Chapter 58: Tragedy
Everyone chatted and laughed, and continued on their journey while it was still early. There was no rush for the charcoal.
Let’s get on with our journey first. If we really want to burn charcoal, we have to choose a secluded place to stay. After all, we will have to stop for several days.
Lin Yougui drove the ox cart, while Lin Xianwen and his second uncle's second son Lin Xianyun sat on each side, their legs swinging back and forth.
I have been walking on the road for the past few days, and I feel something is wrong. Since I turned from the small road to the official road, I can see people on the road more or less every day.
Lin Xianwen: "Second Uncle, have you noticed that I didn't meet anyone today?"
Lin Xianyun leaned out and stretched his head to look at the road ahead and behind.
Lin Yougui pulled his son and said, "Don't fall down!" Although the car was not going very fast, it was inevitable that he would suffer physical injuries if he fell down. What if his legs were crushed by the wheels!
Lin Xianyun shrank back and said, "It seems that we are the only team walking on the road!"
Lin Yougui frowned, feeling a little uneasy, "We have a lot of people, nothing will happen!"
The team traveled until dark and saw no one on the road, so they settled down in a wide field beside the official road.
While it was still light enough to see things, Lin Zisu carried a bag of washed leaves and a small wooden stick, Lin Xiatao carried two portable changing tents, and Lin Qiuyue carried a small shovel.
Not only the women of the Lin family, but also the women of all families, did not need to make special appointments, but spontaneously gathered in groups to relieve themselves together.
The road is not peaceful, so if you leave the team to do anything, you need to go with many people.
Lin Zisu and Shen Xianglan, in their two lifetimes, had never thought they would experience a group urination, such a scene. And they had to experience it several times a day!
Lin Zisu, who had finished relieving herself first, waited for the others to finish and then walked back together.
Of course, this time cannot be wasted. We need to find tools to "wipe" our butt next time.
It is the beginning of winter now! Almost all the leaves have fallen off, and the leaves that can be used are also withered and yellow. Some will break when touched, and some can be used barely.
Now more people use small sticks...
As the weather gets colder, it gets dark earlier and faster.
Lin Zisu turned on the flashlight and adjusted the brightness to the lowest level, which was enough.
He muttered to himself, "Why is this patch of grass so dense?"
Lin Zisu broke off the branches of a small tree nearby, and then went back to slowly peel the bark, wash it, and dry it for later use.
Among the sparse and withered yellow reeds in front of me, there is a spot with particularly dense reeds.
Lin Qiuyue: "What are you looking at?"
A female voice suddenly came from behind her, which scared her. "Puh! Puh! Puh!" Lin Zisu quickly patted her chest to calm her heart.
"Break the stick! Why are you walking without making any sound?" Lin Zisu was still frightened and felt a little panicked for no reason.
"That tree is nice. I'll go pick some." Lin Qiuyue walked towards a tree 2 meters ahead that was as thick as her arm, reached out and pulled off a branch, then broke it swiftly.
"It smells... so bad! The smell... is so bad!" Lin Qiuyue frowned and twitched her nose.
"No one would poop here!" Lin Zisu quickly looked at her shoes, wondering if she had stepped on poop.
Lin Qiuyue smelled the odor, and it seemed to be coming from the grass beside her. She took a long branch and pushed the grass aside.
"Ah! Ahhh!! Ahhhh!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! Ahhhhhh!!!" A young girl's loud scream pierced the night which had just completely darkened.
Lin Qiuyue was so frightened that her legs went limp. She sat down on the ground and crawled backwards in panic.
Lin Zisu was concentrating on checking her shoes for feces. When she heard the soprano voice rising from the ground in front of her, she was startled and quickly raised her head and shone the flashlight over there!
Naked gray human bodies, stacked together. Wide-open eyes, cloudy eyeballs, staring straight at you under the light.
"Ah!!! Ahhh!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!" Lin Zisu screamed and turned and ran.
The place where they relieved themselves was just a few meters away from them, and that's when Lin Qiuyue's first scream was heard.
The women, who had just relieved themselves, picked up sticks and rushed over.
Everyone was wondering, the weather is cold, there are no snakes! Wolves? Wild boars?
Lin Zisu ran just two steps when she bumped into Lu who was rushing over. She braked suddenly, turned around and ran back, dragging Lin Qiuyue off the ground.
Unfortunately, her legs were so weak that Lin Qiuyue couldn't stand up because she didn't have enough strength.
The people who came later saw the scene in the reeds under the light of Lin Zisu's flashlight.
The soprano voice rises and falls without pause.
"Sister Qiuyue, please stand up quickly! Aunt, come and help!" Lin Zisu suppressed her fear and dragged her back.
Everyone was so scared that they ran away in all directions. Yang squeezed through the crowd, saw the woman on the ground, and rushed over with one foot deep and one foot shallow!
"Second aunt, let's go quickly!" The two men helped Lin Qiuyue up and left.
Shen Xianglan yelled at the top of her voice, "Lin Zisu, Lin Zisu!! Where are you?" It was too dark, and she was holding a shovel and preparing to bury the shit. When she heard the scream, she came over with a panicked look on her face, and when she saw the person in front, she ran away again!
"Here! Mom, let's go!" Lin Zisu followed the voice, shone the flashlight over there, and ran towards her mother.
The men who were relieving themselves on the other side heard the shouting, quickly picked up their weapons and rushed over here!
Lin Zisu had just run a few steps towards Shen Xianglan when she was frightened by a creature not far away. She opened her eyes wide and froze in her place. At the edge of the flashlight, she saw two creatures with huge wings running towards her. Her legs went weak and she tripped over her right foot without any control. She kicked an unknown object and fell forward. She fell to the ground like a dog chewing mud.
She felt pain all over her body, curled up her body, and took out the dagger from her waist bag.
"Lin Zisu! Lin Zisu!!! Where did you fall?" Shen Xianglan picked up the flashlight that had fallen and ran over quickly.
When Lin Zisu looked up, she saw two "wings" in front of her and were about to pull her mother away.
Old Lady Wang's voice rang out anxiously, "What happened? What happened? Where did you fall? Grandma, have a look."
Old Lady Wang grabbed a small tent that had not been folded up in one hand and ran towards her destination.
Old Lady Wang was in the middle, with two narrow and tall changing tents beside her. In the flickering light, people ran and the tents were blown by the wind, like a two-meter-high moth flying over.
Lin Zisu breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a tingling pain in her left palm. She felt something cold and hard under her hand.
Lin Zisu grabbed it and held it in her hand. Iron product? "Mom, look at my hand."
Shen Xianglan shone the light on her daughter's hand. The red and yellow colors were very dazzling.
Shen Xianglan: "Ah! You are bleeding!"
"Gold? Jewelry!!" Lin Zisu looked at the thing in her hand.
"Lin Zisu!!! Shen Xianglan!!! Where are you?"
"Mom!!! Lin Zisu!!! Sister!!! If you hear me, please reply!!!"
Flashlights and torches illuminated the darkness. Voices of people calling out came one after another, and soon everyone approached.