The uncle didn't answer us for a while, just took a light puff of cigarette, spit out the smoke ring, and then slowly told us: "I can't tell you this, but you just need to remember my words, especially at night when the moon is dark and the wind is high, you must not eat it!" ”

"Mm-hmm" Xia Hou and I nodded again and again like chickens pecking rice, and our hearts were also extremely flustered, although we were skeptical of him, but in this situation, presumably he would not do anything wrong to us.

But I still noticed that the uncle was abnormal, as if he was hiding something from us, and his expression began to become abnormal after he told us that they were working every day to deceive themselves. I deliberately bumped Xia Hou with my elbow, and whispered in his ear to tell him that something was wrong with this uncle,

Xia Hou also seemed to notice this, nodded to indicate that he knew, and his face changed slightly, but he quickly put away the leaked emotions, and didn't let the uncle see that something was wrong with us.

Uncle was still in front of us to lead us to familiarize ourselves with this place, while explaining it to me. As if sensing something was wrong with us, he turned to us and asked, "What's wrong?" Are you not feeling well, and you two don't look good? ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing, I'm just worried about how to get out, and I'm stuck here when I go out to play with my friends, so no one is very good at it! I hurriedly replied to cover up that I was wrong, but this answer was also very seamless, and the uncle did not doubt us, as if I understood, and turned back to us and continued:

"This is where you will live with us in the future, I'll take you in first to get acquainted!"

It was dark inside the building, and the uncle seemed to realize it, smiled at us embarrassedly, lit a candle, and familiarized us with the next place by the meager light. Then the two of us went to the construction site with a shovel and worked with them.

I was puzzled, and thought to myself: Something is really wrong, if they are simply trapped here and can't get out, they don't have to work at all, they just eat, drink, sleep and sleep all day long, even if they come to deceive themselves, they don't do this? But I think it's better to be obedient when Xiahou and I first arrived, although I don't know why we have to dig roads in this place, but it must have a reason!

Xia Hou and I thanked the uncle and then started to work like the surrounding workers, the strange thing is that they were originally very curious about the two of us, but now they are all doing their work without saying a word, and no one comes to talk to us? I couldn't understand this, but I was soon persuaded by a lame reason I had made: the uncle looked at them and didn't let them desert at work.

At this moment, the doubts in my heart have also expanded, shrouded in my heart, and I am very uncomfortable.

After a day of work, it was getting dark, and the uncle stood in front and shouted: "Call it a day!" A group of workers who had been impatient for a long time immediately grabbed their tools and ran to their dwellings, and none of them stopped to walk slowly, as if some flood beast was chasing them behind them.

After a day's work, and only ate a meal at noon, Xia Hou and I have just arrived, and we are not used to this kind of life, our stomachs are growling with hunger, a worker looks around, walks to us and sits down, and chats with us: "Hey! You're just the two outsiders who accidentally broke in! ”

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"You know you don't have any habits when you look at you, but for the sake of your own safety, let's be hungry if you're hungry! Endure until tomorrow morning and have breakfast. I think we weren't used to it at the beginning! "The lad comforted us,

I saw that he seemed to be very talkative, and I wanted to get something out of his mouth, so I moved over to him and asked him mysteriously, "Then why don't you eat dinner?" I heard the foreman say that the food store is enough for you to eat for 4 or 5 years? ”

The young man's face stiffened for a moment, but soon returned to normal: "It's nothing, it's just that we don't know when we can go out, so we can only eat two meals a day to save food!" ”

"Then why did the foreman say that the moon and the dark wind were even more difficult to eat at night, this has nothing to do with what you said about saving grain!" My voice grew low and my eyes deepened, staring at the young man's increasingly flustered eyes, trying to get something out of his mouth.

Just when the young man seemed to be unable to stand the opening of his mouth, the foreman came over, and said to me with a smile, "Are you still used to it?" If you're really hungry, take a break early, it'll feel better, that's what we did in the beginning! Later, the habit was fine! ”

When the young man saw that the uncle was coming, he quickly got up, left me to sleep, and went back to his place to close his eyes and pretend to sleep.

"I know you heard me ask him, so don't get away from it, tell me, what the hell is going on!" I said to my uncle with a cold face,

The uncle's smile stiffened for a moment, and then he stopped smiling, sighed, and left the sentence "You'll all know later!" Now is not the time" and walked away with a sigh behind his hands, as if my words had touched the wound in his heart. I shook my head helplessly, knowing that it was impossible to speak so quickly, so I got up with Xiahou and went to the double bed in the small room next door to rest.

Early the next morning, Xiahou and I were woken up by my uncle, "Let's go!" I went to breakfast, and after eating, I started work quickly, but don't delay the time! ”

"Oh!" We finished breakfast with a large group of workers and got to work.

My suspicions grew as to why they had more time to rest during the day, but wasted their work in vain.

That night, Xia Hou and I returned to the room after work, I lay on the bed with my hands against my stomach, closed my eyes and recuperated, hoping to be called by Zhou Gong as soon as possible. Xiahou on the top bunk didn't know what to do, so I opened my eyes and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I'm dying of hunger, I'm going to find something to eat outside, do you want me to bring you one?" Xia Hou came down after getting dressed and asked me if I wanted to have a copy too.

I hesitated for a while, but still replied: "No need, Xiahou, we are on someone else's territory now, let's bear with it, just endure it until tomorrow!" ”

"Bear with me! If I endure it any longer, I think I'm going to hit the wall and die directly! After speaking, Xiahou pushed open the door and went out. I looked out at the dark hallway, and an inexplicable feeling swelled up in my heart, lingering. It made me feel inexplicably panicked.