Chapter 2474

Liu Lijuan's home was relatively close to the faculty dormitory area, so she arrived relatively quickly. When she arrived, the Primary School Principal Ma Qingmin and the Secondary School Principal Liu Bo were already organizing personnel at the scene to carry out rescue work.

Due to the large number of people at the scene, many men and young guys couldn't squeeze to the front and couldn't get close to the core area of the collapsed house, so they could only clean up the ruins around them. In addition, there were many young women, young wives, and old ladies holding flashlights, providing lighting for the rescue work.

Because Liu Lijuan was relatively unfamiliar with the environment in this area, after understanding the basic situation of the affected families, she wisely handed over the search and rescue mission to Ma Qingmin and Liu Bo. After all, as principals, they were very familiar with the environment here and the situation of the affected families, and could organize rescue work more effectively. She felt that she shouldn't interfere too much.

As for the Middle School Principal Yan Minru, she was old, and there were bricks and tiles everywhere, plus the ground was slippery due to the rain. Even young people would fall if they weren't careful, so no one dared to let the old lady take risks, fearing danger.

Yan Minru herself understood this point. If she went up, it wouldn't be helping but adding chaos. If she fell accidentally, she would need others to take care of her, which would really be helping more by adding chaos. Therefore, although she was anxious, she could only worry on the side and pray silently that the rescue work would go smoothly.

When the first person was dug out, a burst of warm cheers erupted at the scene. People were excited, as if they had seen the dawn of hope. Immediately after, this person was quickly carried onto the factory hospital ambulance that had been on standby on the side.

Because this was just an ordinary residential house, the building materials were mainly brick, tile, and wood, which were relatively easy to clean up. The rescue personnel worked together, fully utilized the manpower advantage, quickly moved away the debris in the ruins, and won precious time for subsequent rescue work.

As time passed, more and more people were rescued one after another. One, two, three... eleven were rescued in a row. This news made everyone at the scene feel incomparably excited.

However, the good news was that although these eleven people were still alive, three of them were more seriously injured. One person was hit by the roof beam, and the other two were buried by the collapsed gable wall.

But there were not enough ambulances. The factory hospital only had four ambulances, and the quantity was limited. In order to ensure that the injured could receive timely treatment, Qinghe Hospital also quickly dispatched two ambulances to support.

Under these circumstances, among the people who had been rescued before, five people with relatively light injuries chose to stay behind, giving up the ambulances to the more seriously injured. Together with the two people just rescued, a total of seven people were placed not far away, either sitting or lying in the mud. Several old ladies held a large piece of plastic cloth to cover them from the rain, waiting quietly for the ambulances to return.

And at this time, Zhou Andong arrived. Liu Lijuan had been paying attention to the direction of the intersection. When she saw a car driving over, she knew the factory director had arrived. Because she was the first to report to Zhou Andong, and others, except for Dai Weimin, would definitely drag their feet after getting the news, and it was absolutely impossible to rush over as quickly as Zhou Andong.

"Factory Director!"

Liu Lijuan vaguely saw someone running over, raised her flashlight and swept it, and saw Zhou Andong's face clearly. She didn't hold an umbrella either, trotted to meet him, raised her hand to quickly wipe the rainwater off her face, and then gently tucked a few strands of hair that were stuck to her cheeks after being soaked by the rain behind her ears.

Zhou Andong asked anxiously: "How is the situation now?"

Just at this moment, a shout suddenly came from the crowd: "Teacher Chen is here!"

This sound seemed to be louder than the muffled thunder from yesterday afternoon and this morning, making everyone's attention focus over.

"The child was protected in Teacher Chen's arms, and didn't suffer any injuries at all!" Immediately after, another sound came, like a clear spring flowing through people's anxious hearts, bringing a trace of comfort to everyone.

"Wait, did you hear someone shouting?"

"I heard it, it seems to be Teacher Wu's voice."

"It's over here, you continue to clean up over there, we have enough manpower here."

"Right, right, right, don't all come over here. If there are too many people, it will increase the weight. What if you step on the people below?"

Everyone responded one after another, continuing to clean up the ruins under their feet, but everyone kept paying attention to the situation on Teacher Wu's side.

"Found Teacher Wu and Teacher Bai, Teacher Wu's problem is not big, Teacher Bai's leg was pressed by two purlins, it might be broken."

With the arrival of this news, the atmosphere at the scene relaxed a bit. If the leg is broken, it's broken; after all, the person is still alive.

"Quick, quick, quick, carry the person out, be careful." Everyone acted quickly, carefully carrying Teacher Bai and Teacher Wu out of the ruins.

Listening to people being rescued one after another, Zhou Andong's heart, which had been hanging, finally had a little comfort, and then turned to ask Liu Lijuan: "Comrade Lijuan, how many houses collapsed? How many people are buried?"

