Chapter 328: Going Abroad 8
Zhao Qingyu continued to move forward with her final reserve of grain, but fortunately, she was lucky, and she walked forward for less than 100 meters, and found a stream of red fruits in a pile of bushes.
She took a closer look and recognized that this was a common firethorn fruit in the countryside, and it also had a nickname, called "Salvation Food", which was the life-saving food of the Shu Army during the Three Kingdoms period, and the name "Salvation Food" was given by Zhuge Liang.
When she was a child, she often saw children of the same age around her eating this thing, and she was also curious to pull a handful to eat, it was a little astringent, and it was dry, there was no moisture, she ate a few and threw it away.
Now seeing this firethorn fruit that she once disliked, she almost burst into tears......
Ignoring the thorns everywhere, Zhao Qingyu directly pulled a large string of them, crushed a few, rubbed them with his hands, and put them directly in his mouth to eat.
It's the same taste, but she thinks it's a delicacy in the world!
After eating a bunch in a row, she continued to pull a lot, filling the pocket on the other side of her jacket.
She felt that it was not enough, so the parasite-infested crab was immediately and ruthlessly abandoned by her.
It wasn't until both pockets were stuffed that Zhao Qingyu completely felt safe.
Before leaving, she also took two skewers in her hand, because there was really no place to put them, and she was going to take them to the river to wash them, and then eat them while walking.
Suddenly, there was a faint cough by the river, Zhao Qingyu thought it was his auditory hallucination at first, but then there were three or four consecutive coughs.
Zhao Qingyu felt that his hair was about to stand up.
She slowly moved back until she reached behind a thicker tree, carefully sticking her head out to look out towards the river.
There were too many plant leaves to obscure it, and she didn't see anyone at first, and the coughing sound did continue intermittently, no more than ten meters away from her.
There were many small burrs on the leaves of the plant in front of him, and it was a little itchy on his face, Zhao Qingyu gently rubbed the skin that was touched, and then carefully pulled away a leaf.
it!
There was really a person lying by the river!
Zhao Qingyu's eyes widened, staring at the humanoid object that was lying still, occasionally coughing twice.
Looking at the figure of that person, listening to the sound of coughing is weak, it should not be a threat, and half of this person's body is still in the water, it should have been washed down from the upstream.
As soon as this speculation came to her mind, the screams she had heard in the pit near the waterfall flashed through her mind the previous day.
I guess this person accidentally fell off the waterfall at that time and was washed here???
When you calculate it, it seems like it's almost a day and a night......
Zhao Qingyu squinted his eyes and continued to look, and after watching for nearly three minutes, he recognized the identity of the other party: this person turned out to be Brother Xiaoshuku!
There was no way, who let the unruly hedgehog head of Brother Xiaoshu Ku be deeply engraved in her mind, at this time the man was half lying on the shore in embarrassment, his hair was wet, and the hedgehog head completely disappeared.
And the denim jacket with the metal chain clanging on the outside of Brother Xiaoshu is gone, only the white sweatshirt inside is left.
The hairstyle and clothes didn't match, and Zhao Qingyu really didn't recognize him for a while.
Now that he recognizes that this person is not like a friend or foe, with the spirit of harmony, friendship, mutual assistance and progress, Zhao Qingyu is naturally able to help in the past.
Hmph, she won't admit that she wants to save him because she is unfamiliar with this place and has inconvenient language communication!
Zhao Qingyu looked left and right, and after not finding anyone else nearby, he ran to the river vigilantly, this unlucky guy was really Brother Xiaoshuku.
Almost at first glance, she saw that the sleeve of Takashu's left arm and the clothes nearby were stained red with blood.
He was wounded, a little below his elbow, where a large hole had been burned in his sleeve, and the flesh and blood inside could be seen from the outside. It looked like he had been bruised by a bullet fragment, but fortunately, he was less than five millimeters away from affecting the nearby major artery.
But looking at the way the blood flows, it is estimated that it is enough to choke.
Zhao Qingyu dragged him out of the water and put him on a relatively flat and dry river beach.
"Hey, wake up! Wake up! She began to slap Takaki in the face.
Probably because the force was a little too strong, Gao Shu's face that was too pale because he had been blistered for too long or lost too much blood, and after being hit by her seven or eight times in a row, a faint flush began to appear.
Gao Shu finally woke up.
He opened his eyes weakly, and looked at a face close in front of him, somewhat confused.
From the beginning of the fugue to the slow focus, a trace of expression finally appeared on Gao Shu's face.
