"You also know the situation at Manzi's family. His mother is not in good health and has been bedridden. His father is also old and has inconvenient legs and feet. Manzi's wife also has to take care of two newborn children.
, doesn’t have much energy to take care of his parents.”
"It was okay if Manzi was here before. The family hired a nanny who could take care of his parents. But after Manzi died, their family was unable to support the burden of hiring a nanny."
"After learning about Manzi's death, Manzi's parents were hit hard, especially Manzi's mother, who became even more seriously ill. This made the whole family worse."
"The most important thing is that Manzi is the only breadwinner of the family. After Manzi's death, their family has no source of income. All these burdens can only be placed on his wife."
"I'm sorry for Manzi's wife. Not only does she have to endure the grief of losing her husband, she also has to take care of Manzi's parents and two children. She also has to go out to make money for the food and clothing of her family."
Yue's brows furrowed: "The barbarians died, and the patrol team didn't give them pensions?"
"Yes, but how can the pension support so many people in the family, especially in this environment? It will be used up soon." Yue's wife said helplessly: "This is because their family is missing one person.
case."
"One person is missing?" Yue was stunned.
Yue's wife hesitated for a moment: "Not long after Manzi died, his mother also died of a serious illness and left."
Yue fell silent, and after a long time he sighed: "Tomorrow I will go to Manzi's house to see if there is anything I can do to help. After all, Manzi has been my brother for so long."
"Well, it's time to go there, but did you know that Manzi's family has moved?"
"move place?"
Yue's wife nodded and said: "In order to raise the cost of the sand burial, they sold the original house and moved to the old city."
Old Town.
This is an area close to the city wall. Most of the houses here are the first batch of buildings when Guchong was first established, and they have been repaired and maintained until today.
Not only are the houses in the old city old and not sturdy, once a sandstorm comes, half of them will be basically scrapped.
It can be said that this area is equivalent to the outer city of Lie City.
No, it's worse.
Yue rarely comes to the old city because there weren't many people here in the past. Basically, as long as he doesn't mess around and makes serious money for a few years, he can leave the old city and live in a better place.
The buildings here are more of a commemorative meaning, commemorating the difficult years when the Gu tribe first settled in this area.
But after Yue came this time, he found that the old city was much more lively, and almost every house was full of people.
Most of these people have a haggard appearance, a haggard face, and dim eyes, as if they have lost hope in life.
Only when they saw the food and water in Yue's hands did the eyes of these people become colorful. They looked at Yue with greedy eyes, as if they might come out to snatch them at any time.
But when they saw the armband representing the patrol on Yue's arm, the greed in these people's eyes immediately disappeared, returning to a dull indifference.
Yue frowned. He felt more and more that something was wrong with the situation in Gucheng. Compared with when he left Gucheng, the atmosphere of the entire city was different and lifeless.
This feeling was especially obvious when he had just come out of Liecheng.
What happened to Gucheng?
With doubts, Yue followed the address given by his wife and came to Manzi's house.
This is a small brick house of less than 20 square meters. It is hard to imagine that a family of four can live in this small house.
When Yue knocked on the door, it was Manzi's wife who opened the door.
The moment he saw Manzi's wife, Yue almost didn't recognize her.
Compared with Yue's impression, Manzi's wife was much older, and some of her hair was gray. She didn't look like someone of the same age as Yue at all. When the two of them walked out together, people would believe them if they said they were mother and son.
When she saw Yue, Manzi's wife was also surprised and surprised, and she quickly welcomed Yue in.
After entering the house, Yue discovered that the space inside was even smaller than he thought. There was not even a separate room, only a wooden board slightly separated it.
Manzi's two children were lying on the bed in the hall, sleeping quietly.
Putting down the things in his hands, Yue looked around and asked doubtfully: "Where is uncle?"
In this house, he saw no trace of his father.
After hearing Yue's words, the smile on Manzi's wife's face gradually disappeared, and her eyes were filled with sadness.
"Father-in-law...is no longer here."
"Uncle, is he dead?" Yue was shocked.
Perhaps it was because she had not seen a familiar person for a long time and was her husband's best brother during his lifetime. Barbarian's wife could no longer suppress the grief in her heart and burst out all the emotions she had experienced during this period.
However, she was afraid that the child would be awakened, so she could only lower her voice, cry quietly, and hand Yue a letter to tell the situation.
Amidst the sobs of Manzi's wife, Yue gradually learned about the current situation of their mother and son's family.
