"Girls smoking is not good for their health." Lu Xiaobei said this coldly. Yao Xia didn't take it seriously, smiled and said, "Smoking by boys is not good for their health either."
Lu Xiaobei shook the empty cigarette case, threw it into the water, and said, "I'm not smoking now."
Only then did Yao Xia realize that she was taking away Lu Xiaobei's last cigarette, and then said, "I'm really sorry. I'll return a pack to you when I get to the United States."
"What are you going to do in the United States?" Lu Xiaobei asked.
"Looking at what the American people need, I will do it. I will definitely make much more money in the United States than in China."
Lu Xiaobei smiled. She was another girl who went to the United States to look for gold. When she actually got there, she would probably regret her choice to leave her motherland.
"What are you going to do in the United States?" Yao Xia asked Lu Xiaobei.
Lu Xiaobei didn't think about it for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Like you, I will do whatever the American people need."
"do you know English?"
"When I was in school, I was ranked first in the written English test, but I don't know how to speak spoken English. Let's give it a try." Lu Xiaobei is full of confidence in his English.
"I have relatives in San Francisco, USA. My cousin opens a car repair shop there. I will join him for the time being. If you have nowhere to go, you can come with me first." Yao Xia invited.
Lu Xiaobei did not refuse and said, "Okay, it's a deal."
The two of them worked on the deck for more than an hour. They felt that the weather was getting colder and colder. People on the deck who were protected from the wind also returned to the cabin. Lu Xiaobei and Yao Xia also stood up and went back.
People in the bed cabins all sleep on the ground, spreading a mattress on the cold ground. There is only half a meter between each bed. You must be careful when walking inside, otherwise you will step on someone.
As soon as Lu Xiaobei lay down on his bed, Yao Xia walked over cautiously. There happened to be an empty seat next to Lu Xiaobei, so Yao Xia moved his bedding over.
"Why did you move here..." Lu Xiaobei asked.
"Being closer to you makes me feel safer."
Lu Xiaobei nodded, as if any woman felt safe towards Lu Xiaobei.
Lu Xiaobei lay down, and Yao Xia also lay down. The two of them turned on the light bulbs hanging from the ceiling and swayed along with the hull of the ship. Such days would last for at least another month. It was very difficult, but it was their choice.
There is no way out.
Gradually, the chatter in the cabin became quieter and quieter, and many people fell asleep. Lu Xiaobei and the others also fell asleep tiredly. Although they didn't have to do anything in the boat, they were already very tired every day.
It was the next day when I woke up, but since there was no sunlight in the cabin, it was still as dark as at night. The light bulbs hanging on the ceiling were swaying along with the hull. Lu Xiaobei always had a way of doing it.
The feeling that it might fall off at any time.
"You're awake." Yao Xia turned sideways and looked at Lu Xiaobei. There was only a few meters between them.
Lu Xiaobei looked at his watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock at noon. He smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm confused every day. I don't even know what time it is. I haven't seen the sun in almost a week."
Yao Xia smiled and said, "When we arrived in the United States, the time difference was different from that in China, so your watch is no longer accurate."
Lu Xiaobei thought about it. There is no concept of time anymore. Every day he wakes up to eat and sleep, eats when he wakes up and goes to the deck at night to get some fresh air. That's it.
Just when the two of them were bored, a woman's painful screams were heard not far away. This woman had met Lu Xiaobei when he got on the boat. She came with her husband and was pregnant. I don't know what they were thinking.
Maybe they didn't expect the conditions on the ship to be so bad, or they thought the smuggler leader would let them fly to the United States.
The woman might be about to give birth prematurely and was screaming in pain. The man was beside himself with anxiety. Some of the stowaways in the boat were anxious along with them, while others looked on with cold eyes. At this time, an older woman trotted over and said
: "It's time to give birth!"
The man was so anxious that he asked: "What should I do? What should I do?"
The older woman said, "Let her lie flat on the mattress and you go get a basin of hot water. I have experience in delivering babies. I will try to deliver her baby."
The older woman was kind-hearted and skillful. After the pregnant woman lay down, she spread her legs and said, "Harder, harder! I'm about to give birth!"
Yao Xia said with sympathy: "It's really a crime to sneak across the country even though you're pregnant."
Lu Xiaobei said: "They wanted their children to be born in the United States so that they could have American citizenship. Unfortunately, they were born prematurely. Who is a child born at sea?"
After more than two hours, I finally heard a baby crying. The man knelt down on the ground excitedly, and the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief. The baby, covered in blood, made a painful sound, which showed that the blood was flowing smoothly. The mother turned pale.
I couldn't be happier when I saw the baby was delivered smoothly. Although I didn't get the chance to be born in the United States as I wished, the mother and baby are safe after all. This is a blessing!
"It's a big fat boy!" The older woman and the child's father used a soft cloth dipped in water, wiped the child clean, and then wrapped it in a quilt.
