In the disaster avoidance village, everyone lives their own lives, and Sister-in-law Gu has not met anyone who has come to steal the boat. And there are only a few boats on this river, and there is no river leading to the outside world, only she and a few other people who hold the boats know, and no one else knows. Even if someone had stolen her boat, there would be nowhere to run from the river in this village of refuge and would soon be found. It's like stealing someone's bike in a big yard and you have nowhere to hide. No one would be so stupid as to come and steal her ship now.

Apparently trying to use her ship to avoid disaster, the same idea as they had thought before. Hearing Gu's sister-in-law's voice, a woman who was untying the boat was frightened and hurriedly let go of her hand. When he turned around, he saw Sister-in-law Gu, and immediately knelt on the ground with a thud and said, "Sister-in-law Gu, please, give me your boat." Our family wanted to take refuge in the river, but now the village has begun to burn and loot, and everyone says that the river is blocked, and we will never survive without food. Our family of three has no money, so the child's father earns some money by teaching private schools to support our family......"

Sister-in-law Gu waved her hand and said: "Come less, no one will come to your house to rob you if you stay at home, your family has no money and no food, what are you robbing you for? Is it because you are a little beautiful? Just like you, it is better than you to catch any one in the disaster avoidance village, what else are you afraid of?"

The scholar in the robe next to him blushed and said, "Sister-in-law Gu, we don't want to steal your boat, we're just afraid, and we want to take refuge in the middle of the river, please be gracious, let us get on the boat." Your boat will fit all of us, and tomorrow at dawn if all is safe, we'll disembark and go home. It's just that now the village is in chaos like this, burning, killing, looting and everything, I'm really scared. ”

Sister-in-law Gu glanced at Yang Xianmao, and Yang Xianmao said: "You decide, but helping others is the foundation of happiness, as long as you have the ability to help others, it doesn't hurt." ”

Sister-in-law Gu said: "Nine times out of ten, the people who come to the disaster shelter village are not good people. ”

The scholar and the woman hurriedly laughed: "We are different, we came here to beg for a living, we are not traitors." We've been in the village for years, you know. ”

Gu Da Shao looked at them coldly and said, "I know both of you, but what did you two do before you came? ”

At that moment, he saw twenty-three or four men coming over from there, with all kinds of blades in their hands, coming towards them. The first two seemed to be the people who robbed Yang Xianmao just now.

These two guys were hit in the acupoint of the leg by Yang Xianmao with a plum blossom needle, and they actually woke up so quickly after unlocking the acupoint, and chased after them, it seems that they are not idle people. Yang Xianmao was not satisfied, and he relied on surprise attacks to a large extent before, so that the opponent was caught off guard. But think about it, such a thin plum blossom needle, there are really few people who can resist it.

Yang Xianmao immediately said, "Let them get on the boat first." ”

Sister-in-law Gu looked back and was suddenly startled. "Quick, get on board." ”

In fact, before Sister-in-law Gu said this, the scholar and the woman had already climbed onto her ferry in a panic with the child in their arms. The scholar held his child in her arms, and the woman pulled him onto the boat with a small mallet. Yang Xianmao asked Sister-in-law Gu to get on the boat first, and then grabbed the rope and pulled it violently, and the rope clicked and broke in response. Because she tied the knot very tightly, although she could untie it, but now that the situation is urgent, she is not in the mood to untie the knot slowly, so it is better to tear it straight away.

Then he grabbed the bow of the boat and pushed it violently into the middle, and the boat was immediately more than a kilometer away. Yang Xianmao's feet were on the shore a little, his body rose into the air, landed lightly on the deck, grabbed a penny on the ship, and held it up twice, and the boat was already four or five feet away from the shore.

The group of black-clothed men rushed to the shore and saw Yang Xianmao and them leave by boat. I couldn't help but cry out on the shore in anger.

Yang Xianmao can't hold boats, so some boats spin on the river. Sister-in-law Gu hurriedly rushed over, snatched the penny in Yang Xianmao's hand, and quickly controlled the boat with three strokes and two clicks, and held it all the way to the river to the south. It was only two or three feet away from the shore that the penny was inserted from the bow of the boat. The water on the south bank was deeper, so the penny was inserted for most of the time until it reached the bottom of the river. Anchor the entire boat to the river.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and when they looked back, several fires had been lit on the other side of the river, reflecting the red sky, but fortunately, the houses in the village were far away from each other. Therefore, the fire will not spread to the whole city, Rao is like this, and it has already shocked Sister-in-law Gu and the others into a cold sweat.

The scholar saw the bag of grain that Yang Xianmao brought on the boat, and said to Yang Xianmao tentatively: "Can you sell me a little of this grain?" I know that we don't have much money to buy food, but I can teach you to read and write, including your children. I can also help you write letters to your family, or copy scriptures, what do you think? If your relatives and friends have them, I can teach them, and my salary will offset the money I will pay for you to buy you food, don't you think?"

