"Why are there so many mountains in this area?" Sitting in the passenger seat, Zeng Liu firmly grasped the armrest next to him, feeling the bumps and tilts of the car body, and asked Chen Xin nervously.
Zeng Liu couldn't help but feel nervous, because they were now driving on a slope, and the entire car was tilted at least 15°, and it felt like it was about to slide down.
Chen Xin didn't feel nervous at all about this. He was very confident in his car's grip and side slope ability. Even on a 30° slope, the car would not slide down, not to mention that it was just 15°.
However, Chen Xin still answered Zeng Liu's question and explained to her: "Because this area belongs to the east extension of the Dabie Mountains, and the main peak of the Dabie Mountains is in this area. It is normal for it to be mountainous. Otherwise, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base Area would not be the same at that time. It would not be built here, and Liu and Deng’s armies would not advance into the Dabie Mountains during the Liberation War.”
"Is this also the Dabie Mountains?" Of course Zeng Liu knew the name of the Dabie Mountains. In fact, the county where she was originally located was also within the Dabie Mountains, but she didn't expect that it was outside of Hubei Province and still within the Dabie Mountains.
"What's so strange about this? The Dabie Mountains cover the three provinces of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, with Wuhan to the west and Nanjing to the east. It is a very large mountain range, not just one mountain!" As an online writer, Chen Xin doesn't know how to Like most people, they think Dabie Mountain is as simple as a mountain.
"I know this! But - ah!" Zeng Liu was saying something, but the car suddenly shook, swallowing up everything she wanted to say.
The shaking car body returned to level. It turned out that the shaking just now was because they had passed the slope and entered the gentle road again.
After being interrupted like this, Zeng Liu did not continue to discuss the Dabie Mountains with Chen Xin. Instead, he asked him: "Mr. Chen Xin, is your hometown in the Dabie Mountains? The place we are going to is also in the mountains?"
"It's me, not us. I will put you down in the next shelter." Chen Xin reiterated this point, and then explained: "Strictly speaking, my hometown should be regarded as the remnant of the Dabie Mountains, but you are right. , the place I want to go is indeed in the mountains."
Hearing what Chen Xin said, Zeng Liu bit his lip, not knowing what he was thinking.
After pondering for a while, he asked: "Then shall we continue walking eastwards?"
"Yes, continue eastward, and after passing through this county, you will enter the area where my hometown of Shuzhou is." Chen Xin said as he pulled up the map on the console and explained to Zeng Liu what was going to happen next. Itinerary: "We are now in Yuexi County. I will pass through the county seat. If there is a shelter there, I will drop you off there. Then I will continue eastward and enter Shuzhou County along the provincial road."
Zeng Liu looked at the map that Chen Xin pulled out and the route marked with red lines on the map. He suddenly asked Chen Xin out of curiosity: "Mr. Chen Xin, what if the population of Yuexi County was like the county we passed before?" What should I do if I migrate?”
"Then I will take you to Shuzhou County." Chen Xin glanced at Zeng Liu and didn't know what she was thinking, but still gave an affirmative answer.
After receiving Chen Xin's reply, Zeng Liu nodded and said nothing more.
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Things do seem to be developing in a not-so-good direction. In the county town of Yuexi County, Chen Xin still has not found an official shelter that is still in operation.
This cast a shadow over Zeng Liu and the others, and they became even less optimistic about their future.
Chen Xin didn't think there was any problem with this matter. Yuexi County, like the two counties Chen Xin passed through before in Hubei Province, is not only located in a mountainous area, but there are no other modes of transportation except highways. , in today’s general environment, it is not impossible or strange to move people out.
As for his hometown of Shuzhou County, Chen Xin is not too worried about the population being relocated because Shuzhou County has railways.
As long as railway transportation is not cut off and supplies can be continuously imported, then the refuges in the area can still operate, and there is no need to consider population migration.
After all, although population migration can ensure that most people in a certain area survive, it will also put a lot of pressure on the moving area, so if it is not necessary, the country will not easily move the entire population of a region.
So although Zeng Liu and the others seemed very uneasy and had been worried about their future, Chen Xin didn't care about these things.
All he wants now is to quickly finish the last stretch of the journey and arrive at his hometown to pick up his parents.
Therefore, Chen Xin did not continue to delay in Yuexi County, where there were no more people, but went directly through the city and drove towards his hometown.
In Chen Xin's memory, the village where his relatives lived was not too far away from Yuexi County. In the past, it only took half an hour to drive there. Even now it takes less than a day to walk there.
