SRTT Chapter 40.2

“Miss Ruan, this is what our Colonel asked me to bring.” He handed the backpack to Ruan Ning.

Unexpectedly, it was delivered to her door.

Ruan Ning took the backpack and said with a smile: “Thank you for taking the trouble to come here.”

As she spoke, she took out a few compressed biscuits from her backpack and wanted to give them to him.

The soldier waved his hands repeatedly: “No, no, this is a reward for you. I can’t take it.”

“Our Colonel said that this cooperation went very smoothly. Although it took a long time, the harvest was also rich.”

“Next time, if you have any news, you can tell him.”

Ruan Ning took back her hand and said with a smile, “Of course, of course.”

The soldier brother added: “Also, our Colonel asked me to tell you that the team heading north has already set off. Yan Ruoxue is also on the team this time. I hope she can bring back good news.”

Ruan Ning nodded: “I understand. Thank you for making this trip.”

The soldier brother smiled and said, “You’re welcome. This kind of job is very simple.”

After he left, Ruan Ning went back upstairs with the compressed biscuits.

At this time, Cheng Jikuan, his sister, and Ruan Cifeng had already set off to search for supplies.

Ruan Ning thought that she had to meet Wu Dawei in the afternoon, so she did not go out again.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Cifeng suddenly returned home early in the afternoon.

He seemed to be frightened by something. He came back, picked a cup of hot water, and sat in front of the return air furnace with his eyes wide open.

Zhou Sulan asked worriedly, “What’s wrong with you? Why did you suddenly come back today?”

Ruan Cifeng took a deep breath and said, “We have been searching for wooden planks recently, but now we can hardly find any. So, we are going to go to the mountains.”

Ruan Ning nodded.

“We didn’t dare to go to an unfamiliar place, so Cheng Jikuan opened the way and took us to a place called Yuanshan.”

“That place is not close, so we stopped twice on the way.”

“I didn’t expect that when I got there, I would find so many people there. Probably thousands of them.”

Ruan Ning frowned: “Why are there so many people there?”

Ruan Cifeng said: “Recently, everyone is digging at the ice, trying to dig out food and fuel from under the ice.”

Ruan Ning hummed: “Then, what?”

Ruan Cifeng said: “It’s very hard to dig ice, and it’s also troublesome to transport the things up after digging them out. In short, it’s very troublesome.”

“I don’t know clearly. Anyway, they said that they didn’t want to do it anymore and said that they wanted to rob some place where books were stored, so they would never be afraid of freezing if they lived there in the future.”

Ruan Ning understood that those people were targeting the library on the mountain.

Yan Ruoxue once said that there were more than 20 million books in the collection library.

And since it wasn’t flooded there, there were ready-made books to burn without spending any effort.

The most important thing was that the Collection Library was a special library. It was not a simple reinforced concrete library. It had many ancient characteristic buildings, so a large amount of wood was used.

They should not only want to burn books but also want to demolish these affiliated libraries.

Ruan Cifeng continued: “After seeing that situation, we didn’t dare to stay any longer.”

Ruan Ning hurriedly asked: “What about Cheng Jili and Cheng Jikuan? Why didn’t they come back?”

“Cheng Jikuan said that this matter was not trivial and he was afraid that it would cause a big incident, so he wanted to report to the command post of the disaster relief camp.” Ruan Cifeng said.

Zhou Sulan frowned and said, “With so many people there, what can we do over there? I guess it would be a waste of time to go there.”

Ruan Cifeng tried: “Maybe firing a gun can scare people and make them afraid.”

Zhou Sulan shook her head: “Will so many people be shot? And in this situation, is it more important for people to live or for books to be preserved?”

“If they really start shooting, what will the victims think?”

They were afraid that even an ethicist would not be able to answer this question.

Moreover, in extreme cases, no one would reason with you.

 

 

 

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