Chapter 67: Hope for Survival
Chapter 67
Jenny was one of the many people involved in this trip to the City of Red and White Machines.
"Sister, are we really going to leave our hometown?"
Next to Jenny was her brother.
She and her brother depended on each other, and her parents went to the battlefield when one of Jenny was still alive and her brother was still an infant, and they never returned.
The two siblings were slowly raised by a few neighbors, but now more than half of the neighbors also participated in the war and never returned.
This is a common occurrence throughout the village.
As long as the war is scorching, young and strong men and women must go to the battlefield.
The people in the royal capital can be a little better, they will be the last wave to be recruited as soldiers, and the closer the rest of the towns are to the battlefield, the more young and strong people will go to war.
As a result, the entire village was almost entirely filled with the elderly and children.
Now that the cold winter is slowly entering, Jenny is beginning to worry about how to get a warm home for her brother to live.
There is no firewood in his own home for a long time, and other families are not doing well.
Until the last time.
The last time the young people who were recruited again and again were a year or two older than Jenny to be forcibly conscripted into the army, Jenny was ready to leave with her brother at any time, and she decided that if that time came, she would definitely run away with her brother, at least first escape from this country where people couldn't see the road, I heard that there is a country that has always been peaceful next to the two countries of Winter Mountain and Winter Spirit, maybe she can survive there.
When the recruiter came to their village again, Jenny had even packed everything she could take with her, along with her brother, and was ready to leave.
But the last act of the recruiter in the village stopped Jenny.
She saw the recruiter crying happily.
The recruiter also had a soaked piece of stationery in his hand.
Jenny has had to work hard for herself and her younger brother since she was a child, and it is almost impossible to learn culture, so she doesn't know what is written on it.
"It's over! The war is over! ”
Although she couldn't read the words on the letterhead, Jenny understood what the recruiter was saying.
Is the war over?
This time it seems to be much faster than expected, and every time a war starts in the past, it will take at least a year and a half to end.
But this time it seems that the soldiers on the front line have just been in the battle for no more than two months, right?
Now that the war is over, then ...... Just wait for a while, after all, this is her and her brother's home, and she is still a little reluctant to leave.
Then the recruiter packed up everything he could bring with him, said goodbye to everyone in the village merrily, and sang aloud the songs of the recruiters about their homeland.
He's going home too.
The recruiters are all going home.
What does this mean?
This is something that has never happened in the village.
Recruiters are a permanent position in each frontline village, and whenever there is a war, these recruiters will immediately start recruiting.
There were people in the village who hated this recruiting officer because every time he showed up, he took away the breadwinners of every family.
But the people of the village also understood the difficulties of the recruiter, he was just a small person, and he did what the people above forced him to do.
If he doesn't do it, there will be a second recruiting officer who will take his place and continue the recruitment work.
So instead of saying that the people of the village hate the recruiter himself, they should hate the position of recruiter.
The departure of the conscription officer made the people of the village a little dazed, and even caused a riot in a short time, some people rumored that the Winter Spirit Kingdom was about to attack, and the other party must have invited a powerful magician to make the front line vulnerable, and some people were so frightened that they planned to flee when they heard the news.
But soon, the day after the recruiter left.
The soldiers from the front line also returned.
None of them died.
The worst one was just that one arm was missing, and the young adults who had been conscripted in the rest of the villages came back alive!
The villagers were happy with the return of the young adults, and they each took out the food that had been treasured in their homes for a long time to celebrate.
In any case, the return of young adults represents hope, and even if all these foods are consumed, young adults can create a new hope for them with their own hands.
When the soldiers returned, they did not stop, but immediately brought out something.
It's called a comic, and some kids are fascinated when they see it, but adults don't care too much about it, they care more about how to survive next.
But soon the soldiers gave the men a new hope.
That is the city of red and white machines that go to the front.
After returning from one night, the young adults had already explained to the people of the village the appearance of this city of red and white machines, as well as the deeds of the owner of the city of red and white machines.
It was his appearance that prevented the war between the two countries.
This may be the equivalent of a slap in the face for both countries, but it is good news for civilians because people can survive.
Next, these young adults witnessed the dozens of elites sent by the Winter Mountain Kingdom completely disappear when they raided the Red and White Machine City, which made the Winter Mountain Kingdom immediately dare not make any more moves.
These young adults even heard through the grapevine that the Winter Spirit Empire had also sent some powerful mage warriors to attack the city, but they were all equally in vain.
In other words, as long as there is a day when that city is there, it is impossible for the war between the two countries to start again.
Then the people of the Red and White Machine City quickly threw an olive branch to these soldiers.
If there are people among them who are willing to join the Red and White Machine, the Red and White City will be open to welcome, and it will be better if there are people in your respective villages who have a more difficult life, come to us, you still belong to your respective countries, but I can guarantee you a job with enough food and clothing.
The job of being well fed and clothed in this place is the only criterion for survival.
There is no one who refuses such a good thing.
Jenny looked down at her brother who looked back at her brother with some reluctance, then touched her brother's head and said, "Little Toby, we can be fed and clothed in the future, this is more important than home, can you understand?" ”
Little Toby was still at a loss for understanding this kind of thing, but he still nodded vigorously and said, "Sister, everything you say is right." ”
Jenny smiled, then got back to her feet and walked with a group of people who were rushing towards the so-called Red and White City on the front line.