The panicked screams of women and the shrill cries of children came from the pond. Despair and panic filled the green grass, eventually turning into blood.
The sudden arrival of the refugee army broke the original tranquility. They killed everyone they saw, as if the skinny, half-clothed refugees in front of them were not the same race as them, but pigs, horses, cattle and sheep that humans could slaughter at will.
At this moment, these incarnations of the sons of destiny who claimed to save thousands of dawns and water and fire, in the harsh living environment, abandoned the bottom line of being human and turned into hell demons more terrifying than ferocious beasts!
They kill victims who are weaker than themselves. Perhaps these "two-legged sheep" will become the staple food in the boiling clay pot tonight.
In Xu Yue's eyes, there is no difference between them and the people like Dulong.
The girl's dark pupils clearly reflected the red color that gradually emerged from the grass. This red color deeply penetrated her heart. In the difficult moments to come, she was reminded countless times that this is the original color of the world.
The hot wind blew across his face, and the demon raised his butcher knife high, slashing the child who was so thin that only his skeleton was left in two pieces.
The internal organs, intestines, and those simple faces that were numb and hesitant before they could react——
The girl blinked lightly, her pupils contracting violently to resist the dizziness caused by the body's self-protection mechanism.
She bit the tip of her tongue hard, and the severe pain made her have to force herself to look at all this.
Xu Yue has always known that avoiding problems cannot solve problems, and only by looking directly at fear can we defeat it.
She has to survive in this world in the future, so how can she be deterred by what she is seeing?
Xu Yue moved her stiff body and hooked one hand around her brother's neck to reduce the force on him.
With one hand, she grabbed the heavy quilt, which was bigger than her, and threw it onto her brother's back with all her strength, so as not to let the quilt block her forward sight.
Xu Yue's family ran the fastest and quickly got away from the refugee army.
They looked at the scattered people running away, and seemed to have lost interest in pursuing them. They just watched with cold eyes, thinking to themselves that they might starve to death in a few days, or be eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.
...
The family ran wildly, not daring to look back or stop.
It wasn't until Wang, who ran to the front, found that there was no pursuit behind him, that Xu Dalang and Xu Da stopped one after another.
"Is everyone okay?" Wang asked breathlessly. Seeing that everyone in her family was there, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Xu Da was carrying the heaviest backpack on his back. He was so tired that he gasped for air and waved his hands to show that he was fine.
Xu Yue's three siblings also said they were fine.
Seeing this, Mrs. Wang raised her head and glanced at the setting sun, and said solemnly: "It's getting dark, let's find a place to stay first."
The family took a brief breather and then continued moving forward.
At this time, they had run from the hinterland of the forest to the other side of the forest. All the way forward, there were steep slopes going down the mountain.
There were no more pursuers behind her, so Wang put Xu Erniang down and asked her to follow Xu Da while she walked quickly to the front to explore the way.
Finally, Wang led her family along the ridge to the col, and found a relatively flat place to stop.
It was getting late, and the sun had only its last ray of light, which soon disappeared, and the whole world became completely dark.
Xu Da put down his backpack, took out a torch, lit it and stuck it in the soil, and began to count his belongings.
The kitchen knife was used as a concealed weapon and he chopped down the refugee army before he could get it back and it was gone.
The hatchet for chopping firewood, the rabbit skins placed to dry next to the straw nest, and the two killed pheasants were gone.
There were also two bamboo tubes that were too late to be packed away, as well as five pairs of bark shoes that he had worked so hard to compile!
Thinking of those five pairs of tree leather shoes that made his hands blister and were so cheap for the refugee army, Xu Da took a breath and almost couldn't catch his breath.
However, he was depressed. Thinking that he had all the bedding and straw mats, the most important water and taro, no one was missing, and he was wearing newly made bark shoes, Xu Da felt that his depression was relieved again.
After running for so long, even Wang, who had always been tenacious and never complained, couldn't bear it. She sat on a dry branch and urged Xu Da to quickly light a fire to cook and let everyone eat something first.
Xu Dafu cursed: I am tired too, why don't you cook and serve me?
But my heart was pounding, and my hands were very nimble. I called Xu Erniang to help me, and then ordered Xu Yue and his sister to collect firewood. The father and daughter quickly lit the fire.
Then... the father and daughter all looked towards Wang.
Xu Yue asked: "Mom, where is our pot?"
Wang slapped her thigh and said, "Fuck! The pot is still left by the pond!"
Xu Da hurriedly went to look through the belongings brought by his family. Not to mention the pots, even the broken bowls were gone!
For a moment, five pairs of big eyes looked at me and I looked at you, falling into silence.
Xu Da and Wang never thought that an old pottery pot and five broken bowls were of any importance.
When the little daughter put these things in her backpack, they thought it would affect their escape speed.
It was only then that I realized that these guys were just eating!
Pots and bowls can live without them, but they cannot live without pots and bowls!
"Bake it and eat it."
After a long silence, Xu Yue spoke weakly.
It was as if the family had just recovered after being tapped on their mute acupoints, and nodded "yes".
Fortunately, the aroma of barbecue quickly relieved the family's depressed mood.
The five of them ate all the pieces of meat that Xu Da took out of the pot at noon, leaving only sixty kilograms of taro in the basket.
However, just as the Xu Yue family was secretly rejoicing as they looked at the taro in their baskets, there was suddenly a rustling sound in the woods not far away.
The whole family stood up and looked at the woods warily, praying that they would not be a refugee army.
Several sneaky figures walked out of the woods, and they turned out to be Mr. and Mrs. Wang Dayou with their son and daughter.
"Brother Xu!" Wang Dayou's family came over in surprise.
Xu Yue's family also breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Unexpectedly, Wang Dayou and his wife actually escaped.
After some pleasantries, they learned that Wang Da’s family had not had time to bring anything out. The two children were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. In order to maintain his image as a good brother, Xu Da took out the food from his backpack with difficulty.
The remaining rice bran dough.
Wang Dayou's eyes turned red, and he held Xu Da's hand while choking, "Thank you, thank you!"
Xu Da calmly took out his hand, quietly shook the goose bumps on his back, and smiled awkwardly but politely, "Let the child eat first, so as not to starve."
Wang Dayou nodded excitedly and handed the rice bran ball to the child. The Xu Yue sisters found it difficult to swallow the food, but the Wang family sister and brother were very satisfied with the food.
But just when everyone thought there would be no more movement, the story repeated itself, and there was another noise in the woods.
