I looked up at the blue sky. I knew the sun, moon and stars in the blue sea and sky, but why is your weather so turbid? Everything here is a mist. Is this scary now? We are bound.
In a big net, the more we struggled, the tighter the net tightened, as if we were silently fighting against each other and had to suffocate us before we could stop.
At noon, Na Jintang and I met for a walk after dinner. We prepared enough dry food and sent it to the seventh aunt and the sixth aunt, because before leaving, they both needed enough rich food and enough
Only the best medical products can ensure their survival. We are also trying to find Gang Leader Cao as soon as possible, and of course we will evacuate here as quickly as possible.
Both sides are very important matters, and both sides must be carried out at the same time. Therefore, ensuring the safety of the seventh concubine is the top priority. Who said that he has no blood relationship with me, and he does not have any beneficial dealings. After all, he is
Two pitiful lives, Na Jintang and I have a tacit agreement to treat them, which means that we should arrange for him to go down the mountain as soon as possible. If he stays for one more day, he will be in danger for a while longer.
Na Jintang put a few ropes in the bag to prepare for a rainy day. I asked him why?
He said: "Staying in Shandong for Qi Aunt and the others is also very troublesome. Although they have nothing to do for the time being, there is no guarantee that the savages will know his whereabouts. If others discover where he is hiding, the two of them are weak.
Women must not be able to cope with the current complicated situation. If something happens and we are not around, they will definitely die. So I think if the weather is good today, maybe we can send them out of the cottage this afternoon."
My heart was pounding and I was very nervous. I asked, "Are you sure now? If you take a detour from the side of Shanxi, will you encounter savages? So are you sure you can do this?"
Na Jintang looked at me quietly. He was very serious and serious now: "I shouldn't have any confidence, but I want to make a bet. This matter is very dangerous. Don't come with me, okay? Just wait in the cottage.
I, I will come back in the evening, and I promise to come back a safe, complete and whole man."
I looked at him with a flowery smile: "Is this possible? Do you think I might not go?"
Thousands of words, if he goes, I will go; if he stays, I will stay. There will never be any reason to separate between us.
But I really have to leave with my seventh wife in the afternoon. You can imagine how much danger I will encounter this afternoon! Thousands of thoughts are running through my mind. I still endure the heavy fog that has lingered in the past few days.
My whole body couldn't help but tremble.
Na Jintang supported me and patted my shoulder: "Don't worry about anything, don't be afraid. I'm here. When you were sleeping at night, I went to the nearby area to survey the terrain and draw a map.
, I discovered a secret, well, at the junction of these two roads, if they are a relatively safe place, it is the place where they attack each other, that place is an open area, this open area does not belong to either of them, this is what they reached
We have a tacit understanding that this public area is also the most dangerous, so if we want to avoid the copycat brothers and savages safely, we can take this road. At the same time, this road is also the fastest to reach the bottom of the mountain. If time goes well, we can
It took us two hours to get down the mountain. If we get them safely and then return, we might be able to get there quickly before dinner in the evening."
I nodded.
He took a breath. Then he held my hand and we went out for a walk. After these days of living in harmony, they had already relaxed their vigilance against us, but it was not ruled out that there were still a few sentinels following us in the dark.
But these people were all quickly thrown away by Na Jintang, and it was impossible for them to follow us.
When we came to Qi Tai's cave, Jintang called the cuckoo three times.
As soon as we walked to the entrance of the cave, we could hear the faint, suppressed sound of crying. As we walked further inside, the sunlight filtered in from the cracks in the rocks. In the depths of the cave, there was sitting the seventh concubine and the sixth concubine lying down.
Suddenly we felt someone coming towards us. Aunt Qi, who was sitting there, stood up and shouted with a slight trembling: "Little boss..."
It was the voice of the seventh aunt.
Looking at her dumb look, I was shocked. My mind kept thinking about what I had missed in the past few days. Everything was replayed in my mind like lightning. I was
It seems that they have prepared food and some medicines for them in the past two days. Is something happening to them now?
Aunt Qi looked at us blankly, her eyes were red and swollen, and her temples had turned into a small white wool flower.
My chest felt like being hit by a big stone, my shoulders trembled, and I grabbed the seventh aunt's hand tightly: "You...sixth aunt..."
Seventh Aunt Tai said in a hoarse voice: "We can't live anymore... Sixth Aunt Tai fell ill. I am offering sacrifices to flowers in advance for us, and we have to leave this world cleanly." She did not say any more and sobbed.
There was a sound.
My mind went blank, and then I slowly saw clearly that Sixth Aunt was lying on the stone in pain, her eyes were dull, and she had no breath of life for a long time, just like a living specimen of the walking dead.
Aunt Qi covered her face next to me and cried softly.
Qi Auntai cried and said: "For more than ten years, we have lived well in the village. We have long been accustomed to relying on the old man to survive. After we left the village, we simply did not have the skills to survive independently. But I think
Survive, but don’t know how to live? There is no way back, there is no shore ahead. Yesterday, our sisters were thinking about the possibility of leaving here safely, but there was no hope..."
