Chapter 768 Struggle
Over here, Huangmao and his new recruits were enjoying the delicacy with relish, over there, Shang Haoqiang's team members were grilling the freshly caught rat snakes.
"Captain Shang, you really don't want to eat?" asked several young men who followed him.
Shang Haoqiang smiled and shook his head: "No, I still say the same thing. I won't eat this kind of thing until I'm at my wit's end."
“But it smells so good!”
"I know, but I also remind you that snakes are prone to breeding parasites and are very dangerous. Although this is a matter of probability, I still won't take the risk."
"Oh, okay, but we still have to eat. We're so hungry."
"Okay, but bake it a little longer. I'd rather the meat be a little cooked." Although it's not of much use, it's at least a psychological comfort.
"Okay, got it!"
Shang Haoqiang didn't watch them roasting the snake, but climbed up an apricot tree and picked a lot of small green fruits.
I rubbed the dust off it with my hands, looked at it with disgust, but couldn't help but put it in my mouth and took a bite. Oh my god, it's so sour!
Shang Haoqiang almost vomited, but thinking that there was nothing to eat here and he couldn't waste it, he swallowed it. He picked a dozen small fruits and put them in his pocket before getting down from the tree.
Then he smelled the aroma of meat coming from the fire and swallowed his saliva. He forced himself to glance elsewhere and said, "I'll go take a look ahead!"
"Okay, if you catch another snake, you must bring it back."
"Okay, no problem!"
Shang Haoqiang agreed readily, but he didn't expect that he actually caught a rabbit.
This is a problem. Should I take it back or not?
After hesitating for a long time, I finally decided to take it back.
When everyone saw the skinny rabbit, they were so excited that they couldn't stop talking. But when they thought that this was Shang Haoqiang's meal, they kept silent.
"I... caught it in the front." He was a little embarrassed.
"Yes, I know. We'll go check it out later. Captain Shang, you can grill it while you're at it, or else it will be eaten up by others and you'll be hungry when you go back."
After listening to the kind reminders from several people, Shang Haoqiang nodded: "Okay, let's eat first and then go back." He believed that Tang Shunlin and Ji Shaoming would not do such a thing, but it was not certain for those team members who went back halfway.
Several people chatted happily while grilling, and Shang Haoqiang was not stingy, sharing the internal organs, rabbit head, and even half of the rabbit with others. After several people shared, although they were not full, they still had about 70% to 80% of the food.
After putting out the fire and cleaning up the surrounding traces, he rubbed his stomach which was no longer growling and said contentedly, "Let's go, let's go back first. That place is very big, and we can't explore it all for now. Let's go back and discuss it with others first."
"Okay, I'll listen to you!"
Shang Haoqiang brought his people back to the gathering place and saw that those who had gone there earlier were all eating fish with Huangmao.
He was a little surprised, but after asking about the situation, he didn't force it, "Since they are willing to be with Huang Mao, then let's do it."
It was originally a temporary team, with no discipline or loyalty. It is better to go your separate ways at the beginning than to be hurt after investing your feelings and trust.
What's more, he doesn't think highly of those who make trouble along the way.
While I was thinking about this, I heard someone calling softly, "Water, water!"
Shang Haoqiang already knew that these people had just been rescued, so he walked forward with the rabbit's blood and fed the man a mouthful.
But who would have thought that the smell of the rabbit's blood would wake someone lying dead. He sat up coughing, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, looked at the bright red on his fingertips, and asked in horror: "You, you, you, what did you give me to drink?"
Shang Haoqiang was confused: "Rabbit blood, what else could it be?"
When Huangmao and the others saw this scene, they burst out laughing: "Hahaha, haha, this idiot actually fed people rabbit blood!"
Shang Haoqiang frowned: "How else can we feed him? There is no water source on this mountain."
Huang Mao was choked and his laughter stopped abruptly, but he was still unwilling to accept it and said stubbornly: "Sea water, there is plenty of it!"
Everyone present was trying to hold back their laughter, even those in the yellow-haired camp were rolling their eyes.
Shang Haoqiang did not argue with him anymore. He put the rabbit blood next to the man who had just woken up and said to him, "That's all. Drink it if you want."
The man thought about it and realized that he had no strength left in his body. It was not the time to show off, so he picked up the bottle and said, "Thank you!"
Shen Yanming watched this scene, his eyes flashed, guessing that the rabbit that Shang Haoqiang killed might not be from his own space, otherwise the smell of blood would not be so strong. Moreover, the color looked a bit dark.
However, now is not the time to be concerned about these things. It is good enough to have food to keep alive.
"By the way, you've been gone for so long, what's the situation over there?" Tang Shunlin asked.
"The mountain is quite big and that side has not been flooded by the sea. I couldn't reach the end in a short time, so I turned back." Shang Haoqiang replied.
"Then what should we do? Wait here for the sea water to recede, or go into the mountains?" Some mountains are endless, and it would be troublesome if you could not get out after walking for ten days or half a month.
"I don't know. How about we go again in the afternoon? Let's go further this time." Shang Haoqiang suggested.
"Okay, we have to find food anyway. If there isn't a mountain over there, we can go there to find a way out. We can't just stay here." Ji Shaoming nodded.
After they finished discussing, they looked at Shen Yanming and Meng Wu.
Shen Yanming smiled and said, "We have to leave eventually. The resources here can't support so many of us."
Meng Wu nodded: "I'll listen to him."
Yu Shui and Zhang Heping also expressed their opinions: "We will follow Lao Shen."
Li Zhaozhao hesitated: "Yajing can't move for the time being, she needs to rest for a while."
Li Wanwan bit her lip and struggled a little: "I, I'd better stay and take care of my sister-in-law. My brother is alone and can't handle it. And my parents, they still have no news."
"Uncle Li and Aunt Li will find it." Shen Yanming felt that his consolation was pale and powerless, so he could only change the subject: "We are not in a hurry. It will take about two days to explore the environment. During this time, Yajing should take care of herself. We will set off in three days. None of you can fall behind."
Otherwise, there will be no good ending.
Shen Yanming glanced at Huangmao, and everyone seemed to have sensed something and quietly distanced themselves from Huangmao's camp.
"Okay, I'll try my best." Xu Yajing said weakly. After this incident, she regretted not listening to the advice. If she had known this, she would have done it that day......
Xu Yajing was heartbroken. Perhaps she would have done the same thing even if she knew the result would be like this. After all, it was her baby. How could she bear to give him up? Even if the abortion was unexpected, she had tried her best.
That is, if I had decisively chosen to take refuge near the Kunming-Mengshan Mountains, would I and my baby be safe?
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world. Xu Yajing touched her flat belly and felt a little resentful that her husband did not listen to her advice.
Li Zhaozhao has also been in agony these past two days. He has been constantly reflecting on whether he should have listened to his wife in the first place.
So he tried to reduce his presence as much as possible and did not participate in the action. While eating the rabbit meat sent by Shen Yanming, he was secretly annoyed in his heart, wondering if he valued brotherhood too much?
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