Chapter XVII
Our whole village seems to have been forgotten, and the worst thing is that there is a power outage.
Although there are many people in the village, everyone is shrouded in an unprecedented fear, which is a fear of the unknown, so everyone is training desperately. The only thing that reassures everyone is that there is plenty of food in the village, so you don't have to worry about starving!
On the second day of the power outage, after discussion, everyone began to patrol the whole village, and more than 600 people were divided into 12 squads and patrolled 24 hours a day.
Since it was early spring, it was late in the north, especially in the morning and evening, and it was shivering to shiver if you wore less, so a fire was piled up in each of the four directions of the village so that the patrolling people could keep warm.
My meal has been increasing unabated, until now I eat two large plates of noodles, and I have to eat about two catties of meat, and my weight has soared from more than 130 catties when I just went home to more than 150 catties now! But I didn't have a trace of fat on my body, and when I tried hard, the muscles in my whole body were tense and bulging!
Since this afternoon, I have been particularly irritable for no reason, and I only think that the boring training of these days has brought me to a haggard spirit, and I dare not vent this emotion in public, so as not to cause unnecessary panic. After dinner in the evening, I slowly practiced the marksmanship twice, and the irritability was not relieved at all, so I went back to the house to meditate on the kang, after half a sound, because of the thoughts, it is usually easy to settle me, and today is not good, I was irritable and went out with my shoes in a fit of anger, and I was ready to go out to see the patrol situation.
Tonight, Guo Qiang led the team at the west entrance of the village, this kid is really not bad, since joining the patrol, he has been training hard every day, his body is a lot stronger, and he is also in a lot of spirit, Lao Wu once asked a few of them to dye their hair color back, but these boys don't do it when they die, Guo Qiang took the lead in saying that "the head can be broken, and the hair color cannot be changed". Lao Wu looked at him so lazy, and these boys were really working hard when they trained, so he didn't mention it! Thinking about Guo Qiang all the way, he unconsciously walked to the west of the village.
From afar, I saw a circle of people around the fire, and when I got closer, it was Guo Qiang who was leading the fire.
"Brother Tian, come here, roast the fire, it's too cold this day"! This kid is sharp-eyed, the first to see me coming! As he spoke, he stomped his feet hard!
"You kid, if you don't take the lead to patrol, why are you still baked? You're not up to the mark!" I said half-jokingly!
"Hey~! Brother God, the conscience of heaven and earth, I spared most of the village from south to north, back and forth twice, just came back, you came over, or you ask everyone"!
"Brother Tian, really, Brother Qiangzi just came back, and I have rested for the second time."
"Yes, Brother Tian, I also testify that Brother Qiangzi is really not lazyγγγ
Seeing everyone gossiping for Guo Qiang, I am also happy!
"Okay, I'm joking with you brother Qiang, I see that you're all in a hurry! Guo Qiang, you didn't encounter anything when you patrolled at night, did you?" That's what I'm really worried about!
"Huh? What did you meet? There's nothing, it's quiet!" Guo Qiang didn't know why he had to scratch his head!
"If you think about it, is there anything abnormal?"
"Really not, Brother Tian? Do you see something"?
"Huh! It's good if you don't, you guys patrol well, be smart, I'll go somewhere else and go around"!
"What a brother! Don't worry, with us, there will be no problem"!
"Well, gone ang"!
I turned around and walked to the east of the village, the village is this straight road, fast, there is a twenty minutes to pass, I have been chasing Guo Qiang to ask not that I don't believe him, but this will make me more and more irritable, as if there is something bad I didn't think of to happen!
I walked quickly all the way to the west entrance of the village, and it was Uncle Guo's team who was patrolling tonight, led by Deputy Captain Li San.
"Who"? Someone shouted and asked me from afar!
"I, Luo Tian"!
"Xiaotian, why are you here"?
"Hehe, I can't sleep, come out and see"!
"Why, are you still worried about the uncles? I also came to check the post in person"?
I smiled bitterly: "Uncle, look at what you said, I dare to check your post, but I can't sleep, so I come out for a walk."
"Lao Li, don't bully others Luo Tian by virtue of your seniority, you have the ability to compare with other people's subordinates, I see you, it's just lip service"!
"Hahaha~~! That's it, Lao Li, how can you say that you are also our captain now, didn't you say that you will practice hard for three years in January, no, now practice with Luo Tian! Let's see where the gap is"!
"Go, go, goγγγ you guys on the side, don't set up seedlings here, a burly and strong guy, I step into the coffin with half a leg to win people, can you compare? As the saying goes, boxing is afraid of being less strong, if my Lao Li is twenty years younger, I will definitely compare with him! Now, that's not good, it's not good, it's not okay to be old"!
"Hahaha! Will brag b! β
"It's really stinky and shameless, you have the ability to practice with me! I'm old too"!
Just when everyone was laughing and laughing, I seemed to hear a few "poof, poof" sounds. It's so clear in the silence of the night!
"Third uncle, is there anyone patrolling the reservoir?"
"Yes. As far as Lao Yuan and Jianjun's father are nearly twenty people, you just walked for a while when you came, this will be half a road smaller because you should patrol the reservoir!"
"Oh"! The reservoir is twenty or thirty meters away from here, maybe I heard it!
At this time, I had to jump violently for no reason, "Third uncle, did you hear the sound of something entering the water just now?" I asked uncomfortedly.
"No, right? Because no, alas, which of you has just noticed, is there any sound of entering the water"?
"No, you. Do you hear me"?
"I didn't hear it either, Xiaotian, you can't hear it wrong, right?"
After asking like this, I was a little hesitant, maybe I heard it wrong! But the sudden beating of my heart just now made me vigilant, and my years of special career made me always vigilant.
"I still can't put my mind at ease, third uncle, give me a torch, I'll go over and have a look at it to feel at ease"! The torches were made by the families of the village patrol members after the power outage, and there were almost 10,000 of them! Just in case!
"Okay", Li San turned around and went to the simple duty room to take out a torch and light it on the fire and handed it to me, "Go and go back quickly, you be careful alone, don't fall into the reservoir, give, take this too, as he spoke, he took out a boning knife from his waist and handed it to me!"
"Haha Lao Li, you're too timid, aren't you? With such a big knife"!
"Hehehe, don't talk about me, what kind of thing you have in your arms when I can't see it, the knife handle has lifted up the clothes, forget it, Xiaotian, I'll go with you to take a look! You are all vigilant, there is nothing else to call no one, we will go and go back"! After speaking, he pulled out a wooden stick more than one meter long from the fire and pulled me away.
When he and Li San walked briskly to the edge of the reservoir, Jianguo's father and Lao Yuan had already walked away, and they could vaguely see the dotted torches shaking non-stop!
Li San and I walked back and forth on the edge of the reservoir, because there were people raising fish in the reservoir, the water exuded a slight fishy smell, and the two small torches played a negligible role in the dark, looking at the black water surface, I pricked up my ears and listened carefully, except for the whirring wind, there was no abnormal sound!
I let out a long breath. Maybe I'm really thinking too much, isn't it looking for death in diving on this cold day?
"Third uncle, let's go, maybe I heard it wrong, I greeted Li San"!
"Wait a little thing, it's a little wrong"!