Chapter 33 Catching Snakes
Lin Qi knew what Xu Hexiao was talking about almost instantly. Seeing the young man feeling aggrieved and blaming himself, as if he had done something wrong, he looked vaguely uneasy.
Lin Qi clearly felt an emotion called heartache.
Did Xu Hexiao do anything wrong?
Perhaps from a moral perspective, Xu Hexiao was wrong.
But as someone who came out of the apocalypse and experienced a world of moral decline, how could she think he was wrong?
In her opinion, he was kind enough as he did not add insult to injury or take the opportunity to retaliate.
So she said categorically, "No."
"Hmm?" Xu Hexiao suspected that he had heard it wrongly. "What did you say?"
"I said I won't save you." Lin Qi's voice was louder and more serious.
Wouldn't it be nice without those people? No one would bully him anymore.
This time, Xu Hexiao heard it clearly, and then he smiled, like a summer flower blooming, all the haze retreated, and it was dazzling and brilliant.
"Okay, I understand." Xu Hexiao said with relief.
Lin Qi went to the cave again in the afternoon. She spent the whole afternoon making the bed and washing the sheets. It was not easy to take the sheets out to dry, so she hung them in the cave to dry. After she was done, she made a yam cake and fried some bacon with garlic sprouts in the cave. When she finished dinner, Xu Hexiao did not show up.
Lin Qi waited until it was almost dark, put the uneaten yam cakes and smoked meat into a bowl, put it in the backpack, and left the cave.
Xu Hexiao hasn't come to the cave for several days. Why didn't he come today?
Coming out of the mountains, Lin Qi met several groups of people who were going to the mountains to look for people. These groups included men and women, ten people in a group, and everyone was holding sickles or sticks, looking tired.
"Yesterday, the deputy captain and his men spotted a group of wild boars, but unfortunately they didn't have guns, so they could only avoid them from a distance."
"A pack of wild boars is as scary as a pack of wolves. Don't provoke them if you don't have anything to do. It's not worth it just for a bite of meat."
"We still haven't found the person. It's been two or three days. I'm afraid he's in danger."
"Those are eight boys. If they were really gone, their parents would go crazy!"
"In any case, we should control our children more in the future and avoid them going to the mountains if possible."
"If you live in the mountains, you can live in the mountains."
“........”
Lin Qi listened to these conversations silently and missed these teams silently.
Before she entered the village, she heard heart-wrenching cries coming from the village.
Found the person?
No more?
Lin Qi went to the straw hut first.
"Ah He is not here. He went into the mountains to look for someone again." Old man Xu brought bowls and chopsticks to Lin Qi.
"I've eaten." Lin Qi said, taking out the yam cake and smoked pork with garlic sprouts from the backpack, "I'll add another dish for you."
"Oh, it smells so good." Old Man Xu said with a smile, "Thanks to you, my food and Ah He's food are getting better and better."
Lin Qi did not comment and asked, "What's going on with the crying in the village?"
"The police found the fabric of one of the children's clothes." said Old Man Xu.
It rained heavily all night and everything was washed away. Finding a piece of cloth didn't mean a lot, but my parents had been nervous for two days, and the moment they saw the cloth, they were devastated.
If it was eaten by a wild beast, only a piece of cloth would be left.
Lin Qi was silent, her face expressionless. Old Man Xu couldn't tell whether she was indifferent or just didn't understand the meaning of her words.
It has nothing to do with them. He added, "Ah He should have rested tonight. He took the initiative to ask for help to find someone. He didn't sleep last night and he didn't sleep tonight. Don't get too tired."
Old man Xu sighed. He knew that his grandson was trying so hard to change the team members' views of them and their situation in the team, but this was easier said than done!
When Lin Qi returned to the educated youth center, she was told that she had to go to the mountains to look for someone, and Ma Guizhi also wanted to go. Only Gan Tian, who had sprained her foot, stayed behind at the educated youth center.
Ming Kangjian had been searching for the whole day, and came back in the afternoon to rest for two hours, and now he had to go out again. The four of them walked until their feet were blistered, their calves were trembling, and they all had droopy eyebrows and looked exhausted.
"It's more tiring than opening up new land." Zhao Yi complained.
"I still don't get any work points." Mo Mingyang was quite resentful.
"Please understand. After all, these are eight lives. If we were the ones missing, wouldn't we also hope that others would not give up the search?" Ming Kangjian pinched his brows. "At most, we can search for another day and night. If we can't find them, we can just give up."
Mo Mingyang was persuaded, "Then find another night. I will sleep at the educated youth camp during the day tomorrow."
"There are many insects in the deep forest, so tie up your trouser legs." Jian Tongyi reminded Lin Qi.
Lin Qi hummed.
Jian Tong handed over a stick and said, "Here's a stick for you to use to hit the insects and snakes in the grass."
The stick is smooth, showing that the owner took great care in repairing it.
"Thank you." Lin Qi took it and planned to return it to the other party after using it.
The six educated youths and the four people from the team gathered together and went to the mountains together.
There is only one flashlight in a team. The person at the front holds the flashlight. The further back in the team you go, the less clear the road is.
Jian Tong pulled Lin Qi to the third row of the team, and he stood behind Lin Qi.
"Why is she here, a fool?" someone in the team complained, "What can a fool do?"
"It was arranged by the captain. You can ask him." Jian Tong retorted.
