Chapter 14: War Orphans
Cooking smoke rose on the shore, Cha Cha sat on the bow of the boat, with Ah Xue's mobile phone next to him, and followed the breathing rhythm of the mobile phone instructor to do yoga. Ah Xue said that after a day of boating, you must relax your body. What's more, it hasn't been long since her body has been freed from the shackles of hunger.
"Ah, I can't!" Cha Cha quickly gave up, "The front is quite simple, but how can I feel that the hands are not hands and the feet are not feet in the back." ”
"You have to practice slowly. If not, slow it down. Ah Xue didn't raise her head, skillfully handling the fresh fish forked in the afternoon, "You be careful, don't throw your phone in the water." ”
"Huh." Cha Cha moved the phone to a safe place, and then asked, "Is there anything simple?" ”
"This is already the most rudimentary. If it doesn't work, start all over again. Ah Xue sighed, "It's better than doing nothing." ”
Cha Cha returned to the original sitting position, closed his eyes and meditated. The water is not very calm, the hull shakes slightly. A minute later, Cha Cha was half-lying on the boat with a water weed in her mouth, waiting to eat.
Ah Xue shook her head helplessly. Put the processed fish meat into a clay kettle. Pour in the purified drinking water of the star cha, add a pinch of salt, a few slices of ginger, and cover with a lid. There is no chili pepper, so I have to replace it with ginger, which can also remove the fishy smell. Of course, mustard greens prepared in the morning are spicy and delicious, and it is just right to eat them at night, which is almost Cha Cha's favorite dish.
The sun sank into the sky, and the surroundings were hazy. The fragrance of fish is overflowing, Ah Xue cuts the fragrant leaves, and Cha Cha stares at the pottery kettle.
"Cha Cha, wait until the next city, let's buy some mustard seeds to squeeze oil." Ah Xue suddenly said, "We have peppercorns now, and we can barely make a low-profile version of Malatang." ”
"Okay!" Cha Cha swallowed.
"It's just that the dishes are a little small."
"It's okay, just have meat."
The morning sun peeks out from the summit, bordering the summit and the clouds. According to the map, Cha Cha drove into a fork in the road. Mountains of honeysuckle hung on the water level, and Cha Cha noticed that the water level was now dozens of meters lower than the highest.
Descend the river and cross the mountains.
The undulating mountains lie on the water, bent into waves like the jade feet of a fairy. On top of the jade foot, a natural stone statue lying upside down lies between the mountains and rivers, with its head down and its feet looking at the sky.
"Wow, like a Taoist priest." Cha Cha said, "Ah Xue, look, the rock wall hanging down over there seems to be dust. ”
"A veritable downgrade." Xue smiled and agreed.
"Damn, what luck!" Cha Cha screamed at the bow of the boat, "Flower Red Fruit Tree!" We had good tea to drink!"
"What's the situation?" Ah Xue followed the direction of Cha Cha's finger. There are tall trees there, and among the low shrubs, it feels like it stands out from the crowd.
"The leaves of the red fruit tree can be used to make tea. It is not black tea or green tea, and it is a wild tea that can be drunk directly by drying the leaves without kneading and fermenting. Cha Cha said excitedly, leaning the boat to the shore, "However, this tree grows at an altitude of about 1,000 meters, but this tree is special and can be picked at once." ”
A few minutes later, Cha Cha jumped off the boat, "Ah Xue, you are waiting for me here." ”
Cha Cha calmly came to the bottom of the tree, took off her shoes and climbed up cautiously. The tea tree is precious, and the tea tea cannot bear to destroy its trunk. Ah Xue came from the side of the boat, and she was a little worried about Cha Cha's safety.
"Alright." Cha Cha put away the young leaves he picked, "Three leaves in a cup are enough for us to drink for more than half a year." ”
"Hmm."
It's another day. The tiredness of Cha Cha's muscles was revealed, and the rest time was getting longer and longer. Ah Xue tried to hold the boat, but found that her physical strength could not keep up at all, so she had to give up. Cha Cha wanted to take off her shoes and put them in the stern of the boat, but she was afraid that the river would be turbulent, so her baby shoes would stop.
Passing boats stopped and asked if they needed help. Xue asked them to buy two oars, and with the help of the boatman, they fixed the oars on the boat.
Cha Cha changed from holding to pedaling, changing posture and moving forward. Later, the two of them took one side at a time, and there were rhythmic movements in the mobile phone, which was a little lightened the burden.
On the fourth day on the water, Ah Xue began to feel a little seasick.
For the sake of the legendary beautiful jade, Cha Cha is still insisting. A man rocks a small boat on the river, left and right.
On the fifth day, the two pulled the boat to the side. Spit out in the dark. Cha Cha suggested that the next transfer to bus 11 should be. Ah Xue leaned on the stone, not even having the strength to speak. When I felt better, I moved the tent out of the cabin.
Halfway through the meal, Cha Cha couldn't hold on and fell asleep. Ah Xue put the cooked food into the food box and also fell asleep. The waves crashed against the stones and made a rattling sound, and the insects in the mountains and forests chirped, and the two slept very soundly.
When Cha Cha woke up, Ah Xue was lying next to her, the bonfire had long been extinguished, and the starry sky was shining overhead. The surroundings were empty, where were there any tents, and quickly woke up Ah Xue: "We met a thief!" ”
"What steal?" Ah Xue was confused, a little confused, "The ship is still there." ”
"The package containing Xingcha is gone!" Cha Cha screamed.
