Although there was not much fresh water on the island, Zhang Xiaotao still insisted on getting some fresh water to wipe Chen Xiao's wounds.
Although there are no medical supplies, at least cleaning the wound like this can reduce the possibility of infection.
In the face of tight freshwater conditions, her approach was strongly opposed by other survivors.
Among the other survivors, two of the four women were white, the other two were yellow, one of whom was Korean, and the last one was Singaporean. The two old men were from Shanghai and originally took this opportunity to travel. The little girl at the end is a Chinese girl. Looking at her clothes, she looks like a child from a rich family. This can be seen from the Cartier watch on her wrist, but this girl seems to have been extremely affected. I was so frightened that I was always a little sluggish.
Zhang Xiaotao used fresh water to wipe Chen Xiao's wounds, which was strongly opposed by the Korean woman. The two white women also remained silent, but it was obvious that they were very dissatisfied with Zhang Xiaotao's "wasteful" behavior. Dissatisfaction - Such a small amount of water may not be enough for people to drink, so how can it be used for washing
Faced with these accusations, Zhang Xiaotao just sneered: "You all forgot that you were on the lifeboat! If he hadn't helped us block those thugs, we would have fallen into the sea long ago!"
Facing Zhang Xiaotao's sneer, these talents were finally speechless. They just looked at Zhang Xiaotao with a bit of dissatisfaction in their eyes.
Regarding these, Hua Hua just treated them indifferently, without saying a word, just smiling indifferently.
Although it is just a group of young, old and women, people will always struggle in desperate situations. A few women searched around the island for a while, and actually found a cave under the squat...
In fact, calling this place a "cave" is a bit of a stretch, but the collapse of the mountain due to some kind of geological change caused a dent in the surface. Although the cave is seven or eight meters deep, a small part of it is exposed. In the open air, there is no mountain to block the top of the head, and the cover above collapsed. It's like a leaky scoop.
However, this is much better than a bunch of people sitting on the beach and being exposed to the sun. Moreover, at sea, the temperature is still quite low at night.
A group of people took action immediately and moved to the cave.
Only when allocating space, some disputes arose.
The flash was so big that only the innermost area could provide shelter from wind and rain, and it was only enough to accommodate five or six people. As for the other people, they could only sit outside the cave entrance. This part of the cover had collapsed. If it rained at night, they would only get wet.
The two white women were the ones exploring the way, and they sat at the very back without any hesitation. Although Europeans and Americans pay attention to so-called "human rights", they seem to be unable to care about so much when facing a desperate situation.
Again, when the cloak of civilization is torn off, people are actually animals.
Then the Korean woman and the Singaporean woman also crowded inside. The old couple could only sigh, but the old man was kind enough and didn't forget to grab the young girl who was half stupid with fear and sit together on the left side of the cave entrance.
The right side was left to Chen Xiao and the other three.
Chen Xiao was carried over by Yanhua and Zhang Xiaotao. His steps were already weak because after a fever, he really didn't have any strength left in his body.
What makes Chen Xiao even more helpless is that... he can't even use his telekinesis.
The foundation of telekinesis is human mental power, and Chen Xiao was severely injured and depressed. How could he still have enough mental power to condense telekinesis into hurting people
At this moment, let alone concentrating his power to hurt someone, he might not even be able to move a branch with his power.
The first day on the island passed quickly. Dinner was a few sand crabs dug out from the beach. After peeling it off, he washed it in the sea water, roasted it over a fire, and then swallowed it raw.
Unfortunately, this beach is not big, and the number of sand crabs that can be dug is really limited. Several women worked all evening, but only found more than twenty.
These sand crabs are only as big as a business card, and the smaller ones are only about the size of a coin. Such a small amount of food is really not enough to feed so many people, it is just to satisfy their hunger.
What made others even more dissatisfied was that because Chen Xiao was a wounded person, Zhang Xiaotao had a fight with those people and finally got four sand crabs for Chen Xiao alone.
Although others were dissatisfied, after all, Chen Xiao had saved everyone before, and his power was still there. However, Chen Xiao could see from the increasingly dissatisfied eyes of the other party that before long, these people would no longer care about so much...
At night, several women in the cave were crying in the middle of the night, and Chen Xiao heard the voices clearly. He listened to the women crying, and he didn't know what it felt like.
Human nature, good? Bad
He turned his head instead - he couldn't turn over, so he could only turn his head reluctantly, but he saw Zhang Xiaotao next to him, leaning against the wall of the cave, but he was not sleeping, he just opened his big eyes and looked at him quietly. …
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Early the next morning, Chen Xiao woke up from his sleep and heard Zhang Xiaotao arguing angrily and loudly with someone. The sharp shouts of several women in the cave made Chen Xiao feel an unusual atmosphere.
Zhang Xiaotao was so angry that her face flushed, but she finally came back aggrievedly, kicked the rock next to her hard, her eyes were red, tears welled up in her eyes, and she said aggrievedly: "They... really didn't do anything. Conscience! It only bullies people!"
