Everyone followed the call and saw Mrs. Tian slumped in front of a patch of grass. Her body was shaking like chaff and her mouth was stammering for a long time, unable to form a complete sentence.
"What's going on? What the hell?" the village chief asked, frowning.
Mrs. Tian trembled and said: "There are... there are dead people..."
Shu Pingyang immediately answered: "Isn't it normal to have dead people? Have you never seen dead people?"
On the way to escape, the most common thing we saw were dead people, those who died of hunger, those who died of thirst, those who were beaten to death... They would be scary at first, but then they would become numb after seeing more of them.
So everyone’s first reaction when they heard this was: It’s just a dead person, isn’t it?
Mrs. Tian shook her head, her voice trembling: "It's not that kind of dead person, it's other dead people. Come and see for yourselves."
The village chief snatched the torch from Shu Changshun's hand, and went over to take a look with other men in the village. Their faces were blue when they came back.
"That man must have been bitten to death by a wolf. His neck was bitten off, his arms and legs were separated, and his heart, liver, intestines and lungs were all taken out. They were all infested with maggots for several days."
Shu Mingli pinched her nose and reported the situation to others.
At this time, Mrs. Tian, who was dragged back by the men, finally recovered. She collapsed on the ground and cried: "I can even touch his intestines. It's such a big lump, and there are things crawling around. It scared me to death!"
Shu Pingyang stepped forward and helped her up, complaining: "You said you didn't just follow everyone on the road, why are you running over there?"
"People have three urgent needs. It's been a day, and I have to do something convenient!"
Who would have thought that as soon as she turned around, she would come across that thing, which scared her so much that she wet her pants pocket. Fortunately, she didn't pee too much and no one noticed, otherwise she would be really embarrassed and thrown into her grandma's house.
Another man said with lingering fear: "Didn't you say there is no one in the village? Why is there an unfinished body?"
"They are probably the old people who stayed in the village." The village chief replied in a low voice, unconsciously thinking of the families who stayed in Yaoshui Village.
They are all elderly people in their sixties or seventies. What should they do if they encounter wild animals or bandits entering the village?
Not only the village chief, but other people were also thinking a lot. When they couldn't find water at noon, many people gave up and regretted why they left Yaoshui Village in a hurry.
If he didn't go out, even if he died in the end, at least he wouldn't have to suffer so much.
But now looking at the mutilated corpse, the group of people were instantly filled with strength, feeling that they could at least walk another hundred miles without swallowing their saliva.
The village chief sighed, retracted his inappropriate emotions, turned around and looked at the people behind him, "Let's grab some hay and burn the body. It can be considered a good thing."
If something happens to the old people hundreds of miles away, I hope they can find kind-hearted people who can help them collect their bodies.
When the hay met sparks, it quickly ignited into a raging fire, and the bright firelight illuminated the embarrassed but determined faces.
A man took the initiative to go to the village chief to admit his mistake, saying that he should not have said those depressing words in the evening to shake the morale of the soldiers, let alone have any thoughts of retreating.
One person took the lead, and others also stood up to apologize and expressed their determination to move forward.
Mrs. Tian, who had made the most noise, was completely wilted this time. She cried and tugged at the village chief's clothes to beg for forgiveness. She was afraid of hardship and tiredness, but she was even more afraid of turning into a cold corpse that would be eaten by wolves.
"What are you doing?" The village chief awkwardly pulled the corner of his clothes out of her hands, turned his head and muttered: "I don't blame you, let alone you, sometimes even I regret it... But
Fortunately, I persisted.”
Yan Yan sat on the donkey cart and yawned for a long time, and finally woke up a little. She rubbed her eyes and lay on the edge of the cart and asked eagerly: "Grandpa, village chief, are we still looking for water? I'm thirsty."
Before the village chief could say anything, a man suddenly appeared out of the darkness and rushed to Yanyan with a kettle in his hand. The smile on his face was brighter than picking up silver, "I have water here, drink some first."
The person who delivered the water was Shitou. He walked next to Shu Guangzong's family. He had heard a lot about what happened in the afternoon, and he also guessed that it was Yan Yan's fault that everyone found this place.
At this moment, I love Yan Yan more than anything else. I even took out the life-saving water I saved for fear of making my little benefactor thirsty.
Yan Yan took a peck carefully, then pointed to her lips moistened by water and said, "Okay, I'm not thirsty anymore."
"This is not enough, I'll give it all to you, hold it and drink slowly." Shitou put the kettle into her hand, turned to look at the village chief: "Village Chief, let's go, don't waste time."
The village chief waved to everyone, "Okay, everyone, please return to the team. Just hold on, we'll be there soon."
Under Yan Yan's guidance, a group of people walked forward for more than a mile through the village, but were blocked by a mountain again. This mountain was much higher than the previous hillside, and the top could not be seen at a glance.
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Looking at the towering peak, the village chief's legs shook: "Yan Yan, don't tell grandpa that we have to climb another mountain."
If he does it again, his legs will definitely be destroyed!
Yan Yan shook her head carelessly, stood on the car with her feet on the floor, looked around like a searchlight with her eyes, and soon discovered the house hidden behind the pine forest.
Xiaotuanzi excitedly raised his finger and pointed to the house, "Go over there, there is a well in that house, and there is water in the well!"
The village chief also became excited. After shouting at everyone, he rushed out at the lead. His waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, and his speed could catch up with the rabbit.
Seeing that the village chief was running so fast, the others decided that they couldn't lag behind. They quickly dropped their backpacks and chased after him, leaving a group of children standing there dumbfounded.
Yan Yan climbed out of the donkey cart on her hands and knees, waved her fat paws, and directed the children: "Charge the duck, grab the teal!"
"Charge the duck! Grab the teal!"
Ten or twenty little carrot heads ran and shouted, rushing towards the house behind the pine forest in a menacing manner.
Halfway through the run, I didn’t know which doll was kicked by a branch, fell to the ground, and then knocked down a large piece of it.
Mrs. Shu followed behind with a bucket. When she lowered her head and saw the little carrots rolling all over the floor, she laughed so hard that she couldn't stand upright. "What are you doing? Don't worry, there is water to drink."
Yan Yan stood up from the crowd, patted the dust on her face, turned around and urged the old lady, "Grandma, hurry up too!"
After that, he ran away again on his short legs.
In front of the house, the village chief sighed at the large copper lock covered with dust on the vermilion wooden door, "It seems that this family is not here either."
"I don't care if he's here or not, just pick the lock and pull it down." Shu Mingzhi rolled up his sleeves and looked like he was going to fight.
The village chief thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, pick the lock! But everyone, listen up, we have to do this today to save our lives. After entering, we will only fetch water and don't touch other people's things. Otherwise
We are really no different from robbers."
When he said this, his eyes focused on Mrs. Zhang for a moment, which made Mrs. Zhang get angry and said, "Village Chief, who are you looking down on? I used to have dirty hands and feet, but now I have changed."