Wang Lu got out of the control room, stumbled along the side of the ship to the stern, threw himself next to the propeller engine, and grasped the rudder.

Although the propeller is broken, the rudder can still control the direction.

At this time, the excavation ship had already rushed through the sandbar and stone dam that were originally regarded as daunting by Wang Lu, mixed with a piece of foam board, plastic bags, bamboo, trees and other objects, and floated downstream.

The excavation boat is still in the state of the tail front and back, no way, because the bow position of the digging arm is heavier, Wang Lu wanted to adjust the direction, and tried the left full rudder or the right full rudder several times, but it was not possible.

Fortunately, the hull of the excavation ship was heavy, and although it was washed away by the river, the speed was not fast, far from the point of hitting the shore headlong and smashing it.

Xie Ling sat firmly in the control room, and kept peeking out of the glass window to see Wang Lu's movements, and soon understood his intentions, he really couldn't sit still, he got out of the control room, picked up the bamboo pole on the ship's gunwale, and wanted to help Wang Lu support the boat to change the direction of the bow.

When Wang Lu saw it, he was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and he yelled: "Put it down!" You are crazy! ”

The roar was so loud that Xie Ling was frightened.

Anyway, the rudder was useless, Wang Lu threw down the grip, ran up in a few steps, grabbed the bamboo pole in Xie Ling's hand and threw it on the board: "You are looking for death!" Don't look at the speed of this boat, but the inertia is great, if you stab the bamboo pole, the force that rebounds back can break your chest and ribs! ”

Xie Ling muttered, "But it's not a way to drift like this now." ”

Wang Lu didn't know, he lowered his voice and said: "I know the way, but now I can't be in a hurry, I have thought about it, all the way down, there are a few bends in the river section, where the water potential will be a little slower." When the time comes, I try to keep the boat as close to the river as possible. If you manipulate the digging arm to grab the big trees on the shore or something, we'll be safe. ”

This method is feasible, Xie Ling nodded: "I'll go to the control room." After a pause, he said, "What if the wait is too long and the engine oil runs out?" ”

Wang Lu hated to call his aunt and grandmother, at this time, he only had to listen to the six words of the Mandate of Heaven, how could he think about everything properly. The words just turned into a sigh: "Don't worry, listen to me, you will definitely succeed." ”

This is called the Spiritual Victory Method.

It worked very well for Xie Ling, Xie Ling nodded and returned to the control room.

Soon. Wang Lu's eyes suddenly lit up, it turned out that Xie Ling somehow found the light of the excavation ship and turned on, although the light was backwards, but on this typhoon night, the two lights in the river were exceptionally bright, which made Wang Lu more confident.

Sitting in the stern of the boat, the wind and rain stinged Wang Lu's bare skin, and he squinted, constantly observing the current, changing the direction of the rudder under his hands. As he continued to work hard, the excavator gradually turned around.

Finally, after being hit by a large driftwood, the excavator completely corrected its direction.

Xie Ling poked her head out of the control room. Xiang Wang Lu cheered, Wang Lu was also overjoyed, and waved his hand to Xie Ling: "I will try to drive on the right bank, turn left in front of you is the bank of the Qingjiang River, there are large ancient trees on the bank there, you find a tree and grab the trunk with the help of the digging arm, we will be safe." ”

The ancient forests on the banks of the Qingjiang River in Yinjiang are beautiful, and film and television dramas such as "Tianluo Girl", "White-Haired Girl", and "True Little Monk" have all been filmed there, but this time Wang Lu doesn't care if he destroys ancient and famous trees, as long as he can save his life. Digging up a few trees is a trivial matter.

The boat drifted down the river for nearly an hour, and with the help of the light on the bow of the boat, Xie Ling could see the large woods on the right side of the front even in the heavy rain drifting.

Wang Lu gently hit the rudder. The digging boat clumsily changed direction and approached the shore, "Ready!" From the stern of the ship came the shouts of Wang Lu.

Xie Ling gently pulled the lever and lifted the digging arm.

As the excavator got closer and closer to the shore, Wang Lu controlled the rudder more and more carefully, and finally got the excavator out of the rocky beach with the help of a typhoon, and Wang Lu didn't want to be washed ashore by the flood again.

Xie Ling, who had been staring ahead, suddenly lit up in front of him, a hundred meters away. A large tree stretched diagonally out of the river, and the branches hanging from the thick trunk almost touched the water. Xie Ling screamed: "Brother." Look! ”

Wang Lu also saw it in the stern of the boat, and shouted: "This is it! ”…,

Xie Ling raised her digging arm high. The ancient trees on the river were getting closer and closer, and Xie Ling and Wang Lu both firmly grasped the fixed objects around them, ready to meet the impact.

