"Brother Xiao, it's really me! Do you remember me? We haven't seen each other for seven or eight years! We haven't seen each other since you joined the army, and we really can't recognize each other if you don't look closely! You're back! When the short and fat figure named Zhang Erdan saw Chen Xiao and seemed to recognize him, he immediately replied in surprise in a tone, and his figure also moved towards Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao has been in the army for five years, although he also went home for a period of vacation during this period, but because this Zhang Erdan was working in other places at that time, he never met.

After he was discharged from the army, he rested at home for more than a month, and then went to work hard in other places, during which he never saw this childhood friend, and this time he went for another two years, adding up to more than seven years.

In Chen Xiao's memory, this Zhang Erdan is two years younger than himself, not only is he fat and cute, but his personality is also honest and honest, and he was the object of ridicule when he was a child.

I remember one time, when Erdan was bullied by a few bad boys by the river, Chen Xiao presided over justice for him in time and drove those bad boys away, and since then, Zhang Erdan has often played with Chen Xiao, and faintly regarded Chen Xiao as the boss......

"Erdan, it's really you! I didn't expect to meet you here, and I'm really happy to see that you're still alive, is your family okay? What is the situation in the town now? After Chen Xiao confirmed the identity of the person in front of him, although he was quite surprised, he was more excited and concerned.

Chen Xiao took a look at Zhang Erdan's appearance, and found that except for his body being a little fatter and his face was a little more mature than before, there was not much change in other places, and his facial features were also seven or eight points similar to before, but now he looked like he was twenty-three or four years old.

"Hey, Brother Xiao, it's really lucky to be alive, but being alive isn't necessarily a good thing! I'm the only one left in the family now, and I'm still alive to suffer...... The town is now similar to the scene of a battle, and there are only a few dozen people who have survived, and when you go back and take a look, you will understand everything! Zhang Erdan sighed and replied in a pessimistic tone, with a lonely look.

"I will definitely go back to the town as soon as possible, but don't be too pessimistic, as long as we are alive, everyone will definitely be able to rebuild their homes, besides, do you know the situation in Chenzhuang, have you seen my mother and grandmother?"

Although Chen Xiao had expected it, after learning about the current situation in his hometown from Zhang Erdan's mouth, it still made his mood heavy, especially when he asked Zhang Erdan about his own situation, his tone was even more trembling, with a complicated expression of expectation and fear.

"Brother Xiao, it has been ten days since the end of the disaster, during which I have also been to Chenzhuang once, your house has been occupied by a huge meteorite, these days, all the survivors in the town have gathered together, and there is no family of you among the fifty-eight people who survived! Brother Xiao, I hope you can hold on, you should be stronger than me! ”

Zhang Erdan was a little difficult to speak in the face of Chen Xiao's inquiry, but then he thought about it, Chen Xiao would know about this situation sooner or later, and now saying it may make him mentally prepared! So, after hesitating for a moment, Zhang Erdan still replied with a sad face, and his tone was even more faintly crying.

Chen Xiao actually had a bad premonition along the way, and the scene of his family's misfortune had appeared in his mind more than once, so he had been uneasy along the way, not only did his temper become weird, but his tone of voice with the big guy was also much colder.

Although Chen Xiao already had a trace of preparation in his heart, after hearing the narration of his childhood friend at this time, it still made his brain explode with a thunderbolt, which immediately made him stay in place in a daze, his eyes were even more empty, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Zhang Erdan and the people around Chen Xiao saw Chen Xiao's expression, although they were a little sympathetic and worried, but then after thinking about their respective experiences, they also became silent, they have all experienced this pain of losing their loved ones, and they know that this situation can only be solved through time, no matter how others comfort them, the parties concerned will not listen to a few words.

The little fat man was also confused at this time, and his eyes showed a complex expression of fear, anxiety and expectation, I don't know if after seeing what happened to Chen Xiao, he was more worried about his family, or he had a trace of fear about his way back to his hometown, as if he no longer had much hope......

In short, his heart is quite depressed at this moment, all the big guys have become orphans, can he be lucky to find his relatives?

After a while, Chen Xiao finally regained some composure, although he didn't cry, he still couldn't help but leave two lines of hot tears on his cheeks, and at the same time, his eyes were staring straight in the direction of Panlong Town in front of him, and there was a trace of despair and remorse in his eyes......

"Brother Xiao, I hope you can see the point, the big guys are all lonely now, you have to cheer up! Isn't that how we came here? When you first comforted me, it wasn't like that! Seeing that Chen Xiao had not regained his composure for a long time, Li Han hurriedly walked in front of Chen Xiao, looked at Chen Xiao's empty eyes, and comforted him with a distressed look of compassion.

