Chapter 181 The End of All Birds
“Because I don’t want to die.” When Xu Damao saw Qin Huairu catching up with him, he stopped and said in a deep voice.

“Isn’t it pretty good over there? Not only is there strength in numbers, but there’s also plenty of food, a division of labor, and order.” Qin Huairu asked in confusion.

“Tsk~” Xu Damao couldn’t help but sneer and said, “Because it’s unfair, and because there is no absolute suppression by force.”

At this time, Xu Damao was as calm as a wise man. This was also related to the fact that Xu Damao had been going to the countryside to show movies for many years. In the countryside of the Third Line, the environment there was more cruel. Xu Damao had witnessed many more tragic and cruel things there than in the countryside of the former capital.

Xu Damao is a little clever and a real villain, which gives him a clear understanding of the world.

The environment on a deserted island is somewhat similar to the environment in poor mountains and bad waters.

The cruel environment made Xu Damao see the shortcomings of his temporary group at a glance, so Xu Damao made the most calm judgment and made survival the first goal.

“Not to mention this lawless island, even in Siheyuan, Yi Zhonghai and his men didn’t do justice.”

“Why was Yi Zhonghai able to control Siheyuan before? First, because he was appointed by the street committee; second, because Yi Zhonghai was an eighth-level worker in the factory; third, because Yi Zhonghai had a powerful thug named Sha Zhu.”

“The appointment of the street means the constraints of the law and absolute force. With Yi Zhonghai’s status and Sha Zhu’s thug, Yi Zhonghai can dominate the courtyard.”

“But without the appointment from the street, Yi Zhonghai is not an eighth-level worker, and without Sha Zhu as his thug, Yi Zhonghai is a dead end. Let alone dominating the courtyard, it would be a great achievement for him not to be bullied to death.”

“Look at the present. Even though Wang Jianmin, Zhang Limin, and Li Aijun have established a system similar to the three uncles in the Siheyuan, it will definitely not last long.”

“Human desires are unlimited, but the materials for survival are limited. In the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui often quarreled over survival, let alone the three of them.”

“The key is that none of the three of them has the strong force to overwhelm the others. If another one refuses to obey, he can kill or injure the other in the middle of the night. In short, this model will definitely not last long.”

“Just wait and see. Before long, they will have violent conflicts over food, housing, women, etc., and then start internal strife,” Xu Damao analyzed calmly.

Xu Damao’s words made Qin Huairu’s eyes light up and made Qin Huairu look at him with new eyes.

“Then how can we survive for a long time?” Qin Huairu asked.

Qin Huairu also knew that everyone here had their own selfish desires, and it was harder than climbing to the sky to get them to unite. These people were not good at anything else, but they were good at hindering others and causing trouble, and each one was better than the other.

Just as Xu Damao said, if you really want to unite these people, you must have inhuman force like Sha Zhu. In such a place, reasoning is useless and fists are the most useful.

“There is only one situation that can allow everyone to survive for a long time.” Xu Damao said.

“What’s going on?” Qin Huairu asked immediately.

“That means only one man must be left, and all the other men must die.” Xu Damao said.

Qin Huairu was stunned when she heard this. After thinking for a long time, she found that what Xu Damao said was true.

Women in this period are still relatively traditional in their thinking and will instinctively rely on men. If there is only one man left, women will instinctively rely on this man…

Qin Huairu also wanted to rely on a man, but she didn’t have the chance before. Now that she has Xu Damao, she naturally has to rely on him.

Xu Damao also wanted a companion, whether it was for physiological or survival reasons, he needed a companion who could let him put down most of his guard. The two of them walked towards the center of the island together tacitly to get away from those people.

Qin Huairu grew up in the countryside and has plenty of survival experience. Although Xu Damao grew up in the city, after going to the Third Front, he went to the mountainous and remote valleys every day to show movies. He also went through some hardships and has a certain survival ability.

There were no large animals on the island. Instead, the threats to them were mosquitoes, leeches, snakes and the like. Fortunately, Xu Damao and Qin Huairu were relatively hardy in the Third Front. On their way away from Wang Jianmin and his friends, they found a freshwater lake. After discussion, they decided to set up camp here temporarily.

Not only did the two find a freshwater lake, there were also fish in the lake, which temporarily solved their food crisis. The key point was that Xu Damao also found a cave that could shelter them from the wind and rain.

Xu Damao had lived in a cave before, and was very satisfied with this cave-like stone cave. Xu Damao immediately took off his belt. Qin Huairu, as an experienced person, did not take such things seriously. Instead, she was eager to try and said “dead ghost”.

“Qin Huairu, is your head full of shit? I’m almost starving to death, who has the mind to have sex with you at this time.” Xu Damao looked at Qin Huairu with contempt and said disdainfully.

