52 after the catastrophe

Meng Ga looked at his subordinates happily dividing the spoils, nodded, and said, "You, guests." Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info this mountain, you can come. Liu Yao also nodded, reached out and touched his pocket for a while, took out a stone, handed it to Meng Ga, and said, "Is there this?" Meng Ga looked at it, nodded, and commanded a few words to his subordinates. His men ran away, and soon they came running with a basket in both hands, filled with the same stones.

Liu Yao picked up one of the stones and looked at it carefully, knocked some powder to taste it, nodded, and said to Meng Ga: "One pick, one pound of salt." ”

Meng Ga didn't understand this pick, and turned around and ordered his subordinates to find a translator. The order was quickly executed, and a sturdy warrior dragged the interpreter with a coconut shell kettle in his hand and threw it on the ground. With the participation of the translator, and Meng Ga's already knowledge of Chinese, the matter was quickly resolved, and a detailed and complete plan was formed: the two sides agreed that once the iron ore was picked up to the industrial zone, it could be exchanged for two catties of salt or two catties of iron. The Li were also adept at weaving cloth from kapok, which also became a trade material: the Li could exchange the cloth for salt or iron tools of equal weight.

When Li Ren was moving things, Liu Yao chatted with the translator. It turns out that this translation is the offspring of a Han woman who was captured by the Li people, so it has no status in the Li village. Liu Yao nodded, handed over a knife and said, "What about your mother?" ”

"Dead. Meng Ga killed. Or an outsider, the head can be used. The interpreter said casually, looking at the knife in his hand with affection, and carefully put it away.

Liu Yao felt a little sick to his stomach, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is your father?" Doesn't he protect your mother? ”

The translator patted his small bag, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Father, it's Meng Ga." The mother could not be reborn, so she was killed. ”

Liu Yao was deeply shocked by how terrible the values of backward nations were. He was completely speechless, and could only pat the translator on the shoulder speechlessly, turn and walk away.

Mei Xianzhuo smiled at the conclusion of the deal, patted Li Jiangong on the shoulder and said: "Jiangong, you have been worried about the sales of salt, and now it has finally come to an end." Look at these Li people, all gathered together, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands, and they have to eat a lot of salt. ”

Li Jiangong said: "Are we going to exchange salt for iron ore, how much iron ore can be exchanged for salt by relying on them to eat salt?" ”

Mei Xianzhuo said casually: "Let my wife teach them how to cook and eat." At this point, he suddenly remembered something, slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, we have to get out quickly." Liu Yao asked strangely, "What are you doing?" We are all guests now, so if you are polite, everyone will bring out the wine. Mei Xianzhuo hurriedly said: "Don't worry about this, my wife washes her face with tears at home, and your wife is still at the foot of the mountain, and she also washes her face with tears." ”

Liu Yao and Liu Man were both startled, and said at the same time, "Why did you let her come?" Mei Xianzhuo looked bitter: "To put it lightly, you go to the fence to see?" Can't stop it! With a baby on his back, he rushed forward with his head buried in his head, and no one dared to pull it. ”

"What? Carrying a baby on your back? The father and daughter were completely anxious. Liu Yao hurriedly said: "My wife can't climb mountains, and her eyes are not good, so you have to tie her up even if you tie her." These dozens of miles of mountain roads can kill her. I'm fine here, don't do anything to her. He bent down and grabbed a torch, took a knife, called out to Li Jiangong, Zhao Fei and Sun Zhuang, and plunged into the forest with his daughter. There was a shout in the darkness: "Lao Mei, remember to send the avant-garde when you leave!" ”。

Mei Xianzhuo responded, stomped his feet and shouted: "Jiaju, the whole team, let's go together!" They are the avant-garde. ”

At dawn, the Meijia Village Expeditionary Force came to a flat land on the mountainside, and saw Yao Ying holding his son looking at the mountain from a distance. Liu Yao rushed over and hugged him, tears streaming down his face. Yao Ying wiped her tears and said, "I really can't walk. The mountain road is uneven everywhere, and there is no light at all. Liu Man also ran over and hugged each other and cried loudly. Liu, who was still ignorant, looked at his parents and sister who were hugging each other and crying, and also cried.

The guards came to the flat ground and stood quietly, and the scene in front of them was something they had never seen before. Life and death are still very common things in this time and space. The Li people didn't even think about the Han people who killed them, and in the confusion accepted the gifts and let everyone go.

