Lisa Li: "It all started 19 years ago, when I was assigned to work in a church orphanage in country S in Eastern Europe. ”

The political army is approaching the last and largest city of the anti-political army, and war is on the verge of breaking out. In order to appease the inhabitants of the city, both sides sent a message that the war would not begin, and even if it did, it would end quickly.

A policeman named Li Du tortured a man named Wang Sheng and entered the orphanage. Li Du asked to stay in the orphanage for a few days. He cut off contact with his group. He captures a heinous criminal and needs backup to escort him back to Newdown. The U.S. consulate and other institutions were closed months ago, and he now doesn't even have basic tools for external communication.

After Sister Lisa agreed, the two stayed in the orphanage for the time being. Li Du told Li Lisha that the war was about to start and asked Li Lisha to contact the church and move all the orphans out of the city. Lisa Li is trying to find a way to contact the church while asking local employees to buy and stock up on food.

Most people at that time believed that there would be no war, and even if there were, it would end soon.

The day after Li Du moved in, the political army began to besiege the city, and the anti-political army exchanged fire in the suburbs. In the afternoon of the same day, there was a car accident near the orphanage, and Li Du picked up Yuan from the scene of the accident.

At the beginning of the war, everyone was optimistic, but slowly, the police were no longer visible on the streets. Electricity, water, and gas were all stopped, and the whole city entered a primitive society. This also kicked off a four-year siege.

At the beginning of the war, the inhabitants stockpiled some food and clean water. Especially in winter, supplies are extremely scarce. No electricity, no water, no fuel, no goods, no hygiene products, no medical care. Gold, diamonds and bank cards are like waste. Some women are willing to let the mermaid meat go for hours just to hear the canned meat.

After three months of siege, people began to starve to death, and gangs also appeared. Even more terrifying are the daytime snipers, who surround the high places in the mountains near the city, overlooking the city, shooting everything that moves. During the day, people can only hide in their homes, but at night it is the time for gangs to hang out.

It is not known who leaked the information that the orphanage had hoarded a large amount of canned food, and the orphanage became the target of the gang. Some of the people who invaded the orphanage were just scavengers, some were thieves driven by hunger, and some were dangerous deserters. At first, Li Du arrested people and drove them out, but later the bandits were more planned, larger, and more determined.

In this case, Li Du released Wang Sheng.

For the next month, Li Du and Wang Sheng killed people almost every day, and Li Du once had an emotional breakdown. The gang seemed to know that the orphanage had a hard hand, and for the next month, no one invaded the orphanage again.

But the attack still came, and five men with long and short guns stormed the orphanage, although they were eventually killed. But Li Sheng was shot several times and continued with surgery and medicine. Without Li Sheng, it would be impossible for Li Du to keep the orphanage.

The next day, Li Du handed over the gun he had seized last night to Yuan Wang and the three children who could handle the gun. At night, Li Du became a gangster, he infiltrated a house, and used a child to force the doctor to go to the orphanage to operate on Li Sheng. On Li Du's way back to the orphanage, a child at the orphanage's vigil fired a firearm and killed another child.

The surgery was successful, but medicines were needed. Medicines became the most expensive luxury at this time. Under the look of the wolves, facing the orphanage that was about to become someone else's food, Li Du refused Li Lisha's request and insisted on selecting children to hold a gun to keep vigil. Li Du carried canned food to find someone to trade at night in exchange for medicine.

On this night, Yuan Forget showed his bravery by forcing back three bandits by himself.

Li Du believed that this was not a long-term plan and began to recruit people openly. A deserter, a thief joins the orphanage a few days later. Hearing the wind, many people came, including elderly people and children sent by their parents ruthlessly. In view of the relatively rich food stocks, Li Lisha persuaded Li Du to keep everyone as much as possible.

From that day on, there were no idlers in the orphanage. As winter approaches, clean water and plenty of fuel are the resources to keep the orphanage alive. The first winter was relatively peaceful, and Wang Sheng also recovered his health.

But no one knew that the war would last so long. Every 10 days, the U.S. military conducts an airdrop, which becomes the only hope for the residents. But most of the supplies are in the hands of the anti-political forces, and anyone who takes the airdrops can be arrested and executed.

