Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Great River Rafting
Lying on the hard bed, none of Deng Juan, Zou Limin, and Xu Yun could fall asleep.
Xu Yun's eyes widened, tears flowed out again, she wiped away her tears, and said in a sand voice: "Sister Juan, Sister Min, as long as Zhidong can come back, we won't fight, let's marry him together." ”
"Well, marry him together. Zou Limin's voice was sad.
"Cheap him. Deng Juan's voice was much lower than usual.
"Zhidong knows that the three of us are going to marry him together, he will definitely be reluctant to leave us, and he will definitely come back. Xu Yun finally cried.
Zou Limin also cried, Deng Juan's tears couldn't be wiped away, she covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying.
The three girls were tired of crying and finally fell asleep.
Before dawn on the third day, the three girls woke up one after another.
Zou Limin went to cook some white porridge and persuaded Xu Yun and Deng Juan to eat a little, so that they had the strength to go out to find it today.
After the flood peak, the flood was slowly falling, but on this day, there were still no traces of Tang Zhidong.
The three girls were about to take it anymore, but on the morning of the fourth day, they went out again to look for it, and they were still disappointed.
Time turned back to the moment when Tang Zhidong was sucked down by the whirlpool, Tang Zhidong fell into darkness, and he seemed to have entered another world. Tang Zhidong understood his situation, with his weak strength, it was impossible to compete with the power of the whirlpool, he could only follow this force and try to save his physical strength, as long as he didn't panic, maybe this breath in his body could hold until the moment when the whirlpool pushed him out.
I don't know how long it took, maybe a minute, maybe a quarter of an hour, maybe half an hour, when Tang Zhidong felt that his lungs were about to explode, the whirlpool finally pushed him out.
"Whew. As soon as he came out of the water, Tang Zhidong immediately exhaled, and at this time, a big wave covered him and pressed him under the water again.
When Tang Zhidong felt that he was about to suffocate, the current threw him out of the water again.
"Whew. Tang Zhidong felt that he was still alive, but he also knew that with his current physical strength, he was not far from death.
Tang Zhidong saw that not far away, another big wave rushed towards him. At the same time, with the peripheral vision of his eyes, he saw a tree stump only half a meter long floating in the water not far away.
Tang Zhidong used the last trace of strength, his feet were fierce, rushed towards the stump, and held it tightly in his arms.
After hugging the stump, the nearest wave finally swooped down on him, and Tang Zhidong sank into the water again.
Ups and downs like this, I don't know how many times, Tang Zhidong's consciousness was a little blurred, his hands gradually weakened, he untied the clothes on his body, tied the stake with himself with his clothes, and then lost consciousness.
When Tang Zhidong regained consciousness again, he was still floating on the water, but the sky was dark, he didn't know if it was that night or the next night, and he didn't know how long he had passed out, at this time he only felt that he was very cold.
At this time, the lack of physical energy has become the biggest threat, Tang Zhidong knows that if this continues, maybe he will not be able to withstand it for a few hours, he will not drown and die, but will also die of insufficient physical energy.
Before Tang Zhidong lost consciousness again, he saw a tree on the river in front of him, and the crown of the tree was half a meter exposed on the water.
When he was close to the canopy, Tang Zhidong grabbed the branch hard, and there was just a clump of leaves on the side of his mouth, he didn't even think much about it, he opened his mouth and bit it.
The taste of the leaves is a little bitter, and then there is a hint of sweetness. When this trace of leaf juice flowed into his stomach, Tang Zhidong could feel as if he had regained a little strength.
Tang Zhidong saw hope, and continued to eat the leaves in a big gulp, until his mouth was a little numb before he stopped, could it be that this leaf is poisonous?
Regardless of whether the leaves were poisonous or not, Tang Zhidong found that his strength had regained somewhat, and it seemed as if the flood was declining as the canopy was partially expanded.
Tang Zhidong took off his pants and connected himself to the canopy.
With the leaf sap, Tang Zhidong was not coldly killed, the flood water fell, and the exposed part of the canopy was almost a meter, Tang Zhidong found a relatively large branch, stuck his body on the branch, and finally could sleep with confidence.
