Chapter Seventy-Two: Trying to Save Yourself
Zhang Jiaxuan led the way in front, using the wooden stick in his hand to open a way for the shrubs and side branches that blocked the waist, and then carefully observed the traces around him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Stop, Brother Yongsheng, we can't move forward." Frowning and looking at the footprints on the side and the piles of feces, I couldn't help but stop my feet.
"What's going on?" Watching Jiaxuan constantly scan the surroundings in front of him and rummage through the leaves under his feet, he knew the child's plan, and once again gave him a new understanding of Jiaxuan. This kid is cautious! And he is a qualified hunter, and the work in this hand is probably no worse than that of the old hunter, maybe better.
"Brother Yongsheng, we can't move forward, you see, here and there, there are footprints and feces, judging from the traces on it, this belongs to the wolves, and the number seems to be quite large, we have to go back."
He saw the place Jia Xuan pointed to, but there was no need to go back!
"Jiaxuan, we can just find a way over there, and when this section is over, we can go out. Besides, these wolves have all run away, so it shouldn't be a problem for us to be careful. ”
"No, Brother Yongsheng, the fact that the feces have not dried out means that the wolves are not far in front of us, and we can't get by. There is also a mountain stream next to it, and there are many poisons in it, so the danger is even greater. Now we have to go back to have a chance, the trees inside are tall and big enough for us to hide, and even if we are discovered, we can hold out for a while. Most importantly, he believed that the eldest brother would find his location, and that he would remark it on the way back.
The people invited by the village outside had already entered the mountains to find someone, and the leader was Ning Hai, the head of the Ning family, and the injured Zhang Jiahang was beside him. There were only thirteen people in all. It includes village chief Zhang Jinxing, Zhang Jishan, and Wang Dashan and Zhang Jiquan of Wang Li's mother's family, and the remaining nine people are also familiar with each other, namely Wang Dahe, Wang Mang, Tang Gui, Zheng Yongfu, Tu Dali, Zhang Haisheng, Zhang Lianfa, Zhang Lianxi, and Zhang Yongming. The thirteen people are divided into two teams, one team with Zhang Jishan as the team leader, the second team with Tu Dali as the team leader, and the two teams with Zhang Jinxing, the village head, in charge.
Originally, Zhangjiazhuang was the largest village in the surrounding area, with a total of more than 100 households and nearly 1,000 people, including nearly 600 people who moved out of the village. But the strong men who are at home at this time generally go out to work, and the time is tight and they have to be accompanied by strong force, and they really can't find a suitable person to enter the mountain for a while, so they got together for a while.
"Jiahang, we have found several places in front of us, which should be the marks left by your Yongsheng brother, but the land we just found is unmarked, this mountain is so big, if there is no mark, it is not easy for us to find such a few people."
"Grandpa Hai, the land I just found is the place where my father took us into the mountains to hunt before." Zhang Jiahang on the side whispered with red eyes.
"Good boy, don't worry, it's much easier to do it with this general direction. There is no movement in the mountains now, and they must be safe inside. In the past, no one went in here, and even our family didn't take this road. As long as we find the traces of our walk in front, and you think more about the places we have been to before, we can find them next to each other without markings. "Jiaxuan's kid was afraid that he had really lost his mind, so he avoided people and ran into the mountains, but it was really difficult to find these places for a while.
"If you can, think more about where Jiaxuan wants to go the most, oh, I mean what is the most reassuring place for him."
"Well, Grandpa Hai, I listen to you. I'll think about it. ”
Zhang Yongsheng and Zhang Jiaxuan, who were helpless, did not go forward, nor did they return to the place where they had stayed, they went deeper inside. There was no other reason than that they were looking for a bigger, thicker tree to hide. They don't know when the people from outside will come in, and the wolves have to be farther away, and if they can't go outside, they have to go inside, they have no choice.
"Brother Yongsheng, this is a freshly picked herb, you chew it and wrap it on the wound, these are insect repellent ants and rub it on your body, and the excess is rubbed on the tree. Also, this is the cake I brought when I went out in the morning, so I filled my stomach first. I still have a bottle of water in the basket on my back, a large bag of food, and wild fruits that I just picked on the road. ”
That big bag of food was originally going to be brought to Brother Dazhu's family, but now it is enough for him and Brother Yongsheng to eat until tomorrow.
Enough food was eaten, and the insects and ants were prepared, but now that the forest was dark, if it was any later, they would really have to spend the night in the mountains.
"You kid know so much, you even bring all the food! Don't worry, if there's anything, your Yongsheng brother is here to accompany you. If we can't get out today, we'll spend the night on this tree, and then we'll go down and pull some rattan up to cover us with a quilt. It's windy at night in the mountains, and we're afraid we don't have enough to wear. ”
"Well, Brother Yongsheng, I'm done, you are busy first, and when you are done, you will rest on the tree for a while, and I will tie Teng Tiao on the side to pay attention not to fall. I'm going to go down there and get some more Teng Tiao now. "Put the last bite of bread in your mouth and carry the basket down the tree.
Zhang Yongsheng didn't stop it when he saw it, he was really powerless now. Lao Gao, whose right foot is swollen, has been tired for most of the day, and I don't know when I can come up when I go down at this time, this tree is not small. He still doesn't fight this errand.
Zhang Jiaxuan, who climbed under the tree, carefully avoided the surrounding snakes and insects, this time he entered the mountain was an emergency, and he did not bring medicine with him, he picked and prepared it when he came before, although it was not as good as the medicine at home, but it was passable. It's not easy to enter the mountain once, since it's in, it's better to prepare more and take it home, anyway, they can also take it with them when they enter the Fallen Leaf Mountain.
Seeing that the forest was getting darker and darker, Zhang Jiahang became more and more worried, but after looking for several places, he didn't see anyone.
The village chief who followed behind asked the person looking for him to stop first, and then ran forward, "Old man Ning, now that we have just arrived outside in Shenshi, we have to go down the mountain in two more hours." We have to find someone, but we must also take care of everyone's safety. After the Shen time, it is difficult for us to go down the mountain because there are many of us. He didn't want to talk about it, but he was the village chief, and the people in the village were also called by him, so he had to take care of everyone's safety.
The village chief's words were not small, and everyone present heard them. They all had the heart to stay, but after Shen, the forest was dark, and they couldn't see the land even if they wanted to, and they couldn't burn the mountain with torches.
Ning Hai and Zhang Jiahang had already thought about this, and they thought more than them, at this time, the forest at night was not ordinary, and they couldn't spend the night in it. Not to mention that it is very wet and cold, even the movement in the mountains is not small.
"Jinxing, I know about this, I was going to find Shen Shi and let everyone go down the mountain. I can't find it today, so let's gather at the foot of the mountain tomorrow and look for someone. What do you think? ”
"Okay, we'll come here early tomorrow morning." The people behind also echoed one by one.