Chapter 50: Avoid
Lin Qi stood up, moved her body as if no one was around, and stretched her limbs.
"Can you still walk? I'll carry you back." Xu Hexiao said as he squatted down in front of Lin Qi.
"Okay." Lin Qi agreed. She weighed only 80 kilograms, but a sack of wet food weighed over 100 kilograms. Instead of letting Xu Hexiao carry the food, it would be better for him to carry her.
Lin Qi lay on Xu Hexiao's back, and Xu Hexiao carried her on his back and was about to leave. The two of them completely ignored the shivering people.
"Wait a minute." The captain said.
Xu Hexiao turned to look at the captain and explained with a frown, "She can't walk anymore."
"She also has to drive the cart, so she can sit on the ox's back," said the captain.
"Captain, she is a ghost. How can you give the cattle and food to her?" Aunt Zhang was anxious.
"Except for her, no one can deliver this full cart of grain back to the warehouse." Whether she is a human or a ghost, nothing is more important than grain.
The water on the road was knee-deep. Normally, it would be hard for people or oxen to walk on such a road, not to mention after a day and night of hard work. Not only were the team members not sure they could drive the ox cart back, they were convinced from the bottom of their hearts that the cart would not be able to return tonight.
So they did not refute the captain's words, nor did they volunteer to stand up.
Lin Qi sighed softly, "Go on, load the car."
"Are you still filling it up when it's so full?" one of the team members exclaimed.
Lin Qi didn't even look at him. She had said what she wanted to say. It was up to them whether to pretend or not. She slowly walked towards the bull. The bull seemed to be frightened and didn't move at this time. Lin Qi reached out and slowly stroked its body, without urging or persuading it.
The captain looked at the rain, then at the exhausted people, gritted his teeth, and said, "Listen to her, load the truck!"
He had no better idea than loading the food onto the truck. They no longer had the strength to walk in knee-deep water carrying hundreds of kilograms of food.
The food on the cart was piled higher and higher, so high that it was frightening.
"Captain, all the food has been loaded onto the truck," said the team member.
"Tie the rope, tie it tightly." The captain ordered. He kept an eye on Lin Qi and felt relieved when he saw that she was just stroking the cow's back and didn't object.
His intuition told him that the truckload of grain was safe.
The ox entered the carriage and Lin Qi also sat on the ox's back. Everything was ready and everyone present held their breath.
They had never loaded such a heavy cart on a sunny day, so could the oxen really pull it in the current situation?
The flashlight has gone out, leaving only the flickering of lightning.
Lin Qi patted the cow's back gently, and the cow began to move. At the same time, the wheel in the water was entangled by vines, and the vines pulled the car forward slowly.
This trip was heavier than any of the previous ones, but the bull felt that this one was lighter than any of the previous ones.
"The car started moving!"
"Steady, it's okay."
"Everyone, carry your children and follow."
At this moment, no one mentioned ghosts anymore, and they didn't even dare to mention Lin Qi's name.
No one knew how scared they were.
The last car entered the warehouse, Lin Qi left the car and the cows and left.
The food was wet and couldn't be left in the bag. It needed to be poured out and dried, but these things had nothing to do with her anymore.
She was now sleepy and hungry, and wished she could eat and sleep at the same time.
The captain did not stop Lin Qi from leaving, and the team members were even more pleased. After watching her disappear, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain, she, she is really not a human being?"
The captain stared at the person. "She has hands and eyes, all four limbs are intact, she looks like a human, and she can speak. How can she not be a human?"
"But apart from her human appearance, how else is she like a human?" the team member retorted.
"They are similar in every way, except that they are different from ordinary people and have special talents. Well, let's stop here. If you keep talking nonsense and get reported for feudal superstition, I can't protect you!"
Lin Qi left the warehouse, and Xu Hexiao followed her quietly.
"I'm afraid your straw hut is not safe." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao hummed, "Grandpa and I will temporarily move to the cowshed. The walls of the cowshed are made of stone and the roof is made of wood. It was just overhauled this year."
Cows are an important property of the brigade. The brigade attaches great importance to the cows and does not dare to be careless about the cowshed.
Lin Qi hummed and stopped talking. Xu Hexiao had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to start.
Xu Hexiao sent Lin Qi to the educated youth center, and only left after seeing her enter the center.
The first thing Lin Qi did when she returned to the educated youth camp was to take a shower, change clothes, and then eat. She hadn't eaten the roasted rabbit and roasted chicken she brought back from the mountains yet. Although they were cold, she was starving and still thought they were delicious.
After eating, she drank some water and fell asleep.
Ming Kangjian and his friends came back after Lin Qi fell asleep. They changed into clean clothes and went out again with umbrellas. Gan Tian and Ma Guizhi both saw Lin Qi on the bed, but neither of them called her, or rather, they didn't dare to call her.
In the warehouse, everyone changed into clean clothes and took a fan to fan the wet grains on the ground.
"You don't know, at that time Lin Qi held up the boulder with just her two hands. The boulder weighed two tons and could break the road surface, but she blocked it with just her two hands, steadily, as if she caught an egg. Do you think this is something a human can do?" The team members were spitting.
