newbobooks Chapter 921 The Sickly Ghost?
Chapter 921 The Sickly Ghost?
The incident began when one of the refugees managed to catch a rat.
This chubby mouse might be disliked by some people under normal circumstances.
But in this early spring when even wild vegetables are scarce, it is truly a rare and precious thing.
When the refugees discovered this, they rushed forward and began fighting and looting.
Several refugees were wrestling and rolling around in the wet mud, each attacking the other viciously.
In the end, two refugees took the rat away.
Seeing the menacing looks from those around them, the two quickly left.
The refugees who had their rats stolen lay on the ground for a while before slowly getting up.
This little incident passed quickly.
Seeing that it had been almost half an hour since they came out, Yan Xu called for everyone to head back.
On the way back, we frequently encountered refugees wandering around the fields.
With wild vegetables to fill their stomachs, the number of refugees eyeing them decreased somewhat.
After returning home, Lu Qingqing discussed it with Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue.
They planned to tell Uncle Wu and Bai Song about their departure.
After helping the village finish building the watchtower, I will leave.
After the four of them made their arrangements, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang went to Uncle Lao Wu's house first.
These days, under the watchful eyes of the surrounding refugees, Uncle Lao Wu has been keeping an eye on the construction of the wall at the village entrance almost every day.
The constant pressure caused Uncle Wu to develop blisters all over his mouth.
When Lu Qingqing and Lu Qingqing arrived, he was drinking bitter vegetable root tea.
This stuff was dried and stored from previous years.
When Uncle Wu saw the two of them coming over, he quickly poured them tea.
Lu Qingqing took the pale yellow bitter vegetable root tea and took a sip.
I found that the tea didn't taste as bad as it smelled.
After taking a sip of tea, Lu Qingqing explained her purpose.
When Uncle Wu first heard that she was leaving, he was so anxious that he couldn't even hold his teacup properly.
He tried his best to persuade them to stay, but after hearing that Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang's relatives were all in the south, he stopped trying to persuade them.
When they learned that the watchtower had been built before they left, they were filled with even greater gratitude.
After leaving Uncle Wu's house, the two went to Bai Song's place.
Bai Song knew they were leaving and tried to persuade them to stay.
He still harbored the idea of bringing the two of them under his command!
Although he himself felt that the chances were slim.
It would be a real shame to let such a capable person go like this.
Moreover, the three of them were sworn brothers.
Once they leave, they'll probably never have the chance to meet again in this lifetime.
Thinking of this, Bai Song became unusually sentimental.
He tried to persuade them for a while, but seeing that they were determined to go back, he felt extremely depressed.
Knowing he couldn't change their minds, he asked for the location of Baoshan Town.
After carefully noting it down, I invited the two of them to have a meal together and chatted for a long time.
The next day, just as dawn broke, the villagers went out again to dismantle the bricks.
This time, the removed bricks were used to build a watchtower.
With the walls at all three entrances completed, only about fifty people remained in the village.
The remaining villagers all went to the front street.
Having learned from their previous experience of being ambushed, the group carried not only tools such as hoes and hammers, but also weapons such as machetes when they set out.
When they encountered refugees staring at them on the road, the villagers and soldiers would glare back fiercely.
That aura was quite intimidating.
As a result, the refugees really didn't dare to have any bad intentions.
Upon arriving at the courtyard, which had been partially demolished, Bai Song and Sun Chengkun directed the soldiers and villagers to take action, respectively.
This time, there were many people coming, so in addition to this courtyard, they also chose another courtyard next door.
However, there were still a few refugees living in the courtyard next door.
They saw a large group of people rushing in and fled in panic.
After Bai Song led his soldiers inside, he didn't make a move.
He simply shouted at the refugees to leave quickly.
The refugees, having discovered that the refugees truly had no intention of killing, cautiously descended.
When you reach the front hall, try to avoid the soldiers as you walk out.
But the shop's front hall was only so big that when the refugees went out, the distance between them and the soldiers was no more than a meter.
Seeing that the five refugees had all gone out, Bai Song ordered his soldiers to go in and search.
Zhou Peng led the group up to the second floor.
Many refugees have lived here all winter, and their houses have been ransacked beyond recognition.
The door on the second floor had long been taken down and burned by the refugees.
Therefore, one can see the entire interior of the house at a glance.
Looking at the puddles of unidentified objects on the ground and smelling the nauseating odor.
Zhou Peng gagged twice and covered his nose in disgust.
He stood at the top of the stairs, directing several of his men to go in and search.
Just as I was about to go down to the first floor to rest, I heard a soldier at the very back of the second floor exclaim in surprise.
"There are people here! There are two more people here!"
As soon as he shouted, all the soldiers around him gathered around.
Even Zhou Peng, who was at the top of the stairs, turned around and walked in that direction.
Upon arriving, they discovered two motionless refugees lying in the innermost room on the second floor.
The two were covered with tattered, blackened blankets.
Zhou Peng peeked inside and gave a wink to one of the soldiers.
The man carefully stepped forward and used his knife to pry open the mattress.
The two people on the ground lay on their sides with their backs to them, still motionless.
The soldier used his foot to turn the man over and found that his face was flushed, his eyes were closed, and there was bloody phlegm residue at the corners of his mouth and neck.
After being turned over and laid flat, he started coughing violently.
The soldier was stunned; this man was still alive.
Then, Zhou Peng heard the coughing of the two people on the ground and cursed:
"Ding Gunzi, hurry up and come back."
I wonder where this tuberculosis devil came from; I hope he doesn't infect us.
"Alright, forget about them, let's go down!"
As he spoke, he covered his mouth and nose and walked downstairs.
Behind him, several soldiers also hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, cursing their bad luck under their breath.
After Zhou Peng went down, he only told Bai Song that there were two tuberculosis patients upstairs.
Fearing infection, he didn't touch the two people.
When it's time to demolish the courtyard, only the backyard will be demolished; the shops in the front yard will remain untouched.
Since many shops on the front street had not yet been demolished, Bai Song didn't say anything.
The group he brought went through the front hall and headed straight for the backyard.
Before long, the sound of banging and crashing against the wall could be heard.
They worked until midday, when Bai Song sent someone to return the bricks.
When the carriage returned, it brought back some dry food and water.
After being busy for so long, everyone was starving.
They sat down on the spot, grabbed their dry rations, and started eating.
Some people who ate too quickly choked and then hurriedly drank some water.
Not far away, the refugees watched them eat their dry rations, their mouths watering with envy.
However, there was still a ring of soldiers with knives guarding the perimeter.
The refugees, fearing the gleaming broadsword, dared not approach.
At this moment, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were also sitting in the backyard eating dry food.
While I was eating, I suddenly heard a violent coughing sound.
The cough sounded as if he was coughing up his lungs.
She looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the person coughing was a thin, short refugee.
After the man started coughing, some of the refugees around him covered their mouths and noses and dispersed.
Even his companions ran far away.
Lu Qingqing's heart skipped a beat, and she got up to check the situation.
At this moment, Zhou Peng, who was not far away, also heard the commotion.
When they got up to check, they found that the person coughing was the very same refugee they had just driven away.
His heart tightened, and he nudged the white pine tree beside him.
"Brother, that's the guy we just chased out."
He couldn't have caught it from those two sickly guys upstairs, could he?
Hearing him say that, Bai Song also became wary.
He put the dry rations into his pocket and got up to check.
I followed the soldiers' encirclement and found that there were seven or eight people around me coughing.
At this moment, Lu Qingqing also ran over.
"Something's happened. Tell your men to cover their mouths and noses, and let's hurry back to the village!"