In the early morning, the sky is slightly bright.

Chen Mo was woken up by hunger early, and he was a little glad that he could still wake up.

He couldn't remember the last time he had eaten, and he didn't have the strength to think.

Wake up their companions, the two didn't say much, and silently hurried forward.

I don't know how far I went, the world was still desolate, but there were footprints left by chariots and horses on the yellow earth under my feet.

Seeing these traces, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel excited, which shows that there must be people walking forward, and the livestock have not been eaten, which means that there is no shortage of food and there is a way to live!

Chen Mo tried his best to speed up his pace, but this body that was close to the end of the lamp, no matter how hard he tried, it couldn't be much faster.

With the naked eye, it can be seen that the number of victims around him has gradually increased, and it is no longer like before when I walked without seeing a single person for a day.

Apparently they also saw the ruts in the vicinity, and knew that there was a way to live, and they were all converging here.

From time to time, some victims fell on the road, and no one bothered to take care of it, but they just kept their heads down and hurried away.

Chen Mo found a sunny tree and rested on it, he didn't dare to sit or lie down, for fear that he wouldn't be able to get up as soon as he sat down.

Chen Mo took out a black cake from his arms, divided it in two and handed it to his companion.

Even the crumbs that fell when he broke the cake were collected in the palm of his hand and licked it carefully.

This is the only food they have in store now, and if they can't get to a place where they can survive after eating, then they will end up with the other victims who have fallen on the road.

After eating the cakes, Chen Mo didn't dare to stop longer, and continued to move along the road under his feet.

Xu ate the cake, or maybe saw hope, the pace of the two was obviously much faster.

When the sun in the sky shifts, the outline of the town slowly emerges.

Chen Mo's brain, which had been numb and sluggish for many days, finally had some emotions that belonged to people.

Although he was still far from the town, he seemed to smell the aroma of food.

As we get closer to the town, the number of victims in the town is not large, which shows that most of the people in the town really have a way to live.

Even if you sell yourself into slavery, it is better than starving to death.

Chen Mo rummaged through layers of his clothes, and he remembered that he had money.

Once, when he was stripping off the clothes of a dead body, he was lucky enough to find seventeen large coins, which was better off than the other penniless refugees.

Seventeen pennies are not much, but they should be able to buy some food.

Walking into the town, the residents were not surprised to see the two of them, and it seemed that they were used to seeing the victims.

Initially, they would help the victims, but as the number of victims grew, they could only turn a blind eye.

After all, in this world, no one's life is easy.

"How much is a bowl of noodles?" Walking to an open-air noodle stall, Chen Mo asked.

"A bowl of noodle soup costs seven cents, and a cake costs three cents." Although Chen Mo was a victim of the disaster, the boss did not show any contempt, and still greeted with a smile.

"Two bowls of noodle soup, one cake." Chen Mo said with a smile.

He was in a good mood now to be able to eat.

"Give the money first." The boss said that it seems that many victims have eaten white food before.

Chen Mo took out the copper plate, and the boss was immediately much more enthusiastic.

"Okay, guest officer, you sit down first."

Chen Mo chose a place far away from the other guests and sat down.

He has been fleeing the famine for months, and he can adapt to the smell of his body, but others may not be able to adapt to it.

Chen Mo beckoned to his companions, he didn't eat, and he still didn't want to talk much now.

"I don't have any money." The companion moved to Chen Mo's side and spoke in a hoarse voice.

The two had previously traveled together and trusted each other with their lives.

It was a desperate act when fleeing.

Now that there is a way to live, the alliance that was previously forced to dissolve should naturally be dissolved.

Although there is a way to live in the town, it has not been seen after all.

And food is precious, and being able to eat an extra bite means that you have an extra chance to live.

"It's okay, eat first." Chen Mo barely squeezed out a smile.

Both of them are now on the verge of collapse, and they can come to the town by will, and if they don't eat something, they won't be able to find a way to survive.

Even if he and his companion are sold into slavery in the future, if they can be sold into the same master's family, they will definitely have contact in the future.

Even if they can't, the two have been on the same road for a long time and have saved each other's lives.

Now that he finally has a chance to live, it is impossible for Chen Mo to watch him die.

