Chapter 42: The Crisis on the Water
After Li Yangqing finished telling the two of them to do something, the three of them went their separate ways, and the speed was very fast, and when Li Yangqing finished stir-frying, the last two remaining cakes were served, and the three of them ate with relish, around the fire, and laughter echoed in the cave, so the three of them ate and drank in the cave for seven or eight days.
In stark contrast to the happy trio, the Li family, who had been floating on the water for more than 20 days and didn't know where they were, were fortunate to make some preparations in advance and made a bamboo raft, so that the Li family was able to be saved, and the others were not so lucky, and they didn't know how many people in the village could escape this disaster.
Everyone in the Li family looked indifferent, and they no longer had the courage to escape from the disaster at the beginning, their faces were a little pale after being drenched by the rain for a long time, their hair was scattered, they were all embarrassed, and their bodies were in a big circle.
There are only two cakes in the cloth bag, and they can't last long, and now each person only eats a small piece a day and hangs for his life, from eating generously at the beginning, to the back can only be eaten secretly at night, so as not to be found and robbed.
Looking at the soaked corpses everywhere on the river, from the beginning of fear to numbness, there is endless water in front of him, in addition to the Li family, there are also some people who are alive with the help of other tools on the river, and the state is similar to the Li family, everyone is vigilant against each other to keep a certain distance.
The Li family was slightly better than others because they brought some protection, and used the branches they picked up to stretch out a few pieces of clothing connected together and insert them on the bamboo raft, as a simple rainproof tool, which was a way that Li Wenqiu and Li Qiu came up with after they were already sick in the rain, and the three of them lay on the bamboo raft dying, and took some wind and cold medicine before they died.
The people living on the river have changed from the beginning of the people to beasts in human skin, there is no human heart, and there is no need for food, medicine and other basic living materials, family affection, friendship is gone, and even human nature has been lost.
"Puff" This is the sound of a family of three sitting on the wooden board in front of him, dying and falling into the water, the Li family has been floating on this water for so long, and they are somewhat familiar with the family of three, the three are a young couple with a one- or two-year-old boy, at first the child can still rely on his mother to eat some breast milk, and the adults have not eaten, so they rely on some rain to fill their stomachs.
In this way, after five or six days, the adults were hungry without food, and the children were weaned, and the children's "whooping ......" crying out for hunger would come several times a day, and everyone could not protect themselves, from the sympathy to the indifference from hearing the voice at the beginning.
After a child shouted hungry cry, the man bit his wrist with his mouth, and raised his bloody hand to the child's mouth with trembling, the child was ignorant, saw the drink, his eyes were wide open, and he began to swallow with a big gulp, holding the man's hand, and it lasted for another six or seven days in this way, and the man fell into the water unconscious when a dawn came.
"Ah...... Yes...... Help me! Help me save the child's father, please! The woman held the dying child in one hand, stretched out and grabbed the water with the other hand, praying for something to be caught, when the hand stretched out from the hand, only to see the thin hand grasping a little muddy river water, spread out the palm of the hand This little water flowed down the palm little by little, nothing, the woman's eyes lost their brilliance, she could only bow her head and hold the child, "woo woo woo ......" sobbing, people heard more of this sound day and night, and it felt no different from the sound of rain, water, and wind, it was just a sound.
"Hahahaha...... Good to die! Brothers, let's go over, the food is there, hehehe! Four men in prison uniforms with scruffy beards rode a large gate board in the direction of the woman.
"Hurry up, we've been hungry for a few days, we can't stand it, if we don't eat anymore, we're going to die, the steamed buns offered by the old man Zhang who bought steamed buns in the town a while ago have been eaten, if the old man Zhang and his gang don't eat so many steamed buns, our brothers can still eat some more, if it weren't for the old man Zhang There are four people, it will take some effort to beat them, his daughter-in-law there is not bad, hehehe! Grandpa, I have to teach him a lesson, let him taste the taste of grandpa's knife. "The leader who took the lead was the boss of this group of people, with a long knife in his hand, a fierce face, and a scar on his face, this knife looked like it was from the county office, and looking at the prison uniforms they were wearing, it was not difficult to guess that it was a prisoner who escaped from the cell.
"Yes, Brother Leopard, just let Old Man Zhang's life stay for a few days, hehe!" The one who spoke was a thief-eyed, thinner prisoner, staring at the four people opposite him with fierce eyes, the old man Zhang's family sitting on two long benches that were tied together on the water, the gray-haired old man Zhang buried his head tremblingly, his eyes did not dare to look at these people, the old man Zhang with his wife, son and daughter-in-law was constricted, like a quail, and when he encountered danger, he obediently shrank in a corner, not daring to speak, praying for the mercy of the enemy.
The four of them quickly rowed to the lone woman, and the boss named Brother Leopard slashed at the woman's plank, the plank shook for a while, and the woman holding the child raised her crying red eyes, frightened cold sweat, her body trembled, the child in her arms had not cried for a long time, and it may only be the last few breaths.
"You, how about handing over the child in your arms, and grandpa being kind enough to help you carry it? , you are inconvenient for a woman, don't thank you grandpa! The leader looked at the woman with a smile on his proud face.