Zhao Qingyu put his mind at ease, his mind was still sober, and this wave was not a loss.
"Do you still know me?" She tried to communicate in English.
Gao Shu opened his mouth, but his voice was hoarse, he coughed twice, but still gave up, and finally nodded, indicating that he still knew her.
Zhao Qingyu: "Very good. ”
She stood up, crossed her hips, looked left and right, then bowed her head and said to him, "Then you must remember that I am your savior." ”
Gao Shu was silent for a moment, then nodded again.
Zhao Qingyu didn't say much, she turned her back and lifted her coat, and tore off the hem of her thinner autumn coat hard, which was used to bandage Gao Shu's wound briefly.
"You're just hurting your arm, but your leg is okay, right? Can I walk on my own? She bandaged and looked Gao Shu up and down.
Gao Shu hesitated for a moment, and nodded.
Zhao Qingyu frowned and tilted his head to look at him: "What?" Could it be that the leg is also injured? ”
She didn't see any gunshot wounds or tears on Gao Shu's pants, but after thinking about it, if he really fell from the waterfall, even if the waterfall was not very high, about six or seven meters, it was very likely that he would fall if he was unlucky.
After the question was asked, she stared closely at Gao Shu's movements.
If Takaki's leg really hurts and she can't walk, there's nothing she can do.
After all, in this bad situation, she is not noble enough to carry a strange man to escape for his life in the deep mountains and old forests.
Takaki shook his head. She breathed a sigh of relief.
You must know that in just two seconds of silence between the two sides just now, she had already quickly thought of her words: That, it's not that my sister is too ruthless, we can only blame us for meeting each other at the wrong time and in the wrong place...... There will be a period later!
Fortunately, the other party shook her head, otherwise she would have felt that she was quite ruthless.
"Then you ......" As soon as she finished speaking, Gao Shu's stomach was very suitable for the music.
Zhao Qingyu understood: "Are you hungry?" Don't have the strength to do it? ”
Gao Shu's face was a little red, and he nodded embarrassedly.
Zhao Qingyu picked up the two bunches of firethorn fruits that were placed aside, rubbed a small handful, and said to Gao Shu, "Open your mouth." ”
Gao Shu opened his mouth very obediently, and then felt more than a dozen cold and cold small round balls in his mouth, he was actually not only hungry, but also lost too much blood, the whole person was a little vain and weak, and even eating was a little difficult.
The teeth were closed up and down, and sure enough, none of them moved.
Zhao Qingyu frowned, she didn't even have the strength to eat, she could really escape with her later???
Probably because her eyes were too straightforward, Gao Shu keenly sensed a trace of danger from it, and he was a little anxious, worried that Zhao Qingyu would really leave him here. So I bit and bite harder, just to prove that I can still do it!
There's a saying that backfires.
Because he was in too much of a hurry and his mouth was full of things, Gao Shu accidentally took a breath with his mouth, and then choked without any suspense.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingyu kept staring at him, and soon discovered his abnormality, dragged him to sit up, pressed his abdomen hard, and helped him get out the small red fruit that was choking on his trachea.
Gao Shu collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath with palpitations. Zhao Qingyu looked at the firethorn fruits scattered all over the place next to him with distress, these were all turned around in Gao Shu's mouth, and they were all wasted.
When Gao Shu finally regained his strength, he found that after the heart-rending cough just now, he was finally able to speak with a voice, but it was a little deteriorating: sandy, dumb, and weak, as if he was about to die.
"I, ahem...... These...... I'm sorry. ”
"Okay, okay, you rest for a while, don't talk yet." Zhao Qingyu was really afraid that he would lose his breath if he said a few more words, so he hurriedly waved his hand to let him not make a sound.
Zhao Qingyu didn't waste these fruits on the ground after all, she picked them up and took them to the water's edge to rinse them, and then pinched each one softly and crushed it before feeding it to Gao Shu.
She tapped the tall tree as she fed: "If it weren't for you, I could have just walked away, you...... It's better to be angry, I'm a girl, I can't carry you all the way, if you do this again...... We've been found by the gang again, and none of them can escape......"
Takaki ate in silence, occasionally nodding.
Alas......
Zhao Qingyu looked at his pitiful little appearance with mixed feelings.
Without the unruly hedgehog head, Gao Shu's appearance has become much more well-behaved and supple, and at this time, Zhao Qingyu suddenly discovered that this boy is actually very young, and a very immature face looks seventeen or eighteen years old at most.
