When Bai Yu and the others walked towards the avenue step by step, the refugees here were only scattered, but they were better than none.
The further they walked, the more people they found. Suddenly they saw small stalls set up on the roadside. The stalls were filled with cooked meat, steamed buns and rice, and hanging on the side of each stall. A wooden sign that says "You are what you eat."
"Grandpa, I'm hungry. I want to eat."
The shabby little girl was sitting in her grandfather's arms, her eyes always staring at the meat and never moving away. She swallowed from time to time, and her little hands tightly grasped her grandfather's hand that was full of cracks and looked like tree bark. .
The old man took out a small piece of dry and soft bark from his arms and put it into the hands of his little granddaughter. The little granddaughter took the bark and bit the mark with her teeth, but her eyes were still looking at the meat on the stall.
"Let's go, grandpa will find you something to eat."
The old man stood up tremblingly and pulled his little granddaughter away. She would not be able to resist the temptation if she sat here again.
"Grandpa, I want to eat meat."
Just as she was about to leave, the little girl burst into tears. She cried and kept looking back at the food on the stall under the pull of the old man. She was so hungry that she couldn't walk.
"Those are not ours, we can't take them. We will have something to eat when we get to our uncle's house after walking for a while. Xiaoju, be good and listen to grandpa."
The old man took his granddaughter away step by step. The little girl, who was crying uncontrollably, held her grandfather's hand and walked slowly, because she was so hungry that she even walked softly.
The old man was not hungry and emaciated, but they knew not to touch the food and would rather go hungry than take it.
At this time, a piece of bread was handed to the little girl. When the little girl saw the food, she was about to reach out to take it. The old man grabbed the little girl's outstretched hand directly. The little girl struggled and cried. She was too hungry.
The sobs seemed weak. The old man pulled the little girl aside and kept saying that he couldn't take it. However, tears were already rolling down in the old man's eyes. "Grandpa can't let you get caught. You must understand grandpa's painstaking efforts."
"Old man, we are not bad people, we are here to rescue refugees."
Bai Yu came to the old man with noodles, but the old man didn't believe it at all, and neither did the refugees around him.
"Just let our grandson go!" The old man begged bitterly with tears in his eyes. There were only two grandsons left in their family. If he didn't protect his granddaughter, his family would be extinct.
Bai Yu couldn't bear to see this. Why are these people so afraid of people who feed them? Why don't they dare to eat the food on these stalls?
Finally, someone couldn't help but pick up the food from the stall and start eating. The people around him swallowed unconsciously as they watched the person devouring the food.
"Sit down and eat slowly. From now on we will be a family."
The stall owner called the man to the table in the stall and let him eat the food. The stall owner looked at the man and smiled happily.
Seeing this, Bai Yu seemed to understand something. It was forces like Liuyunfeng. They were using food to lure the hungry refugees to become their people.
"There are a few stalls where the meat is not normal." Ao Han smelled something and said.
After Yongyan Ding Kai heard this, he understood. His face suddenly changed and he turned around, feeling like he was sick. Are the people at these stalls beasts?
"No wonder these refugees are unwilling to touch these stalls." Ding Kai said solemnly.
"The best way is to pick up all these refugees, otherwise anyone who touches this food will have a nightmare." Yongyan can't stand it anymore. War is really too scary for mortals.
They are now weak and unable to fight against these forces. The government and military are unable to control them. The empire is in civil strife. These forces in the empire also take the opportunity to do inhuman things.
Bai Yu came to the grandson again and forced the noodles in his hand to the old man, and then took out more noodles and stuffed them into the hands of the refugees one by one. At this time, Bai Yu's eyes were full of anger. There are still mortals alive in this world. Room?
Bai Yu handed out the dough cakes one after another. None of the refugees dared to eat them. They all looked at the young man making the dough cakes.
Seeing this, Yongyan Ding Kai also took out the food he had and handed it over, which made everyone around him look at them.
The stall owners of those small stalls have been watching without saying a word, to see how much food you have enough to distribute and how many mouths the countless refugees have. Can you save these refugees who can save the entire empire?
"Fathers and fellow citizens, feel free to eat. We are not bad people. We were ordered to come here from other states to help you. Please trust us."
Bai Yu's words made many people shaken, because some people were so hungry that they had not eaten for a long time. Looking at the noodles in their hands, they swallowed their saliva but dared to eat.
"Half a day's walk ahead is Lingnan Prefecture. We are here to rescue you. Please believe us, fellow villagers, we are not bad people."
Ding Kai looked at the children, who were skinny and pale. He had never seen such a scene, because he had lived a carefree life in the mountains since he was a child, and he couldn't even imagine such a thing.
Finally, someone couldn't help but take a bite first, with hot tears rolling down his face. He grabbed the pancake with his dirty black hands and kept stuffing it into his mouth. Seeing this, everyone started to devour it, hungry. They find it difficult to resist the temptation of food.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yu's nose felt sour and he almost couldn't help but shed tears. Why is the Western Border full of such cruel scenes.
