Chapter 120: "Living Buddha" Rescue
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There are insects on the island, but there are no beasts, Pete wants to try to get some meat to eat, but unfortunately, three days have passed, not to mention large and medium-sized animals, even small ones are completely absent.
Surrounded by the sea, it seems that many creatures cannot survive.
The fruit is still abundant, but they don't know when they will be able to leave, or if they will be able to leave, and even if they can get used to the island life over time, the fruit will not escape the process of corruption.
Liao Wanyu also naively thought that since it was coastal, then it would definitely be able to catch fish, but unfortunately, the three of them worked hard for two days, but they only caught two small jellyfish in the offshore.
Damp wood is difficult to ignite an open flame, but it can create thick smoke, which is the best way to send a distress signal. The fireworks kept burning, and there were still no nearby ships to rescue them.
Liao Wanyu couldn't help but be curious about the state of the other people who survived at that time, and Sister Liu shook her head, "Later, they changed from fighting for life jackets to fighting for the position on the life boat." After Mr. Pitt rescues you, we find a complete door panel that, while not able to carry the weight of three people, is better than being submerged in water. ”
She must have been in a big trouble at the time, Liao Wanyu thought in her heart, fortunately, Sister Liu and Pete were good people, and they didn't dislike her for being a comatose burden.
The turning point occurred on the night of the eighth day, Liao Wanyu was stunned for two seconds after being woken up by the whistle, and when she reacted, she screamed and woke up Sister Liu beside her, and also woke up Pete who was not far away.
The trio frantically waved the torches in their hands, hoping that the people on the ship would spot them.
The smoke rising from the campfire and the flickering torches were clearly conspicuous in the inky night, and the seafarers in charge of the lookout spotted them early and went to inform the first mate.
It was obviously impossible for the big ship to get close, so two seafarers were sent to take the lifeboat instead, and Liao Wanyu didn't have a sense of reality when she climbed up the rope ladder to the boat, and it wasn't until she stepped on the hard deck that she was sure that she was finally saved.
Instead of the soft, sunken sand beneath her feet, the deck floor was stiff!
Although this ship is far less big and luxurious than the one they took before, and although they can only be arranged in the noisy third-class cabin of life, compared to the isolated island that once gave them hope and imprisoned them, everything at the moment made Liao Wanyu feel kind and full of life.
The parents chatting with the women around her, the children crying in their arms, and the men drinking and bragging in the distance, if it had been placed earlier, she might not have been able to frown in such an environment, but now, this is life, the most real, warm life.
Let her love the life.
Although they were rescued, new problems awaited them. All their luggage and belongings are gone, and even if they return to China without money, it will be difficult for them to move an inch for a while, and the ship is not going to Shanghai, but to Jiaozhou Bay.
Liao Wanyu asked Sister Liu and Pete, and none of the three of them knew acquaintances over there.
In desperation, they found the first mate who organized the rescue of them at the beginning, hoping to borrow a little cash, not a lot, as long as they could ask Liao Wanyu to send a telegram to Lin Keji, then at most a day, they would not have to worry about money anymore.
The first mate is good, but he doesn't have that much money, not to mention that every salary is deferred, even if it is settled now, a telegram of one dollar per word, such a large amount as twenty yuan, he can't borrow it.
The captain is over fifty years old, and he is the most powerful person on the entire ship, and the first mate went to save people, and he also allowed him to save people. Therefore, he is also very clear about what happened to Liao Wanyu and the three of them.
Because of the captain's connection, they scraped together to borrow twenty-five yuan, and when they arrived in Jiaozhou, the first thing they did was to find a place to send a telegram.
This telegram arrived in Gu Chengyan's hands first, he didn't dare to delay, and drove to Lin Keji's school, Lin Keji was lecturing, and saw Gu Chengyan frowning outside the classroom window, briefly explained to the students, stopped the lecture, and opened the door and walked out of the classroom.
"What's wrong?" Gu Chengyan never disturbed him in class, when Lin Jiashu made a fuss before, he only told him after class, but now that he came over, it was obvious that something had happened that he couldn't wait.
"I really can't make up my mind when I send a telegram, and I feel that if this matter is really delayed." As he spoke, he pulled the folded telegram out of his suit pocket and unfolded it in front of Lin Keji.
There are not many words, in order to save only 25 yuan, Liao Wanyu wrote the five words "Hope for help in distress", and there is only the address of the small hotel where they temporarily stayed.
She thought that a shrewd person like Lin Keji, whether it was a wire transfer to money or a friend in Jiaozhou, the address must always be clear.
After reading the message twice, Lin Keji reflexively returned to the classroom and asked his classmates for a leave. The principal can't control him, as long as the students have no opinions, it's not a big deal if he misses one class.
