Chapter 42: Cruelty in Troubled Times (1)

Entering the city, Long Yanhua looked around, the city may not be as good as the refugees imagined, there are beggars everywhere on the street, there are not many pedestrians on the road, more are men and women sitting on the side of the road, and there are children in the straw bamboo baskets in front of them. From babies to **-year-old children, some children were carefully inspected by some well-dressed adults passing by pinching their chins as goods, and when they were satisfied, they took out a few silver coins to buy the children.

There is already a trend of selling children in this city, selling their own biological children, when the parents look painful, but there is no way, because if they don't sell their families, they will starve to death, and sell their children, maybe while saving themselves, the children can still live.

When the street was unexpectedly without the crying of children, maybe because they were already crying, but unfortunately it had no effect, so they gave up, or maybe they were tired of crying and no longer had the strength to cry again......

"War, it's the people who suffer......"

Long Yanhua walked on the street with a BMW, and people spontaneously gave way to her, perhaps because her temperament was extraordinary, or perhaps because her clothes and horses were not ordinary.

No matter how poor the city is, there will be rich people, and the current war is the easiest time for black-hearted businessmen to make money, raising prices to deceive the poor, making the poor poorer, and the few money that is already small will not last long and there will be no one, so they can only eat grass roots and tree bark.

The inn was overcrowded, which was enough to show that there were still a lot of rich people, and some of the rich who had fled from the frontline cities temporarily settled in the city, replenished food and water, and then continued on the road.

Long Yanhua was holding Mingyue in her hand, and on her shoulder was a bird and bear that had become the size of a palm, and she found several inns without a vacant room, but many people saw her horses and wanted to buy them, but she rejected them one by one. Mingyue is the BMW of the Long family, and his grandfather personally cultivated it, and there are only two horses in total.

Walking and walking, she has moved from the main road to the small road, the larger inns do not, so the small ones can also live, and it is not that they can't endure hardship, as long as they can find a place to live before dark. Even she couldn't stand the rush for days, and only by getting a good night's sleep could she rush to the front in good condition.

In addition to the inn on the main road that crosses the city, there are inns on other small roads, but the environment is not as good as the big inn. While walking and searching, in the evening, I still did not find an inn with a vacant room. In a narrow alley, two eight- and nine-year-old children poked their heads out and just met Long Yanhua, who was holding Mingyue and stopped sighing.

"Sister, sister, are you looking for a place to live?" a child asked timidly, his body slowly walked out of the shadows in the alley, dressed in gray-green clothes, tattered patches, the clothes have been washed white, but they are not dirty, it can be seen that they usually pay attention to hygiene.

Slightly stunned, Long Yanhua's hand holding the reins paused, "How do you know?"

Another child also walked out of the alley, the same age as the previous child, slightly long ear-length hair was yellow like weeds, and he looked malnourished at a glance, dressed in gray-red clothes, wearing a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet, the shoes were torn and his toes were exposed, "Xiaolu saw my sister you passing by at the door of many inns, and now... The inns in the city should be full......"

Listening to the voice, the child turned out to be a girl, but in such a difficult environment, girls no longer have the right to dress up, and it is good that they can survive.

Nodding, "Yes, I'm looking for an inn." ”

Hearing this answer, excited expressions appeared on the faces of the two children at the same time, "Sister can live where we are, one day... Only five copper coins a night. ”

The little girl excitedly stretched out five fingers, and then the little boy saw Long Yanhua's expressionless appearance, and immediately retorted and gritted his teeth, "Four copper coins are fine." ”

The two children looked at each other and nodded, as if they needed the copper coins very much.

You must know that a hundred copper coins are equal to a silver coin, and a hundred silver coins are equal to a gold coin, and generally a casual inn will cost at least five silver coins a night, and the residence of the five copper coins that these children say, is it really an inn?

Although she was puzzled, Long Yanhua still nodded, because she needed a place to live.

"Then you can help me lead the way. ”

After receiving the exact answer, the two children suddenly showed an innocent smile happily, and the little girl became no longer so cringe, and the sun-like color in her eyes also became cheerful, "Sister come with us." ”

Long Yanhua nodded, led Mingyue to follow behind the children, and secretly instructed the bird bear on his shoulder to beware of whether there was any hidden danger nearby, the sudden appearance of these children made her a little worried about whether it would be a trap for the wicked, of course, this is just an assumption, and it is indispensable to go out to guard against people.

