I was put back in my cell.

Looking up at the roof, the two holes I had dug had been repaired and reinforced, my dagger and slingshot had been confiscated again, my hands were handcuffed again, and there was no way for me to escape.

Before I was imprisoned, John said to the Governor, "One brute has gone, and another one has come," and I felt a little panicked in my heart, for they were afraid that they were going to turn me into another brute.

When the time comes, I will also go to the Governor's Palace to show the guests of the Governor's Palace a performance of preying raw chickens, to show the exotic customs of Australia! Thinking of this, I can't help but get goosebumps.

What happened after that confirmed my suspicions, and for the next three days they didn't give me a single loaf of bread or a grain of rice, and I was dizzy with hunger. I had to lie on a flat bed and exercise as little as possible to reduce the loss of body heat.

For three days, Carl didn't come, and Dolly didn't come, and I think either the Governor didn't allow them to tell me, or they didn't know at all.

At night I was lying in bed and I heard a mouse squeaking on the ground, and I saw a mouse running out to feed.

I got up and my eyes lit up, and the mouse suddenly transformed into a delicious fat chicken in my eyes, wafting with aroma and bubbling oil, waiting for me to taste it.

I slowly got up, trying to approach slowly like a snake, and then launched a fatal blow, but I forgot that I was on the bed at this time, my right hand pressed into the air, and with a plop, the whole person fell off the bed.

I struggled to my feet, and it was only then that I came to my senses.

I found that hunger can really change a person, and if I could catch that mouse, would I also put it in my mouth and nibble like Xiaoman? Most likely.

I was thinking, am I really going to make a monkey for people to visit?

Anne once said that when she was a teenager, she traveled to India, in Calcutta, India, and visited the zoo there, and he saw many animals in the zoo that he had never seen before, among which there was an animal in an iron cage, he was wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, with long braids, and a disheveled beard, and his mouth kept shouting in half-lost English: "I want to see the Queen of the British Empire, I want to see the Queen." ”

On the outside of the cage hung a sign that read, "A Qing official, responsible for teaching the emperor's children, who led the Qing people in an attack on British and French soldiers, was captured in Guangdong by the crew of the Yarrow." ”

Only then did Anne know that inside the cage was an official of the Qing Empire, he was sitting in a precarious position, motionless in the cage, many people threw pasta and ham into the cage, this person did not look at it, many people reprimanded: "Eat, hurry up and pick it up and eat." ”

Here an officer came to visit with an Indian girl in his arms, and the girl leaned on the officer, talking and laughing. The officer pointed to the man in the cage and said: "Baby, do you see, this person is what we captured from the Qing Kingdom, he is a great general of the Qing Kingdom, when we caught the Yarrow, he also said that he wanted to see Her Majesty, how could we take him across the ocean to return to England, so when we arrived in India, we sent him to the zoo for exhibition, so that we can make the best use of things, attract more people, and sell more tickets." Ha ha. After saying that, he threw in a banana and said to the man, "Hey, monkey of Qingguo, hurry up and eat." ”

The man in the cage was furious, and he grabbed the railing of the cage and shouted, "I am not a monkey!" ”

The crowd of onlookers was taken aback and retreated, followed by a burst of laughter, "Look, this monkey is angry." ”

I later told my father about this, my father clenched his fists, tears in his eyes, he told me that the person who was locked in the cage was surnamed Ye, and was indeed an official of the Qing Empire, defeated and captured, at first he thought that he could see the Queen of England, and then he could talk about the benefits, but he didn't expect to be sent to a zoo in India, and later, I heard that Lord Ye saw that he was locked up in a zoo for people to visit, did not eat or drink, and died of hunger strike.

My father told me, "The Chinese have always emphasized integrity, and Mencius was a philosopher in ancient China, who once said that wealth cannot be adulterous, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent. This is the integrity of the Chinese, and you should always remember it as a Chinese. As Lord Ye said, a soldier can be killed, but not humiliated. ”

I was afraid that my father would be angry, so I didn't dare to continue asking, but I was still curious: "Can people really starve themselves to death if they are not humiliated?" ”

Now I am facing the same situation as that Lord Ye, if I can see my father, I will definitely tell him: "Dying on a hunger strike is easy to say, but it is too difficult to really do it." I hadn't eaten in three days, and my eyes were green when I saw mice. ”

My father once told me that when there is a famine in China, people sometimes change their children and eat them, and I couldn't understand how it was possible for parents to exchange their children with others and then eat them, but now I finally believe that this is a matter of human nature, this is a matter of survival.