It turns out that after moving to his new home, Man's father's health deteriorated.
Losing his wife and son, two of his closest relatives, in a short period of time was a huge blow to Man's father's spirit.
Fortunately, his son left two heirs during his lifetime, which was the only comfort in the father's heart.
But the situation at home was not good. After losing Manzi, the family had no source of income and could only rely on Manzi's wife to go out and do odd jobs.
But the Gu tribe, which is in a state of war, needs soldiers and young labor force. How much money can the barbarian wife earn from doing odd jobs?
Especially since she has two children with her. Since the children are not big and Man's father cannot take care of the children due to physical reasons, Man's wife can only take the children out to do odd jobs, which is even more objectionable.
Under this situation, the Manzi family's supplies became less and less, and in the end they were unable to even provide basic food and water, and they were left without a meal.
Father Man saw this and was anxious in his heart, wishing he could go out to work himself.
Unfortunately, that didn't work. His poor physical condition not only prevented him from working, but also became a drag on his daughter-in-law.
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While his daughter-in-law was leaving the house, he caught a poisonous sand scorpion from a hole in the corner of the house.
After leaving a letter, the barbarian father injected the poisonous sand scorpion venom into his neck and ended his life.
[Yuxiu, our family is sorry for you. My father-in-law is useless. I can only help you reduce your burden. I hope you can take good care of your two children.]
Without him being a drag, the daughter-in-law can at least relax a little bit.
Without him, food doesn't have to be so tight, and his grandchildren can eat more.
With guilt for his daughter-in-law and reluctance to leave his grandchildren, Father Man quietly passed away.
Looking at the suicide note left by his father, Yue's face turned livid, and the fingers holding the envelope turned white because he pinched it too hard.
Taking a deep breath, Yue suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Manzi's wife: "The patrol team didn't give you food?"
Manzi's wife nodded, then shook her head: "I gave you some in the first month, and then I gave you less and less, and in the third month I gave you nothing."
"These bastards, what on earth are they doing?!"
Yue raised his hand angrily and wanted to slam the table, but when he saw the two sleeping children, he put it down again and could only clenched his fist.
In the patrol team, the Gu tribe not only provides pensions to the families of the soldiers who died, but also takes care of the families of these soldiers and gives them priority to purchase food and water.
Especially for captain-level figures like Manzi, their families will receive additional benefits after sacrifice. The tribe will regularly give their families some supplies, including food and water.
Although the amount given is not much, if you save some food, you can still last until the next distribution of supplies.
But the Manzi family didn’t give out any money at all!
How can this not make Yue angry?
If the patrol team had distributed supplies, Manzi's family would not be in such difficulty, and Man's father would not choose to commit suicide just so that his family could eat more.
This is a blasphemy to the sacrificed barbarians!
Full of anger, Yue left Manzi's house and angrily came to the patrol team's logistics building.
"Vulture! Come out!"
Angry shouts spread throughout the building, attracting the attention of many patrol members.
"Who is it? How dare you call Captain Eagle by his first name."
"I don't know, he looks strange."
"I know him. His name is Yue. He joined the patrol team with me. Didn't I hear that he was sent out? Why did he come back?"
Everyone was extremely surprised. As the logistics team controlled the supply of the entire patrol, few people dared to cause trouble here.
In particular, the person in charge of them is an eagle who is famous for being petty. If you piss him off, you won't be able to get supplies in time, and he will even mix urine in the water you drink.
The patrol team member responsible for guarding the logistics building came up and stopped in front of Yue.
"Bold! How dare you call our captain by his first name!"
"Do you know where this place is? How dare you come here to act wild?!"
"Get out of here quickly, don't let us do anything!"
Yue's face was gloomy: "Of course I know where this place is, a bunch of bastards who embezzled and sacrificed the families of soldiers, and I'm looking for you!"
"Corruption of things belonging to the families of soldiers who sacrificed themselves?"
"What's happening here?"
The people watching the excitement looked shocked.
The logistics team member said angrily: "What kind of corruption? You don't want to spit on others!"
A team member with a bad temper stepped forward and shouted: "You are a bluff, I suspect you are a spy who has infiltrated our patrol team, let's take it down together!"
"good!"
Looking at the several support team members rushing up, Yue shouted: "Do you think I'm afraid of you?"
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
After a fierce fight, the logistics team members who rushed up were knocked out one by one, lying on the ground in pieces, looking at the unharmed Yue in shock.
