Scholars in the courtyard

"Pillar!"

"You work in a coal station, do you want to go?"

In the crowd, Auntie saw many people around her looking over and whispered a reminder.

After all, this is also an opportunity to grow a good face. When it comes to it later, the superiors will consider it as appropriate.

Silly Zhu lowered his head after hearing this, and said everything without speaking.

If someone else had stood up and called for it, he might have responded.

But Yang Xiaotao is leading this matter, so he won't go.

Besides, he is not a worker now.

But just when Sha Zhu hesitated, Yi Zhonghai rolled his eyes and immediately pulled Sha Zhu out.

“Both of us were also workers before.”

He said and stood at the end of the line.

People around him didn't say much when they saw him.

At this time, no one knows what is going on outside, and they might not be able to go out.

Silly Zhu didn't look at Yang Xiaotao either, but this guy also knew in his heart that the people who followed Yang Xiaotao were all doing well now.

Yang Xiaotao didn't look at either of them. He just looked at the fifty or so people in front of him and thought about it for a moment.

Then he said, "Comrades, it's dark now, and we are encountering such a big thing. We don't know what is going on in the city, and we don't know how our superiors will react."

"But we can't wait here. The faster we rescue now, the more people we won't save!"

"so!"

“In times of crisis, our workers are needed!”

"Is anyone scared?"

Yang Xiaotao glanced at everyone.

"Don't be afraid!"

The response was a sound of pride.

"Okay. Now, as the chief engineer of the machinery factory, I order Zhou Kui to lead ten workers from the machinery factory to the subdistrict office and follow Director Wang's instructions. When he meets the workers from the machinery factory by the way, he will tell them to settle things at home. , just go to the factory to gather.”

"yes!"

"Wang Dashan, take the remaining comrades who are not workers from the machinery factory to assist the militia and be responsible for maintaining law and order in the entire alley."

"yes!"

"Old Taoist, you and Uncle Yan are responsible for the security of the yard."

"good!"

"Workers from other machinery factories, bring your handy tools, flashlights, and ropes and follow me!"

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, everyone took action immediately.

"I'll take people out to help. If everything goes well, I have to go to the factory to see the situation."

"If nothing happens here, go back!"

Ran Qiuye nodded, and then asked worriedly, "You must be careful."

"Don't worry, I'll go to mom's place to check first!"

"Um!"

After a while, Yang Xiaotao was carrying a bundle of ropes on his back, a flashlight in his hand, and an iron pipe. There were about twenty people standing behind him, each holding a handy tool. Many of them were carrying ropes like Yang Xiaotao, carrying flashlight.

"Walk!"

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao took the lead and set off, followed by Wangcai.

Behind them, everyone left the courtyard one after another. The people in the courtyard watched with heavy hearts.

"Comrades!"

Ran Qiuye calmed down and then walked aside, "Everyone, listen to me!"

Everyone around looked over with incomprehensible expressions.

"All gay men have gone out to help with the rescue, and we women must also do our part."

"Let's cook, and when it's cooked, we'll send it out to them. Everyone, let's talk about it!"

After Ran Qiuye finished speaking, Liu Yuhua on the side immediately responded, "Qiuye is right, everyone hasn't eaten yet. Let's cook it for the children first, and then send it to them after eating."

"Yeah, let's cook."

Ran Qiuye nodded, "Third aunt, you are responsible for the front yard."

The third aunt smiled and agreed, "Don't worry Qiuye, we promise to do it well."

"Sister Cuiping!"

Cuiping was very confused at this time, and Yu Zecheng was not at home at this time, and she was very worried.

"Don't worry, we are all fine, and Director Yu will be fine too."

Cuiping nodded, then returned to normal, "Leave the backyard to me."

Ran Qiuye nodded.

"Yuehua, come with me to the house. I still have some meat and noodles. Move the wooden table out and we'll cook in the yard."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

"I'll go home and get some noodles"

"I'll get the bowl."

Everyone said something to each other, and soon the original dullness was cleared away, and the entire courtyard became active.

Qin Huairu looked at the lost Qin Jingru beside him, shook his head in disappointment, took the kitchen knife handed over by the aunt, and went to the crowd to help.

If you don't integrate into this courtyard house, you will be completely isolated.

As for Mrs. Jia Zhang who was waiting for the funeral at home, she could only feel wronged for the time being.

After leaving the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao rushed towards the machinery factory.

Of course, they are not fast. They will basically go to investigate a compound when passing by it. If there is no problem, they will leave.

If there is a problem, bring someone in to help.

"Is the rope stuck?"

In a collapsed house, Yang Xiaotao was carrying a beam with two young men.

At this moment, under the beam, a young man's calf was pressed and he was whimpering in pain.

There is still a lot of wood pressed on the beam.

Outside, the people in the compound looked nervous.

Someone came up to help lift the wooden beam before, but failed to lift it, and the injury was aggravated by moving it.

It wasn't until Yang Xiaotao brought someone over that the rescue was launched.

"Okay, it's tied up."

A response came from not far away. Yang Xiaotao took a flashlight and shined a light on the man on the ground, "Brother, please be patient, we are going to lift him."

"You guys, when you see the wood rising, pull the people out immediately."

"Understood, Mr. Yang."

Everyone has a clear division of labor and is ready.

"When I shout one, two, three, three, use all your strength together. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"good!"

As Yang Xiaotao finished shouting three times, everyone exerted their strength in unison.