Hunger amplifies a person's bestiality and drives him to do things that are against his nature.

I deeply felt the sorrow of Xiaoman, the sorrow of those parents who were easy to eat, and at this moment, I was gradually approaching them, and I thought, "If the guards pull me in front of those people now, will I pounce on them and prey on live chickens like Xiaoman?" When I pounced, my father would be ashamed and embarrassed, and I would lose my dignity as a human being forever. No, I'll have to hold on for two more days. ”

The guards who had escorted Xiao Man at the beginning walked into the cell, "Xiao Man, come with us, there will be live chickens for you to eat in a while." ”

They really thought I was a brute, and I couldn't help but be furious, "Fart! I'm a human, not a monkey. I don't eat live chickens, bring me cooked food. ”

The guard smiled through the cell door, "You're a monkey, and you want to eat cooked food, and it's nice to have live chickens to eat." ”

One of the guards struck the lock, and I felt an impulse to rush over and break down the door.

The guards scolded, "Bastard, you want to attack humans," and after saying that, they all hit me with sticks and slashed at me in the face.

The cell door was very narrow, there were many guards, my hands were cuffed, and I didn't eat or drink for three days.

In the end, I was kicked down by the guards, and several people greeted me with sticks, and I was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face.

They pushed me to the ground, put a collar around my neck that was exactly the same as Xiaoman's, they tore my clothes, and then wrapped a straw skirt around my waist in a very civilized manner.

One of the guards fastened the chain to the collar and led me outside.

I knew it was useless to struggle, so I staggered out with them. The sun was so dazzling that I unconsciously shielded myself with my hands, and the guards thought I was going to resist, so they whipped me.

I grinned in pain, but I knew that if I resisted again, I would get another beating.

The guards led me to the back garden, where a huge iron cage had been placed, and the guards pushed me out of it.

In a few moments, the Governor and his wife, as well as Mr. and Mrs. John, walked out, laughing and talking, with Dolly and Carl still in the background.

The guards reported, "Your Excellency the Governor, Your Excellency the Mayor, the little man has been brought. ”

The Governor nodded, and John laughed, "Let go of a live chicken and see if this little man has been trained?" ”

A live chicken was thrown into a cage by the guards, and when it saw my soul flying out of the sky, it fluttered its wings and flew around, chirping and making me upset.

I grabbed it, and with a click, I broke the neck of the live chicken.

John was overjoyed, "Eat, little man!" The guards also drank, "Eat, little man." ”

I was so angry that I threw the dead chicken aside and said coldly, "I'm sorry, I'm neither a monkey nor an ignorant native, and you can't see the show you want to see." ”

Carl recognized me at this time, her eyes widened and her expression of surprise, she couldn't believe that the little man in the cage was actually me. Dolly covered her stunned mouth even more.

I grabbed the railing of the cage, "Although I was in the cage, I saw a large group of self-righteous monkeys who regarded themselves as civilized people and trampled on the dignity of others with impunity. Carl, now you see, the brother you used to talk about, now he is also bare-assed, he has been starved for three days and three nights, and he has been forced to eat live chickens, I still have a trace of sanity now, maybe in a few days, I will really eat live chickens like Xiaoman because of hunger. There is an old Chinese saying, and I tell you now, you cannot train a Chinese into a monkey, and you will never dream of it. ”

With that, I turned around and slammed into the cage railing on the opposite side with all my strength.

The moment my head touched the railing, I seemed to feel the sound of my skull cracking, and I was determined to die at this impact, so I didn't spare the slightest strength at all.

I felt the world spin around, and then I didn't wake up.

I was groggy and not very conscious.

I tried to sit up, but I felt a splitting headache, and when I touched my hand, my head was wrapped in layers of gauze, and my eyes could only see through the gauze to see a glimmer of light outside.

It was soft underneath it, and it was clearly no longer the hard bed of the cell.

"Where am I?" I said groggily.

A familiar voice came, "Son, are you awake?" ”

It was his father's voice, and he had joy in his voice, and Anne's cry came to his ears.

