Chapter 47: Tell a Story
Ji Xiuzhi was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged Su Ruan.
"Su is soft, Su is soft, there are monsters woo woo woo ......"
It was easy for Su Ruan's current cultivation in the Jindan stage to hold Ji Xiuzhi steady, but when she saw what the so-called "monster" was, she was speechless and directly ripped Ji Xiuzhi down.
"It's rude, don't talk about old people like that!"
That's right, the owner of that hand was an old man with gray hair, who was thin and about to shed his bones, but still had a very loving smile on his face.
He shook his arm slowly: "It's okay, it's okay...... The old man doesn't pay attention to these things. ”
Ji Xiuzhi reacted to what he had just said very excessively, and hurriedly bowed to the old man and apologized politely: "I'm sorry grandpa, Wo Busu is deliberate, can you please forgive Wo." ”
Although the old man said that he didn't care, he was still very comfortable to see the child so well-behaved.
"Forgive...... Forgive me, kid now, how well-behaved......"
Maybe it's because he's too old, and the old man doesn't speak fluently at all, but it's this light and slow tone that makes people unexpectedly feel relaxed, as if it's not a big deal after a tiring day.
Noah looked at his two children, and suddenly thought of the official of the handsome family, and there was an indescribable pride in his heart.
Really...... His baby is the best, yes!
He also asked the old man very politely: "Old man, that's the case, we are guests on a program called "Where Are You Going, Dad", and now we have a task to find the farmer uncle, where he will take our rice and exchange it for cash with him. ”
He said while doing some guiding movements, and was very intimate to the elderly.
The old man listened carefully first, savored what Noah had just said, and muttered softly, "That's ......."
Immediately, he smiled again, "I am...... What are you looking for...... Uncle Farmer. ”
Hearing the news, Su Ruan's eyes all lit up and they were very excited.
"Really? That's great! Can you ask grandpa to change some food for us! ”
The old man replied with a smile: "Of course...... But you'll have to hear me tell a story. ”
The three of them were pleasantly surprised, as long as they heard a story, they could exchange food, which was much easier than they imagined, very relaxed, and it was nothing.
"Okay, okay, let's listen to your story!"
The old man looked at the three of them with relief and smiled again, but this smile was always a little more vicissitudes than before.
The old man began to tell a story from their time, which was his experience, but at that time, he was only a ten-year-old child.
The protagonist of the story is that he was only ten years old at the time, he was born in a poor family, surnamed Li, his parents had little education, and they didn't give him a serious name, because when he caught Zhou, he grabbed a handful of rice, so his name has always been Li Mi.
When he was eight years old, news of a famine came from the north, and the people were starved to death, which caused panic in people's hearts.
However, at that time, science and technology were not developed, and the famine did not develop to the south, so the people in their village thought it was fake news, and they didn't care much, and they didn't stock food.
Half a year later, the famine really came, and a catastrophe took almost everything the peasants had for most of the past six months.
At that time, rice was more expensive than gold.
At that time, the food had a price, but there was no market.
In order to survive, they eat tree bark and grass roots, and what they eat is like livestock.
Still, even so, they survived.
But the good times didn't last long, and soon, some bullies, fearing that the bark and grass roots would be eaten, stood by in groups, not allowing outsiders to drink a drop of water.
People don't even have to eat bark and grass roots, hunger has exposed the truest and cruelest nature of the human subconscious, and the villagers who were originally good suddenly change their temperament.
Since that day, a cannibalistic society has begun, and the kinder the person, the more difficult it is to escape the fate of the "two-legged sheep".
That year, Li Mi was ten years old.
Li Mi's parents have been doing farm work since they were children, they have a lot of strength, and they are not competitive, and if others don't hurt them, they won't hurt others, which is this way of protection, which makes their family fall into endless disasters.
One night, a robber sneaked in, presumably trying to steal something, and was caught by Li Mi's father, but, under his words, Li Mi's father chose to let him live.
It's a pity that in that cruel society at that time, where there was any touching and true feelings, the relationship between the two people was never much stronger than a grain of rice.
The robber was armed with a kitchen knife and killed his father in front of Li Mi.
He was hiding behind the door, afraid and couldn't help but want to look.
He saw the robber who had no food holding his father and gnawing like a demon, and at that moment, Xiao Li Mi's three views changed drastically.
By the time the robber finally realized the fact that he had killed someone, it was too late, and then, when he saw little Li Mi, who was only ten years old at the time, he had to kill someone!
Xiao Li Mi immediately came back to his senses and was about to leave, but was held by another person and ran outside.
Xiao Li Mi was shocked, it turned out to be his mother!
In the end, the two of them didn't know how long they had been running, anyway, they survived, and the robber behind them was long gone, although they themselves were nowhere to be found.
Xiao Li Mi's heart went up and down like a roller coaster, and it was finally stable.
Soon, however, they realized a very tragic reality - the strange place they had run to was so desolate and terrible that there was not a single bit of food to be seen, not even water.
People can only last less than three days in an environment without water.
On the third day, the two of them were exhausted, but they really suffered a loss of no culture, and they couldn't find the south, south, west, and north.
The two were walking in the desert, walking and walking, and Xiao Li Mi's mother suddenly knelt on the ground with a "plop".
"Oh my God, how can you do this to us...... I beg you to spare the baby...... The children are innocent, and if there is really no food, I can use my flesh and blood to buy the children a longer time! ”
Saying that it was too late, she smiled and fell her gaze on Li Mi's face, took out a knife from her weightless bag and stabbed her palm fiercely.
Suddenly, the blood was like an inexhaustible Chinese dragon, incomparably poignant.
Mom put one hand on Li Mi and said weakly, "Baby, come on...... Let's have a drink..."