The bright moonlight shone on an endless cornfield, and there was a sound of rustling in the field, and a few petite black shadows loomed.

"Shhhhhh ”

"It's okay, isn't there Xiaoling on it?"

"Hmph, you bullied Xiaoling again, knowing that she was afraid of the dark and let her go alone. ”

"Xiaoyue, you can't say that, isn't Xiaoling weak, let her come down and cut corn with us. ”

"Brother, look at him!"

"Okay, okay, let's not say a word, hurry up and get to work. ”

"That's it, fatty, if you hadn't eaten all the food, we'd have come back to steal corn. ”

"You didn't eat, you didn't eat, I ate alone, right?"

"Hee-hee, who let you eat the most. ”

A whistle sounded suddenly, followed by several dog barks in the distance.

"Brother?"

"Oh no, old man Balbo is here, run!"

A few children rushed out of the field with a basket full of corn on their backs, and met up with a little girl standing alone on the ridge of the field with a teddy bear in her arms, and then the five children began to run for their lives, and not far behind them you could see an old man with a hunchback scolding and shouting, "You little rabbits again!"

These children are none other than the Galaxy, two years have passed since the incident in Shiva, and only five of them have survived the incident.

That day, when Xinghe and Lan Yue woke up from their sleep, it was already late at night, and there was no figure to be seen in the surrounding ruins, only Aunt Ye's voice echoed in his head.

"Xinghe, I'm really happy that you can call me Mom, but I'm sorry, I'm not a competent mother for you or for Satsuki, I'm sorry that my dad and I will be absent for the years you grew up, I know that the days ahead will be difficult, but I know that you are a strong child, you will be able to take care of yourself and Satsuki, don't feel guilty or hateful about this incident, about life, I only know one thing, some things happen purely by accident, and some things happen under our influence, and you just did what you should have done when it happenedI believe that you will be able to make the right choice and live well in our place. ”

Really, it's obviously an adult but it's such nonsense, he left his child and walked away without saying a word, Xinghe hasn't cried since that day, his tears are left on the ruins, from the moment he saw Lan Yue slowly open his eyes and look at himself, Xinghe felt the responsibility that fell on his shoulders, what about the responsibility that was once on his father, he must be strong, only in this way can he protect Lan Yue and protect himself.

"Xiaoling...... Can you still run?" Lan Yue asked, and Xinghe looked back to see that Ling's forehead was already covered with sweat, and her face was a little pale.

Rei is the first survivor that Xinghe and Arazuki find in the town, and they find her not far from waking up, she is a natural albinist with beautiful pale green eyes, and she is about the same age as Arazuki.

The reason why she said that she was about the same age was because she didn't remember anything except that her name was Ling, probably because she was stimulated by something in that tragedy, when Xinghe found her, she was wearing a white dress and holding a cloth bear in her arms, and she was obviously afraid of life, Xinghe felt that it was probably because of her illness that she could only stay in the room often, so her personality was a little autistic.

Later getting along also confirmed that Ling's body is indeed relatively weak, not to mention that she can't bask in the sun for a long time, and it seems that she has some other symptoms such as low blood sugar, and she often faints at every turn.

Xinghe glanced back at him, the barking of the dog was still some distance, he looked at Ling again, her appearance was indeed a little not good, and if she continued like this, she might faint again.

"Really, they all said that you should wait at home, and you have to come together. Shigego couldn't help but complain, "Whew, why are you hitting me." ”

Lan Yue knocked on the back of his head, "Who told you to talk nonsense, will Xiaoling be scared when she is home alone." ”

Jugo was the second survivor they found in the ruins, a year younger than Xinghe, to be exact, it was Ling who found him, Rei woke up and suddenly ran away, Xinghe and Arazuki followed her to find Jugo huddled in a corner, he was holding a dagger in his hand at the time, he was hiding there tremblingly, his face was dull, his body was covered with blood, there was a long mark on the ground in front of him, someone crawled out from there, and the trace stretched far away.