Sun Zhuang stabbed Zhao Fei and said, "You say, why are they crying? There were no dead people. ”

Zhao Fei replied; "Maybe it's just that you're not dead before you cry. If they were dead, I don't think they would cry. ”

"Don't you cry when you're dead? What's what? Sun Zhuang asked strangely.

"I think if they die, they will only take revenge. People don't die, so they cry like this. They are not quite like us. Zhao Fei said thoughtfully.

Mei Jiaju walked over with a cane, heard this conversation, didn't speak for a long time, and finally said, "It's different." Mr. came to our Meijia Village and had nothing, so he wore a clothes that could not be killed, but he still drew lots with us. ”

"Speaking of lottery, you two have a long face. Zhong Laosi said that he admires you. Zhao Fei said jealously: "Just the two of you have fast brains." Sun Zhuang raised his eyes and looked at the family who were still hugging each other, and said, "I just don't want the two of them to die." Mei Jiaju shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands in Liu Yao's way and said, "What can I do?" I'm a wounded, so I'm going to die. Zhao Fei stopped talking, and reached out to wrap his hand around the shoulders of the two, and suddenly felt a little sour in his nose.

Mei Xianzhuo arrived panting, raised his hand to look into the distance, and asked Li Jiangong: "How far is it from here to our village?" Let's light a fire. Li Jiangong raised his leg and lifted the three young men who were hugging each other and said, "Don't be stunned, hurry up and light a fire." Let's promise my wife to light a fire to keep her safe, you guys hurry up. ”

Sun Zhuang was stunned and asked, "If the fire is lit here, can Meijia Village see it?" ”

Li Jiangong kicked over again: "You can't see it, can't you light it up first?" ”

The top of Freedom Mountain is the highest place near Meijia Village, and before dawn, Mrs. Mei led a group of women to pile three large piles of firewood here. When Mei Xianzhuo left, he agreed that if everyone was safe, a fire would be lit, and Meijia Village could rest assured when it saw smoke or fire. Mei Xianzhuo also agreed with his wife that there would also be a pile of firewood on the top of Freedom Mountain, and if he saw fireworks in the mountain, he would also light a pile of fireworks.

Mrs. May flipped a fire fold in her hand as she thought about her last conversation with her husband.

"What if something happens?"

"You look at the mountain road, if the Li people come out tomorrow, go to Chahe Village to take refuge. If there were no Li people, we didn't come out, so we went to beg Huang Fatzi to come to the mountains to find someone. ”

Both of them understood that when it was time to ask the fat man, they were going to collect the corpse. I don't know if the fat man is willing or not, even if he is willing to enter the mountain, he may not be able to receive the corpse.

The sun had already risen, and there was still no movement in the mountains. Mrs. Mei asked Lao Zhao's wife beside her and said, "You say, we don't have wind here, will there be wind in the mountains?" I lit a cigarette and blew it away. Lao Zhao's wife squinted her eyes and didn't speak, just kept nodding and kept adding wood to the firewood.

Finally, a pillar of smoke rose in the mountain. Mrs. Mei, who had been staring at the mountain, was so excited that she couldn't speak, reached out and patted Lao Zhao's wife, trembling with her hands to light the fire. Lao Zhao's wife sat on the ground, covered her face and cried. Mrs. May kicked her and scolded, "What are you crying about? Everybody's back! Lao Zhao's wife wiped her face, snatched the fire fold, lit the fire steadily, snorted and said, "If you don't cry, you can't fight the fire." The two women laughed, hugged and wept.

The wind did not move in the sky above Meijia Village, and a pillar of smoke rose into the sky, pointing straight to the sky. The women of the village stood by the fire, quietly looking at the mountains in the distance. Under the bright autumn sun, the pillar of smoke behind the rainforest seems to tell something, rising and spreading, gradually dissipating.

Suddenly, a woman exclaimed, "Look, the smoke is gone!" The crowd exclaimed. Mrs. Mei stared at the distance for a moment, then turned around and scolded, "What are you talking about!" Can they keep that fire still? This man is going to put out the fire when he leaves. Everyone nodded their heads in response. Mrs. May pondered for a moment and said, "We have to put out this fire." Let them know that we saw their fire extinguished. The people had no idea, and hurriedly opened the fire.

In the afternoon, a new column of smoke rose, and the distance was getting closer and closer. Lao Zhao's wife hurriedly lit another pile of firewood, meditated for a while, stood up and said, "No one of them should be injured, and they don't walk slowly." The crowd is a piece of the answer.