"Thank you." The companion smiled and thanked him, and then dared to sit down opposite Chen Mo.

Two bowls of hot noodle soup were quickly served.

Noodles are the simplest boiled noodles without any seasoning other than salt.

Chen Mo couldn't describe the taste, for him, it was the best thing in the world.

With a bowl of hot noodle soup, Chen Mo finally felt like a living person.

asked the boss for a bowl of noodle soup again, took the freshly baked cake, Chen Mo broke a piece and gave it to his companion, but he didn't want it.

Chen Mo didn't be polite to him, so he ate half of the cake with the noodle soup, and hid the remaining half with him.

"Brother, there is no way to live in this town, just give food." Chen Mo handed the noodle bowl back to the boss and asked with a smile.

"To the east of the town, there are several large families in Beihe County who collect slaves, you can still try it. Walk sixty miles east to Aokiji, where the imperial court is recruiting troops, and you can go if you can't do it. The boss thought for a moment and spoke.

Chen Mo and the others came too late, but if they had a better way to live and livelihood, they would have been robbed by the victims who came first.

The only way left is to sell oneself into slavery and join the army, which are two paths that are really forced to choose.

"Thank you, brother!" Chen Mo thanked him seriously.

The generals ruled the people, and according to the identity of the industry they were engaged in, there were countless places of origin, and the most noble one was a scholar.

And being a slave is the lowliest place of origin, as for the military household, although it is not the lowliest place of origin.

But I am afraid that the treatment he suffers is worse than that of a slave.

Not only did he not get a penny of salary, but he also had to plow the land for the chief, endure the beating and scolding of the veterans, and be used as cannon fodder when he really fought.

As the saying goes, it is better to be a slave than a soldier.

If you are a slave of others, at least you will not be forcibly conscripted into battle.

What's more, if you join the army, you have to walk another sixty miles, and you may not be able to get to the place alive.

"There is a large family in the east of the town that collects slaves, let's go and have a look." Chen Mo spoke to his companions in a low voice, not mentioning the matter of joining the army at all.

"Okay." The companion smiled bitterly, ate the food, and finally had some living breath.

But no one wants to be a slave to others. But they don't have a choice, so what if they are slaves and maids, they can survive.

The two of them moved their steps and slowly walked to the east of the town.

There were a few thatched huts built here, and more than a dozen refugees squatted in them to rest.

"You're here to sell yourself?" A stocky middle-aged man walked over and looked at the two of them with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Yes." Chen Mo spoke in a deep voice, trying to make his voice as loud as possible.

"Male or female?" The pudgy man asked in a cold voice.

The victims who were able to flee here were unkempt, thin, and had weak and hoarse voices.

Don't say you can't tell if you don't look closely, even if you look closely.

"Male." Chen Mo spat out a word.

"Men don't." The short and fat man waved his hand with a little disgust.

Seeing this, the companion hurriedly stepped forward and called softly, "I'm a woman." ”

"Grandma, come to inspect the goods!" The short and fat man shouted at a carriage beside the shack.

A tall middle-aged woman wearing a gray cloth robe, dark skin, and a thin figure jumped out of the carriage.

"Which is the woman?" Grandma Sun walked up to the two of them in a hurry, and asked in a somewhat sharp voice.

"Me." The companion slowly moved forward.

Grandma Sun looked her up and down, her eyes were slightly disgusted, she stretched out her hand and touched her carefully, and then nodded and said, "Cheng, come with me." ”

Looking at the companion beside him, Chen Mo didn't know what to say, he wanted to congratulate the other party, but he didn't know how to say it.

What a world! Selling yourself into slavery has become a good thing!

"I'm not selling myself, I'm selling him!" The companion opened his mouth weakly.

"You sell her?" Grandma Sun glanced at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo was silent, he had traveled to this world for so long, he might not be clear about other things, but he was clear about the gap between selling himself and selling on the side.

Self-selling is selling oneself, there is no chance to redeem oneself, and one is a slave of others all his life, even if he has children and offspring, it is the life of a slave.

There is not much difference between him selling and selling himself, only one point, he can be redeemed, and he has a chance to get rid of slavery.

He knows this because he sold himself.

