Chapter 15: The Food Crisis
Under the command of the militia, after the refugees set up the pots, someone had already brought cool well water, and the work was carried out in an orderly manner, but the atmosphere was a little tense. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because the vineyard refugees who were still watching coldly, after Xiao Yi and the others took out the food, these people were a little restless, and they gathered around this clearing, with burning heat and madness in their eyes, as if they wanted to swallow the food in one bite.
In order to stop the starving refugees, the militia and guards had to draw their weapons and start patrolling the edge of the clearing.
The flickering cold light of the weapon brought back some of the refugees who were almost mad with hunger. However, they were not willing to disperse, many people began to plead, many children bit their dirty fingers, longing to see the food that was constantly thrown into the pot, and even young women began to tempt the guards and militia with their bodies!
The well-trained guards were still serious and cold, and as soon as someone approached the clearing, their weapons would be swung out, and although they did not kill them, they still beat the refugees to the ground. And the armed snobbery that belongs to the vineyard, they just watch from a distance and do not care about the rough behavior of the guards.
Seeing that these powerful guards were still cold and rigorous, the militiamen swallowed their saliva and suppressed the commotion in their hearts, they held short swords, and scolded the approaching refugees with a fake tiger, if it was a good-looking young woman, it was naturally necessary to pinch them twice in their sensitivity, and then push them away with a serious face. The guards took all of this into their eyes, but ignored it.
For these refugees, Xiao Yi actually wants to help, as a post-90s generation, he has no experience of hunger, nor has he experienced a catastrophe. In the 21st century, if a disaster is affected somewhere, let alone starvation, after solving the problem of food and clothing, it is necessary to ensure a series of problems such as medical care, housing and so on.
Looking at those dirty, thin children who could barely distinguish between men and women, Xiao Yi felt as if his heart had been pulled, there was no rescue team in this era.
"Edie!" Xiao Yi couldn't stand the stares of these children, and he called out to a refugee. This young man named Edie had experience as a buddy in the caravan and knew how to allocate supplies, so he was appointed by Xiao Yi as the logistics director of the refugee team.
"Venerable lord, what do you command?" After hearing Xiao Yi's call, the young man who had been busy wiped a handful of sweat, ran to Xiao Yi with a smoke, and made a non-standard chest stroke, the ghost knows where he learned it.
Xiao Yi pointed to the refugees who were blocked by the guards and said, "Give those little ones some food, they are so pitiful." ”
"This ......" Edie was a little embarrassed, the food reserve was running out, even if the current food ration had been suppressed to the limit, the remaining food was probably not enough to support two or three days, at this time, this noble lord was actually very kind, ready to give food to those useless little beggars?
After being appointed by Xiao Yi, Edie, who regarded himself as the steward of the Falken family, can almost compare to the kobold's dedication to gold in terms of daily wear and tear on refugees. No one should think of taking a grain of rye from him except for the necessary wear and tear! Not even just wheat husks!
"Venerable lord, we don't have much food left, with the current ration, we can only barely last for three days, if we divide it again, we won't be able to reach the next farm at all, and this vineyard won't produce food at all!" Edie resolutely rejected Xiao Yi's request, even if he promoted his master, Edie would never compromise.
Looking at the young man with a panicked face but decisively refusing him, Xiao Yi couldn't help but sigh: "Since the food is no longer enough, then we should find a way to raise food, instead of holding the food in our hands tightly and taking out some, at least for some children." ”
Edie still wanted to argue with reason, but when he saw Xiao Yi holding his forehead and waving at him, he had to swallow his words, and reluctantly asked the woman in charge of cooking to increase the amount of food, and at the same time asked the militia to let the children go.
Seeing that the imps were able to enter the camp as if they would get food, the refugees were in an uproar, and they rushed to the camp first, but they were driven back mercilessly by the guards and the militia, leaving behind a wailing wound.
Not many children entered the camp, just over 20, mostly boys, and the weaker girls were more likely to die in the face of the disaster. And although this vineyard has gathered two or three hundred refugees, there are not many children, even few women, and not one old man!
The children's eyes were glued to the hanging pot with carrots, cabbage, and oats, and they kept swallowing and shivering at the same time. Because almost every refugee in the camp looked at them with fierce eyes, they were reluctant to share their own food.
If it weren't for Xiao Yi's initial establishment of prestige at this time, I'm afraid this order would be ignored! Despite this, from time to time, the refugees who pass by, when looking at this group of children, will be superior, but they will snort disdainfully.
And the children who were already in the group were even more unfriendly, and they would rush into the group and push one of them. Some of them would pick up clods of dirt on the ground and throw them at the children, and the adults would not care when they saw them. In the end, Xiao Yi sent Christine to protect those children, and the ugliness of human nature was exposed at this moment!
"Hey-" Xiao Yi sighed, he had put a lot of effort into maintaining the group, and now the refugees basically accepted him, but the xenophobia was very strong.
Humans are inherently very xenophobic creatures, and they may not be very obvious in World of Warcraft, at least they don't exclude dwarf dwarves or anything. But in the Hero Invincible, it is very obvious. Throughout each version, apart from Angel Accidents, which class is alien? Griffins are magical creatures, tamed by humans. The wolf was crossed by humans themselves.
Xiao Yi has no energy or ability to change this, what he is worried about now is how to get more food, only a steady stream of food can unite this fragile group, and he can maintain his absolute leadership position.
"Sharif, you take a few militiamen to the neighborhood to see if you can get some prey." Xiao Yi, who really couldn't think of a way, had to pay attention to the prey.
Azeroth has never lacked animal-type monsters, but the refugees who occupy the vineyards are too weak, and they simply have no ability to obtain powerful prey except for harmless critters, which is why they live so miserably.
"I hope this world is the same as in Warcraft, and the monsters all over the mountains can make Trumpet desperate." Xiao Yi muttered to himself.