vrcanaries Chapter 294 Life is tough
Chapter 294 Life is tough
"Go and see if he's still alive."
Ma Qingfeng led his men out of the cave and found Tu Yi and the other two in the sand pile.
He was timid, so he asked his younger brother to go and see.
The younger brother was also afraid, and went over to dig in the sand tremblingly.
The figure below just appeared, and it looked like a dead person suddenly moved.
The younger brother was so scared that he rolled and crawled back to hide. Judging from his actions and expressions, the psychological trauma left by Tu Yi on him was at least two hundred square meters.
Ma Qingfeng cursed him as a piece of trash and walked over to kick him.
Tu Yi sat up suddenly, his face was abnormally red, his lips were pale and cracked.
His eyes were bloodshot and looked extremely fierce, but if you looked closely, you could see that his vision was unfocused and his pupils were dilated, like a soulless walking corpse.
However, Ma Qingfeng didn't dare to look closely. The moment Tu Yi stood up, he jumped back and secretly felt lucky that he didn't kick him.
"Damn, life is too cheap, I didn't die even after this.
Let's go and get back to work, you're a bunch of freeloaders, you can't do anything, and you eat nothing but food."
As soon as the younger brother heard Ma Qingfeng's call, he immediately took advantage of the power of the man and started shouting.
"Work, work, everyone, get up, get up."
Most of the people in their team were exiled, and they had some crimes on their shoulders. It was hard to gain much benefit from them, and they were all useless workers who couldn't lift or carry anything. All the team leaders were unwilling to lead them.
Ma Qingfeng is at the bottom of the food chain in the team leader circle. He has to take everything that others don't want, so he has a lot of resentment.
If he had resentment in his heart, he would naturally vent it out, and the target would be the group of people under his control.
These people themselves have not yet adapted to the change in environment and mentality. They have to work, be scolded and beaten, and have no food to eat or even enough water.
Walking through the desert every day, my spirit, physical strength, and mentality are all being rapidly consumed.
At the beginning, some people resisted. Some of them were crippled, some were beaten to death, and the rest gradually became numb.
Therefore, even though they saw with their own eyes what kind of abuse the Tu family suffered and how difficult their lives were, no one came to help.
They are all people who can't even protect themselves.
When the younger brother shouted, they moved like puppets.
I was hungry all day yesterday and had nothing to eat in the morning. No one dared to ask me about food or drinks, or anything.
"Hey, you, get up and work quickly too, don't try to be lazy." The younger brother shouted at Tu Yi from a distance, not daring to get close for fear of being beaten.
Tu Yi stood up woodenly, shook off the sand on his body, and tied the wooden board with two people lying on it to his waist. Every time he took a step, the board moved an inch.
It's been like this for a month.
At the beginning, Ma Qingfeng threatened to abandon Tu Er and Jiang Jing, and even attacked them several times, but was suppressed by Tu Yi every time.
Once, Tu Yi got so angry that Ma Qingfeng almost saw his grandmother before he dared not attack him again.
So now, even though Ma Qingfeng was angry, he didn't dare to move. He just waited for Tu Yi to die and then took their heads back to report.
The sun is very strong today. Even though I was wearing a torn jacket in the morning, I started sweating around eight or nine o'clock.
The pale sun makes people dizzy.
Everyone was suffering from a severe lack of water, but Ma Qingfeng deliberately made things difficult for them. Even though they were not far from a water source, he refused to give them any water to drink.
An aunt in her forties or fifties plunged into the sand without any warning and lost consciousness.
"Mother, mother? Wake up, wake up."
The dark and thin man failed to pull the man up several times and was so anxious that he burst into tears.
The man next to him couldn't bear it anymore and lent a hand to pull the man up.
There are still people willing to help with something like this that won't put themselves in any trouble.
"Mother? Mother?" The person was unconscious and could not be woken up. The man was so anxious that he hugged Ma Qingfeng's legs.
