wa wa—" Xiaotian's heart-wrenching cry spread throughout the surroundings.
The despair of facing the departure of a loved one, the people around couldn't help crying
The village chief was also very sad watching from the side, and couldn't help but frowning. The Chen family only had one old man, and now that Old Man Chen was dead, what was going to happen to Xiaotian?
In addition, the Chen family's reputation is not very good. Everyone thinks that Xiaotian is a disaster star, so I'm afraid no one would be willing to take him in.
This is difficult to do.
In fact, most wealthy villages usually have collective money, which is usually used to help villagers who are in particularly difficult circumstances.
However, Fanhua Village has always been poor, and the village collective has no money at all. Even if it had money, some narrow-minded people in the village would not agree to use the Chen family's money.
Because the Chen family was not a native villager of Fanhua Village, but moved to this village later.
The village chief looked at the people around him one by one. Some smart ones said, "Village chief, something happened at home. This person has been dug out. I will go back first."
"My child hasn't had breakfast yet? I have to go back and feed him."
Doesn’t your wife know how to feed your child? Humph!
"I still have work to do in my fields."
After saying that, more people left one after another.
Watching everyone leave, Shen Xia could understand. After all, her own family was already in financial difficulty and adding another child to the family would, to be honest, be really difficult.
In the end, there were only a few people left, and Shen Xia didn't recognize any of them.
Song's mother then introduced: "Village chief, you should call him Third Uncle. He is from the Song family. The one on the left of Aunt Liu is his eldest husband, the one on the right is the second husband, and the two younger ones are her sons. Aunt Liu has four children, the oldest two sons and the youngest two daughters."
"Oh well."
"The shorter guy standing next to you is your third uncle's son, Song Chenggang, and the one behind him is your second son, Song Chengcai."
"And the guy next to him wearing black is Song Chengjun from Aunt Liu's neighbor's house. You should call all of them uncles."
"Oh, okay, Mom."
The village chief had no choice but to leave and suggested: "Xiaotian, look, where do you want to bury your grandfather?"
The village chief thought that the dead are the most important, and Xiaotian definitely couldn’t afford a coffin in his condition. Besides, in the countryside, every dead person is wrapped in a straw mat and then buried.
A lower-quality coffin only costs a little silver, so few people buy coffins, let alone hold a ritual, which is even more expensive.
Xiaotian didn't know what to do, but he knew that the dead should be buried in peace.
Xiaotian sobbed softly and said, "Can you please hide my grandfather next to my parents?"
"Okay." After saying that, the village chief arranged for several people to wrap Grandpa Chen's body with mats in the house.
Because when I was searching just now, the mat was also turned out.
It's a good opportunity to use it now, so I don't care whether it's clean or not.
Several people wrapped him up and carried him to the back mountain on wood.
This is where the entire village buries their ancestors, and almost everyone in the village is buried here.
They were going to charge for burial expenses, but seeing that Xiaotian was an orphan, the village chief didn't even mention it.
The small fees collected by the village on a normal basis are equivalent to the collective income of the village, which can be used for emergencies.
Shen Xia, Song's mother, and Aunt Liu also went together. Although they knew they couldn't help much, they were there in case they were needed!