Of course, those are too far away. Although Li Ping'an is worried, the most important thing right now is to save his life on the way to escape. After all, if my life is gone, those distant worries will naturally be gone as well.
Spending the most solid night in the house since embarking on the road to escape, otherwise we would think that the house is so important. Although it is not our own house, it is still a shelter from wind and rain, and the thick walls bring people a sense of security. There is so much sense of security.
When preparing food for the day in the morning, some people suggested that they should leave and stay in this house until the court came to provide relief. It was less than ten days' journey from Xiaochen Village - it was still a slow journey to escape the famine. It only takes that long, but in fact it is shorter - by then they can return to Xiaochen Village to rebuild their homes.
No one is willing to leave their hometown if they can.
But no one knew what the situation was outside, nor did they know when they would wait for the government to provide disaster relief. They only knew that the land was full of refugees, and after walking for so long, they had not seen any fields with rice.
If they want to survive, they have no choice but to escape.
The vinegar that Li Ping'an bought before was given to Dr. Zhu. According to Dr. Zhu, vinegar is a commonly used material in the preparation of medicinal materials. It can correct the smell and taste, reduce the toxicity of the medicine, and is also convenient for storage.
Li Ping'an was very lucky to meet Dr. Zhu. He only knew that earthworms were edible and rich in protein, but he did not know that eating large amounts of earthworms could lead to poisoning.
Of course, he didn't think that even without Dr. Zhu, he would do bad things with good intentions. To be honest, the earthworms they dug up were not enough for one person to share a bite.
While on the road during the day, Dr. Zhu placed all the vinegar-made earthworms in the most conspicuous position, so that the refugees could see them digging up the earthworms and eating them, so that no one would always keep an eye on their belongings with malicious intent. .
After a night's rest, there were more refugees on the road. Although most of them were illiterate and short-sighted, some were stupid, some were shrewd, and some pretended to be confused. They all knew that the city would not always control them. No matter how good the officials in the state capital are, they can't conjure up rice and grain out of thin air. So many refugees are crowding into the state city, but there is only one porridge shed and two large pots. This is obviously a disguised form of driving people away.
Some fast-footed people caught up, and Li Ping'an also got some news from their fragmentary conversations. There were refugees starting to grab other people's porridge outside the city. For adults, eating a bowl of porridge a day is equivalent to not eating. , The porridge shed couldn't find any extra ones, so he set his sights on the weak.
For example, if there are no mature women and children at home, the porridge will be taken away from the woman when she is feeding her children. The two or three-year-old child will only eat one mouthful and cry with hunger. He may starve to death one day.
There were too many refugees for the state army and government officials to take care of them.
Li Ping'an felt uncomfortable in his heart. No wonder the gods in the sky made mistakes and were demoted to the earth. Isn't this scene unique to purgatory?
It doesn't matter if you die, you can get rid of it if you die. In this shitty world, you will be tortured only if you are alive.
When they were on their way the next day, a skinny woman knelt down and blocked their way with a baby in her arms.
"Masters, please do me a favor and give me a bite to eat. The child is about to starve to death."
Li Ping'an was about to step forward to take a closer look when he saw Li Erlin pull out the woodcutter stuck in his waist, pointed at the woman and said sternly: "Get out of the way quickly, or I will chop you to death and you can still survive." Pick up a child and eat it!”
The woman was so frightened that she trembled. Even so, she had no intention of getting out of the way. She kept kneeling there, kowtow and begged.
It's strange that even though she moved so much, the baby in her arms didn't move at all. I don't know if she fainted from hunger or something. Li Ping'an kept a careful eye and vigilantly observed the environment on both sides of the official road.
He is not a good person, but he is definitely not a bad person. He can be a little kind-hearted as long as he can ensure his own safety. But obviously now is not the time to show mercy. There are so many refugees passing by. As long as they are a little soft-hearted and give a little rice, the refugees will swarm them, crowding them and asking for food.
Moreover, just the day before yesterday, some refugees kindly reminded them that there were cannibals ahead of them. After walking for two days, they suddenly encountered someone stopping them. No matter how much they thought about it, they felt something was wrong.
"Why are you listening to her talking so much nonsense!"
Just as Li Ping'an was observing, a voice sounded, and soon he saw a shadow walking from behind him to the front. After a closer look, he saw clearly that the figure was his aunt Li Dafang.
Li Dafang was seen walking quickly in front of the kneeling woman with a hatchet. He raised it high and struck the woman on the head. The woman screamed in fright and fell to the ground. The hatchet fell and fell from in front of the woman. It crossed over and landed on the unconscious baby, almost hitting the baby.
Li Dafang's eyes swept across the baby's face and spat, "What the hell, you're holding a dead baby and stopping us to beg for food! I fled north seventeen years ago and killed the deserters who came off the battlefield with a hoe. If you are dissatisfied with your longevity, see if I dare to strike a second time?"
The woman glanced at the sharpened hatchet with fear. When she heard these words, she quickly dropped the child and crawled away.
Li Ping'an swallowed. He had heard that his aunt was powerful and domineering since he was a child, but seeing her was worse than hearing it. She was really domineering beyond his imagination. There was a sentence in his throat that wanted to burst out, "Auntie is mighty", but Hao Xuan still held it back.
Li Ping'an was not the only one who was stunned. Li Ping'an had heard of his aunt's "glorious deeds", but those in Xiaochen Village had never heard of it. In their impression, this was the first time that Li Dafang was fast-moving and generous. Seeing that she has such a fierce side.
He is worthy of being someone who has survived in a world of war and chaos. Without this ruthlessness, it would be really difficult to survive.
Li Dafang turned back to look at the stunned crowd. He was furious and glared at Li Erlin and Zhang Yu, "After all this time, you are still dawdling. You should be cruel when you should be cruel."
"I'm planning to take action now, so you're the first to get there." Li Erlin said with a flattering smile. When they fled north, he was only the same age as Li Ping'an now, and there were his father, second uncle, third uncle and eldest brother in front of him. My eldest sister and cousins are supporting me. He really didn't have a soft heart just now. He really had murderous intentions. It was because he escaped the disaster that he realized deeply that kindness is a life-threatening talisman.
It's just that he needs some mental construction. In the process, Li Dafang took action first.
Zhang Yu said dryly: "I didn't waste any time, I was just waiting for Erlin to call for action."
Li Erlin glanced at his brother-in-law sadly, he didn't expect you, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, to stab you in the back? He wanted to argue a few words, but was blocked by Li Dafang before he could speak.
"Forget it, just do it better next time. A few people will dig a hole on the side of the road and bury the dead baby."
After all, the child was innocent and had been dead for a long time. He couldn't bear to leave his body in the wilderness or be picked up and eaten. Let him rest in peace so that he can be reincarnated and find a good family to enjoy happiness in the next life.
After that, everyone continued on their way, but there was a stone weighing on their hearts. They all knew that they were afraid of being targeted.
However, after this incident, the strangers who were traveling with them looked at them with horror in their eyes. After all, they had just seen that this group of people really dared to use the knife.
Some even quickened their pace, just to keep distance from them, for fear that one day they would run out of food and would kill them for meat. There are also some who don’t know where to escape anyway, so they simply follow this group of ruthless people, so that they can be safer at least.
