Wu Dongfang is sitting on the edge of the woods by the river. All he can do now is sit quietly. Any movement may cause the broken bones to become dislocated again.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, the woman who was fishing in the river came ashore and left. She didn't catch any fish today, but took away a few frogs.
Wu Dongfang has been waiting by the river for three days. To be precise, he has been waiting for three days. From the first day, he knew that the person he was waiting for would not show up. What he was waiting for was not the result, but the process of waiting. He gradually accepts the cruel reality. This cruel reality is that he has been completely disconnected from the previous world and is currently in another world, a world that is completely unfamiliar to him. If he wants to survive here, he must become familiar with and adapt to it.
If you want to survive, you need to eat. Three days without food made Wu Dongfang hungry. He has rich experience in survival in the wild. Although he is lame on one leg, hunting is not difficult. If he can't catch anyone who runs fast, he will run away. Be slow, there are snakes here, they are venomous, but you can eat them by decapitating their heads and removing their tails and washing away the blood.
He didn't make a fire, he ate raw. He was unfamiliar with the surrounding environment. If he made a fire, there would be smoke, and if there was smoke, he would be exposed. He was not sure what the consequences would be if his location were exposed.
The woman comes to fish every day these days, but her fishing skills are not to be praised, and the tools are crude. When it comes to fishing, most of the time she only catches a few frogs and toads.
The other party did not take the initiative to talk to him, and Wu Dongfang did not please the other party. He did not know who this woman was or whether she had any companions.
Just as Wu Dongfang was biting the snake meat, a scream came from not far away from the south. Wu Dongfang turned his head when he heard the sound and saw the woman running towards him with a look of horror.
Wu Dongfang thought that some wild beast was chasing the woman. Just as he was vigilantly searching the surroundings, the woman rushed forward and snatched the snake meat from his hand.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" Wu Dongfang tried to take back the piece of snake meat.
The woman threw away the snake meat with her backhand and eagerly repeated a dialect, which sounded like "Mu Xu" and "Mu Xiu".
Although Wu Dongfang couldn't understand the other party's words, he guessed that the other party was stopping him from eating snake meat. Due to the language barrier, he couldn't thank the other party, so he could only smile and nod at her.
While the woman was saying something quickly, she took a toad that was not dead from her waist and stuffed it into Wu Dongfang's hand. She turned around and ran away quickly with her stick.
"There are parasites in this thing." Wu Dongfang couldn't laugh or cry while holding the toad that was still kicking.
Watching the woman run into the woods, Wu Dongfang threw away the toad and picked up the piece of snake meat. This kind of venomous snake could indeed bite people to death, but the snake meat was not poisonous. The woman probably didn't know this.
Before the snake meat was finished, the woman came back, holding a handful of plant leaves in her hand. Seeing Wu Dongfang eating the snake meat again, an angry expression appeared on her face, but this time she did not step forward to snatch it. , threw down the leaves and turned around.
"Although you don't understand what I said, I still want to thank you." Wu Dongfang said.
The woman quickly walked into the jungle without looking back.
Wu Dongfang was naturally not poisoned to death. Due to proper treatment, there were signs of swelling at the fracture site and no fever.
The woman did not appear again for a period of time. This river valley was very secretive. Apart from the woman who appeared earlier, he did not find anyone else appearing nearby.
It had been half a month since she saw that woman again. She seemed very surprised to see Wu Dongfang still alive. She ran over and looked up and down, looking back and forth.
Wu Dongfang was most concerned about which era he was in at this time. He gestured to ask, but the other party didn't understand what he meant at all, so he had to give up in the end.
The woman went to the river to fish as usual, and Wu Dongfang sat on the shore and worried alone. The area he was currently in was located in the southwest border, far away from the Central Plains. It had always been a desolate and remote area in ancient times. Maybe even the indigenous residents here didn't know what it was now. Era.
The past few days may have been the time for fish to spawn. The woman had a particularly big harvest today. She had caught four or five fish in less than half an hour. Her fishing method was very simple, just to poke with a sharp wooden stick. Much more people are killed than killed.
Just when she was about to leave with her prey, several men running quickly from downstream blocked her way.
The woman seemed to be very afraid of these men, screaming and trying to run away, but there were three men on the other side, all strong men, who quickly caught up with her. One of them swung the wooden stick in his hand and knocked her to the ground, then turned over. , riding her and tearing off her few clothes.
The woman screamed loudly and struggled to resist. Even though she was not as strong as the other man, she was beaten, kicked, scratched and bitten, but the man could not succeed. The other two people laughed and came forward to help, trying to restrain her hands and feet that were scratching and kicking.
As early as when the woman was knocked down, Wu Dongfang had quietly stood up and moved here. He was injured and wanted to sneak attack secretly, but he didn't expect the other party to take off his pants so quickly. If he waited a few more seconds, he would probably succeed. , in desperation, he could only shout loudly to attract the other party's attention.
Hearing Wu Dongfang's shouting, two helpers grabbed wooden sticks and rushed towards him. The other one still pressed on the woman and spread her legs with his legs.
Wu Dongfang had difficulty moving, but he did not take these two opponents seriously. If he had enough time, he might consider subduing the opponent, but the current situation was extremely critical. He could only be quick and dodge one of them with a sharp swing. The wooden stick and dagger came and quickly pierced the opponent's heart. He pulled out a dagger with his backhand and slashed the other person's throat artery. Before he fell to the ground, he threw the dagger and inserted it into the last person's head.
