He was also numb, his hip was injured, and one of his legs was numb. There had just been a fire in the reed field, and his face was almost scorched, and the skin on his face was burned off, leaving him numb and unconscious.
But his life was really tough. A fire in the reed marsh burned away his hair, but not his life. Because of his hip injury, he walked with a limp, and his escape from the reed marsh was slowed down.
Although they fell behind, they also avoided the Zhejiang Army's bridgehead blockade and the Japanese pirates' chaotic stampede.
With the help of five confidant Japanese pirates, he successfully swam across the river in the cold winter and relied on his decades of battlefield experience to avoid being hunted by the Zhejiang Army's rangers. He stumbled out of Jiashan County and set foot on South Zhili.
An unknown deserted village.
These days there are natural and man-made disasters, including floods, droughts, and Japanese pirates slaughtering villages. It is not uncommon to find abandoned villages.
After finally escaping, Maye sat down on the ground. As soon as he sat down, he bounced up from the ground with a cry.
I forgot that my butt was injured. I sat on the ground with my butt. The severe pain was so painful that I will never forget it in my life. I reflexively bounced up.
"Damn it Zhu Ping'an, if I don't eat your meat, I can't get rid of this great hatred in my heart!"
Ma Ye covered her buttocks, with a stiff, scorched face, and roared like an evil ghost emerging from the fire.
"Leader, please keep your voice down, don't attract the Zhejiang Army's rangers." The confidant Japanese pirate warned cautiously.
They were really afraid that Maye would curse Zhu Pingan. Every time Maye cursed Zhu Pingan, the Japanese pirates would be in bad luck.
From the more than 5,000 people who set out, there are now only six people left. They can no longer afford misfortune.
If we are unlucky again, I am afraid that none of the six of them will be left.
"This is Southern Zhili, and he, Zhu Ping'an, is the governor of Zhejiang. If he dares to cross the border, he will be punished!"
Ma Ye was familiar with the Ming Dynasty's military system and said without any worries.
"Leader, rules are dead, people are alive. Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of what might happen. What if there is a Zhejiang army who can't tell the difference between Zhejiang and South Zhili and come here? How can there be only six people and still be silent?
The sound is good."
The confidant Japanese pirate advised.
Maye frowned, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed the expressions of the Japanese pirates who were his confidants. After thinking about his situation and having to rely on these confidants now, he held back his temper that was about to explode and snorted, "Look at what you are afraid of."
Yes, Zhu Pingan is not a trivial person. Forget it, I will settle the score with Zhu Pingan someday!"
Seeing that Maye no longer cursed Zhu Pingan, several close Japanese pirates finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Leave two people on guard, and the rest will search the village to see if there is anything to eat to fill their stomachs."
Maye commanded.
Two Japanese pirates left a warning, and three Japanese pirates dispersed to the village in search of food.
It's a pity that this is a deserted village. There are only abandoned houses with drafts on all sides and yards overgrown with grass. The three Japanese pirates went from east to west, but they didn't find a grain of food. They only found it on the abandoned wooden door.
A bunch of fungus and a bunch of unknown wild vegetables picked from an abandoned yard.
Thanks to this being the south, even in the dead of winter, there is no grass growing like in the north, and there are still wild vegetables.
The village was deserted, but there was still an old well with a manhole cover. The Japanese pirates found a broken earthenware jar, made a rope with vines, and hung the earthenware jar into the well to draw water. They checked the water quality and found it was very clear.
So I felt relieved.
I built a simple stove with three green bricks, used a rotten earthen pot as a pot, and cooked a pot of vegetable and fungus soup.
In order to prevent the smoke from leaking their whereabouts, Ma Ye and the others cooked in a relatively intact house and blocked the windows with thatch.
It was like a cloud in the sky, and the Japanese pirates who were cooking were choking and coughing again and again. Naturally, Ma Ye would not suffer the smoke in the house, he had already taken shelter in the yard.
Finally, a pot of green vegetable and fungus soup is ready.
"You protected me and carried me on your back all the way. Thank you for your hard work. You drink first and I drink last."
Maye said enthusiastically to several of her confidants Japanese pirates.
Damn, this pot of wild fungus and wild vegetables. Who knows if the wild vegetables are edible? If they go bad, let them eat them first. I will eat them after I make sure they are fine.
Ma Ye thought so.
"The leader is injured and needs to take care of himself, so let's take care of him first." Several confidants burst into tears of gratitude and asked Ma Ye to use it first.
"Stop pushing me, you are my lifesavers. I need your help to return to Tuolin's lair. Eat quickly. Only after you have eaten will you have the strength to carry me back to Tuolin's lair." Maye insisted.
"Thank you very much, chief. Let's use it first." The five confidant Japanese pirates thanked Maye, and then used broken tiles as bowls. Each person filled a tile, and drank without caring about burning their mouths. They had already
I was so hungry that my chest pressed against my back.
Kazuma Maya was watching them. From the time they took the first sip to the time they finished drinking it all, it took about the time it took to cover the tea.
Seeing that they were fine after drinking, Ma Ye made sure that the fungus and wild vegetables they picked were edible, so he also poured a watt for himself, and drank it while it was also hot. Well, the taste was not bad.
"Hey, you also got some salt. This soup has a salty taste, which is not bad." Maye wiped her mouth after drinking.
"Ah? There's no salt. We didn't bring any salt, and we didn't put any salt in the soup." Several Japanese pirates rubbed the backs of their heads with confused expressions.
"No salt? Why does the soup taste salty?" Ma Ye was stunned, then picked up the broken jar filled with water, stretched out his hand, took a handful, and tasted, "This water is salty."
"I have heard before that the well water in some places is salty. Today I saw it. The well in this village is salty."
A Japanese pirate said.
"Well, a salt water well is right." Ma Ye nodded, and without thinking any more, made another pot of wild vegetable and fungus soup for herself, and started making it.
Several other Japanese pirates followed closely behind, and they poured out several large tiles in a row, creating a bright light with a bang.
In fact, what Maye and the others don't know is that one of the most important and direct reasons why this village was abandoned is that there is a problem with the groundwater. No matter where the well is drilled from, the groundwater that comes up has a salty smell. At first
I didn’t care, and thought it was a good thing. I could save salt in the future. Some people even wanted to make money by boiling salt. Later, the saltiness of the well water became more and more salty, and more and more people in the village got strange diseases, both men and women.
It affects young and old alike, and the symptoms are surprisingly similar.
People in the village later discovered that it was caused by well water. There was something wrong with the water below the village.
Water is the source of life. Both people and livestock cannot live without water. The water in the village is not drinkable, so they can only go to other villages to fetch water. However, always going to other villages to fetch water is not an option. The whole village made a unanimous decision.
This village can no longer be lived in. If we move to another place and build a new village, the old village will be abandoned. ()