In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

"Firegun!"

Boss Huang's face was pale. He didn't dare to close the door of the shop. He pulled Old Mrs. Xu and his wife into the backyard.

"Why don't you close the store? Aren't you afraid of being robbed?"

Old Lady Xu was puzzled. Boss Huang smiled bitterly, "If the door was closed, those beasts would have just broken it down and come in and started destroying things!"

At first, Old Mrs. Xu didn’t understand, but then she understood.

The soldiers who dare to arrest people on the street to be cannon fodder don't care about the lives of ordinary people at all. In such a chaotic time, anyone who dares to close the door is guilty.

Although there is a risk of being smashed and looted if the door is open, it at least shows that the people in the store are eager to escape and will not hide anyone.

Xu Xiaoya's face turned pale when she heard the gunshots again. The memory of the last time in the town was still there, but it was dark at that time and she didn't see the scene, so the shock was not that great.

This time it was different, it was at the scene of the incident.

No one could have predicted what would happen.

"Who are those people?"

Old Mrs. Xu was terrified. She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid of implicating Xu Xiaoya.

How old is my granddaughter? She has to suffer this kind of thing. It is really a sin.

Boss Huang shook his head. "It doesn't sound like bandits entering the village. It sounds more like a patrol."

No matter who it is, ordinary people cannot compete with it.

Fortunately, the riot ended quickly and people returned to the streets. Boss Huang then pulled Old Lady Xu and her grandson out.

Boss Huang looked around the street. Although everyone on the street was in a panic, there were no dead bodies and not many patrolmen. He thought they had already left.

"Sister-in-law, the city is not safe right now. You probably can't leave the city today. Go back to where you live and don't go out at night. We have a curfew here at night. If you dare to wander on the street, I will beat you to death!"

Boss Huang was kind-hearted after all, so he gave a reminder.

Old Mrs. Xu nodded. It was very kind of Mr. Huang to remind her to this extent. It would be better not to cause trouble for him.

Old Mrs. Xu held Xu Xiaoya in her arms instead of putting her in a backpack, for fear that Xu Xiaoya would be affected in the event of another accident.

Fortunately, although Xu Xiaoya is chubby, she is not too much of a burden to Old Lady Xu who is used to doing heavy work.

Xu Xiaoya lay quietly in Old Lady Xu's arms. The old lady said goodbye to Boss Huang and quickly walked out of the grocery store.

After leaving the grocery store and finding an empty corner, Old Mrs. Xu asked Xu Xiaoya to put away everything in the backpack. She squeezed the straw in the backpack and then carried the empty backpack with Xu Xiaoya and walked towards the south of the city.

The pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, almost no one was communicating with each other, and everyone looked panicked.

Xu Xiaoya lay in Old Lady Xu's arms and asked softly, "Grandma, where are we going?"

In such a dangerous situation, why not find a hotel nearby to stay?

Old Lady Xu knew her little granddaughter was very clever, so she lied to her: "The south side of the city is where the poor live. It's so chaotic today, so the hotel prices will definitely go up. There's no need to waste money!"

Xu Xiaoya, who had almost no concept of common sense, finally understood why her grandmother took the risk to go to the south city.

Still reluctant to spend money.

But what if something unexpected happens along the way?

Fortunately, the old man and the boy were both covered in dust, and Old Lady Xu had changed into worn-out clothes because she was going to the city. They looked like poor people, not wealthy people.

We arrived at the south of the city safely. This side was not affected. Many people on the street were really poor from their clothes. They didn't even look as mentally healthy as the people in Huaishu Village.

Everyone was dirty and dusty, and there were many skinny children. In such cold weather, the black cotton wool inside many children's cotton jackets was exposed. It was not known whether it was cotton or kapok, but it was not warm at all.

Some adults were not much better, rolling their eyes numbly and looking at the passers-by in front of them.

Some people have greed in their eyes, some have indifference.

Xu Xiaoya didn't dare to move, she was really scared.

I used to think that the description of this era in textbooks was a bit exaggerated, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I realized that it was not an exaggeration in the textbooks, but an overly subtle description.

Old Mrs. Xu was very experienced and found a family. She gave the host some money and was allowed to stay there for one night.

When I entered the room, I realized that the conditions were very simple. Apart from a broken bed, the room was drafty.

"Milk, cold!"

It’s not that Xu Xiaoya is being pretentious, the conditions are simply too harsh and she’s afraid of catching a cold, which can be fatal.

Old Lady Xu hugged her and said, "Eat something first. We'll take out the quilt at night and make do with it for the night. We'll leave early tomorrow morning!"

Xu Xiaoya didn't understand why Old Lady Xu had gone through so much trouble for the whole day. If she just wanted to buy coarse salt, couldn't she do it in the town?

But she never expected that when she woke up in the middle of the night because she had to pee, she heard someone talking.

After all, she was not a pure baby. Xu Xiaoya realized the danger instantly. She didn't dare to move, for fear that her movement would affect her grandmother.

The room was not very dark. The moonlight outside the window fell into the room through the crack in the door, and the figures of people in the room could be vaguely seen.

"Old man, you already have a knife, and I'm afraid of you?"

A greedy voice came out, and Xu Xiaoya recognized it. Although her grandmother came to stay in the south of the city cautiously, she didn't look like a poor person who was about to starve to death because she ate well.

