Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish
Chapter 214 Copycat
As her body sank rapidly, the young wife struggled in panic, waving her hands desperately in the air, trying to break free from the quagmire.
Upon seeing this, the hunter immediately dropped his backpack and rushed forward to rescue her.
Lin Xiaoyue hurriedly shouted for someone to hold him, otherwise if one person fell in and couldn't be rescued, another would be killed, which would be a huge loss.
The hunter was stopped by someone and started pushing and wrestling with the person like a madman. Er Gouzi was hit on the head by his punch, but he still held the person down tightly and refused to let go.
The hunter was pinned to the ground by Ergou and the mute medicine boy. He watched his wife sinking little by little. His heart felt like a knife was stabbed in it, causing him so much pain that he couldn't stop crying. He was still screaming for people to let him go, to let him go. Even if he died, he would never let his wife be buried alone in this desolate swamp.
Lin Xiaoyue ignored his screams and howls, and just shouted to his little wife to calm down, not to panic, not to get confused, and not to struggle, and she would find a way to rescue her.
Hearing this, perhaps because it was Lin Xiaoyue who spoke, the little wife's struggling movements obviously slowed down. Her pair of watery almond eyes were filled with fear as she looked at Lin Xiaoyue helplessly.
Lin Xiaoyue hurriedly asked everyone to untie their leggings, tie two or three straps together into a knot, and extend it for more than ten meters to make a makeshift rescue rope. He threw it to his young wife, asked her to grab it, and wrap the rope around her body as much as possible. Then, everyone pulled the person up together.
Fortunately, with the concerted efforts of everyone, the little wife who was stuck in the quagmire was successfully pulled out, and was held tightly in the arms of the hunter who was crying and his face was covered with tears and snot. This time, he refused to let go no matter what and let her go on her own.
The young wife escaped death and was held tightly by the hunter in his arms. She was still trembling with fear, but she did not forget to look at everyone with gratitude, especially to Lin Xiaoyue for saving her life, which she could not express in words.
What everyone didn’t know was that after continuing to shuttle through the swamp, the little wife’s eyes darkened in the hunter’s arms and she murmured softly, she didn’t fall out because of slipping, but was pushed by someone, and behind her...
The hunter almost went berserk upon hearing this, but his young wife tried her best to suppress him and told him not to say anything at this time. If he wanted to say anything, he had to wait until they were out of this dangerous swamp.
Besides, she had no substantial evidence, so people might not necessarily believe her. If she had to tell someone, she only wanted to tell Lin Xiaoyue, so that she wouldn't be tricked by others by accident.
……
By the time the group finally walked out of the swamp, night had fallen and the cold moon was hanging low in the sky.
Originally, everyone was thinking of finding a slightly flat place to stop and rest, but Chun Xing was sharp-eyed and saw what seemed to be fluorescent light flashing in the distance. She excitedly shouted and jumped, and waved her hand repeatedly to point to the flickering lights at the bottom of the valley, indicating to everyone that there seemed to be a house at the foot of the mountain.
Everyone was overjoyed. They didn't expect that there were people living in this deep mountain forest where there were few people. They thought that they might be mountain people living in secluded areas.
Without time to think, the crowd hurriedly went down the mountain along the rugged mountain path, stumbling and supporting each other.
The two hunters who fell behind the crowd looked at each other, suppressed the anger and unwillingness in their eyes, clasped their hands tightly, squeezed them hard, suppressed their resentment, and followed the crowd down the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Since entering the mountain, they have not met anyone except the bandits they encountered at the beginning, let alone the village, which is still inhabited. I think those who have the confidence to stay in their homes in the face of the disaster should be in a much better situation than them.
Otherwise, like the villages we passed along the way, nine out of ten houses were empty and the wells were dry. How could the villagers possibly stay there?
Looking down from the mountain, the scattered mountain huts are clearly dotted with candlelight, and it is obvious that more than one family lives there.
The group groped their way in the dark, stumbling all the way to the outskirts of the village. Before they got close, they saw that the entire village was surrounded by fences made of sharpened wooden spikes. There were roadblocks set up, and mountain villagers patrolled back and forth, so people from other villages couldn't get in at all.
Everyone had no choice but to look up, standing hesitantly outside the fence of the village, peeking inside. What they saw was a large area of low stone houses with a compact layout and staggered heights. The laughter of women and children could be vaguely heard in the village, and it seemed that there were quite a lot of people.
There were more than 30 people in their group, standing outside the fence at the entrance of someone's village. It was impossible for them not to attract attention.
The patrolling men in the mountain stronghold saw more than 30 people, both men and women, surrounding the entrance of the stronghold, and all of them were armed. The patrolling men immediately became alert and waved their swords to drive them away, "Who are you? Don't come near our village."
The village head stepped forward and stated his identity. "We are from Linjia Village in the north. We want to go to the state capital. We pass by your precious place on the way and would like to stay overnight. I wonder if you can help us?"
One of the shirtless, bald men came forward and looked at them through the fence with scrutiny.
The team consisted of more than 30 people, more women than men, and two animals. The bags on each person's back seemed to be filled with a lot of things, and the expressions on their faces were very different from those of the refugees outside.
The bald man asked, "I don't know where your Linjia Village is, but it's a mess outside now. You said you came from the north, how did you end up in the mountains? Shouldn't you take the official road outside?"
The village head was old after all. Although he had rested in Taoyuan Holy Land for two days, he was very tired from the long journey and his age. His voice was hoarse and he took a few deep breaths before replying, "Brother, we are all genuine villagers and have no bad intentions. If there had not been a disaster in the village, we would not have been forced to leave our hometown..."
"Hey, hey, hey, stop it, I'm asking you why you don't take the official road and come into the mountains. Why are you talking to me about all that nonsense, old man?"
The bald strong man interrupted the headman at the top of his voice without waiting for him to finish speaking. His voice was so loud that everyone took a step back.
"There was an epidemic on the official road, so we hid in the mountains and took a shortcut to avoid the crowd."
Chun Xing was very displeased with the bald man's bad temper. She poked her hairy head out from behind Old Man Qiao and interrupted him in a bad tone.
The man had been glaring at the head of the village with a fierce look in his eyes, but when he saw the crowd, he blinked his almond-shaped eyes at the pretty and lively little Chunxing. The bald man stared at her with just one glance and could not look away.
Noticing the man's blatantly covetous gaze, Doctor Qiao frowned and pulled Xiao Chunxing behind him to block the malicious gaze.
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