Black merchants appeared in the city, and they transported food, alcohol, cigarettes, medicines, etc. into the city through special channels, and exchanged them for precious stones, dollars, gold, etc. Although the price is extremely high, it can be regarded as the only source of goods for the residents of the city.

After the beginning of spring, the orphanage began to grow vegetables, and more than 20 young members of the orphanage were very sensible and did what they could.

Everything seems to be getting better, but the long-term siege is dragging down people's resources and patience. In the third year, not only were there no more luxuries such as cigarettes and coffee, but even food became a luxury. The adults at the orphanage eat a meal of pumpkin soup with a little canned food, and the children eat one meal every two days.

Even so, water has become a big problem because of the lack of rain. Many people in the orphanage were buried in the orphanage's backyard after drinking unclean water that caused diarrhea, and without medicine.

In a sense, downsizing is not a bad thing for Li Du.

At night, Li Du and Wang Sheng always had one of them go out to look for food and something to use. Under the pressure of survival, Li Du degenerated into a gangster with no bottom line. Theft, assault, robbery, murder, everything is for the sake of resources, and every time he brings back resources, he reaps everyone's joy. But more and more people are returning empty-handed.

Not only that, but the invasion of the orphanage never stopped. Yuan Wang, who is physically strong and has a strong learning ability, became the main force of the night vigil for two years after the orphanage.

Lisha: "At first, he called people, shouting to scare away the intruders. Later, he began to crouch and kill, killing people without saying a word. He often crouched in the southeast corner, where there was a low wall where the barbed wire fence did not reach. The intruders jumped into the low wall, and he stabbed him. I asked him, why leave a gap? He said that the invaders themselves are resources. The more invaders, the more resources we have. ”

Li Lisha: "Later, killing people was as normal for him as eating. I forced him to attend school during the day, learning math and music from the residents. But it was too late, and his thinking was already ingrained: to kill is to survive...... The most difficult was the last winter. ”

During the nearly four years of siege, many people died before the dawn. It was a particularly cold winter, and the gangs were no longer made up of men, but women and even children became gangs. The orphanage, which can feed more than a dozen people, has become the target of the gang, many of whom believe that the orphanage has hoarded large quantities of food and water, as well as fuel.

There are a lot of guns, but the bullets are running out. Wang Sheng and Li Du touched the suburbs, and the two joined forces to bloody a military camp outpost, as for whether it was an outpost of the political army or the anti-political army, no one cared. They brought back a lot of supplies. But this did not save the orphanage from danger, but rather made it a battlefield.

Li Lisha: "There were originally 29 orphans in the orphanage, including Yuan Wang, and only seven survived. After the war, I contacted my mentor, Sister Melissa, who ordered the Crusaders to escort the seven children to Newtang and register them. ”

Li Lisha did not tell the story, did not say the details, she described the events of the year as plainly as possible, it can be seen that she is full of guilt for failing to protect those children, almost all the dead children were accompanied by Li Lisha in the final stage.

Li Lisha feels sorry for Yuan Wang, she has always been very concerned about Yuan Wang's growth. Fortunately, Yuan Forget is full of positive attitude, full of hope for the future, and Li Lisha is more satisfied with the growth situation.

What Sister Lisa said was true, and it took place in the modern siege: the Siege of Sarajevo.

Li Lisha said: "Yuan Forget is a very sensible and good child, he is kind to people every day, willing to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, and his brothers and sisters help me share a lot of work. The temporary residents liked him very much, and one by one they rushed to teach him something, and he learned quickly, which made them feel a sense of accomplishment. But I didn't find any preferences for Yuan Wang. ”

Lisa Li: "He doesn't like to play. He doesn't like piano lessons, but he does. He didn't like the violin, but he was willing to play it. He also doesn't like pumpkin soup, and he doesn't like killing...... He had a best friend, a blind girl, who was so verbose that she was almost awake to talk. She likes to hold Yuan Wang's hand and sit on the side to chat, because she knows that Yuan Wang will not refuse her. ”

"Where's the little girl?"

Lisa Li: "Died in the third year, lack of food led to malnutrition, and then illness. We only had basic antibiotic pills in our hands, we lacked the right medicines, and we didn't even know what was wrong with her. I remember that before she died, she still held Yuan Wang's hand and kept talking. That day was the first time I saw Yuan forget to cry. After burying her, Yuan Wang sat alone in front of the grave and sat for a whole night. ”