"What's wrong?" Chen Xiao opened his lips. Due to lack of water, his lips were chapped and there was a fire in his throat.
"They..." Zhang Xiaotao said while crying, and at the same time looked angrily into the cave.
It turned out that the four young women who slept in the cave had some discussions last night, and in the morning, they announced a "decision":
All resources on the island, fresh water and food, must be distributed equitably according to head count! No one should receive special treatment. Scrubbing the body with fresh water like Chen Xiao did is definitely not allowed to happen.
And food must be distributed according to work. Although the sand crabs last night were also the result of the labor of Zhang Xiaotao and Fireworks, after all, Chen Xiao was a seriously injured person who could not move, so during dinner, he took up part of the sand crabs dug out by others.
"What a fair distribution! They just wish you didn't exist! If it weren't for you, they would have fallen into the sea to feed the fish! Heartless bastards!" Zhang Xiaotao cried angrily.
Chen Xiao just smiled. He was lying there with a calm expression.
"Aren't you angry?" Zhang Xiaotao leaned down and wiped Chen Xiao's lips... It's funny, the thing he used to wipe Chen Xiao's body yesterday was Miss Zhang Xiaotao's underwear. There really wasn't anything on the island. There were clean things, the only thing that was left was the girl’s underwear that was still barely usable.
Seeing Zhang Xiaotao taking the cotton gauze torn off from her tattooed breast, dipping it in water and wiping the corners of her mouth, Chen Xiao seemed to smile, with a hint of amusement in his eyes, but his words seemed to have a hint of indifference.
"Favorite accidents... It's always been like this, I'm used to it."
In fact, Chen Xiao is really open-minded.
Humans... are always selfish by nature.
After his parents died and he was left alone, and his family's property, house, and car were confiscated, didn't everyone avoid his relatives
As for the current situation, it is just a human reaction.
Under such circumstances, the word "noble" is too vague.
Even blood relatives can be indifferent to you, let alone these strangers who have no relationship with you
Even if he had saved them before, so what? In the face of life and death, how many people can be selfless
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao suddenly felt something in his heart and looked at Zhang Xiaotao in front of him.
This girl... can still be so kind to herself now. I'm afraid, in two days, when food and fresh water are further scarce, will she also change her attitude towards herself
Chen Xiao suddenly didn't want to think about it anymore.
The fireworks are still like a bystander, watching coldly from the side.
Whether Zhang Xiaotao was arguing or arguing with the people inside, she just watched quietly...
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On this day, Zhang Xiaotao and Yanhua struggled to find food on the beach. Poor this girl from the big city of Shanghai, her originally slender fingers were worn out from digging for sand crabs on the beach, and blood flowed from her fingertips.
When she came back at noon, she tried her best to put on a smile, and then dropped five or six sand crabs next to Chen Xiao. However, they had been washed clean with sea water. She peeled them off with a smile, and were burned by the fire. The grilled crab meat is white and tender, and because it has been soaked in sea water, it has a light salty taste and tastes very delicious.
But when Chen Xiao saw the wounds on Zhang Xiaotao's fingertips, he couldn't help but feel nervous, but he raised his head, looked at the tears in the corners of Zhang Xiaotao's eyes, frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? Are you crying again?"
Zhang Xiaotao turned away and wiped his eyes: "No!"
"What's wrong?" Chen Xiao coughed twice.
"They... they are so bullying!" Zhang Xiaotao finally couldn't hold on any longer and burst out crying. She threw herself next to Chen Xiao and rested her head on Chen Xiao's shoulder.
It turned out that while looking for food on the beach, the women came up with the so-called "territory division" idea.
This beach is not big to begin with, how many sand crabs can there be? Several women actually divided the territory and designated Zhang Xiaotao and Yanhua to only dig in the outermost areas. That place is close to the cover, and the gravel is thick, obviously not suitable for sand crabs to inhabit.
When people reach this level, they really don't care about their dignity in order to fight for even one more mouthful of food.
Although Zhang Xiaotao wanted to argue with the other party, there were four people on the other party, and she and Yanhua were the only ones on his side.
And... Yanhua always looked silent. When Zhang Xiaotao argued with others, she didn't speak. It also made Zhang Xiaotao feel a little dissatisfied.
Although she had a more aggressive temper, she was naturally at a disadvantage in a one-to-four situation. In the end, there was some physical contact between the two parties, pushing Sang Sang.
"Okay, it's okay." Chen Xiao smiled bitterly, raised his hand, and gently landed on Zhang Xiaotao's shoulder. Although this action pulled the wound and made him sweat in pain, he still tried his best to put on a gentle smile on his face.
Chen Xiao can feel his weakness, and after a night's rest last night, his body has not improved at all today, but has become weaker. Lying here, sometimes he can't even breathe.
While eating, Zhang Xiaotao's harvest today was not enough, but the old couple next to him quietly handed over two roasted sand crabs, which moved Zhang Xiaotao to tears again on the spot.
At night, Chen Xiao only took two bites and then refused to eat again. No matter how Zhang Xiaotao begged or coerced, Chen Xiao refused to open his mouth again.
