Chapter 8 1 False Alarm
On summer nights, the sky is dotted with stars, frogs are croaking, insects are chirping, and unknown birds are making strange calls.
The RV turned on the low beam headlights, attracting countless flying insects. Li Ai yawned and glanced at the time. It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening.
"It's been more than an hour's journey, that's enough distance, right? I'm so sleepy!" The car stopped by the roadside and Li Ai stood up yawning.
"I'm starving... I feel dizzy and want to vomit..." Li Hao stood up shakily and went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water.
Li Ai stood at the bathroom door holding a towel and clothes, her eyelids fighting, "I'm going to take a shower and go to bed! It's too dangerous to go out, just open the car window to get some fresh air, and remember to close the screen window."
Although the old man felt dizzy, at least he closed his eyes and lay down for a whole day. After taking a shower, Li Ai put her clothes into the washing machine and lay down on the big bed. It was comfortable... She turned over and fell asleep in seconds.
Li Hao took the bowl and sat in the passenger seat, opened the car window to breathe in the fresh air, looked at the stars in the sky, and ate dinner slowly. He was thinking about how the two brothers and sisters would live in the future. The food in the car would be eaten up sooner or later, and there was not much money.
After dinner, I cleaned up the dishes, sat for a while to digest the food, and stared out the window for a while.
Li Ai was sleeping soundly on the big bed! It was not easy for her small body to sleep for 12 hours without rest.
Li Hao put down two double-seater sofas, made a single bed and lay down on it. Thinking he would not be able to fall asleep, he closed his eyes, thought about things, and soon fell asleep.
The early bird catches the worm, chirping as it hops around on the branches.
Li Ai was awakened by the urge to pee. She got up from bed with sleepy eyes and went straight to the toilet to relieve herself.
The sun shines on the earth, and everything on earth comes alive. The morning air is fresh and pleasant, and the breeze cools the skin.
Li Hao stood on the roof of the car, took a deep breath, and stretched. Holding the telescope, he looked back at the way he came, and then at the road ahead. "Li Ai~Are you done?"
"Right away~" In the wild, Li Ai squatted in a small green tent to detoxify. This small tent is specially used when you want to urinate, change clothes, etc. outdoors, like a cloth cover.
This kind of small tent is very convenient and practical for people who like to play outdoors. It is easy to store and does not take up space. You can use it as soon as you take it out of the bag. It is also cheap, only a few dozen yuan each.
Li Ai bought two small sizes, one blue and one green, thinking that they would not take up space and would be practical, and that buying two would give her a 5% discount, so she decisively ordered two.
In the morning, Li Hao washed up and cooked rice in the rice cooker. He heated up the wild duck meat left over from last night and fried some cabbage. After they had a full meal, they were ready to set off. The food was quite good, and since they were busy on the road during the day, they didn't cook at noon, so they could only eat some snacks.
The two of them were now thinking about getting as far away from the war zone as possible. Both of them had the bodies of half-grown children and were not able to protect themselves.
Li Ai lifted the tent, moved it aside, folded it, and stuffed it into the bag. Holding the tent bag in one hand and wiping the sweat with the other, she limped back. "It's more convenient to squat in the tent. Although there are no mosquitoes... But in this weather, I'm sweating..."
It's OK to pee in the RV, but decomposition requires degrading agents, which are gone after use, and there is no place to buy them in the world. These days, the two of them discovered that, except for water, electricity, gas and oil, nothing else in the RV can be regenerated. Food, daily necessities, clothes, pants, shoes... etc., are gone after eating, gone after using, and rotten after being used.
In order to reduce the number of emptying the ash water tank, the two tried to relieve themselves outside during the day. It was unsafe to be outdoors at night, so they could only relieve themselves in the car. The two could only take turns emptying the ash water tank, bearing the nausea, thinking that when the degrading agent ran out, they would have to poop directly out of the car without manners!
"The sun is about to rise, and we said we should set out early today." Li Hao climbed out of the car and Li Ai came over. The two siblings had a handover ceremony, one took the telescope and went up to the roof of the car, and the other took the tent and walked away.
"Did you bring paper?" Li Ai climbed onto the roof of the RV without looking back and checked the surroundings.
"Bring it, bring it."
By the time the two siblings set out, the sun had already risen high and the temperature outside had become scorching.
Li Ai looked at the time on the monitor, "It's 10:24! Time flies when I'm not driving~"
"Go! Go! Hiss~Ha~" Li Hao took a deep breath of the air outside the window, closed the window, and fastened his seat belt.
The RV continued to move forward in a cloud of dust, and could barely pass through the narrow road.
Li Ai is very glad that she made the right decision to buy a Type B RV. Whether it is now, in ancient times, or in modern times.
