Snowflakes drifted in the sky, if it was a previous year, everyone would be very happy when it snowed at this time, and even hoped that the bigger it would be, the better, and the crops would grow particularly well in the coming year, but for these people who were now coerced by the Taiping Sect, this snow was a disaster.

When he woke up early in the morning, Chen Mo found that everyone's luck had decreased, and it would drop again every once in a while.

"Brother Mo, it's snowing!" Dumb smiled a little heartlessly, in previous years, snow was the happiest time for children, he obviously didn't realize that this winter, there is no house for them to shelter from the wind, and there is no bed for them to keep warm, plus hunger and a full meal, most people's bodies are not resistant to freezing.

Mother Chen and Aunt Cai naturally understood this truth, and the two of them looked at the fluttering snow with worried expressions and were a little overwhelmed.

Chen Mo was actually at a loss, but looking at the distracted expression on his mother's face, he kept cheering himself up in his heart, as the only man in the Chen family, his mother was messy, and he couldn't mess up, otherwise this family would be over.

"Mother, you and Aunt Cai are going to eat, I will go around with Dumb to see if there is anyone who has paid the food, and by the way, I will inquire about the news." Chen Mo looked at his mother and said.

You must find a place to stay as soon as possible, or you will have to freeze to death in this ice and snow.

"Be careful." Chen's mother nodded, trying to keep her smile on her face, not wanting her son to worry too much.

Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, took out the short knife that Zheng Tu gave him from his arms, handed it to his mother, and said, "Mother keeps this knife, if someone comes to cause trouble, it will ......."

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Mo didn't say anything about killing, but Chen's mother obviously understood what Chen Mo meant, and nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Mo'er, my mother knows what to do." ”

Chen Mo didn't say more, took Dumb out to get some food, and also wanted to find out some news, the world around him was very strange to the two who left Xiaqiu for the first time, without Uncle Yang and Uncle Li, who often ran outside, Chen Mo and Dumb didn't even know where their current location was.

The snowflakes fluttered down one after another, falling on the face, and the cold feeling continued to spread around.

"Brother Mo, where are we going?" Dumb followed Chen Mo's side, looking blankly at the snow curtain around him, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and things beyond two or three feet were not too sober.

"Looking for something to eat." Chen Mo looked around, suddenly turned his head to look at Dumb and said, "Why did you call me Brother Mo today?" ”

Regarding the name, Chen Mo basically didn't want to argue with anyone anymore, and Ergou was used to hearing it, but today's dumb call made him a little uncomfortable.

"I don't know." Dumb scratched his head and said, "My mother let me call me like this, and let me listen to you more." ”

I haven't seen you change your words before, huh?

Chen Mo was a little puzzled, but he didn't say much, it's good to call it like this, although it is a little awkward for the time being, but it feels different from others.

The sporadic crowd gathered together, it was the people who did not leave with the large army yesterday, most of them were old and weak women and children, Chen Mo and Ah Du saw an old man who was starving to death in a simple shed, his leg was cut off, but there was not much blood shed.

Dumb's eyes were a little red, and he was also a little scared, not because he saw the dead, but because he was worried about whether they would starve to death like this one day.

"Let's go." Chen Mo sighed, the old man is hungry, there are so many bones left, if the average young woman or child starves to death, it is really miserable, and it is not uncommon for hungry and crazy people to attack the dead.

"II...... Brother Mo, do you think we will become like this, I saw someone cook babies for ...... a few days ago" Dumb was a little depressed, and there was a thick worry in his voice.

"Tomorrow's things, who knows, you and I will live a good day, and leave the rest to heaven." Chen Mo raised his eyes and looked at the gloomy sky, his heart was also a little heavy, he didn't know how long it would take for this snow, God didn't seem to be on their side, this snow fell, I don't know how many people had to freeze to death.

Dumb didn't speak again, and followed Chen Mo to another place where there were people, more than a dozen women and old people were sitting together, one by one, with withered eyes and sunken eyes, and when they saw someone coming, two of them began to undress......