It took a lot of effort for Xinghe to snatch the dagger from his hand, and after that, Shigego cried for a long time in Xinghe's arms, after which Xinghe didn't ask Shigego why he was covered in blood, and everyone didn't talk about it, Xinghe felt that it was his own business, but if one day he wanted to say it, Xinghe would definitely be willing to listen to his story.

The barking of the dog in the back was a little closer, Xinghe gritted his teeth and said to Ling, "I'll carry you." ”

"No, I'm still ...... You can still run. Ling buried her head behind her bear, trying to keep her ugly face out of sight.

"Stop talking nonsense, fatty, I've got my corn over to you. Xinghe didn't hesitate, he threw the basket directly to the fat man, and then carried Ling on his back.

"Okay. The fat man took the basket and added it to himself.

The fat man's real name is Anton, he is the same age as Chonggo, he is his neighbor, and because he is very fat, they all call him fat in the galaxy. About him, Xinghe can only sigh that some people are born fat, although fat people eat a little more than the rest of them, but it is not so much that it is exaggerated, but fat people just become very fat.

He was discovered when they were leaving the town, and the four of them stepped on the fat man's hand as they were about to leave the town, only to jump straight out of the rubble, and that's when they noticed that there was a person hiding there.

According to the fat man, he was originally with Shigego, but when Pavic came to kidnap Shigego, his parents noticed that something was wrong, knocked him unconscious, and then hid him under the rubble, allowing him to escape, but his parents were not so lucky......

According to the fat man's own words, although he is a fat man, he is a flexible fat man, and the galaxy must agree on this, because every time he escapes, the fat man can always run faster than a rabbit.

Ling was very small, not very heavy, but after Xinghe carried her, the speed of the group still became a little slower, and the fat man couldn't help but glance back, pouting, "Why is the old man Balbo still following, isn't it just a few corns?"

"No way, we've been visiting his cornfield a bit too much during this time. Xinghe sighed.

"Who let the new gangsters in Dongcheng District have been making trouble for us, and we can't get any money in the city these days. Anton said angrily.

After leaving the town, the five of their children went to Jiangcheng, the closest to the town, and originally Shigego said to take them to his family's house in Jiangcheng to live first, but when they arrived in Jiangcheng, they found that Shigego's house and shop had been seized by the city hall, and the city hall released the news that their family had died in a mudslide in Shiva Town.

Sensing danger after months on the run, he stopped Shigego from wanting to go home, and they sneaked into the house at night to get some things and leave, and soon after they left, they saw a group of dark shadows sneaking into the house, and then saw a raging fire rising from the house.

After that, they lived in a dilapidated factory on the outskirts of the eastern city that had been abandoned for many years, and there was a very thick tree in the factory, and they used the waste materials they found from the factory to build a small tree house on the tree, and they usually lived in it.

When they first arrived in Jiangcheng, they relied on the 500 Dan in Chongwu's hands, which was the payment given to him by Walitt, and he had not had time to hand it over to his parents.

Several children who have never been in charge of a family have seen for the first time during this period of time what it means to spend money like water, but after more than half a month, their money bags have deflated, and their lives have begun to expose various problems with the shortage of money, and various frictions and quarrels have begun to appear between each other.

Xinghe realized the seriousness of the problem, but he promised Aunt Ye that he would take good care of Lan Yue, if it continued like this, let alone protect Lan Yue, it would be difficult for their five children to survive the winter.

It was during that time that Xinghe established his leading position among this group of children, of course, there were some conflicts in the process, there were no less fights between him and Chonggo and the fat man, he was only one year older than them, although his body was much stronger than the thin Shigego, but compared to the fat man, it was not at all advantageous, but what the other two children couldn't compare to was that he could do a little magic, although his level was still stuck in only allowing some things that were not too heavy to move.

