After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Went To the Countryside and Was Pinched By a Rough Man and Pa

Chapter 86 So cold

Xia Zhi followed Zhou Zhengan closely. Her pace was not slow, and her load was not lighter than others.

 This is what they must do. Machinery has no role here at all, and they can only rely on human power to do this.

This kind of thing was done a lot during the summer solstice in previous years.

 Get used to this kind of silence and silently look for traces of cattle.

I don’t know how long they walked. According to their route, it took at least five hours.

 Finally a vague whine finally led them to a part of the cattle blocked behind a snowdrift.

 There are only about thirty or so of them.

Zhou Zhengan immediately used a shovel to dig a gap behind the snowdrifts.

The cattle that were stuck behind the snowdrift finally came out from behind.

 And came eagerly to ask them for hay.

 The two young comrades put down the hay on their shoulders, and the cows immediately started to eat it hungrily.

Zhou Zhengan was counting the number of cows.

 The face is tight.

Everyone knows that the number of these cattle is a drop in the bucket compared to those herds.

There are only more than 30 cattle, and there are still more than 400 cattle that have not been found. Who knows how many parts of the herd the snowstorm has divided.

 Zhou Zhengan asked the two comrades who had no hay to go back first.

 Following them with bare hands will not be effective.

 They continued walking forward for almost more than an hour.

There is a small pond in front of the pond, and a few cows are scattered in the snow hills beside the pond.

 Zhou Zhengan counted six dead ones in total.

And it is very likely that some cattle were buried in the snow and could not be seen at all.

 Everyone’s faces are ugly. If this continues, you can imagine the number of people who will be found.

The carcasses of these cows cannot be thrown here, otherwise it will be an advantage to the wolves.

Zhou Zhengan sent people back again to find other people to pull back the dead cattle.

 There are only four people left now.

 A cow was lying on the ground struggling weakly, while a calf lay beside it.

Xia Zhi hurriedly pulled out the hay on his back and handed it to the cow and calf so that they could fill their stomachs.

 The accident happened at this time.

 A bull appeared out of nowhere and charged towards them with all its strength.

 Apparently saw hay.

The extremely hungry bull now had red eyes, barked crazily, and charged towards Xia Zhi in front of him with two sharp horns.

  It is a completely indifferent attitude.

I have never seen a cow go crazy during the summer solstice, and now this cow's eyes are obviously red from hunger.

 Xia Zhi instinctively frightened back.

 Zhou Zhengan and three other comrades hurriedly picked off the hay on their backs and shouted crazily at the bull.

 “There is grass here, come here quickly.”

They shook the hay in their hands desperately, hoping to attract the bull's attention.

 But obviously the bull was hungry and anxious at this moment, and had already identified the summer solstice.

Xia Zhi kept retreating, but the bull was very fast. He watched the bull rush towards Xia Zhi.

Once he was hit, Xia Zhi knew that he might be hit by a bull.

 Xia Zhi threw down the hay in his hand and stepped backwards desperately.

 At this moment, Zhou Zhengan’s frightened warning was suddenly heard.

 “Don’t retreat anymore, there is ice behind you.”

It's a pity that the bull didn't notice that Xia Zhi had no licorice in his hand. Instead, he lowered his head and knocked Xia Zhi into the pond behind.

Zhou Zhengan suppressed his exclamation and hurriedly ran forward to the edge of the pond. Near the ice floe, he could no longer move forward and saw Xia Zhi emerging from the water.

  But the distance between him and the summer solstice is at least 5m.

 It looks like it’s 5m, but in fact there’s nothing they can do now.

The ice under my feet was already making a creaking sound. If I took another step forward, I would probably fall into the water again from this direction.

 Zhou Zhengan warned the comrades behind him.

"Don't come over here. If you come over again, the ice will collapse. Throw the rope over to me."

The two comrades hurriedly stood on the spot and slowly stepped back. Obviously they also knew that what Zhou Zhengan said was right. It would not be a good thing if all three of them fell into the water.

 Connect the ropes tied around their waists to the rope tied around Zhou Zhengan’s waist.

 Zhou Zhengan crawled on the ground and used his body to increase the area and reduce the bearing capacity of the ice surface.

 Slowly move forward, grab the rope in your hand and throw it forward.

 “Summer Solstice, next!”

Xia Zhi was already hanging on the edge of the broken ice with her hands to prevent her heavy clothes from dragging her into the water.

Hearing Zhou Zhengan's voice, she tried to raise her hand to grab the rope.

 But the water temperature was too low. She was shivering from the cold, and her movements began to become slow and clumsy.

 The rope fell into the water.

Zhou Zhengan wanted to move forward. As long as he grabbed Xia Zhi's collar, he could drag her ashore.

 But the ice beneath him began to scream in protest.

Zhou Zhengan was in a panic. He knew he had to get Xia Zhi out immediately. In two minutes, Xia Zhi would be frozen and gone.

 Even if he wanted to drag Xia Zhi out by then, he might not be able to catch anyone.

 “Can you hold the rope on Summer Solstice?”

Xia Zhi’s face was as white as snow, and his whole body was trembling in the ice water.

I tried my best to reach for the rope in the water, but my hand always missed the rope.

 And the teeth have begun to fight violently.

Zhou Zhengan slowly crawled towards Xia Zhi step by step.

When Xia Zhi raised her head and saw this scene, she shouted in horror.

 “No, you must not come here. Don’t do this.”

Zhou Zhengan has slowed down as much as possible and spread his limbs to spread his weight on the ice.

 But even so, he could still feel the ice cracking under his body.

 It's just an arm's length away.

 Just one arm.

As long as he stretched out his hand, he could grab Xia Zhi's collar, but in fact the distance seemed like a natural chasm.

 Isolated the two of them in two places.

The ice block that Xia Zhi grabbed sank directly as the ice surface broke. She felt that the heavy cotton coat was dragging her toward the bottom of the water.

 At this moment, Zhou Zhengan struggled forward, increasing his speed and sacrificing safety.

Almost at the moment Xia Zhi sank, Zhou Zhengan also jumped directly from the ice into the water.

Grabbed Xia Zhi by the collar, and the weight of the two people caused more ice cubes around him to break.

Xia Zhi's weight dragged Zhou Zhengan downwards, but Zhou Zhengan struggled to slide his arms with Xia Zhi, forcing him to protrude from the bottom of the water.

 “Summer Solstice! I’ll pull you out immediately.”

Zhou Zhengan's teeth also began to chatter. The cold hit him from all directions, and his whole body seemed to be frozen into ice in an instant.

 Hooking up the rope from the water, he put it tightly around Xia Zhi’s waist.

Xia Zhi’s lips have turned blue and her limbs have become numb.

 In her two lifetimes together, she has never been so cold.

 (End of this chapter)