One day, while eating, Shao Yu looked at an aging slave in front of him who seemed to be a little trembling, so he stepped forward and asked, "Old man, what's wrong with you?"

The old man seemed to be surprised when he heard Shaoyu's voice, turned his head to look at Shaoyu, then sighed, and said slowly, "It's really miserable to say, I'm already over the age of sixteen, but unfortunately I was still caught here as a hard laborer, my body is about to die, but they have no humanity at all, and they still let me do so much work every day. ”

"Then you eat so little, can you eat enough?" Shao Yu looked at the nest head in the old man's hand and asked with some doubts.

"How can you eat enough with so little. The old man smiled bitterly, "But there are only so many things, even if you can't eat enough, what else can you do?"

This made Shaoyu feel very chilled. "Old man, wait a minute. Shao Yu said, breaking half of the nest head in his hand and stuffing it into the old man's hand, "Old man, you can take this half and eat it." ”

When the old man saw Shaoyu's actions, he was quite shocked, "Young man, what are you doing here? There is only one nest head for each person, and you also broke half of it for me, so that you will fall hungry!"

"I'm fine, youth is capital, and I can still bear it. Shao Yu said, stuffed the remaining half of the nest head in his hand into his mouth, chewed with a smile, and patted the old man's shoulder at the same time, "Old man, hurry up and eat, you have the strength to work when you are full." ”

Shaoyu's actions made the old man burst into tears, and the whole person trembled with excitement, "Okay, okay, young man, thank you so much, I don't even know what to say." The old man said, almost dropping the head of the nest in his hand to the ground.

Seeing this, Shaoyu immediately helped the old man, "Old man, sit tight, don't get excited, eat first." ”

The slaves who worked hard in the mines were limited in the time of each meal. If some people can't finish their meal during mealtime, they can't eat anymore and can only eat again when the next meal is open.

This rule is to force these slaves to eat quickly, and at the same time, it is also to extract the surplus value of these slaves to the maximum.

Seeing that the time was about to pass, the old man still did not finish eating. Only the life of Wowotou is not good, and eating it will not only make people feel very dry and difficult to swallow, but also make people feel a little tasteless.

"Old man, hurry up and eat. Shao Yu looked at the old man and kindly persuaded him, "Otherwise, you won't be able to eat it for a while." ”

The old man listened to Shao Yu's words, looked at the hired guards who were about to move, quickly took a few big sips, stuffed the nest head in his hand into his mouth, and at the same time picked up his cup and drank a large sip of water.

After eating, the old man still seemed to feel that he was not satisfied, and he grossed his tongue at the nest that had not eaten clean between his teeth, and at the same time showed a happy smile.

Looking at the old man's slightly happy smile, Shaoyu always felt that there was something wrong in his heart.

"Hurry up, work hard!" a low-level mercenary guard came over waving the stick in his hand, "Don't rub it on me, if anyone dares to rub it again, I'll throw him to the back mountain!"

As soon as they heard the back mountain, all the slaves couldn't help but shake their bodies. What a scary place Houshan is, they all know it.

Although I haven't been to the back mountain, the legend about the back mountain has long been scattered among the slaves, "Young man, hurry up and work, or you will be sent to the back mountain, which is quite a terrible thing." ”

"Houshan?" Shao Yu asked with a puzzled look at the old man.

"In short, the people who went to the back mountain did not come back. Seeing that the low-level mercenary guard was getting closer and closer, the old man whispered this to Shao Yu, and then he no longer spoke, but lowered his head and began to work in a muffled voice.

After seeing a low-level mercenary guard walking towards him, Shao Yu remained silent, lowered his head and began to work.

However, this low-level mercenary guard seemed to be coming for Shao Yu, and it wasn't until he walked in front of Shao Yu's eyes that the low-level mercenary guard stopped and said, "You, come over to me!"

At first, Shao Yu didn't think it was him, but when the low-level mercenary guard pointed at Shao Yu, Shao Yu realized that he was afraid that he was going to be in trouble.

I saw that this low-level mercenary guard pointed at Shao Yu, and then pointed at the old man and said, "Just now, did you give him something to eat?"

"I just gave him half of my own nest, what's wrong with that?" Shao Yu looked at the prefecture-level mercenary guard, and couldn't help frowning.

"Yes, of course, you can also choose to give him all the nest heads. With that, the low-level mercenary guard left triumphantly, and said, "From now on, you will only have half a nest head per meal." ”

This is equivalent to halving Shaoyu's meal alive. Everyone felt a little sorry for Shaoyu. After all, what Shaoyu did was a good deed, a good deed, and it was something that they didn't have the guts to, let alone the courage to.

However, Shaoyu's good deeds did not reap good rewards, but a very miserable end. This made everyone else more convinced of the truth - not to meddle in things.

Here, indifference is the right way, and if you are overflowing with compassion, or if you are too soft-hearted, you will be severely punished.

Some of the more sympathetic people can still hold on to their true nature at first, but over time, they gradually agree with this kind of thinking, and even slowly assimilate by this kind of thinking.

"I'm sorry, young man, but I'm the one who got you involved. When the low-level mercenary guard left, the old man looked at Shao Yu apologetically and said.

"Don't say that, old man, you wouldn't have thought it would be like this. Shao Yu smiled and said, "However, if you only have half of the nest, I won't be able to divide half of you." ”

"Don't think about it so much, it's nice to be able to eat yourself. The old man looked at Shao Yu and shook his head helplessly, "Here, you can't be too kind, this will make you suffer yourself." ”

But Shao Yu smiled and shook his head, "I only do what I think should be right." I won't do the things that I don't think are right, even if I die. ”

"Hey, you kid. The old man sighed and stopped talking.

In the next few days, each meal of Shaoyu's was only half of the nest. This made Shaoyu often feel hungry.

For half a month, Shaoyu's body lost a lot of weight, and the whole person looked a little listless.

Shaoyu's situation, the old man saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.