C1623 Wealthy Marriage 1550
Ding Yiyi shook her head at her, took her hand away, then walked up to the woman who kept mumbling to herself and paced back and forth in front of her.
Sure enough, no matter where she went, the woman's eyes were dull and lifeless. Her mouth was mumbling something to herself.
At the other side, Eli also let go of the woman's neck and walked towards Ding Yiyi. "Stinky woman, are you challenging me?"
"Take a good look at her. Didn't you notice that something was wrong with her?" Ding Yiyi scolded loudly. If she wasn't mistaken, this woman seemed to have gone mad from the pressure?
As if trying to verify her words, the woman who was just mumbling to herself suddenly had a crazed look on her face. She stretched out her hand to grab her scalp, forcefully pulling off her hair, and very quickly, tufts of it were forcefully pulled off.
Zhao Tao was very close to the woman. She was shocked to see the woman going crazy. She pulled off all of her hair, exposing her red and white scalp.
It was too scary. She wanted to run away and not see this, but her legs felt like lead was poured on them and she couldn't move. Suddenly, the woman looked at her.
"We are all going to die. No one can escape. This is God's punishment for us inferior people. I must have done something wrong."
"Little Peach." Ding Yiyi pulled her peach away, but she didn't dare to look at that woman. It was just too scary.
After the woman had finished tearing off her scalp, she started to strip like a wild beast, completely relying on her hands to tear off her clothes.
Her behavior finally caught the attention of the outside world. The women heard the sound of heavy footsteps above their heads, and they quickly gathered together, huddled together again.
Soon the iron door opened, and a lamp fell, sweeping first among the women, then over to the woman who was still mumbling to herself.
Not long later, a curse sounded out, followed by the lamp being taken away, and the iron chest being closed again.
"Little Peach, are you alright?" Ding Yiyi felt that her expression and mood were very bad.
Little Peach didn't answer her, but turned around and laid down as usual. She closed her eyes as if she was sleeping.
Ding Yiyi sighed, then shifted her gaze to the iron sheet. From the few minutes of opening, she could tell that it was already afternoon. Was it the sixth day, the eighth day, or even longer?
The father-in-law should have already noticed that she had disappeared. Would he notify Ye Nianmo? Thinking of this, hope rose in her eyes. No matter what, Ye Family would definitely come for her, and Ye Nianmo would definitely come for her. What she had to do was to survive.
She put aside the feeling of missing her family and began to observe the cracks in the metal. Every time those people wanted to come down, they would put down a ladder and take it away. Without a ladder, it was impossible for her to climb up.
She was having a headache thinking about it. The woman beside her was still crazily shouting. Quite a few women were frightened by the scene, so they too started crying silently on the side.
In the evening, the iron chest opened again, and a ladder was slowly lowered. The women, who were already restless, quickly gathered together. All that was left was that insane woman wandering around the narrow space.
"Tsk tsk, this sow looks pretty good." It was the fat man again.
Ding Yiyi stared at the ladder, wondering how she could have it. She shifted her attention back to the two men coming down the ladder.
They were holding the crazy woman on either side of them. The woman was shouting and shouting at the top of her lungs. The fat man slapped her on the face and her pretty face swelled up on the side.
"If you make any more noise, I'll kill you." The fat man threatened.
Ding Yiyi felt Zhao Tao's body violently tremble. However, she couldn't care about her now, so she could only use her hand to grab onto her own. She was surprised to find that her hand was terrifyingly cold.
On the other side, the crazy woman didn't listen to what the others were saying at all. She continued to smile foolishly while not knowing what to say.
The fat man cursed under his breath and winked at his companion. One of them knocked the woman out and pulled out a gunny sack.
After putting the crazy woman in a sack, the fat man lifted his feet while a man dragged his head outside the forest towards the staircase with great difficulty.
When they reached the stairs, the man went up first and then dragged the bag by the side. The fat man held the bag at the back, slowly lifting the woman up.
The women at the scene started to resume their activities. They avoided the ladder in fear, afraid that they would be seen by the people on top. They were surprised to see the woman who was running in the opposite direction.
Ding Yiyi stood on the ladder and reached out her hand to touch the rusty metal frame. "Calm down, calm down." Trembling, she took hold of both ends of the frame and tried to put her feet on the ladder.
All the women were looking at her, seeing her trying to run away. Was this crazy?
Ding Yiyi didn't have time to think about this. She only knew that this was a golden opportunity that was hard to come by. Those men would definitely come back, and she would definitely go and take a look at the situation.
