Hard work

Chapter 225 Disaster
The days of torrential rain seemed to have finally slowed down.But this is just Lan Huaer's own feeling, maybe the rain outside is as heavy as ever, but she is used to the heavy rain and numb to the amount of rain, so she feels that the rain outside has slowed down.

Regardless of the rain, people in the village hardly go out now.Now there are no crops in the field for everyone to work on, and the roads outside are full of homeless victims, their eyes are red from hunger, and they are drenched all over, it is like coming from some hell Like a hungry ghost crawling out of it, there was despair in the godless eyes, and a gleam of light flickered because of seeing people or food.

The light was so frightening that Lan Hua'er even wondered if some villagers were walking outside alone, would they be dragged away by those hungry victims and killed, roasted and eaten as animals.

She had only heard about cannibalism before, but she didn't take it to heart, and always found it difficult to get to the next step.When she saw those disaster victims in front of her, she realized that morality and law had been completely abandoned by people in the face of hunger.

Only the belief of living is the only truth in everyone's heart.

At the beginning, she felt that the victims outside the village were really pitiful, and she wondered if she could take out some food and cook it into porridge when she had enough food in her own home. , Let those victims eat.

But both Gaihua and Zanglang resolutely rejected her idea.Even Changwu and Yang Langzhong disagreed.

The Zhao family didn't have much food in stock.Under such circumstances, even if she could allow some food, it would not be much.There are so many victims outside the village, and the porridge is enough to eat for several days.When the victims ate for a day or two, saw hope, and suddenly the porridge ran out again, it was time to rush into Zhao's house.

No one in the village had any intention of helping them—it's not that they didn't want to, but they really didn't dare—then the Zhao family couldn't do it either.After all, the village is not like the city in the town, and there is a city wall across it, which can keep the hungry and dissatisfied victims out.Once the disaster victims collide, there is no place in the small village to stop the disaster victims.

At such a time, sending out the food might mean giving away his own life along with it.

Lan Hua'er felt more and more sad when she remembered that in the past disaster years, someone used the only steamed buns she had left to revive the fainted people around her.She couldn't be as selfless and righteous as those people.After realizing this, she felt extremely unhappy.

But she would rather be unhappy than not being able to live.She has already died once, and now she has someone she likes, and someone who likes her, she is reluctant.

Gaihua they reinforced and raised the fence outside the house, and put the fences of the two houses together, and even slowly began to build an aisle in the middle.After all, now that Aru is a person with two bodies, he has had a few days, and from time to time, he also wants Lang Zhong to go over there to have a look.After the two fences were connected, it was also convenient for Yang Langzhong to go to Tiesheng's house to see Aru at all times.

Although Aru has stabilized now and it's not yet time for production, everyone still thinks about these things in advance.In Aru's situation, even if she wants to give birth, she should find a stable wife.But there is no stable woman in the village. Every time a pregnant woman gives birth in the village, she has to go to the next village to invite the stable woman over in advance.

But now that the weather is already like this, anyone who can go to the next village to take care of the wife should come here.

If it is really the time when Aru is about to give birth, maybe he can only let a man in Lang Lang direct Lan Huaer to come.

Lan Du's house and Zhao's house were also very close to each other. Although the fences of the two families were not connected, they were carefully reinforced.Because the Yan family lived far away, Guan Ju simply dragged Yan Dalang and the two of them to move to Lan Du's house.Anyway, Guan Ju and Fang Ningai used to be like sisters, and now they are together, so they can take care of each other.

Their house is a newly built house, and there are many rooms. Even if there are more Guan Ju and Yan Dalang, they don't think there are enough rooms.

In this way, Zhao's family, Tiesheng's Xu's family, and Lan's family became a small triangle. Everyone got closer to each other, and there were more men in the family, which made people feel more comfortable.

Lan Hua'er had smoked the meat at home early, scattered and hid it.

Now the family can still eat food and meat every day, but I dare not make pancakes anymore. I just cook some dry rice with a lot of water every day. It is hard to tell whether it is dry rice or thicker porridge.Add some spicy cabbage and radish strips, and it will be a complete meal.

It's not a good meal, but it's passable.

Especially vegetables.It is estimated that apart from the Zhao family, there is really no other family in the village that can store so many cabbage at home.Although people in the village also have the habit of saving womb vegetables, they usually harvest them today and keep them until the next spring. Now is the time when last year's womb vegetables are about to be eaten.