Liu Lijuan took a deep breath, steadied herself and said: "Eleven houses collapsed, involving five families, and it is initially estimated that thirty-one people were buried. Currently, six people have been urgently sent to the hospital for treatment, plus Teacher Wu and Teacher Bai who were successfully rescued just now, a total of fifteen people have been rescued!"

"Uncle Wu and Aunt are here!"

"Uncle Wu's situation doesn't look good, he seems to be dying!"

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and get the person out first!"

The rescue personnel were busy again, carrying an old man and an old woman out of the ruins. The old man was very thin, held by a young guy, and seemed to have no weight.

Zhou Andong walked over quickly and checked the old man. He could still feel his pulse, but he was breathing more than he was exhaling, and the situation really didn't look good.

"Don't... don't worry about me." The old woman lay on the back of a middle-aged man and said weakly: "Daming, save your Uncle Wu first."

"Aunt!" Daming comforted: "Uncle Wu will definitely be fine, don't worry."

Gu Bing held a flashlight and ran over with deep and shallow steps, followed by Wang Wentian, Lian Kai, and Shen Mingwei.

"How is the situation?" Gu Bing asked Liu Lijuan, panting.

Zhou Andong turned to ask Wang Wentian: "Did you get the car out?"

Wang Wentian nodded: "Got it out."

"Quick!" Zhou Andong said: "Use our car to send the injured to the hospital."

"Yes!" Wang Wentian agreed and said to the young man: "You carry the person and follow me."

"Okay!" The young man didn't say a word, held Uncle Wu, and followed Wang Wentian to run to where the car was parked.

Zhou Andong immediately asked: "Where are the other injured?"

Liu Lijuan hurriedly shone her flashlight forward and replied: "Over there."

Zhou Andong walked over quickly, Liu Lijuan followed closely behind, introducing the situation to Gu Bing while walking.

"How is the situation, are there any seriously injured?"

Because there were injured people here, and they had to observe the situation of the injured at any time, there were five or six flashlights on, and the light was okay. But Zhou Andong was soaked through by the rain, and his hair was messy, like a drowned rat, so no one recognized him.

However, hearing his question, a woman who looked very beautiful and only about thirty years old said: "Teacher Chen and Aunt Zhou are more seriously injured. If they are not sent to the hospital as soon as possible, I'm afraid their lives will be in danger."

Zhou Andong immediately turned back and shouted: "Lian Kai, Shen Mingwei!"

"Here!"

"Here!"

These two 'here's' stunned these women. Only then did they realize that the person who came was a leader.

One of the women holding a flashlight couldn't help but shine it on Zhou Andong's face, looked carefully, and then exclaimed: "Factory Director, you are here."

Zhou Andong didn't answer her, but said to Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei: "There are two people here who are more seriously injured, you drive them to the hospital."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei stood at attention, then bent down and got under the plastic cloth.

Zhou Andong asked: "Which ones are Teacher Chen and Aunt Zhou?"

"Here!" A woman holding a flashlight shone it on two people.

Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei walked over and checked the injured: "Chairman, find someone to carry them, if we carry them over, it might cause secondary injuries."

"I'll go call someone." A woman holding a flashlight rushed into the rain curtain, and soon four big guys came over carrying two door panels.

"Where is the Factory Director? Where is the Factory Director?" A woman wearing a raincoat, whose appearance couldn't be seen clearly, ran over staggering.

"Oh my!" Two women followed behind the woman, shouting while running: "Principal Yan, you are so old, walk slowly, what if you fall?"

Zhou Andong ran out and hurriedly said: "Principal Yan, I'm here."

Yan Minru grabbed Zhou Andong's arm, rainwater mixed with tears flowing down her face: "Factory Director, the house collapsed, more than thirty people were buried inside. That bastard Shi Guoqiang is a beast who is worse than a pig or dog. The dormitory reconstruction report was submitted so many days ago, and he suppressed it and never approved it."

This old lady had taught for a lifetime, and even when facing the most mischievous students, she had never scolded them, let alone corporal punishment. It can be seen how angry this old lady was by that trash Shi Guoqiang, that she actually broke the precept and scolded people.

We went to ask, and he said he was studying it in a meeting. We went to ask, and he still said he was studying it in a meeting. This study back and forth, the house was studied to collapse by them, and people were buried inside."

"Principal Yan!" Zhou Andong asked in a deep voice: "Who went to find Shi Guoqiang, and how many times did they go to find him?"

"Me, Ma Qingmin, and Liu Bo, and more than ten school leaders." Old Lady Yan was old, but her teeth were very good, biting with a 'ge-zhi-zhi' sound: "The second day after Factory Director Liu handed the reconstruction application to Shi Guoqiang, we went to find Shi Guoqiang, and we went every day.

Originally, according to the plan, tomorrow—no, it's today, we were going to organize all the faculty and staff of the school to go to the Municipal State-owned Assets Office. But now that such a disaster has occurred, the plan may not be able to be implemented."