For such a guess, some people are willing to kill and steal things.

Xu Xiaoya was so scared that her hands were shaking, but she still covered her mouth tightly.

"If you leave now, I'll pretend nothing happened. I've lived enough, and dying won't be a loss. But if you die, it will be a huge loss!"

Having said that, Old Mrs. Xu also glanced at the quilt on the bed.

Xu Xiaoya, who was originally sleeping inside, actually crawled out from the quilt and crawled towards the gangster.

Old Mrs. Xu was so frightened that her throat was raised. She was afraid that a scream would let the criminals discover Xu Xiaoya. She didn't care about anything else and just took off a black bracelet from her wrist.

"Since you're asking for wealth, I don't have any good things. I only have this bracelet, which is my dowry. Don't look at it because it's black, it's a silver bracelet!"

Old Mrs. Xu trembled her fingers and tried to let the criminal take the bracelet and leave.

But when the gangster heard that it was a silver bracelet, his eyes lit up. He was right. The old woman had something valuable on her.

Perhaps he was too confident, or perhaps he simply didn't take Old Lady Xu seriously, so the gangster reached out to grab the bracelet.

Just as he was about to touch the bracelet, a cold light flashed in the gangster's eyes, and he saw that Old Lady Xu had raised the machete in her hand.

The man was horrified and immediately retreated to avoid the fatal blow. Although he was in a very embarrassing situation, he was lucky to save his life.

"Old guy, you're looking for death!"

The gangster was completely furious. He raised the axe in his hand and chopped at Old Lady Xu.

Even though Old Lady Xu was brave, the room was small and there were not many places to hide. She had no time to turn sideways and saw the axe facing her face, about to split her in half.

At the critical moment, the man and his axe disappeared.

Old Mrs. Xu fell to the ground. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she reacted and crawled to Xu Xiaoya. Xu Xiaoya hugged her and said, "Grandma, I'm scared!"

Xu Xiaoya was really scared.

Who could have imagined that someone would want to kill and rob in the middle of the night?

People living in peacetime are actually always full of beautiful fantasies about society. Even if they know that this is a cannibalistic world, they are still foolishly unwilling to believe that there are dangers everywhere.

To put it bluntly, I was too well protected by the school and my parents in my previous life. In addition, I lived in a country with a strong social system, and the education I received and the people around me were all kind and friendly.

Suddenly faced with such a violent scene, Xu Xiaoya was not frightened to death, purely out of concern for Old Mrs. Xu.

At this time, she was shivering in Old Lady Xu's arms, and was very scared.

Old Mrs. Xu kept touching Xu Xiaoya's back. Her granddaughter was still too young. If she had any psychological trauma from this incident, it would cause problems in the future.

"Don't be afraid, dear grandson, grandma is here!"

But these words could not comfort Xu Xiaoya, who was so frightened that her limbs were trembling. Fortunately, her soul was still strong and she controlled her fear with her reason. She shivered for a long time before she calmed down.

"Where is that person?"

Grandma saw with her own eyes that Xu Xiaoya grabbed the beast's legs, and then the beast disappeared.

Old Mrs. Xu was not a fool. Although she had never seen it, she had seen her granddaughter collect things and enter the space.

"In the baby!"

Xu Xiaoya patted her chest.

It was just as Old Lady Xu had expected, but she was still worried.

"He's still alive?"

This is the most frightening part.

Xu Xiaoya nodded.

"Alive, still alive when I came out!"

This is what the little squirrel is like. This is the first time Xu Xiaoya has let someone in, and she doesn’t know what the situation is.

Old Mrs. Xu was also afraid. Although the beast was not the landlord, he was still a resident in the south of the city. If one person targeted them, many people would also target them.

The feeling of regret made Old Mrs. Xu very depressed.

Fortunately, Old Mrs. Xu is not a person who complains about herself. Things have already happened, and regret cannot solve the problem, so she just looks forward.

"My dear grandson, go to sleep. We'll leave the city early tomorrow morning and deal with that beast when we get outside!"

Old Mrs. Xu's words reminded Xu Xiaoya that she was woken up by the urge to pee. She was so scared that she forgot about it. Now the urge to pee came again, and she hurriedly covered her little butt.

"Can't hold back!"

Perhaps seeing her granddaughter's actions, Old Mrs. Xu's mood eased a lot, and she carried Xu Xiaoya out of the house to solve her physiological problems.

Even though there was such a big noise in her house, the landlord and his family did not open the door.

Not a good thing either.

Old Mrs. Xu was very disappointed, but she thought that they were just strangers and she couldn't expect them to be kind.

She carried Xu Xiaoya back to the room, but did not dare to fall asleep again. Old Mrs. Xu coaxed Xu Xiaoya to sleep, and she kept her eyes open listening to the noise outside, coughing from time to time to prove that she was not asleep.

It was not until dawn that Old Mrs. Xu woke up Xu Xiaoya and asked her to put away the bedding before opening the door.

The landlord's family did not leave the house either. Old Mrs. Xu snorted coldly, picked up Xu Xiaoya and went out directly without saying hello to the landlord's family at all. Anyway, the money had been paid in advance.

Old Mrs. Xu took advantage of the fact that it was still early and there were few pedestrians on the road, and carried Xu Xiaoya to a dilapidated courtyard where there were no people living around.

"Little girl, let him out. I'm going to chop that beast into pieces!"