I think that at the beginning, it was precisely because of Chen Xiao's persuasion and encouragement that I was able to quickly come out of my sadness, but now I see that Brother Xiao, whom I admire, has become depressed, how can I not make Li Han feel distressed and worried?

"Brother Xiao, I'm the only one left in my family! Aren't you used to it these days? You should be strong in the face of it! At least I'll have to go back and see my aunt, right? Gotta take care of what happens to them! Zhang Erdan didn't know how to comfort Chen Xiao, so he could only use his own situation and the responsibilities of his children to guide him.

Zhang Erdan knew that Chen Xiao had lost his father since he was a child, and their brothers had to rely on his mother and grandmother to earn money rain or shine, and they gradually grew up, and his relationship with his mother and grandmother must be very deep, but the disaster is ruthless, who can fight the mysterious stars of the universe?

"That's right! Brother Xiao, you have led us through hardships and hardships all the way, and walked so many rugged and bumpy roads, just to go home to visit relatives, which is enough to prove that you are a great filial son, which everyone admires a lot! ”

"But everyone present, except for the little fat man, hasn't everyone lost their relatives now? Isn't everyone standing up strong under your teaching? You're older than us, you know more than us, shouldn't you be stronger than us? You stand up! ”

Guo Zirong walked up to Chen Xiao, first comforted him, and then scolded him with a sad and indignant face, looking indignant, as if the current Chen Xiao was not the Chen Xiao he was willing to follow, and there was a faint disappointment in his tone.

"Hehe, it's all my fault! If only I had come back sooner! I have to make some stinky money, I haven't even seen them for the last time, and in the past seven or eight years, I have been home for less than three months, and I haven't been in a hurry to be filial to them! I'm an unfilial descendant! If only I had been with them......"

After Xiao Guo's slap in the face, Chen Xiao gradually eased up a little, first smiled bitterly with a sad face, and then fell to his knees softly, looking painful, but his eyes seemed to have regained some brilliance, but he still looked remorseful, and kept asking himself.

For human beings, there are some things that they do know how to cherish after they are lost, and human nature is to want more, and want to have material things, and want to have feelings, some people are eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, both want to get power and wealth, and want to have pure feelings, they have never thought that they themselves are no longer pure......

Take Chen Xiao as an example, he not only wants to get material things to change his family's life, but he also wants to be a filial son, but he always has to choose the same, fate is unlikely to go in the direction he imagined, even if there is no disaster, there will be ** or disease looking forward to his family.

If Chen Xiao wants to repay his relatives for their nurturing kindness, he can stay with his relatives, even if he doesn't have so much material, he can also do his filial piety all the time, even if he regrets not being at the beginning, what can he do?

Of course, this is not to say that Chen Xiao is a person with too many selfish desires, it just that he did not think about what he wanted most in his heart as soon as possible, of course, he is a hundred times purer than those greedy and shameless treacherous people.

Once people choose the goals they desperately want in their hearts, they will naturally give up other goals and dreams, and they may end up with nothing, because since ancient times, it has been "impossible to have both"!

And once people can't achieve the goal in their hearts, they will blame the disaster or **, or other reasons, of course, there are some people who understand it afterwards, so a scene of regret will often be staged among human beings, of course, it is better than those who shirk responsibility and do not repent.

Where there is a choice, there is a renunciation, this is an eternal truth.

"Brother Xiao, you don't have to blame yourself too much, no one would have expected this disaster to come suddenly! And you are working hard outside so that your family can live a good life! Their spirits in heaven will surely forgive you! The big guys want you to cheer up! ”

After Ma Ying listened to Chen Xiao's self-blame, while feeling sorry for Chen Xiao, her figure also moved to his side, and caressed his shoulder in distress, and comforted him in a gentle tone.

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Ten minutes later, Chen Xiao finally came to his senses from his grief, feeling everyone's care and encouragement for him, which made him sigh with emotion, it was only a few days of hard work, and he had become the object of others' consolation, and most of the people were comforted and encouraged by themselves, and became stronger step by step.

In fact, Chen Xiao is still quite strong, and he himself has long been mentally prepared, after all, what he has seen and heard along the way has already given him a new understanding of the lethality of this disaster, and it is just a good hope that his relatives can survive!

The reason why I was in a trance was just blaming myself for not fulfilling my responsibilities as a child, and regretting that I didn't go home early to accompany my relatives.