When the money was insufficient, Xinghe began to try to take a few children to find a job in the city, but they were too young and couldn't do anything, plus Ling's body was still so weak, others were not even willing to recruit them as apprentices.

The only job they find is to work as porters at the dock, when there are a large number of goods on the dock that need to be loaded, they will recruit some porters, this is a job that pays according to the amount of work, no matter who can do it, moving five bags of flour is a dan, Xinghe They are a few small, and they don't actually make much money by moving a day, and there is not work on the dock every day, but the only advantage of this job is that if you do it all day, you will take care of the food, Xinghe The three of them will secretly bring some food back to the tree house every time, and the uncle who is in charge of the food estimates that he has already discovered their small movements, but seeing that the three of them don't eat much, plus they are children, just turn a blind eye, but just like that, a few of them are still in a state of being full and hungry.

In this case, Xinghe had no choice but to propose a solution to the other children, stealing.

At first, everyone was a little resistant to stealing, but as winter approached, they didn't even have enough clothes to survive the winter, so they were forced to learn to steal in order to make ends meet.

Jiangcheng is a second-tier city outside the Iron Curtain, relying on the Gongjiang River, in addition to being a port city, Jiangcheng's gladiatorial industry is also a feature, in addition to the famous Jiangcheng Colosseum, there are dozens of underground gladiatorial arenas in the city, all of them are distributed in Dongcheng District, which also makes Dongcheng District a mixed place, taverns, prostitutes (river crab) courtyards, casinos and all kinds of low-level social buildings are scattered in various places in Dongcheng District, because the situation here is too complicated, the police in Jiangcheng are reluctant to get involved, and it is almost completely controlled by gangsters。

It was here that they began to learn to steal and cheat, in the early days, they targeted those drunk drunks, because this kind of target is the easiest to achieve, but they generally don't steal much money from drunks, and always start with the locals will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble, and the gangsters who manage Dongcheng will also have opinions, so later, as their skills have improved, they have changed their targets to those who come with the boat or tourists who come here, of course, their means of making money are no longer limited to stealing.

When there is work on the dock, the three boys will still go to the dock, because they can take care of the food and take it out, while the two girls will go to the Colosseum to sell flowers to the rich boys with their female companions, who have always been willing to spend money in front of their female companions. Of course, if someone is stupid and has a lot of money, they don't mind slaughtering him.

When the harvest is really not good on some days, Xinghe and they will go to the corn fields in the suburbs to steal corn, originally with Xinghe their lives on the right track, they rarely need to go to the corn fields to steal corn, but recently a group of self-proclaimed "evil dragon clubs" came to Dongcheng District 's ambitious gangsters, they are integrating the thieves and vagrants in the entire Dongcheng District, because they have paid tribute to the gangsters who manage the Dongcheng District and their actions have not endangered the gangsters in managing the Dongcheng District, so the gangsters also turn a blind eye to them, but because of the galaxy they refuse to join the so-called "Evil Dragon Society", so those gangsters are targeting the galaxy everywhere, and the two sides often clash, because of this reason, the galaxy they have not been able to get money for a long time recently, so they have to be frequent during this time" Patronize "Old Man Balbo's cornfield."

"No, you can't run away like this!" Xinghe suddenly threw away the backpack on his back and rushed to the front.

"What are you doing, Shigego!" cried out the fat man who nearly tripped over the basket he had thrown down.

Xinghe also watched in confusion as Chongwu ran to the front alone, picked up a stone on the ridge and threw it at the big black dog behind, only to hear a wail from behind, and then the dog barked more violently, Xinghe immediately reacted, gritted his teeth, and turned around and jumped into the cornfield with Ling on his back. At the same time, he whispered, "Come in." ”

Lan Yue and Anton both jumped into the corn field as they said, and the four of them were lying in the field, and through the corn stalk they saw the big black dog running over the field, and it didn't take long for Balbo to walk over the field with a torch, and he was still scolding and shouting, "Little rabbit, don't run!"

