Chapter 56: A Sharp-nosed Snake
The gunfire on the opposite hill alarmed the five falcons, and I thought that they would definitely burrow into the woods to search for me, but on the contrary, the four falcons, who had already bypassed the car, ran back to Hamid's side, Hamid squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and the five falcons surrounded Hamid with their bodies, forming a human wall.
I immediately understood that the Saker's first duty as bodyguards was to protect Prince Hamid's thoughtfulness, and he certainly wouldn't be naΓ―ve enough to think that the shooters on the opposite hill were their helpers, so when they found out that there were also gunners hidden on the opposite hill, they quickly returned to Hamid's side.
"Mr. Chaoguang, how are you?" The falcon shouted loudly.
Finding that there were gunmen on his back, the falcon was in a hurry and shouted directly to Chaoguang, but he didn't know that Chaoguang couldn't hear him at the moment.
I got up, picked up my gun, and crawled up to the girl.
The girl had fainted, and a bruise appeared on her neck, which was Chaoguang's handprint.
I pulled her to my side and pressed her heart and lungs to help her wake up.
Just now, under Chaoguang's anger, he wanted to torture her slowly, without directly hitting her heavy hands, otherwise he could break her neck in an instant with Chaoguang's means.
The girl finally woke up, and she took a long breath. She saw Chaoguang's corpse jump, and tried to struggle to get up, but she fell weakly.
I gestured to her and told her not to make a sound.
The girl slumped limp, and with great effort she raised her finger and pointed to her forehead, telling me that my forehead was bleeding.
I knew it was from the violent impact of the superlight, and the wound had cracked open again.
I shook my head, "It's okay, thank you." β
Sometimes, things change like this, I saved this girl out of morality, and Chaoguang saved me at the critical moment when she strangled me.
My father once said that those who love others will always love them, and think about it. Good people have good rewards. This girl was innocent because of my kindness, and my kindness was reciprocated by her kindness, and the return came so quickly.
Now what I want most is to get out of the way, but looking at this girl, I can't help but feel sad. It was clear that the girl needed to slowly regain her vitality.
I could have left alone, but this girl could turn back in such a dangerous situation, and I couldn't leave her behind.
Now, one can only pray that she will get better soon.
I picked up my rifle again, pointed it at the five falcons, and if they dared to show their heads, I would not hesitate to shoot them.
The ghost shooter on the opposite side didn't fire a second shot after killing Chaoguang with one shot, and he didn't dare to fire a second shot, because three of Gofala's five guns were aimed at the opposite mountain, and once he noticed a strange movement, he would definitely shoot a bullet without hesitation. The other two guns were on my side.
After the falcon shouted a few times, he found that there was no response, and he already knew that the superlight was more than lucky, so he could only rely on his own strength and hide behind the car to protect Hamid.
The scene was in a strange balance, the five falcons did not dare to move, the ghost shooter did not dare to move, and I could not move.
But I knew that the balance would soon be upset, and that Sasaki would call the police immediately when he returned with Piyu, and that the Governor would either send Redden with the police to support him, or he would send Wood to bring him back.
They won't help me, they will only help Hamid, and once they hunt me, it's hard for me to get out of it.
The girl rolled over with difficulty, and I was glad that she could move.
So he whispered to her, "We must leave quickly, I will climb ahead, you follow me, do not make any noise, we will climb up the mountain first." β
So I pulled back my rifle, first took off my blouse, put it on myself, so as to avoid the mosquito bites after being naked, and then climbed to the top of the mountain with the girl.
Wollongong is not very high, we climbed for more than an hour before finally reaching the top. The movement of her limbs also made the blood in the girl's body flow, and her pale face had a hint of ruddy.
On the way, we also learned each other's names, her name is Little Mushroom, Aboriginal, a nice name.
Along the way, I saw a few thistles, picked a few, and thanks to Uncle Du's medical book, I focused on the few herbs marked inside to stop bleeding, which came in handy at the moment.
I took out the herbs and put them in my mouth to chew, and the little mushroom smiled and asked, "Are you hungry, then you can't eat this wild vegetable, it's very bitter." I've got bread here. As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of dry bread from his basket and handed it to me.
I shook my head, spit out the chewed wild herbs into my palm, and pointed to the bleeding gauze on my head.
Only then did the little mushroom understand, "I'll help you." As he spoke, he helped me untie the gauze wrapped around my head.
She snorted, "You had a wound on your head before, and the scar that just knotted was torn apart." β
I told her, "yes, bumped into it." β
"Your injuries need to be taken care of." The little mushroom pasted the herbs on my wound, and the juice of the herbs came into contact with the wound, and my body shook in pain.
"Does it hurt?"
