“Who is leading them?” Jiang Yichun asked.
“It’s Wei Xiuqi and the others. I heard Yao Xiangming also came,” Ding Huixiang replied.
Shen Yingrui and Miao Yanzheng let out cold laughs, “Are they here to put on a show again?”
Li Chengde chuckled, “If they dare to put on a show in the disaster area, then the Beijing Chinese Medicine Association won’t be able to keep their heads.”
“Sima Wentang wouldn’t be that foolish,” Shen Yingrui stated.
Jiang Yichun waved his hand, “Whether they are here to put on a show or not, as long as they are genuinely here to help with disaster relief, we won’t say much.”
“Mm…”
Ding Zipeng and Miao Yanzheng nodded in agreement.
Putting other matters aside, they hoped that Yao Xiangming and Wei Xiuqi, along with the Beijing Chinese Medicine Association, were truly here to help the affected people…
At this moment, Nie Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaozhuang, along with over a dozen military officers and soldiers, leading three search and rescue dogs, were heading towards the disaster-stricken Houlong Village with Wan Yunting and Huang Jingshan, Gu Luotang and Song Sinan, Qi Miaomiao and Wei Renxin, the six of them.
“Oh son, how could you leave like this, sob, you left your mother, how can I live now…”
When Wan Yunting and the others, along with Nie Xiaoyu, Gu Xiaozhuang, and the other officers and soldiers, arrived at a cement road in Houlong Village, they saw a row of bodies laid out on the roadside. The families of the deceased were slumped beside the bodies, weeping inconurbedly.
Watching a mother holding a child no older than a teenager, crying as if her life depended on it, other villagers also wept, constantly trying to comfort the grieving mother. However, the pain of losing her child caused the mother to faint from crying.
“Let me see…”
Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang, who happened to be passing by, immediately went to examine the mother. She had merely fainted due to excessive grief.
“They are truly pitiful.”
Looking at the villagers devastated by the loss of their loved ones, Qi Miaomiao and Gu Luotang couldn’t help but feel sad.
“Alas, faced with such natural disasters, we are powerless,” Wei Renxin sighed.
“Let’s continue moving,”
Nie Xiaoyu turned and said, and with Gu Xiaozhuang and the dozen soldiers, leading Wan Yunting and the others, they continued into Houlong Village, arriving at the mountain behind their village…
Due to landslides, mudslides had buried the houses of over a dozen families in Houlong Village.
Although many villagers had already been evacuated to safe locations, their village chief said that those villagers who were reluctant to leave their homes or couldn’t be evacuated in time were buried underneath the landslides.
The bodies lying on the roadside were villagers who had just been dug out. Of course, those who were rescued in time had already been sent to a temporary safe rescue camp for treatment.
“You are Officer Nie, right?”
A rescue soldier saw Nie Xiaoyu and Wan Yunting approaching and immediately stepped forward to salute, saying, “It’s great that you’ve come. According to the village chief, seventeen people are still missing, and five of them are children.”
Nie Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaozhuang also saluted the rescue soldier and pointed to the six people, Wan Yunting and the others, saying, “They are from the medical rescue team. Are there any injured disaster victims here?”
“Yes, we have settled the injured disaster victims over there. I have already called headquarters for rescue helicopters to transport the severely injured disaster victims to the rear for treatment, but there are still quite a few with minor injuries.”
“We are preparing to send them to the disaster relief camp for treatment, but it’s fortunate that you have arrived. Please go and check on them first,” the rescue soldier said.
“Alright, please lead us there,” Wan Yunting nodded.
“Then we will begin the search and rescue.”
Nie Xiaoyu nodded and, with Gu Xiaozhuang and the others leading the three military dogs, began the search and rescue work in the areas buried by the mudslides…
The rescue soldier first led Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, and the other five to two tents over there where the injured villagers were being accommodated.
At the same time, two medical rescue soldiers were treating the injured villagers, but they were short-handed.
“Xiao Kui, these are comrades from the medical rescue team brought by Officer Nie.”
The rescue soldier spoke to a young man wearing a white coat over a military uniform.
“That’s wonderful.”