Bang. The digging arm slammed into the old tree, and the thick trunk was knocked out of a pit, and lumps of scarred bark fell off, revealing the white stubble inside. A large number of dead branches and half leaves fell to the boat, Xie Ling was okay when she was hiding in the control room, although Wang Lu was holding her head with one hand, she still smashed her body painfully.

When Xie Ling hit the trunk of the tree with the digging arm, he slightly turned the lever to the right, and the bucket on the digging arm buckled tightly to the trunk.

The digging boat froze, for a moment, the boat was motionless, but gradually, under the impact of the current, the hull slowly tilted up, although the digging arm buckled the trunk, but the focus was too high, like a strong man hanging with one arm, and a toddler below could push him,

Wang Lu had already considered this situation, he had already stood up from the rudder, a coil of rope diagonally on his shoulder, a few runs, and jumped to the shore.

With a plop, Wang Lu's buttocks fell headlong on the shore in the form of a goose falling into the sand, but fortunately, there were large areas of grass on the shore, although his hands and feet were broken, but the injuries were not serious.

Wang Lu got up with all his might, ran to the shore, picked a big tree, and tied the cable in his hand up.

Towed by the cable, the stern finally stopped leaning.

After Wang Lu fixed the bow of the boat with the help of Xie Ling, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief - it was done!

Xie Ling carefully recovered the digging arm, with the cable fixed, there was no need for the digging arm, and holding the digging arm high like this was top-heavy, which was not stable for the boat.

After turning off the engine, Wang Lu said to Xie Ling: "Go back to the mountain quickly, Chen Wei and Wang Bida must be in a hurry." ”

"What about you?"

"I'm staying on the boat, it's going to be dawn soon, anyway." Wang Lu said, "The typhoon is about to landfall, and I am always worried that no one will take care of the ship." ”

Xie Ling thought for a moment. Yes.

Wang Lu didn't let Xie Ling take a boat, although it was said that it was only ten miles from the bank of the Qingjiang River to the foot of Yashan, but the river was so urgent, there was no need to take the risk. Xie Ling walked along the bank of the Qingjiang River, there is a small bridge not far away to cross the river, and then walk along the highway for a while, you can reach Yashan. There is no village next to this section of the road, so you won't encounter zombies.

Watching Xie Ling disappear into the ancient forest on the bank of the Qingjiang River with a plastic bag to block the rain, Wang Lu breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt sore. Alas, this body has just recovered after losing strength last time, and tonight is another toss.

Back in the control room, Wang Lu sat on the chair, and he didn't even have the strength to put on his shirt and pants, whatever, he was wet anyway.

The river slammed into the boat in waves, and the hull of the boat crashed against the shore and made a clicking sound from time to time. Before Wang Lu got on the boat just now, he checked the hull of the boat by the way and found that the bamboo tube that was originally tied to the side of the boat to increase buoyancy. Some of them crashed into the air at some point, and some of them were smashed into a crack wide enough to fit into their fingers, and I couldn't help but fear for a while if the ship kept drifting out of control. After all, this is an excavation boat, and its buoyancy, stability, and even structural strength are far inferior to regular ships.

Only when the typhoon made landfall did Wang Lu feel at ease.

The typhoon thing is kind of like a man, menacing, and the foreplay is real, but as soon as it lands. It immediately withered, and a Category 12 typhoon could become gentle and drizzly in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lu didn't wear a watch, and he didn't know how long it was, but he suddenly saw a bright spot shaking in the distance on the bank of the Qingjiang River.

Wang Lu thought he was dazzled at first. It took a while to confirm that the bright spot was getting closer and closer.

It's a flashlight light.

Wang Lu jumped off the boat and shouted, "Who is that?" ”

In addition to the bamboo pole he had at hand, he didn't even have a self-defense weapon, but it was unlikely that this typhoon would be an outsider, and it would be even more impossible for zombies, in fact, Wang Lu already had an answer in his heart, and the shouting was not so much to warn the comers. Rather, it's about showing the way.

Sure enough, there was a surprise shout from the rain: "Wang Lu? It's me! You're here. ”

It was Chen Wei's voice.

Wang Lu hurriedly greeted the flashlight light. Seeing Chen Wei stumbling over a tree in a raincoat, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him. The two husbands and wives didn't bother to speak. It was only after struggling into the control room of the ship that I was relieved. …,

Chen Wei took off her raincoat, Wang Lu saw that she was still carrying a backpack on her shoulder, and after helping Chen Wei take off the backpack, Chen Wei was like a robot cat, and took out a set of clean clothes and pants, a thermos flask, a towel, and a thermos teacup from the bag.

