Seeing the captain's bad attitude, Hanu was a little stunned. After the captain left, he quickly explained to Chu Ci: "Brother Chu, don't worry about it. The captain is actually a very good person, but he has fought too many times with the Gu tribe recently.
, others are a little irritable."
Chu Ci shook his head and laughed: "Don't worry, I will care. We are just talking about your city. It would be great if you can give us a place to stay."
Hanu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Chu, if you don't mind, go live with me."
Chu Ci thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
Under the leadership of Hanu, Chu Ci and the others arrived at a small bungalow built with mud bricks in the outer city.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Chu Ci heard the voices of children inside, and then two little girls aged six or seven ran out with joy on their faces and rushed towards Hanu.
"Hanuge is back!"
"Brother Hanu, you are finally back. Uncle Yali said that you encountered a fire dragon sandstorm. I am so worried about you."
Behind the two little girls, an older boy, about twelve or thirteen years old, came out. He was also happy, but he was more reserved than the two little girls. He tried to stay calm and said: "I'll just say
Hanuge will be fine."
A smile appeared on Hanu's face, and he looked at the two little girls fondly: "It's okay, Brother Hanu is lucky, even the fire dragon and sandstorm can't take me away."
Suddenly, one of the little girls noticed the bandage on Hanu's foot and was so anxious that she almost cried.
"Hanuge, your foot is injured!"
"Don't worry, it's just a minor injury. It'll be fine soon." Hanu quickly comforted him. In order to prove that what he said was true, he jumped a few times on purpose: "Look, it's just a minor injury. It's nothing serious."
.”
After finally comforting the little girl, Hanu said to Chu Ci: "Brother Chu, let me introduce to you, these are my sisters, this is Yueya, this is Yuemei, and my brother Yadeli."
Hanu touched the head of one of the little girls and said with a smile: "Brother Hanu is able to come back safely this time thanks to these two brothers and sisters. They are distinguished pilgrims and they have to stay with us during this period.
.”
"Wow, Lord Pilgrim!" The eyes of the two little girls suddenly lit up.
Chu Ci responded with a gentle smile.
"Let's go in first. Brother Hanu has come back with something good this time."
Hanu took out the supply box from behind, which made the two little girls happy again.
At this time, the sky had also darkened, and it was just time for dinner. At Hanu's invitation from Sheng Que, Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou settled at Hanu's house.
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The dinner was very shabby, with only a few slices of bread, a small jar of jam, a piece of sand beast meat that had been marinated for an unknown length of time, and a few bottles of water from the supply box, but Hanu's younger brothers and sisters ate it with gusto.
After eating, the two little sisters still looked at the food in front of Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou eagerly.
Seeing this, Luo Jiuyou pushed the food in front of him to the two little sisters, and said with a smile: "Sister is not hungry yet, can you help her eat them?"
The two sisters were drooling, but when they looked up at Hanu's sullen expression, they immediately pushed the food back reluctantly.
"Sister, please eat, we are full too."
Chu Ci glanced at Hanu and smiled: "We are really not hungry. Pilgrims often have to stay in the desert for ten days and a half, so we all have a way to conserve body energy. Eating too much will be harmful to our health."
Our health is not good, so we might as well give it to you to eat."
Seeing Chu Ci's resolute attitude, Hanu could only nod helplessly: "Then you can eat, and remember to thank the guests."
"Thank you, brother and sister!"
The two little sisters let out a burst of cheers and began to eat happily.
Hanu apologized: "I'm sorry for making you laugh, Brother Chu."
"How could that happen?" Chu Ci smiled slightly: "It's time for them to grow, so they should eat more."
"Speaking of which, are you also short of food now?"
Chu Ci just saw that the food reserves at Hanu's house were not large. Even if they got a new supply box, they would allocate the food carefully. That is to say, Chu Ci and the others came here today, otherwise the food the family would eat would be
less.
Hanu smiled bitterly and sighed: "Actually, our tribe is not too short of food, but now everyone is busy fighting and rarely goes out to hunt. We have not grown vegetables and fruits. After all, we are all short of water.
, how can there be extra water for them to drink?"
"Those young men who go out to fight for the tribe are fine. The tribe will provide them with some food. But for ordinary people, they can only get their own food, either by hunting or by exchanging valuables."
"Yes, in order to get food, Brother Hanu had to go out and fight with those bad guys." Little sister Yueyue said with a smile on her face while eating bread: "Those people are so bad, Uncle Ya'an is such a good person...
…Ahem!”
Because she was so excited, Yueyue almost choked on the bread, but Yadeli noticed it in time and picked up the water in front of her and fed it to her to avoid the fate of a foodie who choked to death.
"Thanks to the captain who is willing to give me this opportunity. Originally, at my age, I would not be able to follow the team to fight." Hanu said helplessly: "It is the captain who turns a blind eye and lets me secretly
Go out with the team and give me part of the loot, otherwise it will be difficult for us children to get food and water."
Chu Ci frowned slightly: "Are you and your brothers and sisters the only ones in this family now?"
Hanu was silent for a while and said with a wry smile: "I know what you want to say, Brother Chu. My parents died looking for water more than a year ago."
"If it hadn't been for Yadeli's father, Uncle Ya'an, who took me in, I might have starved to death long ago, but Uncle Ya'an was also killed by people from the Gu tribe half a year ago."
"Yue Ya and Yue Mei are also children adopted by Uncle Ya'an. Now we are the only children in the whole family who depend on each other."
Hanu's tone was a little low. If he died in the desert this time, it would be even more difficult for his younger brothers and sisters.
Sensing Hanu's depressed mood, Yardli said seriously: "Brother Hanu, don't worry, I will also apply to the captain to go out to fight next year, and you won't be so tired by then."
"Brother Hanu understands what you mean." Hanu forced a smile: "But Yadeli has a more important task. You have to protect the safety of your sisters. When you grow up, you can come and help Brother Hanu."
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At night.
Chu Ci stood at the window, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, and fell into silence.
Under the same starry sky, there are completely different lives.
Compared with Lie City, Jiuge City seems much happier. At least there are no wars there and people will not starve to death due to lack of food.
While Chu Ci was thinking, a beautiful figure quietly appeared behind him.