Everyone was happy, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, the door on the deck opened, and four big men with grenade guns came in. The four big men stared at the newly born baby at a glance.
Bian walked over.
"Give me the child!" said a big man.
The father was amusing himself with his child. When he heard that several people were asking him for a child, he would definitely not accept it and would not give it to them.
"There are regulations on the ship. Any child born during the voyage is a bad omen. The child must be thrown into the sea to sacrifice to the Dragon King to avoid disaster."
When the father heard that his precious son was going to be killed right after he was born, he became red-eyed and said, "If any of you dare to touch my child today, I will fight you to the death!"
Seeing that the man was disobedient, the big man hit the man on the head with the butt of his gun. The man was smashed to the ground while holding the baby. Several big men didn't talk nonsense and came up to snatch the baby. The older woman who delivered the baby kept on
The mother of the baby was blocking her while she was crying. A group of people around her looked on indifferently. Everyone was angry, but no one dared to care.
Four big men beat and kicked the baby's father, but the father shielded the child from his body and refused to hand over the child despite the beatings of several big men.
Lu Xiaobei couldn't stand it anymore. He felt that he had to take care of this matter. If he dared to get up, Yao Xia grabbed Lu Xiaobei and said: "These people are all mercenaries of the smuggler. On this ship, the law cannot restrain them."
They, don't fight with them, you will suffer.
Lu Xiaobei said with a smile: "The law can't restrain me either!" After saying that, Lu Xiaobei walked over, put one hand into his trouser pocket, and touched the retractable Swiss Army thorn.
"Brothers, please talk to me if you have something to say!" Lu Xiaobei smiled and ran up to stop him. There was a smile on his face, but he was merciless with his hands. He pretended to start a fight, pushed with both hands, and easily pushed the guy away.
The big man who was beaten the most was almost pushed to the ground.
When several people saw that Lu Xiaobei was wearing kung fu, they didn't want to fight hard. If something happened, it wouldn't be good for anyone.
"Go away and stop meddling in other people's business!" said a big man.
Lu Xiaobei's eyes were fierce and he said: "This matter will be decided by you today!" Before he finished speaking, he took out the spur and flicked it, and the spur instantly extended and turned into a dagger.
A mercenary raised his gun and was about to aim it at Lu Xiaobei's head. Lu Xiaobei suddenly swung his sword, and the tip of the sword slashed the mercenary's right wrist, and several tendons in his fingers were instantly severed. The mercenary suddenly connected
I don't even have the strength to pull the trigger.
The tip of the sword was stained with the blood of the mercenaries' wrists. Lu Xiaobei held the sword, pointed at several mercenaries, and said: "My name is Lu Xiaobei, and I have secured this child's life! If any of you dare to approach him, I will stab you to death."
, if it doesn’t work, come over and try!”
The four mercenaries had guns in their hands and were not afraid of Lu Xiaobei. Although they had just seen Lu Xiaobei cut off a mercenary's finger and tendons in an instant, the other three felt that Lu Xiaobei did not have the strength to kill him all at once.
To kill three people, three people raised their guns at the same time and aimed at Lu Xiaobei's head.
Lu Xiaobei did not dare to move. He was not afraid of being hurt by the three bullets. With his hand, he could completely dodge these three bullets at this position. However, there were too many stowaways in the cabin. If a few of them fired randomly,
These stowaways would definitely be injured or even killed. In order to save everyone's lives, Lu Xiaobei did not move.
"Put down the gun!" At this time, Yao Xia came over. She held two small-caliber pistols in her hands and pointed the muzzles at the heads of the two mercenaries. Lu Xiaobei was shocked. He didn't expect that Yao Xia actually had a gun!
There was a hint of murderous intent in Yao Xia's eyes. This kind of murderous intent was rare in Lu Xiaobei, especially among women. Anyone with such murderous intent was definitely not an ordinary person.
Several mercenaries were also scared. Facing Lu Xiaobei who was nimble behind him, and now a woman with two guns was added to them, they probably had little chance of winning.
A mercenary said, "Just wait, you won't get much good from this journey!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Thank you, thank you both!" The child's father was beaten with bruises and swollen face, but he did not forget to say thank you. The child's mother was also very grateful. This was a life-saving grace.
Yao Xia handed the baby's father a bottle of safflower oil and said, "I only have this medicine. I'll touch it on the wound for you and take good care of your child!"
Lu Xiaobei and Yao Xia returned to their beds.
"Yao Xia, your identity is not simple. You are not an undercover police officer, are you?" Lu Xiaobei said.
"If I were an undercover agent, could I be exposed so quickly?"
"How can you have a gun? And the aura you showed just now is definitely not the first time you hold a gun."
Yao Xia smiled and said: "Like you, I also ran away to the United States. I took a few lives on the mainland..."