Chen Wei opened the teacup and brought it to Wang Lu: "Drink it, it's ginger tea." ”

Wang Lu didn't say anything, took the ginger tea and drank it in a big gulp, there is no ginger tea that can be brewed directly at home, this ginger tea is cooked by Chen Wei with ginger slices and brown sugar, and the warm ginger tea with a hint of spicy taste falls into the stomach, and even the tips of his fingers can feel a sense of heat.

Chen Wei took Wang Lu to drink tea, held a towel to wipe his body, and chattered: "As soon as Xie Ling's girl came home, I saw her like a chicken in the soup, so I guessed that you were no better, gave her a hot bath, ate, and settled down to sleep. ”

Wang Lu said with a smile: "This little rain can't kill people." ”

Chen Wei wiped Wang Lu's body dry, took the dry clothes to help him put them on, and kept saying: "You still think that you are the bones of your body when you fell in love with me back then, and you had an awkward relationship with me, and you locked yourself on the balcony on the day of the typhoon, and you didn't have anything to do all night." ”

Wang Lu shouted again and again: "Hey, it's obvious that you were angry and locked me on the balcony, why is it now that I am locked up." ”

Chen Wei didn't refute either: "Anyway, you're already past the age of recklessness now." As he spoke, he opened the thermos flask: "Eat." ”

Wang Lu saw that the upper grid of the thermos flask was two steamed buns with white flowers, and the lower grid was the egg soup with red pestles.

Wang Lu took a bite of the steamed bun, only to find that it was actually a steamed bun with meat, and even said vaguely while eating: "What kind of meat is this?" ”

"What else could it be but duck." Chen Wei said, "It's the meat on the duck breast, eat it, there are no bones." ”

Wang Lu quickly ate the two steamed buns, and drank not a drop of the soup, then sat on the driver's seat with a teacup and sighed with satisfaction: "Lady, I have you to thank you." ”

Chen Wei pursed her lips and patted Wang Lu's shoulder with a smile: "What are you pretending, it's like eating the rice I cooked for the first time." ”

Wang Lu smiled, the old husband and wife, there is no need to be polite, in fact, Chen Wei's arrival is more or less expected by Wang Lu, with Chen Wei's temper, how can Wang Lu be hungry and cold in the wild in the wind and rain, and he sleeps comfortably at home, if Wang Lu takes Xie Ling to rescue the excavation boat, Chen Wei's force is not enough to have to take care of the children, now that the boat is in hand, Chen Wei will definitely not be able to sit still.

Chen Wei looked at the joystick curiously: "Listen to Xie Ling, she can already manipulate the digging arm?" Did she use her digging arm to get ashore? ”

It's so quick to take credit. Wang Lu shook his head inadvertently: "Xie Ling, this girl is really a bit talented, this digging arm is manipulated decently, it's okay, when the typhoon passes tomorrow, use the digging boat to kill the zombies, just let her play." ”

"Don't you want to try it yourself?" Chen Wei touched the joystick curiously, anyway, she didn't turn on the power, Wang Lu was at her mercy, after listening to Chen Wei's childish words, Wang Lu smiled and said: "This is not a child playing with toys, who manipulates is not killing zombies, Xie Ling already has some experience in getting started, so let her fiddle with it." I'm happy to take it easy. ”

Chen Wei smiled: "I used to see that some little boys like to play with toys like excavators and bulldozers, and I think you men like to play with this kind of steel machinery." ”

Wang Luha laughed: "Wife, you have a good mentality, killing zombies is just playing with toys." ”

Yes, yes, what is this called, oh, treating enemies like, insects, and ants. Think about the trembling appearance of the two couples facing the security zombies in Sunshine City for the first time, and today's mentality, sure enough, disasters are the easiest to make people grow.

The sound of the wind, the rain, the waves, the two husbands and wives huddled in the narrow control room, whispering and gossiping, and they actually had a rare comfort.

Chen Wei turned her head to look out the window, and suddenly sighed: "Wang Lu, look, what is floating in the river?" ”

Wang Lu leaned on the window, raised his eyebrows, and saw a huge object slowly drifting down from the river.

If you look closely, it is clear that it is the shape of a roof, a roof made of straw.

Wang Lu was dumbfounded, this, this is clearly the roof of his duck house.

Chen Wei hesitated: "Husband, that thing looks like our duck house." ”