Seeing me jumping on the boat, the old woman whispered: "Stand still!"
I stared straight at the old woman's face and said, "Don't worry! Be sure to stay here!"
The old woman nodded and said, "That's good! Old lady, I'm going to sail the boat!"
After saying that, the old woman flipped her wrist and gently tapped the pole made of pure gold on the shore. The long and narrow boat, with the stern as the bow and the bow as the stern, made a "swish" sound like an arrow leaving the string. Then he ran out.
The boat moved very fast, and in a short time it had covered a long distance.
At this moment, the old woman standing at the stern of the boat suddenly plunged the pole in her hand into the underground river. The boat that was moving rapidly suddenly shook, and then, it stopped as steadily as a rock. The center of the underground river.
No matter how fast the river was, the long and narrow boat remained motionless.
I looked at everything in front of me and swallowed in surprise. But just when I was about to speak, the old woman suddenly cleared her throat.
I looked at the old woman and asked, "Why, are you planning to give me a blow by showing off your hand like this in front of me? Or do you have something to say but don't want others to hear it?"
The old woman ignored my words, and her charming eyes looked back and forth on me for a long time. Then she slowly took out a small box from her coat pocket, handed it to me, and said, "Take it!"
I reached out and took the small box handed over by the old woman. Holding it in my hand, under the light swinging from the stern of the boat, I discovered that it turned out to be an iron makeup box used by ladies in the 1980s.
I glanced at the old woman curiously, and then slowly opened the small iron box.
But to my complete surprise, the small box contained two milky white pills.
I looked at the pills in my hand, then at the old woman at the stern of the boat, and asked differently: "What do you mean by this?"
The old woman looked at me and said, "Isn't this obvious? Of course I want you to take this medicine."
I looked at the old woman and asked, "Take this medicine? Why? I'm not sick, so why do I need to take medicine when I'm fine?"
The old woman said: "In order to let you survive this life!"
I looked at the old woman and smiled and said, "Oh? How can I say this? Can't I live without taking this medicine?"
The old woman didn't speak, but nodded slightly.
I saw the old woman nodded, sighed helplessly, and said, "Although I don't really want to die, but..."
The old woman said calmly: "But you can't trust my old woman...!"
The old woman sighed as she spoke. When she saw that I wanted to speak, she waved her hand and continued: "Since you can't believe my old woman, it's useless to talk more. If you don't want to eat, just don't eat it! But, wait until you reach the river later." When your heart is broken, no matter what you hear or see, it’s best not to believe it.”
I asked in surprise: "Mother-in-law, what do you mean by this?"
The old woman did not answer my words, but sighed: "Okay! I've said enough, it's getting late, so hurry up and get on your way!"
After saying that, the old woman tapped the pure gold boat pole in her hand, and the long and narrow boat swayed and sailed downstream along the rapid water of the underground river.
Despite her age, the old woman was quite good at sailing. The boat was like a leaf, moving forward in the dark river.
"The eagle spreads its wings and flies, the land turns into waves. You and I are sitting on the horse, just like before, leaning on my shoulders, taking your heart back to your hometown. With your kindness, you take off my disguise and give The light of my happiness..."
The boat was moving, and bursts of vague singing came from the stern.
It's the old woman singing.
Although her voice is a bit old, it adds a poignant flavor to this classic Tibetan love song.
I sat down slowly, and a smile appeared at the corner of my mouth inadvertently, "This old woman is in a good mood. She still has the heart to sing at this time..."
But at this moment, an inexplicable fragrance of flowers wafted over.
The aroma was very sweet, as sweet as if it had substance, but when I really took a deep breath to smell it, there was a faint hint of disgusting blood in the aroma.
I was surprised: "What does this smell like? Why does it smell so bad?"
As I was thinking about it, I looked back at the old woman, but I saw that the old woman was still humming softly, as if she didn't smell this weird smell at all.
Seeing that the old woman didn't respond, I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart, "Could it be that I've been too tired recently and had hallucinations in an instant?"
But as soon as I had this thought, the next second the strange fragrance penetrated my nostrils as if it was spiritual.
After a few breaths, I almost vomited out everything I had eaten.
As the saying goes, there must be something different when there is an abnormality. I have always believed this. When I saw something bad, I immediately held my breath and covered my mouth and nose to prevent the bloody and sweet smell from entering my respiratory tract.