Although Chen Xiao was able to cheer himself up after being sentimental alone, he was still very grateful for the consolation of everyone in front of him, especially Xiao Guo's words, although they were a little polite, but they still made him instantly enlightened and remembered the overall situation in front of him.

Not only is he the oldest of all, but he is also recognized as the leader, and so many people have followed him from thousands of miles to death, and they have worked tirelessly and fearlessly along the way, because of the trust in themselves, believing that they can lead them to a good life and rebuild a beautiful home.

If you give up on yourself and fall into grief all the time, you will definitely be disappointed, and that will make everyone feel that there must be no hope of following yourself, after all, how can a person who has lost his fighting spirit and is heartbroken become a qualified leader?

After Chen Xiao figured out all this, he began to show his strength and resilience to everyone, and talked with everyone one by one, and he was happy to accept everyone's persuasion and thanks.

After Chen Xiao exchanged pleasantries with everyone, he began to learn about the situation in Panlong Town from Zhang Erdan, so as to make arrangements for everyone's next whereabouts......

Through Zhang Erdan's description, Chen Xiao and the others also knew the reason why Zhang Erdan fled in a hurry and the general situation of Panlong Town.

Panlong Town is actually formed by more than a dozen large and small villages not far from each other, because the place occupied by these more than a dozen villages is connected together, the terrain is particularly like a dragon shape with three circles, so I don't know when it started, it has the name of Panlong Town.

Although Panlong Town is a market town, but the more than a dozen villages that make up this market town are closely connected, the nearest is only separated by a bridge, and the farthest is only one or two miles away, anyway, it is within reach, there are only more than 1,000 households in the town, and the population is about four or five thousand.

According to Zhang Erdan, after the disaster, a total of 58 people in this town, including him, survived, and these days have gathered together one after another, and under the leadership of a prestigious village cadre, everyone looked for survivors together, hunted and foraged together, but also step by step out of the haze, and began to rebuild their homes.

Who knew that the good times would not last long, just two days ago, a group of gangsters of unknown origin suddenly came to the town, but there were still people in the town who recognized a few familiar faces in this group, as if they were people from Shehuchuan Town, which is adjacent to Panlong Town.

When they arrived in Panlong, they threatened to take over the town, saying that their leader was the new county magistrate, and that the people of the town must obey his orders, and that if they resisted, they would be killed.

The townspeople have just recovered from their grief and pain, and are preparing to rebuild their homes! Where will they believe the nonsense of these gangsters, and in this situation, where is there any county magistrate? And these people are all wielding knives and guns, and they are not good people at first glance!

So a few men in the town spoke out against these gangsters and told them to get out of Panlong Town! Unexpectedly, this gang of gangsters turned out to be extremely vicious, so they shot and killed these men in the town.

When the people in the town saw that the gangsters were so vicious, they were immediately frightened and stood on the spot, and some of the cowards even knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and said that they were willing to obey the orders of the gangsters, and some of the bloody villagers no longer resisted, but they did not want to give in, and they made silent resistance.

When those villains saw that there were twenty or thirty people who dared to resist, it was not good to kill the killers for a while, after all, if these people who resisted were killed, it would be meaningless to occupy this town, and who would work for themselves at that time?

As soon as the villain saw that there was nothing he could do with these stubborn villagers for the time being, he ordered his men to put all of them on ropes and keep them under strict guard, and at the same time announced to his men that those who dared to resist would henceforth be slaves, not only to work as coolies, but also to eat only one meal in two days.

After this gang of gangsters occupied Panlong Town, they settled here, because an ancestral hall in the town was lucky to escape the disaster and survived with minimal damage, so it is the only building in this town that can shelter from the wind and rain, and this building has doors and windows, as well as an independent courtyard, which is a good place to settle down.

And the twenty or thirty villagers who had been reduced to slavery were forced to work hard every day under the humiliation of this gang of gangsters, not only to clear the ruins, but also to cut down trees, just to build barracks for these gangsters.

As the whipping and bullying suffered more and more in the past two days, finally some people couldn't bear these pains and gave in to the gangsters one after another, and Zhang Erdan was also one of them, after he pretended to give in, he sneaked out of the town this afternoon while the gangsters were either busy supervising the work or taking a lunch break, and fled all the way here.

According to Zhang Erdan, there are still seventeen or eighteen villagers who are still resisting stubbornly, and he was lucky enough to run away because of the lack of vigilance of these gangsters at that time, but now it must have been discovered, and it is estimated that the pursuers will catch up......

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