Chapter 68: Famine
Two identical faces looked at Lu Fei.
Lu Fei felt as if someone had tied a knot in his head, and he stammered, "Aning?"
Jia Lan instantly looked at Jian An Ning and said, "Sister, why does he call you like that?"
Jian Anning thought for a moment and said, "It's just a name, it doesn't matter."
As she spoke, she sat down beside Lu Fei's bed and brought her a bowl of hot porridge. Then she explained to Lu Fei, "This is my sister."
Jian An Ning frowned and hesitated for a while, without saying Jia Lan's name.
But Lu Fei did not notice anything unusual about Jian An Ning. Instead, he forced a smile and said hello to Jia Lan.
Then he whispered in Jian Anning's ear, "Why do I feel like your sister hates me? Have I offended her in any way?"
But seeing such an intimate gesture, Jia Lan felt a surge of anger. She took a few steps forward and poured the still hot porridge in the bowl into Lu Fei's mouth. Then she said, "My name is Jia Lan."
"Jia Lan, he will choke." Jian An Ning reminded.
However, it was too late. Jia Lan had already finished the porridge. Lu Fei felt like his throat was about to be burned into a hole, and some rice porridge was choking his nostrils. He kept coughing and felt very uncomfortable.
Jian An Ning had no choice but to pat Lu Fei on the back and leave the hut to get some water.
As soon as Jian An Ning left, Jia Lan did not hide her disgust for Lu Fei at all. Although she did not hide it very well when Jian An Ning was around, now Lu Fei only felt that the look in Jia Lan's eyes when she looked at him was full of pure malice.
"Stay away from my sister."
The face that looked exactly like Jane Anning showed an expression of extreme disgust towards him.
Although Lu Fei knew clearly in his heart that Jia Lan was not Jian An Ning, he really didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want Jian An Ning's face to show such an expression to him.
So Lu Fei subconsciously avoided Jia Lan's gaze, and in Jia Lan's view, this behavior was a negative response to her words.
The anger in her heart rose to its peak, and her fingertips gradually condensed into a blade of light. She looked like she wanted to cut Lu Fei's throat directly.
But at this moment, a man stepped into the hut, as if he was returning home.
Lu Yu carried her on his back and snatched some food from the street. He asked with confusion, "What happened to you two?"
Lu Fei didn't expect Lu Yu to come back.
He quickly explained, "This is Aning's sister, Jialan."
Lu Yu had no doubts and just asked, "What are you doing lying in bed in broad daylight?"
Lu Fei gave a brief explanation, omitting many of the dangers involved, so Lu Yu thought it was just an ordinary incident and didn't take it too seriously.
So she just urged her grandson, who looked fine, and said, "Hurry up and grab the food. For some reason, the crops won't grow in the fields, the trees won't bear fruit, and even the fish in the water are becoming fewer and fewer."
"ah?"
Lu Fei didn't dare to delay. He counted the silver and money in his hand and rushed out like a gust of wind.
In the past, Luming City would also encounter some natural disasters and man-made disasters, and at this time, the most common food in the past would become the most valuable commodity. Not only would the price rise sharply, but in extreme cases, you would not even be able to buy it even if you had money.
He had experienced an extremely severe famine before, so he reacted quite decisively.
When Jian An Ning came back with the water, she only saw Lu Fei's back as he hurried away.
"Why are you so anxious?" Jian An Ning asked in a low voice.
Lu Yu happened to hear this and explained to Jian An Ning, "Every ten years or so, a sudden attack occurs in Luming City without warning. If we don't prepare in advance."
Lu Yu paused and said, "It's not uncommon to die in such a disaster."
Then she said to Jian Anning and Jia Lan, "So, can you two go find some food as well?"
Jian Anning realized that this might be a disaster for people, so she took Jia Lan's hand and said to Lu Yu, "Let's go now."
Then Lu Yu pulled Su Jiang, who had transformed back into a fox at some point, over and pulled its ears, admonishing it, "Take good care of these things. They are the capital that will keep us alive for the rest of the time. You are absolutely not allowed to steal any of them!"
She didn't care whether the fox could really understand or not. She just treated the fox as a guard dog. She took a hemp rope and tied it to the corner of the bed. She reminded it several times, "Don't let others steal it." Then she turned around and joined the army of people rushing to buy food.
On the long street, Jia Lan was pulled out by Jian An Ning with a confused look on her face.
People on the road were in a hurry and looked panic-stricken. Everyone's face showed a bit of anxiety and uneasiness. The vendors selling various vegetables, fruits and grains, which were very busy in the past, were even more lively now.
