"Grandpa, hurry up and rest, tomorrow we have to go get water." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

At night, the dark curtain hangs high in the sky, because the earth is completely wrapped in a layer of energy harvesting devices, during which both the moonlight and the starlight are extremely dim, the sky and the earth are quiet, grandpa stands at the door, in late autumn, the wind is very cold, the cold wind is like a knife, and the bare skin of the cutter is forcefully cut.

After several wars, the surface water has almost dried up, and the groundwater has been polluted.

As for their drinking water, they have to use a small spring ten miles away, which is drawn every three days.

"Something is wrong today, something is wrong, by the way, Xiao Ming, don't live at home tonight, the place where we get water, the small house on the back of the mountain, I put a lot of food in advance, and there is spring water in that place, so you don't have to worry about eating and drinking."

You go and stay there for a while, maybe a month, or maybe a year, and then I'll pick you up, and you can do it yourself. ”

Grandpa's expression became very serious, and he couldn't help but arrange a task for Xiao Qiu Ming.

"Wait, wait."

Grandma heard the conversation between the two and rushed out of the house, glaring at Grandpa angrily.

"Qiu Ming is only four years old this year, it's so late, there is not even a moonlight, you can't see your five fingers, you let him go to a place ten miles away, in case, it's not right, there will definitely be an accident, why is your old thing's heart so hard."

Grandma was very angry, and grandpa couldn't smile bitterly, but he didn't pay attention to grandma and turned his head to look at Qiu Ming.

"Go ahead, carry grandpa's backpack."

To tell the truth, ordinary elders will never let their children and grandchildren do this, although Xiao Qiu Ming has planned to exercise his body since he was able to walk, but today he is only four years old, what are most people doing when they are four years old?

Basically, it's all about coquettishness and fun, but Qiu Ming is going to go to a small house ten miles away by himself on the night when he can't see his fingers, and then he will live there for at least a month.

"Yes"

Little Qiu Ming ran back very happily, don't look at his little arms and legs, but in fact, the speed is quite fast, the four-year-old child has very little in mind, in her mind, this matter is regarded as a wild trip.

Although it was far from home to the place where he fetched water, he had gone dozens of times in a scattered manner, and the road was very familiar, and the child was innocent and romantic, and he did not understand what this matter meant to him.

Grandpa's backpack seemed big and loose to little Qiu Ming, but it wasn't a problem, just use a rope to strangle, and the backpack was full of things for him.

A kettle can hold two catties of water, enough for himself to drink on the road, half a catty of jerky, a handful of fried noodles, and a few oil cakes, these things are rare delicacies in Qiu Ming's eyes.

A small knife with a jade handle, a roll of gauze, a rope more than ten meters long, there are some hemostatic medicines, flints, a thin illustrated book of animals and plants, and other scattered seeds, a small shovel, depending on the grandfather's meaning, it is for him to get to that place and find a way to eat it himself.

At the bottom of the place, there were two changes of clothes, both of which were new, but Qiu Mingmei was broken, and he was going to try it, grandpa smiled and patted his head,

"That dress is still a little big, don't try it, there are your clothes in the house where you get water, and a map."

Grandpa took out a map made of sturdy animal skin from the dark layer of the backpack, the animal skin is quite peculiar, the whole is snow-white, thin as cicada wings, extremely tough, no matter how hard you try, it will not tear it, fold it, and hold it in your hand at most the size of a palm, half an inch thick.

After spreading it out, it was the size of a room, and the valleys, mountains, and peaks were clearly marked in it, and how to read the map, which my grandfather had already given to me, and I would not be afraid to get lost anywhere with this map.

After that, Grandpa took out another map from it, and when he spread it out, it was much smaller than the one, but it was also spread all over the square table where the family ate, and most of the terrain within a radius of thousands of miles was accurately marked.

What stands out is the small number of potable water sources in it, and being able to find water without follow-up support is basically half the battle.

These two maps are the most precious things that Qiu Ming's family has passed down from generation to generation, especially the latter, almost every generation of clansmen will try their best to search, little by little to find the faint hope of surviving in this land, and slowly improve the map.

Grandpa handed over the map to him, which was actually equivalent to handing over the family to Xiao Qiu Ming, but unfortunately he didn't understand it at all.

"Dad......."

Qiu Ming's father looked at his father with some confusion, but what he saw was a serious, lonely and even desperate face, and he wanted to say something, but he was glared back.

"Xiao Ming, Dad, the child is still too young, it's better to let him go tomorrow."

Qiu Ming's mother hugged Qiu Ming distressedly, and his grandparents were like that, complaining about his grandfather's cruelty.

"No, he has to leave today, hurry up, grandpa will go to you then."

Grandpa pushed Qiu Ming out of the door almost half-pushing and half-pulling, Qiu Ming only felt very interesting, he didn't cry or make trouble, and he jumped towards the destination.

It can be said that after little Qiu Ming left, the family quarreled, and my mother looked at Qiu Ming who was slowly walking into the night, choking back tears, and wanted to call him back, but grandpa didn't let him.

"You old thing, which tendon is wrong, Xiao Ming is still so young, if something happens, it won't kill me."

Grandpa looked helplessly at the family who were in grief, he didn't know what to say, if it wasn't for the fact that there was no way, he wouldn't have done it.

"Okay, don't cry and lose your face, I'll pick him up in a few days."

At the end, Grandpa added in a low voice.

"If we're okay."

"What do you mean, we have nothing to worry about, this is no beast."

Since the experience of those battles, there have been many 'safe zones' suddenly appeared on the whole land, most of these safe zones are round, different sizes, large ones are thousands of miles in circumference, and small ones are hundreds of meters in radius, and those terrifying polluting beasts and killing bodies will not appear in them.

They are in a safe zone, otherwise they won't let little Qiu Ming out, hearing grandpa say this, grandma's eyes widened suddenly, if there were those polluted beasts and killing bodies outside, she would have to call Qiu Ming back now.

"It's not those things, I'm afraid someone is going to deal with us."