Walking on the road that he felt was gradually becoming familiar, Chen Xin also became a little excited and expectant.
Although he and his parents had not seen each other for a long time before, before the disaster, he could always call or contact him through other means, and Chen Xin could know his parents' situation at any time. He had been completely cut off from his parents for more than half a year. This was something Chen Xin had never experienced before.
This made him more and more eager to see his parents, so much so that he drove faster and faster, forcing Zeng Liu on the side to remind Chen Xin to slow down.
After being reminded by Zeng Liu, Chen Xin slowed down the car again and said sorry to her: "Sorry, I'm a little excited."
"I can understand. If it were me, I would be very excited." Zeng Liu's words were a little sad. Although she had not experienced separation from her parents and family, her parents and family had all stayed in that county. .
Chen Xin nodded slightly, and just adjusted his mood before saying: "I will go to see my parents first. The last message they gave me before the disaster was that they were living with my relatives in a shelter in the village. I hope there It was not moved, otherwise we would have had to walk another day to enter the county.”
"Mr. Chen Xin, don't you want to go to the county seat?" Zeng Liu looked at Chen Xin and felt that he seemed to be a little repelled by the county seat.
"We can't talk about it. We still have to go to the county town. At least I will send you to the county town." Chen Xin didn't explain anything. He just answered simply and concentrated on driving again.
Zeng Liu was thoughtful, but she didn't say anything more and just fell silent.
The road from Yuexi County to Chen Xin's hometown was not long. Although the mountain road was rugged, after three or four hours, Chen Xin arrived at the town closest to the mountain village where his parents and relatives lived.
What surprised Chen Xin was that he was prepared for the town to be deserted, but instead, there was a shelter in operation in this town.
What especially surprised Chen Xin was that there were many times more people in the town than he remembered, and it even felt like there was more than one shelter.
Chen Xin's car entered the town and was naturally spotted by the people in the town. Everyone watched the two unusual-looking tracked RVs with vigilance and quickly called the town police.
"Hello, comrade, where are you from?" After Chen Xin stopped the car, the police quickly came to the car window. When Chen Xin lowered the car window, they asked him.
"I came from Hunan Province." Chen Xin answered the police's question. In order not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings, Chen Xin also took the initiative to explain: "My hometown is also here, and I came back to pick up my parents. "
"Did you drive here from Hunan Province? In this environment, it's a good thing that you can actually drive here!" When the policeman heard that Chen Xin said that he came from Hunan Province, he immediately showed an expression of surprise and admiration at him. .
Chen Xin didn't express much about this, he just smiled. Although it was indeed not easy along the way, and he even broke his arm while practicing, there was no need to elaborate on this kind of thing with the police.
"My family is from XX Village. How is the situation there now? I remember that before the meteorite fell, my family told me that a shelter was built there." Chen Xin asked the police about the situation of his relatives in his hometown, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.
When the police heard Chen Xin's inquiry, they didn't think there was anything strange. They just thought for a moment and replied: "XX Village? Oh, the situation there seems to be okay. The county will transport supplies to the town every month. The town sends them to these villages in batches once a week. To be honest, the shelters in these villages are just a little more comfortable than those in the town, because there are too many people in the town."
After hearing this, Chen Xin finally felt relieved, and a big stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. What he was most afraid of was that something happened to his hometown village, or that the people in the village were simply moved away.
After feeling relieved, Chen Xin couldn't help but be attracted by another thing mentioned in the policeman's words, so he asked curiously: "Why are there so many people in the town? I remember there weren't so many people in the town before, right?"
"You remember correctly, there used to be more than 20,000 people in the town, and most of them were still in the countryside and villages. There are really not many people in the town." The policeman nodded, and then explained to Chen Xinlue helplessly Said: "But in the past, in order to prevent disasters, the country moved all the population of coastal cities inland. Because Anhui Province is adjacent to Zhejiang Province and Jiangsu Province, a large part of the population of these two provinces moved to our Anhui Province and was resettled there. , even in our broken town, there are now more than 50,000 people, and even with three shelters built, we are still extremely busy."
Hearing this, Chen Xin couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, and then asked the police: "If I want to go to XX Village now, is the road still passable?"
"The road is impassable, but if you go up the river, you can still get to XX Village. With the look of your car, it will be no problem." The policeman glanced at the tracks under Chen Xin's car and gave him a big thumb.
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