Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Waterhole Strikes
"How can there be bacon meat?" I asked incredulously.
"Oh, when I found that aluminum lunch box, I also found this box of canned bacon, I heard that foreign canned food can last for more than ten years or even decades, it should be no problem, I opened it and gave everyone some food." Bai Lu said.
"How many cans did you find?" I asked.
"It's just a can, and when I found it, there were a lot of dead leaves and dust on it, just like a lunch box, it should have been here for a year or two." Bai Lu said.
And such a good thing.
The roasted naan is rolled with wild vegetables, and it is also served with bacon meat, which is dipped in sauce, which tastes more and more like some kind of snack on the street, called finger cakes, and the taste is also quite delicious, chewy, and has the taste buds of noodles and sauces, and I can't bear to eat it all.
After the meal, Bai Lu continued to do hot acupuncture for Yun Wen to prevent the onset of rabies virus in her body, and I got up and ordered the remaining materials we have at present, this time the insect plague made us lose the fungus of the so-called king of vegetarianism, and it will be difficult to eat what we have grown in the future, and the three bronzes are also left in the cave, which can be regarded as returning to the original owner.
The only memorial in his hand is the string of jade pendants.
Moreover, many of the baskets and dustpans we had made ourselves were burned in the caves, and all that remained were sapper shovels, saws, axes, ropes, silver needles, bayonets, hammers, wooden oxen and horses, three animal skins, and a cloak of brocade guards, enough to feed more than two or three months of wheat in a row, as well as the newly obtained aluminium lunch boxes and half a canned bacon for the past two days.
After ordering this, I took the half jar of bacon, and I couldn't help but fall into a new round of thinking, generally speaking, professionally trained sergeants will definitely know the importance of this food in the wilderness, this is the loss of the lunch box, and the canned food ready to eat, could it be that something has happened?
This reminds me of the paw prints embedded in the lid of the lunch box, and the deformed and distorted parts, the part that is hooked looks like a bird of prey, but the deformed part of the lunch box does not look like they made it, the usual eagle claws are not enough to press the entire lunch box, and the width of its claws is not enough.
"Could it be the Roc bird?" I muttered.
Just thinking about this, Bai Lu walked over to me and said, "Zhou Bo, we may not be able to walk for a while, my sister has a lot of residual toxicity in her body, and her health is not very good, and now she has a little gastrointestinal disease, and her qi and blood are too weak, so she needs to adjust for a while, or we will build a shed nearby first, and live there for the time being, what do you say?" ”
"How long will it take?" I asked.
"Her body needs to be replenished recently, otherwise it will leave sequelae, so I think I have to stay for 21 days or even a month." Bai Lu said.
"I remember telling you that there's probably something mysterious hiding around here, and it's not a good idea to stay long, don't you remember? Not long ago, it was also because we were greedy for comfort and unwilling to run around and work hard, which dragged on until the rainy season, when the insect plague broke out, and there was such a big disaster, do you want to repeat the mistakes of the past? I asked.
"Of course not, I'm not that stupid, it's just that I'm worried about my sister's health, so I'm here to beg you, I promise she's better, and we'll get away from here." Bai Lu pleaded.
I hesitated, this is not to get caught in the danger of everyone, and let some lurking things take advantage of it.
Bai Lu saw that I looked unwell, and hurriedly said: "Don't look at Sister Yunwen's weekdays, I see that her blood is not good, if she doesn't adjust it, I'm afraid it will also affect the virus to take advantage of it, what do you say?" ”
This ghost girl changed her method to use Yun Wen to pressure me, just to achieve her goal, but I was helpless, the words have come to this, do I, a blind doctor, still have to question her professional ability?
"Okay, since that's the case, let's stay, Ming'er and I will fill in the hole with Yunwen, and then come back together to choose a better place to live near here, and settle here temporarily, but it can only be used as a transition, not for a long time." I said.
"Okay, listen to Brother Zhou Bo, Brother Zhou Bo, you are really a good leader, capable, good people, meticulous, brave and strategic, no wonder our family is talking about you in the spring, you are indeed very good." Song Bailu said.
Of course, I knew that it was a sycophant, because I made a decision that she wanted, but I still listened to it with a deep heart.
"Alright, it's almost the same today, call everyone over, let's go to the waterhole you said to wash up, and then keep vigil and sleep, and get ready for tomorrow." I said.
"Okay!" Song Bailu responded happily.
It didn't take long for the girls to arrive, and I took the torch and led the way, and we reached near the waterhole, where there was a big pool, and I lit the torches, and the girls washed their faces and rinsed their mouths.
Recently, Bailu will always let us wash up, take the willow branches to soak in water and brush our teeth, or after soaking, let us chew the willow branches, saying that this is a way for the ancients to clean their teeth, in the Buddhist scripture "Medicine Master Liuliguang Rulai Wish Merit Sutra" has a saying: "Chew tooth wood in the morning, bath and rinse quietly", the chewing tooth wood is chewing willow.
This method can indeed make our teeth more healthy, the breath is not difficult to smell, and Bailu attaches great importance to this aspect, even after washing, we will make a cup of tea before going to bed, let us rinse our mouth, in order to achieve some kind of antibacterial effect.
When it came to me, I also simply chewed the tooth wood, splashed my face with water and washed it, but suddenly the feeling of the water began to swell again, I remember very much in the underground river of the worm hole, I also saw this scene, the splash of water kept coming, as if something was about to burst out.
I took the willow branch and rolled in the water for a while, I wanted to see what it was, I was stirring the water, but I felt that my hand was empty, then Yingchun smiled and said: "Oh, Brother Zhou Bo, how old are you?" It's like a child, what is there to play with this idling branch. ”
Idling branches?
I looked down and was immediately stunned, and in the blink of an eye, the willow branch part placed in the water had completely disappeared, leaving only the small half-heel hanging in the air!
I was going to wash just now, so I handed the torch to Bai Lu to get it, I immediately asked her to get closer, I took out the tail tip of the willow branch and took a look, this is not good, it is really scary to look at, I saw that the tail end of the willow branch is covered with countless tooth marks, the density is extremely small, as if countless teeth are shattered at the same time.
"Everyone, get out of the water, quick!" I shouted.
As soon as I finished shouting, I heard Yingchun screaming, but we saw that she was very close to the edge of the waterhole, as if she had been bitten by something, we immediately dragged her back, fortunately there was no bite, but the shoes had been bitten bald in half, and even spread to the hem of the skirt and pants were also off the thread.
"Look at the ground, it's struggling on the shore." Bai Lu hurriedly said.
In the light of the fire, she saw a hideous fish, with a black body, blood-red eyes, and jagged teeth, jumping wildly on the water's edge, this one was thirty or forty centimeters long, and there were many of them churning in the water.
After a few jumps, the fish plunged into the water with a pop, and it wasn't long before the surface of the water gradually calmed down, and the waterhole was calm again, with only a slight ripple.
"What the hell, it's scared to death!" Song Yingchun said in shock.
"Piranha, look at this look." I said.
"I've heard of large piranhas, but I didn't think they were real, so they were usually half the size." Song Bailu said.
I was also surprised, but what I was thinking about now was that if the appearance of piranhas tonight was the reaction, then there was also an underground river under the bug hole, could it be because of this?
But why didn't I attack the underground river before, even before I washed my face just now, and then it suddenly broke out again?