When resting at night.
Mao Dan pushed his family's trolley, took his mother, grandmother, and younger sister to the area near Ye Mingxuan's family.
"Brother Mingxuan, this is my breast, my mother, and my sister."
Ye Mingxuan greeted them with a smile and introduced his family to them.
Mao Dan Niang is a fierce and nimble woman, very tall, fast-moving, and has a cheerful personality. She is a carefree kind of person.
Mao Dan's grandmother seemed very shrewd, but she was very kind to her daughter-in-law and grandchildren. She discussed everything with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
Maodan's sister Xiaoli is seven years old this year. She is a shy little girl with two small pear holes when she smiles.
Li Wenxiu had a good impression of the Maodan family, and Wang Guilan also brought Xiaochun over to play.
Several people sat together and talked for a long time, until Xiaoli and Xiaochun both yawned. A few people went back to their places to rest.
Mao Dan Niang saw Li Yunze sitting on the trolley and smiled and said to him:
"Peace, why don't you go to sleep and I'll help you look after your things."
Li Yunze shook his head with a smile: "Auntie, I've been sleeping all day, and I'm not sleepy at all now. If you trust me, go to sleep and I'll watch over you."
Maodan Niang smiled and said: "Of course I believe you, Auntie." After thinking for a while, she said cheerfully: "How about this, you stay up until half of the night, and I'll stay at the rest of the night."
Ye Yutong was not asleep yet and happened to hear what the two of them were saying. Then he smiled and said:
"Ping An, I think what my aunt said makes sense. How about our two families take turns keeping watch at night. This way we can both get some sleep and we won't be so tired."
She doesn't want to raise other people's hearts, let alone let others think that keeping vigil at their house is a matter of course.
Helping Uncle Yongchang look at things is because the two families have a good relationship.
Uncle Yongchang has always taken good care of their family, and my brother has to follow him to find water. It is his duty to help them stay overnight.
But the Maodan family had just gotten along with them, so there was no need to take everything on themselves.
Their family does not take advantage of others, but they will never let others take advantage of them.
We all rely on each other and can help each other. But we can’t always pay unilaterally.
Li Yunze understood what she meant, and it was the long-term solution for her to think this way.
But things were different tonight. I wonder if he was overly preoccupied and felt that the refugees nearby were ready to take action.
Mao Dan Niang was particularly happy to see that Ye Yutong also agreed to her proposal.
When the two families work together to keep vigil, everyone can feel more relaxed, and the mother-in-law doesn't have to get up in the middle of the night to replace her.
Ye Yutong smiled again and said: "Ping An, why don't you just listen to my aunt! Go to sleep for a while and get up to replace her in the middle of the night."
Li Yunze nodded and said to Mao Danniang: "Auntie, it's all thanks to you."
"It's not hard, it's not hard, go to sleep!" Maodanniang said cheerfully.
Li Yunze closed his eyes and fell asleep, but his ears listened to the disturbance nearby. Just after midnight, they heard chaotic footsteps walking towards them.
He opened his eyes and looked over, and saw that there were dozens of people, all of them men.
"Brother, Uncle Yongchang, someone is coming, please notify everyone quickly."
Yongchang immediately got up from the ground and saw the person coming over there.
He yelled: "Everyone, hurry up, someone is here to steal something."
His voice woke up many people from their sleep, and those who had just woken up did not know what had happened.
Uncle Yongchang shouted again: "What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and copy the guy."
Only then did everyone realize that someone was coming to snatch their water and food. The men immediately picked up what they had brought with them.
Food is their life. People are coming to take their lives, so they have to fight.
In such troubled times, if people don't be ruthless, how can they survive?
The group of people came very quickly, but within a split second, the two sides were fighting.
Ye Mingxuan grabbed the woodcutter with both hands, and Li Yunze took a handy wooden stick.
The two of them protected Ye Yutong, Li Wenxiu and Ye Mingzhe behind them.
But how could Li Wenxiu let two children protect him?
She also rushed forward with the tool and started fighting with the refugees who came to grab food.
Ye Yutong and Ye Mingzhe were helping with sticks.
A man with a gloomy face had just been stabbed by Ye Mingxuan. Now Ye Yutong hit him on the knee with a stick.
He cursed something angrily, raised his long legs and was about to kick Ye Yutong on the chest.
Li Yunze didn't wait for him to stretch out his feet and hit his legs hard with a stick.
As soon as there was a "click", the man screamed and squatted on the ground holding his knees.
Li Yunze struck the stick again, and the man slowly fell down.
He dropped Ye Yutong beside him and warned, "Don't run forward, stand behind me."
The refugees who did not participate were still waiting and watching. Seeing the fierce fighting between the two sides, they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to fish.
These three villages had just fled the famine, and each family still had a lot of food. These people had long been jealous.
Now someone is out to grab it, and everyone is rushing in.
Next to the empty official road, a heart-wrenching cry could be heard: "Don't rob my family of food, give it back to me, wuwuwu..."
"You beasts who have killed a thousand people have robbed my family of all their food. How can we survive?"
Li Zheng's wife was also crying. Their mule cart was taken away. If her two sons hadn't snatched the food from the car, their family would have suffered from the northwest wind.
Not only Li Zheng's family, but also all the livestock at home were robbed.
Mules and cows are both meat. They make you full and satisfy your cravings. Isn’t it better than brown rice?
The group of refugees grabbed their things and ran away, leaving the villagers here crying and cursing viciously.
Li Wenxiu silently packed her things. Their family was fine, but their backpack was knocked over. There is no shortage of food or household belongings.
This was all thanks to Ping An and Ming Xuan. If these two boys hadn't been so ruthless that the refugees wouldn't dare approach them, their family's food supply might not have been saved.
Ye Yutong looked at a few brave villagers stacking corpses not far away, and couldn't help but shudder.
She didn't know if she killed any of those people.
As a person who came from the civilized world, she didn't dare to kill even a chicken, let alone killing people.
But now that she has come to this world of cannibalism, if she is soft-hearted and kind and dares not resist, others may kill her.
I'm afraid this kind of thing will happen more and more in the future, so she needs to adjust her mentality.
She said silently in her heart, don't blame me, this is all self-defense. I will not offend anyone unless they offend me. If you kill me, I will kill you in return.
Yongchang, Shitou, and several people in the village are discussing what to do with this pile of corpses. You can't just pile them up here, right?
Someone suggested: "How about digging a hole and burying it?"
Li Yunze said calmly: "Is it burned?"
On such a hot day, if these corpses were left here, they would stink in a day or two.
If another epidemic occurs, it will be a big trouble. I don’t know how many people will die by then.
Several men in the village glanced at him and thought this guy was really brave.
They dared to participate in this kind of thing at a young age, and their own children didn't even dare to look at it.
Thinking back to this kid's skill in the fight just now, his eyes were full of awe. He was afraid that half of these corpses were killed by him.
And Ming Xuan, that kid was also a ruthless man. When he cut someone, blood was splattered on his face without even blinking.
Yongchang also thought it would be better to burn it, so that he would not have to dig holes.
He said to Shitou and the others: "You guys go pick up some firewood, and I'll get a torch. Let's burn these beasts now."
