They had all been sent away, and it was impossible for Wu Xie to actually get the things back. During the stalemate, Zhang Qiling spoke.
"Xiaomu, say thank you."
Su Mu's eyes lit up, he quickly put the things in his hands back, and said obediently to Wu Xie, "Thank you."
Wu Xie: "...You're welcome."
In fact, you don’t have to pack it in so quickly, and you don’t have to protect it so tightly. No one will grab it from you.
When Su Mu finished eating and burped with a full belly, a small boat docked, and Wu Sanxing was on the riverside calling everyone to get on the boat quickly.
Zhang Qiling raised his head and glanced at the middle-aged man rowing the boat, took out a small dagger and pinned it to Su Mu's waist. With Su Mu's doubtful eyes, he led him and finally boarded the ship.
The boat was swaying forward in the river, and the man named Wu Sanxing kept talking to the boatman. But most of what they spoke was plastic Mandarin mixed with dialects, which Su Mu couldn't understand.
So we sat next to Zhang Qiling at the stern, one big and one small quietly looking at the sky in a daze.
Soon the boat arrived at a river cave, and the boatman gave instructions as it approached the entrance of the cave.
"Don't say anything after entering the cave, so as not to alarm Grandpa River God."
Su Mu seemed to understand what he said, and raised his head and looked up.
Zhang Qiling felt Su Mu's gaze and raised his hand to rub his little head.
"good."
Then he started to feel dazed again.
Su Mu: It seems there is no danger for the time being.
The river cave is very deep, and it gets darker as you go inside. When you encounter a narrow place, the rest of the people on the boat have to bend down to pass.
The warm yellow miner's lamp shines on the cave wall, clearly illuminating the green moss and stone textures above.
Su Mu raised his little head, looked at the large and small holes above, and opened his mouth in surprise.
He didn't know how these were formed, but he just thought it was so magical, as if there were interesting elves hidden inside.
Just as Su Mu was marveling, the muscular man named Dakui on the boat suddenly exclaimed.
"Fuck, these are all fucking holes."
"Third Master, this place has not been harvested, right? Then let's take a look."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone who had been sitting on the boat became restless.
Wu Sanxing took the miner's lamp and looked at the surrounding stone walls carefully. A scar-faced man named Pan Zi helped him. Wu Xie also curiously walked over, and the group started discussing enthusiastically all day long.
Xiao Sumu was a little curious and wanted to go over and have a look, but was gently pressed down by Zhang Qiling.
"there's noise."
"Is there a sound? Brother, what can you hear?" Wu Sanxing asked immediately.
No one noticed that when Su Mu's originally dazed gaze swept over Wu Sanxing, a glimmer of light that did not match his appearance flashed in his eyes.
Zhang Qiling's voice was not loud just now. Su Mu only heard the quiet voice when he was next to him. She was stunned for a moment before she realized that it was him who was speaking. However, Wu Sanxing, who was surrounded by people observing the cave, reacted immediately.
This person seemed busy, but in fact he was staring at them.
The others were also confused by Wu Sanxing's words. None of them heard Zhang Qiling's words.
For a moment everyone fell silent and listened.
After a while, Dakui, who didn't hear any sound, calmed down his violently beating heart. His face was still a little pale and he said slightly.
"Third Master, there is no sound. This little brother must have heard wrongly."
After looking at the others, they all said they didn't hear anything, and the timid Dakui suddenly lost his temper.
He was originally dissatisfied with this little brother who was a slut and was unsociable and did not obey orders. He was frightened again just now, and his words were a bit unpleasant at the moment.
Pan Zi probably also had some opinions on what happened just now, and did not stop Dakui like he did at the beginning.
"Okay, what's the fuss about? The quarrel hasn't even started yet. I don't think we should continue anymore. We're all going back home. Everyone goes back to their homes to find their own mothers." Wu Sanxing shouted sternly.
He had a pulled face, which looked a little scary in the shadow of the light.
Da Kui immediately felt a little scared, but he also felt that he had lost face. He stood there stiffly with an angry look on his face, but Pan Zi pulled him and sat down.
Wu looked sideways at the two brothers who were next to each other at the stern of the boat.
The older one probably had a paralyzed face. Not to mention the lack of expression on his face along the way, he was still expressionless even when they almost got into an argument just now. The younger one was probably too young and didn't understand the situation yet, so he looked confused the whole time.
Wu Xie sighed helplessly and moved over.
"Don't worry, Dakui just has a bad temper. What he just said was unintentional. Don't take it to heart."
Reaching out and touching Su Mu's silky hair, Wu Xie smiled softly.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaomu. It's okay. We will be out soon."
Su Mu looked at him doubtfully, why was he afraid?
Zhang Qiling took a deep look at Wu Xie and said, "Be careful when the bell rings."
Wu Xie was stunned for a moment before realizing what he said, and couldn't help but shake his head in amusement.
"Don't be too nervous. What you heard might be the wind. It's okay. Don't scare yourself. Isn't that right, ship boss?"
The last sentence was addressed to the boatman behind him, but when he looked up, there was no one behind him.
Wu Xie suddenly panicked, "Third uncle, third uncle, the boatman is missing!"
The rest of the people were also panicked. They had just been busy arguing, and no one paid attention to the boatman.
"Did you hear the sound of water being launched just now?" Wu Sanxing asked Pan Zi while lying on the side of the boat, looking at the water.
Pan Zi shook his head, "There was no sound of diving."
Wu Sanxing cursed and rubbed his head in annoyance.
"Trouble, we don't have corpse energy in our bodies, I'm afraid this corpse cave will be difficult..."
Several elders quarreled over who had eaten dead human flesh and who had corpse aura.
Zhang Qiling did not participate. His face was blank, as if he was listening to something. After a moment, he gave Su Mu a squatting gesture.
After receiving the order, Su Mu moved his little butt directly to the middle of the cabin and stuck himself firmly among the baggage, firmly in place.
A hint of appreciation flashed in Zhang Qiling's eyes.
The little thing is quite clever, and it seems that it would not be difficult to carry it to the grave.
Su Mu had just squatted down when the boat suddenly rocked. The others took their lamps and shined them into the water, only to see a huge shadow swimming under the water.
Everyone looked grim now, and Dakui was so frightened that his legs became weak.
"Gang, what was that just now?"
In this narrow water hole, there was something big and unknown in the water. Everyone was a little frightened for a while and discussed the feasibility of exiting and bypassing the river from the mountain.
Su Mu listened quietly to the discussions of several adults, with no intention of coming out from the bottom of the ship, because Zhang Qiling had not conveyed safety information to him, which meant that the danger still existed.
Looking at the people arguing endlessly, Su Mu was very puzzled in his little head.
Young children know how to stay calm even when they know there is danger around them.
Their making such a loud noise seemed to Su Mu to be seeking death.
It will be difficult for such people to survive in the last days.