A moment later, on a stretcher, the young man looked pale and reached out to hold Yang Xiaotao's hand. The family around him kept thanking him.

"Send it to the clinic immediately for bandage, or if it doesn't work, send it to the hospital."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, he continued to move forward.

At this time, some compounds had already organized manpower to maintain order.

But it was dark outside and the street lights were all out at this time. There was probably something wrong with the power plant.

Everyone followed Yang Xiaotao, passing by courtyards and alleys.

On the way, people came out to help with flashlights from time to time, and then the number of people in the team grew.

By the time we arrived at the street office, there were already hundreds of people behind us.

Some of these people work from machinery factories and other factories, but most of them are people from all walks of life who come out to help.

"There's a fire out front, please come help."

Suddenly there was a bright red light in front of me in the dark night, and someone shouted from far away. Maybe they saw the flashlight light here and ran over to ask for help.

"Go and help."

Yang Xiaotao said hello, and everyone ran over cheering.

Fortunately, there is water in the big tank in the yard. This is also a measure for Sijiusheng to prevent fires.

Then after some more fiddling, the fire was brought under control.

Street office, door.

When Yang Xiaotao brought people over, Director Wang was busy with his feet on the ground.

"Aunt Wang, I and my people have tidied up the area in Nanluogu Alley. You can just ask the people from the street office to organize it."

"Okay, great."

Director Wang originally didn't have many people on hand, but now no one from the street office was here.

Now I am worried about how to arrange tasks.

It just so happened that Yang Xiaotao brought someone here to solve the urgent need.

"Give me thirty people, and I'll go down in batches to help rescue them."

"In this way, I will take away the people from the machine shop and leave the rest to you."

"That's better."

Director Wang was not polite and immediately called people to start distributing tasks.

In the dark night, a group of people moved quickly towards their goal.

When Yang Xiaotao came to the machinery factory, he finally felt more at ease when he saw the security personnel waiting at the gate.

"Mr. Yang, you are here."

The guards saw a group of people behind Yang Xiaotao and quickly moved out of the way to let everyone enter the machinery factory.

"Old Liang, what's going on now?"

"Lao Yang, who among them is here?"

Liang Zuoxin was leading people to inspect various workshops, and he felt relieved when he saw Yang Xiaotao.

To be honest, at the first moment of the earthquake, all he thought about was sending someone to see how Yang Xiaotao was doing.

This was specifically stated by his superiors when he came to the machinery factory to take up the post.

But I was obsessed with the current matter of the machinery factory, so I never took anyone there.

Now that I see Yang Xiaotao, I finally feel relieved.

"During the earthquake, the factory had already finished get off work and most people had left the factory."

"Everyone in the factory is now asked to return to their respective posts. If there are any problems, come and report them immediately."

"So how is the situation now?"

Yang Xiaotao asked eagerly, now the machinery factory cannot make any mistakes.

"Except for the collapse in two warehouses, there were no problems in other factory canteens and office buildings."

"That's good."

"Where are the personnel? Are there any casualties?"

"A few fell down, but nothing happened."

After Liang Zuoxin finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out his cigarettes and lit them.

"Do you know where the earthquake occurred?"

Liang Zuoxin shook his head, "I don't know. It came too fast. No one responded. There was no sound on the radio. I don't know anything."

After smoking a cigarette, Yang Xiaotao thought for a moment and threw down the cigarette butt.

"Old Liang, there is no problem here, but we need to understand the situation below."

"Now that the phone can't be connected, our quick reaction force comes in handy."

Liang Zuoxin nodded immediately when he heard this.

"I'll arrange someone right away."

After Liang Zuoxin left, Yang Xiaotao continued to take people to check around the machinery factory.

Just when Yang Xiaotao came out of the fifth workshop, Liang Zuoxin hurried over.

"Xiao Tao, something happened at the steel factory."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaotao felt breathless, "What's going on?"

"The people I sent saw the red fire inside the steel plant and the noise inside from a distance, so they came back immediately to report."

"I've made arrangements here to counterattack the squadron. This time I will lead the team."

"If you can't, I'll take care of this."

"No. I'm the captain."

"Not even captain, I'm the chief designer, I'm more familiar with it than you are."

Liang Zuoxin wanted to say more, but was pulled aside by Yang Xiaotao.

At this time, the power was completely suppressed by Yang Xiaotao.

After speaking, Yang Xiaotao ran to the intersection, where a row of cars was about to set off, and jumped onto an armored vehicle.

Next to him, Liang Zuoxin chased him and wanted to talk. Yang Xiaotao waved from the window, "Old Liang, please pay attention to the chemical and pharmaceutical factories."

"You, pay attention!"

Liang Zuoxin could only shout helplessly.

The convoy quickly drove out of the machinery factory, with car lights illuminating the avenue along the way. Motorcycles led the way, followed by three armored vehicles and finally four trucks.

Many people who had come out to hide stood on both sides of the road, watching the convoy coming and leaving, with curiosity on their panicked faces.

"It's the machine factory's car! They're the only ones here."

Suddenly someone pointed at the armored vehicle and shouted.

"Where are they going?"

"They're going to rescue, they're going to rescue."

In an instant, the voices spread around, and the speed was even faster than the convoy.

The people who were originally sitting on the ground immediately stood up and looked at the convoy. Their curious eyes immediately turned into hope.

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

Suddenly, someone shouted hoarsely.

Then, more people followed and shouted.

Until the shouts spread throughout the convoy.

Yang Xiaotao sat in the co-pilot seat and clenched his fists tightly.