Chapter 270 Original Sin 79
Having just finished eating, before we could rest, we saw Song Lian rushing over and shouting, "Everyone with energy, get up! We just got word that there’s a group of children trapped in a kindergarten waiting for us to rescue them! Everyone with energy, get up and follow me!"
At Song Lian’s shout, almost everyone who heard it got up from the connected bamboo rafts, including Shuangshuang and Zhang Bing. In the end, Song Lian noticed there were too many people, so he named those who didn’t look in good shape to stay behind and only took those in better condition on the bamboo rafts to go rescue people.
Originally, Song Lian wanted to leave Shuangshuang behind, but Shuangshuang felt she was definitely in good condition and firmly requested to go. Song Lian saw that Shuangshuang’s condition was indeed okay, and having one more person wouldn’t hurt, so he didn’t insist further.
The kindergarten requiring rescue was a single-story building, though built quite high, about one and a half stories of an average building. After the flood came, the teachers hurriedly led the children to the roof, barely keeping them safe.
The trouble was that in their rush, the teachers didn’t bring any phones, making it impossible to call for help, so they could only hope someone would discover them.
We have to say that the teachers and children’s luck was quite good; fortunately, a man rescued by a soldier under Song Lian knew about this kindergarten. During the flood, it coincided with the time when kids were in class, so he mentioned it to the soldier who saved him.
When Shuangshuang and Song Lian arrived, the situation was a bit dire but not too bad. It was dire because the kindergarten building couldn’t withstand the flood’s attack and had started to collapse.
Not too bad because the tables and chairs in the kindergarten were made of wood. Turning a table over could hold a small child without any issue.
Even more fortunately, because of the heavy rain, many parents were uneasy about sending their children to the kindergarten, so there were only a few parents who mindlessly sent their children to the kindergarten, which remained open despite such bad weather. Consequently, the number of children trapped was far less than Song Lian had imagined.
Everyone paddled the bamboo rafts over and then carried the children out one by one from the small tables. The whole process was surprisingly smooth, making the rescue unexpectedly easy, which lightened everyone’s mood a bit.