Chapter 857 Rescue
Although the snow on the highway has been cleaned up, the road is still a bit slippery. After all, it is just a rural road. There are not many vehicles coming and going. Unlike those major roads, just the crushing of vehicle tires can melt all the dark ice on the road.
Yang Jing did not install anti-skid chains, so he could only slowly drive forward at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
Walking on this rural road, the song "Take me home, country roads" played on the radio, which was extremely suitable. It's a pity that the car's speed could not be increased, which is a bit regrettable.
The area where Grand Falls is located is not a real plain area. It is actually still in the Rocky Mountains. If you want to think of the real big plain, you have to walk another 200 kilometers eastward.
So when driving on the road, you can see the ups and downs everywhere. If it is summer, the scenery here must be extremely beautiful. At that time, there were lush green everywhere, full of vitality. But now, although the monotonous white is also very beautiful, people's eyes can't stand it after a long time...
Fortunately, the road was not long, only seven kilometers. Yang Jing ran for more than ten minutes and arrived at the small town of Alm.
When crossing the Missouri River south of the town, Yang Jing could clearly see the frozen Missouri River on the bridge, which was nearly 150 meters wide, and was completely frozen by ice at this time. However, Yang Jing didn't know how thick the ice was and whether it could bear the weight of people.
If the ice on the river surface is thick enough, then you can smash an ice hole and fish after you go back.
Yang Jing couldn't help but remember the winter when he was a child. My uncle took him to break the ice and fish in Chahe east of Tianqu...
The car quickly crossed the bridge and drove into the town.
The town of Alm is very small, with only a hundred families, but it is distributed in a huge area of two kilometers. From this town, it can be seen that Montana is vast and sparsely populated.
Since InterContinental Highway 15 crosses the town, it is the most prosperous area of the town on both sides of the InterContinental Highway. Therefore, here Yang Jing can easily see restaurants, second-hand car dealers, car repair shops and a small convenience store.
The town is too small to afford a large supermarket. Only such a small convenience store provides some convenience for local residents.
Anyway, this place is not far from Grand Falls. If residents in the town want to purchase on a large scale, they will drive to Grand Falls. The city has a supermarket that is large enough to meet any purchase needs.
Yang Jing had not eaten lunch yet, so after seeing that restaurant, Yang Jing decided to settle for lunch here.
When Yang Jing parked the car and walked into the restaurant, he met two acquaintances, the Jones brothers.
"Hey, Albert, why did you come here?" Big Jones asked in confusion after the greetings.
"I'm going to buy something, but because I haven't had lunch yet, I'm here to have a meal. What are you doing? It looks like I'm very tired."
Before Big Jones could answer, a crisp sound rang out. "Roy, Michael, your two steak potatoes are ready, please enjoy."
When Yang Jing heard the sound, he looked up and found a beautiful girl in her twenties standing next to her with a tray. There were two very large portions of fried steak with roasted potatoes, and two glasses of red wine.
Little Jones stood up politely, "Thank you Jenny, but I have to trouble you. We also need a fried steak and roasted potatoes. Our friend is here, we need to ask him to taste your father's craftsmanship. I think my friend will definitely like your father's craftsmanship."
The beautiful Jenny looked at Yang Jing, and seemed a little surprised by Yang Jing's skin color and hair color, but she still nodded gently, "Don't worry, Michael, my dad's skills will definitely satisfy your friend."
Michael looked at the beautiful figure who turned around and left, and his vision was unwilling to leave for a long time.
Yang Jing knocked the guy in anger and whispered: "Why, if you like someone? If you like someone, take the initiative to pursue him boldly. If you use your eyes to pursue someone's back, they will never be with you."
Yang Jing's words immediately made Jones's face turn red, making Yang Jing very funny. This was the first time he had seen the carefree Jones' expression appear like this since he met the Jones brothers. He was a virgin who was in love...
Roy Jones smiled and said, "Albert, ignore that guy. Michael fell in love with Jenny since he went to kindergarten, but he still dared not confess his love. God, my brother is not like this. He can tame the most irritating horse and control the most violent bull, but why don't he dare to confess to Jenny?"
"Roy, no one thinks you are mute if you don't speak!" Michael blushed and made a fierce look, but he made Yang Jing very funny.
