Hearing Yan Xi'an say that they would go to various places to play together in the future, Lu Yu also longed for it, thinking that if he could go to the end of the world hand in hand with Yan Xi'an, he would let himself be a god, so he didn't want to.

Yan Xi'an said again: "In the past, my father often took me and Xiding out to the far door to take us to a long time. Although there are many places I visit, I feel that although the customs and scenery of each place are different, I don't think it is interesting. She looked up at Lu Yu, smiled like a crescent moon with a pair of pretty eyes, and said, "If the uncle takes me out to play, it will be different." ”

Lu Yu's heart was warm and crispy, and he deeply felt that Yan Xi'an had a deep affection for him, and he felt very lucky: "The person I love also loves me deeply, and there is no better and better thing in heaven and earth." ”

The two held hands and snuggled all the way, only letting go when they were almost in town.

The farm tool shop is back open, and the owner is still there. There were no more seeds to sell in the farm tool store, but fortunately, there were still sickles, and Lu Yu paid for four.

After buying the sickle, the shopkeeper said to Lu Yu: "The weather is good this year, and this day will be better every day." After getting acquainted with Lu Yu, every time Lu Yu came to buy something, the shopkeeper always had to gossip with him.

Lu Yu said: "I hope that this year will be the same as last year and the year before last, and people will become a rare species." ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Yes, if your land is not harvested this year, and the grain cannot be bought, our small local government yamen will not be able to open, and the people we live in the town will be even more uncomfortable." ”

Lu Yu frowned and asked, "Do those people in the town have trouble for you?" ”

The shopkeeper walked to the door and looked at it for a few moments, before he came back and whispered, "No, these people are more ruthless than beasts......

Yan Xi'an also knew about the Mercy Society, and she asked, "Do they want a lot of money?" ”

"What's the point of asking for money? They forced us to pay the grain. You said that in these years, we don't farm, who has surplus grain to hand over? ”

The shopkeeper continued: "Half of the reason why so many people died in the town last winter was because the Helpers were so ruthless in asking for food that their family's food was taken away, and the family had to starve to death. ”

"That's too bad!" Yan Xi'an was very angry: "They are so bad, don't you people in the town want to resist?" ”

Although Lu Yu also knew that the Shan Shan Society was not a good person, he didn't expect them to be so evil. He asked the shopkeeper, "Does the Church have a lot of people in town?" Why do you want so much food? ”

"Who thinks there's too much food? Of course, they are asking for food from the dead. The shopkeeper looked bitter and hateful: "They want gold and silver, eat grain and rice, this is nothing, they still eat people." ”

"Cannibalism? Cannibalism? "Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an are exactly the same frightened, these guys from the Charity Society actually eat people.

"It's not cannibalism." The shopkeeper glanced at Yan Xi'an, and said again: "It's the kind of cannibalism, she doesn't understand." ”

Yan Xi'an really didn't understand, she asked Lu Yu: "Uncle, how do they eat people?" ”

"Well, that's ...... Eat it alive. Lu Yu understood, but he really didn't know how to explain it.

Lu Yu didn't plan to go to Lu Ming's house, but after talking with the owner of the farm tool shop, he decided to go and have a look.

Everything is fine in Lu Ming's family, but the food at home can't last too long, and no matter how much you save, it can only last until next year at most. Lu Yu told Lu Ming not to worry about food, there should be a harvest in the field this year, and he may be able to buy grain in the autumn. Lu Yu didn't say anything about Anding Valley and the rice fields inside, but thinking that if he harvested the rice in the future, he would definitely have to divide Lu Ming's part.

Lu Ming suddenly asked Lu Yu: "Is there any wasteland in the village, he wants to go back and plant something." ”

Lu Yu said: "There is no vacant land, there are many people in the village and there is little land, how can there be vacancy." "In fact, it is now the end of May, and we can still plant some late-season soybeans if we plant them again, but there is definitely no extra land in Yangshan Village.

Lu Ming was very disappointed and worried. But it's useless to worry, Lu Yu doesn't dare to promise anything, he himself is worried about food. The rice at home is almost at the bottom, and if it is not for the rice to be harvested immediately, Lu Yu's family will be completely out of food.

Before harvesting the rice, Lu Yu asked Lao Gao and them to go into the mountains together to hunt some more prey. Harvesting rice is hard work, and only when you have enough to eat well can you have the strength to work.

Hunting is still a group of five, and Yan Xi'an's sister and brother must follow.

At the end of May, it was already a bit hot, but it was much cooler than last year. The five of them were in a good mood, talking and laughing all the way to the depths of the mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests were full of life, but there were no big beasts to be seen. A few people are not discouraged, it is very common not to see prey in the morning, not to mention that now after the catastrophe, the animals and beasts in the mountains and forests have not yet recovered.

The five of them didn't distinguish the east-west direction, and kept walking deep into the mountains and forests, because Lu Yu was there, and they didn't worry about any danger. Yan Xi'an has been practicing for more than half a year, and her body is already different from ordinary people, not only did she not feel tired after walking all morning, but she could even occasionally run and jump.

After eating dry food at noon, the five of them stopped going to the mountains, and decided to search the neighborhood for a while, and then go straight back.

