Volume 1 Chapter 449 Refugee Conflict
Night is falling.
Li Tian parked the car in the leeward side of a canyon between two hills, picked up some dry firewood, and lit a bonfire to prepare for the night.
In the distance, there is a group of refugees. They have built simple houses here with sticks and rags. They are all unkempt and look like beggars.
Li Tian did not rest near this group of refugees on purpose, but the car happened to drive here.
The leeward side of the canyon is the best place to spend the night. When we walked in, we found that there were a group of refugees living there.
The refugees were initially frightened when they saw the military vehicles, but after a man wearing glasses shouted a few soothing words, the refugees gradually calmed down.
Li Tian heard it clearly. The man with glasses told the refugees that they were Chinese, neither the Black Army nor the White Army, and would not harm anyone. The man with glasses even said that there were only four of them, while there were more than 200 of them, so there was no need to be afraid of them.
Quite soothing!
Li Tian sneered.
At this time, Song Ziyan was ready to take some snacks, build good relationships with these refugees, and take some photos.
"I advise you not to provoke them." This time Li Tian dissuaded Song Ziyan.
This group of refugees was different from the ones he met during the day. He couldn't tell exactly what the difference was, but he just had a feeling.
"Why?" Song Ziyan was puzzled.
Li Tian said: "Don't ask why every time. In our team of four, I am the boss and you have to listen to me. This reason is enough."
Song Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then she put her hands on her hips and snorted, "Devil Li, humph!"
Although her pretty face was full of unconvinced expression, she did not go towards the group of refugees, but returned to the campfire.
Dinner is noodles cooked together with dehydrated vegetables.
Although it didn't smell particularly good, all the refugees looked over here. Li Tian saw that they all had longing eyes, and some were even drooling, but they didn't even notice it even when the saliva flowed down to their chests.
"Xiao Ye!"
Li Tian gave Ye Lanxin a look, telling her to be wary of these refugees.
Ye Lan nodded, understanding.
After the noodles and vegetables were cooked, seven or eight refugee children around ten years old suddenly came over timidly.
"Uncle and aunt, I'm hungry."
"Uncle and aunt, I want to eat..."
“Can you give us some food?”
The children all held a small bowl in their hands and looked at Li Tian and others eagerly.
Song Ziyan, Xiaopang, and Ye Lanxin didn't understand what they were saying, but not understanding did not affect Song Ziyan and the others' understanding, as it was obvious that they were asking for food.
Li Tian smiled and said in Country X’s language: “Uncle and aunt are hungry too. If we give it to you, we will be hungry. Let’s go back and ask your family for food.”
If it were just these few children, he would have given them the food without hesitation, even if he had to go hungry for a night. But there were too many refugees, more than 200 in total, and even if he cooked noodles and took out all the dry food in the car, it was still a drop in the bucket.
If he gave them these children, he could guarantee that all the other children would flock to him.
The children are satisfied, but what about the adults?
This is a problem.
If we are not careful, these refugees will rush over and rob us.
He did not want a violent conflict to break out, not because he was afraid of the refugees, but because when the time came, he would have no choice but to kill the refugees.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the refugees gathered around him, forming a dark mass.
He couldn't help but sigh helplessly. It seemed that this conflict was inevitable.
Ye Lanxin immediately grabbed a gun in each hand and pointed the guns at the refugees.
Song Ziyan and Xiaopang stood at the back at a loss. They never expected these refugees to come up to them, obviously wanting their food. In the light of the fire, the eyes of these refugees were like those of hungry beasts.
The man with glasses shouted at Li Tian, "Chinese, give us your food!"
Li Tian smiled: "On what basis?"
"Because we have so many people."
The man with glasses continued to shout. Of course, he was also afraid of the gun in Ye Lanxin's hand, so he slowed down his tone and said, "I don't want all of you, just half of it."
"Sorry, I won't give you a single penny." Li Tian said coldly.
The man with glasses shouted loudly: "Ask them for food!"
"Uncle and aunt, I want to eat."
"Can you give me something to eat?"
"I'm so hungry, please uncle and aunt."
The women held their children and walked in front, while the men walked behind. Many refugees held knives in their hands.
The man with glasses said indifferently: "I heard that the Chinese military is a righteous army. You will definitely not hurt the children, right?"
"Are you sure?" Li Tian sneered.
The man with glasses ignored her and continued to give orders to the woman with the child to move forward.
Ye Lan was a little panicked, and even raised the muzzle of the gun slightly, fearing that it would accidentally go off and hurt the child. She asked anxiously, "Brother Li, what are they going to do?"
"Take half of our food." Li Tian said truthfully.
Song Ziyan shouted, "Li Devil, then give them half."
Ye Lanxin also said, "Yes, Brother Li, we will reach our destination tomorrow anyway, so giving them half of the food won't have any impact on us."
Li Tian certainly knew that giving half the food would not have much impact, but this was not about giving food. He did not think that these refugees would go back obediently if they were given food.
However, for the sake of these malnourished and starving children, he was willing to give these refugees a chance to avoid bloody death.
"Song Ziyan, Mr. Zhang, go get it." Li Tian said.
"Yes." Xiaopang said loudly.
I am so honored that my elder brother finally said something to me.
Song Ziyan hurried to the car to get various canned foods, snacks, dehydrated vegetables, compressed biscuits, etc.
He stuffed the backpack full of things and handed it to Li Tian.
Li Tian threw his backpack forward and said, "Get lost!"
The refugees looked at the bulging backpacks on the ground, all with greed in their eyes, but none of them took the initiative to go forward to take them.
After the man with glasses gave the order, a thin man ran out and took the backpack back.
The man with glasses was stunned when he saw the backpack was full of hard goods.
"Aren't you going to leave yet?" Li Tian asked.
"Give us some more. There are so many of us and this is not enough to fill us up." shouted the man with glasses.
One man simply tore off his disguise mask and shouted, "Hand over all your food and these two women, and give us a good night tonight, or none of you can leave!"
"Yes, hand over the food and women."
"Don't think we'll be scared just because we have guns. We have more people and you only have a few broken guns. If we all rush at you, you won't be able to withstand us."
"Don't worry, women just need to give us pleasure for one night, we won't kill them."
These dishevelled male refugees roared, not afraid of the guns in Ye Lanxin's hands at all. Compared to the dishevelled and dirty refugee women, Ye Lanxin and Song Ziyan were fair and tender little fairies.
The man with glasses said sinisterly, "Did you hear our request? Chinese, I think you are quite smart. You should know how to choose."