The sea breeze grew stronger as she climbed higher, and the damp, fresh air filled her with hope and expectation for the future. She stuck her head out against the speckled starlight.
What entered her eyes were piles and piles of junk, but this could just serve as a cover. This ship was indeed not big, it should be said to be very small, and the flag on it she didn't know which flag was.
At this moment, she faintly saw a flickering light not too far away. That light was the most inspiring thing she had seen in the past few days. It was the Light of Hope!
She wanted to cry out, to grow wings and fly into that light, and then she heard, "Plop!" Did something heavy fall into the water?
"What a pity for that woman, otherwise it would have been a good price." The man's rough and casual voice sounded.
Ding Yiyi bit her lower lip fiercely, but her body was still trembling. Her hands, which were clinging to the shelves, could not muster any strength. Those people had actually thrown living people into the sea. How could they be human?
As the footsteps drew closer, the man's voice became clearer. "Why don't you put the ladder away?"
"Hahaha, it's okay, have you ever seen a sow that can climb trees? I didn't expect them to do that."
The men came to the iron lids, and for the pleasure of threatening, they deliberately stamped the lids with loud bangs and laughed arrogantly.
"Look, even if I put the iron shelf here, these people wouldn't run away." The man smiled and slowly pulled the rack up, then closed the lid.
Darkness returned to the room once more, and people silently watched the people who had only put their heads out of the cabin.
Ding Yiyi gently pushed Zhao Tao, who was still in a daze, "Little Peach, I didn't guess wrong. I saw that there's a pier not far away, or tomorrow, or the day after. When they go ashore to resupply, it'll be time for us to run away."
Zhao Tao wasn't as excited as she'd thought. She curled up in a corner, hugging her knees, and asked softly, "What did they do to that woman?"
Ding Yiyi had no way to answer and could only remain silent. The other party had also guessed the outcome. Her body trembled again and then she lay back down.
All night long, Ding Yiyi had been thinking about escape plans, and when the footsteps in the cabin began to sound again, the rudiments of escape plans had already formed in her mind.
She opened the iron sheet and blended into the crowd, pretending to pick up the food. However, she secretly observed the sky and greedily sucked in the air that was floating down from above.
After a while, the iron gate closed again, and people took the food they had grabbed and found themselves a corner to eat and drink, as if they were completing a fixed pattern.
Will they listen to me? Ding Yiyi wasn't confident, but there was nothing she could do. She could only put everything on the line and put forth all her effort, resigned herself to fate.
"Everyone." Ding Yiyi tried her best to lower her voice so that everyone could hear her own voice.
The rest of the team stopped what they were doing and looked at her curiously.
Ding Yiyi walked into the crowd, her face slightly flushed from excitement. "Everyone, listen to me. I climbed up the mountain last night and saw a lighthouse, which means there's land not far away."
She swallowed, then raised the bread in her hand. "You see, the bread is getting longer and longer, and there are less of them, so they have to go ashore to replenish it. We just need to find a way to get out of here."
Someone's eyes flashed with the light of escape, and they whispered, "Yes, it might be possible. She could have gone up there and seen it. It can't be wrong."
"So what about the ladder? How are we supposed to get up there, and how are you going to make sure we get away? " The hope in her eyes was replaced by doubt and lack of confidence. This emotion spread to the others, and soon everyone's interest was repressed.
Ding Yiyi nodded. "I've thought about it. What if we pretend to be sick?" Then, in order to avoid contagion to others, they will definitely come down to treat them, and what we need to do is to take what they have when they come down, subdue them, and then climb up the stairs. "
Everyone looked at each other without saying a word. At this time, it was either because they did not want to be spearheaded birds, or because they were scared out of their wits.
Ding Yiyi knew that the crowd would have this kind of reaction. She encouraged them, "I'll be the patient to attract their attention. When I give a hand signal, everyone will rush forward and knock them out. With so many of us, it should be possible to subdue two men."
Everyone looked at each other. After a long time, no one expressed their opinion. At this moment, Eli stepped forward. "Sure."1
Her support surged through the crowd, and people looked at her, hesitant and eager to try.
"Don't be so girly, when the time comes, pick up whatever we can and beat them up without leaving a single one of them alive." She crushed the bread in her hand.
The situation was much better than he expected. Ding Yiyi looked at him expectantly. She felt that she could definitely achieve her goal. As long as she went ashore, there would definitely be people helping her.
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