Then Bai Yu handed another piece of bread to Xiao Ju. Under the dirty face was a pair of bright eyes, which were almost the same as the little red-haired one before.
Looking at Xiaoju who was eating the noodles with her mouth fixed on him, Bai Yu smiled.
"Fellow fellow villagers, if you walk half a day further, there will be a resettlement place with food and accommodation. If you trust us, you can follow us there."
Many people are still hesitant after hearing this. They don't know whether they can live a good life after leaving, or whether they will live a life worse than death.
"We, grandfather and grandson, are coming with you."
The old man took his granddaughter and said tremblingly that they were now helpless, and he was already old. It was not easy for him to feed his little granddaughter. What he wanted more than anything was to find a home for his granddaughter. place, so that even if he goes there, he will be able to rest in peace.
"We'll go with you too!"
Some people responded, as if they began to trust them, and then others responded, and more and more people responded.
Bai Yu smiled when he saw this situation. If they could believe him, that was the greatest trust in him.
Ding Kai began to call people to gather, and then led them to the built village.
Boom~!
The dark clouds in the sky were moving towards this side, and terrifying thunders were heard one after another. Bai Yu's expression suddenly changed as he saw that these dark clouds were coming abnormally.
"Take the people on the treasure ship and leave immediately. Things are going to change today."
Yongyan looked at the terrifying scene on the horizon. This was the destructive scene of a powerful battle. The people in the stalls turned around and fled immediately when they saw it.
Some people saw people running away from the stall and immediately ran over to grab the meat and food on the table. The people who were looting even got into a fight over the food.
"Don't eat those things." Bai Yu roared, but it was already too late.
Some people knew that those things were inedible and did not grab them, but seeing them wolfing them down, they could only turn around and not watch the scene, fearing that they could not bear it either.
"Walk!"
Ding Kai threw out his treasure ship and picked up some of the refugees, but those who snatched the food were still eating.
Yongyan patted Bai Yu on the shoulder. These people were already crazy. There was no need for them to stay for them.
There were many refugees running towards them to get on the boat, and Ding Kai's boat was suddenly filled with thousands of people.
Ding Kai and Yong Yan left directly with a boatload of people. The destructive thunder had already moved in, and they could no longer stay here.
boom!
The ground suddenly shook. But he still couldn't wake up the people eating food from the stalls.
Bai Yu looked at the fleeing refugees, countless of them along the way. How could he save them? The roadside stalls were all broken by refugees. How could he save them?
"Let's go! We are not gods and can't save these people." Ao Ruan knew what Bai Yu was thinking, but their own lives were more important to the destructive scene on the horizon.
Ao Huan turned around and ran away first. As long as he left the scope of the storm, he would be safe. Bai Yu could only turn around and leave helplessly. He could not help these people who were fighting for food.
Bai Yu quickly fled towards the village. It took half a day to walk and they arrived in a short time.
It happened that the direction of the village was not in the direction of the dark clouds, otherwise the two days of work would have been in vain.
"You brought so many people back at once, the houses are simply not enough, and more need to be built." Li Ruoxue looked at the number of more than a thousand people, which was too many.
"Let the elderly and children live in it first, and the remaining young and strong ones will come over after eating to help build the house."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he asked Daman to distribute the food first to keep them full. They went to cut trees in a distant place first, and asked Ding Kai to clear a piece of open space and prepare to build another 300 houses so that the refugees could basically live in them.
Daman came over with a lot of noodles and steamed buns. He stayed in the village just to prepare food. He was the only one who knew how to make steamed buns. Li Ruoxue only helped out.
Ta-ta-ta...
It didn't take long for the village to hear the sound of banging, and people began to carry wooden boards, and some people were digging holes to bury pillars. Gradually, it started to become lively, and the house building project was in full swing with this group of people.
The remaining women and children went to help make noodles and steam buns, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.
More than a thousand people worked for ten days, and basically all of them had a decent hut. These houses were all connected to each other and looked relatively neat.
"What does it feel like there are a few people missing?" Bai Yu looked a little asymmetrical. The four hundred houses could accommodate at least a thousand people, and now there seemed to be fewer people than before.
"Some people went to other villages where there was meat to eat. They disliked the fact that we don't have meat here and eat steamed buns and pancakes every day. I simply let them go without stopping." Ao Ren didn't even bother to keep such people who ate everything inside. Not squeezing them to death is the maximum tolerance.
"The people over there must have done it on purpose. They secretly lured some people there to eat meat and let the refugees take refuge there on their own initiative. They really got a free advantage." Ding Kai had already seen that his fellow disciples over there were up to something.
"Ao Huan and I went hunting for some prey and came back. We will eat meat tonight. We will ask Mr. Huo Zun to come over tomorrow to check the mission. Don't let anyone run away again. Just keep an eye on it."
A few people nodded. They worked hard to complete the task and finally brought so many people back. It was really sinister to let their fellow disciples steal so many people behind their backs.
