Chapter 180: The Beasts’ Survival on a Deserted Island
“No, part of our food source still depends on fishing in the sea. What if we attract sharks? Let’s just burn it.” Xu Damao said.

“If we burn her, we’ll have to find wood again, which is very tiring. It’s better to just dig a hole and bury her.” Liu Gen said.

“No, who knows if Jia Zhang is sick? What if she pollutes the land or causes an infectious disease? Things are different now. In the past, we only needed to buy some medicine, but now we can only bear it on our own.”

“Let Qin Huairu, Banggeng and others burn Jia Zhangshi, and we will keep an eye on them.” Xu Damao said firmly.

Everyone thought so too. They believed that they couldn’t get sick at a time like this, because if they did, they would have to bear the illness on their own.

Under the strong demands of Xu Damao, Liugen and others, Qin Huairu, Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua went to collect branches reluctantly.

Fortunately, Xu Damao and others had either matches or lighters on them, so they didn’t have to worry about fire for the time being.

While Banggeng was looking for firewood and branches, he was cursing Xu Damao and others. If Qin Huairu had not stopped him, Banggeng would have fought with Xu Damao.

Qin Huairu felt extremely tired. She thought Banggeng was smart, but he turned out to be a fool. Didn’t he see so many people on Xu Damao’s side? Moreover, she was in the wrong because she was related to Jia Zhang.

Bang Geng was stopped by Qin Huairu and was already angry. He could only vent his anger by scolding Xu Damao and others.

As for He Yuzhu, Banggeng didn’t dare to scold him. After seeing He Yuzhu’s strength, Banggeng became scared. Let alone anything else, what would he do if He Yuzhu suddenly had the urge to take all these people back and left himself alone on the island?

If it really comes to that, it can be said that there is no one to help. Unlike now, although it is also tragic, after all, there are so many people with me, even if we die, we will die together.

When he thought of this, Bang Geng hated Xu Damao even more: “It’s all because of that bastard Xu Damao. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be so tired. And Liu Gen and the others are all a bunch of dead people…”

Xu Damao and his group were already angry. They had worked so hard to get such a small amount of food, but it was all eaten up by Jia Zhang. Bang Geng was cursing there too.

Everyone was already angry, and now they were even more furious.

“Beat him up.” A shout came from the crowd, and this shout once again aroused the anger in everyone’s hearts.

In an instant, countless voices rang out.

“Beat him up.”

Everyone rushed forward and started punching and kicking Bang Geng. Qin Huairu tried to stop them but was pulled aside and beaten by a group of women.

Although Banggeng was screaming in pain from being beaten, his eyes showed a sinister light as he stared at Xu Damao and the others, making Xu Damao and the others feel frightened.

Xu Damao narrowed his eyes and felt a chill in his heart. Xu Damao knew very well that Banggeng was a wolf cub who would not only bite people but also eat them. He was a man who could not be defeated.

Xu Damao took the opportunity to rush forward and kicked Banggeng hard between his legs. Then he kicked Banggeng’s knees twice with all his strength.

With a sound of “crack”, Banggeng’s two legs were kicked off.

“Ah! Xu Damao, I will kill you, I will kill you!” Bang Geng screamed hysterically, curled up, hugged his knees with his hands, and rolled on the ground.

“Xu Damao, you beast! Are you still a human being? Banggeng just scolded you a few words, do you have to be so cruel? Everyone should be careful, Xu Damao can break Banggeng’s legs, and he can also break your legs.” Qin Huairu struggled desperately to break free from the restraints of those old women, rushed up, pushed everyone away, and protected Banggeng.

At the same time, Qin Huairu did not forget to instigate.

“Qin Huairu, you don’t need to stir up trouble. We are all very clear-sighted. Don’t change the subject. Although Jia Zhang is dead, you still have to compensate for the food she stole. This is the food we exchanged our lives for. Don’t think that you can just twist your butt and cry a few times and the matter will be over. It’s impossible!”

“Before dark, you must return the food that Jia Zhang stole from us, otherwise, you and your family will be left to fend for yourselves. We will send people to keep an eye on you, and as long as you get the food, we will snatch it away.” Xu Damao said viciously.

The reason why Xu Damao did this was that he deeply understood that on this wild island, only a ruthless heart could survive.

The biggest threat to Xu Damao was Banggeng. Xu Damao knew that Banggeng was capable of doing anything. If he let Banggeng go easily, given Banggeng’s temper, he might sneak up on him at night and beat him up.

If he was just beaten up, it would be a good thing, but he was afraid that he would be seriously injured. Based on Xu Damao’s understanding of the beasts in the courtyard, if he was beaten up seriously, no one would come to help him, and there would even be many people who would add insult to injury.

So Xu Damao decided to strike first.

Qin Huairu’s face changed instantly. Here, no food means death.

