Pessimistic people are defeated by themselves first, and then by life; Optimistic people overcome themselves first, and then they overcome life. -- Wang Guozhen

Hearing Li Baoqiang's angry scolding, the surviving men and women in this village lowered their heads, and their originally numb faces finally showed a trace of shame.

And when the woman heard Li Baoqiang's words, she became even more crazy: "Snake and scorpion? Vicious? Beasts are not as good as animals? Ha ha! Ha ha! The woman's face showed a sense of anger: "You look at how well you are dressed, you can't see that you have been hungry on your face, how do you know the feeling of starving to death, it is a feeling that life is better than death, you don't understand, you don't know!" ”

"After the earthquake, the rich and powerful people in the village drove away, what about us? I had no money, no car, no food, and no ability to protect myself, and the rest of the food at home was also robbed. The woman wept bitterly, and so did the villagers. Children are my life, but adults can eat some bitter chaff vegetables, but children can't eat it, day by day hungry, seeing the child hungry to the skin and bones, my heart is about to break! ”

The woman's face turned in a trance, as if she saw her child, "Gradually, they couldn't cry, they couldn't make a fuss, I hugged them, I felt their bodies slowly cold, but I wasn't sad at all, they finally won't be hungry anymore, they sleep so well, they will never cry anymore, they will never make trouble again!" ”

It was the first time Zhao Xiaoxiao had heard of such a tragic situation, and she finally had a new understanding of "eating with children".

Li Baoqiang didn't continue to listen to the woman's nagging, and said fiercely: "So you're going to cook your own child and eat it!?" The man on the ground explained in a low voice: "Whoever dares to eat their own children, we will change the food." Li Baoqiang was even more angry when he heard this, he took out a handful of wild vegetables from his backpack and threw them on the ground, "This is what we dug from outside the village, you adults, you are strong, you can still eat the bark, you can still eat wild vegetables, why do you want to eat your own children?" ”

The man on the ground, Nono, said: "The wild dogs are too powerful, the herds of wild dogs, they eat the dead and eat crazy, and several surviving people in the village are eaten alive by wild dogs, we ...... We...... Fear. Li Baoqiang kicked the man who was like a pile of mud, "This is not a reason, this is not a reason!" ”

"Your children are dead? So what's going on with this little girl? Who's from? Li Baoqiang asked sharply. It was picked up, and it seems that my parents were stoned to death in the earthquake. After the man finished speaking, he let out a sigh of relief, and finally collapsed on the ground, he realized the depth of his sin.

Li Baoqiang heard the cold voice here and said: "Crazy, if I don't kill you today, heaven will not tolerate it!" After speaking, he pulled out the military thorn, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he fiercely inserted the military thorn into the man's body, and the man died in convulsions. The surviving villagers panicked and hid, as if they were about to be killed by Li Baoqiang next.

But there was no fear in the eyes of the woman on the ground, as if a big stone had fallen to the ground, her expression was indifferent, she grabbed the sharp knife on the ground, resolutely stabbed it into her chest, and slowly fell to the ground, black blood slowly penetrated the ground, and her mouth muttered vaguely: "Child, mom is here to accompany you, mom is wrong, forgive mom." ”

Li Baoqiang's hand holding the military thorn was trembling, the muscles on his face twitched, and he stared at the villagers fiercely, and the villagers were terrified. Zhao Xiaoxiao saw killing for the first time, and when she saw Li Baoqiang killing, when she saw Li Baoqiang about to kill the man, she thought about stopping Li Baoqiang, but she never shouted. But when I saw the woman commit suicide, especially when I saw Li Baoqiang's hideous face, I finally stopped Li Baoqiang.

Zhao Xiaoxiao stood up, facing the armed team members and the surviving villagers, even if he said to everyone and Li Baoqiang, he seemed to be talking to himself:

"It is an animal instinct, the instinct to live in order to survive. But we are intelligent and emotional higher animal humans, only foolish people will do that, "easy children and eat", as real people even if they starve to death, we will not do that, because we have love, we will give, "obediently, eat me"

There's something like an idiom that can always be heard when describing troubled times,

Easy to eat.

There are always teachers who mention this, and they often have tears in their eyes when they talk about this knowledge.

What a poor common man in troubled times, because he is reluctant to eat his own children,

Just swap it with others.

There are always novels that casually say this in order to pave the plot,

They are all hungry to the point of being fed by their sons, and war is really evil.

In this narrative, I really think of my parents as human beings and my children as some kind of reserve food.

Just like he and she in English, the baby is an it.

I didn't realize until now that this is the real sin.

Is this the "filial piety" in Confucianism?

Just like when Liu Bang was chased by Xiang Yu and cornered,

Throwing a child off a galloping carriage twice to save weight?

It's not,

There is no doctrine or philosophy that encourages human beings to sacrifice others to preserve themselves,

What's more, it's their own children.

It's just sin.

If I have a child and I am born in troubled times,

Obediently,

Ate me. ”

As your parents, you can live,

Even if I sacrifice my flesh and blood, I will not hesitate to do it! ””

"Eat me, my boy." Hearing this, seeing Zhao Xiaoxiao's sad and indignant expression, and the desolate voice, the villagers finally cried loudly, thinking about their children, they were ashamed, for their own livelihood, they ate the children, although they were high-sounding children of other people's families, now that they think about it, they are really inferior to beasts, and the spirit of the villagers is about to collapse.

