Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s

Chapter 623: Chapter 616: Selfish People

Time ticked by, and the downpour grew heavier. Sisi felt the water level rising again.

’Ouch!’

Yu suddenly shouted, looking extremely pained.

"What’s wrong?" Sisi quickly asked.

"Something stabbed my leg, it hurts a lot!" Yu said painfully, as a patch of red quickly spread in the water.

"Quick, get on the raft, let me take a look."

Sisi hurriedly helped Yu onto the raft and saw a cold steel bar piercing her left leg. It was unclear where it had come from, but thankfully it hadn’t hit a major artery, otherwise, it could have been life-threatening.

"Careful, I’ll apply some medicine for you." Sisi took out a bottle of medicinal wine from her bag, pouring it onto Yu’s wound, making Yu gasp in pain.

"Alright, Yu, you just rest on the raft."

Sisi also wanted to get on the rubber raft and rest for a while; being in the water for so long, even she was finding it hard to bear. But with Yu on the raft, it was already quite deep in the water—if she climbed on too, it would definitely capsize.

"The kids have a fever!" someone else shouted, and the voices rose again, indicating more than one child had a fever.

"Sister Peng, can you check if any of the kids on our raft have a fever?" Sisi said.

Sister Peng touched each child’s forehead, her face full of worry: "Two kids have a fever, and it’s quite severe."

Among the feverish kids, the two youngest ones were those Sisi quickly took out fever medicine for, thankful she had prepared well and brought everything she could think of.

"Here, this is fever medicine. Yu, give it to the children."

Sisi handed two pills to Yu and passed the medicine on to others nearby to give to the kids.

"Sisi, you’re so considerate, you thought of everything." Sister Peng couldn’t stop praising.

She truly thought Sisi was remarkable, so young yet managing everything so thoroughly. Even though she was much older than Sisi, there were still many things she hadn’t thought of.

"It’s all thanks to everyone’s input." Sisi replied humbly.

After the children took the fever medicine, they all broke out in a sweat, and their fever subsided, easing everyone’s worries considerably.

Because of this flood, these families, who usually didn’t get along very well, became united as never before. Even those with conflicts put their grievances aside, helping and caring for each other, together confronting the disaster.

No matter how long this unity and friendliness last, it is a good phenomenon for the current situation.

Sisi’s raft team slowly made their way toward North City, passing many collapsed houses and floating cars, resembling scenes straight out of a disaster movie—desolate and lonely, with only this group of the elderly, women and children on the vast waters.

They were quite lucky, coming across a rescue boat halfway, with two liberation army soldiers and eight rescued residents aboard—two able-bodied men, one elderly man, and five women.

The two soldiers looked so exhausted they could barely row, yet they kept paddling, like machines. Sisi wondered if they would collapse into the water.

Sisi let them drink several gulps of Qiong Wine, hoping it would help them persevere. The Qiong Wine was noticeably effective, and the soldiers regained a significant amount of spirit, allowing Sisi’s raft team to follow them towards North City. They also invited Sisi onto their boat, which she accepted with Du Du in her arms, feeling utterly worn out.

Having someone to lead the way was reassuring; Sisi relaxed slightly, taking out a lot of food from her bag for the soldiers and asking them to rest a while, letting the two men on the boat row the remaining distance.

The two soldiers hadn’t had any sleep for two straight days and nights and could fall asleep at any moment, yet they insisted they could keep going. Finally, after persuasion from Sisi and Sister Peng, they agreed to rest in turns. The younger soldier went first, and he fell asleep, snoring like thunder, as soon as he closed his eyes, proving his extreme exhaustion.

But the two able-bodied men refused to row, saying they had no strength and couldn’t move, insisting this was the liberation army’s duty, questioning why they should row?

The liberation army soldier who was rowing didn’t show any expression, probably used to such selfish people over the past few days?

But Sisi couldn’t tolerate it. She had been bottling up a lot of anger these days and now had a perfect outlet.

"Why say it’s the liberation army’s duty? Do they owe you anything? Did they give birth to you or raise you? They saved you, and you still don’t know gratitude, yet have the gall to spout such nonsense? Are you even human? Row or I’ll throw you back into the water to keep company with the dead pigs and chickens! Ungrateful things!"

The two men were scolded fiercely by Sisi and their faces turned drastically pale, seeming about to stand up and confront her.

The soldier rowing was about to stop them, but Sisi calmly took out a dagger from her bag, deftly twirling it with a cold smile, "Want to hit me? Try it, and my flying knife will slice off your pig ears. Quickly and smartly—row and let the liberation army soldiers have some rest, did you hear me?"

The two men, seeing Sisi’s skillful display with the knife, realized this woman was a pro. They were instantly scared, going pale, and had no choice but to head to the boat’s front, replacing the soldier, who handed them the oar with some annoyance at their earlier words, directing them.

The other people were all intimidated by Sisi, not daring to make a sound, even the two men’s wives kept their mouths shut tight, afraid this robber-like woman would target them.

The two men rowed the boat swiftly, to Sisi’s satisfaction. She took out two rice balls, handing them to them to replenish their energy.

To have a horse run fast, you have to let it eat some grass!

Sisi started chatting with the soldier, which made her even happier. This soldier turned out to be from Shangguan Qing’s division, although Shangguan Qing was currently in G City dealing with floods, while this was just one of his regiments sent to F City.

The young soldier said their initial plan was to take the eight people to North City and then head to the City Committee Building to rescue others, but they didn’t expect Sisi and her group to have already escaped.

The young soldier was also quite happy, chatting away with Sisi, feeling like meeting an old friend from home.

The two men rowing were even more frustrated to the point of tears, damn it, no wonder this woman was like a pirate, she was from the army.

At 1 AM, the torrential rain had stopped, and Sisi felt the water level had dropped a little, but there was more debris in the water—dead pigs, dead poultry, dead cats, and so on.

Fortunately, no corpses!

Sisi was secretly relieved, always worrying that while rowing she might come across a bloated corpse floating down.

At the Z River levee, Tian Xinhua, who hadn’t slept for two days and nights, was still helping the soldiers carry sandbags.

"Xiao Tian, the rain stopped. I think it won’t come down again." An excited Mayor Yu limped over.

"I hope so. If it rains again, I’m really worried this dam won’t hold." Tian Xinhua prepared to support Mayor Yu, who was suffering from rheumatism, to a safer place.

But man proposes, God disposes—a wave surged up the shore, hitting Mayor Yu who teetered weakly and slipped into the rushing floodwaters, disappearing in the blink of an eye.