"It doesn't matter!" Zhou Andong suddenly laughed, but his smile looked a bit creepy: "The city leaders will definitely come. Today, I will first collect some interest from Shi Guoqiang for you, and then send him to prison."

Yan Minru stared with wide eyes and said fiercely: "Letting him go to prison is letting him off easy. Only letting him eat a bullet can relieve the hatred."

"Letting him eat a bullet is not impossible." Zhou Andong pondered: "When the leaders come later, Principal Yan, you must cooperate with me well."

Yan Minru's spirit, which had been sluggish, suddenly lifted: "Factory Director, tell me how to cooperate!"

Zhou Andong whispered in Yan Minru's ear: "You communicate with others, just do as I say."

"This... this..." Yan Minru hesitated: "This... this doesn't seem very good."

"Didn't you also say just now that if Shi Guoqiang is not shot, you won't be relieved?" Zhou Andong said sinisterly: "Only in this way can there be a chance to let him eat a bullet."

Yan Minru hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll go find Principal Ma and Principal Liu."

"Hmm!" Zhou Andong watched Yan Minru leave, turned to whisper in Liu Lijuan's ear: "You don't need to say too much. When the leaders ask, you just tell the truth about when the reconstruction application was handed to Shi Guoqiang. If there are witnesses to prove it, that would be even better."

"I understand!" Liu Lijuan nodded solemnly.

Zhou Andong turned back to the place where the injured were resting. At this time, five more people were rescued, and Teacher Chen and Aunt Zhou had been carried away and sent to the hospital.

"It is said that women can hold up half the sky, but today, you have held up a sky for the affected faculty and staff and their families."

Zhou Andong swept a glance at the women who were holding the plastic cloth and taking care of the injured, and found that everyone, including those who were slightly injured, was looking at him.

"In this cold rainy night, it is you who warmed their hearts with your broad minds. It is you who lit up the light of their future hope with your enthusiasm. I am very moved, and I am also very grateful to you!"

After finishing, Zhou Andong bowed deeply to the women, which made the faces of the women flush with a hint of redness, appearing somewhat embarrassed.

One of the women said somewhat embarrassedly: "Factory... Factory Director, don't say that. We are not just neighbors, but also colleagues. They had an accident, and we reached out to help, which is what we should do."

Another woman also echoed: "Yes, Factory Director, we are all neighbors. If such a thing happened, if we didn't help, would we still be human?"

Looking at Zhou Andong, a warm current surged in Liu Lijuan's heart. Women can hold up half the sky—in her view, this slogan can just be shouted. In real life, how many men truly agree with this sentence? Even more so, some women themselves are willing to become appendages of men, losing their due independence and dignity.

However, when Zhou Andong said the sentence 'women can hold up half the sky', Liu Lijuan could truly feel his respect and recognition for women. This kind of respect did not stay on the verbal level but came from the heart. Zhou Andong proved his equal view of women with actual actions, which moved Liu Lijuan deeply.

And those women were equally excited, obviously touched by Zhou Andong's words. Because only women can truly understand this feeling of being respected and recognized.

Gu Bing on the side twitched his mouth fiercely. Too green, you are too green. Zhou Andong hasn't exerted his power yet, and you are moved like this. If Zhou Andong were to go all out and exert himself to the fullest, wouldn't you be excited enough to jump off a building? Thinking of this, Gu Bing couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that these women were really too easy to fool.

"Factory Director, Secretary, how is the situation now?" Dai Weimin and Tian Hongwei came together, and I don't know how they bumped into each other.

"The situation is okay!" Zhou Andong looked at the injured: "The search and rescue work is very smooth."

They were talking, when they saw several flashlight beams penetrate the rain curtain and shine over.

Zhou Andong looked up: "It is estimated that Shi Guoqiang and the others have arrived."

Soon, that group of people walked over. What Zhou Andong didn't expect was that walking in front were actually Hu Guanghui and Wang Jianmin, while Shi Guoqiang and Shao Yan were accompanying them on the side.

"Zhou Andong, Gu Bing!" Shi Guoqiang pointed at Zhou Andong and Gu Bing and suddenly roared: "How are you two acting as Factory Director and Secretary?"

This guy came and took the initiative to push the responsibility onto Zhou Andong and Gu Bing's heads: "Such a big hidden danger appeared in the faculty dormitory. You two, as Factory Director and Secretary, actually didn't know.

You are playing with the lives of employees by neglecting your duties like this, causing such a big disaster. You are committing a crime and should be sent to the execution ground to be shot."

Hearing Shi Guoqiang's counter-accusation, not only Liu Lijuan, Dai Weimin, and Tian Hongwei, but the expressions of the injured and those women on the side all became angry.

And Shao Yan and the others revealed proud expressions, because they believed that today's accident was God helping them eliminate Zhou Andong.