"Please, give me some water, just a little, just a little."
"Get lost," Ma Qingfeng kicked the man away. "You're asking for water before you even start working. I think you deserve a beating. Get to work, get to work."
He raised the horsewhip in his hand high and brought it down hard, whipping the man so hard that his skin was torn and he rolled on the ground holding himself.
After beating the man, Ma Qingfeng went to beat the unconscious woman, and the pain woke her up.
Ma Qingfeng sneered: "Look, isn't this good? It's just cheap, cheap bones, hurry up and get to work."
No one dared to say anything and just went to work honestly.
The beaten couple didn't even have the chance to comfort each other before they were forced to work.
Ma Qingfeng snorted complacently and looked up at Tu Yi.
If it were in the past, this bastard would definitely stand up for himself, but today he is being obedient.
Could it be that he was convinced by being defeated?
Or are you still powerless?
Ma Qingfeng was a little excited. Once the man died, he could go back and claim the credit. He didn't want to do this crappy job for even a single day.
"Hurry up, don't be lazy. If you can't finish it today, you won't get a single bite of water or food. Hurry up."
The whip in his hand was like a chicken feather covered with a command arrow, and he wielded it majestically.
Tu Shan's skateboard was already sending out sparks. Wang Bangchui sensed her anxiety and, apart from pointing in the direction, said nothing, for fear of disturbing Tu Shan.
After all, it was still quite far. It was dark when we had only walked half the way. But it would take others ten days or half a month to walk half the way.
Tu Yi had to travel overnight, and Wang Bangchui didn't know how she could run so fast.
But I know it must be very tiring. When she first arrived, her face was fair and tender, but after one day, it became much rougher and her eyes were red.
Afraid that she had overexerted herself, I advised her to take a night's rest.
"No matter how anxious you are, you have to take care of yourself first. If you fall down, who will your family rely on?
Listen, take a break first and eat something. At worst, we can just rest for two or three hours, okay?"
Tu Shan sighed. She was too impatient. One cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry. She has been traveling these days and rescued the exploration team last night. Her energy has been greatly consumed. It would be nice to take a break.
"it is good."
Wang Bangchui was overjoyed: "Come on, sit here, drink some water, eat some dry food, and take a nap after eating. I'll go find some firewood and cook you something hot. You can eat it when you wake up."
"No need, Mr. Hammer. I'll go find some firewood."
"No, no," the old man waved his hand and ran away. It was dark, but he was not afraid.
Seeing that the old man was very enthusiastic, Tu Shan didn't want to pour cold water on him, so she just let him be and paid some attention to watch him.
It's so hot during the day that I have to wear thin clothes, but at night it drops below zero. This horrible weather is so terrible.
Tu Shan was huddled in the shed wrapped in clothes, mechanically stuffing food into her mouth.
Empty your mind and listen to the sounds of the desert.
In the desert, the sound of the wind never stops, even when the sun is shining brightly during the day.
There is also the sound of falling sand, rustling, fine and dense, completely different from the sound of rain.
There were no insects chirping, probably because they were hiding from the wind and sand.
Suddenly there was a rustling sound. Tu Shan quickly opened her eyes. The vines burrowed into the sand and found something moving inside, a gerbil.
A large group of gerbils.
Gerbils are diurnal creatures and sleep at night, so why are they so active?
After looking around, I found that it was a pygmy viper, a snake that is 18 to 25 centimeters in size. It is very poisonous and mainly preys on small mammals, including gerbils.
They were heading towards Wang Bangchui, who was sticking his butt out picking up dead wood in the sand.
This old man is extremely brave. Without a flashlight or torch, he just groped his way around blindly.
Not only are they not afraid of poisonous insects like scorpions and snakes, they are also not afraid of stepping into quicksand or other dangerous places.
Tu Shan took care of both the snake and the rat, becoming an unsung hero and protecting the old man.