The man was obviously not afraid of the captain. "The captain is desperate and is trying any possible means. A fool will only hinder us."
"Luo Dawei, stop calling me idiot and shut up. Idiots are eating your food." Another person said dissatisfiedly.
"Luo Dali, I am your brother. Why don't you help me but help outsiders instead?" Luo Dawei glared at Luo Dali.
"Because you are my cousin and Sanya's cousin, you should respect Sanya's friends. Lin Qi is Sanya's good friend, so you should be polite to her." Luo Dali said, smiling at Lin Qi, "I am Sanya's elder brother. The wild fruits you picked are so sweet after I ate them."
Luo Dali has an average appearance and looks a bit honest when he smiles.
Lin Qi nodded towards the other party as a greeting.
Luo Dawei was taught a lesson by Luo Dali. He snorted coldly, turned his head and stopped talking.
The current formation was Luo Dali holding a flashlight, standing side by side with Luo Dawei. Behind them were Ma Guizhi and another female team member, then Lin Qi, and behind Lin Qi were four male educated youth.
It was dark at night, and the road was difficult to walk on. Everyone was walking slowly, but Lin Qi was not a lag. In fact, she was more relaxed than everyone else. While others were nervously paying attention to their feet, she had the leisure to look around.
On the other side, Xu Hexiao's team had entered the deep mountains, into an area that had not been visited by humans for many years. Here the vegetation was more lush, there were more animals, and it was also more humid.
"We've gone deep enough. Luo Fu and the others won't seek death by going deeper. Let's go in pairs and search to the left and right. If there is any danger, shout loudly immediately." said the leader.
Everyone formed teams automatically, and Xu Hexiao, the bad guy, was left behind. He was not surprised by this result at all, and he was too lazy to protest. He simply picked a direction and turned around to leave.
"Will he be in danger alone?"
"The scourge will last for thousands of years. Don't worry, even if something happens to others, nothing will happen to him."
"After all, he came in with good intentions to help someone find someone. Isn't it a bit unfair to treat him like this?"
"If you want to be a couple with him, go ahead."
"Then forget it."
"There are people everywhere in the mountains. There will be no danger. Don't worry."
“.......”
The discussion about Xu Hexiao was still going on behind him, but he acted as if he heard nothing. He walked faster and faster and soon disappeared into the dark forest.
Bang--
The sound of a gunshot startled countless birds and beasts.
Lin Qi and others were also shocked.
"what happened?"
Before everyone could react, two more gunshots were heard. In addition to the gunshots, there were also the barking of police dogs and people shouting.
"It's a pack of wolves!" Lin Qi looked into the distance in the direction where the sound came from.
When she said this, everyone present was shocked.
Before they could question the truth of Lin Qi's words, they heard the people in front of them shouting, "There are wolves, everyone retreat!"
“There really is a wolf!”
"What are you waiting for? Run!"
“Turn around, turn around!”
Luo Dawei yelled loudly, and the already nervous people's legs were shaking and their teeth were chattering. No one wanted to be the last one, so everyone scrambled and bumped into each other.
Some people were tripped, some were trampled, and Lin Qi herself was pushed into the bushes by the people behind her.
"Lin Qi~"
Jian Tong pulled Lin Qi up and held up her frail body, "Run!"
At this time, the two of them fell at the end of the team.
The flashlight was snatched away from Luo Dali by Luo Dawei. He held the flashlight alone and ran very fast, completely ignoring the people behind him.
The others cursed but could do nothing but move forward in the dark.
"Ah, I touched something, it's slippery and greasy."
"Oh my god, Xiaomei, that's a snake, let go!"
“Aaaaaaaa——”
Screams cut through the night.
The captured snake turned its head and tried to bite Xiaomei. Under the moonlight, Xiaomei saw a pair of small black eyes with a metallic luster, a red snake tongue, and its wide-open mouth.
She had no time to react, and only endless fear remained in her mind.
However fast the snake's head is, there is a hand that is even faster than it.
Xiaomei blinked her eyes and looked at the slender fingers pinching the snake's head. She felt as if she was dreaming.
Jane Tongyi also felt it was unreal. The person who was by his side the previous second was two meters away and caught a snake the next second. How did she do it?
Lin Qi pinched the snake's head, and the snake's body coiled around her hand, struggling violently in her hand.
hiss--
Luo Dali gasped, "This is the most poisonous snake in our country, the Bungarus cobra! If you are bitten by it, even a great god can't save you."
"It's actually a coral reef snake." Ming Kangjian had also heard of coral reef snakes and knew how terrible their venom was. "Fortunately, Lin Qi, you caught it."
Lin Qi did not comment. If it wasn't the coral reef snake, she would not have taken action.
"Lin Qi, you must catch it tightly. It can take lives." Mo Mingyang said as he quietly moved away from Lin Qi.
Not only Mo Mingyang, but Zhao Yi and Ma Guizhi also stayed away from Lin Qi.
After the initial panic passed, the forest became a little quieter.
"I don't know if the wolves have been controlled. Let's keep going out for safety." Jian Tongyi reminded everyone. When everyone continued to move forward, he came to Lin Qi and asked carefully, "Should we kill it?"
Lin Qi shook her head. She grabbed the snake's head with one hand and its tail with the other, and swung the snake hard, throwing it thirty meters behind her.
Jian Yitong swallowed as he watched this scene. "You are so calm."
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