The onlookers' jaws dropped as well.
Yue stood up with his hands back and snorted coldly. Just when he was about to say something, there was a commotion behind him.
"What happened? Why is it so noisy?"
Two men came out surrounded by people.
One of them is Ao, who brought Yue into the city yesterday, and the other is a man with blue patterns on his face.
The patterned man looked at the mess on the field, and his face immediately darkened.
"Captain Jiu, someone is here to cause trouble!" A logistics team member got up from the ground, pointed at Yue and said angrily.
"Am I causing trouble? I just told the truth. Now that I have done it, don't be afraid of others telling me!" Yue sneered.
"Fart! We..." The logistics team member wanted to say something else, but the eagle stretched out his hand to stop him.
Looking at the mess in front of him, Jiu didn't pay attention. Instead, he smiled at Yue and said, "Yue, I haven't seen you for so long, and you have become a special person. You didn't even say a word when you came back, so I could pick you up and wash away your dust."
Ao Ye looked at everything on the field and was very surprised. Although he did not see Yue take action, he was able to easily defeat so many players. It was obvious that Yue had awakened as a special person.
"I dare not trouble Captain Jiu to care." Yue said indifferently: "Captain Jiu, you are a middle-level warrior. How can you care about the life and death of a small junior warrior like me? I should go and entertain you, lest you still treat me after I die.
My pension was withheld."
Jiu's face darkened. If a normal person was so eccentric, he would have kicked them out a long time ago. But knowing Yue's identity, he could only patiently say: "Why did you say that? Is there some misunderstanding between us?"
"Misunderstanding! What misunderstanding can there be!" Hearing this, Yue became angry again: "I ask you, why have the material subsidies that should be paid to Manzi's family not been paid?"
The people watching were stunned when they heard this and started whispering.
Ao frowned slightly, Jiu was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Yue, let's go in and talk about this later."
"Okay, then let's go in and talk!"
Yue originally wanted to refuse, but after seeing Jiu's expression, he suppressed his anger and agreed.
Logistics is one of the most important departments in the patrol team. The status of Jiu Ji who is responsible for logistics is naturally extraordinary. He is one of the most trusted people under the commander, otherwise he would not know Yue's identity.
Although Yue is not afraid of Jiu, he still has to give face to the commander-in-chief, and he came here to ask for an explanation, not really to cause trouble.
Following Jiu into his office, Jiu said to Yue: "The Manzi you are talking about must be the former vice-captain of the Sixth Team, right?"
"it's him!"
The eagle nodded, turned around and went to the cabinet, found a document, opened it and looked at it.
After reading it quickly, Jiu threw the document in front of Yue: "You can see for yourself, everything that should be given to Manzi's family has been given. Everything was done in accordance with the rules and regulations, and there was no deduction."
Yue picked up the document, looked at the distribution status on the document, and said in disbelief: "That's all?"
According to the document, the distribution of materials to fallen soldiers is much less than before. Material allowances for captain-level figures have also been cancelled, and even pensions have been reduced by one-third.
Slapping the document on the table, Yue said angrily: "This is completely inconsistent with the tribe's pension plan. How dare you say there is no deduction?!"
"There is indeed no deduction. Everyone is like this, not just Barbarians." Jiu Lifted up his legs and put them on the table: "You were not in the city before, so it's normal that you didn't know. The patrol team's pension plan has been modified, and now everything is
This is the material compensation given."
"Modify?" Yue angrily shouted: "Who gave you the power to modify?!"
"Of course it's the commander-in-chief. If you have any opinions, you can go to the commander-in-chief." Jiu said lazily.
Yue's expression froze, and the words he wanted to scold were stuck in his throat.
Ao, who had come with him, saw this and sighed: "Yue, you really can't blame Jiu for this matter. It was indeed the order given by the captain."
During Ao's explanation, Yue gradually fell silent.
It turns out that the reason for the current situation is that the Gu tribe's supplies are insufficient.
The amount of food reserves is okay, but the amount of water is approaching the warning number set by the captain.
In order to reduce the cost of supplies, the commander-in-chief ordered to reduce unnecessary expenditures and give priority to the supply of patrols.
The compensation materials for the sacrificed soldiers are expenditures that the commander-in-chief considers unnecessary.
Ao helplessly said: "There is nothing we can do about it. When the captain made this choice, it was also very painful..."