Na Jintang said silently in the darkness: "Maybe we can leave today."
These words hit both of them like an earth-shattering blow.
The one who reacted most directly was the Sixth Auntie. She sat up directly from the stone and looked at us up and down. If the detector was used on me and kept spinning, her face was pale, and there were still unwashed blood stains on her face, behind her earlobes.
There was a deep wound, blood stains were still on her neck, and her right arm was still wrapped in white gauze. She asked me blankly: "Really?"
I nodded silently.
She jumped up on her horse again and kowtowed to us regardless: "Hero, please take me away quickly. I can't stay here any longer, unless I die!" Her eyes were full of begging and pleading.
My body was shaken, and I hurriedly helped her up: "We will leave now without further delay. It will be too late if it gets late."
Aunt Qi looked at me with mixed feelings for a moment. She turned her eyes towards me sincerely: "If we can leave today, even if we die on the road, we are willing to leave! Only at the foot of the mountain can we live again, no matter what
Whether it's helping others wash clothes or being someone else's mother, it's better than living an open life here."
I looked at them silently. They were not like me before. In order to survive, they must learn to fight, learn to fight on your own, and then learn to fight against the sky, without stopping, because we don’t want to be suppressed by others.
Into spring mud.
I looked at the two of them with firm eyes, and I always knew in my heart. Yes, this is how I should live. I have been forced to become a little ant. A humble role cannot make the so-called humble life give up its desire for life. I don't care.
Come back, go all out, live vigorously with your life, even if you have to die, you must die willingly.
I'm glad that I can help these two living lives, although I don't know what my next step will be. Maybe there are many traps and obstacles ahead. Maybe the front is not as glorious and rich as we imagined. Maybe they
After going down the mountain, they really have to be a mother, or do simple things to maintain their livelihood while doing laundry. Maybe their future life will really not be as prosperous and wealthy as they were in the village.
But, at least.
They have independent dignity, they will have their own life, and they can breathe freedom freely.
Maybe my imagination is too naive, maybe these things only happen in dreams.
No matter maybe, maybe.
Who can know what tomorrow will bring? If tomorrow comes.
I silently turned to Na Jintang. When Na Jintang saw our conversation just now, I didn't know what he would think, but there was no doubt that we had to leave.
At this moment, he looked at us very cautiously and gave us two suggestions: "The weather is sunny today. If we plan to leave today, it is a good choice, but we will take a very dangerous road, which is more dangerous than yours."
Everything I have ever experienced is terrible. There is also a river on that road, and there are unknown traps. I have not imagined these details because he cannot imagine them. In other words, when we walk on this road, we
We just choose to deal with death and make a gamble with God. The probability of winning this gamble is very slim."
Aunt Qi asked calmly: "What about the second way?"
Na Jintangzhang replied calmly: "The second way is to continue waiting in the cave. If the opportunity is good, you may be able to find the old gang leader Cao and ask him to give an oral instruction for you to officially return to the mountain. From now on
You are no longer on the road of defection. But there is currently no trace of the old gang leader Cao. I am not sure whether the old gang leader is alive or dead? I need to give me some time. Maybe, maybe not, if we don't find the one we can go back to.
When the time comes, I can take you with me and let you make a choice."
The seventh aunt and the sixth aunt were silent. They looked at each other. Then they looked at the Jintang and said with very firm eyes: "Let's go."
"reason?"
"Because we have been in the mountains for more than ten years. Since the Thirteen Smelly Women came here, the old gang leader has never seen us sisters. He has not believed in us for a long time. Even if we go back, in his mind
He is also a dispensable person. What's more, defeating that stinky woman is not something that can be done in a day or two. Instead of waiting for these unrealistic things, it is better to let go and welcome a new life. I
If you lose, I accept it."
The sixth aunt also added: "Even if I die on this road, I am willing to do so. After being sold to the mountains since I was a child, I have never been to my hometown in Yueyang, Hunan. I want to go home and see it, even if I have to climb
I'm willing to walk together!" When she finished saying this, she burst into tears.
The seventh aunt also covered her face and cried.
The two of them are just poor women.
I raised my eyebrows and looked at Na Jintang, my eyes swiping at him like knives. He didn't understand and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Did I do something wrong again?"
I pulled him aside and said to him in a low voice using evil language: "Have you thought about it? If you have so many wives and concubines in the future, there will be such trouble in your backyard. Be careful..." I said this
When speaking, he clenched his teeth.
He smiled and said: "At such a dangerous moment, your little head is still thinking about these romantic affairs. With you as a mother... Ye... here, I wouldn't dare to give you a thousand courages. Why do I always smell it?"
It smells like vinegar.”
I was secretly happy, and while they were not paying attention, I gave him a kick in the dark.
When the seventh aunt is ready, we will be ready to set off.