Chapter 146: Thoughtfulness
“…… I don't know that when you left, when you woke up the next day some people came into my tent and demanded that I hand over what you had given, and they beat me up when I said no, and then stabbed me with knives and shovels, and then said that I had the plague and locked me here. ”
"I don't know the symptoms of the epidemic, after being carried here, the wound became pus and inflamed, and I also had a high fever on and off for a day, but fortunately, I thought of my child and barely survived." Aunt Li said.
Thanks to the rice cake given by Ginger Tea that day, she still has half of it left.
These two days were supported by rice cakes.
"It's so ......excessive," Jiang Cha gritted her teeth, "Who are those people, I'll help you get angry." ”
In this way, the epidemic tents in these camps are more like prisons for bullying the weak, and if anyone who doesn't like the eye or wants to die, they will isolate that person in the tent and carry them out when they are dead.
Before carrying them in, they will hurt their legs in order to prevent them from escaping or calling for help, so that they can't save themselves even if they want to.
Moreover, the epidemic tent serves as a warning to most people here, even if someone passes by and hears the cry for help, they will not believe that these people are not sick, and they dare not come in to find out.
"Forget it, it's okay, I've forgotten the faces of those people." Aunt Li patted Jiang Cha's hand and soothed.
She hugged the baby tightly in her hand.
"I don't ask for anything else, I just want my children to survive well."
As she spoke, a few tears welled up in her eyes, and she handed the child to Jiang Chadao, "Miss Jiang, you can do well, I'm afraid that my life here will be short, if you go back this time, can you take my child away with you, he follows me, he really only has to wait for death, he is still so young...... I don't want him to die in my arms. ”
"Aunt Li, it's okay, let's go together." Jiang Cha made a decision in his heart.
Last time, she was also careless, and she didn't think that Aunt Li would be targeted after leaving, "This time we leave, you and the child will go with us, you don't have the epidemic at all, as long as this wound is well disinfected and bandaged in the future, you will get better soon." ”
"Really?" Aunt Li couldn't believe it.
"When did I lie to you."
Sheng Nanqi also nodded, "That's right, you will go out with us this time, we brought a carriage when we came, and I will carry you on your back when people are unprepared." ”
"This ...... Thank you. Aunt Li dragged her weak body and wanted to give each of them a head.
"It's not going to be done."
Jiang Cha stopped her.
"Compared to this, Aunt Li, they treat you like this, don't they all come out to take care of it?"
Thinking of the battalion commander again, she continued, "Didn't you say that the battalion commander would be back today? Why is it that when I mentioned it just now, those people heard the word battalion commander as if they were facing a great enemy, and they avoided talking about it. ”
Aunt Li said, "Maybe...... Maybe I don't dare. ”
"Why not? Is it because he has harmed you that you are what you are today? ”
Jiang Cha didn't understand, "If it was he who harmed him, he was alone in the camp, and there are so many of you left, aside from the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are also some young men who can make a difference, so you haven't thought about collective resistance?" ”
"Nope." Aunt Li shook her head, "The battalion commander is not so bad, if it weren't for him, our group would have died on the road, where would there be a mouthful of cold food to eat and sleep in a tent." ”
"Then why are you afraid of him......?"
"Maybe, maybe he's moody." Aunt Li sighed, "He is not always there, so he shouldn't know about me being thrown into the epidemic tent, and he won't care if he knows, the battalion commander pays more attention to the overall situation, as long as most of the people don't die." ”
Sheng Nanqi said: "What about others? ”
"This point should be back, at the moment it is either in the back mountain or in the tent dedicated to the battalion commander, but his temper is not very good, and he is beaten and scolded at every turn, you must not provoke him when you speak."
"Bad temper?" Jiang Cha frowned, "Then why are you still helping him speak." ”
"Probably...... Maybe it's also thanks to him, he's still a good person when he's in a good mood. ”
Aunt Li's eyes were a little empty, and she recalled the past events before the meeting, "I remember one day I couldn't get food for several days and was about to starve to death, it just so happened that my child had a high fever because of eating cold food, and it was the antipyretic medicine he bought in the town overnight that boiled and saved my son's life." ”
"Also, he left every once in a while to go hunting in the mountains, occasionally hunting a wild deer or wild boar, and roasting it for the people in the camp to eat."
Jiang Cha's eyes widened after hearing the description: "It's so good?" ”
"The other person is still good, but he looks a little fierce and has a short temper, so the camp people are afraid of him, but you also know in our place, not fierce...... How can you control people? ”
Aunt Li's sigh grew heavier and heavier.
It is also said that in such a place where people eat people, fierceness is the only secret to saving life.
"Then if it's so good, why do you ignore it?" Jiang Cha felt that there was a contradiction in it.
"It may be that you can't manage it without intention, and it's not easy to keep the vast majority of people alive." Aunt Li explained.
"That's it, big brother, you put Aunt Li on the carriage first, and we'll go to the battalion commander's tent to have a look in a while." Jiang Cha instructed Sheng Nanqi Dao.
Sheng Nanqi nodded and carried Aunt Li on his back.
Before leaving, Aunt Li did not forget to provide clues, "The battalion commander's tent is very easy to distinguish, we distinguish the tent here by looking at the hanging ornaments outside, the one with wormwood is the one who is off the epidemic, the one who hangs the tableware or puts the pots and pans is a normal person, and there is a tiger skin in front of the battalion commander's tent." ”
"Okay, thank you, auntie."
Jiang Cha was also afraid that she would be hungry after staying in the carriage for a long time, so she hurriedly handed out a box of pastries.
"There are red date cakes and mung bean cakes in it, and my aunt can eat a few bites to cushion her stomach when she is hungry."
Aunt Li took it after thanking her.
When Sheng Nanqi returned, they began to search for a tent with tiger skins in the camp, and finally, seeing their destination in the far north, but when they were about to pass, a child jumped out and stopped her.
This child is the child who made sugar in ginger tea at the beginning, "Big sister, you can't go, you'll die if you go!" ”
"So serious?" Jiang Cha squatted down, "Who told you." ”
"That's what my uncle and uncle all said, saying that the battalion commander has a lot of blood on his body and will eat people!" The child's face was frightened, and he had also received the favor of ginger tea to stop them.
"Cannibalism?" Jiang Cha felt that it was too alarmist, and she half-squatted down, "But there are also aunts here who say that the battalion commander is a good person." ”
"She lied to you!" The child pouted and whispered.
"I've seen the battalion commander eat meat with my own eyes before, and there is still blood on the meat!"