Lu Ning chose the deserted path and walked more and more remote. Finally, he made a long circle and ran out of the city gate.
Some people still saw Lu Ning.
He had a child in his left hand and a bag of grain in his right hand, which was too conspicuous. Some people wanted to catch up, but Lu Ning was very fast. Those people had just started and were already far behind.
After arriving at a deserted place, Lu Ning even released his speed.
Fast and lightning fast.
Finally, towards evening, he came to the village of Zhang Dadan again.
After all, there are no other people in this village, so things are convenient.
Lu Ning took Ahua into an empty house and put her on the kang.
Maybe it was because she inhaled too much datura toxin, and Ahua still hasn't woken up yet.
He started tinkering with things.
Put the pot on the stove.
Put your hand on top of the pot and use your strength to draw out water until the pot is filled with enough water to fill a small bowl.
He didn't go outside to get firewood. Burning firewood at night was too conspicuous.
And he doesn't need to.
I saw him reaching out and holding the iron pot. After a while, the current was conducted, and the water in the iron pot slowly began to bubble, and it boiled after a while.
Lu Ning brought the bag of pasta over, took out a bowl's worth of pasta, and put it into the iron nest.
Continue to heat and the water boils again.
After a while, the aroma of pasta came out.
Added some salt.
Lu Ning took out the bowl and poured all the noodles into the bowl.
More fragrant.
Perfect.
By chance, Ahua woke up quietly at this time.
But it was dark here and she couldn't see anything.
"Master~"
Ahua shouted in fear, turning her head from time to time to observe the dark room.
The sudden change into an unfamiliar environment made her feel insecure.
"I'm here." Lu Ning said.
He felt a little laugh when he heard Ahua call him master.
Ahua stood up immediately, got off the Tukang, and walked towards Lu Ning.
In the darkness, Ahua's little hand touched Lu Ning.
"My name is Lu Ning, you can just call me brother from now on." Lu Ning touched A Hua's little head.
Ahua hesitated for a while, then shouted softly: "Brother."
"Well, come on, you're hungry. This is the noodles you just cooked. You can eat them."
Lu Ning put the bowl of noodles in Ahua's hand.
Ahua didn't move her mouth, but handed the noodles to Lu Ning: "Brother, you eat first."
Lu Ning didn't abandon her, let alone sell her to Ya Po. She already knew in her heart that Lu Ning was really good to her.
If there is something to eat, Lu Ning should be allowed to eat first.
Moreover, she had eaten two meals in just one day. Even if she didn't eat now, she would be hungry for a few more days.
She was grateful to Lu Ning and felt that she would eat less in the future to save rations for Lu Ning.
"Brother, I have eaten. You can eat."
Lu Ning held her little hand and pushed the bowl to her mouth.
Ahua was still hesitating.
"Eat."
"Thank you, brother."
Ah Hua shouted and then slowly started to eat the noodles in the bowl.
Since she didn't have chopsticks, Ah Hua grabbed the noodles in the bowl with her hands from time to time.
"Ahua, please wait first."
Lu Ning was a little dissatisfied with this, called Ahua, then stood up and walked out.
Ahua hurriedly put down the bowl and wanted to follow her out.
"You don't have to follow me out. Just sit down and I'll get you a pair of chopsticks."
Lu Ning walked outside and found a tree with its bark peeled off. He jumped lightly and picked off a branch.
Then he pulled out the woodcutter from behind. Remembering that he had chopped down people before, he first rubbed the woodcutter against the big tree a few times, and then used it to chop the branches.
After a while, a pair of wooden chopsticks were ready.
He walked into the room and handed the chopsticks to Ahua: "Here, chopsticks. Eat."
Ah Hua took the chopsticks and started eating noodles again.
She ate very carefully. After finishing the noodles and soup, she still habitually licked the bottom of the bowl with her tongue.
Licking the bowl very clean.
At night, Lu Ning and A Hua lay on the kang and slept together.
Ahua took the initiative to approach Lu Ning, and in the middle of the night, her small body was already nestled in Lu Ning's arms.
the other side.
Yapo and the waiter kept shouting, but no one came to open the door.
So they reported it to the official.
The county sent several guards and together with them they forced open the gate of Huang's Mansion.
What he saw was a group of unconscious people.
They found that they could not wake up Mr. Huang and the others no matter what. Seeing that it was almost fruitless, a guard fired a shot into the air, which shocked Mr. Huang awake.
After Mr. Huang woke up, he immediately learned the cause and effect. It didn't take long for him to discover that the gold and silver treasures at home were missing.
"All my money was stolen, that rogue stole my money!"
"You have to make the decision for me!!"
