Chapter 275 Who would leave their hometown unless they had no other choice?
The next day, Su Ran took Maodan out to catch steel-toothed rabbits.
Xia Xiaoman did not follow. Before Maodan went out, she had already reminded him. Catch the rabbit if you can, but forget it if you can't, because you won't lack food anyway. The most important thing is to run back if you encounter danger, don't be stupid and force yourself.
Maodan was out for a day, so Xia Xiaoman wandered around the camp for the day.
After a day of wandering, she found this garrison quite interesting. There were large military tents built in the shape of a Bagua diagram.
The two areas in the middle are the military headquarters and the official headquarters. Extending outward from these two areas are the office headquarters, the military hospital, the agricultural office, the main trading point, and further out are the trading points, offices, and medical stations.
The places where people live are also divided into categories. Those closest to the center can all live in intact tents, and there are even family-style tents. Extending outwards, there are some shabby tents, and further out are small sheds made of wood and mud walls.
People living near the center are mostly military and government officials, as well as their families. A little further out are the rich people with more supplies, followed by ordinary people, and most of those living near the edge are poor people who have no supplies at all.
The remaining people who live on the edge of the garrison are gangs like Lingxu Gang. These gangs live on the periphery not because they are poor, but because there are not many people in charge of the periphery, so it is easier for them to do what they want.
While wandering around the periphery, Xia Xiaoman saw Fu Baiwei with a bruised face. When Fu Baiwei saw her, she lowered her head and got into the crowd, as if she didn't want to show her embarrassed side.
Xia Xiaoman didn't interfere. Seeing her run away, he continued to wander around the garrison.
A few days ago, she was afraid to go to crowded places with Maodan. Now that she finally got rid of Maodan, she can go for a good walk.
Suddenly, a dark-skinned man grabbed her arm and shouted excitedly, "Xiao Man? Xiao Man! It's really you! Oh, I finally found you!"
Xia Xiaoman was startled by this person. She raised her hand to shake him off, took a step back and said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
The man lifted his hair that was covering his eyes, revealing his entire face, and said, "I'm your uncle Wen Gang! Don't you recognize me?"
Xia Xiaoman narrowed her eyes and looked at the other person, "Uncle Wen Gang, is it really you? You're still alive!"
Ye Wengang looked disgusted when he heard this, "Tsk, you little girl, do you know how to talk! Of course I'm still alive, but..." He paused and said, "But your parents... they're gone."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. When she suddenly heard the news of her parents' death, she did not feel happy. She just felt empty in her heart, as if something was missing.
She pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "Uncle, how did my parents... die?"
Ye Wengang sighed, "Alas, they killed themselves."
"Xiao Man, don't think your uncle's words are harsh. It's really because your parents are too foolish to dare to bring anyone home."
Ye Wengang said slowly, "Half a year ago, your parents took your cousin Xia Yaozong away. When they came back, they didn't even bring back his ashes. You know your father, he was crazy about continuing the family line. When he saw that your cousin was gone, he thought about having another boy."
"Your mother's health collapsed when she gave birth to your brother. How could she have given birth to a child? Your father wanted to catch a young woman to give him a son."
"The person was caught and brought back. That night, your parents were hacked to death by that woman."
"That woman is a robber who specializes in robbing and killing others. She often wears light clothes and goes home with passers-by. When she arrives at someone's house, she will call out her accomplices and kill the owner to steal their supplies."
"I lived close to your parents. When I heard your parents screaming, I asked my son to call the soldiers over. By the time the soldiers arrived, your parents had been hacked to death. The blood was splattered three feet high. It was terrifying."
Ye Wengang is still a little scared when he thinks of that scene. Father and Mother Xia’s eyes were wide open, as if they were unwilling to die.
Xia Xiaoman didn't know what to say after hearing this. Her parents had been obsessed with passing on their family line and continuing their bloodline all their lives, but in the end they died because of this obsession. All I can say is that everyone has their own destiny!
She sighed and stopped talking about her parents. "Uncle Wen Gang, why did you come to Fucheng? Can't you live in your hometown anymore?"
Speaking of this, Ye Wengang's face was bitter, "Oh, don't mention it. When the earthquake happened, a volcano erupted in the neighboring Fengcheng. The sky was full of volcanic ash, like a layer of black fog. If we continue to live there, people can barely survive, but how can the crops in the fields survive?"
"Look, the land in Yunhai City has been polluted, so they took us away to find a place suitable for survival."
"Fengcheng volcano erupted? When did Fengcheng have a volcano? Why haven't I heard of it?" Xia Xiaoman looked confused.
Ye Wengang sighed, "There were no volcanoes in Fengcheng before, but there are many natural hot springs there, and there must be volcanoes under the hot springs."
"Oh, Xiaoman, let me tell you, you don't know how scary it was when the volcano erupted. We could see black smoke billowing from far away above Windy City, just like there was a fire."
"The earthquake had just ended, and we were all busy rescuing people and digging for supplies. When we saw the black smoke, we didn't think about what it was. A few days later, volcanic ash was blown over, and it was black when we touched it. Only then did people know that the Wind City volcano had erupted."
Yunhai City is very close to Fengcheng, and the volcanic ash blowing over is thick and abundant. Volcanic ash is not good for the lungs, and Yunhai City, as the starting point of the pneumonia epidemic, has the most pneumonia patients. These people who have suffered from the pneumonia epidemic have poor lungs to begin with, and after inhaling the volcanic ash, they can't stop coughing.
Because of this, Yunhai City was short of manpower. They were unable to rescue the survivors buried in the rubble in the shortest possible time, and they were unable to dig out all the supplies, so they starved to death.
"The supplies we dug out from the ruins were almost gone. The food in the mountains was eaten up by locusts, and the food in the fields was eaten up by steel-toothed rabbits. We wanted to grow food again, but the fields were contaminated by volcanic ash. We had no choice but to leave our homeland."
When Ye Wengang said this, his voice was a little choked. If it wasn't necessary, who would be willing to leave their hometown?
Xia Xiaoman felt a little heavy when he heard this, "So what are your plans for coming to Floating City now?"
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