Thinking that he was kidnapped with himself to a remote mountainous area, he never cried and collapsed the whole time, and he could still talk back and forth with those kidnappers, thinking about it, he was actually very powerful.
Despite this, Zhao Qingyu hurt him and was kidnapped together, and he still had some complaints in his heart, and it was not small.
After Gao Shu finished eating the two bunches of firethorn fruits, Zhao Qingyu let him rest for more than ten minutes, and then began to urge: "Can you leave now?" We are not far from the place where we were abducted, and it is dangerous to stay here. ”
"Well, I can...... You help me, I should be able to ......," Takaki said with some difficulty.
Zhao Qingyu was really conflicted in her heart, Gao Shu's appearance was obviously unable to go, she either carried him on her back, or supported him, or dragged him.
It's a drag oil bottle anyway.
She should have just left as if she hadn't seen him.
Trying her best to suppress the impetuosity in her heart, she still grabbed Gao Shu's uninjured arm and walked forward carefully.
Sure enough, Gao Shu's steps were vain, and most of the strength of his body was pressed on her side, and he couldn't go fast at all.
Forget it, at least no one has noticed them here yet, and they can take one step at a time. Moreover, she is really in need of a translator.
The two of them walked forward slowly, one foot deeper, one foot shallow, and the same as before, Zhao Qingyu chose to walk in the woods near the river, closer to the water source, and in the same direction.
Because Gao Shu was too weak, every half an hour when the two of them walked, they had to sit down and rest for about ten minutes, which was originally slow enough, but now it is ridiculously slow.
In this way, from morning to afternoon, Zhao Qingyu seriously doubted that they had walked five miles.
The sky darkened faster than yesterday, and from time to time a cool breeze blew whirlly, Zhao Qingyu looked up at the dark and gloomy sky, and his heart became more and more anxious: It's going to change.
The situation of the tall tree resting under the tree is getting worse and worse, Zhao Qingyu found out that he seems to have a little fever from a few hours ago, and when she helped him sit down just now, she inadvertently touched the other party's hand, it was as cold as an ice cube, looking like this, the temperature will rise again.
But it was useless to be anxious now, so she took out a handful of firethorn fruit from her pocket and fed it to the tall tree while eating.
Although Takaki didn't have an appetite at all, he forced himself to eat as much as he could.
Alas, the will to survive is also very strong.
After the two of them shared a handful of firethorn fruits, the sky was completely dark, the moon and stars in the sky were all blocked by black clouds, and the forest fell into a real invisible finger.
"Can you still go? If you can't leave, just rest here for the night. Zhao Qingyu also gave up, she felt that Gao Shu would definitely not be able to go.
In the darkness, Gao Shu's slightly hoarse voice came: "Let's go a little longer." ”
In fact, what Zhao Qingyu thought in his heart was that with such a dark environment, coupled with his sick body, he wouldn't walk much more if he walked for a while.
But she didn't refuse, she really wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. They don't have decent food, they don't have fire, and the sky is about to change, and a person who has been injured and soaked in cold water for 24 hours and has a fever may really have to be explained here if he stays here longer.
I knew it wouldn't work, but I still had to give it a try.
Zhao Qingyu picked up his opening stick with one hand and helped up the tall tree with the other, and the two of them touched the darkness, and continued to stagger forward in the forest while it was not raining.
After walking for about two hours, it finally began to rain. At first, there were only a few drops, dripping from the gaps in the leaves, and occasionally falling on the exposed skin of the two of them, cold and cold.
Then it started to trickle, and finally it turned into a pouring rain.
The two had to stop and find a nest under a large tree where the rain was a little lighter.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingyu felt that the weather was bad during the day before, and she was paying attention to the plants passing by along the way, and when she encountered some large leaves, she would specially pick a few pieces and insert them in the trouser belt outside. Anyway, it's this time, and she didn't think about paying attention to her image.
When it was dark, she used a small wooden stick to pin the leaves into a hat, and she and Gao Shu each wore one on it.
At first, the rain was not heavy, and they were still able to barely move forward with the "True Green Hat".
"Alas, neither of us has any luck." Zhao Qingyu nested next to the tall tree and said a little dejectedly,
Gao Shu knew that he had affected her, and he felt very guilty in his heart, but now he had no strength to speak at all, his throat was burning and hurting, his head was also confused, and the clothes on his body were not dry in the first place, and now they were soaked by the rain again, and it was very uncomfortable to wear them.
He felt that he was probably going to stay here forever.