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he removed the clip from the belt buckle on his belt, found a stone, and prepared to make the clip from the belt buckle into a fish hook.

“What are you still doing here? Go find some grass and twist it into a rope, and dig up some earthworms. Then go catch some fish while it’s still light,” said Xu Damao.

Qin Huairu finally reacted, but she was extremely thick-skinned, especially in a place like this, she didn’t feel the slightest bit embarrassed at all.

Seeing how capable Xu Damao was, Qin Huairu felt a little relieved.

Qin Huairu also made a great determination to go with Xu Damao. Now, Xu Damao’s performance has exceeded Qin Huairu’s expectations. How can Qin Huairu not be happy?

However, Qin Huairu was too happy too soon. The straw rope could not be made casually. Qin Huairu tried to make a rope for a long time but failed. Even if she could make one, it would be very brittle and would break with the slightest force.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to dig up some earthworms and then tear off Xu Damao’s pants, preparing to use the pants to make a rope. Xu Damao was also helpless. The conditions did not allow it, so he had to do this. If his pants were torn, they were torn. He had to survive first.

Fortunately, Xu Damao had a key chain with a pair of small scissors on it. With these small scissors, Qin Huairu cut Xu Damao’s pants into strips and made them into fishing ropes.

Xu Damao’s pants became big shorts.

After Xu Damao made the fishhook, he found a stick to make a fishing rod, and found a small piece of stick to make a float. He then tied the fishhook to the end of the rope and hung a earthworm on it, and a simple fishing rod was made.

The fish in the lake obviously had no experience or lessons in being fished, so when they saw the earthworms coming, they swarmed over. So, after a brief trial and error, Xu Damao became a fishing expert and caught fish one after another.

Afterwards, Xu Damao dug a pit in his residence, filled it with water, and put the fish into the water so that he could eat them the next day.

Qin Huairu was responsible for grilling the fish, and in this situation, grilling the fish was the only thing she could do.

Without salt, oil or any seasoning, you can imagine how the grilled fish tastes. Even though Qin Huairu had scraped the scales and processed the fish’s internal organs, it still tasted fishy after grilling.

There is no other way. No matter how bad the food tastes, you have to eat first. Only when you are full can you survive.

“Try to get some salt tomorrow,” said Xu Damao.

“Okay, I’ll go get the salt tomorrow.” Qin Huairu said. “Where are you going to get the salt? Don’t steal it there. If you get caught, you’ll definitely get raped and then beaten up. I’ll have to save you then.” Xu Damao said seriously.

“I’m not going to steal. When I was looking for grass to make ropes, I saw a saline-alkali land. After all, I have received training in preparing for war and famine, so I know how to make salt from the soil. Besides, how can I be short of salt living by the sea?” Qin Huairu said.

This time it was Xu Damao’s turn to be stunned. Xu Damao had also participated in training for preparing for war and famine, but as a propaganda person, Xu Damao was regarded as an agency and the training direction was different.

Xu Damao admitted that he had underestimated Qin Huairu. Because of this, Xu Damao suddenly realized that surviving was not too difficult, or not as difficult as he had imagined.

Xu Damao was so happy that he pulled Qin Huairu into the cave and studied the pronunciation and Kun characters with her. Anyway, Xu Damao was infertile and Qin Huairu had an IUD, so neither of them could have children and there was no need to worry about pregnancy.

After feeling comfortable, Xu Damao stroked his old waist and said, “Alas, I’m getting old. It would be nice to have a cigarette at this moment. Qin Huairu, why did that bastard Shazhu abandon us on this island?”

“Who knows what that bastard Sha Zhu is thinking? Maybe he just wants to see us starve to death in an unfamiliar environment? However, one thing is certain, that bastard Sha Zhu is definitely taking revenge on us.” Qin Huairu said.

“Yes! That bastard Shazhu must be taking revenge on us! This bastard Shazhu is so mean, he was not satisfied with sending us to the Third Front, and he had to throw us on a deserted island again.”

“However, I don’t think Shazhu wants to starve us to death. The difficult times were so hard, but we didn’t starve to death. Can he starve us to death here?” Xu Damao said with a frown, looking like a thinker.

Qin Huairu suddenly realized that the reason why so many people died in difficult times was because of severe natural disasters and too many people and too few resources. But here, there are few people and many resources. Although there is no electricity and various tools here, with the survival ability of Qin Huairu and Xu Damao, they can survive.

The physical fitness and survival ability of Qin Huairu and Xu Damao’s group are not comparable to those of people in later generations.

“Then what do you think Shazhu wants to do?” Qin Huairu asked.

“Shazhu wants us to kill each other.” Xu Damao said with certainty.

“Why do you say that?” Qin Huairu asked.

