Dagou is a refugee who had to leave his hometown due to famine and move to a more prosperous area.
But along the way, the big dog sadly discovered that the world was so big that there was no place for him.
The old men who took him out of the village starved to death on the road one after another. The few brothers who survived were also robbed by robbers.
Those with better physical fitness either ran away or directly chose to join the ranks of the robbers. Only he, who was lame on one leg, was still lingering.
Dagou didn't know how long this kind of life would last. He only knew that he was probably not far from death.
After not eating or drinking water for several days, the big dog can't even urinate a drop of urine. Even if it wants to drink urine to survive, it has become impossible.
[Can I...can I persist here? 】
Lying weakly on the official road, the big dog looked at the county gate not far away, but there was no hope in his heart.
Because he knew that even if he entered the city, the residents would not welcome a refugee.
Leaving the body exposed in the wilderness and being eaten by wild dogs would be his final fate.
"Quick! Here! Someone is alive here!"
However, just when Big Dog was heartbroken and waiting for death to come, a young man with a string of rosary beads around his neck suddenly appeared in front of him.
Dirty, foul-smelling, and even necrotic carrion limbs...
The young man seemed to have completely smelled it and not seen it. He just carried himself quickly to a porridge shed at the foot of the city wall.
In the porridge shed, a stern-looking woman in Tsing Yi frowned slightly, but she also picked up a bowl of rice porridge and handed it to the boy without any care.
[I... survived? 】
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When Big Dog woke up from his coma, he was already lying in a makeshift work shed.
Although the work shed is simple, it is fully equipped with basic daily necessities, and it does not look like a temporary shelter at all.
In this work shed, there are all refugees with sallow faces and skinny muscles like him, as well as some "seniors" who seem to have adapted to life here.
Although the "seniors" were equally sallow and thin, their spirits were extremely high, like survivors who had grasped the last glimmer of hope.
The big dog rested in this work shed for a whole day before he really recovered.
However, Big Dog's day was not in vain, because through this day's contact, he had already pieced together what happened to him from the words of those "seniors".
Different from the prosperous place of Suzhou and Hangzhou that he imagined, he seemed to have unknowingly deviated from the original path and came to Tanzhou, which was even more remote than his hometown.
And the place where he is now is a small county called "Ningxiang" under the jurisdiction of Tanzhou.
The most important thing is that this place is different from the counties he passed along the way - refugees are not excluded here.
Or to be more precise, this place will accept and arrange the refugees here, and allow them to re-adapt to this completely unfamiliar environment.
At first, Big Dog only thought that he might have met a "kind" parent, but he did not think that he would stay here for a long time.
Because after passing through so many places, Big Dog has long seen that kindness and order are not the same thing at all.
A moment of kindness can save a life, but if you want to keep the refugees alive for a long time, it is not something that a moment of kindness can solve.
Not to mention anything else, just how to resettle the victims who have been displaced here is a huge problem.
This situation lasted until the next day, when a man called Sun County Captain by the "predecessors" came to him and took him to a work shed that seemed to be under construction.
"From today on, you will be working here."
"As long as you can complete the tasks given every day, you can go to the nearest porridge shed to eat with the sign issued by the person in charge here."
"But you can only go there twice a day, and you don't necessarily have porridge every time."
"Also, follow the person in charge here to clean your body later, and make sure to keep it clean every day when you come here to work."
"These are the conditions Master Pei specially ordered. If you can't abide by them, please leave here."
"besides……"
The big dog could no longer hear clearly what Lieutenant Sun said next.
Because he was completely shocked by the situation here, and even a little doubted whether he had passed out long ago and was now in his dream.
If you work, you will have food to eat. This is something that may not be guaranteed even in normal years, let alone in this disaster year.
But after the initial shock, Big Dog felt that if this was a dream, it would be best never to wake up.
Much later, Big Dog's grandsons were born, and he still told his children and grandchildren about this difficult but hopeful life with a nostalgic look on his face.
Because Lieutenant Sun did indeed fulfill everything he said.
Every day, some basic city defense, work shed construction, and field reclamation are carried out. If you have the skills, you can apply for other jobs.
From carpentry to blacksmithing, to arithmetic, and even teaching other refugee children to read...
It's like a huge machine that is gradually turning into action. The big dog that is a part of this machine is changing at a speed that is almost visible to the naked eye.
Because in addition to "a way to survive", this place also brings "hope" to Big Dog that he has never been exposed to before.
Not only to live, but also to live with dignity and hope. This is the biggest change that that experience brought to Big Dog.
The person who started all these changes was "Master Pei" who would come back with one or two refugees from time to time and formulate various strict regulations and rules for the entire refugee camp.
It is said that it is this "Master Pei" who accepts and manages all the refugees in Ningxiang.
And it allowed them to get rid of the initial suffering from scratch, and finally achieved the goal of living a self-sufficient life.
It can be said that apart from washing hands before meals, boiling water, and keeping the body clean and hygienic, big dogs have never been able to figure out the function of "good habits".
Almost every regulation formulated by Master Pei has become a necessary guarantee for the refugees to survive.
For many years to come, the young but wise Master Pei was a "living Buddha" in the eyes of the refugees.
Big Dog even erected a "Shrine of Immortality" specifically for him, praying for Master Pei's long life.
And it was only many years later that Da Gou learned that the person he and others regarded as a "living Buddha" had been called Pei Daring and Pei Crazy before.
Even the treatment of the refugees who lived here was the result of his insistence in the beginning.
"If such a person is crazy, then everyone else in the world is a fool!"
Every time he met those who called Master Pei bold and crazy, the big dog would just spit at them with disdain, and then continue to dive into the hot work.
A little fire of hope began to burn among the refugees inadvertently.
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