"I can bear it." I said, followed by a retching meal, which I knew was a symptom of a concussion.
Little Mushroom carefully helped me re-bandage my head, "You need to rest now." β
I said to the little mushroom, "Can you go home by yourself?" β
Little Mushroom nodded, "Are you afraid that I'll drag you down?" β
"No, it's too late to thank you, if it weren't for you, my life would have been explained."
Little Mushroom's face was a little shy, "I want to thank you too." β
"Anyone would do that in that situation, you don't have to take it to heart, you can hurry home now!"
Little Mushroom shook his head, "You're injured and need someone to take care of you." β
Little Mushroom's words were touching, we met in Pingshui, but she refused to leave me and left on her own.
"Soon, a large number of troops will come here, searching all over the mountain, which is very dangerous."
"Then I can't leave, there's a cave nearby, let's hide for a while, and then go out when your injuries are better." The girl said.
I thought that was the only way, so the little mushroom head led the way and walked towards the cave.
Little Mushroom told me that when it rained in the mountains, she used to hide here to avoid the rain.
I cautiously approached the cave, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the cave, this is a stone throwing to ask for directions, to see if there are any beasts in the cave, the stone is thrown into the cave, there is no reaction, I put my mind at ease and prepare to go into the cave.
When I came to the entrance of the cave, I was about to throw my feet when I suddenly found a sharp-nosed snake coiled at the entrance of the cave. The serpent had a pale green trunk and black markings on its head, and was holding its head high, spitting letters, proudly declaring that this was its territory.
The barramundi snake is a highly venomous snake endemic to Australia, often hiding in abandoned nests or tree cavities of other animals, and is a natural predator of various rodents and birds.
The speed of the barramundi snake is extremely fast, nine times out of ten when attacking the prey, the adult barramundi snake is about 4-5 meters, when hunting large prey, its mouth only needs to compress the maxillary muscles, and the skin of the prey can be injected with venom to the other party in an instant, and can be injected many times, even if the prey struggles to escape, it is difficult to escape death, and most of them die on the way to escape.
To date, no one has survived a barramundi bite, and many indigenous tribes use it as a tribal totem.
I often boast that I am the No. 1 hunter in the wasteland, but when I encounter a barramundi, my scalp is still numb, and most of the time I avoid it. Not today, we have to hide in a cave.
I reached back and motioned for the little mushroom to stop. The little mushroom didn't know why, and poked its head out behind me to look ahead.
"Be careful, snake! You don't move here, I'll go find a branch and pick it open. This is a sharp-nosed snake, and it is very venomous. β
With that, I searched around for a suitable branch, and finally found a three-meter-long pine pole and ran back with it. The little mushroom still had to look at the snake, I didn't care, I secretly screamed, it is really ignorant and fearless, this girl wanders in the mountains full of barramundi all day long, and it is a miracle that she has survived to this day.
I carried the loose pole, thinking about the little mushroom, and hurried back, "Little mushroom, you dodge, I'll pick the snake away." Then when I arrived at the entrance of the cave, I was so frightened that the little mushroom was holding the barramundi snake with one hand and was coming out of the hole, and the barramundi snake wrapped its body around the little mushroom's arm, but the little mushroom didn't feel the danger, "Little mushroom, that snake is poisonous, throw it away." I shouted.
The little mushroom timidly said, "Oh," but instead of throwing it away, he just crouched down and put the snake on the ground.
The snake landed on the ground, no longer tangled in her arms, and went into the grass.
I stepped in front of Little Mushroom and grabbed her hand, "You didn't get bitten by her!" β
Little Mushroom smiled, "I can't! β
"That's a barramundi snake, on the Australian continent, it says second, no one dares to say second, you don't want to die, even it dares to catch it." Remember, if you see such a snake in the future, stay away, we can't afford to mess with this buddy. β
Little Mushroom nodded, "Got it, Brother Bug." β
I still have palpitations, the average girl not to mention seeing a snake, even if it is a caterpillar, will scream in fright, this little mushroom is not only not afraid, but also dares to catch the snake with his bare hands, it is really incredible.
Walking into the cave, I couldn't help but shake my head a little, the cave was too obvious to be spotted.
Seeing that I was not at ease, Little Mushroom smiled, "Don't worry, it's safe here, you don't have to worry." β
I don't know why she's so sure, and there's nowhere else to go. Because I had a terrible headache, and I was looking for branches just now, which made me have a splitting headache. I need to lie down and rest.
The cave is very dry, and there is some dead grass, which I guess was brought by the little mushroom before, which also saved me a lot of things.
Little Mushroom helped me to lie on the haystack, and she sat at the mouth of the cave, leaning against the stone wall, as if she were acting for me.
