The man looked fierce, but his eyes were calm, "Sister, hold on! I'm going to jump out!"
"Alright!"
Wen Ran put down the handy giant ladle and, with gritted teeth, pulled this nearly 200-pound iron tower out of the window.
The iron tower squeezed through, thanked Wen Ran, and kept his hands busy, "Sister, I, Qin Fengsheng, will remember your great kindness, what's your name? Where's your home?"
"Wen Ran, a countryside educated youth."
She didn't say anything more, picked up the giant ladle on the ground, intending to knock on other windows. As she stood up, she noticed several military trucks approaching not far away.
The trucks stopped, and a crowd of people surged in.
Wen Ran sighed in relief and plopped down on the ground; the rescuers had arrived!
Ten minutes later, Wen Ran was brought by two young soldiers to meet a man with a stern face, presumably someone with a position, plenty of stars on his shoulders.
"Are you the one who saved people?"
Wen Ran nodded, "I broke the window and pulled out one or two people; the rest don't need me to handle anymore."
"How many windows did you break?"
Wen Ran: "..."
She felt uneasy, wouldn't really need to pay, right?!
"About five or six?"
"Whoa!" Bao Wenxuan rushed in, excited to death, "Seven windows, a full seven! She saved lives in seven carriage compartments."
Wen Ran was dumbfounded, "Why did you come over here?"
"I saw someone take you away, got a bit worried, so I came to find you."
After saying this, Bao Wenxuan belatedly hid the kitchen knife.
She borrowed it from a villager, afraid she couldn't fight against bad people, she brought it to boost her courage.
"Why are you still holding a knife?" The officer frowned slightly and gestured for the soldier to take the knife away, then said, "Don't be afraid, there's no ill intent in looking for you; your cleverness helped greatly in our rescue work, and we're here to thank you."
He saluted Wen Ran, solemnly said, "Hello, let me introduce myself, Zhang Jili."
"Wen Ran," she paused, hesitated, "Just now, did you say you wanted to thank me?"
She saved people to ease her conscience, but if she could gain something from it, that wouldn't be bad.
"Yes."
"Could I get a commendation?" If she remembered correctly, having military recognition, a commendation, or a merit badge could avoid many unnecessary troubles in the countryside at this time.
"Sure," Zhang Jili agreed readily, "Leave your address, we'll send you a letter after dealing with these affairs."
"Great!"
This request for an address was straightforward, Wen Ran left her address, then went out to save people; the more people, the more strength.
Just as Wen Ran left, the burly tower-like man, Qin Fengsheng, squeezed in, "Boss! You've finally come, boo hoo hoo, I almost got tricked."
Zhang Jili looked at him with disdain, "How shameless to say, thankfully, there were few casualties this time; otherwise..."
Qin Fengsheng moaned incessantly, Zhang Jili ignored him, instead looking straight at the people behind Qin Fengsheng.
It was a pair of brothers.
"Chenguang."
Xiao Chengguang slightly nodded, "We've caught the person."
"Hmm," Zhang Jili's eyes deepened, "These people are truly arrogant, this time we'll definitely make them pay dearly."
Having said that, he looked up at the young man standing next to Xiao Chengguang.
The young man was about twenty, with wheat-colored skin, tall and handsome, grinning with two sharp little canine teeth showing, "Brother Jili."
Zhang Jili's face showed more humor, "Chenye, how about joining me? I really have high hopes for you."
Xiao Chenye laughed, "My third brother joined the army, my mother couldn't sleep at night worrying; if I also join, my mother might hang herself passionately at the door."
As those words fell, Zhang Jili laughed, some unspeakable complexity etched on his face, "So many years have passed, and auntie still hasn't lost her edge!"
"Alright," Xiao Chengguang chuckled helplessly, "Let mother find out you're gossiping about her outside, she'll definitely break your leg."
After a few more words, the Xiao Family Brothers left, found a space with no one around to talk, "Mother's instructions, I got it, will return when I have time."
Xiao Chenye sighed, "Third Brother, you can't go back on your word, mother said, if you don't return to choose a wife within three months, she'll pick one for you and send her to the military district."
Xiao Chengguang wiped cold sweat for himself, "I'll try."
"Okay," having passed on the message, Xiao Chenye planned to lend a hand, "I'll go help too," he stretched his limbs, "Can't stay idle!"
"Go, stay safe, if anything happens, come find me."
"Alright~"
.
Not sure who destroyed the railway, causing the train to derail and then collapse with a boom.
Thankfully, injuries were minor, within controllable limits.
Everyone united in saving people; the wounded were carried onto big trucks and taken away.
After a round of chaos, night fell.
"What do we do now?" Bao Wenxuan redressed the wounds on Wen Ran's face, worrying as she said, "If it keeps like this, we definitely won't make it in time."
"What's there to be afraid of?"
At this time, Wen Ran was shockingly calm, "It's not just us who won't make it; all these people won't. The law doesn't punish the majority, you know?!"
Bao Wenxuan was dumbfounded, "Huh?"
Wen Ran grinned, tugging at the wounds on her face, the pain made her wince and show her teeth.
"Miss Wen?" Xiao Chengguang arrived with Xiao Chenye.
Wen Ran was startled, "You are..."
"I'm Xiao Chengguang, heard you and this female educated youth beside you are headed to Qingshan Commune's Silly Deer Team for rural deployment?"
"Yes."
Xiao Chengguang politely, "There's my brother, Xiao Chenye.
He's a truck driver, about to head back to Silly Deer Team, if you're not against it, you can go with my brother."
"Why?" Wen Ran was wary, "Isn't there unified arrangement?"
"There is, but it takes time for orders from above, rather than waiting here, why not go with my brother," after finishing, Xiao Chengguang paused, "Not just you two, all headed for Silly Deer Team can go together."
If that's the case, Wen Ran had no worries.
"Alright, thank you."
Xiao Chengguang nodded, "It's us who should thank you."
Xiao Chenye remained silent, stealthily appraising the young educated youth before him.
She was undoubtedly pretty, a small face just a palm's size, cherry lips and white teeth aside, even her eyes were big, lively, and gleaming.
Her build was no less appealing, slender yet not thin, curves in all the right places.
Only…
He was somewhat skeptical: could this youth in front really work the land?
Her waist seemed so slender, it might snap without much force.
Seeing Xiao Chenye's silence, Xiao Chengguang was a bit unable to sustain; he was always taciturn, while his brother was quite chatty.
But oddly today, he became a mute gourd, not uttering a word.
He nudged his brother with his elbow.