When the woman heard this, she understood that the child had gone and had no return, and "Wow Wow Wow Wow ......" cried, "Shut up, it's noisy, hurry up and hand over the child, or do you want grandpa to try to use this knife to help you repair the length of this plank?" Do you think I'm going to cut the left or the right? The leader gestured back and forth between the sides of the woman's plank with the knife in his hand.
The woman was frightened and begged in a low voice: "Please, uncle, let us orphans and widows go!" I beg you, or you will take me away! Spare my child, please,......。 ”
"Hahaha...... You...... How can your meat be compared to a white and tender milk baby. Everyone understood, this group of beasts was hungry and wanted to eat people, Old Man Li couldn't look at it, and shouted at the four people: "Stop, you beasts, there is no royal law." ”
The leader turned his head and raised the long knife in his hand, and looked at Old Man Li with contempt in his eyes, "Yo! There's a hero here! Wang Fa, the knife in your grandfather's hand is Wang Fa, if you don't want to die, get away, I think your grandson is not bad, or send it over. ”
"Yes! You dead old man, dare to take care of us, don't worry! Sooner or later, you'll have some chops, hahaha......! The thief-eyed prisoner chimed in.
Old Man Li was speechless angrily, so he could only point his finger at the group of scoundrels, "You, you ......." Li Yangming tugged at Old Man Li's sleeve, "Dad, calm down, we can't help, look at Niang and Wenqiu!" Hey, the world is like this, you can only save yourself first. Old Man Li followed Li Yangming's movements and looked at the Li family with a decadent expression, and when he saw Li Qiu and Li Wenqing who were dying and struggling, he finally put down his hand in frustration and bowed his head silently.
The prisoners looked at the people around them, and they were all silent, bowing their heads and shrinking their bodies, for fear of being targeted by this group of vicious fanatics.
The laughter of "hahahahaha......" continued to spread from the group of proud prisoners, and the leader reached out to grab the child in the woman's hand, and pulled it hard to his side, and the dying child in his hand was pulled by the two of them and cried, but neither of them let go, and the other three helped stabilize the planks and door panels under the two sides.
The woman saw that the child was about to be ripped away, and she could only cry and beg for help, and finally saw the child being pulled from her hand, bursting out of the potential in the body, "woo" bit the hand of the leading boss, and the leader suffered pain in his hand, and threw the child directly to the door panel under him, only to hear the sound of "bang", the child was knocked out on the spot, and even if he saw blood on his head, he did not make a sound.
The woman saw that the child might be dead, and when she was ready to fight with this group of prisoners, she beat these prisoners with her hands and feet, and kept biting the leader with her mouth, and did not let go at all, allowing the prisoners to beat and tear her head and hair hard, and the plank under her could no longer grasp the balance, and it was very easy to capsize the boat with both sides, and the leader immediately raised a knife and slashed at the woman's arm, kicking the woman off the plank, and before the woman could make a sound, she was swept into it by the flood behind her, and she disappeared in a moment.
This one-sided abuse of the fight, ended with the death of the woman, several prisoners were unharmed, and the leader was bitten, several prisoners received the woman's plank, tied to the door panel, the activity space was more spacious, the leader of the boss proudly raised the trophy in his hand to show off to the people around him, glaring viciously at everyone who looked at him, intimidating the people on the water, the meaning is obvious, if anyone dares to go against them, the end is like a dead mother and son.
The Victory Quartet had already gone crazy with hunger and lost the last of their humanity, and in front of everyone, they cruelly used the snatched children as food, and slowly cut the children's skin with knives, and the blood and water slowly flowed down the door panel and the rain into the churning river, and the blood was red.
From afar, it looked like hell, and the evil ghosts opened their bloody mouths, their faces and hands were covered with blood, tearing at the food in their hands.
It was obviously a rainy day, and the sound of them eating should not be heard clearly, but at this moment, it was clearly transmitted into everyone's ears, and the sound of "ho-ho, ho-ho, zig, tsk-......" echoed in everyone's ears like a special effect.
For many years to come, everyone present could not forget this sound and scene, and often woke up in the middle of the night, and let out a cold sweat, it was an isolated space, and the others had already fled far away, there was a group of hungry hellish ghosts who drank blood, and there was no one around, and only the wind and rain between heaven and earth dared to accompany them.
"Auntie, I'm afraid!" Wen Shui, who had been scared out of tears, hurriedly hid in Li Wen's arms, his body trembled and couldn't help himself, Li Wenshi could only silently hug the little girl in his arms and gently stroke her trembling body.
Li Chenggang and Li Chengqiang also hid in their parents' arms early, as if they were stupid, they didn't dare to look around, they could only try to draw warmth from their parents, trying to soothe their frightened hearts.
The other adults of the Li family were also shocked by this terrible human tragedy, the woman covered her mouth and sobbed lowly, afraid of alarming the hungry ghost, the man closed his eyes and clenched his fists, no one on the water made a sound, everyone was self-hypnotizing, praying was a nightmare, but the dream was to wake up after all, and next time I don't know which one will repeat this nightmare.