Many vendors simply raise prices, selling food that is originally not expensive as luxury goods, and buyers still demand that sellers make the deal.
"I have to find a less unscrupulous merchant. If I can't find one, I'll buy it from him."
Jian An Ning pointed at a peddler not far away who was charging exorbitant prices to buyers.
"elder sister!"
Jia Lan shook her shoulders, hoping that Jane An Ning would wake up a little, and said almost angrily: "When do we need to eat?"
"But I am a human being now, and I should do what humans do." Jian An Ning replied directly.
"Find someone to chop down this body that's trapped you, and you'll be free," Jia Lan said sharply. "Sister, you don't really think you're human, do you?"
Normally, if two people who looked so similar were arguing on the street, they would be surrounded by people. Fortunately, the long street was filled with people arguing non-stop, and the voices of Jian Anning and Jia Lan were like a drop of water mixing into the ocean, inconspicuous.
Jia Lan said this, pulling Jane An Ning through the crowd.
It was only after this walk that Jian An Ning noticed that the crowd not only rushed to all places where they could get food, but there was also another wave converging towards the center of Luming City.
The dense crowds of people almost occupied the entire square.
Jian An Ning knew that mortals could not see the temple in the center of Luming City, but they might have heard the rumor that praying here could make wishes come true, so they all knelt there spontaneously, and the posture of prayer was exactly the posture of offering sacrifices to gods.
And her eyes could see more.
For example, invisible to mortals, the monks who were once omnipotent were also kneeling in an orderly manner in front of the temple.
Because every time a famine occurs, the spiritual energy in Dongchang will drop sharply, so that the monks will not be able to use spells or practice.
So they could only repeat the process of prayer and sacrifice over and over again, begging the gods to bestow their blessings and restore everything to normal.
Jane Anning pursed her lips.
She saw that Lu Fei had arrived at this place at some point. He was carrying a package and was moving among the crowd with a confused look on his face.
She also thought about the reason why all this happened.
She sighed softly and said, "People only seek help from the gods when they face things beyond their control."
Jia Lan snorted softly, then continued, "Isn't that the meaning of their existence in this world?"
As they were talking, perhaps because the gods were finally moved by the believers' priests, the temple door that had been closed for a long time finally opened.
Wu Xi walked out with square steps, not only out of the temple, but also out of the barrier invisible to mortals, revealing himself to the world and saying, "The gods have issued a decree. They have chosen the most suitable candidate to eliminate the disaster for Luming City."
Almost all of the densely packed crowd kowtowed and knelt to express their gratitude, and Wu Xi calmly pointed at the only person in the crowd who did not kneel, Lu Fei.
Then he waved his whisk and said to the crowd, "The gods say that only this man can break the natural disaster in Luming City."
The dense crowd immediately turned their guns around, kowtowed frantically to Lu Fei, and said, "Save us, you must save us!"
Many people in the crowd already knew Lu Fei, so they called out his name and shouted, "Lu Fei, we in Luming City are all relying on you!"
Lu Fei felt that he had inexplicably shouldered a huge mission, as if a heavy burden had been inexplicably placed on his shoulders without him noticing.
"Don't be like this," Lu Fei tried to help the people who were kneeling to him, but it was all in vain. So he had to give up and turned to ask Wu Xi in front of the temple across the crowd: "But how can I eliminate this natural disaster?"
Wu Xi just smiled slightly, pointed at his head and said, "This requires your understanding and thinking."
After saying this, he returned to the temple without looking back, and no matter how people begged, he would never open the door of the temple again.
People's hope could only be placed on Lu Fei. Hundreds, even thousands, of eyes were staring at him, making Lu Fei's scalp numb. He tried to calm himself down and said, "I will do my best to eliminate the natural disaster. Please prepare food and stay alive until the disaster is over."
This sentence moved some people. Some of those who had been kneeling left the square, probably to prepare food. The crowd finally realized that although they had the guidance of the gods, breaking the famine would not happen overnight, and they stopped staring at Lu Fei.
Of course, there were still a very small number of stubborn elements who almost squeezed through the crowd to get close to Lu Fei.
Lu Fei turned around and ran, thinking about Wu Xi's words as he ran.
Can he save Luming City from natural disaster?
No one noticed that in the corner, Jian Anning sighed again. She whispered to Jia Lan, "Sister, please help him stop those people. I think I know what the gods of Dongchang are planning to do."
"But why does He hate Ah Fei so much?"
Jia Lan was about to cast a spell, but when she heard the last word of Jian An Ning's words, she paused. She asked in disbelief, "Sister, what did you call that human?"
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