The rest of the trip was lackluster. Although there were four more people in the car, Chen Xin's journey did not change much.
Compared with Zhang Chengguang and the other three astronauts, Chen Xin did not have much trust in Zeng and Liu, so he did not let them help drive.
Moreover, among Zeng Liu and the other four, only Old Tang can drive, but Old Tang obviously does not have the professional skills to identify radar scan images. Even if he were allowed to drive, he would not know how to use the equipment on Chen Xin's car, which might cause danger. .
But relatively speaking, it is not without benefits. At least there are people washing dishes and cooking. For Chen Xin who has injured one hand now, it saves him a lot of trouble.
Originally, Chen Xin's plan was to put Zeng Liu and others down in the next county, but what happened was just as he had expected. This county was the same as the county where Zeng Liu and the others were before. All the people in the county had been evacuated, and only Very few stranded survivors.
Chen Xin had no intention of dealing with these people, nor did he come into contact with them. He just scanned the county with radar. When he saw that there were no people in the county, he turned the car around and continued his journey.
"Mr. Chen Xin, are there any other shelters ahead?" Sitting in the passenger seat of the cab, Zeng Liu asked Chen Xin a little uneasily when he saw that Chen Xin did not stop in this county.
Zeng Liu was very scared, fearing that there was no other shelter. If Chen Xin sent them all the way down, it was very likely that there would be no next shelter at the end of the road.
However, Chen Xin was not worried about this. He just shook his head and said: "There are probably none in Hubei Province, but there should be shelters in Anhui Province. The place I am going to is considered to be an important city in Anhui Province, even if it is below The county seat is also connected to the railway, so it shouldn’t be necessary to relocate the entire population.”
Hearing what Chen Xin said, Zeng Liu was still uneasy, but he didn't say anything more. He just nodded and closed his mouth.
In fact, this was also the worry of Old Tang and Sister Ning. After they recovered, Sister Ning, who had been the backbone of the four, called Zeng Liu and Old Tang together to discuss what they should do next.
Both Zeng Liu, Old Tang and Sister Ning could feel that Chen Xin had no intention of taking them in, and he only took them with him because Zeng Liu treated his injuries.
I didn't drive them out of the car now, but I just thought there was a shelter ahead, so I could just put them down when the time came. Moreover, Chen Xin's injury was not healed yet, so he needed someone to help take care of him.
They didn't have such worries when they first left. They were just immersed in being able to leave that dead county.
However, no new shelter was found along the way, which inevitably made their expectations continue to decline and made them feel uneasy.
After all, Chen Xin himself had been talking about the fact that there was a shelter in front of him. Zeng Liu and the others had been cut off from the outside world for a long time. They had no idea about these situations, so they felt that there might not be any other shelters. Not something strange.
Zeng Liu's previous inquiry was also to find out Chen Xin's background. They were very afraid that Chen Xin would really drive them out of the car. In that case, the four of them would definitely not survive.
But obviously, Zeng Liu's temptation had no results.
This inevitably cast a shadow over the hearts of Old Tang and Sister Ning.
Only Xiao Yezi didn't feel much about this because he was relatively young. Instead, he was troubled about having to continue studying after arriving at the shelter.
Chen Xin didn't know about Zeng Liu's uneasiness and worry. Even if he knew, he wouldn't be able to comfort them or do anything.
In the final analysis, Chen Xin's thoughts on people like Zeng Liu are still just to help them, and save them if he can, but he will not deliberately care about anything, let alone how much he cares about them.
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Although snow made the mountain road difficult to travel, after a few days of delay, Chen Xin successfully reached the border of Hubei and Anhui.
"It seems that there are indeed no new shelters in Hubei Province, so we will go to Anhui Province next." Chen Xin looked at the boundary markers on the roadside that were more than half buried by snow, and shook his head helplessly.
"Will Anhui Province also have no shelters?" Zeng Liu looked anxiously at the boundary marker on the roadside and the damaged and barely legible slogan "Welcome to Hubei Province again" next to the boundary marker. , my mood became very complicated and worrying.
Chen Xin shook his head and was not worried about this. He just said to Zeng Liu: "Don't worry about this. There must be shelters in Anhui Province, and Hubei Province relocated the population of the two counties because of inconvenient transportation. Wan Province The place I want to go here has railways, highways and airports. The transportation is very convenient, and there is no need to relocate the population.