But with a word from Yan Hua, Zhang Xiaotao obediently ate the rest of the food.
"If you don't eat anything, who will take care of you if you fall hungry?"
This sentence was more effective than anything else. Although Zhang Xiaotao still looked angry, he had to eat the food Chen Xiao saved one bite at a time.
On the third day, in the morning, Zhang Xiaotao found anxiously that Chen Xiao started to have a fever again.
His wound finally began to become infected, and the muscles around the wound where he was shot began to fester!
Due to the lack of fresh water to clean the wound and the restrictions on sanitary conditions, the wound even gave off a faint rotten odor. Touching Chen Xiao's hot forehead, Zhang Xiaotao burst into tears, but the four women seemed to have been prepared for a long time. They guarded the puddle closely and refused to let Zhang Xiaotao fetch water for Chen Xiao. Wound.
At night, Chen Xiao woke up and saw Zhang Xiaotao scrubbing himself with cotton cloth.
"Where did you... get the water?" Chen Xiao's voice was no longer distinguishable.
"I… "
"She gave you the fresh water she received today." Yanhua said calmly from the side: "There is also mine."
Chen Xiao sighed and looked at Zhang Xiaotao. The girl lowered her head and did not make eye contact with Chen Xiao. She just quietly scrubbed Chen Xiao's wound. Although she tried her best to be gentle, it was still very painful to touch the wound. , but Chen Xiao remained silent.
After watching Zhang Xiaotao for more than ten minutes, Zhang Xiaotao finished everything, but turned his head, his back to Chen Xiao, and said nothing.
Chen Xiao turned to look at the fireworks. He didn't even have the strength to speak anymore, so he just cast a questioning look.
The meaning of this look is actually very obvious: "What is our future? You are a prophet!"
Yanhua smiled faintly, still apologetically, and slowly shook his head.
"Sorry, I really don't know. I can't see your fate at all."
Zhang Xiaotao got a lot of dry branches and leaves from the bushes and spread them under Chen Xiao. But the cold night still made Chen Xiao's fever symptoms more obvious.
It was already the third night after arriving on this island, and there were still no searchers, and the hope in everyone's hearts was gradually fading away.
It’s hard to say what people can do in despair!
At night, the four women inside set their sights on the frightened little girl. The Korean woman took the lead and snatched the little girl's fresh water. Although the old couple wanted to protect the child, the old couple , after all, they are no match for four young and strong women.
Fortunately, due to the remaining power left by Chen Xiao, they did not dare to snatch Zhang Xiaotao's food and fresh water, but looking at their increasingly irritable eyes, it is hard to say what will happen tomorrow...
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On the morning of the fourth day, Chen Xiao was leaning in the cave. He woke up from his coma for the first time in the morning. Zhang Xiaotao was taking a cotton cloth and dipping it in the cold sea water to wipe Chen Xiao's hot forehead.
Suddenly, a burst of surprise cheers came from the direction of the beach! It seemed like it was coming from those women!
Then, I heard the banging in the bushes, but it was the fireworks running back quickly!
Yanhua's face fluctuated slightly, his eyes seemed worried, and he walked over quickly: "A ship is coming!"
Zhang Xiaotao jumped up and shouted in surprise: "Is there a boat? We are saved!!!"
"No!" Yanhua's face was gloomy: "I'm afraid it's just the opposite!"
She glanced at Chen Xiao and said slowly: "It's also a lifeboat! But... all the people on that lifeboat are men!!"
When Chen Xiao heard what Yanhua said, he immediately understood the reason for the worry in her eyes!
lifeboat! man! !
Women and children are allowed to get on the lifeboats on the ship first! And a lifeboat full of men? What does that mean
Most likely, it was a group of male passengers who finally broke up and grabbed a lifeboat by force! !
Now that he has turned into a thug, then... such a boatload of people drifting to this island may not be a good thing for the existing survivors on the island!
Chen Xiao's expression changed several times, and he suddenly said: "Xiao Tao! Quick! Let's get out of here! Go deeper into the forest..."
Before he finished speaking, in the distance, in the direction of the beach, the sounds of several women screaming and shouting with joy suddenly changed!
The shouts of surprise suddenly turned into screams and wails!
Among them, there were several men shouting excitedly and crazily:
"There is someone! There is someone on the island! It's a woman! A woman!!"
"Food!! Where is the food!!!"
Chen Xiao's face immediately turned ugly!
Yanhua looked at Chen Xiao, then at Zhang Xiaotao who was already a little frightened, and sighed: "If we leave now, I'm afraid it's too late!"
"Go quickly! Hide in the woods!" Chen Xiao said quickly.
"What about you?" Zhang Xiaotao grabbed Chen Xiao anxiously.
"I can't go far! You can't run away with me! Alas..."
"No!" Zhang Xiaotao suddenly sat down. Although there was still a bit of fear on her face, her voice became calmer: "The island is so big, where can I hide... I am here, and I will never leave you." you!"