Before Li Ai bought the RV, the whole family thought about practicality. The B-type RV is of the right size and height, just like a car, easy to park, not afraid of height restrictions, and can enter and exit the underground garage normally. You can drive it to work and take a nap in the RV at noon. Whether it is for work or travel, this car can be driven, and it will not be idle after purchase.
Of course, there are many disadvantages. The space is small and it is only suitable for 2 to 3 people to travel. Occasionally, a family of four travels two or three times, and the accommodation is a bit crowded. Dad and brother sleep in a tent on the roof of the car at night. Of course, you can also sleep in a hotel, but the family likes to stay together. This depends on personal preference and needs.
There is no roof tent on the Type B RV, so Li Ai bought and installed the roof tent herself.
Although the interior space of Type B RV is not as large as other types of RVs, its interior space is reasonably laid out and can be customized according to your needs, so it does not feel small or inconvenient.
Most of the time, Li Ai is the only one using the RV, which is very convenient and practical.
Shaking and bouncing all the way, Li Ai thought about her previous life, and her thoughts drifted farther and farther away.
I don’t know how my parents are doing, the old one sent the young one away, and there are two of them at that… e=(′o｀*)))Alas, everything is determined by fate, and we have no control over it.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" The sound of Li Hao vomiting again pulled Li Ai's thoughts back from drifting towards modern life.
It’s a little past 16pm in the afternoon and I can rest after just one or two more hours of holding on!
The display indicated that there were a lot of people on the road ahead and 50% of the road was blocked.
What does it mean that half of the road is blocked?
After a while, I saw 7 or 8 people wearing coarse linen clothes, with dark yellow skin and holding farm tools standing on the dirt road ahead.
"Brother, wake up! There are so many people on the road ahead. They look like local residents."
"Slow down, slow down, it's really not okay, honk the horn!"
“What if you don’t give way?”
"...the ones who don't give way are bandits, right?"
"Judging from their clothes, they don't look like ordinary people, but..." Li Ai gently stepped on the brakes, slowed down the car and stopped.
People on the road heard the noise and turned around curiously. What was that thing covered with grass? A truck carrying grass.
"No matter what's happening outside, don't get out of the car!" Li Hao sat up and looked out of the front windshield.
"Fortunately, I insisted on putting anti-peep film on all the glass!" Li Ai picked up the water cup and drank water, thinking about countermeasures.
During the day, two people can sit in the car and watch the outside without worrying about the outside. The principle of the privacy film is that you can see the situation on whichever side is brighter.
People outside were pointing and whispering at the car!
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
"Boom! Boom!"
Someone lifted the straw curtain on the car body and knocked on the body of the car with his hands.
"Let's take them by surprise~" Li Hao lowered his voice and pointed at the steering wheel.
I'm afraid that the people outside may take further action. What if they use a hoe to hit the car body or the glass? That would be the end of me!
Li Ai thought about it and pressed the car horn hard, quickly and continuously!
"Drip! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop! Drop!!"
"Ah! Ah!!!"
“Ah!! What’s that sound!! Aaaah!”
"This... this will scream!!!"
The people outside the car were so frightened by the sudden sound that they dropped their farm tools, covered their ears, and rushed to the fields.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the road, Li Ai stepped on the accelerator and the car rushed forward.
I didn't dare to let go of the accelerator and drove forward at more than 100 yards on the bumpy road!
Half an hour later, Li Ai dared to slow down the car and drive according to the road conditions.
It was completely dark until 9 o'clock in the evening, and we stopped at a slightly wider area beside the grass on the side of the road.
After what happened during the day, the two dared not get out of the car. They used the smart cooking pot to cook leftover rice and wild bird eggs from the morning, added some hot sauce, and made egg fried rice.
One was carsick and had a sallow face, while the other had been driving all day and had body aches, and both were exhausted.
"You go wash up and go to bed. I sleep a lot, so I'll watch you." Li Hao washed the dishes after dinner.
"Hmm..." Li Ai listlessly took her change of clothes and went to the bathroom to wash up.
At around 10 o’clock in the evening, Li Ai stretched out her arms and legs while lying on the big bed, and said with emotion: “I calculated that I have been driving for more than 15 hours today. I can finally lie down and rest and sleep! Calculating the average time of the past few days, it is 12 to 13 hours of driving every day. This little body has to endure too much!” Li Ai wanted to cry...
"Don't count the time for eating, washing, and activities. The average driving time is 8 or 9 hours a day... It's really hard!" Li Hao turned his head to look at Li Ai, who was half asleep, "We both have our own sufferings!" One suffers from driving, and the other suffers from motion sickness.
"Brothers in distress, that describes exactly us. Ah~" Li Ai yawned, closed her eyes, and fell asleep in seconds.