“You can’t do this. We neighbors should help each other. Second uncle, third uncle, you have to stand up and say something to lead everyone out of this predicament.” Qin Huairu instinctively looked for someone to back her up.

When Liu Haizhong heard this, he became eager to gain power and wanted to step forward to make decisions. However, before he could open his mouth, he was pulled back by Yan Bugui.

“Old Liu, you are stupid. Qin Huairu is clearly using us as a weapon. You still think we are in a courtyard. This is a deserted island. There are no laws, no streets, and no police stations. Whoever is young and strong has the final say.”

“Can’t you see what our situation is now? Our two families are equivalent to Yi Zhonghai in the past, a family with no descendants. Although your family has three sons, none of them are here, so you are just an old widower;”

“Me too. Although Yan Jiecheng and the others are here, it makes no difference whether they are here or not. If you dare to stand up, Xu Damao and the others will beat you to a half-paralysis.”

“When that happens, you can only wait for death.” Yan Bugui said in a low voice.

Xu Damao was very smart. He took advantage of the incident of Jia Zhang stealing food to not only solve the problem but also tie everyone together.

“Give me back the food!” Xu Damao said viciously.

“Give us back our food!” Liu Gen and others also said viciously.

In the face of survival, everything has to give way.

Qin Huairu looked at the hideous faces of the crowd and had no choice but to agree to repay.

As time passed, the beasts in the courtyard began to gradually tear off their disguises and reveal their most primitive sides.

Facing the cruel living environment, the first to be eliminated was Bang Geng. As Bang Geng was seriously injured, he could not hunt and had to rely on Qin Huairu, Xiaodang and Huaihua.

The only means Qin Huairu and the other two had to obtain food were fishing, picking wild fruits, digging wild vegetables, etc. Unlike Xu Damao and the others, who could organize hunting, the food sources Qin Huairu and the other two naturally had were limited.

It’s not that Qin Huairu didn’t think about integrating into the group, but the others were already well aware of Qin Huairu’s family’s selfishness, greed, and bullying of the weak and fear of the strong, and they didn’t give them any chance at all.

If it were in the courtyard house in the past, everyone would have to bite the bullet and say hello to Qin Huairu no matter how much they annoyed her, especially when Yi Zhonghai was still around, even if the beasts in the courtyard hated Qin Huairu in their hearts, they could only swallow their anger and let Qin Huairu’s family take advantage.

Now, Qin Huairu is no longer spoiled. The fact that the beasts in the courtyard did not take advantage of Qin Huairu’s family when they were down already shows that they still have some humanity.

Qin Huairu and the other two got little food, and there was also Banggeng, a burden. At first, due to the bond of family affection, Xiaodang and Huaihua still took care of Banggeng. However, after a long time, Xiaodang and Huaihua could not bear the hunger anymore, so they naturally stopped taking care of Banggeng.

Banggeng was very favored at home. He had to obey everything and was used to being lawless. Seeing Xiaodang and Huaihua treating him like this, he naturally cursed at them. Banggeng also took advantage of Xiaodang’s inattention and grabbed Xiaodang’s hair and beat him hard, as if he wanted to beat Xiaodang to death. At this time, Qin Huairu was still outside looking for food.

Just when Xiaodang was about to be beaten to death by Banggeng, Huaihua rushed over, smashed Banggeng’s head with a stone, and then bit Banggeng’s wrist with her mouth to save Xiaodang.

After Xiaodang was rescued, he immediately crawled away from Banggeng. Huaihua also took the opportunity to escape from Banggeng. Since Banggeng’s legs were broken and he could not move, he could only curse Xiaodang with all kinds of vicious words.

After Xiaodang recovered for a moment and regained his strength, he looked at Banggeng with murderous eyes, then picked up a stone and smashed it on Banggeng’s head.

Xiaodang smashed more than ten stones before he vented his anger.

Afterwards, Xiaodang took Huaihua and resolutely left the Qin family and joined Xu Damao’s group.

On this unconstrained desert island, women, or more precisely young women, are a precious resource. Whether based on heritage reception or personal comfort, Xiaodang and Huaihua were easily accepted into the group.

People like Qin Huairu, who are old and ugly, are excluded.

When Qin Huairu returned to the makeshift straw hut, she found Banggeng, whose head was covered in blood and who was dying. Qin Huairu was shocked and asked Banggeng what happened.

Banggeng first ate up all the food that Qin Huairu had found. After he had some strength back, he told the story of Xiaodang and Huaihua’s evil deeds in an exaggerated way.

Qin Huairu went to find Xiaodang and Huaihua angrily. Xiaodang didn’t waste any words and directly showed the scars on his body from being beaten by Banggeng. Qin Huairu was speechless and realized that Banggeng was lying.

What Qin Huairu hoped most was that the whole family could work together to survive, but how could this be possible? Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua grew up in the Jia family’s environment, and they were all extremely selfish. It was impossible to expect them to work together.

Xiaodang even broke off relations with Qin Huairu and Banggeng on the spot.

