Chapter Ninety-Six: What I Saw in Area D
Suddenly, a child turned over a food bag from the garbage heap, and the child quickly picked up the bag, grabbed it tightly in his hand, and stuck out his tongue to lick it desperately. There was nothing but dirty garbage on it. When the other children saw this, they rushed up and tried to snatch the bag from him, but the child held the bag tightly in his arms, and would not let go no matter how they dragged it.
The children robbed for a long time but didn't succeed, so they let go indignantly, and made sure that there were no more deceptives in this pile of garbage, so they scolded and left. Seeing that everyone was gone, the child walked quickly to the corner, took out the package and licked it carefully.
Li Xue and the others stood in the distance and watched quietly. Except for Li Xue, who looked calm, the other three people all looked at this scene with shocked expressions.
Continue to walk forward with a few people, her destination has not yet arrived.
After walking for about half an hour, the group stopped in front of a large tent area.
It is said that it is a tent area, but in fact, it is a place where some rags, cardboard, and wooden planks are put up, and they can barely hide. How is it possible to have tents in this environment? The people who have tents are not here, they are basically gathered together, and they can take care of each other. If you set up a tent here, it is estimated that it will not be long before there is not even a thread left.
No matter where it is, there is a hierarchy. Even the dilapidated D-Zone is no exception. Those who have tents are doing well in Zone D.
Li Xue raised her feet and walked towards the tent area. Xiao Ye led Haohao in the middle, and Jian Hui walked at the end. It's such a mess here, you must take care of Haohao.
Most of the people living in these tent areas are old and frail or children.
When the people inside saw a stranger coming, they first looked at a few people curiously, and after seeing how they were dressed, most of them quickly dodged like the reaction of those people outside, and then looked at them cautiously.
There are also a small number of people who look at them fixedly, with a glint of envy or jealousy in their eyes.
Xiao Ye and Jian Hui looked at those people, secretly frightened, and Xiao Ye dragged Hao Hao tightly. In those post-apocalyptic novels that I have read before, the plot of cannibalism clearly comes to mind. I'm afraid that I will be careless and lose Haohao, and then I will be boiled and eaten like in the novel.
At this time, it was almost noon, and the people in the tent area were about to start preparing to get food.
Li Xue took a few people to find a corner where no one was standing still, at this time Hao Hao was already so hungry that he couldn't feel anything else, and when he saw a woman take the pot out, her eyes were glued to the pot. Li Xue looked at Haohao's appearance, and really didn't know what to say. This innocent appearance makes her very rare in normal times, but now it makes her feel powerless.
Those people looked at Li Xue and them vigilantly for a long time, and found that they were just standing quietly in that corner, not like the people who usually broke into Area D to make a fortune. So they each went back to the small place where they were supposed to be, and prepared to get something to cushion their stomachs.
The woman with the pot came out with a dirty water bottle from behind her and carefully poured a little water into the pot. The base provides free drinking water every day, and one pound of water per person a day. However, there is no food in Zones D and C.
Then the woman hid the bottle again, found some dried rubbish, put it on the stove made of a few stones, took out a lighter, lit the fire, and put the pot with the water on it. When the water in the pot was slightly hot, he quickly extinguished the fire. The woman looked around again, and after making sure that there was no one around, she secretly took out a small piece of black steamed bun-like stuff from her arms. I took a small bite carefully and quickly hid it again. Chewing slowly in her mouth, the small mouthful of steamed buns was chewed for two minutes, as if there was nothing left in her mouth, and the woman picked up the pot with some regret, and slowly drank all the hot water in it into her stomach. Finally she touched her belly, smiled contentedly, and stood up to put the pot back.
Jian Hui and Xiao Ye watched all the movements of this woman in silence, it turns out that this is the situation of ordinary people in the last days? I don't know how long that steamed bun has been hidden by this woman as a baby. Looking at her cautious appearance, for fear of biting too much, she knew that this steamed bun was the only food for this woman at present. And when she boiled water, she was reluctant to use even the dry garbage, and the materials in this base were already scarce to this procedure? Even garbage is a luxury.
Hao Hao looked at the woman in surprise, can that piece of steamed bun be so precious? So a small bite, can you really wrap your belly? These people are really pitiful.
Li Xue also watched silently, she remembered her previous life, in the years in District D, she and Haohao were not even as good as this woman. Looking at Haohao's stunned appearance, Li Xue was very distressed, but in this life, she not only has to be strong, but her Haohao must also be strong. Only when you are strong can you have the right to survive. So she had to be ruthless to educate Haohao.
Li Xue beckoned a few people, ready to go and see what was going on.
At this time, several young people suddenly ran out from the side. Xiao Ye hurriedly picked up Haohao, for fear that those people were coming for them. As a result, those people didn't look at them, and rushed directly into the tent of the woman just now.
Then the woman's cry was heard. "Please, I really don't have anything to eat, let me go!"
"Damn, a stinky woman still dares to deceive people, I saw you eating just now, so why don't you hand it over quickly!"
"There's really nothing to eat, there's really none." The woman struggled to run out, and the men hurried to stop her. However, the woman also ran outside the tent, just so that Li Xue and them could take a closer look.
"Slut, dare to run!" One of the older men slapped the woman in the face. The woman was beaten to the ground, and muttered, "It's really not, let me go, please." ”
How could those people believe it, "When you go to her tent and search!" The man pointed at two men, who turned and went into the tent. The woman hurriedly got up and wanted to stop her, but as soon as she got up, she was kicked to the ground by the man: "Be honest with me." ”
The woman was crying mournfully, and could only watch as the two men threw their things everywhere.
Soon the two men turned the little tent upside down. The two walked back in hatred and shook their heads at the man who had beaten them. The only thing that could get into the woman's tent, apart from a pile of tattered clothes and dried garbage, was the half-left bottle of water. And the half bottle of water was also carried by a man in his hand.