And Luna's voice, "He's finally awake." As he spoke, a cold hand lifted the gauze from my eyes, and I found myself lying on a hospital bed.

Anne looked at me with tears in her eyes, and she grabbed my hand, "Billy, how are you, are you feeling better?" ”

I smiled slightly, "Anne, don't worry, I'm not dead. ”

My father didn't speak, just looked at me, but his eyes were already overflowing with tears. This plain and strong man finally couldn't stop his tears.

I said to him, "Dad, I'm fine, you coax Anne, don't make her sad." ”

Father nodded, wrapping his arms around Anne's shoulders. "Good son, it's good that you're okay."

I looked at Luna's glamorous, frosty cheeks and pretended to be relaxed, "Hey, Luna, we're meeting again?" ”

Luna frowned, "What's the matter, banging your head against the wall, you don't want to live anymore?" You've been in a coma for three days, and if you don't wake up, you'll be in a vegetative state. ”

I remembered what I had been before I fell unconscious, and I slammed it with all my might. Why didn't he die, yes, he hadn't eaten for a few days, and he had no strength for a long time, so he left a small life.

I smiled, "It doesn't matter if you become a vegetative person, I don't want to be an animal human." "Thinking of the humiliation of that day, there was another surge of blood in my heart, which made me dizzy.

"Okay, don't think about it yet, take care of your injuries. Wait until you're okay before talking, and shut up for now. Luna showed the seriousness of a doctor, turned to her father and Anne, and said, "Uncle and aunt, go out first, and let the bugs rest." Soon it will be fine. ”

Silence returned to the room, and I wondered how I had managed to get here, who had rescued me from the Doge's Palace. The only people who knew I was being arrested were those people, Piyu, Tomoko, and Boo, and later Carl and Dory.

Pi You is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, so he naturally can't help.

Tomoko and I are not familiar with me, and she doesn't have that much energy, so she may go to Mr. Tanaka for help, but Mr. Tanaka is afraid that he will not lend a hand.

As for Xiaobu, it's even more impossible, he can't wait for me to stay in the Governor's Mansion for the rest of my life.

Dolly is just a little maid, and she must not even be qualified to speak.

I think it's probably Carl, this guy is very affectionate. Presumably, he tried his best to intercede for me in front of the Governor to get me out of the Governor's Palace.

By the way, why didn't I see Pieu, when I was arrested, I told her to go to the town to join my father and Anne, and if she had gone to the town, I should have been able to see her just now. Didn't she go to the town and follow Tomoko or Xiaobu? It's also possible to think about it.

I can't think of the answers to these questions myself, so I'll ask Lunari when I see her.

The headache struck again, and I became groggy again, and finally fell asleep again.

When I woke up, feeling better, Luna walked in with a bowl of rice cereal.

"You're having a severe concussion, you can only eat some liquids, come and I'll feed you." As he spoke, he scooped a spoonful of rice cereal, and put it to his lips to feel the temperature, looking at her, like a good wife and mother.

I had countless fantasies about living with her, and today it seemed to come true, and I looked at her in a daze.

Luna looked at her stunned when she saw her, her face flushed, and she said angrily, "Silly, hurry up and eat." ”

I smiled and opened my mouth to swallow the rice cereal.

I haven't eaten in days, and now I feel that this spoonful of rice cereal is the most beautiful taste in the world.

Seeing my impatient look, Luna smiled and said, "Don't worry, look at you like a hungry wolf." There is still a lot of rice cereal, you eat it slowly. ”

I smiled stupidly and didn't speak, and suddenly felt that Luna sitting next to me and feeding me rice cereal bite by bite was really the happiest thing.

Luna told me that my father had returned to the town, after all, the family's vegetable garden still needed to be tended. Anne had been with me for several days, and finally she couldn't support it, so she found an empty bed for Anne to rest, and Anne lay on the bed and fell asleep in a blink of an eye.

I was grateful, "Thank you, Luna. ”

Luna turned sideways and said to me, "Don't be polite with me." ”

I hummed, and I felt a little polite, and I had said thank you many times since I woke up.

I was in the hospital for three more days, during which Mr. Wood came to see me, Nemo came, and Tomoko.

I asked Tomoko about Piyu, and Tomoko looked at me lying on the hospital bed dying, and talked for a long time, but didn't say why, just comforted me, and healed my injuries first.