The dry food that Lu Yu and Yanxi An Yanxi brought was rice balls, which were covered with a few slices of pork and vegetable leaves. During the meal, Lao Gao asked Lu Yu: "Da Yu, is your family running out of food?" ”

"yes, it can last a while." Lu Yu smiled bitterly and asked Lao Gao again: "What about you?" You're almost gone, aren't you? ”

"I can still last for a month, I definitely can't wait for the autumn harvest." It is not yet June, and the corn will not be harvested until at least mid-August, and according to Lao Gao, their family has been short of food for more than a month.

It is impossible for people to go without food for a month, Lu Yu asked Lao Gao: "Is there any way to get food?" ”

"Alas, when I go back, I'll ask in the village to see who has more grain and can sell me some."

Lu Yu hesitated for a moment, wanting to say that he could get rice in a few days, so he could borrow Lao Gao first.

Before Lu Yu could speak, Lu Di spoke first, he said: "Don't buy it, go to my house to get some, my family has less land, and there is still surplus food." After a pause, he smiled again: "But I didn't give it for nothing, you took the grain and want to pay it back to me." ”

Lao Gao was very moved, and it took him a long time before he spoke: "Then I thank you." ”

"Hey, thank you." Lu Di didn't want to say more about this, and asked Lu Yu again: "Da Yu, you haven't been at home lately, and I haven't seen you working in the fields, what are you doing?" ”

When Lu Yu was not at home or in the field, he naturally went to Anding Valley. He said, "Not at home? Let's go to town. ”

Lu Di and Lao Gao both looked at Lu Yu with very puzzled eyes.

After lunch, the five of them walked around the neighborhood, and there were no wild boars, let alone tigers, so they hunted a few pheasants and hares. Now Yan Xi'an is not so keen on raising rabbits, and the rabbits caught back from hunting are all eaten.

After a long turn, there was still no gain, and several people could only prepare to go back empty-handed.

When he was about to reach the edge of Yangshan, Lu Yu suddenly heard a faint dragon crocodile call. Lu Yu's heart sank, and he immediately said to him: "There is a dragon crocodile in the mountain again." ”

When the other four heard Lu Yu say this, their faces changed. Lao Gao hurriedly asked, "Da Yu, did you hear it right?" ”

"It's the voice of a dragon crocodile, it's a little far from here, it's not very far." Lu Yu said: "Let's go back to the village first, and I'll go in and have a look later." Thinking of the tragic situation when the dragon crocodile entered the village last time, several people were terrified.

Sending the four of them home, Lu Yu was going out again with a kitchen knife. Yan Xi'an was worried that Lu Yu would be in danger, and said that he would go into the mountain with him.

Lu Yu naturally refused to let her go into the mountain together, he told Yan's family to close the door, if he didn't go home, he must not open the door.

Entering the mountain, Lu Yu ran quickly in the direction where the sound was made just now. After running for more than twenty miles, Lu Yu heard a dragon crocodile scream again, the sound was already very close, and it was heard very clearly.

Following the sound and running for dozens of steps, Lu Yu saw that in the dense forest at night, there were several dragon crocodiles lying or lying on the ground, all motionless. Lu Yu was shocked and thought, "Are these dragon crocodiles dead?" Could it be that there is another person like himself who went into the mountains and killed these dragon crocodiles? ”

Lu Yu looked around again, listened intently, and didn't notice that there were other dragon crocodiles around, so he approached a dragon crocodile, leaned over and looked, and sure enough, it was dead. Lu Yu looked at a few others, except for one dragon crocodile who was still slightly angry, and the rest of the dragon crocodiles were all dead.

Dragons and crocodiles were all bitten to death, and Lu Yu couldn't tell what kind of beast left the wound tooth marks, but it was definitely not a tiger, let alone a wild boar.

"Is there a beast in the mountains that is more powerful than a dragon crocodile?" Lu Yu was worried.

Lu Yu didn't look around anymore, he picked up two dead dragon crocodiles on both shoulders and went back to the village, he wanted Lao Gao to see what kind of beast these dragon crocodiles were bitten to death.

It didn't take long to return to the village, Lu Yu carried the two dragon crocodiles back to his house, and then went to call Lao Gao over.

Lao Gao was very surprised when he saw the wounds on the dragon crocodile's body, not that he recognized what kind of beast had bitten it, but because the wounds of the dragon crocodile were all on the back of the neck, and there was also a thick layer of scale armor. And the scale armor on the stamina of these two dragon crocodiles was bitten through and torn apart, and the flesh and blood inside were sparse, and the cervical vertebrae were about to be bitten off.

After being reminded by Lao Gao, Lu Yu immediately took a breath of cool air and exclaimed: "The bite of this thing is too strong, even the tiger doesn't have this power." ”

"It's definitely not a tiger, the tiger's mouth is big, and the bite wound is not like this." Lao Gao looked at the wound very carefully, and suddenly said, "How do I think, this wound looks like someone has bitten it out." He pointed to the tooth marks on the side of the wound and said, "Do you look like a human tooth mark?" ”

"Bitten to death?" Lu Yu also took a closer look and found that this embossing did look like it was left by a person. A few of them also looked at it, and they all said that it was a tooth mark.

So several people took a breath at the same time.

After Lao Gao went back, Yan Xiding asked Lu Yu: "Uncle Da Yu, these beasts were not bitten to death by you, right?" ”

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