The team members in the same room all shook their heads, "No."
"That's not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is that she was struck by lightning and couldn't do anything! A few years ago, someone in Shunliang Brigade was struck by lightning and died on the spot. Do you remember this?"
"I remember. It wasn't just the guy from Shunliang Brigade. Many people in Jiahe Commune were killed by lightning in the past. There are almost no people who can survive after being struck by lightning."
"Didn't Aunt Zhang say she was a ghost? Shouldn't ghosts be more afraid of thunder?"
"Ghosts are afraid of thunder, but if she is a highly skilled ghost, thunder will not be able to do anything to her."
hiss--
They gasped.
With such a powerful ghost around, will they be eaten?
"Do you believe that Lin Qi is a ghost?" Zhao Yi asked in a low voice.
Jian Tongyi rolled his eyes, "Do you think she looks like a ghost?"
"It's not that it's similar. It's too mysterious. Everyone says so and it's well-founded." Zhao Yi was embarrassed to say that he almost believed it.
"Be careful in what you say and do, and don't engage in feudal superstitions." Ming Kangjian said lightly.
Jian Tongyi sneered, "I believe that Lin Qi is different from ordinary people, but it is nonsense to say that Lin Qi is a ghost. We have lived under the same roof for so long, whether she is a living person or not, others may not know, but we should know!"
"I guess she might be a martial arts master." Mo Mingyang's tone became mysterious, "Maybe we can learn martial arts from her."
"Based on her clumsy movements, is she a martial arts master?" Ma Guizhi curled her lips. "I think she is a ghost, a ghost that has just acquired a human body. Because she is not familiar with the human body, she moves clumsily and slowly, but at the same time she is extremely powerful."
Well--
What you said seems to make sense.
Everyone else was silent.
Ma Guizhi continued to speak, "Now that her identity has been exposed, she doesn't bother to hide it anymore. Who knows what she will do. Anyway, I don't dare to live in the same room with her."
"I dare not either." Gan Tian said.
Jian Yitong frowned, "There are only three rooms in the Youth League Center. Apart from the one we live in, there is only one room left which is now used as a warehouse. You don't want to live with Lin Qi, are you going to drive her away?"
"No, let's move to the warehouse. There aren't many things in the warehouse anyway." She wanted to chase them away, but she didn't dare.
The heavy rain continued to fall, and the rain did not decrease on the second day, and there was no sign of it stopping.
A lot of food got soaked last night, and we need to continue fanning to dry it out. The team leader arranged shifts for everyone so that everyone can take turns to rest.
Everyone in the team who was over ten years old was lined up, except Lin Qi.
Lin Qi slept from dusk to dawn, and from dawn to dusk, all the way to the morning of the third day. The moment she opened her eyes, she felt dizzy and had the illusion that she didn't know what day it was.
It was still raining outside, but the intensity had subsided a little.
Lin Qi looked at the empty room, and a trace of confusion appeared on her delicate and beautiful face. What happened?
There was no one in the educated youth camp, and Lin Qi didn't know who to ask. It was not until she was about to cook a meal and saw Ma Guizhi and Gan Tian's bed in the warehouse that she suddenly realized and said "Oh".
She understood.
They believed what the witch said.
Lin Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Should she thank her motherland for abolishing feudal superstition? Otherwise, those people would probably tie her to the grill and roast her.
Lin Qi calmly cooked breakfast. She made a few omelets and fried two tomatoes. After eating the omelets and tomatoes, the burning feeling in her stomach disappeared.
The rain was still falling. She couldn't go out or go to the mountains, so Lin Qi sat under the eaves and watched the raindrops fall quietly. It was the first time she had such a leisurely time since she came to Anliang Brigade more than two months ago.
After being struck by lightning last night, her supernatural powers have been restored to 40% of what they were in her previous life. So far, she has the ability to protect herself in this world.
Now, no matter where she goes, she can survive.
But she didn't want to go anywhere. She needed a letter of introduction to go anywhere. Without a letter of introduction, she would be an illegal resident. So, without any surprise, she would stay in Anliang Brigade for the time being.
As for them saying she was a ghost—
Lin Qi curled her lips. They only dared to say it verbally, or even behind her back. What effect would it have on her?
Maybe she became freer because of it.
Lin Qi sat there for the whole morning. When she was cooking lunch at noon, she thought about it and decided to cook for others as well.
Lunch was ready and Ming Kangjian and the other six returned.
When they saw her, they all paused in a subtle look of fear.
"Eat." Lin Qi said calmly, as if there was no difference from usual.
No one else dared to move, but Jian Yitong walked towards her first, "What did you cook? I've been busy since last night, and I'm starving."
"Mixed grain rice, stir-fried beans, steamed pumpkin, and vegetable egg drop soup." She contributed the eggs. It wasn't that she was generous, she just wanted to eat them.
Without an egg, the soup would have no taste.
"It smells so good." Jian Tong washed his hands, sat down at the table naturally, picked up his chopsticks and started eating. "I'm too hungry, so I won't wait for you."
The others looked at each other. Ming Kangjian took the lead and walked towards the dining table, followed by the others.
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