"Michael, the entire Alm town and half of the Falls know that you like Jenny. Even Jenny has been waiting for your confession, but what about your courage?" Roy glared at his younger brother angrily.
"I..." Michael grabbed his scalp in distress.
Yang Jing was really happy now. He really didn't expect that a tall and big American man would be more subtle than a Chinese in terms of feelings. This is really rare. At least among American men, Michael's subtlety is even more rare than that of giant pandas.
However, Yang Jing also knew that this was not because of Jones' weak personality. On the contrary, Yang Jing knew very well that Jones's personality was actually more fierce than his brother, Big Jones, but he met someone who could absolutely conquer him.
As the saying goes, the tofu is made by brine, and if the beautiful Jenny is brine, then little Jones is an unformed piece of tofu...
This kind of thing cannot be interfered with by outsiders. Jones must be savored by himself, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Therefore, Yang Jing wisely shifted this topic aside.
"I said Roy, I see that you brothers are so tired. They look even more embarrassed than cleaning the snow that day. What did you brothers do these two days?"
Yang Jing asked this question just now, but was interrupted by Jenny's arrival, so as soon as the question was released, the brothers' attention was immediately diverted.
Little Jones, who was a little sad just now, immediately said: "Roy and I have been to save people these two days."
"Save someone?" Yang Jing looked at the two brothers in confusion.
"That's right, I just saved people, and I saved nine people in total!" Jones said proudly.
Roy coughed and said with a very satisfied look: "Michael is right. We have other tasks these two days. Although we are very tired, we rescued nine tourists from New Orleans from the Wild Buffalo in the north."
"New Orleans?" Yang Jing's mind was confused, and then he immediately realized that the straight-line distance of this place was 2,700 kilometers from the Great Falls. In such weather, people from New Orleans actually ran from the southeast corner of the United States to the northwest corner to play. That can only be said that Americans really know how to play!
"Yes, it's New Orleans. There are two newlywed couples."
Yang Jing patted his forehead. He knew that there was a custom in the United States that newly married couples would drive on a romantic self-driving trip in a car, which was an alternative honeymoon. However, the two newlyweds were crazy enough to drive from New Orleans to Grand Falls.
"There are eleven people in total." Roy's voice was a little low. "These eleven people are all from Louisiana. Two couples were newly married, and seven were self-driving hikers. They met on the road and came to Grand Falls together."
"After they admired the Great Falls on the Missouri River, they originally planned to go to Yellowstone Park to play, but from the locals in the Great Falls, they learned from the mouths of the locals in Grand Falls that there is a national-level wild buffalo protection park north of our Alm, so they went there together to prepare to watch the wild buffalo up close, and they encountered the snowstorm."
Michael took the conversation and continued: "These eleven people used to live in the warm Louisiana state. They may have rich experience in how to resist hurricanes, but they don't know how to defend against blizzards. They don't know that the power of blizzards is actually even more terrifying than hurricanes! As a result, after they arrived at the park this time, they ignored the cold wave alarm and camped in the park."
"As a result, when the blizzard came, all their camping tents were crushed, and they did not see the road buried by heavy snow in panic. Three of the four cars drove into the deep ditch. Although the last car did not fall into the deep ditch, it was stuck on the hillside."
"We received a distress signal on the night after the snow." Big Jones took the conversation again, "It was the three people in the car in the last one who climbed out. They first tried to rescue their companions who fell into the deep ditch, but after working hard for a long time, they found that they could not do this at all. At that time, due to the blizzard, a large power outage in the area was caused, and the mobile phone signal tower had no signal. So two of the injured stayed in the local area, and the other young girl, who was less injured, walked for three hours before she met Mr. Drizzt who was driving home. Then, the town got news that it needed rescue."
"You two went with you too?" Yang Jing asked.
"Yes, we are very familiar with that, so Michael and I were pulled from the bed by Sheriff Roberts and followed them to rescue together. The professional rescue team in Grand Falls also went there, but the terrain there was too dangerous. We worked hard for a day and two nights and finally rescued only nine people. The newlyweds who fell into the deep ditch had stopped breathing because of their severe temperature loss."
The atmosphere suddenly became heavier.
Chapter completed!