Chapter 15: The Creek in the Forest
It's a hot day, and although the branches of the jungle cover the sky so that the sun can't be seen, we can feel that the temperature around us is getting hotter and hotter, and the sound of animals is heard from time to time in the dim woods, and several people are constantly sweating, and the humidity and stuffiness have made us suffer a lot.
"To say that this weather is matched with this environment, it is simply a king-level copy, and no matter how awesome the equipment is, it can't make trouble." Lao Song wiped the sweat from his head, and lay under the tree complaining: "When is this day a leader?" ”
I took the water bottle and drank the water, and shook my head helplessly: "No way, for the sake of money, let's boil." ”
In this weather, several of us were almost tired and paralyzed, and at noon we couldn't bear it, so we found a flat place to rest and eat something by the way, and even the soldiers were lying under the tree and snoring, and the degree of tiredness can be imagined.
"We should still be some distance from the destination, the food is still enough, the water is afraid that it is not enough, let's go to the nearby water source to replenish it later, otherwise we will have no water to drink in a few days." Sanzi sat on the side and studied the map, and said to us with a bitter face: "At first, I didn't expect the water to be so insufficient, so I would have brought more if I knew it." ”
Six fingers walked over, squatted down and looked at the map and kept gesturing: "There is a stream near us, it should be about a kilometer away, in the northeast, let's go after a while." ”
In this kind of place, the rest time flies by, in Lao Song's words, it is the same as the time after class in high school, and the class bell is ringed before he has time to say a few words. We hurriedly ate something, and headed for the brook on the map, not daring to waste any more time here, for it was already dark early in the woods, and if we had done more ink, it would have been even more difficult to find the creek when it was dark. And it's already dangerous in this woods, so maybe some moths will come out as soon as it gets dark.
"Ahh O brook! You're all water! Yes! O horses! You're four-legged! "Old Song stripped naked and committed two crimes by the stream, and we have become accustomed to selectively ignoring him.
What is the happiest thing about this kind of weather? It's nothing more than sweating and finding a place to take a cold shower.
"Old Song, if you dare to go down, you will die!" As soon as I saw that Old Song was about to jump in and play naked swimming, I hurriedly shouted, "We haven't filled the water yet!" Your uncle's jump in and we'll drink your bathwater? ”
When Lao Song heard me say this, he retreated back from the stream with a depressed face, and looked at us resentfully: "Can you pretend to be faster, I can't bathe in the creek when I'm sweating, it's a kind of torture." ”
This heartless thing, you take a bath more than we drink water?
"Well, it's just a top-notch treat." I lay down in the stream and sighed, and the others did the same, undressed and jumped down to swim naked, and there were no outsiders anyway, right? It's all big guys, is this situation worthy of swimming naked?
"Fanzi, call Lao Song, let's go find something to eat nearby, there are more things to eat near the water source." Six Fingers put on their clothes and greeted us, I nodded and called Lao Song and followed Six Fingers to find something to eat, after all, I can't stand eating compressed biscuits for dinner.
"Shhhh Don't make a sound. Six Fingers whispered to us, he lowered his body and slowly walked towards the rabbit on the grass, before the rabbit could react, he picked up a stone on the ground and smashed it, right on the rabbit's head, this cute little white rabbit confessed on the spot.
"Ouch, one person, you're really good!" Lao Song shouted with a surprised face, since I started to call Six Fingers alone, Lao Song also called, helpless, he is familiar with everyone, Six Fingers doesn't care, he also knows that Lao Song has this character.
"Alone, what kind of skill do you have?" I looked at the rabbit in my six-fingered hand and asked curiously.
"My grandfather taught it, it can often be used when the bucket is inverted, and the things in his hand can be thrown out to detect nearby mechanisms or something, my grandfather is even more powerful, and the stones he issued can plug the holes of the bow and crossbow mechanisms in the tomb." Sixfingers smiled at us.
When Lao Song and I heard Six Fingers say this, we couldn't help but stretch out our thumbs, and they were really masters.
Except for Li Xunhuan in the movie, we have never seen this kind of skill in reality.
Carrying the rabbits back, Dad and the others were still soaking in the water, and the GIs were lighting a fire by the creek.
"Hahahaha, it's developed today, and the rabbit meat is delicious when it's roasted!" When the fat man saw the rabbit we were carrying, he smiled at us and said, "I'll roast it in a while, you just wait to eat it, and be careful not to swallow your tongue." ”
Sixfingers smiled and threw the rabbit over: "We're just waiting to taste your craft, hurry up!" We're starving to death! ”
After a while, the rabbit meat slowly turned brown, and the air began to fill the air with a fragrance, and the gluttonous worms in the stomach were about to be hooked out. Actually, I've always wondered how fat people carry seasonings and stuff like that, like Tinker Bell, everything.
"Alas, Fanzi, I can't bear to eat it." Lao Song looked at the rabbit meat in his hand with a melancholy expression, and his tears were about to fall: "What a cute little animal, why can you bear to eat it!" But it tastes great! The first half of the sentence is called sensational, and the second half of the sentence is completely revealed, and the rabbit meat is gnawed.
"Can you not be poor?" I looked at him helplessly, he shook his head and said proudly: "You know a fart, this is my hobby!" Can't change it! ”
After eating and drinking, we all lay down by the stream, where there was no cover of trees, and we could see the stars overhead.
I smoked a cigarette after dinner, looked at the starry sky with Lao Song in a daze, and didn't speak for a while.
After a long time, I heard Lao Song sigh in a low voice.
"Old Song, what's wrong?" I asked curiously.
"I miss my aunt's cooking, I miss Xiaoqian." Lao Song took out a cigarette and lit it and smiled: "Aren't you homesick and don't miss your daughter-in-law?" ”
"Thought," I nodded.
"When we earn this money, let's live a peaceful life after we go back and marry our daughter-in-law, and we don't want to continue to take risks." Lao Song said to me seriously.
"I think so too, this desperate life is really not a human being." I stood up, patted my clothes, and greeted Lao Song: "Let's go, go back and rest, I have to hurry tomorrow." ”
The jungle at night is quiet, but it is much better than the previous days, at least it will not be out of sight.
Listening to the sound of running water in the creek, I lay in my tent and tossed and turned and fell asleep, thinking about the past few days.
Suddenly I thought of those corpses, they had only been dead for a long time, so they must have been here a month ago.
Why did they go to the depths of the jungle? Could it be that they came to find that thing just like we did?