There is a large slum in the southern suburbs of the Wuheng capital, home to one to two million poor people.
In a simple house, more than a dozen people, mainly women, elderly and children, were crowded, and they were having dinner.
Dinner was very simple, a pot of porridge with some wild vegetables, some whole grain cakes, and a small plate of meat.
A middle-aged woman hosted the dinner and distributed the meat on the plates to four children and two old people. The rest had to eat porridge and whole grain cakes.
There was no joy or excitement in the dinner, it was very depressing.
Compared with their once luxurious and wealthy life, their current life is too miserable.
To put it figuratively, the lives of the pets they used to raise at home were a hundred or a thousand times better than they are now.
"Mom, I want to eat meat."
A child finished a few pieces of meat in the bowl, licked his mouth, and looked at his mother.
The mother gently touched the child's forehead and said:
"Children, you have finished eating today's meat. Tomorrow, mother will go to the wild to catch some animals for you."
"It would be great if my brother was here. My brother is so capable. When I went hunting with him before, he could kill thousands of kilograms of monsters. He couldn't finish the meat. He only ate a little each time and left the remaining monsters. The body was thrown away.”
The child's words brought back everyone's memories of their previous lives.
An old man sighed, took off a golden ring from his arm, and said to the woman:
"Xiao Zhen, you can sell my bracelet tomorrow and buy some meat for the children to eat."
When Uday's house was ransacked, all valuables in the house were confiscated. Women could only take two pieces of clothing with them, while men could not take anything with them. Space rings and other items were all turned in.
This golden armband was hidden by the old man in his sleeve and was not discovered.
The woman glanced at the armband on the old man's hand and said:
"Father, Uday bought this for you when you were celebrating your birthday. It's a thought from Uday. It's better not to sell it. I'll go hunting in the wild forest tomorrow. If I'm lucky, I might be able to Caught some larger monsters."
"Hey, your cultivation level is so low, how can you catch big monsters?
The two million poor people in the southern suburbs of the capital have already captured all the wild beasts in the nearby forests, and have almost eaten all the leaves. Where are the wild beasts that have slipped through the net for you to catch?
Alas, Uday is probably dead. Several of the main men of our Uday family have been imprisoned. The clan members are divided and running for their lives.
These four children are the future hope of our Wu family. They are growing and cannot lack nutrition. This armband has certain magic skills and can be sold for some money. Go ahead and sell it.
Alas, the living people can no longer live, so how can they care about what they think about? "
The woman listened and silently put away her armbands.
...
Yang Xiao came to the southern suburbs of the capital and started asking the people here based on the names Uday gave them.
However, no one seems to know where the Uday family lives.
After asking around for several streets, I finally learned about Uday’s family from a street vendor.
Following the hawker's guidance, Yang Xiao came to a low shack and knocked on the door.
Uday's family was having dinner when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
"At this time, who is knocking on the door?"
"Could it be that gangster Aang who came to harass us?"
A beautiful young girl said:
"If Aang comes to harass me, I will kill him."
This is Uday’s daughter Umin.
Mother Zhuo Xiaozhen said immediately:
"Wu Min, don't be impulsive. Things are different now. We are no longer the Wu family of the past. Don't stir up trouble. Just ignore each other. I'll open the door and take a look."
The family is full of old people, women and children, and Udai's wife Zhuo Xiaozhen has become the only breadwinner of the family.
Zhuo Xiaozhen opened the wooden door of the shack and saw a handsome face with the help of dim light.
"You, who are you?"
Yang Xiao immediately said:
"Hello, are you Uday's family?"
Zhuo Xiaozhen was stunned and looked at Yang Xiao blankly. In her impression, she did not know Yang Xiao. To be cautious, she asked cautiously:
"Who are you?"
"I am a friend of Uday. I have received favors from Uday. I heard that Uday's family was in trouble, so I came here to take a look."
"Are you Uday's friend?"
Zhuo Xiaozhen had some doubts. After all, Yang Xiao was so young, how could he become a friend of the former deputy leader of the Wu Heng clan.
Yang Xiao smiled and said a few relatively private things about Udai, and then Zhuo Xiaozhen nodded doubtfully.
"Since you are Uday's friend, please sit inside the house."
Zhuo Xiaozhen introduced Yang Xiao into the house. The family was eating around the table when they suddenly saw a strange man come in. Everyone looked at Yang Xiao.
Zhuo Xiaozhen quickly introduced:
"He said he was a friend of Uday's before his death, so he came to see us."
The elderly woman looked at Yang Xiao and asked coldly:
"Do you know my son Uday?"
"Of course, Brother Uday is a good friend of mine. I have been helped by him when I encountered difficulties in the past. Brother Uday likes to drink, he is bold and chivalrous. He has a swollen left arm of more than ten centimeters and two holes on his abdomen. A scar of more than ten centimeters,
By the way, there is a black birthmark on his right thigh, right? "
Uday's family members were all stunned. The last two points Yang Xiao mentioned were considered Uday's privacy, and generally only close family members and brothers would know about it.
The old woman nodded and said with a pleasant face:
"It seems that you are really my son's friend during his lifetime. Come here, sir, please sit down. Alas, my family is in decline and there is nothing to entertain. If you don't mind, sir, please have a bowl of porridge."
Yang Xiao glanced at the food on the table and secretly lamented that life in the slums was indeed difficult.
Yang Xiao smiled slightly and said:
"I haven't eaten yet, so bring me a bowl of porridge. However, I brought some dry food, so let's share it."
Before Yang Xiao left Shendu Academy, he bought a lot of dry food and put it in the space ring. They were dried meat from various high-level monsters and some exquisite snacks.
Yang Xiao touched the space ring and took out more than a dozen kinds of dried meat of various monster beasts, as well as exquisite snacks, all piled on the table.
The total amount of dried meat from those monster beasts is at least a hundred kilograms, and after being cooked by the chef of Shendu Academy, it tastes particularly fragrant.
More than a dozen people in the room looked at the table full of food, all excited and drooling.
These foods used to be their daily life, but for more than a year, they have not been able to eat enough at every meal. The temptation of these delicacies in front of them is absolutely overwhelming and they cannot resist.
Even Uday's old mother's nose twitched a few times and she drooled.
Several children couldn't control themselves and stretched out their hands.
"stop!"
Zhuo Xiaozhen shouted lowly, and the four children stretched out their hands and stood frozen in the air.
No matter how difficult it was, the Udai family was once a famous aristocrat of the Uheng clan.
In order to resist the table full of delicacies, Zhuo Xiaozhen instantly regained her former noble lady temperament.
"Young Master Yang, you will not be rewarded for your merits. We cannot accept your gift."
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