Chapter 3923: A Great Mother

The excavator operator had excellent skills. He steadily operated the excavator, slowly moving the prefabricated slab away. Until he moved it to an open space and gently set it down, the rescue team members at the scene couldn't help but burst into a cheer, because the infant's crying was now becoming clearer and clearer.

There was a small space under this prefabricated slab, which was clearly once a small room, but now it was piled with many concrete blocks. These blocks were not too large, and the rescue team members moved them away as quickly as possible, allowing the situation below to be seen.

The situation below left the rescue team members stunned. They saw a woman inside, who looked very young. She had clearly lost her life, but even in death, she was still lying over a cradle. Her posture was a kneeling one, protecting the infant in the cradle.

The deceased's top was lifted; she was clearly breastfeeding the infant before she died. She hoped this would allow the infant to hold on for a few more days, but after she died, the infant could no longer suckle milk. The infant was hungry and tired, so naturally, it would cry from time to time.

Such a scene shocked everyone. Su Xinghui took out his mobile phone and took a picture of this scene, and then he and the rescue team members lifted the deceased's remains, placed them in an open space, and covered them with a white cloth.

A rescue team member picked up the infant in the cradle. The infant was about two or three months old, a baby boy. He didn't even have the strength to stretch his limbs now and could only cry, and his crying was becoming weaker and weaker.

Su Xinghui told the rescue team member to quickly send the infant to their temporary camp, where there were nurses who could take care of him. This infant's life was truly hard-won. If it weren't for this great mother using her own body to support a space for him, he would not have survived until now.

The rescue team member held the infant, got into an off-road vehicle, and drove toward the temporary camp. At this time, every minute and every second was precious. If delayed, perhaps this hard-won little life would be lost, and in that case, no one present would forgive themselves.

That night, the rescue team members' work was quite effective. They used life detectors to search in various ruins and used large machinery to clear the ruins. From the ruins, they found over a hundred more victims' remains and rescued over twenty survivors.

This number was very impressive, because yesterday, the local masses and the nearby garrison had only found over a hundred remains and rescued over a dozen people, and those they found were in relatively shallow places, whereas the rescue team members found these remains and survivors from relatively deep places.

It is worth mentioning that the earthquake-resistant public school built by Yu Ruizhi's Xinhuo Foundation in the northern part of Xingfu County did not have a single teaching building or dormitory collapse in this earthquake. The thousands of teachers and students here were all transferred to the school playground in time, and only a few people suffered minor injuries.

This fact made Yu Ruizhi let out a long sigh of relief. He had been worried about this all along, fearing that the earthquake-resistant public school he built hadn't played any role, which would have made him feel terrible.

This earthquake-resistant public school had absorbed students from several nearby village schools, which was why there were so many students. The safety of these students also greatly reduced the casualties in Xingfu County.

Su Xinghui remembered that in his previous life, Xingfu County belonged to the extremely severely affected area, with a death toll of several thousand and countless injured. Among them, a large part were school students because they were in class at the time, the personnel were dense, and the students' ability to cope with disasters and their reactions were not as good as adults, so it was very difficult for them to escape.

Coupled with the fact that the school's teaching buildings and dormitories had no earthquake-resistant design, the teaching buildings of general schools collapsed quite thoroughly, which aggravated the casualties.

But in this life, due to Su Xinghui's intervention, Yu Ruizhi had built a large number of earthquake-resistant public schools in Chuanxi Province, and now these schools had clearly played a considerable role.

This earthquake-resistant public school alone had kept over a thousand teachers and students safe, and Yu Ruizhi had built at least one such school in every township in Xingfu County.

This news made Yu Ruizhi feel much more energized. After working all night, he was still in high spirits. He kept making calls on the satellite phone, asking Yu Ruoqiu to arrange for foundation staff to prepare more disaster relief supplies to be sent into the disaster area.

He Fusheng woke up at dawn. After getting up, he found Su Xinghui and asked him to go rest, letting them, the local people of Xingfu, take over. However, Su Xinghui couldn't rest yet because he had many things to arrange.