Mrs. May had been watching the mountains from the rooftop. Suddenly, she shouted, "There's someone! Someone is coming! There is only one person! Everyone ran to the roof, and saw a person in the dense forest running back quickly, looking like a person from Meijia Village. The women hurried up to meet them. The man was getting closer, and he could be seen waving his hands and shouting something as he ran. The women started to run with their legs outstretched, but their legs were too weak to exert any strength. Finally, the two sides approached, and everyone heard someone shouting: "Let's talk!" It's all about talking! Everyone's safe! ”

The women all sat down on the ground, and only Mrs. May got up with a grunt and shouted, "Cook!" Do a little more! I'm thirsty and hungry! The men have to eat too! The crowd also responded, "We haven't eaten for most of the day, let's eat first!" ”

Mei Xianzhuo watched the second pillar of smoke in the distance suddenly disappear, and said to his son with satisfaction: "Your mother is still quite capable. If we order, she will order, and if we destroy, she will destroy. Both sides of these are relieved. Mei Jiaju lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Mr. usually praises his wife, but you have also learned." Mei Xianzhuo patted his son's head and said, "Good is good, and it's not a boast." The wife just has to choose well. As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Liu Yao's family, just in time to see Sun Zhuang carrying Liu Ze on his back, striding with a red face. Mei Xianzhuo smiled lightly, and the smile faded slowly and slowly.

When it was dark, the expeditionary force returned to Meijia Village. Everyone was surrounded by their own family members outside the village, holding their heads and looking up and down. Wang Yufeng, Wang Daixi, Sun Qiaoqiao and others took the bandaging supplies and checked them one by one, and all the injured ones were forcibly disinfected and packaged, and the alcohol and bandaging caused a burst of oops and pain. Several girls forcibly pressed Mei Jiaju, who had sprained her foot, down on a stretcher and happily carried her into the village.

A large bonfire was lit in the open space at the entrance of the village, and the tables and chairs of every household were taken out and arranged in front of the bonfire. The eight members of the original captive team looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Liu Yao said to his daughter: "If it weren't for these tables and chairs, I would have thought we would have gone the opposite way." Liu Man laughed and said, "You have to pay attention to the smell of digging a big pit in the air and burning pork with stones inside!" As he spoke, he threw off his family and ran to the table, shouting: "This table must have been cooked by Mrs. Mei!" I'm going to sit at this table! Liu Yao hurriedly stopped his daughter and said, "Eat later!" Wait for me to say a few words! ”

Liu Yao asked Wang Yufeng to lead all the wounded to stand in front of the fire in the name of a nurse, and then read out their names one by one. The people of Meijia Village applauded and cheered everyone. After everyone calmed down, Liu Yao said to everyone: "First of all, we want to thank these injured people, it is their bravery that allows all of us to come back safely." We were lucky that no one was fatally injured. I have learned about them one by one just now, and all the people in my hands can recover after a period of cultivation. The crowd cheered happily and clinked glasses in congratulations.

"We would also like to thank all those who went on an expedition to Li Zhai, and it was also because of their heroic actions that we were able to return here. As for me, I want to apologize to everyone, I led the team to the mountains, and I didn't think enough about the encounter with the Li people in advance, so that everyone went through so many dangers, and I also paid a lot of valuable things, I am very sorry. After Liu Yao finished speaking, he bowed deeply. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they didn't know what to say. Mei Xianzhuo shouted and said, "Eat, eat first, you're all hungry." Liu Yao also continued: "Yes, everyone is hungry, now please eat first, and I will tell you about this entry into the mountain later." ”

Mei Xianzhuo sat down beside his wife and son, and looked back at Liu Yao, who was sitting next to his wife and children, and didn't know if he should say something to him. It just so happened that Liu Yao also raised his gaze, smiled at Lao Mei, and made a gesture of please. Mei Xianzhuo had no choice but to sit down and eat.

Liu Yao hurriedly ate something, and toasted them one by one with wine glasses. He stayed in front of Mei Xianzhuo, Wei Min, Jiao Huang and Zhong Laosi for a long time, chatted a lot, and gradually understood the basic details of the whole process. After everyone was basically eating, Liu Yao walked to the front of the stage and said to everyone: "This dangerous experience will bring great changes to Meijia Village. The price we pay will be a very good deal compared to what we gain. ”