556. Samander
Just when Jiang Yiming was checking the post on the Internet, thousands of superpowers who came out of the World of Warcraft entered the real society. Like a stone thrown into the water, the waves on the surface of the water begin to affect the rest of society.
Chennai, India, Saman. Khan had just come out of the exchange space, and when he opened his eyes and saw the familiar tin roof, it took him a few seconds to react, and he had returned to his home in the real world.
A sultry feeling hit his heart, like being in a steamer, he was wearing only a pair of shorts, his whole body was covered with sweat, and an electric fan that had been used for five or six years was slowly spinning, sending hot wind.
"Brother, you're finally awake!"
A twelve or thirteen-year-old boy Shah Rukh heard the sound and turned his head to see Saman Er sitting up, his two black innocent eyes revealing a happy look, "Originally, the family was going to send you to the hospital, but Dad said that you went to the secret realm of Lord Shiva for an adventure, and you don't have to spend money in vain to send to the hospital." ”
Saman, who was not too strong, picked up a magazine with a colorful cover from the ground, rolled it up and fanned it vigorously, and said, "Whatever he says, you just need to know that I am not going to Shiva's secret realm." It's so hot, and the heat hasn't lessened? The hospital must be full of people suffering from heat stroke now. ”
"That's right, the weather forecast on my phone said that the maximum temperature was 51 degrees today, and I saw two elderly people being sent to the ambulance, both of whom I knew."
Shah Rukh shook his phone with some paint off and said, "There is a woman in our city who performs fried eggs on the road, and it is also in the news. Brother, why don't you fry an egg on the road too? This is a great opportunity to make a name for yourself. ”
At a glance, Saman could see that his brother was holding his mobile phone. Said angrily: "Someone else is someone else." It doesn't end well to follow the trend. You're secretly playing with your phone again. Don't do your homework yet! Don't think that if schools are temporarily closed, you don't have to study. By the way, where's Mom? ”
He remembers that because the weather was too hot, his brother's school was closed, and the students were allowed to go home to rest, so he saw his brother at home in broad daylight. Last year, in May and June, the whole country ushered in very hot weather, and more than 2,500 people were killed by heat.
Although most of the dead were homeless people and migrant workers, it was hot in their tin house. If it weren't for the insulation and electric fans on the roof, he estimated that his whole family would have suffered heat stroke and went to the hospital.
"I went to the fire truck driven by the government to line up to fetch water, and the bucket at home was almost empty." Shah Rukh pretended not to hear the word homework, still looking down at the phone screen.
In the past, Saman would have forcibly confiscated his mobile phone, but now he just patted his brother's head and said, "Look at it, we will no longer have to queue up to fetch water, we will live in a new home with air conditioning and a water storage tank, and we will never have to fetch water again." ”
"Really? You're not talking in a dream, our family doesn't have the money to move into the kind of house you said. ”
Shah Rukh looked suspicious. It was as if I saw a man who was talking crazy. Although he is not very old, he has heard and witnessed it since he was a child, and he knows the situation at home. Can't afford a house like that.
Samar looked proud, slapped Shah Rukh's head heavily, and said angrily: "Just look down on my brother's ability like this? You're careful, watch me do a magic trick for you, and I'll definitely surprise you. ”
It was because he didn't want to suffer that kind of heat anymore that he desperately killed monsters in World of Warcraft, trying to become a superpower to improve the situation at home. After risking his life to kill monsters, he really succeeded.
Just as he was about to demonstrate his newly acquired superpowers, a neighbor's voice shouted in front of the tin house: "Samander, Shahrukh, go and take a look, your mother is in a conflict with someone and is being chased and beaten." ”
Saman's face turned pale and showed a bit of anger, and he hurriedly led Shah Rukh out of the small tin house and ran to the water point. Not to mention last year, even the day before yesterday, he was still fetching water from the fire truck, so he was very familiar with it.
Under the scorching sun, not long after they went out, the two of them began to sweat, and their clothes had begun to absorb sweat.
"Brother, mom will be fine, right?" Shahuk, who was walking on his calves, was sweating and said with a worried face.
Saman looked at him with a swollen face, obviously he had already taken out all his strength to keep up with him, and comforted: "Don't worry, we will see our mother soon, and we will never let her get hurt." ”
The irregular slums are full of haphazard houses and winding paths, and it is necessary to run more than a kilometre from the tin houses to the fire trucks on the central avenue.
The narrow and cramped paths did not affect the two brothers at all, and they were all very familiar with them, and knew where to turn and where there was the nearest trail.
"I'll carry you."
Running and running, Samar noticed that Shah Rukh was a little unable to keep up with him, and then simply carried him on his shoulders and carried him to run.
When they felt the fire truck, they happened to see a large group of people forming a circle, not even caring about fetching water. Or that the officials who distributed the water suspended their work and ran to watch the onlookers, resulting in a temporary lack of water.
"Ah, stop fighting, Shiva tell these people to stop, ah!" One scream after another came from inside, the voice was so familiar, I heard it from a young age.
"It's Mommy, let's go help her!" Shah Rukh grimaced and excitedly wanted to jump off Saman's shoulder.
Saman's face turned pale, and he put his younger brother on the ground, his voice full of anger: "You protect yourself, I'll help, and by the way, let those people know who can't be messed with." ”
The people who came to fetch water were old people and women, and there were no young men to be seen, because the latter had to go to work to earn a living, otherwise they would not be able to survive with water alone.
Saman struggled to squeeze the old men and women away, completely oblivious to the invective that came out of their mouths, and finally broke through the encirclement and saw the one-sided beating that was taking place inside.
"How dare you, a Shudra, tell me to do things in Vaishya? Kill you uncultured thing. A middle-aged woman, whose skin was a little whiter than most of the onlookers, was beaten in front of a dark-skinned woman on the ground, and was not fought back at all.
"Tsk, this woman really deserves it, didn't she see that the person who cut the queue was more noble than her? It is also necessary to be beaten. ”
"Well, I know the man on the earth, perhaps because he saw that there was no water in his house, and he was anxious, and he was not sincere in opposing Vaishya. But it's okay to be beaten, and it's good to be taught a lesson. ”
Seeing that it was a Vaishya who was beating people, most of the anger that Saman had been full of disappeared, and the previous revenge plan was suddenly canceled, just asking the woman to stop: "Okay, let's admit our mistakes, please stop." (To be continued.) )