Chapter 7: The Lost Village
When I arrived at the village, it was very quiet.
Those who live here see our faces change suddenly, with a faint sense of anger and sadness.
Remembering that there were already two groups of people who came here first, something must have happened.
Before we could figure out the situation, we had just reached the middle of the pontoon ladder when we saw a young man of about 14 years old, who glanced at us, then picked up the dagger in his hand and slashed at the rope on the pontoon.
If the rope is cut, there will be an abyss under you. We were shocked in our hearts, watching the young man rowing the rope hard, but we were also helpless, unable to move forward, and in a trance we already felt that the entire suspension bridge had begun to shake constantly, and life and death were in an instant.
At this moment, a middle-aged man ran behind the young man, glanced at us a few times, then picked up two big thick hands and hugged the young man. All of a sudden, the sound of the young man's struggle resounded all around, and seeing this, we did not hesitate any longer, and walked quickly along the floating ladder.
When I got closer, I suddenly found that the young man looked very similar to the middle-aged man, and we clearly heard that the young man began to shout at the middle-aged man, "Let go of me, Abba", and after a long time, the middle-aged man was his father.
The fat man, who was frightened just now, stepped forward with his big feet, and said angrily with an angry face: "Child, why are you so naughty, can the floating ladder be cut casually?" ”。
Bad apple! Bad apple!
As soon as the words fell, the young man broke away from the middle-aged man's hands, took advantage of the fat man's inattention, raised his foot and kicked the fat man's stomach hard, "snap", the fat man shouted, and the whole person fell to the ground.
Ma Liu, who was standing next to him, saw that the fat man was fucked and fell to the ground, his face changed, and he picked up the gun on his waist and faced the young man. Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man immediately stopped in front of the young man, waved his hands, and said in his mouth: "A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
At the same time, almost everyone in the previously empty room rushed out, looking at us "outsiders" with unkind faces. There must be something in it that we don't know, thinking of this, I immediately gave Ma Liu a look, and Ma Liu, who knew it, put away the gun, glared at the fat man who was still wailing on the ground, raised his foot and kicked at the fat man: "Dead fat man, what else are you pretending, don't embarrass Lao Tzu."
Maybe Ma Liu was in a bad mood and didn't even shout at Xiao Wu. At this step, the fat man suddenly stopped his voice, covered his stomach, slowly got up, looked at Ma Liu with a sad face, and said, "Sixth brother, it really hurt just now!" You have to make up for me when you go back, this step down, almost cost me half my life."
The middle-aged man, who must have also been observant of words and feelings, mistook me for the leader of this group, walked straight up to me, bowed slightly, and said apologetically: "Everyone, I'm sorry." The child is not sensible, I hope you don't get weird with him, please come to my house and sit down, and let me explain to you slowly."
Abba~
The young man shouted in discontent, stamped his feet and glared directly at us, and then ran quickly towards the crowd.
This little kid! The fat man glared angrily, watching the monkey innocently looking towards him, and suddenly made a posture of raising his feet, which frightened the monkey to "squeak" and shouted, and hurriedly dodged to the side.
According to the middle-aged man himself, his name is Zhong Wei, and the young man who attacked us before is his son, named Zhong Xiao, whose mother died at an early age and lacks discipline. The ancestors of these dozen families came here to escape the famine. Later, I unexpectedly discovered that although this place is remote, the land is fertile, so I lived here again and has been passed down to the present.
We didn't go far after Zhong Wei when we saw a room that was much better than the surroundings, standing in front of us. Zhong Xiao, who had been unkind to us before, hid behind the wooden door, glanced at us, and then went in again.
Zhong Wei smiled apologetically, waved at us, and motioned for us to enter. The interior of the room is very simple, there are no electrical appliances or anything like that, there is a bed in each of the two bedrooms on the left and right, and the hall is in the middle of the room.
Unable to find anything to talk about, the air around us became stagnant, and the "villagers" we had seen before stood outside and stared at us.
Boom~
At this time, the fat man's stomach screamed uncontrollably, which immediately attracted a contempt from Ma Liu, and then Zhong Wei laughed loudly, and prepared the meal despite our obstruction.
In just a few minutes, there were already a lot of food on the small table, and there were a lot of dishes, including some insects that could not be named.
This level of hospitality, and the scene when the young man Zhong Xiao treated us before, is simply a day and a place. Zhong Wei, who was holding the last plate, was stunned for a moment when he saw that we didn't mention the chopsticks, and then beckoned us, and said in a somewhat urgent voice: "Why don't you eat, these are the best dishes we have here", seeing that we had no intention of doing it at all, Zhong Wei was angry and anxious, "Are you afraid that the food is poisonous inside", and then lifted the chopsticks and tasted everything.
As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will be a thief. When we met for the first time, this Zhong Wei was so good to us, there must be something. Considering that there was no way to go on like this, I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "Zhong Wei, if there is anything, just say it, you do this, let us have no bottom in our hearts."
As soon as I finished speaking, Zhong Wei knelt down on the ground, and the speed was so fast that we couldn't accept it. And Zhong Xiao, who was hiding in the house, ran out quickly, shouting in his mouth, "Bad guy, bad guy", and hit the fat man on the other side (so many people, this Zhong Xiao only hit the fat man, maybe the fat man looks like a bad guy!) )。
The fat man, who was extremely depressed, lifted Zhong Xiao to his lap with one hand, and glared angrily in his eyes: "Be honest with me, otherwise let the "Brother Monkey" next to me clean you up, you know?" ”。
As he spoke, the fat man pointed to the unlucky monkey sitting on the chair next to him, but what he didn't expect was that Zhong Xiao was quiet in an instant, and his eyes were also curious towards the monkey.
I picked up Zhong Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, and Zhong Xiao saw that we were very kind, so he began to complain about the bitterness, and it turned out to be like this:
As early as two weeks ago, a group of Americans came here. Due to the language barrier, those Americans didn't look like tourists, so they took away the most knowledgeable person in the village, that is, Zhong Xiao's grandfather Zhong Qiang, to put it bluntly, as a guide. Because these Americans were fully armed, and they were all black, all of them were strong and strong, and the people in the village were no opponents at all, so they could only watch Zhong Qiang being escorted away.
It doesn't end there. A week after Zhong Qiang was escorted away, another group of French people came, and they just asked Zhong Wei a few questions, and then walked towards the other side without stopping.
When I heard this, I finally understood. The two groups of people in front of us have really come to the forefront, speaking of this, Zhong Wei was already a little crying, looking at us with tears in his eyes, and begging: "Please save my father, Zhong Xiao's grandfather!" ”。
I looked at the others, but they were silent. My intuition tells me that sooner or later we will have to meet those people, and the current American team, not only surpassing us in time, but also having someone to take the lead, must be much faster than us in terms of progress. Considering this, I immediately nodded at Zhong Wei, "I promise you on behalf of everyone, but, as a condition, you have to find someone to be our guide."
After hearing my promise, Zhong Wei's face was happy at first, and then he became depressed, "In the village, only my father has been there, and I really .........."
Before he finished speaking, Zhong Xiao hurriedly said, "Abba, I have been to that place with my father, let me take them."
I wanted to admonish my son, but seeing that the immature face looked very firm, Zhong Wei nodded with difficulty. Without further ado, a few of us had a simple lunch, and then walked quickly along the suspension bridge in front. (To be continued.) )