Chapter Twenty-One: Thatched Village

After walking for a while, they crossed the mountain, and at the foot of the mountain on the other side, Wu Qian saw from a distance that there were more than a dozen families living in front of them.

When they came down the hill and looked closer, each house was made of thatched huts, the earth was burned hard for walls, and occasionally one or two chimneys were curling smoke.

Three or two children in sewn and mended clothes walked by laughing, and it seemed that this was a poor village.

In the past, Lin Yu had been here several times with Wu's father, and knew that this poor village was called Thatched Village, because the villagers here were simple and warm, which made Lin Yu quite impressed.

Every time he stepped here, he felt like he had returned to Xuyao Village more than ten years ago, and his heart inexplicably warmed up.

At this time, a commotion came, disturbing Lin Yu's thoughts.

The two looked around, only to see a dozen villagers gathered around the edge of a well in front of them.

Lin Yu and Wu Qian glanced at each other and took a closer look curiously.

I saw a man in his thirties, lying on the ground with a bloody face.

His right hand was holding his severed arm, which was bandaged with blood-stained rags, and there were several claw marks on his body that tore his clothes, and his face was full of pain.

Seeing this situation, Wu Qian, who grew up in Mocheng since she was a child and usually didn't even dare to slaughter chickens, had ever seen such a terrifying thing?

Wu Qian couldn't help but let out an exclamation of "ah", her pretty face was full of fear, and everyone next to her frowned secretly.

"Isn't this Feng Liu?"

I don't know who in the crowd muttered in a whisper, and was heard by Lin Yu and Wu Qian.

"The two of them went up the mountain to chop wood together this morning, why are they so badly injured now? And her wife? Why didn't they come back with him?"

"I see, Feng Liu is so seriously injured now, and he has a broken hand, and his wife is not coming back with him now, it must be that they are both in distress and fleeing for their lives, and Feng Liu escaped with his life. ”

The crowd of onlookers said one sentence at this time, and Lin Yu frowned with a look of irrelevance.

Among the crowd of onlookers, only this man, Feng Liu, was a slightly older man beside him, his face was much calmer, and the crowd faintly took him as the leader.

The slightly vicissitudes of life are full of the wisdom of the years, and it obviously seems to be the village chief here.

He saw that Feng Liu's face was pale, and his lips and teeth had lost color, but he tried hard to struggle to his feet, wanting to say something to him.

"Feng Liu, don't move yet. ”

The old village chief used his vigorous hands to support Feng Liu's body, let his body half lean on the wellhead, and saw that he was better, before he asked slowly.

"Feng Liu, I see that you went up the mountain with your wife to chop wood early this morning, but why did you have multiple claw marks on your body and run back with a broken arm in surprise?

What the hell is going on? And what about your wife, why didn't she come back with you?"

Hearing the old man ask his wife, this man named Feng Liu, although he was a rough man, tears still burst out of his eyes, and his face was full of grief.

I saw him excitedly pulling the old man's clothes with his only remaining right hand, and screaming.

"Village chief, please call some villagers to come and rescue my wife, this morning my wife and I were cutting wood near the cliff outside the village, when we were suddenly attacked by a group of hungry wolves, and my left arm was eaten by the hungry wolves.

My wife and I ran away separately, and I attracted more hungry wolves, but I got away with my life, but I don't know what my wife's condition is, I don't know... Ignorance.... She's still alive. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Liu's man choked up and couldn't go on, a huge man cried like a child.

When the old village chief heard this, he sighed lightly, patted him on the back, and signaled him not to be excited and to calm down.

After calming Feng Liu in a good voice, he looked at everyone and said.

Feng Liu's husband and wife suffered this catastrophe today, and Feng Liu escaped with his life, which can be described as a great luck in misfortune, but now his wife is still near the cliff, and she doesn't know whether she is alive or dead.

We are both from thatched villages, and we can't see death without help, I wonder if everyone will follow me to the rescue?"

