The noonday sun was scorching, and there was nothing to do, and the two old men under the shade of the trees were talking and talking to spend this boring leisure. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Wang Ya fell asleep leaning on Xiao Lan's lap, everything seemed so peaceful and quiet, Xiao Lan chatted with the old man for a long time.

The old man's surname is Chen, he comes from the north, he started from his distant hometown, and he came here after half a month, and what he saw and heard along the way also opened Xiao Lan's eyes.

During the conversation, his words were always filled with grief and helplessness......

"When we came, we climbed a big mountain, and many of us died at that time......"

"A large group of people dragged their families, some people carried a lot of things, but they were robbed at night, and the next day the whole family disappeared. Isn't that scary, you say?"

“…… Also, there is a dead man's pond near our village, and many dead people are floating there, and they are not buried, but the people in the family are so hungry that they have no strength to dig the soil, so they pile them in the pond. As soon as you walk by, a gust of wind blows, and you can't open your eyes!"

“…… Speaking of which, I'm sorry for the ancestors, and I'm sorry for the dead. People are so hungry that they can do anything. One of my relatives saw people go to the Dead Man's Pond and cut off the dead man's leg and stomach to eat, and she went too. I was a little scared at first, but then I got used to it, and I went to the top black back. When I asked her why, she was so hungry that she couldn't do it......"

Speaking of this, when he thought of something, Chen Laohan's voice was a little choked, and his cloudy eyes were filled with tears.

“…… Pigs can be eaten, but they are not killed, they are not fed without food, they are not eaten when they starve, and they are not moved, and if they do, they will kill you. If anyone smokes from the chimney in their house, they will come in and investigate, and they will be beaten if they have hidden food. It's obviously livestock, but now human life is not as good as livestock!"

"I'm so hungry that people are going crazy. One night, a pig that was so hungry that there were only two pigskins left rushed into the yard, I quickly closed the door, knocked the hungry pig to death with a stick, peeled the pig overnight, buried it in the ground, and got up in the middle of the night every day to dig out a piece of burn and burn it to eat. ”

"I didn't dare to feed my five-year-old because I was afraid he would say it. As soon as I said it, the people in the village who were still alive would rush in and fight with me. I don't have anything to eat, and three of my five children have died, and I feel distressed! It's only these two slightly older boys who can't talk nonsense, and I dare to give them food......"

"The family next door ate Guanyin soil and died alive. When he died, he had a big belly, and he was swollen ......."

"Sometimes I get so hungry that I can't do it, and then I get edema, and then I die like skin and bones. People say that as long as you have three edema diseases, even the king of heaven can't save them......"

Chen Laohan said that, and Xiao Lan listened quietly, occasionally saying a sentence or two to express comfort.

What Chen Laohan experienced sounds like a story, but in such an era of great famine, this is a real story.

The poor political system is the main cause of famine, and its responsibility for famine far outweighs economic backwardness and poor harvests. But those responsible often shift the blame for famine to economic backwardness or bad weather.

The loss of people's rights and interests will exacerbate the consequences of the famine, turning an easily insurmountable famine into a catastrophic famine.

The three-year famine was due to the abolition of the free trade of food at home and abroad, and the fact that the hungry people were not allowed to go out to beg for food, and finally there was only one way to starve to death......

The two chatted until the afternoon, and it was rare for a stranger of the same generation to listen, so that Chen Laohan spit out all the words in his heart in one go.

But strangers are still strangers after all, and there is no other contact after a chat. In this world, people who have just known each other may not see each other today, and they will starve to death tomorrow.

In this conversation, Xiao Lan felt a sense of powerlessness in such a mission world.

In such an era, where is it safe to go?

Coming from the south, I thought that the famine there was already very serious, but according to the old man's words, the famine in the north was even more serious than in the south.

For Chen Laohan, all the things along the way made him feel that there was famine in every part of the country, and there was no place to rely on.

The world is chaotic, people's hearts are evil, and living alone is certainly a good choice.

Xiao Lan also had this idea before, but if he lived alone, he also had to have food in stock, where would he find food, and where would he live if he wanted to live alone? At that time, he didn't even know what the name of this county town was in that corner.

In such a situation, how can you find a fairyland on earth to live alone, it is simply a joke. If you want to look for it, you have no purpose to look for it, and the food stored is simply not enough, and you may starve to death halfway through.

This is a dead end, so Xiao Lan chose to stay here, collect information, and hope to get some turnaround about the mission among the refugees.

The original pending has also taken a turn, after Chen Laohan said that, Xiao Lan at least understood that there will be a big mountain range further north, and the rugged terrain is a good place to hide, and this seems to be a large river basin area, and the water source will not be a problem.

Now the only remaining problem is to store food.

Now there is only enough food to eat for three days, and it is still the minimum for one meal a day.

Xiao Lan sat in the shade of the big tree on the hill, where the field of vision was wide, and he was puzzled when he saw a picture from afar, and after reacting, his brows furrowed.

It was a group of shirtless young men chasing an unarmed old woman, thin and gray-haired, running with all her might down the avenue of the outer county, jolting all the way, clutching a bag of unknown things in her hands.

The old woman was never a match for the young man, and when she stumbled, she fell to the ground with something in her hand, and when she opened her mouth, the white rice stood out on the yellow soil.

That's grain, and it's not coarse grain, it's very rare polished rice.

Without waiting for Xiao Lan to take a closer look, the young man who followed immediately put away the grain, and then a group of people did not hesitate at all and began to beat the women, punching and kicking, and screaming far away, until she no longer made any sound, and the group left with the recovered bag.

Before leaving, he spat in front of the corpse.

After the group left, another refugee, who had been watching from the sidelines, immediately pounced on them, picked up a handful of rice that had fallen out of the bag, and protected it in his hand like a treasure......

Xiao Lan withdrew his gaze at this picture, and only after some inquiries on the side did he know that it turned out that the woman was secretly stealing grain in the commune canteen and was discovered by the production team, and after being caught, she was naturally killed.

Xiao Lan's original death of not storing grain was suddenly solved, and he had the idea of stealing grain from the county commune......