The arrogant Li Jiayu would not be so cute

After leaving the store, Xiao Yan finally couldn't bear the doubts in his stomach, and asked Lao Zhang in a low voice:

"Brother Zhang, why do we have to buy such expensive food? Three first-level high-grade worm crystals can only be exchanged for [-] catties of food. I think the stalls outside can be exchanged for [-] catties..."

"Shh...do you know what kind of meat is sold outside? It's human flesh! If it wasn't for people who are crazy hungry, who would buy that kind of thing? Although our group of people is poor, we still have backbone, and no one will accept that we are eating that kind of thing!"

It was the first time Xiao Yan saw Lao Zhang's angry eyes wide open, which made him startled for a moment.

Although he had known each other for a short time, Lao Zhang took good care of him along the way, explained many details of survival, and instructed him to build a good relationship with the people in the house. It is true that these things were of no use to Xiao Yan, but they also warmed his heart.

"Brother Zhang is right, we want to live with dignity..."

Xiao Yan murmured to himself, and followed Lao Zhang back with a dull head.

"Hey, it's normal if you don't know these things, you will understand later..."

Old Zhang nodded and continued:

"However, you little brother came at the right time. Brother Da Dong's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and she needs to supplement nutrition. These foods can be used in an emergency. If you save them, you can last for two days."

It seems that Lao Zhang hasn't poured out his heart to anyone for a long time. He babbled about many family affairs in the house. Although there were some neighborhood disputes, what he said more in his words was the mutual help in countless life-and-death moments.

The footprints of the two were one deep and one shallow, stepping on the muddy soil one after the other, and gradually approaching the old house with incomparably precious food...

Chapter 11

newborn

"Da da da--"

Lao Zhang took Xiao Yan and stood in front of the big house, using himself and Xiao Yan to block the heavy grain. The knock on the door was not loud, but just enough for the people in the yard to hear.

"Hey, it's not Brother Dadong...Old Zhang, why are you back now?" The person who opened the door was an aunt in her forties with a sallow complexion and a few rags wrapped around her head.

"Let's go in quickly, look, what is this?"

Lao Zhang lifted the food in his hand slightly, and signaled the aunt who opened the door to make way.

"Ah?! Okay, come in quickly."

It seemed that in an instant, she changed from a numb person to a vivid one, and the aunt's stiff eyes suddenly became energetic.

Xiao Yan said nothing.

Lao Zhang led Xiao Yan into the yard, and he specially exchanged a catty of expensive red-top beetle meat for the purpose of nourishing the body of Dadong's wife who was about to give birth.

Under everyone's questioning, he quickly explained the source of the food and introduced Xiao Yan to everyone present. However, in the process of explaining the reason, Xiao Yan could hear that he exaggerated his contribution.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was completely treated as a guest of honor.

"Oh, little brother, you are such a good person. We have been starved to the point of dizziness for the past few days. If we continue to starve like this, we may starve to death within two days..."

Several aunts in the old house pulled Xiao Yan to greet him warmly, and warmed up to him with enthusiasm. Seeing Xiao Yan's handsome appearance and strong body, some aunts had already moved the matchmaker's idea.

In the hall of the old house, a small stove had already been lit, with an iron pot on it, and the red-capped beetle broth was being boiled in it, which already gave off a faint fragrance.

All the people in the room swallowed silently, their stomachs groaning, they were obviously very hungry, and they all stared at the pot of soup with green eyes!

And in a certain room, a mother is trying to give birth to a baby, and a mother is still desperately cheering her up...

"crunch"

The door was opened again, but the dozen or so men who had gone out to look for food came back.

They didn't bring back much food, just some dead weeds, and some mushrooms with a small amount of poison...

These are not enough to fill everyone's stomachs.

However, this is the last food that can be found.

In the past, this would have been enough to make Brother Dadong feel guilty, but today, for the first time, Brother Dadong timidly opened the door with hope.

A group of brothers filed in, but before taking a few steps, Brother Da Dong suddenly smelled an extremely tempting smell of meat!

He hurriedly stepped forward, just in time to see Xiao Yan who was surrounded by stars!

"Brother! I didn't have time to ask your name when I left. I'm here, thank you formally." Brother Dadong nodded gratefully. After finishing all this, he still felt that it was not enough, and then bowed to Xiao Yan.

"what!"

Before he could continue speaking, there was a sudden cry of a baby in the delivery room. Everyone in the room had different expressions, some were happy, some were smiling wryly, and Brother Dadong was trembling all over, and immediately rushed into the delivery room!

