The village is not large, with only one main street, and the courtyards of thirty or forty families are divided on both sides of the street.

When Alayanzong and Ula Tao walked to the head of the village, they saw a young woman crouching at the corner of the street looking at them, and the village was very deserted and there was no one in sight.

When the two men approached, the young woman stood up to meet the general.

The young woman looked like she was twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed in old clothes and wearing several large patches.

The face is emaciated, the cheekbones are more prominent, the face is pale and bloodless, and a pair of blue eyes in the deep eye sockets are dull. Yellow messy hair like weeds, without much luster, sloppy.

Before the Arayandzong could ask how to stay in the house, the young woman said:

"Give me something to eat!"

The voice was weak.

Seeing that she was pitiful, Alayanzong glanced at Ula Peach, who nodded, then grabbed a handful of wolf jerky from the leather pouch behind her waist and handed it to the young woman.

At the same time, Ula Peach asked, "Where is Auntie?"

The young woman hurriedly took it, and when she saw that it was jerky, her godless blue eyes flashed, and she didn't care to answer, so she put a piece of jerky in her mouth and chewed it.

Seeing that she was so hungry, Alayanzong comforted her:

"Eat slowly, don't choke. ”

After swallowing a mouthful of jerky, the young woman gasped for two breaths before saying:

"I'm from this village. He pointed to the yard behind him with his hand, "This is my home." ”

The two were deeply surprised, and Alayanzong asked, "Why are you begging when your home is here?"

Perhaps she was in such a hurry that she choked a little, but after swallowing two mouthfuls of saliva, the young woman said, "The man is dead, there is no food at home, and he has not eaten for two days." There are two more children, both of whom are gone. ”

Alayanzong was even more surprised, so he hurriedly said, "Can you take us to have a look? Maybe the child can live." ”

Ula Peach also nodded yes on the side.

The young woman wept with joy and said, "Benefactor, then you are the benefactor of life, thank you very much!"

With that, he turned around and led the two into the courtyard behind him.

The gate of the courtyard is nothing but a broken fence, and there is nothing in the courtyard except for two brooms and shovels.

The house is even more dilapidated doors and windows, running wind and leaking, there is not much difference between the inside and outside of the house, two huts, and the house is surrounded by four walls.

Lying side by side on the kang were two children, a man and a woman, about six or seven years old, like twins.

Both children were flesh and bones, and their eyes, which had been sunken deep in their sockets, were sunk even deeper, and although their eyes were large, they were not very bright.

The child was lying on the bed and saw someone coming, but he just turned his head sideways to look at it, but there was no reaction.

The young woman put a slice of wolf jerky in each child's mouth.

The child just chewed slowly, and did not show that hunger.

Alayanzong put the burden in the outhouse, came into the house and looked at it carefully, and touched the pulse of the two children.

Then he asked the young woman, "Are you saying you haven't eaten for two days?"

The young woman was stunned, stopped chewing, and said, "I ate fried rice once two days ago, and then it was three days ago, and I ate salted dried fish once." ”

Alayan determined that the child was suffering from chronic starvation and malnutrition, which led to the deterioration of bodily functions. If they don't have enough food, they won't live long, and they don't even have the strength to stand up now.

Look at the young women who are still chewing on the jerky, although they are thin, but not so close to death as children.

A handful of jerky was quickly eaten by the young woman, and the two children chewed no more than two or three slices.

Then the young woman said to Alayan, "Give me some more, and the children will have something to eat." ”

Arayanzong felt that the children themselves had no other diseases, but that they were weak due to long-term hunger, so he decided to leave them some jerky.

The peach of Ulla gave all the jerky in her purse to the young woman.

The young woman went on to eat again, still stuffing only two slices into the mouths of the two children. The child is not noisy or noisy, but chews slowly.

Believing that even if they were given so much jerky, the two children would not survive without other sources of food, so he asked the young woman.

"What is the daily staple food here?"

The young woman replied vaguely, "Salted fish and rice." There are fishers here, and my man helps people and earns some fish every day. Merchants who have passed by can exchange rice. ”

Alayanzong understood that this was a fishing village, and it must be mainly fishing, and it needed to be sold in exchange for other items.

The Arayanzong had come to the village to spend the night, and the family had no place for them to live. The child had no other illness, but he was hungry, and since he had left the dried meat, he decided to spend the night at someone else's house.

Seeing that the two of them were about to leave, the young woman took Alayanzong by the hand.

"Give me more. ”

Seeing the tears in the eyes of the young woman, Alayanzong was about to untie the cloth bag and take the jerky, but when he saw the peach of Ulla, he shook his head.

What she meant was that the Alayanzong understood that even if she gave them all the jerky, she would not be able to save the child's life, but the two of them would have a hard time getting by.

Alayanzong's heart was sour, so he was ruthless, picked up his luggage and walked out of the room, out of this courtyard.

The young woman, with a handful of wolf jerky in her hand, hurried after her, still shouting, "Give me more." ”

Although the two of them said that they were a little sour in their hearts, they were helpless.

Walking a little further, Ula said, "This woman is very greedy, and if she wants to see the jerky in the sack, she will ask for more." ”

Alayanzong just nodded, but did not reply.

The streets were still empty.

Alayanzong slapped the two gates in a row, but no one responded.

After passing through five or six courtyards of the young woman's house, and seeing a courtyard that was taller than the surrounding houses, Alayanzong stepped forward and knocked on the door again.

Soon someone opened the door, and an old man about sixty years old opened the courtyard door halfway, and asked, "What are you doing with you?"

Alayanzong stepped forward to give a salute and replied, "The two of us are passing by here, and we want to disturb the old man for a night. ”

When the old man heard this, he asked again, "Where do you two come from?"

Alayandzong replied, "Allah's coastal city-state." ”

The old man hurriedly replied, "No, no. "At the same time, the courtyard gate must be closed.

Alayanzong hurriedly stepped forward and pressed one hand against the door panel, and asked urgently, "Why not?"

The old man replied in a panic: "There is an inn 100 meters ahead, and the two of you can go there to stay." ”

Then he forcibly closed the courtyard door, and he could hear the bolt.

Alayanzong and Ula Peach glanced at each other, and they were both surprised.

Ula Peach shook his head and said to himself, "Strange old man." ”

And Alayandzong pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps they were terrified when they heard that we were from Allah's shore. ”

Ula no Tao thought about it, his parents died of the plague, and although he was still healthy, he didn't know if he would die of illness in a few days.

He just nodded, and then walked forward with Alayanzong, looking for the inn that the old man said.