"What is this aunt doing?" Dumbfounded, he looked at the two women.

"I don't know." Chen Mo was also a little puzzled, shook his head, found an old man who was in good spirits and sat down and said, "Ah Weng, where are you from?" ”

"Natsuqiu." The old man's cloudy eyes glanced at Chen Mo, and he lowered his head to play with the extinguished bonfire, and built a simple shed with felt cloth on top of his head, but it was not covered on all sides.

"Old Liu?" Chen Mo suddenly frowned, looking at this familiar old man, it was not the old liar he had met in Xiaqiu at the beginning.

"Are you ......" Liu Lao looked at Chen Mo blankly, not impressed.

"Hey, when I went to Xiaqiu to sell grain, I was almost killed by your old man!" Chen Mo grabbed Liu Lao's neckline.

"Lao Er has sold many people in his life, which one are you?" Liu Lao glanced at Chen Mo numbly, simply closed his eyes, and let him fight.

Chen Mo really wanted to make a move, but looking at Liu Lao's current appearance, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to withstand this snow, so he finally put down his raised fist silently, sat next to Liu Lao and frowned: "You live in the city, how can you be like me?" ”

"In the city?" Liu Lao sneered and shook his head and said: "This Taiping Sect people have not yet arrived, the Xiaqiu Ling and Xiaqiu County Lieutenants have all fled, leaving only an empty city, the Taiping Sect thieves will easily attack in, and those thieves will burn and loot as soon as they come in, I am old, if I don't flee with me, what can I do?" Do you want me to go into battle and kill the enemy? ”

"It's as easy as attacking a city?" Chen Mo's eyes widened in surprise.

"If you want to fight, you want to fight, where is all this nonsense? If he is killed, it will be fine. Liu Lao looked at Chen Mo with some impatience.

"What's the use of killing you?" Chen Mo frowned and let go of his hand, looked at the group of old people and women around him and said, "These are also Xiaqiu people?" ”

"Some are, some are not, after escaping from the city, the younger ones have followed the Taiping Sect, leaving only this old and weak women and children, gathering and scattering, these days have gone through a lot, many I don't know, now get together, just see who can die first, so that others can suffer a few more days." Liu Lao saw that Chen Mo didn't beat him, and he didn't bother to ask the reason.

"Brother Mo......" Dumb pulled Chen Mo's sleeve and pointed to the cauldron on the side.

Chen Mo turned his head to look and saw that there were many bones around the broken cauldron...... Chen Mo took a deep breath and didn't look at those, this kind of thing, I've seen a lot of things these days, it's not strange.

"Is there a city around here that is willing to accept the homeless?" Chen Mo looked at Liu Lao and asked.

"Xiaqiu is broken, Ling County, Hong County is also broken, the next minister is not very clear, I met the displaced people who came from Siwu yesterday, I think it is also broken, further afield, if you can go to Xiapi, maybe you can, there is the county governance." Liu Lao said with his eyes closed.

"How far is Xiapi from here?" Chen Mo was a little unrelenting.

"There are more than 200 miles, if you have enough to eat, you can try it." Liu Lao laughed teasingly.

Chen Mo frowned and got up, wanting to leave with a dumb person, but his clothes were pulled, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that it was a woman.

"Auntie, what's the matter?" Chen Mo looked at the woman.

"Xiaolang, do you have anything to eat?" The woman looked at Chen Mo, most of the clothes on her upper body had been taken off, but her skin was rough and dirty, and she couldn't see the original color, and the woman's eyes were full of desire: "Give me a little, I will listen to you for everything, this body will definitely serve you well......"

"I didn't ...... There is no ......" Chen Mo pulled Dumb and fled, how to serve, Chen Mo has also seen it these days, along the way, he also understands the affairs of men and women, and sometimes he will be inexplicably longing, but this kind of thing, he can't accept it, he can only run.