The origin of the killing stick is that in the past, when prisoners were taken to border areas or towns, they would be beaten with a stick more than ten or twenty times to establish their authority because they refused to obey the discipline or because the discipliners wanted to dampen their arrogance.

And now, I just want to show off my power to Song Bailu!

Song Bailu thought about it again and again, perhaps realizing that if she ran away, she would have no chance of survival, so the only option was to accept the punishment, and she had to stand still and accept the punishment.

If the punishment is too light, she won't remember it, and with an evil heart, she will become a nuisance sooner or later. If the punishment is too heavy, she is a girl after all, and it is not reasonable to support her if she becomes disabled or has physical problems, and it will also discourage other girls.

So I could only hit her buttocks more than ten times from the back, just like how people in ancient times taught their children to do so. She cried and begged for mercy in pain, but I showed no mercy. One reason was to do it for everyone to see, to scare the monkeys, and the other was to vent Yunwen's anger and make her feel better.

"Ah!" Song Bailu's face was covered with sweat or tears, and she screamed in pain.

"Not rescuing a dying person and adding insult to injury is against medical ethics. Do you think you should have beaten him?" I asked.

She cried and nodded, saying: "He deserves to be beaten, he deserves to be beaten..."

Among the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes, there is one called the Mountain and Water Meng hexagram, and the top six means "beating the ignorant", which means that to a certain undeserved degree, using beating as a punishment is effective in resolving ignorance. I think Song Bailu should have some shame at this moment and take a good look at what he has done.

"Zhou Bo, she has been punished, let her go." Yunwen came over and took my hand and said.

"Okay, since you, Yunwen, pleaded for her, I will let her go for now and let the matter rest for now. I also hope that you, Song Bailu, will remember your duty and stop thinking about things that hurt others and yourself every day." I said.

In fact, I only gave her a small punishment. Hitting her buttocks would only cause short-term pain, and it would be basically fine after the bruise went away. There would not be too many subsequent effects. Since I knew the severity of the punishment, there wouldn't be too many sequelae left.

After she was beaten, I asked Yunwen to sit here and supervise Song Bailu to do all the chores around. I asked her to do everything that Yunwen had done, so that she could experience the suffering of others and realize how dirty she was.

Of course, punishment is punishment, but the team still needs to be united. After two or three days, Yunwen didn't care anymore, so I didn't watch her so closely. She was looking after the constant temperature room, cleaning, digging wells, washing clothes, washing dishes, and doing all those hard work. One morning, she burst into tears and made promises to me, and gave a long self-reflection. I thought that everyone makes mistakes, so I thought about letting her slowly return to her position. After all, this is not a military camp, and survival is the most important thing.

As the saying goes, I use both kindness and severity. After three days, since Song Bailu behaved well, I gave her more food. She had been fasting for the past three days, so she wolfed down the food. I also let her sit back in her previous seat. She was very grateful, and I thought we had settled the account.

I chewed the roasted secret venison and drank the fungus bone soup. After taking a few bites, I said, "I asked Yunwen to calculate our current food these two days. The only venison left is the pickled one, about sixteen slices. One slice a day will only last for the next month. We have basically eaten all the red dates on the jujube trees. The wild fungus in the mountains is not yet ripe. There are only ten dried fungus left. Even if we live frugally, this amount can only last for about two weeks."

Song Bailu hung her head, and Song Yingchun looked embarrassed. If they hadn't been extravagant and wasteful, how could the food be consumed so quickly?

"Zhou Bo, the spring water has frozen severely recently and we can't get water now. With the arrival of winter, many wild beasts outside are starving. Recently, when we were on guard at night, many of them were so hungry that they broke in and desperately snatched food. Fortunately, they are still afraid of torches." Yunwen said.

"Okay, these are the problems. Once you understand them, just solve them one by one. Food issues are related to life. Recently, I have started planning to eat venison. I can only eat one piece for two meals a day, morning and evening. I can also eat black fungus as a side dish, and collect some wild vegetables to barely fill my stomach. Do you have any objection? As for the ice problem, I will make tools to chisel it and use it. Everyone should save water recently. As for the problem of wild beasts, we can find another way." I said.

After this incident, Song Bailu no longer dared to speak, and Song Yingchun was even more afraid of us because of her sister's matter. She just nodded when she was required to. The two of them fell into another extreme again.

To survive, we still have to rely on everyone's strength. This issue is also the most important. My ability is limited if I rely on myself alone.

"Okay, today's meeting ends here. Since wild beasts are rampant, they will most likely be active in the first half of the night. I will be on the first shift tonight, Song Bailu will be on the second shift, Yunwen, you and Yingchun will be on the third shift, Bailu will stay, and the others can wash up and get ready for bed and rest." I said.

The girls all stood up and went their separate ways, except Song Bailu who stayed behind obediently.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Song Bailu asked.

I sighed and walked towards her. She dodged a little, but she was afraid of being punished by me these days, so she could only hold back and said, "You...do you want that? Can we go to another place?"

I almost spit it out, and quickly waved my hands and said, "What are you thinking about! How could I possibly think about those..."

She exhaled.

I held her shoulders and said, "Bai Lu, you can see that this is definitely not a place where you can be carefree and happy. Every step must be carefully calculated and there is no room for mistakes, let alone thinking about scheming and having other ideas here. Let me tell you this, we are grasshoppers on the same rope. Either we live together or die together. We need each other. When I was a child, I talked about a word in biology class called symbiotic relationship. This is our situation now. You are so smart, you should understand it, right?"

She lowered her head, thought for a moment, and said, "I understand. I admit that I was greedy, but I did this for the sake of me and my sister. I think you understand, right?"

"How about this, let's put the matter of you poisoning and abusing me and Yunwen behind us. You should accept the punishment we give you. From now on, we will live a good life, cooperate with each other, trust each other to ensure that our interests are aligned until we are rescued. How about that?" I asked.

She looked at me, sighed, nodded, and said, "Okay, but I have a request. If you treat me and Yingchun better, we will trust you more. Don't always focus on Zhang Yunwen alone."

"No problem, I admit that I didn't treat you two sisters very well before and didn't take you seriously. From today on, I will change my ways, listen to your suggestions more, and pay more attention to you two sisters, but I also have a request." I said.

"I know what you want to say. I won't make things difficult for Zhang Yunwen anymore and will treat her well. Are you satisfied?" Song Bailu said.

"You are really smart. You understand what I say as soon as I tell you." I laughed.

"Deal." Song Bailu also smiled.

After all the ups and downs, we can be said to have known each other for a long time, but I don't know how long this relationship can last. The only constant in the world is constant change, so I can't guarantee anything. After all, in a remote place, any change in the details of the relationship can kill people. I can only ensure that the interests are consistent for the time being.

My relationship with Song Bailu eased, and there was an unexpected surprise. She took out the conchs, shells and other things she had prepared that day as a reconciliation gift to me. We enjoyed them looking at the moon, which was quite pleasant.