Chapter 021: Where to Go?
The boat drifted away, and soon disappeared into the darkness. The waves of the www.biquge.info waves rushed onto the beach one after another, wetting the trouser legs of several people. The sea breeze mixed with cool moisture swept through the skin, bringing a chill to the skin.
Yan Hong hugged her shoulders and shrunk her neck, glanced at Chili Po, and then at Aunt Hao and Zhang's family, and saw that they were blindly staring at the sea where they had long been unable to see their figures, and no one had any intention of leaving, and it was difficult for them to leave, so they showed a little reluctant look on their faces.
As if she had an eye on the side, she suddenly said, "You are impatient to wait, go back first." ”
Yan Hong wanted to go back first, but she was afraid that one person would be weak, and she would bump into a beast on the way, and it would become a breakfast sent to the door. Standing still, he muttered in his mouth: "Mulan has been gone for so long, I'm afraid she has already gone through the water vortex to the land, what are we waiting for here?"
"Where are you saying that?" Zhang glared at him angrily, "When we were exiled, the official ship went away for a day and night, if we can't get out, Mulan may be able to come back." ”
As he spoke, he began to regret it, he shouldn't have wasted those months of time gambling with Mulan, if he could learn the skills in the water from Mulan, wouldn't he be able to accompany him at this time?
Mulan didn't propose to teach them to swim before, after all, they live on the island and have a lot of time dealing with water, so maybe one day they will have to rely on this ability to save their lives.
Aunt Hao can't do the first one, she has old cold legs, and her knees hurt like pins and needles when she enters the sea.
Needless to say, Wu Yutong couldn't even walk, where could he still swim in the water? Yan Hong was lazy, and second, she suffered enough when she was exiled, and she had an indescribable fear of the sea, and she refused to learn.
Zhang's family was so entangled by Mulan that he couldn't do anything, and he promised to learn, but he was busy with this today, and he was busy with that tomorrow.
Chili Po has been studying with Mulan seriously for a few days, but she is getting older, and her arms and legs always don't obey her. She could climb to the top of the mountain without blushing and panting, but she couldn't even hold her breath in the water, and she was sweating after a while.
She has the patience to learn, but Mulan can't bear to toss her, so she gives up after a few attempts.
Zhang hated his elm head, he didn't think of this layer earlier, and now it was too late to call Mulan back.
Aunt Hao also regretted it, she originally thought that instead of stopping Mulan and making her depressed all day long, it was better to fulfill her wish and tell her to go out and break through. Everyone is happy to break out, but if they can't get out, they die in the sea, which is better than accompanying them to live a life of no one and no ghost on the island.
When Mulan was spinning around in front of her all day long, she didn't feel that as soon as this person left, her heart felt like a piece had been dug up, empty, and indescribably lonely. The thought of such and such dangers that she might encounter hurts her heart, liver and lungs.
If he knew this, he shouldn't have fanned the flames to encourage Mulan to leave!
The waves became more and more raging, and wave after wave crashed, forcing several people back to the edge of the woods. The east gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and a bright line burst out where the sea and the sky meet, like someone holding an invisible paintbrush, brushing a little bit, outlining and smearing, and soon half of the sky was covered with red glow.
A red sun peeked out of the clouds, casting a golden-red glow, and everywhere it went, the waves seemed to be tamed and softened. As the tide comes, it recedes in waves, leaving a winding arc on the beach, and countless fish, shrimp and shells.
A few small beasts went around where a few people were standing, sniffing the smell of food all the way, and ran towards the sea.
"Let's go back. Pepper finally spoke.
"It's long overdue. Yan Hong stomped on her numb feet and pulled Zhang's hand, "Sister Zhang, what else are you looking at? It's all this time, and Mulan can't come back." ”
Zhang didn't have the heart to argue with her, his eyes were staring at the sea, and he waved his hand indiscriminately, "You go back first, I'll wait for a while." ”
Yan Hong's nose "snorted", she didn't bother to persuade again, and went over to hold Aunt Hao's arm, "Auntie, let's go back and ask her to poke here by herself." ”
Aunt Hao came to her senses, only to realize that her legs were swollen and painful. Leaning on Yan Hong, he told Zhang, "Go back early." ”
Zhang nodded, his eyes still glued to the sea. She was in a very conflicted mood at this time, hoping that Mulan would be able to break out of the whirlpool and return to land, while looking at the boat to reappear in the field of vision and bring back that familiar figure to her.
Seeing her like this, Chili Po sighed almost inaudibly, reached out and pressed it on her shoulder, and walked back with Aunt Hao and Yan Hong.
At this time, Mulan was completely lost in the thick fog.
When she reached the edge of the whirlpool as planned, it was at high tide, and after a short rest, she drove the boat into the whirlpool. At first, it was the same as the one she had detected before, although she occasionally encountered a few strong currents, but because she had been mentally prepared and had thought out the coping strategy in advance, it was generally smooth.
She remembered crossing five fast and slow currents before entering a hollow wall of water. It's just that this wall of water is much higher than the one she had when she entered the whirlpool, steep into the clouds, and it felt like it was going to collapse at any moment.
She deduced that she was approaching the outer edge of the whirlpool, and with all her excitement suppressed, she took a twelve-minute caution and drove slowly in the direction of the current, waiting for the moment when the tide receded and the wall of water disappeared, and then rushed out with all her might.
It was well planned, but when the moment came, the current of the whirlpool suddenly increased, and the oars snapped when they touched the water. The boat was swept away, and a wave hit it and immediately capsized.
She jumped into the sea in a hurry, but she only had time to grab the small soft rattan basket that she often carried into the sea on her back, and looked in the right direction, swimming out desperately against the current. I was so dizzy by the impact of the current, I don't know how long I swam, I suddenly broke free and came to a relatively peaceful water.
Before I had time to rejoice, I found that this sea area was shrouded in dense fog, and when I looked around, it was white and vast, and I couldn't tell the difference between southeast and west.
According to them, they all got on a boat on the side of the Tunyun River, entered the East China Sea through the mouth of the Haihe River, and walked northeast for about a day and a night before arriving at the place of exile.
When she went land, she should have gone the opposite way, swimming all the way to the southwest. But now that the fog is covering the sky and the sun, she can't see her fingers, and she can't discern the direction according to the position of the sun, where should she go?
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