Judging from the color of this girl's skin, she should be a mixed race between white Europeans and Australian aborigines.
I asked Mushroom, "You're a half-breed, aren't you?" β
Little Mushroom nodded, "Yes, my mother is from the Wick clan." β
Then I talked endlessly about my family history, looking at her lively appearance, I suddenly remembered Piyu, how is she now, who is also lively?
Little Mushroom was still talking there, and I had a rough idea of what was going on with her.
The Wicks are just one of the smallest indigenous groups in Australia. Aboriginal people are the earliest inhabitants of Australia, they have no fixed settlement, scattered throughout Australia, before the European occupation of Australia, there are more than 500 tribes, each with its own territory and language. Most of them make a living from fishing and hunting, and although the tribes do not understand each other, they can do some simple communication through gestures.
Later, Australia became a place of exile for the British Empire, and under the influence of the harsh environment, the criminals began to prefer to use the "law of the jungle" to solve all problems. Whoever is fierce, who can fight, and who has more brothers, will have more food and the best house. On the contrary, they became the target of bullying by everyone, and the weakest prisoners took their anger out on the Australian aborigines, and they went around robbing the wives, daughters and even mothers of the aborigines, so a large number of mixed blood was born.
After the establishment of the Australian government in 1901, a census was conducted, but Aboriginal people were excluded as animals.
The Australian Government, probably in conscience, decided to improve the lives of Aboriginal children and issued a decree that allowed Australians to take mixed-race Aboriginal children from Aboriginal families at will.
As a result, the human tragedy of life and death was staged on this wild continent.
Little Mushroom told me, "Your mother is the Wick tribe, this tribe is very small, after the white people came, they killed all the men in the tribe, and the patriarch Wick also died, leaving only some women and children, who were robbed, and there was her mother among them." β
"What about your father? Isn't he very bad to you? β
Little Mushroom shook his head, "Father was very good to us. He was British, and when he was accused of stealing a chicken, the judge exiled him to Australia, where he finally landed on the continent of Australia after more than 270 days at sea, and began farming in Port Jackson like other prisoners. β
It was then that I remembered that the British Empire had realized that in order to be effective, it was necessary to have a complete family for these energetic male prisoners, so it also exiled a large number of female prisoners to Australia.
Pity these female prisoners who were humiliated on the ship, and thought it would be better to land in Australia, but in fact they just jumped from one fire pit to another, and in addition to the hard work of every day, they also had to endure the harassment of those energetic men, and Australia became a garbage heap of moral corruption.
One day, the Australian government announced that once a female prisoner got married, she would be free! As a result, the female prisoners aspired to get married and then be free.
The female prisoners, dressed in rough skirts, stood in a row in the factory, waiting for the men to pick them up.
Little Mushroom said that his father did not choose the female prisoners, but ended up tying a scarf to the feet of an Aboriginal woman, and everyone laughed at him at the time, but the Australian government still declared the marriage between the two of them effective immediately, and the Aboriginal woman was Little Mushroom's mother.
Soon, Little Mushroom was born and became a human being rather than an animal that could be recognized by the Australian government, and his mother was very happy about it, but this joy did not last long, and then turned into sadness, and Little Mushroom's father died of illness.
The mother had come into contact with modern civilization and could not return to the tribe, so she took the young mushrooms to work on a farm. Then the mother worked hard for a day, but found that the income was not enough to fill the stomachs of the mother and daughter. So the little mushroom also began to bear the burden of life. Still, my mother was exhausted in the field, and the farmer had her taken home in a cart, and that night my mother gave me a little whistle, and she told me that whenever there was an emergency, the dragon would bless you, and then she swallowed her breath.
Since then, Little Mushroom has lived alone in a dilapidated thatched hut, and goes up the mountain to pick mushrooms every day for a living.
Perhaps it is the genes carved into the bones of the aborigines, the little mushroom loves to run wild in the wild, shuttling between the mountains every day and enjoying it.
Little Mushroom wandered in the mountains for a day, collecting a basket of mushrooms and carrying them to the restaurant to sell, the mushrooms she picked were so fresh and delicious that they were very popular with diners, so that the owner of a mushroom restaurant gave only one penny for a basket of mushrooms, but two pennies for the little mushrooms.
Little Mushroom was very proud of this, and I couldn't help but sigh that two pennies were enough for Little Mushroom, an indigenous girl, who knew that in the Crown Hotel in Brydon, a steak was three pounds, and Little Mushroom had to sell one hundred and fifty baskets of mushrooms to buy a steak.
But her ancestors fished and hunted in the wasteland all day long, and ate meat every day. What exactly has modern civilization brought to these indigenous peoples?