Chapter 86: It's So Cold
Xia Zhi followed closely behind Zhou Zheng'an, her pace was not slow, and her weight was not lighter than others.
This is what they have to do, where machinery has no role at all, and only human beings can do it.
This kind of thing has not been done less on the summer solstice in previous years.
Accustomed to this silence, silently looking for traces of cattle.
I don't know how long it took, but according to their route, it took at least five hours.
Finally, a faint wail finally led them to a part of the cattle stuck behind the snowdrifts.
There are only about thirty of them.
Zhou Zhengan immediately used a shovel to dig a gap behind those snowdrifts.
The cows, stuck behind the snowdrifts, finally came out from behind.
And eagerly asked them for hay.
The two little comrades put down the licorice on their shoulders, and the cows immediately devoured it.
Zhou Zhengan counted the number of cows.
The tightness of the face.
Everybody knows that the number of these cattle is a drop in the bucket compared to the herd.
There are only about 30 heads, and more than 400 cattle have not yet been found, who knows how many parts the herd has been divided into by this snowstorm.
Zhou Zhengan asked the two comrades, who had no hay, to go back first.
Following them with bare hands doesn't work.
They continued on their way for almost an hour or so.
There was a small pond in front of it, and a few cows were lying in the snow hills by the pond.
Zhou Zhengan counted them, and a total of six died.
And it is likely that there are also some cattle buried in the snow and not visible at all.
Everyone's faces are ugly, and if this continues, the numbers that can be found can be imagined.
The carcasses of these cows can't be thrown here, otherwise the wolves will be cheapened.
Zhou Zhengan sent people back again to find others to come and pull the dead cattle back.
Now there are only four people left.
A cow struggled to crawl on the ground with difficulty, while a calf lay beside her.
Summer Solstice hurriedly pulled out the hay from his back and handed it to the cows and calves so that they could fill their stomachs.
That's when the unexpected happened.
A bull that came out of nowhere rushed towards them desperately.
Apparently saw hay.
The hungry bull was now red-eyed, barking frantically, and rushed towards the summer solstice in front of him with two sharp horns.
It's a completely reckless situation.
Xia Solstice really hadn't seen a cow go crazy, and now the cow was obviously hungry and red-eyed.
Summer Solstice instinctively regressed in fright.
Zhou Zhengan and the other three comrades hurriedly picked the hay on their backs and shouted frantically at the bull.
"There's grass here, come here."
They shook the hay in their hands desperately, hoping to attract the bull's attention.
But apparently the bull was already hungry at this time, and had already decided on the summer solstice.
The summer solstice retreated again and again, but the speed of the bull was very fast, and he saw the bull rushing towards the summer solstice.
Once hit, Xia Zhi knew that he was afraid that he would be hit by a bull.
Xia Solstice threw down the hay in his hand and desperately fell backwards.
At this moment, Zhou Zhengan's frightened warning voice was suddenly heard.
"Don't retreat, there's ice in the back."
It's a pity that the bull didn't see that Xia Solstice didn't have licorice in his hand at all, but lowered his head and knocked Xia Solstice into the pond behind him.
Zhou Zhengan suppressed his exclamation, hurriedly ran forward, and ran to the edge of the pond.
Near the ice floe, he could no longer move forward and watched the summer solstice surface.
However, the distance between him and the summer solstice is at least 5 meters.
It looks like it's 5m, but in reality they're a little powerless right now.
The ice beneath your feet is already creaking, and if you take a step further, you may well fall into the water again from this direction.
Zhou Zhengan warned the comrades behind him.
"Don't come here, come here again, the ice will collapse, throw the rope at me."
The two comrades hurriedly stood in place and slowly retreated, obviously they also knew that what Zhou Zhengan said was right, and when the time came, all three of them fell into the water, which was not a good thing.
Connect the rope tied around their waists with the rope around Zhou Zheng'an's waist.
Zhou Zhengan prostrate on the ground and used his body to increase the area and reduce the bearing capacity of the ice surface.
Slowly move forward, grabbing the rope in your hand and throwing it forward.
"Summer solstice, come on!"
At this time, Xia Zhi had already hung herself there by grasping the edge of the ice with her hands, so as not to drag her into the water with heavy clothes.
Hearing Zhou Zheng'an's voice, she tried to raise her hand to grab the rope.
But the water temperature was so low that everyone was shivering, and her movements began to become slow and clumsy.
The rope fell into the water.
Zhou Zhengan wanted to try to move forward, as long as he grabbed Xia Zhi's collar, he could drag her ashore.
But the ice beneath him began to scream in protest.
Zhou Zheng was anxious about milk powder, he knew that he had to get the summer solstice out immediately, and in two minutes the summer solstice would be able to freeze and go into shock.
At that time, even if he wants to drag the summer solstice out, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch people.
"Can you hold on to the rope on the summer solstice?"
Xia Zhi's face was as white as snow, and the whole person was trembling in the icy water.
I tried my best to reach for the rope in the water, but my hand always missed the rope.
And the teeth have already begun to fight violently.
Zhou Zhengan slowly crawled towards the summer solstice.
When Xia Solstice raised his head and saw this scene, he shouted in some horror.
"No, don't come here. Don't do it. ”
Zhou Zhengan has slowed down as much as he can, and spread his limbs to spread his weight on the ice.
But even so, he could still feel the ice shattering beneath his body.
It's just an arm's length away.
Just an arm.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, he could grab Xia Solstice's collar, but in fact, the distance seemed to be like a moat.
Separated the two of them in two places.
The ice that Xia Zhi grabbed sank directly as the ice surface shattered, until she felt the heavy cotton coat dragging her to the bottom of the water.
At this moment, Zhou Zhengan struggled forward, increasing his speed and sacrificing safety.
Almost at the moment when the summer solstice sank, Zhou Zhengan also threw himself directly into the water from the ice.
Grabbing Xia Solstice by the collar, the weight of the two men caused more ice to shatter around them.
The weight of the summer solstice dragged Zhou Zhengan and sank, but Zhou Zhengan slid his arms with Xia Solstice and forcibly protruded from the bottom of the water.
"Summer solstice! Pull you out right away. ”
Zhou Zhengan's teeth also began to fight, and the cold invaded from all directions, and the whole person seemed to be frozen into ice in an instant.
Scooped up the rope from the water and tightly put it around the waist of the summer solstice.
Xia Zhi's lips were already blue, and his limbs began to go numb.
In two lifetimes combined, she had never been so cold.