Wu Dongfang fell to the ground at an angle that allowed him to observe certain details. Seeing that the other party was still outside the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. The hidden secret was very dangerous.
The woman was in shock, screamed and pushed away the body on her body, got up and fled towards the woods.
"Your fish." Wu Dongfang shouted to the woman.
The woman turned around when she heard the sound, and Wu Dongfang pointed to the fish left on the river bank.
The woman looked at the fish, then at the three corpses, and finally at Wu Dongfang. After hesitating for a long time, she turned around and walked back, picking up the torn clothes and trying to cover up her shame.
"There's nothing I haven't seen about you." Wu Dongfang peeled off a piece of clothing from the body and threw it to the woman.
After taking off his clothes, he unexpectedly discovered that this man had a strange tattoo on his chest, which was the size of a palm and in the shape of a flame.
Looking at the other two people, they also have identical tattoos on their chests. This tattoo may be the totem of the nation they belong to, or it may be the logo of a certain sect, if there is a sect now.
When Wu Dongfang took a closer look at the tattoo on one of the corpses, the woman had already dragged the other two corpses into the water. The corpses did not sink after entering the water, but floated away with the water.
Except for the wooden sticks and linen clothes they carried, these people did not carry other items. The clues were very limited and still not enough to determine which dynasty they were in.
After the woman dragged the last body into the water, Wu Dongfang asked, "Why did they beat you?"
The woman guessed what Wu Dongfang was asking. After making some gestures, Wu Dongfang vaguely guessed that these three men and this woman belonged to two different ethnic groups. This river was the area of the ethnic group of the three men. She arrived Fishing here is done secretly.
"You've been doing this for a long time and you're a thief." Wu Dongfang laughed.
Naturally, the woman couldn't understand what Wu Dongfang was saying, and she made gestures from east to west, north and south, meaning that they had killed someone and could no longer stay here and had to leave as soon as possible.
The conversation between the two was useless. What was useful were gestures. Wu Dongfang motioned for her to go first, but after hesitation, the other party held the caught fish in one hand and dragged him towards the woods with the other.
"Where are you taking me?" Wu Dongfang asked.
The woman didn't speak, she just walked forward with her head down.
Wu Dongfang didn't ask any more questions and followed behind, leaning on a branch. In fact, he already had the answer in his heart. If this woman lived alone, she would take him to her hiding place. If the woman is gregarious, she will take him to her village.
The woman was wearing straw sandals and walking very fast. Wu Dongfang secretly looked at her from behind as he was walking. This woman should be around 25 or 26 years old. She has a round face and a square face. She should be about 1.6 meters tall. She is very thin, maybe. It is caused by malnutrition. Also this woman has probably given birth as her hips are wider.
Although the woman stopped to wait for him from time to time, Wu Dongfang still had a hard time following her. Climbing the mountain on one leg would be difficult for anyone.
After finally climbing to the top of the mountain, Wu Dongfang was sweating profusely. Just when he was about to sit down and take a breath, he discovered that there was an area in the northern mountain col where no vegetation grew. A large amount of soil and rocks were exposed, and many shirtless men were digging there.
"Where is your village?" Wu Dongfang pointed to the north and asked the woman.
The woman shook her head, pointed to the northwest and said something, then urged Wu Dongfang not to waste time and to hurry up.
The change in position was not displayed on the positioning device, which still showed the position when he finally landed. At this time, its only function was as a clock function.
At half past twelve, the woman took Wu Dongfang to a village. Seeing this village, Wu Dongfang was relieved. Although the house was simple and dilapidated, it was much more advanced than the shack he had imagined. He can be sure that he is definitely not in a primitive society now.
The woman's house is located on the southeast edge of the village. When two children aged six or seven saw her coming back, they shouted "Ama" to greet her.
The woman handed the fish she brought back to the two children to drag back to the house, and she led Wu Dong towards the village.
Since all the men were working in the mountains and most of the people in the village were women and children, Wu Dongfang's arrival was a novelty for them. They talked loudly with the woman and looked at Wu Dongfang up and down.
Wu Dongfang was also looking at them. Although these women were also wearing linen clothes, they were neater than the woman next to him. The houses they lived in were also much sturdier than the house of this woman. From this, it was not difficult to see that, This woman's status in the village should be relatively low.
This village occupies a large area, but the houses are relatively sparse. The distance between the houses is more than ten meters. Perhaps to prevent snakes and insects, the houses are not built on flat ground, but are supported by multiple wooden pillars. About one meter up.
The woman brought Wu Dongfang to a house in the center of the village and stopped. Then she talked to a middle-aged man sitting in front of the house. The middle-aged man was missing both arms and was rolling the medicine with his feet. Crush the herbs inside.
Seeing the medicine noodle, Wu Dongfang felt a little brighter. The medicine noodle was a metal object, and judging from the color, it should be copper. In addition to Yaonan, the tattoo on the middle-aged man's chest also aroused his interest. This man's tattoo was in the shape of an irregular cross. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a small sword with the hilt on top and the blade facing down.
This middle-aged man with missing arms did not seem to be the owner of the house. After listening to the woman's narrative, he turned to look at Wu Dongfang, then stood up and opened the door with his feet and walked in.
The woman stared at the door intently, looking very nervous. Wu Dongfang, on the other hand, was very relaxed. This woman had obviously come to ask the person in charge of the village to take him in. If the other party was willing to keep him, he would stay here for a while. If you don't want to keep him, he can just leave...