The medical soldier was pleased and said to Wan Yunting and the others, “We are short-handed here, so your arrival is perfectly timed.”
“Yes, let us handle it.”
Wan Yunting nodded and, without further ado, immediately instructed Song Sinan, Gu Luotang, and the others to get to work, treating and bandaging the wounds of the injured villagers…
Meanwhile, outside, Nie Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaozhuang, leading the three military dogs, quickly rescued two villagers buried underneath using their keen sense of smell.
“Doctor, we need two doctors quickly…”
“Coming…”
Hearing the shouts from outside, Wan Yunting asked Song Sinan and the others to look after the injured villagers in the tent.
He, along with Gu Luotang, grabbed a first-aid kit and ran out. They saw Nie Xiaoyu and the others digging out a buried villager, who was, however, on the verge of death. Wan Yunting anxiously shouted, “Quick, check on him, can he still be saved…”
Wan Yunting, who had rushed over, immediately squatted down and took the pulse of the dying villager. He found no pulse. He then felt the carotid artery in his neck and pressed his ear against the villager’s chest to listen, detecting a faint heartbeat. “Quick, perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him…”
“I’ll do it.”
Gu Xiaozhuang immediately knelt down, unbuttoned the villager’s shirt to expose his chest. Gu Xiaozhuang placed his left hand, with fingers spread, on the villager’s chest, at the acupoint called Tanzhong, locking his fingers with his left hand, and then began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
“Luotang, give me the first-aid kit.”
Wan Yunting, not idle, took the first-aid kit from Gu Luotang, opened it, took out the acupuncture needle bag, and with three fingers, extracted a needle. These needles had already been sterilized.
Wan Yunting asked Gu Xiaozhuang and Xiao Zhao to take turns continuing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the villager, while he pulled up the villager’s left hand and inserted a needle into the Hukou acupoint. He then circulated the qi from his dantian, sending the needle into the villager’s body. Wan Yunting then turned and said, “Luotang, pat the Baihui acupoint on his head.”
“Okay.”
Gu Luotang turned, squatted at the villager’s head, and followed Wan Yunting’s instructions, patting the Baihui acupoint with her hand…
Nie Xiaoyu and Xiao Zhao stood by, watching Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang operate like this. It was their first time seeing something like this.
Seeing that it was almost time, Wan Yunting removed the needle from the Hukou acupoint, then pressed the Renzhong acupoint with his left thumb. Instantly, the dying villager showed a pained expression, then gasped for breath with rapid breaths…
“He’s awake, he’s awake…”
Seeing this, Gu Xiaozhuang became excited. Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang immediately helped the villager sit up, patting his back and saying, “Don’t rush, breathe slowly…”
“So amazing…”
Seeing the dying villager brought back to life by Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang, the onlookers like Xiao Zhao were thrilled and couldn’t help but admire their rescue skills.
Nie Xiaoyu also found the medical skills of this person named Wan Yunting to be extremely impressive. She nodded and said, “Xiao Gu, take him back to the tent with Doctor Wan to rest. We will continue the search and rescue.”
“Yes.”
Gu Xiaozhuang and Wan Yunting then helped the villager back to the tent and settled him. Just then, Nie Xiaoyu called out again, and Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang immediately ran out. They had dug out another villager, who was also on the verge of death. Wan Yunting immediately began to rescue him…
Nie Xiaoyu and Xiao Zhao continued to lead the military dogs in their search and rescue. Soon, they found another survivor. However, after digging away the surrounding soil, they discovered that this villager was trapped under a large rock.
“Has the machinery arrived yet?” Nie Xiaoyu immediately shouted.
“Officer Nie, the machinery is on its way,” the rescue soldier shouted back.
Wan Yunting and Huang Jingshan, who had just rescued the villager and settled him in the tent, ran over. Looking at the villager buried underneath and pressed by a large blue stone, Gu Xiaozhuang and the other soldiers attempted to move the stone. However, due to the position, it was impossible for three people to stand properly.
Moreover, the weight of this large blue stone was estimated to be around six to seven hundred catties. Even with three people down there, they couldn’t budge the large blue stone…