And if there is no new shelter, the worst I can do is you stay in my car for a while, and I will pass by the three towns when I return, and I will leave you in the three towns. "
"Three towns...is this really okay?" Zeng Liu couldn't help but look a little excited when Chen Xin mentioned the capital of Hubei Province.
Although he was worried that there would be no other refuges, the Three Towns still had a deep status for the people of Hubei Province. In Zeng Liu's mind, if there were refuges anywhere in Hubei Province, the Three Towns must be one of them.
"Nothing is wrong, and nothing is okay. Anyway, I will send you to an official shelter that is still functioning." Chen Xin set the tone for this matter and said nothing more.
It's just a matter of where to drop Zeng Liu and the others. For Chen Xin, even if he takes them with him on the return trip, it's not a big deal to drop them off at the third town.
However, if he did this, Chen Xin felt that his car would still need to be remodeled. After all, after receiving his parents, the space in the car might not be enough, and he didn't want people like Zeng Liu to have too many problems with his parents. contact and intersection.
While thinking about these things, Chen Xin drove the car across the border between Hubei Province and Anhui Province and entered Anhui Province.
Anhui Province is Chen Xin's hometown. Although he went to Hunan Province with his parents when he was four years old and lived there for nearly thirty years, his hometown has always been his hometown.
Although in Chen Xin's impression, his hometown is a poor and shabby place, and there are always inconveniences here and there every time he comes back to celebrate the New Year, his relatives have lived here for generations.
The elders who love him and other relatives in the family all live here.
Although I don’t like this place very much, no matter what, this is Chen Xin’s hometown.
And the most important thing is that Chen Xin's parents are here, and he will take them back no matter what.
After crossing the provincial border, the road is still as bumpy and difficult to navigate. This does not make any difference because of the boundary between Hubei Province and Anhui Province.
Especially the road that Chen Xin walked, whether in Hubei or Anhui Province, is a mountain road that runs through the mountains. It was fine before the disaster, but now the snow-covered mountains are like this. With a tracked vehicle, ordinary cars simply don’t have the ability to pass.
"Mr. Chen Xin, do you know where to find your parents?" Zeng Liu was a little curious about this question.
After all, everyone knows this situation now. Transportation and communications have been cut off for a long time. Chen Xin traveled through the four provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Anhui to pick up his parents. He spent so much energy and cost, and even broke one of his parents. Hand, how did he make sure that he would be able to receive his parents?
Chen Xin nodded and said, "Before the disaster, I still had contact with my parents. Their location was in the mountains of my hometown, and a small shelter was built there.
That shelter was built according to my suggestions, and all aspects of food, drinking water, and heating were taken into consideration. It was basically the same as the shelter I lived in. If I could survive, my parents would naturally survive too. .
Moreover, the people living in that shelter are all relatives from my hometown. They can take care of my parents if anything happens, so there won't be any problem. "
Hearing what Chen Xin said, Zeng Liu didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded and didn't say anything to hurt Chen Xin.
Although Zeng Liu still felt in his heart that Chen Xin's parents might not be still alive, or that he could successfully receive his parents.
Before Zeng Liu met Chen Xin, although her companions were only Old Tang, Sister Ning, Xiao Yezi, and a group of wanderers who could not be counted as companions, they were not the only ones before that.
However, after the evacuation of the county, they were short of food, clothing, supplies, medicines and effective medical care, so many people died of illness, starvation, or freezing.
Zeng Liu clearly remembered that one of his friends fell asleep and didn't wake up the next day.
And more of his companions didn't even have the chance to sleep to death like this. Zeng Liu once watched a child cry and tell himself that he didn't want to die, but he still died of illness.
So it's not surprising that Zeng Liu is pessimistic about whether Chen Xin's parents can survive, because she has seen too many tragedies and already has a pessimistic attitude towards the world in her heart.
But Zeng Liu was not the kind of person who couldn't speak. There was no way he could say such cold water to Chen Xin so directly.
After all, if Chen Xin gets angry, they can be kicked out of the car directly, but Zeng Liu and the others cannot bear the price.
So after skipping this topic, Zeng Liu fell silent.
Chen Xin didn't know what Zeng Liu was thinking. If he knew, Chen Xin might really kick her and her companions out of the car, although Chen Xin was not a cruel person.
In fact, Zeng Liu was worried about Chen Xin himself, but before seeing his parents in person, Chen Xin was full of hope and minimized the thought of things going in the wrong direction.
No matter what, people always expect things to develop for the better, and no one expects things to develop for the worse.