"It's all my fault, he's fine, right?" Ling asked in a whisper as she watched Balbo go away.

Lan Yue comforted her and said, "It's okay, that guy must be fine." ”

"Xinghe, what now. The fat man asked.

Xinghe glanced up, the light of the torch had reached a long distance, he gritted his teeth, "Go back to the tree house first, this kid, I won't be able to spare him when I come back." ”

The four of them took advantage of the darkness to find another way back to the treehouse, and the four of them raised a fire under the treehouse and boiled a pot of corn soup, which they found from the abandoned factory, and it was a big mouthful, and they didn't know what it used to do, and they have been cooking with this pot since they cleaned it.

However, the four of them didn't wait for Shigego to come back, so they didn't eat for a while, and under all kinds of boredom, Xinghe sat on the branch of the big tree and stared at the sky and counted the stars, the fat man boiled soup under the tree, as a fat man, he was still okay with cooking, Lanyue and Ling sat together, it seemed that they were chatting, Xinghe sat on the tree and couldn't hear clearly, but he didn't have the habit of eavesdropping on other people's chats.

Suddenly, Xinghe caught a glimpse of a dark shadow in the darkness leaning towards Ling and Lan Yue from behind.

Xinghe shouted to be careful, but she was still a step slower, and a pair of hands stretched out from the darkness buckled something to Ling's head, and she jumped up in fright, her eyes full of tears. The man also walked under the firelight, and Xinghe realized that it was the kid from Shigego, who buttoned a straw hat to Rei's head

After seeing him, Lan Yue ran over and knocked him on the back of the head without saying a word, he held his head, turned to look at Lan Yue, and muttered, "Why did you hit me." ”

Lan Yue looked at him angrily, "Who told you to bully Xiaoling as soon as you came back." ”

Chonggo looked at her aggrievedly, "Where did I bully her, isn't Xiaoling unable to bask in the sun, so I took the straw hat on the head of the Scarecrow of the Polpo family." ”

Ling looked at him, hugged the straw hat, stopped her tears, and whispered thank you.

Taking advantage of this effort, Lan Yue slapped Chongwu on the back of the head again, and the latter turned his head unhappily, "Why did you hit me again?"

"Who told you to find a fight, you like to be a hero so much, I don't know if we will be worried. Although Lan Yue was reprimanding, she was smiling on her face.

"Yes, yes. Anton also took the opportunity to knock him with the iron spoon on which the soup was boiling.

"Fatty, you!" Shigego shouted and rushed towards Anton.

However, Anton dodged with a flexible flash, and then looked at Shigego who was standing opposite with a resentful face with an iron spoon, "Who told you not to come back for so long, don't you know that I'm dying of hunger?"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ling actually ran behind him and hit him with a bear, and Shigego completely broke out, grabbing his cheek in pain and shouting to the sky, "Who !!is it again?"

Ling hurriedly shrank behind Arashitsuki, covered her face with a bear, looked at Jugo through the gap, and said timidly, "They all hit." ”

Xinghe couldn't help laughing, jumped off the branch, and landed in front of Chonggo, who looked at him with a pained expression, "No, big brother, you come too." ”

"Of course it's coming. Xinghe didn't hesitate to reward him with a knife in the head.

Jugo clutched his reddened head, tears in his eyes, "Why?"

Xinghe laughed all of a sudden, "Because I want to fight." ”

Xinghe looked up at the sky, it is said that when people die, their souls will float to the sky and become stars, so Aunt Ye and Dad must be watching themselves somewhere in the sky.

"Xinghe, if you don't come to your share, you're going to be eaten by the fat man!" Shigego's funny voice came from behind him, and Xinghe hurriedly responded, "Leave me some." Then he turned and ran.

At the same time, in his heart, he said to the starry sky above his head: Don't worry, we are doing well.

PS: I sent 5,000 words in one go, and I really want to split it into two chapters T^T