After the matter of the wolf pack was solved, the village returned to its usual tranquility. Besides the weather getting colder and the snow falling for several days, the rest of the days were the same as usual.
Six days passed, and the village erupted in chaos at midnight. Under the howling sound of the cold wind and heavy snow, several men went to Han Yuheng’s house.
They knocked on the door while shouting, "Team leader, wake up! Something bad happened!"
Due to their rapid pounding, Han Yuheng woke up, and after putting on his thick cotton-padded jacket, he went out to check the situation.
Opening the gate, he looked at the group of educated youths and asked, "Comrades, it’s not even dawn. What’s going on? Did something happen?"
"Team leader, something bad happened!" one of the educated youths said with a pale face.
Noticing the situation might be bad, he said, "Let’s talk inside."
The group quickly followed him into the house. At this moment, Bai Luyun was woken up by their knocking and came out of the bedroom. "Husband, what’s wrong?"
The educated youths averted their gazes when they saw her half-asleep appearance. Han Yuheng walked over to his wife and said, "Something happened. You go back to sleep. I will go check the situation."
Bai Luyun glanced at the educated youths and said, "Be careful."
After he closed the bedroom door, he poured a cup of hot water for each of them and asked, "What’s going on?"
The educated youths drank the water to warm up their bodies before one of them said, "Team leader, due to the heavy snow these past few days, some roofs of the houses have collapsed."
When he heard this, Han Yuheng was surprised and asked, "Is everyone alright?"
"We managed to escape, but some of the female educated youths were injured. We came here to ask for your help," one of them replied.
Hearing this, Han Yuheng nodded and said, "For now, go find the village elders and ask them to gather the villagers to help. I will find the staff to assist. We have to evacuate everyone and find a safer place first."
"Understood," the educated youths replied.
After they finished the water, they pulled their cotton-padded jackets closer and left to find the village elders. Before leaving, Han Yuheng went to inform his wife so she wouldn’t worry.
In just an hour, everyone in Xie Village, including An Xuyuan, who was injured, learned about what happened.
After taking medicine for one week, his condition had improved and he could use his left arm even if he couldn’t lift heavy things. After putting on his jacket, hat, and scarf, he left the house with a shovel.
Even if they could evacuate the educated youths and let them stay with the villagers for a few days, they couldn’t provide food for them. So, they still had to dig out the snow and retrieve their supplies.
When he arrived at the location of the educated youths’ houses, he saw a group of villagers already busy digging the snow while the production team’s staff were busy discussing with the villagers about finding a temporary place for the educated youths to stay.
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