Chapter Twenty-Five: The Corpse Blades
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Liu Mengzhou and the others looked at the oil lamp in their hands and were stunned, they also saw such a delicate oil lamp for the first time, the outside of the oil lamp is made of iron and copper, surrounded by plum blossom carved patterns, gently press the wick to light up, the brightness can illuminate the range of seven or eight meters.
With this thing, you don't have to go on the road in the dark.
"There are ten lamps in total, you divide them, so that there is no need for torches, and the adults can coax the children with free hands." Xu Xiaoxiao took out the oil lamp from the package, the oil lamp was taken from the antique area of the space, it was a mechanical simulation lamp, the brightness was very high, and the army sometimes used it to camp for lighting.
"I was lucky enough to pick it up while fleeing the famine."
Liu Mengzhou took the oil lamps distributed by Xu Xiaoxiao one by one, and nodded again and again, her luck is recognized by the village, since she successfully found the water source and caught the wild boar, the people in the village are very envious of her lucky luck.
After the ten oil lamps were distributed, Liu Mengzhou and others happily distributed the oil lamps to the families with board cars, and the oil lamps were quickly hung up, and the whole road became bright.
"Ah.....h
The crowd anxiously searched for screams and looked uneasy, the woman held the child tightly in her arms, and the man quickly took out the sickle and the big knife to watch the surroundings.
"Ahh
"Ahh
Screams came out of the crowd one after another, and Liu Li was looking for the source of the sound, and finally found a clue on the left side of the line.
"It's corpses, a lot of corpses." Aunt Wang covered her mouth and trembled, pointing not far away.
After hearing this, everyone looked to the left and turned the oil lamp together, and when they saw the scene not far away, the villagers couldn't help but cover their mouths and vomit, and the woman quickly covered the child's eyes.
Xu Xiaoxiao saw the corpse field in the remote area through the light, the corpse was decomposing, a putrid smell wafted from afar, and flies circled around the corpse.
"Quick, let's go, everyone cover their mouths and noses with their clothes." Xu Xiaoxiao hurriedly took out the mask from his arms and put it on Chu Chu, Tie Zhu, Liu Dahua, Liu Qiaoer, and he also put on a medical mask.
She stood up and waved her hand to the team in front of her to hurry forward, and the villagers heard the warning, some took out handkerchiefs, some tore old clothes and covered their mouths and noses, and walked forward one after another.
After the great plague, there will be a plague, and the number of corpses is so large that I am afraid that the road ahead will be even more difficult.
With the illumination of the oil lamp, the procession walked more smoothly than before, and the villagers dragged their children forward quickly after seeing the corpses in the remote fields, fearing that they would be infected with the plague and not caring for their bodies.
After walking for about six hours, Liu Li was looking at the distance from the previous camp and arranged for the villagers to stop and rest, and the people who had walked all night were so tired that they didn't bother to set up tents, so they found a place to sleep on the ground.
Xu Xiaoxiao and Liu Qiaoer simply set up a small tent to facilitate their own rest, and they were worried all the way, and they were also haggard and soon fell into a dream.
The sky gradually dawned, the earth was hazy, like a light veil shrouded in silver-gray, and all the sounds were afraid of silence, and suddenly a birdsong broke the silence.
The startled villagers rubbed their hazy eyes and got up to freshen up, and the woman began to prepare breakfast, while the man and child were still asleep.
The sun gradually spread on the earth, and the surrounding scene gradually became clear, not only the villagers of Liujia Village in the open space, but also many villagers who fled from other places to rest here.
A strange smell came to my nose, like the smell of meat, but it was not like ordinary pork, and it tasted more delicious than ordinary pork.
The villagers of Liujia Village looked enviously at the team of more than a dozen people not far away, the team was all men, stirring the food in the cauldron together, everyone was skinny, with a pair of cloudy eyes on their sunken faces, their eyes were glowing red, their faces were expressionless, and they looked at the cauldron sluggishly.
Xu Xiaoxiao was stimulated by the strange smell and woke up, and looking at the taste, more than a dozen people not far away made her heart furious, and there was an indescribable gloom.
Both hands unconsciously touched Chu Chu and Tie Zhu, who were sleeping beside him, and only after confirming that they were still by his side did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"It tastes weird, not like pork." Liu Qiao'er also woke up, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the weird people together.
"Whatever it is, don't care." Liu Dahua's face was accompanied by the white porridge in the cauldron, and after a while, he sprinkled the weeds in his hand into the pot, and then continued to stir, and said calmly.
She knew what was in the cauldron of that group of people, and the cannibalism of Yizi was no longer strange to Liu Dahua, who had experienced several droughts, and was even a little numb, and she had no moral bottom line in order to survive in troubled times.
"Won't it be?" Liu Qiao'er suddenly thought of the disgusting picture, and retched with a red face.
Xu Xiaoxiao was suddenly startled in her heart, looked at Chu Chu and Tie Zhu worriedly, with a serious expression, got up and walked towards a dozen people, she had to make sure that the people in front of her were not in danger.
There was no communication between the dozen or so people around the cauldron, looking at the cauldron quietly, Xu Xiaoxiao walked in to take a look, a white and tender leg in the cauldron stretched out of the cauldron, this scene made her who was used to seeing big scenes unbearable, and quickly turned around and walked to the camp, retching as she walked.
Is that a baby's leg?
Thinking of Liu Mazi's emphasis that Ah Shuang's belly is full of treasures, he must also be interested in the baby whose belly has been formed.
Back at the camp, Xu Xiaoxiao picked up the water bag and poured it into his mouth, and spit it out after a few sips, and the scene of Fang Cai was vivid.
"What's wrong?" Liu Qiao'er came to Xu Xiaoxiao's side and asked worriedly.
"Yes.... Infant. Xu Xiaoxiao swallowed the water in his throat and said with difficulty.
Liu Qiao'er immediately covered her mouth and looked at more than a dozen people not far away in panic, her hands trembling slightly.
I have been following Liujia Village to escape from the famine for a while, and I have heard about Yizi's cannibalism, but it is the first time I have seen Xu Xiaoxiao with my own eyes.
Liu Dahua came out of the tent with Chu Chu in her arms and pulled the iron pillar, and looked at Xu Xiaoxiao and Liu Qiao'er with pale faces suspiciously: "What's wrong?" ”
"Quick, pick Chu Chu and Tie Zhu into the car, let's hurry up." Xu Xiaoxiao didn't want to stay where she was, she just wanted to leave as soon as possible and move forward.
Liu Dahua was pushed by Liu Qiaoer and Xu Xiaoxiao for some reason, several people quickly got into the car, and Xu Xiaoxiao led the donkey to walk around the villagers.
The villagers who had eaten breakfast packed their bags and started to start, and the long queue was particularly conspicuous among the many victims, and the more they walked to Anle Town, the more victims came.
The vast flat land is full of tired victims, some drag their children to move forward with difficulty, some carry their bags and take one step and two breaths, like Liujia Village has donkey carts, there are not many ox carts, and most of the victims are on foot.
As they walked through the victims, there were always a pair of ill-intentioned eyes staring, but when they saw some of the men holding large knives in their hands, they all dismissed their crooked thoughts.
The men with big knives don't mention how majestic they are, they walk with their heads held high, there are not many people who can have knives in this world, and even fewer can have more than a dozen knives at once, even if the master is not necessarily rich enough to buy so many big knives.
The world is not good, the price of the knife will naturally rise, in the past, 3 taels of silver could be bought, but now it costs 10 taels of silver, and it may not be able to buy, this is the capital of the spirit of the villagers of Liujia Village.