"Damn it, where did so many weird aromas come from? I don't know if these smells are poisonous? If they are poisonous, I don't know if I will die after inhaling so much?" I covered my hands. He glanced at the old woman with his nose.
But what surprised me was that the old woman was playing with the pole in her hand as if she had nothing to do.
I was surprised: "What is going on? Why is she okay? Could it be...could it be that the pill...the pill blocks the gas?"
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but reach into my pocket and take out the small box the old woman had given me before.
But as luck would have it, just when I reached out and took out the iron box, the boat was suddenly hit by a wave in the underground river. I lost my grip and the small box and the pills inside fell into the underground river.
I thought to myself: "Grandma's! This is really bad!"
In desperation, I stretched out my hand to retrieve the small box from the dark river, but at this moment, the originally dark and cold river water, as dark as ink, turned dark red under the dim light of the bow of the boat.
Seeing this, I was suddenly shocked: "What on earth is going on?"
But before I could figure it out, a hurried cry for help came from not far away, "Help! Help me! Help...!"
I subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and found this person floating in the river.
And that person was none other than Hua Muling.
I was shocked and hurriedly shouted to Hua Muling: "Fourth girl, hold on, I will come to save you right away!"
Hua Muling seemed to hear my cry, and kept waving her hands towards me, shouting loudly: "Help me...save me quickly...I'm almost...dying..."
After saying a few words, Hua Muling started coughing as if she was choking on water.
I was so anxious that I turned to look at the old woman and said, "Mother-in-law, my friend has fallen into the water! Can you please sail the boat over there?"
The old woman glanced at me from the corner of her eye, and then said coldly: "No!"
I asked in surprise: "Why? Are you planning to die without saving me?"
The old woman looked at me and said coldly in a very stern tone: "Before we set off, I told you that in this Naihe Center, no matter what you saw or heard, you should ignore it. Do you remember?"
I gritted my teeth and said, "Of course I remember! But..."
Before I could finish my words, the old woman interrupted me and said coldly: "Now that I remember, what else is there to say? If you want to survive, take care of yourself first..."
Seeing that the old woman spoke so coldly, I couldn't help but feel very angry. I stood up, cupped my hands towards the old woman, and said loudly: "Since my mother-in-law is not willing to help with this, I will not force myself to do anything difficult for you. However, I still need to do it." Please send my brother to Liu Siniang, the owner of Wanfu Building. I will remember this kindness in my heart. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will try my best to repay the kindness of saving my brother today."
When the old woman heard what I said, she couldn't help but frown slightly, and then asked sharply: "What do you want to do?"
I looked at the old woman and said, "Of course I'm going to save people."
Before I finished speaking, I jumped up, and with a "pop" my whole body jumped into the cold underground river.
The dark red river water seemed to be made up of countless blood. It was bitingly cold and exuded a nauseating aroma.
But at this time, I no longer cared about this. After sliding hard in the water for a few times, I finally got my head out of the water.
Without the illumination of the light at the stern of the boat, everything around him was almost instantly swallowed up by darkness.
Now, I can only rely on sound to tell the direction.
Fortunately, that girl Hua Muling kept shouting. After I stepped on the water and briefly determined the direction, I swam in the direction of the sound.
But as I swam, I suddenly realized that something seemed not quite right.
Because, no matter how I swam, Hua Muling's cry for help always kept a certain distance from me.
Although I was extremely surprised, I heard Hua Muling's intermittent "help" calls and had to swim forward desperately.
Just like that, I swam forward for about seven or eight minutes.
But what I didn't expect was that at this moment, Hua Muling's cry for help suddenly stopped.
I was shocked, thinking that Hua Muling was too exhausted to step on the water and sank completely.
At that moment, I was very anxious, so I shouted at the top of my voice towards the darkness around me: "Si Yatou... how are you? Si Yatou, are you okay! Answer me quickly! Hua Muling, I’m Hu Tian, I’m here to save you, please don’t die! Otherwise I won’t forgive you even if I beat you to death..."
But I shouted several times in a row, but I still couldn't wait for a response.
Hua Muling seemed to have suddenly disappeared from the river, or it seemed that she had never been in the river.