Hearing Zhao Xiaoxiao's words, Li Baoqiang suddenly woke up, and killed himself, although he was filled with righteous indignation, but after all, he relied on the strong to bully the weak, and there was essentially no difference from these villagers.

"Don't cry, I originally wanted to kill you all, go to another world, face your own children, but now I don't want you to die so happily, your own sins must be punished, let you repent in the punishment!" Li Baoqiang said resentfully.

Li Baoqiang decided to bring the group back to Hope Village, so that they could be punished in mining and in the consumption of physical strength. Li Baoqiang asked the team members to tie up these villagers who were devastated and led them to a flat land in the village, where they lit a bonfire and prepared to have lunch.

The fragrant dog meat and crispy wild vegetable root soup were placed in front of the armed team members and villagers, no one moved their mouths to eat, and the bloody scene and tragic situation made it difficult for them to swallow, especially those dog meat was eaten on the wild dogs of dead people, which made the team members feel sick for a while.

Li Baoqiang reluctantly gave the meat to the wolf dog Candy who was eager to try it next to him, Candy had a big mouth, swallowed it in a few bites, and howled happily, the villagers looked at the white wolf in front of them in horror, Candy has grown up, because he has been catching prey with the team members in the mountains all day, and the primitive nature of the wolf has been exposed.

Li Baoqiang asked several team members to dig hedgehogs and snakes and other hibernating animals, and soon the team members found a bunch of hibernating animals from the potholes on the hillside, and after working for a long time, they finally had a full meal. The villagers were also surprised, and finally ate a serious meal, their faces became refreshed, and their expressions were no longer numb.

Zhao Xiaoxiao watched Li Baoqiang gobble up, timidly bites a piece of snake meat, and asks Li Baoqiang: "Have you ever eaten any meat?" Li Baoqiang didn't understand what it meant, and wanted to brag, "Yes, don't talk about meat, even maggots have been eaten, it's so fragrant, it's high protein, it's a good thing." ", don't kiss me again." Li Baoqiang finally regretted showing off.

In the next two days, Li Baoqiang and his team members went to three nearby villages in a row, and rescued more than 70 villagers, including more than 10 children. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was very close, and the team couldn't walk much distance every day, Li Baoqiang decided to let Li Dayong take ten people to escort the villagers back to Hope Village.

At this time, a villager found Li Baoqiang and revealed a situation to Li Baoqiang. Ten miles south of the current village is a town of 3,000 people, called Songling Town, there are still many survivors in the town, and there is a lot of food, but the town has been temporarily controlled, and the bullies in the few surviving towns have begun to arm the territory, killing, arson, raping, enslaving, and doing all kinds of evil, and this villager escaped from the town.

Knowing that there were armed forces in the town, as well as guns and a large amount of food, Li Baoqiang pondered for a while and decided to capture the town. He asked Li Dayong to lead the four team members recruited later to continue to escort the villagers back to Hope Village immediately, and at the same time asked the fat man Wang Zhiming and Li Dayong to rush back to support.

Li Baoqiang led Wu Chun's female army and 16 male soldiers to Songling Town to seize food and rescue survivors. Zhao Xiaoxiao insisted on following Li Baoqiang's side, Li Baoqiang had no choice but to let Zhao Xiaoxiao follow, seeing the look of trust and dependence in Zhao Xiaoxiao's eyes, Li Baoqiang was even more determined to seize the town safely.

Li Baoqiang checked the submachine gun, there were still forty rounds of ammunition, Li Dayong insisted on leaving the pistol and fifteen rounds of ammunition, Li Baoqiang handed the pistol to Zhao Xiaoxiao and taught her how to use it. Zhao Xiaoxiao danced excitedly, doing aiming movements, and the immature movements made Li Baoqiang speechless for a while, with his own presence, Zhao Xiaoxiao's safety should be fine.

The rest of the male and female soldiers are Miao knives and shuttle darts in their hands, and crossbows on their shoulders, these team members are the first batch of armed members, the so-called team members who have killed wild boars and seen blood, especially Wu Chun and other six female soldiers, but the team members who have really killed people and seen blood, Li Baoqiang is still very relieved about the female soldiers.

"Rookies always have to go through bloodshed and sacrifice before they can mature!"

Li Baoqiang led the team to the outskirts of Songling Town after half a day. The sky has already darkened, and looking at the smoke rising from the cooking smoke in Songling Town, I can faintly hear the sound of women and children crying. Li Baoqiang arranged for the team members to rest in seclusion and went to reconnoiter alone.

Li Baoqiang took the pistol, gave the submachine gun to Wu Chun, took Wu Chun's crossbow and carried it on his back, comforted the nervous Zhao Xiaoxiao, touched Candy's head, took a handful of black ash from the grass and wood ash on the ground, and wiped it on his face.

Li Baoqiang jumped forward, holding the military spur, bowing his body, and his steps moved towards the town flexibly and quickly.