() Polfishagrad, a city on the eastern border of the Snowy Federation

Syllable--

When Tonya heard the voice, she immediately stopped, and turned around, only to see the little girl stumbling in the rubble, half of her face buried in the snowdrift

Tiny Tonya exclaimed, and immediately ran back to help the little girl up

I saw that the little girl had a bruised nose, swollen face, and messy hair, covered with blood and dirty snow slag

Uh--oh--there was a gloomy roar and the stumbling footsteps getting closer and closer from behind them

If you don't leave, it will be too late, and Tonya is so anxious that she hurriedly drags little Tina up

Oooo

Mom, I can't run, don't pay attention to me, you go quickly, little Tina begged her mother with tears in her eyes, although she was only 8 years old, but after such a terrible series of tragedies, she grew up overnight, she knew that in her current state she would only become a burden to her mother, sensible, she proposed a cruel advice to her mother

No, of course, no mother would accept such an offer, and I would never leave you

But......

Don't talk, Tonya picked up Tina, put her on her shoulders, bear with her, and we'll be fine soon

The mother carried her daughter and ran wildly through the broken streets, although Tonya's delicate body was very tired, but she couldn't stop for a moment, because those things were still following closely, as long as she rested a little, she might lose her life, but the human body is limited after all, not to mention that a weak woman like Tonya had not run a few blocks away, she was already panting like an ox, and she could no longer run, holding on to the window of a house and panting

Mom, let me go, or neither of us will be able to run, and little Tina on her shoulder is still begging

Shut up, I'll hit you up if you talk nonsense, and at this point Tonya has no choice but to move out of her mother's majesty, even though she knows that this may be the last time she exercises her motherly duties

Uh--oh--those terrifying voices were getting closer and coming from all directions, which meant that they were already surrounded by those things

Little Tina's mother is useless, hurt you, we are going to die together, at the last moment of her life, Tonya hugged little Tina tightly, tears rained down

Mom...... Mother and daughter hugged each other and cried

The sound of low roars and footsteps drew closer and closer, and the shadow of death gradually loomed over the mother and daughter who had given up hope of escape......

Hurry up, an old man's voice on this side suddenly reached the ears of the mother and daughter

Like sailors who were lost on the sea, when they saw the faint light of the lighthouse, the mother and daughter's already desperate hearts suddenly lit up with hope, and they looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a weakened old man with a cane in one hand and beckoning to them with the other, and Tonya hurriedly picked up little Tina and ran towards the house

......

Are they gone, Tonya came to the old man's side and looked nervously out the door

Shhhh

I'm sorry, Tonya nodded hurriedly, and at this time, Tonya looked carefully at the dilapidated room, and then asked the old man softly: Old man, is this your home?

That's right

But it doesn't look very solid here, is it safe to hide here?

That's why I said to be as quiet as possible

After saying that, the old man opened the old cupboard, which had been many years old, took out some gauze and a few bottles of medicine from it, came to little Tina, and said to the child: "Little girl, I know it will hurt, but you must be patient, and you must not shout out."

Tiny looked at the old man for a moment, then at the item in his hand, and nodded firmly

The old man put her left calf on his thigh, put gauze close to her wound with one hand, grabbed the wooden board nailed to her foot with the other, pulled it out vigorously, and successfully separated it from the calf, the old man quickly pressed the blood hole in the wound with gauze to avoid bleeding without stopping bleeding, and then the old man tore the little girl's cotton pants open, bit the lid of the medicine bottle with his mouth, poured the medicine on top of the gauze again, and then took a bundle of clean gauze and tied a knot around the pink calf

A simple wound treatment was done, and Tiena didn't make a sound during the whole process, and she covered her mouth with her little hand vigorously, but she also burst into tears, and Tonya turned away to see her daughter's pain again

After finishing his work, the old man went into the kitchen, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the blood and potions off his hands

Thank you, old man, Tonya hurriedly thanked the old man, and then walked over to little Tina and hugged her daughter tightly into her arms

Although it was bandaged, I could only do this, and the old man in the kitchen replied while wiping it that the wound must be changed regularly every day so that it would not become infected

Cold...... Suddenly, Tonya felt a shiver from her daughter in her arms, and heard her say in a faint voice, "It's cold, Mommy, I feel cold......

Hearing her daughter say this, Tonya also shivered involuntarily, in the Far North, there are only ten days a year when there is no snow, and now it has entered November, the merciless winter has come, and all the luggage they carry has been lost in the process of escaping, the biting cold wind invades from the cracks of this broken house, and the body temperature is passing quickly, just now they have been avoiding the pursuit of those things, in the violent exercise makes the whole body hot, so they do not feel cold, but now settled down, the heat of the body is cooling rapidly, so that the thinly clothed mother and daughter can no longer resist the terrible cold of the Far North

Can the old man make a fire, my daughter and I can't support it anymore, and there is no way for Tonya to ask her savior again

You're crazy, the smell of the flames will bring back 'those things'

But......