He had to arrange for the large trucks that had finished unloading to send the victims' remains back to Shudu, and those children and the wounded also needed to be transported to Shudu in batches, where they could receive better care and treatment. And after those large trucks returned to Shudu, they had to immediately load the relief supplies prepared there and return to Xingfu County.

There were still tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xingfu County, and they needed to consume a large amount of supplies every day. These fifty trucks of supplies alone were far from enough.

As for those few fuel trucks, two of them had already run out of fuel and had driven back to Shudu. After refilling, they would return. This cycle repeated itself. Now, these fuel supplies were their lifeline; almost all their work relied on these fuel supplies.

In addition to these matters, their rescue work needed to extend to deeper places to find every survivor. Furthermore, they also needed to go to the townships under Xingfu County to help the people there with rescue work. The conditions in the townships below were even worse, so they were in even greater need of their rescue.

Therefore, Su Xinghui insisted on not resting. He had abundant energy; in the morning, he practiced a set of boxing, which replenished his lost energy.

He Fusheng couldn't dissuade him, so they could only sit together and have breakfast. This breakfast was just two bowls of instant noodles per person. At this time, food that could maintain their basic energy needs and was convenient was the best food.

Last night, Su Xinghui had arranged for a portion of the rescue team members to rest, which meant they were divided into two shifts, working day and night. Now he let the rescue team members who had worked all night rest, and let the rescue team members who had rested last night each lead a rescue team, take those rescue devices, and go to more distant places to participate in the rescue.

These more distant places were, of course, the townships under Xingfu County. Each of their rescue teams, with equipment and at least two vehicles and one piece of construction machinery, could play an important role in the townships below.

Now the golden rescue period was only half over. If they arrived in time, there was still hope of rescuing quite a few survivors.

Of course, three rescue teams were also left in Xingfu County to continue searching and rescuing in areas that had not yet been searched.

After resting, He Fusheng's spirit was clearly much better, and he began to direct the rescue work. At this time, no one could afford to be idle.

After Su Xinghui arranged everyone's work, he went to the temporary operating room. The medical personnel were still treating the wounded inside, and he wanted to go visit them.

As soon as he entered the first tent, Su Xinghui saw Gao Xulin performing surgery on a wounded person, with a nurse assisting him. Although in such a crude environment, Gao Xulin was still meticulous. He would ask the nurse for a scalpel one moment and for a hemostatic forceps the next.

And hanging on the top of the tent was a shadowless lamp. It was a pity that conditions here were limited, and it was impossible to achieve sterile conditions, but this was already very rare.

Su Xinghui gently asked a local cadre standing in the tent how many surgeries Gao Xulin had performed that night. The local cadre said this was already the fifth surgery Gao Xulin had performed that night, and all five surgeries were quite successful. There was a wounded person who almost needed an amputation, but Gao Xulin had rescued him and saved his lower leg.

Su Xinghui calculated the time. From the end of dinner yesterday until now, it had been almost twelve hours. Gao Xulin had actually performed five surgeries, and each one was so successful. This was truly incredible.

However, he also saw the sweat on Gao Xulin's forehead and his exhausted expression, but the hand holding the scalpel remained steady.

After Su Xinghui watched there for half an hour, Gao Xulin finished the surgery. The wounded person was sent to another tent with an IV drip. After his vital signs stabilized, an ambulance would send him to Shudu.

Gao Xulin asked the nurse to call in another wounded person, as he wanted to continue the surgery. Su Xinghui said to him, "Dean Gao, you should rest. You are too tired. Go out, have some breakfast, and then get some rest."

Gao Xulin said, "Mayor Su, I cannot rest. There are still many wounded people waiting for me."

Su Xinghui said, "Look at your own mental state? You cannot continue performing surgery. If you go on like this, your body will collapse."

Gao Xulin said, "It doesn't matter, Mayor Su. I know my own physical condition. I once performed a surgery that lasted over twelve hours. I made it through that time, and the surgery was very successful, so this time will be no exception."

Su Xinghui shook his head with a very firm attitude and said, "No, you need to rest. I am responsible for your body, and after you have rested well, your efficiency in performing surgery will be higher. Go on, go out and have some breakfast, and then take a nap, otherwise your body really won't be able to take it." ===== CHAPTER 3925 =====