Chapter 86: Seafood from Western Xinjiang? Martha was shocked!
Several days passed.

At the beginning, Martha was still a little restless. She looked at the heavy rain outside the hotel window every day and pulled Lin Yan's arm and acted coquettishly:

"Yan, what's the situation outside now? Is there anyone who needs our help?"

"Is there enough money for earthquake relief in Chang'an City? How about we donate some?"

"I always feel a little nervous. Is there going to be another accident? Yan, we have to prepare in advance!"

Every time this happened, Lin Yan would cover his face, feeling that Martha really had "excess energy".

Aid from all sides has arrived, and Chang'an City is now sufficiently equipped with manpower, funds, and supplies. Lin Yan himself is willing to continue going out to help, but if he goes out, Martha will definitely follow him. He is reluctant to let Martha go out with him in the rain.

Anyway, I have done my best to help in this flood. Chang'an City is no longer in big trouble, so I, as a tourist, should just lie down for a while.

As time went by, Martha gradually felt at ease watching the news reported by television media.

"That's amazing, Yan, what kind of car is that? There's actually such a big kitchen in the whole car. It's only the second day after the disaster, and it can guarantee that all the people who are temporarily relocated can have hot meals? That's amazing!"

"There is such a bathing car? It can serve as a temporary bathhouse for many people? Yan! Can this car be exported? I think our country really needs this kind of car!"

"Wow! Yan, that's the Orange River dam we visited before? It was reinforced so quickly? It's so high and thick, and there's no trace of collapse at all! It's impossible for a dam like this to burst again, right?"

Martha was completely amazed by China's disaster relief speed.

The first day was a day of panic after the disaster, and the second day was a day of help from all sides. The city was basically in order from the third day on. Both the daily life of the affected people and the natural hazards brought by the heavy rain were arranged in an orderly manner.

This can also be seen from the three meals a day delivered to your door by the hotel.

When Lin Yan and Martha returned to the hotel, the hotel only had spare food in its own warehouse. With so many disaster victims suddenly arriving, the food distributed to each person was barely enough to fill their stomachs. But starting from that evening, large quantities of fresh vegetables and meat from outside aid were delivered to the hotel, and the hotel's meals returned to the normal standard of a star hotel.

If she didn't feel it was a bit "inappropriate", Martha would even "appreciate the heavy rain" and "enjoy red wine and steak" by the window.

It can be said that apart from the fact that it is still raining outside and people are not able to go out very often, the city of Chang'an no longer feels the impact of the "disaster".

As long as the rain stops and the flood recedes, this suffering city will be able to resume normal production and living order the next day.

Seeing how relaxed Lin Yan and the other person were, foreign netizens in the live broadcast room burst into tears again.

"Oh my God, why is China's disaster relief so fast? There's still a flood outside, but we can stay in the hotel room so peacefully and enjoy a star-rated meal every day. Does it look like we're still suffering from the disaster?"

“They didn’t even shut off the water or electricity!”

"Don't brag, the hotel has a generator, how could there be a power outage?"

"You're the one who's being mean! How long can the hotel's generator last? I have to crank the generator every day because of power outages here, how could I not know? This rainstorm was so violent, but China never had a water or power outage from beginning to end. Do you know what this means?"

"Fuck, I wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't mentioned it! China doesn't have power outages during disasters? God, when our city was destroyed by the hurricane, there was no power everywhere! You can get electricity if you want it, but it's several hundred yuan per kWh!"

"Really! We can usually cut off your electricity and water supply when there is nothing going on, let alone during a disaster. But in the anchor's room, there is always electricity and water supply, and there is even hot water!"

"This must be because of this hotel! Think about it, a five-star hotel must be the place that is given the most attention, with water and electricity being given priority. Other places must have been completely dark by now!"

"Could it be like this? But the gymnasium didn't lose power during the worst time before."

“……” Discussions like these have never stopped in the past few days.

In the face of a major disaster, this "peaceful and stable" life itself is an incredible miracle.

A few days later, the rain stopped, the sky cleared, the water receded, and the people began to live again. The city of Chang'an finally regained its former vitality!

"The sun! The sun is out! Did we win? We won! Yan!"

On the morning of the 6th day, looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, Martha cheered like a little girl and ran to the street pulling Lin Yan.

It has to be said that at this moment, the devastated city of Chang'an is still not very "beautiful". The streets are full of mud, garbage, broken branches and leaves brought by the floods, as well as various broken-down and scrapped cars. To put it bluntly, it is as ugly as a garbage city.

But it was an incredibly beautiful moment.

On the streets, people in all kinds of clothes took to the streets to help clean up the garbage and tidy up the place, and there were also special epidemic prevention personnel spraying disinfectants. Little by little, piece by piece, the city and its people are working together to eliminate the shadows brought by the past few days.

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Of course, we won."

Facing this rare rainstorm on the entire Blue Planet, the entire Chang'an City showed unprecedented perseverance and solidarity. Everyone helped each other and overcame the difficulties together. Countless people from all over the country came to help. Together, they created a miracle:
"In the entire Chang'an city, no one was killed in this rain disaster!"

If this is not victory, what is victory?
Martha cheered with great joy, and like millions of residents in Chang'an City, she put aside the shadows of the past few days and celebrated this hard-earned victory together.

Now, she really looks like a pure-blooded Chinese.

From this, we can see how much the trip to Chang'an City touched Martha.

However, they do not belong to this city after all. After the rain stops and the sky clears, no matter how reluctant they are, they will eventually choose to leave.

"I took a look at the notice from the Railway Bureau. Starting tomorrow, all high-speed trains from Chang'an City to the rest of the country will resume operation. Martha, let's leave tomorrow and go to Western Xinjiang, which we should have gone to a long time ago."

Martha's eyes widened: "So fast? Yan, the water has just receded this morning, and the high-speed rail will be able to resume operation tomorrow?"

This was something Lin Yan couldn't do: "What else? Strictly speaking, it can be opened at noon today, but there is no train to Western Xinjiang at noon, so it has been delayed until tomorrow."

Martha: "...How hard have you Chinese worked in places I can't see? One miracle after another, I'm almost numb!"

It's not like she hasn't encountered sudden disasters in other places. Two years ago, she was forced to stay briefly in Los Angeles, USA due to a sudden hurricane. But she clearly remembered that even after the hurricane left, it took Los Angeles three full days to resume normal traffic!

As for China, let alone three days, the efficiency is actually calculated in hours!
This is another miracle that is difficult to understand for outsiders.

However, Martha, who has a relatively deep understanding of China, has already realized that this miracle was by no means a gift from God to China, but the result of the silent hard work of countless Chinese people.

Man can conquer nature, it is true.

"Oh, by the way, Martha, since you are going to Western Xinjiang, I will take you to have a meal of 'Western Xinjiang specialties' tonight."

"Okay, okay, Yan, what kind of Xinjiang delicacy is this? Mutton? Pilaf?"

"Neither, it's the specialty food of Western Xinjiang - seafood!"

Martha: “…Ah?”

(End of this chapter)