Chapter 274: Deciding to Go to Black Bamboo Village
Xia Xiaoman looked at those skinny people and said, "Perhaps there is some hidden reason that forced Yunhai City to leave home and seek help from others."
Yunhai City has quite a lot of arable land. After the long night of extreme cold, Yunhai City can harvest a batch of food as long as they work hard. With this batch of food, there is no need to leave home and go to other places to find a way out.
"Hey, is that person pregnant? Why is her belly so big? But it looks like that person should be a man!" Li Yu'e handed the telescope to Xia Xiaoman, pointed in a direction and said, "Look, that person is skinny, but has a very big belly. It looks quite weird."
Xia Xiaoman picked up the telescope and took a look. Several people got off the car. Without exception, they were so thin that only a layer of skin was left on their bones, but their stomachs were surprisingly big, very much like the starving ghosts she saw on TV when she was a child.
"That person is not pregnant. She has been hungry for too long and has ascites due to malnutrition."
"Ascites? Is there any hope?" Li Yu'e asked.
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "If it was before, there might be hope. Now, all we can do is wait for death."
Li Yu'e licked her dry lips. She had only heard of people starving to death from the older generation. She never expected that she would see someone starving to death in her lifetime. How tragic.
Seeing that the large group of people from Yunhai City was about to arrive, Li Yu'e said, "Xiaoman, you should stay with us for the time being! There are so many people from Yunhai City, and we are not sure whether they are carrying the virus. It is too dangerous for you to wander around alone."
Xia Xiaoman thought about it and said, "Forget about living at your place. It's not easy for everyone right now. If I live there for free, others will have opinions if they see me."
"I brought a tent. I'll find a place to set up the tent near your greenhouse when I get back."
"Okay, let's go back now! I'll ask someone to help you set up the tent." With that, Li Yu'e was the first to go down the mountain, followed closely by Xia Xiaoman and Maodan.
When they returned to the garrison, people living on the outskirts of the garrison had already known the news of the arrival of people from Yunhai City. They were all talking in low voices, and their words were full of disdain for Yunhai City.
How could they not despise it? They were so poor that they had to work hard every day to get a bowl of unpalatable porridge. Even for this unpalatable porridge, Yunhai City had to bring people to share a piece of it. No one would be happy about it.
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Xia Xiaoman had a double tent tied under her backpack. With someone's help, she set up the tent in no time.
But it was very hot and stuffy living in the tent on such a day. She zipped up the tent, took out two bowls of sugar water from the space, poured one bowl for Maodan, and ate the remaining bowl for herself.
After drinking the cool sugar water, the heat in my body instantly dissipated a lot. Just when I was about to take out a bowl of hot and sour cold noodles to eat, I heard Wen Ling's voice outside.
"Sister Xiaoman, Aunt Yu'e wants to talk to you about something. Are you free now?"
Xia Xiaoman opened the tent and went out after hearing this. "When you are free, let's go. I will go with you."
Wen Ling responded, turned her head and said to the person behind her, "Help Sister Xiaoman to watch over the tent here. If the tent is moved, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Don't worry, miss. With Old Zhang here, no one can touch Miss Xia's tent." Old Zhang said, standing in front of the tent like a gatekeeper.
Xia Xiaoman smiled when he saw this and said, "Lingling, I haven't seen you for a while, you're getting better and better."
Wen Ling smiled innocently, "Aunt Yu'e said that if we act a little fiercer, others will be afraid of us."
"Your Aunt Yu'e is right. She has devoted herself to you and your brother. When Sister Yu'e gets older, remember to repay her well."
Li Yu'e has no blood relationship with the twins. If it were someone else, they would have abandoned these two burdens after Wen Jianfeng died. But Li Yu'e not only did not abandon the twins, but she raised them so well that even her own children might not be able to compare to them.
Judging from this incident, Li Yu'e's character is impeccable, which is why Xia Xiaoman is willing to be friends with Li Yu'e.
Arriving at the greenhouse, Li Yu'e, Zhou Qiuyang, Su Ran, Xiao Zheyu, Wen Xu and Chen Ya sat together. Li Yu'e saw her coming and pointed to an empty seat next to her and said, "Xiaoman, sit down quickly."
Xia Xiaoman walked over and sat down after hearing this. "Sister Yu'e, is there anything you want me to do?"
Li Yu'e said, "You all should know that there is a well in Heizhu Village. I plan to take people to visit Heizhu Village. Do you want to come with me?"
Xia Xiaoman was about to refuse when Li Yu'e continued, "Xiaoman, the temperature is getting higher and higher now. Living in a tent is not a long-term solution."
"I want to find a flat place to build a mud brick house. But to make mud bricks, water is needed. There are people in Heizhu Village who can dig wells, so I want to ask them to dig a well for me."
"But you also know that the villagers are very strong. I don't know if the people I bring can successfully invite the villagers of Black Bamboo Village, so I want you to go with us. You are strong, good at martial arts, and you have a wolf with you. One person can fight against ten of us. With you, we can definitely invite the villagers of Black Bamboo Village."
"Don't worry, after the matter is completed, I will let the villagers of Heizhu Village dig a well just for you, and I will definitely not treat you unfairly."
The Lingxu Gang had more than a thousand people, not counting the elderly, the weak, women and children. Xia Xiaoman didn't believe that these more than a thousand people couldn't take care of a small Black Bamboo Village.
The reason why Li Yu'e said this was probably because she wanted her to show her face, so that she would have a reason to ask the people of Heizhu Village to dig a well for her. Otherwise, she and Li Yu'e were not related, and if she was treated specially, the others in Lingxu Gang would probably feel dissatisfied.
Xia Xiaoman said, "Sister Yu'e, thank you for considering me. I won't go to Heizhu Village. I haven't decided where I'm going to live yet, and I'm not in a hurry to dig a well. You guys go by yourselves. If you need anything, you can tell me."
Li Yu'e looked at Xia Xiaoman, "Really not going?"
"No." Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "The people from Yunhai City have just arrived. I don't know if they will cause any trouble. You go to Heizhu Village, and I will stay here to help you watch over the base camp."
Hearing this, Li Yu'e said with some regret, "Well, forget it. You don't have to guard the base camp. I will send someone to watch it when I leave. If you are free, why not lend us the eggs? Su Ran wants to take people to catch steel-toothed rabbits to give us a treat."
When Su Ran heard Li Yu'e talking about him, he said, "Xiao Zheyu said there are steel-toothed rabbits on the mountain, but they are all hiding underground. I want to get some food to lure them out."
"Sister Xiaoman, lend me the eggs. When I catch the steel-toothed rabbit, I'll give you half."
Hearing this, Xia Xiaoman patted Maodan's head and said, "It's no use asking me. It depends on whether Maodan is willing to go."
"Awoo!" Maodan licked the corner of his mouth with his tongue. Half was not enough. He had to at least let the rabbit eat enough to satisfy his hunger!
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