"Brother Dadong, this is a boy..."

"Oh, give me a hug..."

"Brother Dadong, he looks a lot like you."

"Yeah, it's very similar to me, very similar to me... But how will I raise this child in the future?"

Brother Dadong hugged the newborn baby, and the joy that he originally showed gradually turned into a choked cry, and the big teardrops hit the baby's arm with difficulty.

He lifted his head to stop the tears from falling on the baby, but the unstoppable silent tears continued to flow down his cheeks.

Finally, return to the earth.

The crying of the middle-aged man spread to the living room and echoed lowly, causing everyone to stop their movements, as if their hearts were tightly pressed by a heavy rock...

The crying of the baby, the crying of the man, and the churning of the worm broth mixed together, which turned out to be surprisingly ear-piercing.

In such a dark age when there is not enough to eat, the fate of pregnant women and babies is usually extremely miserable. When the doomsday just came, someone suggested to a middle-aged man to leave his wife who was five months pregnant, but the middle-aged man The young man insisted on taking his wife through mountains and rivers and escorting her to Yongcheng...

After staying in Yongcheng, someone suggested to the middle-aged man to find a way to abort his wife’s fetus. After all, the living environment is so harsh that pregnant women can’t get enough to eat, let alone provide nutrition for the fetus.

Now, after many hardships and trials, the man actually took good care of his wife so that she could give birth to a baby smoothly, but the real troubles have just begun...

The baby is born, but how to raise it?

With what to support?

Can this child really thrive? Even if he can survive... How should he face this man-eating world?

I don’t want to talk about these things, just the milk that the baby needs to survive can’t solve it. Even if the man desperately searches for food, it’s just enough for the mother to use a small amount of grass roots for food, which is enough to save her life. She’s already hungry His face became sallow and emaciated, his body became puffy, and it was impossible to have milk at all.

Without milk, how can this baby survive the newborn period? You can't also feed him grass roots and snow water...

Thinking of this, everyone in the room lowered their heads, feeling extremely depressed.

"Hey, I persuaded Brother Dadong four months ago to abort the fetus, but he just refused to listen. Now that the child is born, he can't raise the child. If he had known this, he should have Listen to me, and save him from wasting so much food for his wife."

"It's a crime, it's a crime, that doll really shouldn't have come to this world..."

"We adults can't get enough to eat, and almost starved to death several times, let alone this little doll..."

"I should have expected it a long time ago. Brother Dadong is to blame for this. Rather than watching his son starve to death with his own eyes, it is better not to let him come to this era of cannibalism..."

"Hey, don't make sarcastic remarks, anyway, Brother Dadong has helped us a lot..."

Everyone in the hall sighed and sighed, all of them were depressed and worried about their future livelihood.

Xiao Yan remained silent.

Unknowingly, his palms were clenched into fists, and the blood in his body was churning, just like that boiling broth.

He couldn't take it anymore, the atmosphere in this hall was so dull, so depressing, so... suffocating his soul!

He couldn't bear the anger in his heart anymore, he stood up abruptly and walked outside, opening his mouth to the sky, as if about to let out a silent howl...

Chapter 12

Want to snatch it?

"Brother Xiao Yan, come back, everyone is waiting for you to come back for dinner..."

Old Zhang's old voice sounded in Xiao Yan's ears, Xiao Yan nodded his head, but did not move a step further, the smell of meat had already drifted outside, Xiao Yan could smell the overcooked aroma.

"Brother Zhang, you can go, don't worry about me, I'm a young man, it's nothing to miss a meal."

"How can this be done? Young people can't be exhausted, let alone you brought back the food and you didn't eat it. How can we be embarrassed..."

Lao Zhang continued to persuade, his stomach had already started to growl.

"No, I've made up my mind, eat well, I will definitely solve your problems..."

Xiao Yan replied without turning his head, as if Lao Zhang's persuasion had no effect at all.

"Are you pitying us... My old Zhang can see that you are an extraordinary little brother, but it doesn't mean you can pity us like this. Although we are poor, we can live with dignity, so we don't need to..."

"Bang bang bang!"

"Open the door, open the door!"

Old Zhang's words were suddenly interrupted by a violent knock on the door!

As soon as they heard the sound coming from outside, everyone in the room froze!

"Why are they here again?"

"It's endless, we are already so poor, do they still come to blackmail?"

