Chapter 834

Zhi Wanshan smiled and stopped gritting his teeth: "To tell the truth, if I hadn't been forced to this point, let alone one hundred and fifty thousand, I wouldn't be willing to sell it even for five hundred thousand. After all, a sharp rise in coal is certain."

Zhou Andong waved his hand: "A sharp rise in coal is for the future. Whether it's two or three years, or ten or eight years, no one knows. Just speaking of the present, whoever buys a coal mine will lose money."

Zhi Wanshan had nothing to say, because Zhou Andong was right. He knew that coal would definitely rise, but he didn't know when it would rise. He still had some funds in his hands, and it would be no problem to hold on for a year or two. But what if it doesn't rise within a year or two? He would be crying by then.

"Oh my!" Yuan Lu's voice came from the room, "It's leaking at the end of the kang."

"Quick, quick, quick!" Chen Yuanlin shouted: "Go to the outer room and get a washbasin to catch it."

Yuan Zhe ran out with a whoosh, picked up the washbasin on the stool, and ran back.

Zhou Andong said to Zhi Wanshan: "Give me your contact number."

Zhi Wanshan asked: "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Andong said: "Don't ask me what I'm going to do; I will contact you when the time comes."

Zhi Wanshan took out a business card from his bag: "This is my office number. I have been living in the mine's office for this period of time."

Zhou Andong took the business card and put it in his pocket: "You can go now. Don't let anyone see you. If it reaches Yuan Hongbiao's ears, he will definitely be on guard against me."

Zhi Wanshan nodded, and then said with a difficult look: "My car is stuck at the entrance of the village."

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes, looked at the rain outside, and helplessly shouted at the door: "Brother Hai, Brother Tao, Chen Yuan, this comrade's car is stuck at the entrance of the village. Let's go over and help him push it out."

"Okay!" Yuan Hai buckled the cards, "We'll play again when we get back."

Zhou Andong put on Yuan Hongzhan's raincoat. Yuan Hai, Yuan Tao, Chen Yuan, Liu Hao, plus Yuan Mei's partner Yao Peng, found plastic sheets to drape over themselves and rushed into the heavy rain.

Yuan Zhe also wanted to join in the fun, but was grabbed by the collar by his father and dragged back.

When they reached the entrance of the village, several people pushed the car out. When they were walking back, a loud boom suddenly came. They saw a house not far ahead collapse with a bang. The smoke and dust had just risen when it was poured down by the heavy rain.

"The house collapsed." Chen Yuan said in a lost voice, and the others were also dumbfounded.

"Quick, go save people." Zhou Andong gave a loud roar and strode toward that side.

Hearing Zhou Andong's roar, Yuan Hai and the others finally came to their senses and ran after Zhou Andong.

"The house collapsed, save people!"

Zhou Andong jumped onto the ruins, moved away a piece of wood, and then dug into the mud with his hands. Soon, Yuan Hai and the others also arrived.

At this time, neighbors also rushed out of their homes one after another. Because the incident happened too suddenly, they didn't have time to bring tools and could only dig into the mud with their hands desperately.

Soon, there were more and more people, and they also brought tools. Wu Chao and Zhao Hong also brought people over.

With many people, there is great strength. In just over ten minutes, a big brother suddenly shouted.

"Here!"

Zhou Andong turned his head and saw a hand exposed outside. He walked over quickly, and together with the crowd, carefully cleared the ruins above, and finally saw the people inside.

"Uncle Bai, Bai Shener, how do you feel?"

Buried underneath were an old couple, in their fifties, huddled by the stove.

They were very lucky; after a roof beam fell, it landed on the stove.

There was also a door frame tilted and propped up beside them, leaving them a little space to breathe.

Uncle Bai shook his head: "No... nothing."

Bai Shener said weakly: "My... my arm has no feeling, I can't move."

"Don't talk, get people out first."

Zhou Andong took off his raincoat, covered Bai Shener, and then bent down to carry Bai Shener out.

A middle-aged man pointed to the west courtyard: "Send them to my house first."

"Okay!" Zhou Andong walked away carrying Bai Shener.

Immediately after, someone else carried Uncle Bai up and followed Zhou Andong, walking quickly toward the west courtyard.

They sent the people into the room. The old branch secretary and the militia company commander Bian Zhenghe arrived. Seeing that Uncle Bai and Bai Shener had no major problems, both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Bian Zhenghe said: "It's raining so hard, the town leaders were worried and just finished checking and left. I didn't expect your house to collapse."

"It's good that people are fine. When the rain stops, we'll have a celebration." The old branch secretary comforted Uncle Bai, "You don't have to worry about the house. There are still some materials behind the brigade. When the time comes, the fellow villagers will all lend a hand, and the house can be repaired for you in a month."

"Lucky to be alive." Uncle Bai felt lingering fear, "I was lying in the room when I heard the big gable wall creaking and knew something was going to happen. I got off the bed and pulled my old lady to run out.

I didn't expect that as soon as we went out, the house collapsed. Fortunately, the roof beam fell and landed on the stove, so we weren't buried solidly inside."

Bian Zhenghe looked at Bai Shener's pale face, and one arm was already swollen: "Old sister-in-law, how do you feel?"

Bai Shener said with a trembling voice: "My arm hurts."

"This won't do." Zhou Andong looked at Bai Shener's arm, "The bone must be broken, we must go to the hospital immediately."

"Chairman!" Wu Chao, who followed, said: "I'll go drive!"

Zhou Andong nodded: "Go quickly, drive the RV!"

Wu Chao walked away quickly. It didn't take long before the sound of a car horn came from outside.

"The car is here!"

Zhou Andong said. There were too many people, so he didn't need to reach out.

"Uncle Bai, you should also go to the hospital for a check-up."

Uncle Bai shook his head: "I'm fine, why go to the hospital!"

Zhou Andong advised: "You look fine on the outside, but what if you have internal injuries? You'd better go take a look."

The old branch secretary also advised: "Stop being stubborn. Chairman Zhou is right. What if you have internal injuries?"

Bian Zhenghe waved his hand: "Come here, carry him into the car."

The crowd didn't care about anything else, carried Uncle Bai up, and walked out.

Zhou Andong looked at Zhao Hong beside him: "You drive to the county hospital, let Wu Chao come down, I have something to tell him."

Zhao Hong agreed and ran out, seeing a group of people lying by the car door looking inside.

"What's wrong?"

The crowd gave way one after another. A young man smiled a little embarrassedly: "Nothing, just taking a look."

Zhao Hong smiled: "A few people need to follow. Who is going?"

"I'll go, I'll go..."

Several young people raised their hands. They were also the ones who carried Uncle Bai and Bai Shener into the car.

At first, they saw that the car was so clean and luxurious, and they didn't dare to get on.

It was only after Wu Chao spoke that they carried the people up and placed them on the sofa bed in the back.

In fact, it wasn't just them. Uncle Bai and Bai Shener were wet and covered in mud, making the bed dirty. Lying in the back made them feel even more uncomfortable.

"Okay, get in the car!" Zhao Hong waved his hand, then pulled open the driver's side door, "Brother Chao, the chairman asked me to drive to the hospital, he has something to tell you."

Wu Chao got out of the car, walked a few steps, and suddenly shouted: "Wait!"

Zhao Hong asked: "What's wrong?"

Wu Chao said to the crowd: "Whoever has clothes suitable for Uncle Bai and Bai Shener, bring two pieces for them to change into, otherwise it will be troublesome if they catch a cold."

"Oh my!" Uncle Bai's neighbor patted his head: "Too anxious, forgot about this. I'll go get the clothes."