Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, Canglong Qisu soars due south of the sky, which is the auspicious day of the flying dragon in the sky.

There are many people outside the city of Wuzhou, and at this time in previous years, this noisy scene should be on the shore of Danyang Lake, ten miles away, because there is an annual dragon boat festival there.

Approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, heavy rain fell in many places around the capital of Huachen Kingdom, many rivers and lakes burst their embankments, and Wuzhou was also the hardest hit area.

The abundance of the land of fish and rice was swept away by the flood overnight, and the homeland became a country, and the people fled to the neighboring city with the old and the young.

The homeless bees crowded to the porridge shed under the city of Wuzhou, and the cries of children, the screams of women, and the angry scolding of men were mixed together.

In the surging crowd, a slender figure shuttled flexibly, only to see his coarse cloth clothes barely covering his body, his unkempt hair mixed with grass roots, although his face was full of stains and his face could not be seen clearly, but a pair of bright eyes could not hide his alertness.

After a while, this figure squeezed out of the crowd, the young man had a steamed bun in his left hand, and more than half a bowl of thick porridge in a coarse porcelain bowl in his right hand.

"Wuzhou is still rich!" Ayu looked at the porridge in the bowl and sighed, raised her hand and took a small bite of the steamed bun.

He has been walking with the fleeing crowd for five days, not only familiar with the trick of grabbing porridge, but also compared the porridge rice in the official houses along the way.

Although he was already embarrassed, Ayu was still chewing slowly, his mouth was dry, and a piece of steamed bun took half a day to swallow, just when he just wanted to take a sip of hot porridge, a woman almost flew out of the crowd and landed right at Ayu's feet.

This woman's embroidered dress is already dirty, and she can't see the original color, and her delicate appearance will definitely make people feel sorry on weekdays, but when everyone is trying to survive, she is the most vulnerable person.

I don't know if she was frightened, or she was hungry and had no strength, the woman lay on the ground for a long time and didn't move, Ayu was stunned, and the steamed buns and thick porridge were snatched away by someone.

"Hey...... Give it back! ”

Ayu was about to chase, but the woman reached out and grabbed his trouser leg, where could this messy coarse cloth clothes withstand the pulling, only to hear the sound of "stabbing", and he saw the light of day below his calf.

"What are you doing ......?"

Ayu was anxious, and just wanted to reprimand, but the woman suddenly burst into tears and curled up in a ball crying.

The person who snatched his food had already blended into the crowd, and there was no way to chase him, so Ayu had to squat down and shake the woman, "Hey, are you okay?" ”

"Don't touch me!" The woman cried and hid.

"What's the matter with you, I was scared by you, the food I grabbed so easily was snatched away, and my trouser legs were torn by you, and now it looks like I'm going to do something to you!" Ayu had a headache and said helplessly.

"I'm so hungry!" The woman sobbed under her breath, "I...... I haven't eaten for two days, and every time I give porridge...... I can't even grab ......."

Ayu sighed, helped the woman to a secluded place in the corner, and instructed her: "You wait for me here, I'll go and see if I can find something to eat." ”

In just a moment, a few cauldrons under the porridge shed have bottomed out, and Ayu feels that the bottom of the pot is much cleaner than her own face, and the people outside the porridge shed are now scattered under some nearby sheds, but not to beg for food, but to make a living.

Along the way, there were fewer and fewer people traveling with them.

Those who are sick and weak can only fend for themselves, on the way, they encounter the government recruiting migrant workers, or large families buying girls, everyone flees their homes for a living, and there is no clear place to go, so they can stay and stay.

Ayu looked around, but didn't even see a single mouse hair, according to the experience of the past few days, the next time the porridge is going to be you, if there is no meal at this meal, it will be impossible for him to follow the big team to set off.

At this time, it is like locusts crossing the border along the way, and it can be said that there is no grass left, and there can be any leaks for him to pick up.

Ayu returned to the woman, sat down dejectedly, and leaned back against the gray-blue wall, he didn't know how long he could last like this.

The woman looked forward to his return, and saw that Ayu was empty-handed, and tears were dripping down again.

"Forget it! I can't leave tomorrow, and I'll let you drink that porridge in the afternoon. Ayu saw the woman's pitiful appearance, and her heart softened again.

Before long, those who still had the physical strength to take risks began to assemble and set out again, embarking on a path that might be promising.

Ayu rubbed her empty stomach, looked at the poor woman beside her, sighed and closed her eyes.

"You...... Really not leaving? The woman finally took the initiative to speak to Ayu.

"Anyway, I don't know what I'm going to do in the capital, it doesn't matter if I stay for one more day, besides, I promise you to eat porridge for the next meal." Ayu replied in a rough voice.

Five days ago, Ayu woke up by the lake, but it startled the onlookers, she didn't have time to think about who she was and why she was lying in the grass in a red undershirt.

An old woman dragged her into the woods, stuffed her with a coarse cloth garment from nowhere, wrapped her breasts, rubbed her hair, and plastered her face with dust, and then came out like the beggar she is now.

After following the homeless people for these days, she realized how wonderful the idea was, and at this time, ugliness and ugliness are not as important as peace.

The woman's face flushed, "It's all my fault, I have affected you, you ...... What is your name? ”

Ayu looked at the woman, a little embarrassed, reached out to scratch her head, and took off a straw stick, "You just call me Ayu." ”

In fact, this name was given to herself just the day before yesterday, and these two words popped out of her mouth, just like the idea of going to the capital swirling in her mind after she woke up.

As for why she went to the capital, under the mood of hunger and panic, she had no strength or energy to think, the most important thing at the moment was to live!

"Ayu...... Brother, thank you, you are a good person! ”

An inexplicable ambiguous atmosphere enveloped the two, Ayu sat up straight, her face suddenly red, "Uh...... What is your name? ”

"My name is Lin Xiu, you can call me...... Ah Xiu. Lin Xiu's face turned even redder.

"This ...... Ah Xiu," Ah Yu looked at the surroundings and said in a low voice, "Actually...... I'm a woman, too. ”

Lin Xiu was taken aback, Fang Cai's shyness was swept away, and he turned his head to look at it seriously.

Although Ayu was dirty, she still looked like a handsome man, and when she got closer and took a closer look, Lin Xiucai noticed that her flat Adam's apple was flat, but there was no trace of earrings on her earlobes.

"You're so daring!" Lin Xiu was surprised and envious, "If only I had half of you, I wouldn't be as ...... as I am now," she said, tears flashing in her eyes again.

Ayu had a headache, plus a stomachache, "You ...... Don't cry! What about your family? Where are you from? ”

"They're all gone, I don't have a home...... Lin Xiu said with tears in her eyes.

Ayu was silent, what about herself! Who the hell is it? Where did it come from?

"Is this your lady?" A man's slightly hoarse voice sounded above them.

Ayu and Lin Xiu looked up in horror, only to see a middle-aged man with a triangular face, hanging eyes, and a goatee standing in front of them, asking Ayu questions, but his eyes kept glancing at Lin Xiu.