I heard the old village chief say that he would organize people to go to the cliff and save Feng Liu's wife, whose life and death were uncertain, among the wolves.

The people gathered here, at this time, you look at me, I look at you, the people in the same village know that they have a deep relationship between husband and wife, and they are very sympathetic to this disaster.

But when they thought that they were attacked by a group of hungry wolves, they were a little timid in their hearts.

What's more, the life and death of Feng Liu's wife are unknown at the moment, if she is buried in the belly of a hungry wolf, everyone will not only return in vain, but I am afraid that they will also worry about their lives.

After the old village chief finished speaking, none of them dared to step forward to make a sound, the old village chief looked at everyone and looked around, and everyone lowered their heads one by one.

Seeing this, the old village chief sighed, and the hearts of the people are all like this, but what exception is there? He said to everyone: "I don't blame you for refusing to go with you. ”

Seeing this situation, Feng Liu's face was gloomy, tears had flowed, and everyone present refused to go to the rescue, but he couldn't ignore his wife, even if it was to accompany him with his life.

Feng Liu struggled to get up and bow to the old man, and said to the old village chief.

"Thank you, village chief, if I go again this time, I won't be able to come back.

My two children will be handed over to you, I only hope that Feng Liu and I can be a cow and a horse for you in the next life, and repay your great kindness. ”

After saying that, he kowtowed three times to the village chief, and then stood up with difficulty, and limped towards the cliff, and he was going to return alone.

The old village chief glanced at Feng Liu, raised his right hand, and opened his mouth slightly to say something, but he couldn't say a word when the words came to his mouth.

Life is all love in the world, and the old village has been over half a hundred years old, so why don't you know Feng Liu's mood at this time?

After a while, the raised right hand finally put down, lowered his head and sighed heavily.

"That man is so pitiful!"

Wu Qian's little hand subconsciously pulled the corner of Lin Yu's clothes, but she could see that Lin Yu's body was trembling, with his head down, his face gloomy, and his fists clenched, and he didn't know what he was thinking at this time.

Wu Qian was by her side, but she felt that Lin Yu's world alone could be so lonely and bleak at the moment.

But do you miss the hometown of your dreams? Or the kind parents?

"Lin Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Qian grabbed Lin Yu's arm and asked softly.

Ahead, Feng Liu was still dragging his body forward with difficulty, and his figure gradually seemed to coincide with Lin Yu's own father's figure.

The weakness in Lin Yu's heart was touched violently, and he held Wu Qian's small hand holding his arm, and said to her.

"Stay here and wait for me to come back. ”

Wu Qian looked at Lin Yu with a surprised expression, she didn't expect that he wanted to go to the rescue alone, and held Lin Yu's arm subconsciously tighter.

Hurriedly said: "No, you can't go." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. ”

Lin Yu said with a smile at Wu Qian.

That smile fell in Wu Qian's eyes, as if it was inexplicably infectious, which made her want to believe him from the bottom of her heart, and the hand holding Lin Yu's arm tightly, unconsciously loosened.

Wu Qian's hand didn't hold him after all, Lin Yu's figure seemed to have magical power, so that her beautiful eyes couldn't leave his body for a moment.

I saw Lin Yu quickly running to Feng Liu's side, whispering something, which made his body shake, and the only remaining right hand desperately dragged Lin Yu, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

Then he pointed to the cliff ahead with his right hand, as if to point the way.

Lin Yu, who asked about the direction of the road, looked in front of everyone without looking back, and ran quickly in the direction of the cliff, and disappeared in a moment.

"What kind of man is he?"

Wu Qian looked at the direction in which Lin Yu's figure disappeared and thought to herself.

After fifteen years of getting along day and night, Wu Qian found that she really knew Lin Yu for the first time.

"Hmph, this idiot, don't want to leave me. ”

Wu Qian muttered a hateful sentence to herself, as if she had made up her mind in her heart, and ran in the direction where Lin Yu disappeared.