sbdcsierra Chapter 39 Bamboo Forest
Chapter 39 Bamboo Forest
Some people in the team started to cry. They had nothing to eat or drink and would die sooner or later. And they had to keep walking like cattle and horses. How could they move?
Everyone was crying with sorrow in their hearts and red eyes.
Those who really couldn't walk anymore would sit down on the spot and wave their hands, saying, "I... I... I... I... I can't... walk anymore, and... I don't want to walk anymore. Whoever wants to walk can go wherever they want. I'll stay here." After saying that, he lay back, closed his eyes and didn't move.
No matter how others pull it, it just won't get up.
Zhou Guo looked forward and saw a man in his forties or fifties lying on the ground. He was very puzzled and said, "Why can't this uncle walk? He is tall and strong. Old people and children can walk, but he can't walk." He was very disgusted.
Xu said, "He is the bald-headed third, a famous bachelor who does nothing but idle away his time. When he was young, he got addicted to gambling, lost all his land and never got married. After my parents were pissed off to death by him, my brother and sister-in-law no longer cared about him. It's not bad that he has followed me here."
When Zhou Guo heard about gambling addiction, he frowned and felt even more disgusted. He even made his parents angry to death. Such a person deserved to die. Why bother with him?
There were a lot of people who didn't want to get involved. The village head stepped forward to try to persuade them a few times, but when he saw that he couldn't persuade them any more, he just stopped caring.
The rest of the people continued to move forward.
Not long after walking, I heard panicked shouts from behind, "Hey, wait, wait, wait, why did you really leave me alone? It's too inhumane for someone from the same village to leave me alone."
People came up in a hurry again, but no one paid any attention to him.
On the second day, there was still no water source. The head of the village had no choice but to collect all the water in the team and distribute it to each person. People only drank a sip when they had no other choice.
The Zhou family’s water was also given out, with each person receiving a daily fixed amount.
In order to get out of this land as soon as possible, the team is now traveling day and night. No one can stand being without water for a long time.
The children didn’t even dare to cry. If they started crying, the adults would tell them that they would only be more thirsty if they continued crying without water.
at night.
After taking a short break and having dinner on the side of the road, the team set off again.
Due to lack of water, no one had the energy to speak, let alone walk, and everyone moved forward with heavy steps.
Zhou Guo was also very thirsty. There was only a little water left in the gourd, which was enough for the whole family. By tomorrow morning, there would be no drop left in the gourd, and there would be no water to drink.
Looking at this family, such a large group, her brows were knotted with worry.
Seeing this, Li couldn't help but reach out and touch her brows, and said softly: "You are a little kid, why do you keep frowning like an adult? Stop frowning, there are cracks on your brows."
Zhou Guo sighed in his heart and said, "Mom, there is not much water left at home. I am worried."
Li said, "There are so many adults here, so why would you need a kid like you to run around and take care of things?"
At this point, he was dissatisfied, "I think these people really don't act like adults. It's not enough that they drag you to find water every day. They say all kinds of nonsense in front of you, causing a little kid like you to worry about it. What have they become? They frown like an old lady!!"
Zhou Guo was silent, raised his hand and touched his brow. It seemed that it was not that serious, right?
Huang sighed and said, "Finding water is the most important thing at this moment. Tomorrow, not only the children will have to look for it, but I'm afraid all of us will have to look for it all over the mountain. It's not their fault. No one can survive without water."
There was no moonlight at night, and the team moved forward with torches. As they walked, they had to listen carefully and observe the surrounding environment, for fear of missing the sound of flowing water somewhere.
We stopped to rest for lunch, but without water, we couldn't even eat.
Zhou Guo picked up a dry thatch root and chewed it. There was no moisture in it at all, so it only served as a comfort.
Without water to drink, everyone could only dig up these roots and chew them, but the weather was dry and there were not many good ones, so they could only eat such dry ones.
After a difficult journey, they waited until dawn the next day and gave the last drop of water in the gourd to the little fellow Zhou Suli.
Zhou Guo shook the gourd and poured it down, but not a drop of water could come out. He plugged the mouth of the gourd and continued on his way. It was useless to think about anything at this time. The most important thing was to have water, so he had to move forward.
They didn't know where they were. There were mountains everywhere around them, big and small mountains connected together, and they were halfway up the mountains.
Although the trees here are dying one by one like on the previous mountains, there are many large mountains after all, and some evergreen pines and cypresses can still be seen. In other words, maybe we can really find water here.
When they reached a valley, the team had to stop because the water had run out. Without water they could only walk five steps.
The sun had not yet risen.
As soon as they stopped, except for Zhou Dacang and others who stayed where they were, everyone carried gourds, bamboo buckets, sickles, hoes and other things and went around the mountain looking for water.
Zhou Guo was followed by Zhou Suli. The two siblings were carrying a basket, a gourd and two bamboo tubes on their backs, and a hoe.
Her purpose was very clear. She took Zhou Suli and chose a relatively flat area with few thorn bushes on the side of the road. She bent down, crawled into it, and went down the mountain.
She walked in front with a stick to clear the way. When she encountered a thorn bush, she swung the stick and hit it, creating a hole that one person could pass through. She managed to clear a path through the originally densely overgrown wild forest.
Zhou Su walked carefully behind with a hoe in hand. If he encountered tree roots, thorns, or unpleasant grass roots blocking the way, he would go up and dig a few times. As he walked, he said, "Sister, everyone else is going up, why don't we go up."
Zhou Guo said as he cleared the way, "We are going down here because everyone else is going up here. If there is water down here, no one will come and we will miss it."
Zhou Su nodded after hearing this, but didn't say anything for a long time, mainly because he didn't have the energy to speak.
Half an hour passed and she looked back. She had driven about sixty or seventy meters. Standing here, she could vaguely see the bamboo forest below through the bushes in front. She was heading for this bamboo forest.
When the two finally got out, they looked up and saw a large and densely packed tall bamboo forest in front of them. There was no end in sight.
Looking up, you can see bamboos piercing the blue sky. When the wind blows, the bamboo leaves rustle, and the fresh fragrance of bamboo lingers at your nose.
Because of the dry weather, many bamboos have turned yellow, but there are also some that are green and lush.