Passing through the small alley, turning seven corners, the three people in front and behind walked for more than twenty minutes without slowing down, "Haven't you arrived yet?" Long Yanhua was a little impatient, this was already the most remote place in the city, and the path that was originally more than a meter wide was only a meter wide when he walked here, and Mingyue was afraid that he couldn't even turn around.

"It's almost there, really!"

At this time, the little boy turned around with a serious face and nodded firmly to show the sincerity of his words.

Alas~~ There is no way, Long Yanhua has no choice but to follow, she has already walked so far, although she can find her way back, but she will have to walk for a while to go back, since she is about to get to the place where she lives, then she will walk for a while.

Finally, the two children stopped in front of a dilapidated courtyard and turned around at the same time, "Sister, it's time to get there." ”

Long Yanhua was stunned, looked up at the so-called 'inn' dilapidated wooden double door, inside was a five-meter square courtyard, the yard was full of straw, deep in the courtyard were two straw-roofed houses, the wooden building didn't know how long it had existed, Weiwei was within reach, maybe it would collapse at some point.

This is the inn? Five copper coins, sure enough... Shabby.

"Sister, let's help you and lead the horse in. The two children said, looking up at her expectantly, hoping that she would stay.

Being stared at by such a child, Long Yanhua was also a little soft-hearted, "Okay, then it's hard for you." ”

Seeing the two children excitedly leading the horse, Ma Mingyue also knew that her little master had decided to stay here, and was obediently led into the yard.

Long Yanhua also walked into the yard immediately, and sensitively found that there were other people in the yard besides these two children!

In the simple little house, I heard the footsteps outside, the door squeak~~' opened, and more than a dozen children ran out of the hut in a hurry, six or seven years old, five or six years old, and even three or four years old.

"Brother Deer, Sister Vial......"

The children's faces were all hungry and yellow, although they were not discouraged, but they looked extremely bitter cold, it was late autumn, but they were still wearing thin clothes, and they were shivering all over the place when they went out for a while, but they still couldn't hide the joy in their hearts, and the fawn and the vial were the two children who led the way, a little older than them.

Long Yanhua was puzzled, why are there so many children here?

"...... you guys?"

Finally, the children found out that there were other people, and eleven pairs of eyes looked at Long Yanhua in unison, and a surprised expression appeared on the faces of all the little beans, "Brother Xiaolu, Sister Xiaohua, have you had any cakes to eat tonight?"

A little boy of five or six years old excitedly grabbed the sleeve of the vial and asked.

The vial nodded slightly, "Yes, this guest's sister promised to stay, we have four copper coins, hehe." ”

"Oh yes, that's great......"

The children jumped happily one by one.

"Come into the house, don't catch a cold. The fawn beckoned to a group of children with both hands, and eleven children ran towards the room one after another. The other room was empty.

"Sister, let's show you where you will stay tonight. The vial said, leading the way and opening the door.

In a small room, there is a thick layer of hay in one corner, and on top of the hay is a patched sheet, which is called a bed. The little bottle who was in a bumpy mood next to him was afraid that the guest's sister would not be satisfied with the room, so he left, paying close attention to Long Yanhua's face.

Long Yanhua paused in her heart, before she reached the front line of the war, has the life of the people been so hard? In the past, she only looked at the development of things as a bystander, and she was only pitiful to the poor people, but now that she has experienced it herself, she feels that the group of living children around her are living such a hard life, and she only feels sad. I had to do something to help them.

Nodding slightly, smiling, and speaking softly, "It's good here, the bed must be soft." ”

With these words, the vial breathed a sigh of relief, and then grinned emotionally.

"Which ...... Sister, can you give me four copper coins first...... "Although I know that it is not proper to ask for money first, and generally the inn pays after paying a deposit, but the vial really needs this money.

"Are you going to buy cakes for those children?" asked Long Yanhua by bowing slightly, bending down.

Vial nodded earnestly, "Yes, sister." ”

Looking at the horses lying on the hay in the yard, Long Yanhua took out four silver coins from his arms and handed them to the vial. The vial that received the silver coin suddenly squatted, "Sister, it's wrong, it's four copper coins, not silver coins, I'm ...... I don't have the money to find you. ”

Long Yanhua smiled slightly, "That's right, it's silver coins, and the guest house is at least silver coins, take it, buy more cakes for the children, and eat well." ”

Long Yanhua has money, but he doesn't take out gold coins to the vials, in this troubled world, too much money will only bring disaster to the children, and taking out silver coins is also for their good.