“When we were in the courtyard, we would hold a meeting for the whole courtyard whenever we had something to do, and we would scheme against each other every day. The key point is that we all treated Sha Zhu as a fool. Now that Sha Zhu has become rich, of course he wants revenge, and the best way to retaliate is to play tricks on us.”

“Don’t we always scheme against each other? Don’t we always bully this and that? I guess Shazhu just wants us to fight to our heart’s content and see what will happen if there are no constraints.”

“Shazhu must be hiding in the dark and watching secretly. He might even be laughing when he sees how miserable we are.” Xu Damao said hatefully.

Xu Damao has never hesitated to speculate about He Yuzhu with the greatest malice. People who understand you are often your enemies. It has to be said that Xu Damao’s guess was pretty close.

He Yuzhu just wanted to see how they fought on this isolated island and how they turned into beasts. Xu Damao was wrong about one thing, He Yuzhu was not watching secretly, but openly.

He Yuzhu installed many cameras on the island, not only for his own viewing but also for external broadcasting.

Many people with nothing to do like this, especially those from Western countries. They have nothing to do and are looking for excitement every day, so He Yuzhu will broadcast it to them.

That is to say, it is limited by current technology. If it catches up with future technology, there will definitely be all kinds of live broadcasts everywhere.

I have to say that Xu Damao is really smart.

After Wang Jianmin, Zhang Liming and Li Aijun established a three-uncle system similar to the courtyard house, they couldn’t wait to fight for power, grab food, housing, and women. They acted like the bosses and did nothing else, leaving the task of finding food to others.

If others don’t do it, they will fight.

Although Wang Jianmin and his two companions were strong and good at fighting, they did not possess absolute power and were not invincible. Moreover, there were conflicts among them, so the others instigated them to fight among themselves.

Xiaodang and Huaihua were especially happy dancing. Although Xiaodang and Huaihua were not particularly beautiful, they were considered top beauties on this deserted island.

Beautiful women not only represent resources, but also trouble.

Under constant provocation, conflicts arose frequently among the three. Finally, they could not help fighting among themselves, sometimes forming alliances and sometimes making alliances. Others also got involved for their own interests, which led to a great melee.

Many people were injured. There was no medicine to treat the injuries here, and they could only rely on their own immune system to fight. People kept dying, mostly young and middle-aged people, because they were the first targets of attack.

Women and the elderly, the weak and the disabled, on the contrary, were not given special care. This was especially true when one man launched a sneak attack at night while everyone was asleep and killed Wang Jianmin and others. This made everyone break their bottom line and do whatever it took to survive.

At this time, some people sensed something was wrong and wanted to imitate Xu Damao and escape. However, the situation was different at this time and everyone was as bloodthirsty as wild beasts. Anyone who tried to escape would be attacked.

After a series of brutal internal struggles, coupled with the effects of poor food, injuries and other harsh conditions, all the young and strong men in the courtyard were killed or injured, leaving only a group of women.

At this time, people finally calmed down and thought of Xu Damao.

Xu Damao and Qin Huairu were also observing them from a distance from time to time. When they had killed almost all the monsters, Xu Damao and Qin Huairu came out of the mountain and brought them herbs and some food.

The people who had calmed down began to cry bitterly, but no matter how much they cried, they had to live. No one wanted to commit suicide, so the remaining people, led by Xu Damao, burned the people who had been choked to ashes and continued to work hard to survive.

Xu Damao began to re-establish order, and everyone settled down. Under Xu Damao’s command and leadership, they carried out various construction projects in an orderly manner, reclaimed farmland, planted wild rice and cassava, etc. Everything was clearly divided and relatively fair, and no one complained.

The only problem is that Xu Damao cannot have children. If he cannot have children, it means that their group will eventually become extinct without external force. Fortunately, at this time, women of childbearing age such as Xiaodang and Huaihua show signs of morning sickness, which makes Xu Damao and his group very happy.

Needless to say, Xiaodang and Huaihua were definitely pregnant with Wang Jianmin and others’ children. At this time, no matter whose child it was, it was a good thing. As long as one of them was a boy, their group of people could reproduce, and maybe one day they could even form a tribe.

Although they seemed peaceful on the surface, they were still fighting among themselves. It seemed like it was ingrained in their genes. He Yuzhu didn’t pay too much attention to them.

Don’t they like fighting among themselves? Let them fight to their heart’s content…

In this way, Xu Damao and his group of people lived quietly on this deserted island. Xu Damao was like the emperor here, sleeping with any woman he wanted. After all, they also had this need.

He Yuzhu also used this method to repay Xu Damao’s kindness in rescuing Sha Zhu from under the bridge in his previous life.

As Xu Damao and his companions lived on the deserted island for a long time, the details about the Siheyuan gradually became vague…

It seems that the courtyard is just a dream, and this place is the reality!
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