Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

Perhaps the deterrent power of the broadsword and wooden spear was strong enough, the victims looked at Luo Xiaoran and his group, but no one dared to approach.

In ancient times, the only people who could wield a broadsword were officials or bandits. Ordinary people had no chance to own such a weapon. At most, they could carry a kitchen knife picked up when fleeing famine.

In fact, although they looked miserable, there was still some food in their bags.

In the past, we could come across edible wild fruits on the road. If we were lucky, some people would catch wild pheasants, wild rabbits, etc., and thus save food.

Eat one meal a day and it will be enough to last for several days.

These people don't look easy to deal with, so it's better not to provoke them.

This is what people in a better situation think.

Although the food bag is almost empty, it is still enough for two meals, right?

Rob? They wanted to rob too? But they didn’t have the strength!

Even if we eat sparingly, the food will soon be exhausted.

As long as the woman in the family could dig up wild vegetables and find wild fruits, she would not allow them to touch the last bit of food in the house.

They were so hungry that they wanted to eat the northwest wind, and they really had no energy to think about anything else.

This is what people in worse situations think.

Luo Xiaoran sighed. The situation at the foot of the mountain was better than she had expected. At least she didn't encounter anyone starving to death as soon as she came down the mountain.

This may not be the case in the future.

"Please, give us some food. The child hasn't eaten for two days!" A woman holding a child suddenly passed Luo Xiaoran and rushed to Qiu Niang and Xiao Xingchen from the side.

Little Xingchen was startled and quickly hid behind Qiu Niang, who was also a little at a loss.

So, two stupid faces, one big and one small, looked at Luo Xiaoran at the same time.

Luo Xiaoran didn't even blink, "We are out of food too, please don't block our way."

The woman knelt on the ground and refused to give in. The child in her arms looked at her crying mother in confusion, not knowing what was going on.

Maybe because I was too hungry, I put my fingers in my mouth and sucked them, and tears flowed uncontrollably from the corners of my mouth.

"Let's go." Luo Xiaoran hugged Xiao Xingchen into her arms and called out to Qiu Niang who was still in a daze.

The disaster victims who were watching the excitement around also dispersed and continued to walk forward woodenly.

Only a few young men would glance at Luo Xiaoran and the others from time to time.

"Do you think it's cruel of your sister not to give them food?" Luo Xiaoran gently pinched Xiao Xingchen's face.

Little Xingchen's face fell and he said very seriously: "Sister did the right thing!

If we rashly give them food, other disaster victims will follow suit and come over to ask for food, or even snatch our bags, just like the bandits we encountered before."

"So smart!" Luo Xiaoran lifted up the hands that were placed under Xiao Xingchen's buttocks. It was still a little difficult for this body to hold a four-year-old child.

“Yes, but that’s just one of the reasons.”

"Is there any other reason, sister?" Little Xingchen tilted his head and listened carefully.

"Another reason is, if she really has nothing to eat, and we give her this meal, what will she do for the next meal?

Keep asking us for it, will we give it to you?

If we give it to them, we will starve ourselves. If we don’t, they and their child will still die.

The most desperate thing in this world is not knowing that you are about to die, but gaining hope in despair, looking forward to living, but in the end finding no hope. "

Xiao Xingchen was quite surprised when he heard this theory for the first time.

Uncle Li listened from behind and nodded repeatedly, occasionally stroking his beard which had grown longer.

"So, when you grow up and meet your enemy, you should deal with him in this way, making him waver between hope and despair, until he completely gives up resistance and becomes hopeless."

"Chen'er knows!" especially loudly.

Uncle Li was distracted and found a few more whiskers in his hand.

This Caicai is really shocking.

Xingchen is still so young, why should I tell him these things?

What a good teacher! He likes it!

What he didn't see was that Qiu Niang, who was walking in the middle, was staring at Luo Xiaoran and Xiao Xingchen with wide eyes, and she seemed to have realized something.

It was already dark and the victims stopped by the roadside to rest.

Luo Xiaoran and three others huddled under a big tree a little way away from the crowd and started a fire. The four of them felt warmer, so they boiled some water and drank it, then put the rest into water bags and ate some dry food.

Although the weather was clear at noon, many people still caught a cold, and one after another began to have fever, cold, and runny nose.

Although Li Shuqiu and Xiao Xingchen felt that the masks they wore were very strange, they followed Luo Xiaoran's instructions and did not take them off.

At noon, the four of them secretly put their hands into their masks and poured some fried rice into their mouths without stopping to cook.

The mother and son who had begged them for food during the day sat down not far from them, and there was also a man.

After the man put down the various belongings he was carrying on the ground, he reached out and took the child from the woman's arms, as if he said something.

"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat! We don't know how long we'll have to flee from the famine. If you don't save money, you'll just starve to death in the future!" The woman took out a piece of silk cloth from her bosom and scolded the man.

Opening the silk cloth, you can see several cakes wrapped in three layers inside and outside.

She took out half of it and divided it into three parts, giving the largest part to the man, the smallest part to the child, and keeping the middle piece for herself.

The man sighed deeply, tore off another half of his cake and gave it to the child in his arms, but the woman snatched it away.

"How much can a child eat? Besides, he was held in our arms for most of the journey."

The woman put the cake back into the man's hand and said to the child in his arms, "Niu Dan, go to sleep. You won't be hungry when you sleep."

The child named Niu Dan listened to his mother very much and didn't cry or make a fuss.

"He can still curse. It seems he still has quite some strength." Uncle Li looked at the family of three over there, and a teasing voice came from under the mask.

"This woman came here all of a sudden during the day. Her speed doesn't seem like she has been hungry for a long time." Luo Xiaoran responded to Uncle Li's words, but her eyes were looking at Xiao Xingchen and Qiu Niang.

"That's why you didn't give them any food, Caicai, right?" This was the first time Qiu Niang spoke after she came down the mountain.

"Even if she really has nothing to eat, I won't give it to her. I've already explained the reason during the day.

If you think I'm cruel, I don't care, because I want to make sure my people survive."

No matter it is the end of the world or this famine, countless people are floating in the sea of ​​suffering. Everyone has many frustrations, but if they want to survive, they must remember that the law of the jungle is the unchanging rule.

"No, no, Caicai, you did the right thing!" Qiu Niang's voice got louder, and she stared at Luo Xiaoran seriously, her voice trembling a little:

"I don't see the current situation as clearly as Chen'er. After all, you are a woman in seclusion and have very little experience."

I will trust you wholeheartedly in the future, Qiu Niang said in her heart.

"Don't belittle yourself. You've been through so much and you're still so strong. You've done a great job."

Luo Xiaoran looked at Qiu Niang and gave a very faint smile, which was almost invisible in the light of the fire, but made her whole face come alive.

"Oh, go to sleep. Your old arms and legs must be sore after walking all day!" Uncle Li yelled.

There's something so weird and weird about the relationship between these two girls!