Ah Xue instantly sobered up. The food box was taken, and the cabin was almost empty. They suffered their first theft in their lives. A huge panic is coming, and without Xingcha, what are they going to do?
"I should make a wireless communicator first, whether it's ugly or not." Cha Cha was really anxious, and took out the laser pointer she was carrying, and her red anger spread to 10 kilometers away, "Our boat is still there, not a waterway." Then he swept towards the mountains beside him. Inch by inch, do not let go of any suspicious movements.
The soil on the shore was damp, and Cha Cha found a few footprints. In the direction of the footprints, there was a green smoke two kilometers away.
"Let's go, this way." couldn't help but pull Ah Xue and run towards the forest, "There should be 4 of them." The footprints are not big, the shades are different, either dwarfs or children. 2 to 4, we adults, they children, I also have a finger pen to blind their eyes, the odds are great. ”
"What if you can't beat it?" Ah Xue panicked.
"If you can't beat it, you have to fight." Cha Cha turned his heart sideways, "It's a big deal to press them all under Xingcha." Our own survival is paramount. ”
The two of them ran deep and shallow, and the messy branches cut their faces, and they didn't have time to care, and fear raised their speed to the limit.
Without Xingcha, the rest of their lives would be nothing but despair.
Intense lasers illuminate the rotting fallen leaves, making a terrifying sound of stinging and la-la-la-la. The distance was getting closer and closer, and Cha Cha turned off the Finger Star Pen. Heavy breathing drowned out in the darkness, and they missed the emotionless electronic voice of the sand sculpture.
"Boom!" There was a tremor in the forest, followed by a heart-rending scream.
Cha Cha and Ah Xue speed up.
Three figures of different heights appeared in the field of vision, and red lasers suddenly appeared, like the sun.
Springs emerge from the soles of your feet and transform into swords in the air. Cha Cha kicked the strongest teenager among them. Ah Xue came from behind, bumped into a thin figure with all her strength, and the two fell into the grass.
The boy who was restrained by Cha Cha yelled, broke Cha Cha's calf and rolled back, tripping Cha Cha to the ground. But he no longer had the strength to stand up. Blood flowed from his shoulders and limbs, and it was Cha Cha's masterpiece.
The remaining shadow rubbed his eyes and cried.
Cha Cha made up for it and got up from the ground, only to find that there was still a person lying in the woods. The familiar package pressed against his leg bone, unable to move. It turned out that Xingcha turned on the anti-theft mode, and after 12 hours, it could not sense the owner's message, and it would automatically disarm the anti-gravity system.
"Well deserved!" Cha Cha said angrily. Wielding a laser pointer, he shone a shot at the place of the boy's wound.
"Ah!!h The boy howled in pain.
Ah Xue is still fighting with people. The hair fell out, scratching and kicking. I don't know where I got the strength, I felt a stone and threw it at the other person's head. The force pressing on her body gradually softened, and Ah Xue pushed the other party away and sat up from the grass.
"Don't fight. Woo woo woo ......" The mournful cry came from the thinnest child.
"Don't cry! We're out of luck. The person who was suppressed by Xingcha shouted and cursed, and there was no intention of remorse.
Cha Cha shook the finger pen to his face, only to find that the cheekbones of this face were protruding very much, and many muscles on his cheeks were sunken. Apparently chronically malnourished and may not even have eaten for a long time. I couldn't help but put the finger pen back.
"It's a girl." Ah Xue looked at the faces in the grass and was quite surprised in her heart.
"What did you do to Ah Yan?" The young man who was knocked down by Cha Cha crawled over, his eyes were split, and he looked like he was going to settle accounts with Ah Xue.
Ah Xueman then retreated, looking at Cha Cha: "They seem to be very poor." ”
"That's not supposed to steal from us." Cha Cha's anger has not subsided, but his momentum is much weaker than just now. The men were in tattered clothes and emaciated. will be easily hit by them.
"Sister, we didn't mean to." The youngest child stopped crying and put on a pitiful look, "We're so hungry." ”
"Cha Cha, you can take the Xingcha. If you press it down any longer, you will die. Xue had a soft voice. Growing up, she hadn't fought anyone. And now, for the first time, he actually knocked out a girl.
"Okay." Cha Cha reluctantly agreed. Wrap your hands over the package, and after a few minutes, the package emits a soft beep. Cha Cha carries the star on his back. Anyway, these people are no longer capable of fighting. The tent and camera are still there. Cha Cha put them away one by one. Next to the campfire were a few empty food boxes, apparently all of Chacha's dinner had been digested by them.
"We don't dare anymore." The girl named Ah Yan woke up from her coma and whispered. She had only fainted for a moment, waiting for the events to unfold.
"What about your family?" Xue asked.
"It's gone." The boy who was knocked down by Cha Cha sat up from the ground. His face was covered in blood, and it looked especially terrifying in the light of the campfire, "They were all killed by war. ”
"Are you orphans?"
"Hmm." Ah Yan said, while trying to help the eldest brother who was pressed by Xingcha, but was stopped by Chacha. This item is not suitable for movement right now. The physical condition also needs to be further checked by the sand sculpture.
"Do you want to open the Starcha?" Cha Cha asked Ah Xue.
"Well, let's bandage them first."