The reason is simple, pure and intuitive.

“I want to live and don’t want to be beaten to death by a stick.” Xiaodang said.

“I will warn Banggeng, Xiaodang, Huaihua, let’s go back and be together as a family.” Qin Huairu said sadly.

“Haha, do you believe this? Believe it or not, if we go back with you, I will definitely not survive the next day. That night, Banggeng will strangle me to death while I sleep.” Xiaodang sneered.

Qin Huairu was speechless again, because, this kind of thing is really possible for Bang Geng to do.

Qin Huairu tried to persuade them for a long time, but Xiaodang and Huaihua remained unmoved. In the end, Qin Huairu could only return to her thatched cottage dejectedly.

Qin Huairu grew up in the countryside and had a strong ability to survive. It was no problem for her to support herself. However, with the addition of a stick, Qin Huairu became a little stretched.

The key point is that Banggeng is purely a burden. Not only can he not help, but he also cannot provide emotional value. He complains every day, either cursing this or that, and shouting that he is hungry every day.

As soon as Qin Huairu came back, Banggeng started wailing for food and ate up all the food Qin Huairu brought back without any intention of leaving any for Qin Huairu.

After a long time, Qin Huairu felt a little disappointed.

Hunger can make people crazy, but it can also make people calm. After Qin Huairu calmed down, she knew that she could not rely on Banggeng. Moreover, due to the harsh living environment on the deserted island, Banggeng’s injuries not only did not heal, but instead tended to gradually worsen.

Finally, Qin Huairu made up her mind to eat her fill first. So far, Banggeng has gone from being able to eat almost every day to being hungry nine times out of three days.

When Bang Geng saw that Qin Huairu couldn’t bring back any food, he started to curse at her and even asked her to be a whore in order to exchange some food from Xu Damao’s gang.

Seeing that Qin Huairu disagreed, Banggeng climbed up to her in the middle of the night while she was sleeping, grabbed her hair and hit her head hard.

Qin Huairu gave up completely. She pried open the fingers that were grabbing her hair one by one, then gave up on Bang Geng completely and let him fend for himself.

Banggeng died within three days. Qin Huairu was afraid that Banggeng might get sick and pollute the water source or the land, so she burned Banggeng and buried his ashes and remaining bones in a pit.

Xu Damao’s side was also constantly engaged in internal strife. In such an environment, morality and humanity were all useless. Only strength was respected. Whoever had greater strength, bigger fists and could fight better would be the boss.

Only now did Xu Damao understand why Yi Zhonghai emphasized respecting the elderly and loving the young every day. After all, it was all for survival. Making this somewhat excessive respecting the elderly and loving the young into fixed rules would ensure his life in his later years.

Unfortunately, this approach simply doesn’t work here.

After constant adjustments and struggles, the group Xu Damao belonged to finally formed a certain order through fists under the leadership of the younger generation including Wang Jianmin, Zhang Liming, and Li Aijun.

With order comes injustice.

First of all, the older generation was eliminated, like the Liu Haizhong couple. They were old and had no ability to survive. Liu Haizhong’s sledgehammer was useless here, so naturally they got very little food every day.

But Liu Haizhong has no self-awareness and wants to act like the second uncle, asking Xu Damao and others to provide food.

Food is life!
How could Xu Damao and others provide food to Liu Haizhong? Not only did they not provide food, they also beat Liu Haizhong up.

Liu Haizhong was old and weak, and he could not get enough food, so he was gradually eliminated.

The next to be eliminated were Yan Bugui and his wife. Yan Bugui wanted to ask Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang for food.

The three brothers of Yan family used the family motto that “if you don’t plan well, you will be poor” to settle accounts with Yan Bugui. Since Yan Bugui had no ability to repay, none of the three brothers lent him food.

Yan Bugui initially borrowed grain in the name of the three brothers of the Yan family, but was later found out and beaten up. The blame finally fell on the three brothers of the Yan family.

The three brothers of the Yan family stated on the spot that no one could borrow food in their name. Eventually, Yan Bugui and his wife followed in the footsteps of Liu Haizhong and his wife and died.

As Wang Jianmin and others became more and more powerful and the situation became more and more unfair, Xu Damao keenly felt that something was wrong. In this group, he became an elder.

When Xu Damao felt something was wrong, he immediately slipped away.

The island was big enough, so Wang Jianmin and others survived by the sea, and Xu Damao prepared to run to the other side of the deserted island or the center of the island to survive.

Qin Huairu had been keeping an eye on Xu Damao and his gang. When Qin Huairu saw Xu Damao running away, she also ran after him.

Although Qin Huairu didn’t understand why Xu Damao ran away, she believed in Xu Damao’s wisdom and believed that Xu Damao would not do such an unwise thing.

“Xu Damao, why are you running?” Qin Huairu couldn’t help but ask after catching up with Xu Damao.

(End of this chapter)