Chapter 86 So Cold

Xia Zhi followed Zhou Zhengan closely. Her pace was not slow, and her load was no lighter than others.

This was what they had to do. Machinery was useless here, and they could only rely on manpower to do this.

Xia Zhi had done this kind of thing many times in previous years.

He was used to silently looking for traces of cattle in this silence.

He didn't know how long he had walked. According to their route, he had walked for at least five hours.

Finally, a vague whine finally led them to find some cattle stuck behind the snow pile.

There were only about thirty of them.

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

The cattle stuck behind the snow pile finally came out from behind.

And they eagerly asked them for hay.

The two young comrades put down the licorice on their shoulders, and the cattle immediately devoured it.

Zhou Zhengan counted the number of cattle.

His face was tight.

Everyone knew that the number of these cattle was a drop in the bucket compared to those cattle.

There were only 30 or so cows, and there were still more than 400 cows that had not been found. Who knew how many parts the snowstorm had divided the herd into?

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

Following them with bare hands would not work.

They continued to move forward for almost an hour.

There was a small pond in front, and several cows were lying in the snow hills beside the pond.

Zhou Zhengan counted them and found that there were six dead in total.

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

Everyone's face was very ugly. If this continued, the number of people who could be found could be imagined.

The bodies of these cows could not be thrown here, otherwise it would be a bargain for the wolves.

Zhou Zhengan sent someone back to find other people to pull the dead cows back.

Now there were only four people left.

A cow was crawling on the ground and struggling weakly, and a calf was lying 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 came out of nowhere and rushed towards them desperately.

It was obvious that he saw the hay.

The extremely hungry bull had red eyes and screamed madly, and rushed towards Xia Zhi in front of him with two sharp horns.

It was a completely reckless attitude.

Xia Zhi had never seen a cow go crazy, and now this cow was obviously hungry.

Xia Zhi instinctively stepped back in fear.

Zhou Zhengan and the other three comrades hurriedly took off the hay on their backs and shouted madly 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 it was obvious that the bull was already hungry and had already identified Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi retreated again and again, but the bull was very fast, and he could see the bull rushing towards Xia Zhi.

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

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

At this moment, Zhou Zhengan's terrified warning was suddenly heard.

"Don't retreat anymore, there is ice behind."

Unfortunately, the bull didn't see 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 hurried forward to the edge of the pond.

Near the floating ice, he could no longer move forward and saw Xia Zhi float to the surface.

But the distance between him and Xia Zhi was at least 5m.

It looked like 5m, but in fact they were a little helpless now.

The ice under his feet had already made a creaking sound. If he took another step forward, he might fall into the water from this direction again.

Zhou Zhengan warned the comrades behind him.

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

The two comrades hurriedly stood in place and slowly backed away. Obviously, they also knew that Zhou Zhengan was right. If all three of them fell into the water, it would not be a good thing.

Connect the ropes tied around their waists with the rope tied around Zhou Zhengan's waist.

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

Slowly moved forward and threw the rope in his hand forward.

"Xia Zhi, catch it!"

Xia Zhi had already grabbed the edge of the broken ice with her hands to hang herself there, so as not to be dragged into the water by the heavy clothes.

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

But the water temperature was too low, and she was shivering with cold at this time. Her movements began to become slow and clumsy.

The rope fell into the water.

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

But the ice under his body began to protest.

Zhou Zhengan was anxious. He knew he had to get Xia Zhi out immediately. In two minutes, Xia Zhi would be frozen and shocked.

By then, even if he wanted to drag Xia Zhi out, he might not be able to catch her.

"Xia Zhi, can you grab the rope?"

Xia Zhi's face was as white as snow, and she was shivering in the ice water.

She tried her best to reach out to the rope in the water, but her hand always missed the rope.

And her teeth had 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 had 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.

Just an arm's length away.

Just an arm.

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

The two of them were separated in two places.

The ice cube Xia Zhi grabbed sank directly as the ice surface shattered. She felt the heavy cotton coat dragging her toward the bottom of the water.

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

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

He grabbed Xia Zhi by the collar, and their weight caused more ice cubes around him to break.

Xia Zhi's weight dragged Zhou Zhengan down, but Zhou Zhengan struggled to slide his arms with Xia Zhi, and abruptly emerged from the bottom of the water to the surface.

"Xia Zhi! I'll pull you out immediately."

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

He picked up a rope from the water and 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 combined, she had never been so cold.