Yang Xianmao waved his hand and said, "My grain will never be sold, you can figure it out yourself." ”

Sister-in-law Gu also snorted coldly and said, "That's true, you don't have to make an inch, it is already the bottom line to let you hide on the boat until dawn, and you still want to ask us for food." This bag of grain is a month's ration for our family, and we don't know where to find it after a month. ”

"You can fish, Gu Dashao, aren't you a fisherman? There are so many fish in the river. ”

Sister-in-law Gu said: "I warn you again, it doesn't matter to you whether I fish or not. I took you on board because I saw your pity, but if you got any more inches, I could only let you go down. Shut up now, and don't make any more non-point claims. ”

The scholar hurriedly waved his hand at his wife, and the woman laughed and said sorry repeatedly.

At this time, the village was even more chaotic, and several houses were set on fire, and shouts of killing came and went. Yang Xianmao felt very emotional, the pressure in people's hearts to resist despair was too small. Once faced with a desperate situation, there is no way out, and even when death is inevitable, they will go crazy looking for a chance to live, even at the expense of hurting others, by exchanging other people's lives for their own survival.

That night everyone sat by the boat, looking at the riots in the village on the other side of the river. There are also a few boats that are far away in the middle of the river, but it is not known whether they are the original ship bosses or not. Yesterday they were fortunate to have decided early, so they quickly found their ship, which was almost stolen by someone else, and the others didn't know if they were so lucky.

Gradually the sky is getting brighter, and perhaps these people are especially scared at night, but after dawn they are gradually able to calm down. Therefore, the shouts of killing gradually became quieter, and the houses that were burned did not ignite the other houses, and they were extinguished after they were burned. Only puffs of green smoke were still floating into the air, and the sky was filled with a pungent smell of tobacco.

You can see far away after dawn, and there are no people along the river. The sound of fighting in the village disappeared after a night, and the whole village fell into a dead silence, as if there was no one in the wilderness. After a night of tossing and turning, you may find that danger does not come to you as quickly as feared, so there is no need to be in a hurry.

Many people are thinking about how to survive next, and now they have to recharge their batteries and stay in their own houses. Close the doors and windows, hold the kitchen knife and hoe and be ready to fight with others at any time, and be in a passive defensive state. As a result, peace was restored. Of course, this peace was only achieved after a night of horrific fighting.

Sister-in-law Gu lifted the artemisia on the bow of the boat, and the clear water droplets dripped down the yellow bamboo artemisia and fell on the plank. She leaned the boat to the shore, and the scholar asked anxiously, "Sister-in-law Gu, what are you going to do here?"

"I've brought you ashore, and now you can go home. Don't you see? Everything is safe in the whole village. ”

"We can't go back, we're going to be hacked to death if we go back. Please, let us hide in the boat, your ship can accommodate a few of us. ”

"I can't sit down, the ship is too small, and there are at most two people sleeping in the cabin. My son still has to go to the deck. ”

"We can sleep on the deck, I sleep on the back deck with my husband, my kid sleeps on the front deck, with your kids, isn't that okay?"

"And what do you eat?"

"We didn't eat. However, we can teach and earn money, just like we first asked. ”

"No need, if you want to talk about ancient poetry and books, the son next to you is the only one who is talented. Compare other people to him like fireflies to the moon, does your husband want to teach him? He still wants to instruct others. ”

The scholar was speechless in embarrassment, his face was red, and he didn't know what to do for a while. His wife said desperately: "My father-in-law is also a great person, and he was one of the best in the village back then. It's just because of bad luck that there is no high school champion. And because of the poverty of the family, he could only teach to subsidize the family, so he had to give up the imperial examination system. If the family has money and can afford to go to school, my husband may not be able to become a pillar of the country and be named on the gold list. ”

Aunt Gu said: "I don't care about you, now I just want to send you off the ship, I have no obligation to take care of you." So let's go our separate ways. ”

As soon as she finished saying this, the scholar who had been blushing and at a loss suddenly shook his body and picked up the small mallet next to him. Then he stepped overboard, grabbed the side of the boat with only one hand, and waded half of his body into the water. This tilted half of the ship.

He turned around with a mallet and said viciously to the stunned sister-in-law Gu: "I don't know water, if I fall into the water, it's a scale." So your son is under my control, and he will sink with me all the way into the water, which is very deep, and I know that the surface is calm, and the undercurrent is surging below, and many people say so. Every year, people die in the river. So don't force me, or I'll die with your son." ”

Sister-in-law Gu grabbed Yang Xianmao, for fear that he would rush up to save people. He waved his hands in horror and said, "Okay, I will promise whatever you say, don't hurt my child, otherwise I will fight with you." As long as you release the child, you can say anything, whether you want food or a boat. Please, don't hurt my child. ”