433 dizzy
The two quickly returned to the small formation.
Ping An entered the formation: "Fu An, Chen Xuan, Xiao Ming, follow me quickly."
Xiao Ming had already woken up and quickly jumped up and grabbed the corner of his master's clothes.
Fu An and Chen Xuan didn't say much. Since Ping An dared to carry the lantern, he must have knocked the other person out. They didn't expect Ping An to bring such a good thing with him when he went out.
Several people quickly got on the boat. The boat was not small and had four oars.
Ping'an held the lantern and found some food. The steamed buns were frozen hard and could barely be chewed.
Now is obviously not a good time to bake steamed buns.
Wait for someone to bite one.
Chen Xizi said, "Master Ping'an, let Xiao Ming go to the boathouse. The four of us will each take an oar. We came down the river, and we will row south. The three of you can watch me row. It's not difficult, but it will be tiring after a long time."
"Okay, I haven't been there but I've seen it before. It's not that difficult. Xiao Ming, go inside and stay there."
Xiao Ming entered the warehouse obediently. He was not tall enough yet, so he could not draw such things at all.
Fu An shuddered: "There's not much wind, but it's quite cold. Xizi, let's start."
Chen Xizi shouted a signal and the four people started rowing hard. At the beginning, the strength of the people was a little different and the direction of the boat was a little off, but it soon straightened out.
It’s just that when we came here we were swimming downstream, but now it’s equivalent to swimming upstream. The difficulty and strength are naturally different.
Soon, Fu An and Chen Xuan were both exhausted.
"Fu An, you and Chen Xuan should take it easy. Xizi and I will be the main force. We can't stop here. If we stop, the boat will drift straight down and get farther and farther away from the military camp. Of course, we still have to go back to the market first to look for our people."
Chen Xuan panted, "Ping An, you two will be exhausted too, it's better to find an island to stop and leave early tomorrow morning."
"good."
Ping An didn't want to say even one more word. Rowing looks easy, but it is really tiring after a long time.
An hour passed.
Ping An saw a shadowy figure that looked like a small island not far away.
"Xizi, row over there. There's a small island over there. We are exhausted and can't go any further."
Chen Xizi took a look and saw a small island on the right, but it was still quite a distance away, so he had to go across it.
"Master Ping An, it's a bit far, and you have to go sideways."
"I can't help it. I'm exhausted."
Chen Xizi paddled hard and changed direction, and Ping An followed suit.
Fu An and Chen Xuan at the back were completely exhausted and could only hold on to the oars with difficulty, trying only a little harder when absolutely necessary.
It looked not far away, but it took half an hour to walk there.
Ping An and Chen Xizi pulled the boat closer to the shore, and like the others they stuck the iron rod into the soil. They tried again, and it was firmly stuck there, and even the slightest breeze could not carry it away.
The four people had no plan to go ashore. It was impossible to find a cave in a short time, so they might as well rest in the hold. Although it was a bit crowded, at least there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Ping'an blew out the lamp. There was lamp oil on the boat, but not much, so it was better to save it.
In the dark night, there was no one else except Xiao Ming who was soundly sleeping.
The four people each ate a cold steamed bun. Ping'an felt sore all over. He didn't hear anyone talking. It was obvious that they were all too tired.
In a short while, all four of them fell asleep.
A dreamless night.
Ping An was awakened by the urge to urinate and staggered out of the cabin. As soon as he finished peeing, he was suddenly awakened.
There is the whistling sea breeze beside my ears and the endless sea all around me.
My God, where are they?
The dawn had already begun to break, and the scenery before him sent chills down Ping An's spine.
In the second half of the night, a sea breeze blew again, and the wind was quite strong. The iron rod had disappeared, leaving only a broken rope, one end of which was tied to the boat, and the other end was floating in the sea.
The iron rod was inserted deep enough, and perhaps the rope was a little old. After midnight, no one knew how far the boat had drifted down.
"Chen Xuan, Xizi, get up quickly." Ping An shouted in horror.
Fortunately, I slept on the boat last night and left the oars in the boat, otherwise I would have been left on the sea like a savage.
Chen Xizi was the first to run out. He was also dumbfounded: "How could this happen? I got up in the middle of the night and the boat was still at the shore. There was already a sea breeze at that time. I even checked the iron rod."
"It's not that the iron rod was not inserted firmly, it's that the rope was broken."
Fu An, Chen Xuan and Xiao Ming also ran out, and all three of them were stunned.
What should I do?
They had no clothes, and the food on the boat would not last more than three days even if they were frugal. They would really die in the vast ocean.
Fu An burst into tears. What should he do? His mother only had him as her son. If he died, there would be no one to break the pot for him.
"Peace," he cried pitifully.
Ping An calmed down and said, "It's okay, just run a little further. Xizi got up in the middle of the night to check, and he hadn't moved yet. It's been no more than an hour, and no one has rowed yet, so how far can he have gone?"
It may be much farther away, but I can't say that.
Fu An's eyes lit up: "Yes, the boat and oars are all there. As Ping An said, it will only take half a day longer."
Chen Xuan didn't say anything. He didn't get up in the second half of the night, but he could vaguely hear a strong sound of wind. The strong wind blew and went downstream, which might take half a day's journey.
But so what?
We cannot lose the morale of the troops and cannot let their morale decline, otherwise we will really be waiting for death.
Chen Xizi looked around and said, "Master Ping'an, I can't tell which direction is south and which is north."
When Ping'an came to his senses, he was already dizzy. Everywhere was the same sea and sky. He had read a phrase before: The sea and the sky are one color.
This is the true sea and sky blending into one.
He calmed himself down and said, "Xizi, let's draw a line. Whichever direction is easier proves to be the north. We just need to draw the opposite direction."
Chen Xizi's eyes sparkled: "Listen to Master Ping An."
He looked at his young master, who was already at a loss and just staring at them.
There was a small tank with half a tank of water on the boat. Ping'an asked Xiao Ming to light the charcoal stove, boil a pot of water, throw a few steamed buns into it, and make a pot of porridge to eat. Neither the fresh water nor the food could be wasted. Once these were gone, he and Xizi would no longer be able to row.
"Let's try the direction first. This is very important. We can't go too far. As long as the direction is right, my master will bring people to find it."
Fu An nodded. If his uncle knew, he would also send someone to look for him.
A quarter of an hour later, they adjusted their direction. At this time, the porridge made by Xiao Ming was ready and was brought over in bowls.
After filling their stomachs, they felt more energetic. Even Fu An and Chen Xuan were motivated and helped rowing.
At this moment, they just wanted to return to land as soon as possible and return to Minzhou City.
The sun has risen, and the sunlight gently shines on the sea, making the waves sparkle, which is beautiful beyond words.
At this moment, even Xiao Ming lost interest in appreciating it. There was still half a tank of water, a basket of charcoal, and more than twenty steamed buns on the boat. If they were beaten into a paste, it would only last for two days at most. Could they return to the shore after two days?
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