I don't know how many meters the water was above my head, and I felt like a suffocating tide.
Sophia was very anxious and desperately trying to find an exit.
Being trapped in a ship when it sank was a very bad thing. Fortunately, as it continued to sink, the two of them no longer had to bear the impact of the water flow.
Xia Shang was still calm. He estimated the distance they had traveled from the deck and knew that it was impossible to leave the way they came.
So Xia Shang caught Sophia who wanted to return along the road, and then made a gesture under the water to indicate to her to lead the way.
Sophia was also a smart person and immediately understood that Xia Shang wanted to lead the way to the secret passage by herself.
In their current position, the only way to get rid of the ship was through a secret passage. It was also the only chance for the two of them, so they swam in the opposite direction without any hesitation.
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Half an hour later, on an uninhabited shore far away from the water village of the Yellow River, the waves photographed a man and a woman on the shore.
Xia Shang choked a few mouthfuls of water, and then began to cough violently.
After a long time of this, I felt better, but the Qi in my body seemed to have been affected by the long-term diving and began to become less stable. The most direct reaction was that Xia Shang's breathing became short and labored.
This was not a good sign. Xia Shang was a little nervous. He soaked in the water on the shore for a long time and tried to calm down for a long time. He found that it was not getting better but not getting worse, so he felt a little relieved.
Sophia beside Xia Shang was still in a coma. Xia Shang tested it and found that she was just unconscious.
Thinking about my previous experience underwater, I still feel terrified.
After Xia Shang left the cabin from the water, he lost consciousness for a while. When he woke up again, he found that he was far away from the three or four miles of the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
Everyone around us was unfamiliar, and we couldn't see what happened at the mouth of the Yellow River upstream, and we didn't know why the ship suddenly sank. Fortunately, we survived without any danger.
The scene on the water of the Yellow River was bleak. A large number of floating corpses were floating down the river, mixed with the broken limbs of the ships. It was unknown where they would end up.
"Are you alive?"
Xia Shang looked into the water, not wanting to hear a crisp sound coming from behind him.
Looking back, I found that it was a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old. Her body, face, and hands were all covered in yellow mud, and her two pigtails were dirty. She didn't look very pretty, and she was staring.
Zhuzi looked at the two of them.
Xia Shang was a little confused and nodded instinctively.
A smile bloomed on the little girl's face, and she suddenly turned around and waved in one direction: "Grandpa, grandpa... I found a living person."
Soon, an old man also covered in yellow mud appeared in Xia Shang's field of vision. His clothes were very simple, his face was wrinkled, and his hair had fallen out. He looked a little crazy.
The old man stared at Xia Shang for a long time, and then asked: "The one who rushed down from above?"
"Um."
"Is the woman next to you alive or dead?"
"I fainted from choking on water."
The old man thought for a while, walked over, shook his head when he saw Sophia's naked appearance, picked up a rag that looked like a sail from the river, wrapped her in it, and then took her pulse in a decent manner.
, the brows furrowed together: "Bring her with me. I have been a doctor for several years. She needs to take medicine like this."
After saying that, the old man turned back and left.
Xia Shang hadn't reacted yet. There was no movement at the place. However, the little girl said bluntly: "Why are you still standing there? My grandpa wants to save you. Follow him quickly."
Xia Shang hesitated for a moment, looked at Sophia, then picked her up and followed the old man slowly.
But the little girl followed Xia Shang, carrying a small bamboo basket, watching as she walked, and occasionally picked up a beautiful stone by the river.
When Xia Shang carried Sophia to the heights of the Yellow River, he discovered that there were more than just these two people on the river bank. There were at least dozens of people busy on the bank. Some were wandering on the bank, and some went directly into the water.
Someone was arranging the fishing net, as if they were fishing, but it didn't look like it. I didn't know what they were doing.
At this time, a man walked towards me, also dressed in yellow mud. He opened his mouth and asked: "Dad, have you found anything good?"
The old man responded from the front: "I'm not looking anymore, I'm going back."
"Not looking for you anymore?" The man was a little confused, and suddenly noticed Xia Shang behind the old man, "Who is this again?"
"Drowning people need to take medicine, and I will take them home."
The man was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became excited: "Dad, what are you doing? Didn't you agree to stay out of other people's business? Why...why..."
"Don't worry about me. Human lives are important." The old man was very stubborn and ignored his son. He turned around and called Xia Shang: "Follow me."
The man seemed to know that he could not vomit his father, so he could only stamp his feet angrily, and then went down to the river again.
Xia Shang followed, until he walked out of the river bank and gradually saw some country roads, then he went up and asked: "Old man, your son asked you what you found... What were the many people doing on the river bank earlier?"
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The old man didn't want to answer, so he waved his hand and said he didn't know.
Only the little girl was very interested. She chased Xia Shang and said, "You people in the capital don't understand. This is the closest place on both sides of the Yellow River. Many merchant ships have been in trouble upstream, and valuable things have rushed here. Many uncles are here."
A valuable treasure was found here. You see, there are a lot of things floating in the river today. Dad said there must be good stuff and asked our family to go out to hunt for treasure. But I didn't find any treasure, but I picked up a lot.
Good stone.”
After hearing what the little girl said, Xia Shang understood a lot. It turned out that all this was related to what happened at the mouth of the Yellow River.
Judging from the expressions of those people just now, they seemed to be very happy, and they were not afraid at all of the broken limbs flowing down the water.
Such people's livelihood is always unpleasant to see.
As the old man walked along, the little girl also talked to Xia Shang. Later, she learned that the old man's name was Hu Laoba and the little girl's name was Hu Xiaolian. The family of four lived in Guohe Village, not far from the capital.
It was a village close to the Yellow River. It was originally a good small village, and every household had a lot of fields. However, in the past ten years, the Yellow River water had been restless, and there had always been one or two floods. The villagers
The fields were destroyed, and every inch of newly cultivated land was destroyed by the river water. Over time, there were fewer and fewer farmers farming in Guohe Village, and their lives became more and more difficult. But in the capital, not everyone can find a good farm.
Therefore, in the past two years, more and more villagers have chosen to salvage sunken cargo from merchant ships along the Yellow River. Some have made a fortune, while others have been swept away by the Yellow River and never returned.
Hearing what the little girl said, Xia Shang didn't feel much.
It wasn't until I arrived at the entrance of Guohe Village and saw patches of yellow sand and mud houses in the village that I realized that there was such a poor village just a few steps away from the capital. (To be continued)