All the people cursed in a low voice, even Brother Dadong's face was ashen.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yan turned his head and asked, he could see Lao Zhang's expression was extremely serious.

"They are hooligans in this area. They specialize in stealing people's food. A few days ago, when the army was still distributing steamed buns, they would collect food from house to house. If they couldn't hand over the food, they would beat people, and even kill people in serious cases. ..." Old Zhang said in a deep voice.

"Xiao Yan, don't be impulsive..." Lao Zhang smiled wryly: "The person in the lead is said to have strengthened his body with worm crystals. He is quite powerful. Ordinary people are definitely no match for him..."

At this time, the shouts outside became louder and louder, rumbling like thunder from the sky:

"Open the door, open the door quickly! I smell the smell of meat, idiot! Where did you bastards get the meat, and you dare to hide and enjoy it, don't you know how to honor your grandfather?"

At this moment, the person knocking on the door outside finally couldn't help it anymore, but heard a sound of "Peng", the wooden bar behind the old wooden door of the old house was broken by strong force, and the two wooden doors were also slammed. Push it away!

A group of more than a dozen hooligans wearing overcoats swaggered in, all of them were vicious, especially the man in the lead, with a long scar on his face, extending obliquely from his left eye to the root of his right ear, which looked quite It's ugly but exudes a fierce air.

This man was nicknamed Sanggou, but few people call him his real name. Sanggou does not mean a dog of a lost family, but that he fights like a mad dog and is as fierce as a mad dog, so many people are afraid of him.

"Hehe! There is really a pot of soup, tsk tsk..."

As soon as the mourning dog entered the compound, his eyes lit up immediately. He could clearly see the pot of fragrant and hot broth. The rare smell of meat still made his index finger twitch!

He was about to continue to enter the house, but at this moment, a figure stood in front of him like an iron tower, looking at him coldly.

Lao Zhang grabbed Xiao Yan tightly behind his back, trying to pull him away, but found that his body was as stable as Mount Tai, lying in front of the mourning dog.

"Sanggou, this broth, you can't take it away." Brother Dadong also walked out, and together with Xiao Yan firmly blocked the door, said coldly, staring at Sanggou and a large group of hooligans with sharp eyes like falcons.

"What? Why don't you treat guests when you have broth to drink? It's better to have fun alone than to have fun together. People who eat alone will usually choke to death!"

Sanggou looked Da Dongge and Xiao Yan up and down, with a disdainful smile on the corner of his lips, and said in a strange voice with a hanging voice:

"As for me, I'm here to collect protection fees. To tell you the truth, I'm going to order this broth. Oh no, there's not enough broth. If you can get fish, there must be other food. Give me all of them. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people!"

After finishing speaking, the lost dog kicked violently, and ruthlessly kicked away a wooden chair next to it. In an instant, the chair hit the wall with a loud noise, and then scattered into several solitary wooden sticks.

The room is full of ordinary people, no one has inheritance, and no one has been strengthened by insect crystals. If they stand up and resist, they will definitely not be the opponents of this group of hooligans.

The muscles on Brother Dadong's face twitched violently, as if he was undergoing a fierce psychological struggle. After a long while, he closed his eyes and said in pain:

"The broth can be given to you, but this is the last food, can you leave some, my wife just gave birth..."

"Hehe, congratulations, you have a precious son!" The mourning dog screamed shrilly, clapped its hands and quacked: "Dadong, don't change the subject, I really don't believe you don't have any other food here !"

The mourning dog snapped his fingers, and a little brother next to him quickly gave him a dagger. He held the dagger, and said with a sneer:

"Recently, in the black market, I took a business order... There is an inheritor of the dark department who needs a baby for experimentation, and your child just happened to be born. Tell me, is this a coincidence? If you refuse to take out the food and turn it in, then use your children to make up the number!"

"Shit! You fucking..."

Brother Dadong's complexion changed, his face turned into a liver color, and the bones of his fingers were pinched, obviously angry.

Even if you think about it with your toes, you can know what will happen to the baby if it falls into the hands of the inheritor of the dark department. Most of it will be used as a sacrifice, or it will be made into something evil like a corpse baby!

"Bad words!"

Sanggou waved his short blade casually, and ran straight towards Brother Dadong's face. Although he is not an inheritor, his body strengthened by worm crystals is more than enough to deal with ordinary people!

But he forgot that the other person standing next to Brother Dadong was Xiao Yan!

"Fuck, who are you!"