When the heavy rain fell, the cabbage in the field had not yet been harvested.Later, even though some were harvested in advance, they were almost destroyed by the heavy rain.

Lan Huaer took back a batch of womb vegetables for the sake of making spicy womb vegetables.Some of them have already been prepared and haven't had time to be sent to the town. Now they are placed at home, so they can be used to deliver porridge.

There are also some fermented bean curds that have been prepared a long time ago, and they are also going to be sent to the town.There is no need to give it away now, the three families share one share with each other, and it can be used as seasoning.If there is no salt in the house, people will be soft.It is precious to be able to eat some fermented bean curd now.

Among the three families, Tie Sheng's family should have the most food.Their family has always been well-to-do, and they always have two years' worth of grain hidden in their home. Now that there is a famine, they don't feel that it is too difficult to live on.

The only thing that makes people tremble is the eyes of the victims outside, and the diseases that break out from time to time.

I don't know when it started, the victims outside began to fall slowly one by one, in front of the courtyard door of each family, maintaining a painful knocking posture.While vomiting, he wanted to crawl into the yard.

Seeing such a scene, how could anyone dare to open the door for them and let them in?

Zang Lang always suspected that the victims were poisoned because they ate those unclean animal carcasses. Yang Langzhong did not dare to go outside to see, but he also agreed with Zang Lang.

The victims who fell outside were ignored, and quickly changed from struggling to motionless.

Some victims stared at the fallen people in a daze. Some rushed to cry, and some walked over slowly, swaying their bodies, dragging the fallen people away.The person who went up to drag people obviously hadn't eaten for a long time, and the whole person seemed lifeless, and his hands had no strength.He pulled up the wrists of the fallen people, surrounded them one by two, and dragged away the patient or corpse tremblingly and with great difficulty.

Drag it away...what are you doing...

Lan Hua'er didn't dare to think any further.

People in the village don't even dare to start a stove anymore.As long as there is a smell of food coming from the house, there will be victims around the yard knocking on the fence of the yard, trying to climb into the house to share some food.

Some victims really couldn't bear it, so they dispersed slowly, discussing together and walking to the town.More victims felt that it was impossible for them to have the physical strength to cross the mountain road with loose rocks, so they still stubbornly stayed in Aozi Village.

Every day, new victims and new faces appear in Aozi Village.Lan Hua'er even seemed to see the villagers she had seen in her village in the blink of an eye.She wasn't sure, and she didn't dare to go outside to have a look.As long as people from the same family haven't come to knock on the door, Lan Hua'er will just think that the people from the same family are still living well in her own home.

Now the people in the village dare not go outside, they can only watch the victims dangling on the road.

It has to be said that human potential is unlimited.Especially in this moment of being forced to live.Some victims used the crop poles dug out from the fields to weave rain-proof capes. They risked being submerged by rocks every day, and went to the mountains over and over again, digging out some food from nowhere.

In the village, even animal carcasses washed down from the mountains can be seen.

There are not many, and they will not stay in the village for a long time before being dragged away and eaten by hungry victims.I don't know whether they roasted the fire or swallowed it raw. No one dared to imagine the scene.

However, even so, the food victims get is still far from enough.

They dug out the half-soaked plants from the rocks, mixed them with water, and it was considered a meal.After eating this kind of food for a long time, the victims of the disaster will feel erratic when walking on the road.

Zang Lang said that the animals on the mountain are not easy to find now.The road on the mountain was difficult to walk, and the rocks were washed down, covering all the growing grass.The grass-eating animals couldn't find food, and it rained again, and many of them died.Those carnivorous animals had finished eating the carcasses and could not find anything more to eat, and they might eat the people who went up the mountain.When no one goes up the mountain, those animals may rush to the village.

"There are wolves, and there are black blind bears." Zang Lang said slowly, and stretched out his hand to pull Lanhua'er, "Little lady, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Lan Hua'er couldn't help but smile.Zang Lang always took every opportunity to tell her that he was by his side.She thought of the people who lived in the cottage on the mountain, and wondered if they had any food in store.However, Lan Hua'er thought, at least they shouldn't be submerged in water, and they shouldn't be afraid of the ferocious animals on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)