After a long night, the rain that lasted for a whole day finally stopped in the early morning of the second day.
Outside Ningcheng, in the forest that had been stripped of its bark and had long since become lifeless, a white mushroom quietly pushed through the mud and stood gracefully in the rising sunshine.
"Mom! Mushroom!"
In the woods, a ragged little boy climbed out of a simple shack when he saw this mushroom sprouting out of his head! The little boy was so surprised that he immediately yelled and rushed forward to pick the mushroom before others found it.
"Mom! Eat quickly. There must be other mushrooms nearby. I'll go pick them again!"
Holding this small mushroom in his hand, the boy happily returned to the shack and stuffed it into his mother's hand. Then he opened his eyes wide and looked around to other places in the forest, hoping to find a few more. mushroom.
"Yazi, you eat first, mother is not hungry!"
In the shack, the haggard woman stood up with difficulty and looked at the mushroom in her hand, with a trace of desire clearly in her eyes!
However, when she heard her son's crunchy voice, she still suppressed the hunger in her belly and tremblingly stuffed the mushroom into her son's hand.
"Mom! Don't lie to me!" The little boy is young and looks to be at most seven or eight years old. Logically speaking, this should be a carefree and playful age, but a sudden disaster... Let the little boy be forced to grow up!
Looking at the other refugees attracted by his shout, the little boy swallowed, forced the mushroom into his mother's mouth, and then licked the remaining mushroom juice in his hand while rushing towards the depths of the forest where there were few people. go.
"Yazi! Slow down!"
Feeling the long-lost sweetness of food in her mouth, the woman's eyes were filled with tears before she knew it!
She has forgotten how many days she has been here! I also forgot the last time I ate something!
I remember in the beginning, the officials here were willing to open the city to give out porridge! Although the porridge was very thin and there were many people grabbing it, it still gave the woman and her son a hope of survival!
However, she did not expect that within a few days of this kind of life, the number of refugees outside the city suddenly increased!
And the officials in the city never opened the city gate again, let alone put out the porridge shed again!
In the first few days, the woman still had hope in her heart, hoping that the closed door would be opened again, hoping that Master Qingtian would be kind again, so she did not leave here immediately, but held her son in her arms. Waiting here hard.
Just wait until now!
Instead of waiting for the gate to open, she witnessed the nightmare scene of countless refugees attacking the city!
It was also from then on that the woman knew that that door would never be opened again!
Unfortunately, by the time she knew this, it was too late, too late!
It was too late and she had no strength left, so she took her son to find a new way of living. She could only stay here like a trapped animal, helpless.
The bark of the tree has been eaten clean by refugees like her!
As for wild vegetables? Not to mention wild vegetables, even the grass roots were dug out of the soil and eaten cleanly!
If this continues, she will have no choice but to eat Guanyin soil, or...
"No! I would rather let him eat me!" Thinking of those four terrible words, the woman's skinny body suddenly trembled, and her dim eyes suddenly opened wide, as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world. Same thing!
"Mother! Mother!"
Just as the woman was trembling with fear, the little boy who had just ran out suddenly left and came back!
"Yazi! What's wrong! Is someone bullying you?" Hearing her son's voice, the woman suddenly woke up from the nightmare-like scene, and then hurriedly looked towards the place where the sound came from. She thought it was her son looking for food. At that time, I was bullied by other refugees.
After all, too many such things have happened recently!
When hungry to the extreme, a person ceases to be a human being and becomes a simple beast!
In order to grab a bite of food, not to mention fighting, even life-and-death fights are common here!
"Mom, I'm fine!" Because the woman saved almost everything for the little boy to eat, although the little boy's body was very thin, he still had energy.
At this time, he ran to the woman and immediately pointed to the city in the distance with a look of ecstasy and shouted: "I just heard someone say that the city gate has opened! The people inside are going to start serving porridge again!"
"ah?"
The woman in the shack was stunned by the sudden news and did not move for a long time. It wasn't until she saw countless embarrassed figures rushing towards the city gate that she didn't know where she got the strength to drag the little boy with staggering and determined steps. Rush towards the city gate in the distance.
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Just as Xiao Han envisioned in advance! After the news of the porridge spread, countless refugees outside the city immediately swarmed in, and they all crowded into the city gate, surrounding the dilapidated city gate.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
On the city wall, with its head wrapped in white cloth, it looked like an Indian Asan's Sun Ergou. It was holding a large trumpet made of rolled iron in its hand, jumping on its feet, and roaring down at the top of its lungs: "You are now closing the city gate." It’s all blocked up, who can bring you porridge?”
However, even if Sun Ergou's veins popped out, his voice was almost hoarse! But the refugees outside the city are still blocking the city gate, and no one is willing to leave!
"Okay, okay, give me something to stutter! I haven't eaten for seven days!"
"I haven't eaten anything for more than half a month!"
"My baby is so hungry! If she doesn't eat, she will starve to death!"
Under the city, there were countless pleadings and cries! What's more, the city gate was slammed with a "bang..." sound! It seems that if you shoot more powerfully, you can force the porridge team inside to come out.
"Get out of the way! Let... forget it, this door can't be opened, go to the west gate, let's go to the west gate to give porridge!"
On the city wall, once the gate is opened, regardless of whether the porridge pot can get out, these countless refugees will probably rush into the city first! Sun Ergou had no choice but to pinch his sore throat and said helplessly to the people around him.
"Simon? Go to Ximen?"
Because when Sun Ergou said this, the loudspeaker was still in his mouth habitually, so under the city wall, countless refugees heard Sun Ergou's words!
Then, after the initial shock, a crowd of people quickly circled the city wall and rushed towards the west gate! It seems that if you go later, all the food will be snatched up by others.
