Chapter 2 Persevere in the second quarter

The night of May 12 in Beichuan County was an out-and-out black night. The earthquake had destroyed the entire Beichuan County. There was no water, electricity, or communication. It was pitch black everywhere at night.The panicked cries of the residents were intertwined with the sound of the houses collapsing. It was eerie, and the heavens rained mercilessly again, and the temperature dropped sharply.The bustling and bustling Beichuan County in the past seems to have become a hellish place at this time.After a busy day, Gong Jiang was cold, hungry, thirsty and tired. He swam around the ruins in the open air like a homeless wild wolf.The constant aftershocks, the loud noise of the collapsing mountain, the falling rain and the threat of flash floods made the survivors in Beichuan County who had not escaped terrified, and many people in the county were terrified and cried loudly.At this time Gong Jiang seemed to be crazy, he took off his shirt and let the rain whip his bare back.Gong Jiang yelled wildly all afternoon, with a raging fire burning in his throat, he felt his throat getting thicker and louder, but the voices he shouted became smaller and thinner each time.He lay on the ruins with his mouth open to the sky, letting the rain rush down his throat.Gong Jiang needed water so much, he realized that if he didn't use water to lower the temperature of his throat, he would become a dumb person.Although there was no response after shouting all afternoon, Gong Jiang still imagined that the people buried under the ruins still had lives, and there must be many people still alive. His shouts were their spiritual support and their strength to survive.He thought that many people might be in a coma or their throats were clogged with dust. Although they couldn't respond to him for the time being, they would definitely respond later. He wanted to wake them up.

Gong Jiang moistened his throat, and went to visit the survivors and the buried vault under the ruins of the Beichuan office building of the Guoxing Bank. All night on the 12th, Gong Jiang stayed alone in the cold wind and rain, on the ruins of the Guoxing Bank office building, in the aftershocks of constant visits.He rested for a while, stood up and shouted, rested for a while, stood up and shouted again, and the long night echoed with mournful shouts.He kept calling the names of the employees, and when he was tired, he handed in water and food from the gaps in the ruins to let the survivors know that their president has been with them and has been trying to rescue them. He shouted to encourage the survivors to strengthen their confidence.

At that time, Gong Jiang didn't know he was hungry, and he also forgot the cold. He stood on the ruins in the rain and kept calling the names of the employees. In the dark and gloomy night, his hoarse voice seemed tragic and miserable.In his normal work and life, Gong Jiang thinks that he is not a good leader or president. He has a stubborn temper and is stubborn in his work.He clearly knows that the correct opinions of the employees are correct, but in order to maintain his dignity and the authority of the so-called leader, he never accepts criticism face to face, especially when there are many people.He learned the secrets of being a small official. He usually holds a little airs and holds a bullet-shaped fiberglass teacup in his hand. When he is tired of reading documents, he goes around the departments and puts on a majestic face.He believes that being a president requires prestige, and treating employees who disagree with him is to reject them tit for tat.Gong Jiang is not afraid of offending others, nor is he afraid of employees suing. He always believes that he walks upright, sits upright, a hero does what he does, and there is nothing to be afraid of.Gong Jiang is an out-and-out tough president, but now, many familiar faces have been crushed in the ruins, and his heart has been shocked.He realized that it was a huge mistake to treat the workers harshly, and now Gong Jiang really wanted to say "sorry" to the workers under the rubble!He wants to move the world with his actions and let the employees know that he loves them.He called out the names of the employees one by one, and the guilt in his heart seemed to be called out a little bit by him. Perhaps it was this cry that moved God and moved the employees who wanted to sleep underground forever and never see him again. The workers who were still alive under the rubble had a chance to wake up and had the possibility to talk to him, which also encouraged her, who had been secretly in love with Gong Jiang for many years, to muster up the courage to live and fight against the disability.

All night, Gong Jiang went back and forth between the wounded and the buried survivors... In anxiety, sadness and busyness, Gong Jiang finally survived until May 13.Before dawn, he couldn't wait to continue the rescue in the morning light.Gong Jiang stood on the ruins and walked back and forth, listening carefully, shouting repeatedly, and carefully catching every trace of life under the ruins. Gong Jiang always believed that there were still survivors under the ruins, and believed that among the employees who were crushed downstairs and whose lives were unknown, there was her——Hao Miao!Gong Jiang thought of the string of purple cloth butterflies and Hao Miao, and his heart beat wildly.Hao Miao was the person he had been secretly in love with for thirty years, and at this moment he was very worried whether Hao Miao was still alive.Gong Jiang never heard Hao Miao's voice. Maybe she slept too deeply, and she didn't even hear the slightest response when she shouted out her throat.Are all these people really gone?Did she go too?Did Hao Miao, whom he had loved all his life, really leave?If he knew that this natural disaster happened today, he should have told her earlier that he would get her earlier, even if he hugged and kissed her!He felt a kind of helpless sadness, and wished he could use his own hands to immediately turn the rubble upside down and rescue the workers (including Hao Miao)!It's a pity that he doesn't have three heads and six arms, and he doesn't have superhuman supernatural powers!