When Tang Zhidong woke up again, the sun had risen very high, and the clothes on his body were almost dry, and his body was no longer in danger of hypothermia, but he felt so hungry.
Tang Zhidong couldn't cut his own flesh to eat, he was hungry, so he could only eat leaves.
There was a lot of mud on the leaves of the trees soaked by the flood, and these leaves were not edible. There are not many leaves that have not been soaked in the flood, and they are about to be eaten by Tang Zhidong.
After eating a few handfuls of leaves, Tang Zhidong regained some strength and looked up at his surroundings, he had to find a way to survive before it got dark, otherwise when it got dark again, he would not be cold to death, but would also be poisoned by the leaves.
The river is not too wide, the current is not very fast, and the waves are not big. But Tang Zhidong's location was at least about 100 meters away from the shore, and with his current strength, he couldn't swim to the shore by himself.
Tang Zhidong carefully observed the direction of the water flow and cast his eyes on a river bay not far away. According to the direction of the current, if Tang Zhidong goes into the water, it is estimated that after half an hour, he will be pushed by the current to lean towards the river bay, where there is only about 20 meters from the shore.
After deciding on the plan, Tang Zhidong did not act immediately, but first broke a branch and threw it into the water, observed the trajectory of the branch drifting away, and confirmed that there would be no accidents.
Sure enough, half an hour later, the branch drifted into the bay, turned around and drifted towards the center of the river.
Tang Zhidong remembered that turning point, resolutely untied his clothes from the canopy, and jumped into the water.
After entering the water, Tang Zhidong did not move, he had to maintain his physical strength, and he had to exert his strength at the turning point, and he had to dock.
Slowly, Tang Zhidong approached the turning point of the river bay, and now, he felt a force pulling towards the center of the current, and at this moment, he rushed towards the direction of the river bank with all his strength, and his feet had no strength, so he could only paddle vigorously with both hands.
Twenty meters, fifteen meters, ten meters, five meters, he still can't step on the bottom of the river under his feet, and Tang Zhidong's hands are already weak, he only moved a few times under his feet just now, and he felt cramps under his feet, because he had indeed soaked in the water for too long.
The bank of the river is just five meters away, where there is grass, where there is gravel, where there is hope.
Tang Zhidong thought of the figures of Zou Limin, Deng Juan, and Xu Yun, who seemed to be standing on the bank of the river, waving to him and calling his name.
Before he fell unconscious, Tang Zhidong felt his hand touch the sand and gravel, and he clung to the grass on the shore and did not let go. When Tang Zhidong woke up again, it was dark again, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and there was a small insect calling not far away. Although he didn't have the strength on his body, Tang Zhidong was very down-to-earth, because he finally landed on the shore, and when he walked on the sand on the shore, the flood water receded by nearly a meter.
At this time, Tang Zhidong didn't feel cold, only hungry, very hungry.
Tang Zhidong grabbed the grass in his hand, and he didn't care what kind of grass it was, so he stuffed it into his mouth. He never imagined that one day he would eat leaves and grass. Without those leaves, without the grass in front of him, Tang Zhidong would not be able to live at all.
After eating two handfuls of grass, Tang Zhidong had a little more strength in his body, he knew that he couldn't stand up, the wooden stake tied to his body was still there, and he would not leave this life-saving partner.
Tang Zhidong pressed the wooden stake under him, used it as a wheel, and rolled his body forward.
The rolling was very slow, and after two hours, Tang Zhidong was only more than 100 meters away from the shore. looked into the distance, but still didn't see the lights, just when Tang Zhidong was disappointed, there were human voices not far away, and a few flashlights were shaking.
Someone is passing by!
Tang Zhidong wanted to shout, but his mouth was numb, and he seemed to be poisoned by leaves and grass.
Just when the human voice and flashlight were about to go away, Tang Zhidong remembered that he still had a bunch of keys in his pocket, and he took the keys in his hand and shook them with all his might.
The sound of metal clashing could be heard far away in the stillness of the night.
In the distance, the flashlight turned back, and a beam of light finally shone on Tang Zhidong's body.
Tang Zhidong, who breathed a sigh of relief, finally passed out again, and before he passed out, he knew that he was saved.