He didn't know any acquaintances in Jiaozhou, but there was a railway from Jinan to Jiaozhou, so he immediately asked a friend to go to Jiaozhou, which was faster than the telegraphic transfer, and secondly, it could also be verified to be true or false.
Asking someone to take a look is the safest way right now.
Although it stands to reason that Liao Wanyu should be in Nanyang, even if he returns, he should go to Luzhou or Shanghai, even if he goes to Tianjin, it is barely reasonable, this telegram will suddenly be sent from Jiaozhou, although he is very suspicious, but he can't take the risk.
In case Liao Wanyu really encountered the situation, he regarded this matter as a scam, but it would be too bad.
Lin Keji's friend is an idler, a big idler, eating and drinking with fox friends at home all day long, and he was very happy to suddenly receive Lin Keji's request.
felt that this was a new thing, and generally called his sixth aunt to pack her luggage, prepare money, and go to Jiaozhou happily.
When Liao Wanyu saw him, for a moment, she thought it was Maitreya Buddha coming.
According to Lin Keji's instructions and description, Cai Jucheng interrogated Liao Wanyu carefully, and at the end he mysteriously lowered his voice and raised a hand to cover his mouth and nose, "Little lady, tell me the truth, you are really not a liar, right?" ”
"......" Liao Wanyu smiled awkwardly, "Didn't I say everything you asked correctly, this matter ...... Really, I'm not a liar. ”
She is wearing ill-fitting coarse cloth clothes at the moment, which was given to her by the kind sister on the ship, and her half-length hair is held with a wooden chopstick begged for by the hotel, and her face is quite white, "I have also told you what happened on the ship and after the shipwreck, Mr. Pitt and Sister Liu are my life-saving benefactors, Mr. Pitt is good to say, he is going to Shanghai to find relatives, but he can also go on the same road." ”
Liao Wanyu glanced at Sister Liu behind her, "Sister Liu came back from asking for leave from the master's family, and the children at home are still looking forward to her going back, can you give me the cash first, and I feel that Sister Liu will go to Lushun." ”
Hearing the word Lushun, Cai Jucheng frowned, "It's not good to go back over there now, you shouldn't know yet, ...... over there." It's already a Japanese-occupied area. ”
Although Liao Wanyu didn't know about this, she was not surprised, after all, there was a war in the Northeast before she left, but Sister Liu hadn't been back for nearly a year, and when she suddenly heard the news, people were stunned.
"How...... How did it become a place for Japanese people? Is it let out? She thought she had been given the land to pay compensation.
"No, that marshal refuses to submit to the southern government, and the southern government just looks lively, and the Japanese army has a steady stream of supplies, and it can't afford to consume."
It was Liao Wanyu who said this, although Cai Jucheng is an idle master, but he has a good background, he is a person he knew when he stayed abroad, although he didn't do anything serious after returning to China, he just relied on selling the antiques left by his ancestors to live, but his brain was not empty.
He didn't expect Liao Wanyu, a little girl, to make the current situation clear in a few words, "Yes, so, if you want to go back now, it's not a matter of money, and it is difficult to get in and out without the Japanese side." ”
Sister Liu was very anxious when she heard this, her man and children were in Lushun, if she didn't know, it would be fine, now that she knew the situation over there, she was even more anxious to go back.
"Please, I know at a glance that you are not an ordinary person, please, even if you climb, I must go back."
Sister Liu's tears fell down in strings, Liao Wanyu reached out to take her hand and patted it soothingly, "Sister Liu, you are my savior, without you, I would have died a long time ago." If you want to go home, of course I will do my best. ”
Saying this, she glanced at Cai Jucheng and turned her gaze back, "However, there has to be a way to ensure your safety." ”
Sister Liu nodded, she understood what Liao Wanyu meant, "I know, I ...... I just want to go back soon. Even if I die, I will have to ...... with them."
Before she finished her words, she was covered by Liao Wanyu, "Bah, bah, we just got out of danger, and they all say that if we don't die, there will be blessings, and God will help us." ”
Pete didn't know anything about the situation in the country, so he didn't interject, and he would gesture a cross with his hand on his chest, "God willing, you will be reunited with your family." ”
Now that the "living Buddha" who saves the suffering is here, the three of them can finally change their outfits and have a good meal, Cai Jucheng sat on the side of the square table and always smiled, he himself didn't move a chopstick from beginning to end, just watched them eat.
Pete was obviously well-educated and ate very gently, and when he was completely finished, he sighed softly, "God forbid." ”
Sister Liu's master who served in Nanyang was also religious, but she never understood that people's food and clothing were not earned by their own labor, and what did this have to do with God.