Chapter 21: Speculation
After a small gate was opened on the left north corner.
Out of it came several rich housekeepers and the like.
There was also a team of soldiers armed with weapons to enclose the entire corner gate to prevent refugees from entering.
When the group of refugees saw these people come out, they surrounded them with their children, but they did not dare to approach the distance of three feet from the corner gate.
And the ladies in charge were picking and choosing between the boys and girls.
The chosen boy or girl followed them.
The reward is a bag of rice and noodles.
The boys and girls who were selected were nervous, numb, and even young, unaware of what was happening.
I didn't know that I was about to be separated from my parents.
It's just that the adults who got the rice noodles didn't care about the children who sold them, so they hurriedly took the bag of rice noodles and ran outside the city of Zuobei.
It's just that they followed a lot of refugees up behind them, and they had the idea of getting the bag of rice and noodles.
"Alas! What a wickedness! The old man sighed.
As a last resort, there are parents there who want to sell their children, but they have no choice but to follow them and starve to death sooner or later, so it is better to sell them to a rich family as a servant, and they can still eat a mouthful of food without starving to death.
"Mother, let's go!" Although Huang Yiyun also sympathizes with them, he will not be stupid to want to help others.
It's good that I can take care of the Huang family, and I don't have the ability to take care of other refugees.
Huang Yiyun and Huang Liu walked to the place they had agreed upon.
It's just that after walking to the gate of Zuobei City, there are still a large number of refugees rushing here outside the city gate.
These refugees were few in groups of three or five, and at most there were more than a dozen refugees gathered together, and Huang Yiyun finally noticed that something was wrong.
These refugees gathered together, not as a family, but as some strong men.
These strong men had a fierce face on their faces, and looked towards Zuobeicheng from time to time.
An eerie atmosphere formed between them.
Huang Yiyun saw this, and his heart turned.
After Huang Yiyun's mother and daughter returned to the place they agreed, they saw that Huang Li and the second sister had already returned.
After Huang Li and Huang Liu shook their heads in unison, they all showed disappointment on their faces.
No one was seen in the agreed place.
Either they haven't arrived at Zuobei City, or they have entered the city, or they are dead.
Looking at this situation now, it is unlikely that he will enter the city, Huang Yiyun hopes that his grandfather and father did not rush to Zuobeicheng, but in the past four or five months, with the footsteps of Huang Pingcheng and Huang Congjiang, they should have rushed to Zuobeicheng, I am afraid that something will happen to the two of them on the way, and even, I am afraid that it is already more auspicious.
"Mother, Shichiro is hungry." At this time, Huang Yiwen pulled Huang Jiang's clothes and said.
"Mother, this is ......"
"Seventh brother, I'll see if there are any kind-hearted people giving porridge later, if not, the third sister will go pick wild vegetables, cook pasty soup and drink, and endure it a little longer, otherwise it's okay to drink some water." The third sister stepped forward and picked up the seventh brother, and pinched the seventh brother with her hand unconsciously.
The seventh brother of the little clever ghost also seemed to understand something, nodded lightly "oh", and rested his head on Huang Yiqiu's shoulder.
The fourth sister and the seventh brother were talking, and the people nearby happened to hear it, and they didn't feel surprised.
Huang Yiyun on the side was a little surprised, the third sister would say this.
Food, the Huang family naturally has it, but now there are refugees nearby, and everyone is looking at it? As soon as it is taken out, where is there any share of the Huang family, I am afraid that it will be snatched up.
After continuing to wait for a while, Huang Yiyun glanced at Huang Li's family, and then looked at a few small ones, now it was more than half of noon, and the family had not eaten breakfast, and after seeing a few small ones, Huang Yiyun said, "Alas! It seems that there are no good people who will give porridge today, grandma, let's go out and find some wild vegetables, cook some paste soup and drink. ”
"Well, let's all go with us!" Huang Li glanced at a few small backs.
I didn't find anyone today, but I came tomorrow, anyway, I won't be able to leave for a while.
Fortunately, there is a big mountain outside the city of Zuobei.
Now the refugees who have fled to the outside of Zuobei City, there is no good person to give porridge, most of the refugees are picking some wild vegetables that can satisfy their stomachs in this mountain, and fortunately, spring is now the time when everything grows wildly.
Rao is like this, the Huang family came to the foot of this big mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, all the wild vegetables that can be eaten have been picked, and it is necessary to go a long way to see the traces of wild vegetables, and there are still many refugees looking for wild vegetables.
"Let's go farther, find a hidden place, we have to stay tonight, pick some wild vegetables, cook a pot of pasty soup, and then eat some other vegetables, change Ming'er, we have to go to Zuobei City to find people." Huang Yiyun lowered his voice and said.
In the end, the Huang family found a flat land with a bush on its back and three giant trees on its left.
Use two canoes to place on the other sides.
This place is remote, and there are no wild vegetables on the flat land, so basically no other refugees come here to pick wild vegetables.
After the Huang family cleaned the wild vegetables, they set up a shelf and began to cook a pot of wild vegetable paste soup, and then they ate a makeshift meal with smoked dried bird meat and other pickled sauerkraut.
After eating breakfast, Huang Li, Huang Liu, Huang Yiyun and Huang Yiling went to Zuobeicheng to find Huang Pingcheng and Huang Congjiang.
But until after dark, I didn't hear anything.
On the contrary, Huang Yiyun found that many young and strong men gathered more and more people, and more and more people rushed to and from Zuobei City during the day.
The eyes of these men twinkled with an unknown light and madness.
Huang Yiyun saw that after that, his heart was inexplicably tightened, it would not be what he guessed!
"Grandma, mother, I'm afraid Zuobeicheng is not too peaceful." After returning to the mountain, Huang Yiyun thought for a while, and then said to Huang Li and Huang Liu, who were about to sleep.
"Big sister, what's wrong?" After hearing this, Huang Liu asked.
"Grandma, mother, now there is no sign of opening the city gate to let us refugees in, and there are more and more refugees pouring into Zuobei City, there are no good people to give porridge, there is nothing to eat, they all have to starve to death, and even their own lives are gone, grandma, mother, what do you say this group of refugees will do?" Huang Yiyun shook his head with a wry smile and explained softly.
When Huang Conghe and Huang Jiang heard this, their faces immediately turned pale.
Several babies also heard Huang Yiyun's words, and they were also a little scared and gathered together, looking at several adults and Huang Yiyun with blank eyes.
"This...., this won't be! Trouble at the gate of Zuobei City, the government will send troops to suppress it sooner or later, no one should dare to make trouble, your grandfather and your father haven't found it yet? What can I do? Could it be that your grandfather and father have already entered the city and are not outside the city. Huang Liu suddenly said a little anxiously.