Okay, pick up your daughter and come with me, the old man came out of the kitchen, threw the handkerchief aside, and then he walked to an old dining table, moved the table, and then squatted on the ground and picked up the wooden floor piece by piece, and Tonya mother and daughter found that under the wooden floor there was a square iron plate about one meter wide, and there was an iron ring on the iron plate, and the old man grabbed the ring and lifted it up

The iron plate was opened, and there was a basement underneath the dilapidated house

The old man standing at the entrance of the tunnel said to Tonya who was in a daze

Oh, Tonya nodded, and immediately picked up her daughter and followed the old man into the tunnel

Closing the door of the basement, the old man lit a few torches in the basement one by one, and now the basement is brightly lit and quite warm, Tonya saw that this basement is about 100 square meters, full of old boxes, some sheets and quilts, the old man took out a few pieces of dry barbecue from one of the boxes, and then took out a shell of water from the other box and handed it to Tonya and Tina

Eat, you should be hungry too, the old man smiled kindly

Thank you, Tonya, mother and daughter, took the barbecue and devoured the water

Eat slowly, don't swallow, the old man kindly reminded

At this time, Tonya noticed her gaffe, she is usually a woman who pays attention to her manners, but in the past few days, she has been fleeing on the ice field day and night, and she has not had anything in her stomach for four days and four nights, and her demeanor is nothing in the face of hunger

I'm sorry sir, thank you for saving us, although I know it's rude, but please let me know your name and I will definitely repay you in the future

At this time, it is still said that we will not repay or not, in the face of this catastrophe, of course, we will help each other, the old man smiled and said with a smile, you just call me Ivan

Ah, old Mr. Ivan, Tonya pulled his daughter and hurriedly saluted Ivan, saying, My name is Tonya, and she is my daughter Tina

Madame, you don't have a local accent to hear

Yes, Tina, Tina, Tina's father, and my brother's family of four used to live in the capital, and we fled all the way from the 'Silver Mountain Seat' after the cataclysm

Oh, Madame, Mr. Naling and your son

They...... At the mention of her husband and son, Tonya couldn't help but burst into tears

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked this question, in Tonya's reaction, Ivan had already guessed what happened to her husband and son, so Ivan didn't ask anymore, but changed the subject, and now there is no safe place in the entire Snowy Federation, ma'am, what are you going to do next

We intend to continue east away from the Snowy Federation

No, Ivan shook his head, I'm afraid that as soon as you leave the silverwind taiga, you will immediately be shot into a hedgehog by the barbarians

Why Ivan's words surprised Tonya and Tiny Tina

Because the cataclysm that occurred in our Snowy Federation has affected the Celestial Plains, those barbarians have unilaterally blocked the border from the other side in order to avoid the expansion of the situation, as long as someone crosses the border from the side of the Snowy Federation, they will shoot them to death with arrows

It was too much, Tiny Tina shouted indignantly that those barbarians were too selfish, how could they do this

The little girl Ivan stretched out her hand and gently stroked the head of little Tina, human nature is inherently evil, especially in the face of disaster, the dark side of human nature will be exposed, and the barbarians are now showing us the 'selfishness' that they show is actually to protect their compatriot Tina, you are still young, and you will understand this truth when you grow up

Ivan's words made Tonya and Tiny Tina fall into deep thought, although they didn't want to accept it, but his words did make sense, they had seen too many of these things on the way to escape, mourning all over the wilderness, and the survivors were struggling to survive in it, although sometimes they watched and helped each other to survive, but more often they were selfish. The dark side of humanity that is unfettered by the law has caused more damage to the survivors than the cataclysm itself, and the same tragedy has been repeated again and again, so that along the way, the original huge procession shrinks smaller and smaller, and finally it is Tonya and Tiny Tina who can finally reach Porfishagrad

Looking at the dejected expressions of the mother and daughter, Ivan comforted: But you don't have to be discouraged, there is no end to the road, I firmly believe in the saying - 'no matter how bad things are, there will always be an end', in the years when I was locked up in prison, I always used this sentence to encourage myself, you see, now I have not managed to survive the most difficult years

Ah, when Ivan said that he had been in prison, both Tonya and Tina couldn't help but give them strange looks

Hahaha...... For the eyes of the two mothers and daughters, Ivan didn't mind, he smiled haughtily, scared you, alas - people are always responsible for what they have done, yes, I have done things that violated federal law, for which I paid the price of 20 years of freedom, and now although I am free, I am also old, and I am 72 years old, and I can't make up for it

No, no, no...... We didn't mean it like this, Tonya hurriedly apologized to Ivan, "Man is not a god, who has not made mistakes, we definitely have no bad opinion of Mr. Ivan, besides, hasn't Ivan already atoned for his sins with his freedom, you saved our mother and daughter, took us in, and treated Xiao Tina, this qiē is enough to prove that you are a good person

Hehe...... Ivan also smiled heartily, it's okay, I'm not angry at all, I've been used to it for a long time over the years, saying that, he squatted down, and a warm smile appeared between the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes, little girl, your name is Tina, right, you remind me of my granddaughter, she was as cute as you back then

Grandpa Ivan is a good person, Tina likes Grandpa Ivan, Tina is good for you to be your granddaughter

Hey...... Ivan touched Tina's head and said with a smile, you are almost the same as my granddaughter's daughter

At this time, Tonya also laughed

Three people of very different ages laugh in the cramped basement, and for the first time since Tonya and Tiny Tina fled after the cataclysm.