At the beginning of the crossing, in order to survive, he followed a few victims to sell himself to a landlord.

Later, more and more people were affected by the disaster, and the landlord was robbed, so he began to continue to flee.

"You come with me." The companion reached out and tugged at his sleeve, and Chen Mo followed closely when he saw this.

Moving to a dead tree not far away, his companion stopped.

"I don't want to sell myself into slavery, you sell me, how about the money for you." The companion whispered.

Chen Mo didn't speak in a hurry, although he and the other party were friends of life and death, it was forced to do so.

He didn't think that the other party would sell his body to him for no reason.

People will use money as long as they live, even if they sell themselves into slavery, it is better to have money than nothing.

"But you have to promise me something when you take the money, and you have to find a way to redeem me in the future." She didn't want to be someone else's slave for the rest of her life.

In fact, if there is a choice, no one wants to be a slave.

She knew that even if she gave Chen Mo all the money, it would be difficult for him to redeem himself in the future.

It's not that she doesn't believe Chen Mo, it's because she knows that it is difficult for the victims to survive, not to mention that she has to save enough money to redeem herself.

But she still wanted to do it, and it was better to have a thought than nothing.

After she finished speaking, she didn't say anything more, just looked at Chen Mo quietly.

Even if Chen Mo didn't agree to this, she still decided to give him some money when she turned around, and the other party was willing to invite her to dinner and let herself live, and she would also help the other party.

"Okay, I promise you, as long as I don't die in the future, I will find a way to help you redeem yourself!" Chen Mo pondered for a long time and promised.

He rarely makes promises, but whenever he does, he will do his best to fulfill them.

Seeing that Chen Mo agreed, his companion tried his best to pull out a smile that was not good-looking.

The other party has been thinking about it for so long, which shows that the other party has really thought about this issue carefully, and not agreed without thinking about it for the sake of money.

Redemption may no longer be an illusory hope.

"My name is Zhao Yu, what about you?" Companion Dao.

"Chen Mo."

The two have known each other for a long time, and they have not exchanged names until this moment.

The two discussed in a whisper, and then went to Zhao Pozi to sell themselves.

Not long after, Chen Mo got a document to sell his body, and his grandmother was a middleman, and he sold Zhao Yu to the Liu family in Beihe County as a slave as Zhao Yu's husband, and got five silver coins.

This is something that the two have discussed before, if he and Zhao Yu have nothing to do with each other, he can't sell her.

"Take it." Grandma Sun counted out 500 yuan and threw it to Chen Mo.

He took the money and counted them one by one.

A big living person can only sell for five dollars of silver in a disaster year.

"Don't worry, you're indispensable." The grandmother was smiling, and the money she sold was much lower than the silver she sold, and she could get a lot of oil from it.

As for redemption?

Chen Mo will earn if she doesn't redeem herself, and she will earn more if she redeems herself!

"This document is collected, if you can really get together twenty taels of redemption silver, go to Beihe County East City to find me." After Mrs. Sun finished speaking, she dragged Zhao Yu and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, let's talk again." Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Come on, but I'm just watching, you two don't want to run." Grandma is quite easy to talk to.

Although he was not worried that two or two of the victims who were about to lose their way would be able to run past him, he was still used to threatening.

"You can take some of the money." Chen Mo divided three of the five strings of money and stuffed them to Chen Yu, he had sold his body, and knew that even if he sold his body, it was best to have some money on him.

"I don't need so much, you take more." Zhao Yu only took a string of money.

Although she said that she sold herself into slavery, at least she would not be starved to death in the future, and she would suffer at most if she had no money.

But if Chen Mo had no money, he might really starve to death.

"Done." Chen Mo didn't continue to excuse himself, and divided the rest of the money into three parts and hid it closely.

"I don't need this, you can take it." Zhao Yu took the water bladder she carried with her and handed it to Chen Mo, which was the only valuable thing on her body.

"Okay." Chen Mo did not refuse.

After taking the water bladder, the two looked at each other speechlessly.

"Let's go." Zhao Yu grinned at him, turned around and walked towards Grandma Sun slowly.

Chen Mo also squeezed out a smile,

Whether it is to survive or find a way to redeem Zhao Yu, there is only one way left for him now.

Join the army!