Mr. Huang looked up to the sky and cried out sadly.
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the next day.
At dawn, Lu Ning prepared breakfast for Ahua, just like last night.
And while he was cooking, in the county town.
A group of more than a dozen guards came out of the city with firearms.
The county town was in chaos last night. Today the guards are going to search several nearby villages to catch the thief who stole Mr. Huang's treasure.
But they walked very slowly, even lazily.
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While A-hua was still eating, Lu Ning suddenly heard a noise coming from outside.
He went out to take a look and found that an old man had arrived here at some unknown time.
The old man was holding a woodcutter and was sneaking around.
Their eyes soon met.
"Young man, I'm from the next village, I'm just passing by, passing by."
Lu Ning didn't move, just nodded.
The old man saw that Lu Ning didn't seem to be aggressive, so he hesitated and asked, "Is there anything left to eat?"
Lu Ning did not answer immediately, but stared at him for a while.
The old man looked to be in his sixties, with dark skin, and he looked like an out-and-out farmer.
And because of the drought, the other person's face was full of vicissitudes of life.
"have."
Lu Ning walked into the house and brought out some dry noodles.
The old man had already walked to the door. He was very excited when he saw the dry noodles and thanked him profusely after taking them.
Then he just put the dry noodles into his mouth and chewed them.
"Cough cough cough."
The noodles were too dry and he had not drank water for some time, so he couldn't help but choke.
Seeing this, Lu Ning turned around and walked to the pot, got some water in the pot, and then handed the whole pot to the old man.
"Drink."
"thanks, thanks!"
The old man was like this, eating dry noodles and drinking water while hugging the iron nest.
Ahua in the room couldn't help but stretched out her neck curiously to look at the old man at the door, and then hid behind Lu Ning.
When the old man saw A-hua, his eyes lit up and he smiled kindly at A-hua.
"Good man, good man."
After eating and drinking, the old man returned the pot to Lu Ning and bowed and nodded.
"Thank you, sir. I don't know what to call you, sir."
A mother is a woman who has something to eat, so the old man kept his attitude very low.
"My name is Lu Ning, just call me Lu Ning."
"Hey, if you don't mind, my name is Liu Dagen. Mr. Lu, just call me Old Man Liu."
Because of Lu Ning's charity, Liu Dagen, that is, Old Man Liu, lost his guard against Lu Ning and became enthusiastic.
Lu Ning invited Old Man Liu in.
Fortunately, he is now in need of someone who can inquire about the news.
After entering the house, Old Man Liu kept looking at the environment inside the house. He saw the area of noodles at a glance and was greatly shocked.
Their village now has no food at all, but there is still such a big bag here.
His heart couldn't help but start to become active.
"Old man Liu, are you not from this village?" Lu Ning asked.
"What Mr. Lu said is that I am from the village next door, but ah~" At this point, he sighed deeply.
"This time, I risked my life."
Then Old Man Liu told Lu Ning his tragic experience.
The people in the next village were also suffering from famine. Those who wanted to run away ran away to escape the famine, leaving some old people and those who didn't want to run away in the village.
As the drought becomes more and more serious, the food is eaten up and the bark of the trees is eaten up.
Later, people in the village began to wait for which old man would die first.
"Now, they are all looking forward to my death."
"I see, if I stay here any longer, I will die."
Old man Liu shook his head as he spoke.
These days, human life is worthless.
My neighbor who was a good friend in the past may have become an evil spirit that seduces people.
After listening to Old Man Liu's words, Lu Ning had a general understanding, which was similar to that of Zhang DaDa's village.
He was also very emotional when he heard it.
"By the way, do you know where the people who fled the famine have fled to?" Lu Ning asked.
This is something he is more concerned about.
He found that the water in the well was getting less and less, and he was afraid that soon the water source here would dry up completely.
The best way is to get out of here.
"There are people fleeing from all directions, but most of them, I heard, seem to have taken the train to the city."
"Take a train to the next province or city." Old Man Liu replied.
city.
Take a train to the next province or city.
"This is good. Why not leave if you can."
"The city is far away from here, and you might die on the road. As you know, it's not safe even in the village, let alone outside."
"Besides, there is some well water in the county, but there is no water at all outside." Old man Liu looked like he was sighing.
"Do you know the way?"
"I know, go all the way south here, and then..."
When Old Man Liu learned that Lu Ning was also planning to flee to the next province, he immediately knelt down to Lu Ning.
"Master Lu, please give me a bite of food."
Old man Liu burst into tears as he spoke.
He really didn't want to die in another horrible way.
"Get up, get up, I promise you." Lu Ning helped Old Liu up.
Raising one is also raising a child, raising two is also raising a child.