"Mother, where are we going?"

"When I went to the east, I heard that it was a warm and peaceful place where the seasons are like spring. ”

"Shall we go home then?"

"We're just looking for a new home now, maybe we'll come back later, my mother doesn't know. ”

"Where's Daddy, why doesn't Daddy come with us?"

"Your dad went to a far away place and won't come back for a while. ”

"Can our daddy find us?"

"Yes, yes. ”

......

In the procession of the homeless people, a little girl of five or six years old kept asking her mother, and although her clothes were unusually tattered, her eyes were a little smart.

There were several elderly people and children walking with their mother and daughter, but each of them had a numb look on their faces and a look of disgrace in their eyes.

For the future, they don't know how to face it, so they can only follow the crowd to the east. According to the leading elders, the east is the richest place in Daliang, where there is fertile land, fine silk, and many good food and clothing, and if you have to work, you can support yourself.

With beautiful dreams, they have gone through a lot of hardships to get to the present, physically and mentally exhausted, and their hearts gradually began to despair.

"Mother, the little girl is hungry. ”

The little girl tugged at the corner of her mother's clothes, her little brow furrowed, and she looked quite weak. In fact, she hadn't eaten anything since yesterday, and the only half of the bread was quietly given to her by the old people in the same village.

"Little girl, bear with me, after here, there should be a town in front of you, and when the time comes, my mother will give you more delicious food. ”

"But...... But the little girl is really hungry, I want to eat the meatloaf made by my mother. ”

Hearing the child's small request, the mother suddenly had tears in her eyes and her heart was full of sourness.

As a mother, she would rather suffer herself than be burdened by her children, and she also wants to give her children a warm living environment, but the cruelty of reality makes her only silent.

The mother hesitated, then took a thumb-sized piece of jerky from her pocket and quietly fed it to her daughter.

"Eat slowly, don't choke. ”

The mother patted her daughter's back distressedly, and a faint warmth rose in her heart.

"I'm going to eat too, I'm going to eat too!"

Another child next to him happened to see such a scene, and hurriedly screamed and pounced, wanting to compete with the little girl.

The mother pushed the other party away, and the elders on both sides also argued.

Such a movement soon alarmed several strong men who were escorting, and they didn't bother to care about these trivial things, but they saw that the little girl had something to eat, and immediately gathered around.

"Little slut, everyone is hungry, I didn't expect you to hide food here, teach it all to Lao Tzu!"

The strong man led by him is lean and tall, with thin eyebrows, and looks like he has a cold temperament, he was once the teacher of a rich and noble family, that is, the head of the thugs, named Huang Zhen.

When the world was peaceful, Huang Zhen only relied on his strength and three or two fists to get by, but the beast tide caused chaos on the border, causing many towns to be destroyed, his owner was killed, and he was displaced. He thought he was cornered, but he didn't expect that because of his youth and strength and his ability to fight and kick, he was elected by everyone to become one of the small leaders of this migration team.

At first, Huang Zhen was conscientious, for fear that he would make any mistakes, but as time passed, he saw too many cruel things, and his heart became cold, and he even gradually liked the feeling that power brought him, and a strong desire grew in his heart, and he either beat or scolded those who disobeyed him.

To put it bluntly, the current Huang Zhen controls the life and death of thousands of people in his hands, and his words and deeds will determine the future fate of these people.

It's just that the migration of so many people is a problem, everyone is in a hurry, and they don't take too much rations with them, so now the people of the escort have to go out every day to find some food. And as a condition, all dry rations must be given priority to the people of the convoy.

Seeing that someone was hiding food privately, how could Huang Zhen, who was already a little hungry, not be angry.

"This ...... It's our own. ”

The woman trembled and hugged her children, for fear of being snatched away by the other party.

Huang Zhen was even more furious when he heard this, grabbed the woman's hair and scolded: "Without Lao Tzu's protection, your mother and daughter would have been eaten by those beasts a long time ago! ”

At the sound of an order, two strong men on the left and right hurriedly stepped forward to set up the woman.

"Let go of me!

"Please, my daughter hasn't eaten for a day. ”

"No—"

No matter how the woman cried, Huang Zhen and the others were indifferent, beating and scolding the woman and the little girl.

Seeing such a scene, some were angry and afraid, some were helpless, and some were indifferent.

Most of the people retreated for fear of being affected, and even the villagers who had just argued with the woman regretted it immensely, but they did not dare to say anything more. Several old people around couldn't stand it anymore, so they stepped forward to dissuade them, but they were also stopped by Huang Zhen.

It is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a troubled person.

Although the world has not yet completely collapsed, the selfish desires of the human heart have begun to swell...... Snatching, possession, madness, despair.

......

"Stop—"

With a loud shout, the crowd dispersed, and Huang Zhen and the others immediately stopped.

"Boss Qin, why are you here?"

Huang Zhen could see the comer, and his arrogant arrogance couldn't help but restrain him, revealing a flattering smile.

The person who came was over half a hundred years old, and he looked energetic and full of energy, and this person was none other than the most prestigious leader of this migration team, named Qin Liang.

Qin Liang came over with three young people dressed in strong clothes, their eyes were sharp, their temperament was detached, and they knew at a glance that they were not ordinary people.

"Huang Zhen, I don't have time to talk about those messy things with you now, and I'll settle accounts with you later. ”

Qin Liang glanced at Huang Zhen coldly, he naturally knew what was happening here, but he didn't break it, he just said loudly to the people around him: "Listen, everyone, these three adults around me are mysterious, they are specially here to recruit orphans to work, and if someone is willing to go, they will stand up by themselves...... Follow the three adults and keep you fed and clothed in the future. ”

Everyone looked at each other, but no one stood up, with a bit of vigilance on their faces.

The three mysteries couldn't help but look at Qin Liang, which made Qin Liang quite embarrassed.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the mysteries are all high-ranking big people, and they are usually difficult to see, but there are mysteries in front of them who take the initiative to come here to recruit workers, which makes them feel a little unreal.

Having just experienced a catastrophic change, everyone is very sensitive in their hearts, and would rather live in a difficult situation than change too much, because their hearts can no longer withstand the bumps.

"I ...... Can I go?"

A weak voice sounded, but it was the little girl who had been beaten and scolded just now.

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[Purple Wood: I fell asleep yesterday, and I made it up today, I'm sorry. 】