After Gong Jiang yelled wildly for a while, he encouraged Zan Qi, who was crushed in the ruins and could not be rescued, as if he was also cheering himself up.He reminded Zan Qi not to be nervous, but to maintain strength, build confidence, and wait for rescue. After encouraging Zan Qi, Gong Jiang continued to call out the names of the workers.he shouted loudly.When Hao Miao's name was called, he felt a little anxious and a little guilty, as if someone had suddenly discovered the secret in his heart.But he quickly calmed down: Now we are saving people, and Hao Miao is also the one to save, why can't we shout?What are you thinking about?He controlled his emotions in this way, and he also excused his thoughts.But when he shouted, he also felt that Hao Miao's name was called more than other employees, and when he called Hao Miao, his voice was particularly sad and even trembled... He was embarrassed to only call Hao Miao's name. Because there are still seriously injured employees and employees under the rubble who can hear his cries.He felt that he was very fake after becoming the president, and dared not tell the truth on many occasions.At such a time of life and death, he still wanted to protect the face of the head of a county branch of Guoxing Bank.However, from the bottom of his heart, he hoped to hear the voice of another trapped person, that is Hao Miao!

During his many years of work, Gong Jiang has always had a special liking for Hao Miao.The two were classmates in high school, and they had a hazy feeling for each other when they were in school. Because of the high pressure of the college entrance examination, they both put the spark of love in the iron box in their hearts.After the college entrance examination, Gong Jiang was admitted to the Southwest University of Finance and Economics, while Hao Miao studied for another year after failing the college entrance examination and was admitted to the banking school.After Hao Miao graduated from the bank school, Gong Jiang, who had "traveled far and high", did not take the initiative to woo her, so she thought of the saying "people go to high places, but water flows to low places": her education is not as good as that of Gong Jiang, Naturally, two people do not match, and there is no common language.The unequal marriage will cause the balance of the two people to lose balance, and Hao Miao loses the confidence to "go to a high place", and does not continue to wait for her prince charming-Gong Jiang.At that time, Hao Miao's family conditions were relatively good, and Gong Jiang's family was relatively poor. Hao Miao's parents wanted their daughter to find a boyfriend who was well-matched.Under the persuasion of her parents, Hao Miao married a civil servant in the county party committee compound.After Gong Jiang graduated from Southwest University of Finance and Economics, he did not stay in the big city, but returned to Beichuan.Originally, he wanted to confess his heart to Hao Miao after he was admitted to university, but when he told his parents what he thought, the two elders firmly opposed his son falling in love as soon as he was admitted to university.In addition to the advice of his parents, under the influence of an inferiority complex, Gong Jiang was also afraid that his wishes would be rejected by Hao Miao's parents, so he wanted to go to Hao Miao's house to propose marriage when he was in his senior year.It's a pity that his action was half a beat late.When he was in his senior year, he won the school's scholarship every year and was elected as the chairman of the student committee. He thought it was time to formally propose to Hao Miao.Gong Jiang called home, but learned from his mother that Hao Miao was married.Gong Jiang rushed back to his hometown from school. He wanted to ask Hao Miao's family why she didn't wait for him and why he got married so early, but his reckless thoughts were seen through by his mother, and the old man firmly stopped him.His mother explained to him the crime of destroying a new family, saying that the Gong family's ancestors have lived here for generations, and the neighbors in the neighborhood should not make irresponsible remarks when they see our family.Gong Jiang knew that it was irretrievable, so he went to the depths of the mountain, weeping and crying.When he returned to school, he established a relationship with a female classmate who had a crush on him.Although he has a new love, Gong Jiang still misses Hao Miao.First love is unforgettable, and Gong Jiang can't let go of Hao Miao's shadow in his heart. He thinks he needs a shadow to accompany him all his life.After graduation, he came to the Beichuan branch of Guoxing Bank where Hao Miao worked without hesitation.Driven by the power of love, backed by a wealth of professional knowledge, as well as understanding the local people's sentiments and resource layout, Gong Jiang quickly stood out and became the president of Beichuan Branch of Guoxing Bank more than ten years later.During this period, he cooperated tacitly with Hao Miao at work, but kept a certain distance from each other in life, because both of them had families, and they didn't have the courage to break the moral bottom line of this routine.This kind of love suppressed in his heart made Gong Jiang extremely painful.

Gong Jiang searched again but failed, and still refused to give up.In order to find her and more lives that survived under the ruins as soon as possible, he began to dig through the rubble with his bare hands, constantly looking for new clues.He didn't have time to take care of the pain in his fingers and physical fatigue. Under the rubble, there were many employees who had been with him day and night, as well as his dream sweetheart.If the golden rescue time is delayed, Yin and Yang may be separated forever!So he can't stop.He was already desperate, and even if he died of exhaustion on the ruins, he still had to express his feelings to the workers and Hao Miao.Gong Jiang believes that only in this crazy way can he make up for his apology to the workers.

Gong Jiang finally heard another faint voice under the rubble: "Gong Jiang! Gong Jiang!!" The sound was like the sound of nature, which made Gong Jiang extremely excited. Gong Jiang followed the sound, and unexpectedly saw that shadow from a gap in the rubble, that shadow that he was very familiar with, and that haunted him!She's still alive, Hao Miao—she's still alive!she is alive! ! Gong Jiang was very excited and anxious, and shouted to her who was trapped inside: "Hao Miao Hao Miao! You must hold on, I will save you!" After Gong Jiang finished speaking, he moved the rubble in a hurry, but his joyful mood disappeared in an instant.Hao Miao was crushed by a huge collapsed building and had no rescue tools. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move the reinforced concrete blocks on top.Gong Jiang realized that he was powerless and could only watch helplessly as the familiar figure was unable to rescue him.

The helpless Gong Jiang is like a statue made of iron and bronze, standing blankly on the ruins, standing in the place that made him anxious and helpless.