Chapter 7: Evil
The hemp rope broke, and the noisy scene suddenly became quiet. No one spoke. They looked at the calm river surface, and an unspeakable fear arose in their hearts. The sun was rising, and there were more than a dozen people present, but they felt cold all over, as if they were being stared at by something terrifying, their hair stood on end, and they could not move.
When did such horrible grass grow in the river?
Thinking about how they and their family usually bathed in the river and caught fish and shrimps in the river, they couldn't help but feel scared.
When everyone was silent, Lin Qi, who had been ignored by everyone, walked towards the middle of the river step by step.
"What is she going to do?" Gan Tian asked.
"She's just a fool. Do you think she knows what she's doing?" Ma Guizhi said unkindly. "She's still here to cause trouble at this time. Just drown her."
Gan Tian glanced at Ma Guizhi, unable to tell whether she was speaking from her heart or out of anger, but no matter what it was, she couldn't bear to watch a fool go to his death.
"Lin Qi, come back!" Gan Tian shouted to Lin Qi in the river.
Lin Qi paused and stopped. Seeing this, Gan Tian continued to shout, "Lin Qi, come back quickly, don't go into the river!"
Just when Gan Tian thought Lin Qi was going to go back, she saw Lin Qi suddenly squat down.
At this time, the water had reached Lin Qi's chest. As soon as she squatted, the water immediately covered her head and her whole body disappeared.
"Lin Qi~" Gan Tian was stunned.
Ma Guizhi was also stunned and murmured, "He is indeed a fool."
Crash!
Lin Qi only disappeared for two seconds before emerging from the water again. At this time, no one saw that her hand, which was soaked in the water, was holding a broken hemp rope.
Looking at the person who disappeared and reappeared, Gan Tian gritted her teeth in anger, "You idiot, come back to the shore!"
This time, Lin Qi obeyed and turned around and walked towards the shore step by step. She was usually slow, but now her speed was no different from that of an ordinary person. However, Gan Tian and Ma Guizhi were so nervous that they did not notice this.
It was not until Lin Qi approached the shore that everyone noticed what she was holding, which was the other end of the broken hemp rope.
She actually went to pick up hemp rope?
Everyone had complicated expressions.
"It's useless, we can't pull it." An aunt said with red eyes.
Lin Qi seemed not to understand what her aunt said. She handed the rope to Gan Tian and said, "Pull!"
Gan Tian bit her lip and hesitated for three seconds before finally taking it. "Pull it if you can't pull it up. Don't cry if you can't."
Gan Tian took the rope and started to pull.
Ma Guizhi, who was standing by, saw that her face was flushed red, so she made up her mind and grabbed the rope and pulled together.
"Hey, it's moving!"
"What moved?"
"Those people are moving!"
More than a dozen eyes looked towards the middle of the river, and indeed, they saw the person trapped in the water moving, slowly moving towards the shore.
"Don't just stand there, work together!"
Someone shouted, and everyone suddenly came to their senses. They grabbed the rope and pulled it towards the shore.
This time, the people in the water moved faster and reached the shore in the blink of an eye.
thump!
People on the shore jumped into the water and pulled the unconscious people ashore.
"What happened?"
“Who’s drowning?”
"Where are the people? Have they been rescued?"
“.......”
Captain Luo Feng rushed over with a group of people.
Seeing them, the people present seemed to see a savior, "Lao Ma, come quickly, these people are unconscious."
Lao Ma is a thin middle-aged man and also the barefoot doctor in the village.
After Lao Ma's rescue, Ming Kangjian and others woke up on the spot, and the young man who went down to rescue people also woke up. However, the boy who fell into the water first vomited a lot of water and his breath was restored, but he did not wake up.
"Bring the bullock cart here and take him to the town clinic for a checkup."
After the boy was sent away, Captain Luo began to ask everyone about the cause of the incident.
Lin Qi, who was outside the crowd, picked up her soap, put it in her backpack, and walked towards the residence of the educated youth in her half-dry clothes. She had only walked a few meters when she heard a puzzled voice behind her, "Hey, why are the two broken pieces of rope different in size? The piece on the shore is obviously several times thicker than the one in the water?"
Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked at the two pieces of rope, and indeed saw that the two pieces of rope were obviously different in size.
"Xu family boy, your rope has one end big and the other end small?"
"No, they are the same size." The boy looked at the hemp rope with a puzzled look on his face.
"That's strange."
"Maybe it's been stretched and become thinner." The boy added, the rope not only became smaller, but also longer.
"I think that's the reason too. Never mind what the reason is. Your rope was very useful and saved someone. The village should remember your contribution."
"I couldn't help much." The young man lowered his head and said in a low voice.
"You can't say that. You're brave enough to go down and save people. And the four educated youth, you're all great."
“.......”
Lin Qi was the first one to leave, but not the first one to return to her residence. Halfway through her walk, she was caught up by Ma Guizhi and Gan Tian.
The two men still disliked her, just like when they came, one of them grabbed one of her hands and dragged her towards the educated youth point.
Ma Guizhi: "The first day was so thrilling. I have a feeling that our future life will not be peaceful."
Gan Tian: "Today was an accident. Accidents don't happen every day."
Ma Guizhi: “I hope so.”
When Ming, Kang, Jian and the other three returned to the educated youth camp, Lin Qi had already changed her clothes and hung up her wet clothes to dry. Ma Guizhi and Gan Tian were a little surprised that she could do some simple housework, but at the same time they were relieved that they didn't have to serve her anymore.
"I almost lost my life on the first day. I suspect I couldn't adapt to the climate here." Ming Kangjian said half-jokingly.
"Be careful with your words and don't be superstitious." Jian Yitong reminded.
“It’s really weird, isn’t it?” Mo Mingyang frowned, and recalled the fear of being on the verge of death in the water. He was still frightened. “Those water plants tightly wrapped around my legs. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t break free. But then, I don’t know how, they suddenly disappeared.”
"It happened to me too. Suddenly, the restraints were gone. But I had already drunk a lot of water and I had used up all my strength." Zhao Yi looked down at his legs, where there were densely packed red marks from being strangled.
"I have no strength left." Mo Mingyang said and looked at Lin Qi. Thanks to this fool, otherwise they would really have drowned in the river.
"Don't think about it, just think that we are not destined to die." Jian Tongyi was open-minded.
Mo Mingyang smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I have a traumatic experience with that river. From now on, I'll trouble you to fetch water, and leave the other heavy work to me."
Ming Kangjian: "Speaking of fetching water, let's have a meeting first and assign tasks. Besides that, we are short of everything now, and we have to go to the town to buy some things."
The meeting lasted for nearly an hour, and Ming Kangjian concluded, "Mingyang and Guizhi go to the town to buy a pot and a kitchen knife, as well as some seasonings. Gantian and I go to the village to ask the carpenter to buy two buckets and a few stools. If possible, build a few beds. Zhao Yi and Tongyi go to the mountain to collect some firewood."
Jian Tongyi: "We have limited industrial coupons. If we can't buy an iron pot, we can buy a clay pot first. We don't have any food either. Let's gather the food coupons we have and see how much we can buy. If it's not enough, can we borrow from the brigade first?"
Ming Kangjian: "Buy first, and borrow if you can't buy it."
He couldn't bring himself to borrow food as soon as they arrived, after all, they came under the slogan of supporting construction.
Gan Tian: "How much money do you need to raise?"
Ming Kangjian thought for a moment and said, "First, each person should pay two yuan and four kilograms of food coupons."
Lin Qi, who was listening quietly at the side, took out the iron box from her schoolbag, took out four 50-cent and four half-pound food coupons from it, and handed them to Ming Kangjian.
Ming Kangjian: ".......Do you still recognize money and tickets?"
Lin Qi: “….”
This blatant discrimination left Lin Qi speechless.
Lin Qi was not assigned any tasks. Everyone left the educated youth site, leaving only her.
Looking at the somewhat messy house, she walked outside the yard, pulled up a few weeds with her bare hands, and made a simple broom.
Even though they had forgotten about her, she couldn't just do nothing.
Going out would be a burden, so she decided to stay at the educated youth center and clean the house.
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