Chapter 45: A Kind-hearted Man Gives Out Porridge
There was no electricity, no lights, and everything seemed to have returned to its most primitive state. In the evening, Xiang Yu lit the kerosene lamp in the house.
With the curtains drawn, pig's trotters with soybeans were stewing on the stove, and rice was simmering on another small stove, and the aroma filled the room.
Xiang Yu didn't take the stew out of the pot until the pig's trotters were stewed into a mushy mess. After a delicious meal, he washed up and went to bed.
After morning exercises, Xiang Yu calculated the time. It was now the third month of the apocalypse, and it would soon be the fourth month, which was also when the chaos began.
After four months, no matter how much food was stored, it was almost exhausted and the only food left was rice.
Looking at the temperature showing minus 42 degrees Celsius, Xiang Yu stayed at home and did not go out again, although the heavy snow outside had stopped.
But it was real ice and snow.
If you don't keep warm enough when walking outside, you may end up with hemiplegia.
She collected the accumulated snow in the yard into the space. Now there were more than 20 basins and 20 large buckets filled with solidified ice in the yard.
After Xiang Yu put the ice cubes into the space, he then put the melted snow water in and continued to solidify it.
At the same time, I also made a lot of small ice cubes to cool down when the temperature is high. You can also put a few cubes in water and homemade lemon tea to cool down.
Today marks the fourth month of the apocalypse. The peaceful life is about to be broken, but there is also good news.
The chickens kept in the space are now able to lay eggs. When she was feeding them as usual in the morning, she found a white object in the chicken coop.
She was so excited at that time. Although there were some eggs stored in the space, she had almost eaten them all in the past four months.
There were dozens of chicks, but only more than twenty eggs were picked up in the morning. Xiang Yu was also happy and boiled two of them immediately.
I beat a few eggs and made soufflé. Xiang Yu enjoyed it very much. Now I can study the method of making bread rolls.
Make some and store it, then eat it in front of others without arousing suspicion.
After breakfast, Xiang Yu started watching video tutorials. He didn't have enough money to buy a mobile phone, so he only bought a dozen at that time.
But every video downloaded on the mobile phone was very practical. Xiang Yu followed the video and put the bread directly on the stove, and finally successfully made a piece of bread.
After slicing and saving, just take it out when you want to eat it.
I was in a good mood all day, even though the wind was howling outside.
A woolen sweater that was almost finished was placed on the sofa. Xiang Yu tried it on and found it was made of real material, but a little heavy to knit.
The woolen towels had already been woven and put into use. The dry goods roasting on the stove were packed up and put into the space. Xiang Yu also roasted some pine nuts.
These were grown by her own in the space, and each one is plump.
Take the roasted pine nuts up the mountain to make traps, which can also attract some wild animals.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
At noon, a voice came from outside the iron gate that had not been opened for half a month. "Is anyone there? Is anyone there? Open the door..."
The voice sounded old. When Xiang Yu opened the door, an old woman was standing in front of her door, holding a child of about twelve or thirteen years old.
When Xiang Yu was seen, he took a few steps forward and said, "Girl, do you have any food at home? Can you give me something to eat? I have nothing at home."
Xiang Yu looked at the two of them, then looked around, and saw that the villagers around her were looking at her through the windows.
Xiang Yu withdrew his gaze and saw that the shape of bones was clearly imprinted on the old man's shriveled and skinny arms.
The two of them were dishevelled and the little granddaughter next to her had purple lips, obviously she was very cold. The two of them looked really pitiful.
But the villagers who were eyeing him covetously made Xiang Yu feel even more terrified.
"I have nothing to eat, you guys go ask somewhere else..." Before Xiang Yu could finish her words, the old woman knelt down, holding her granddaughter tightly with her right hand.
He pulled his granddaughter hard and made her kneel in front of Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu dodged sideways to avoid the two of them kneeling.
"Please, just relax and save us, give us something to eat," the old woman's eyes flickered. She waited for a long time but saw no one came out.
As soon as he confirmed that Xiang Yu was a girl living alone, he started to act like a rogue. Girls like this are the most soft-hearted.
As long as you kneel down and beg her, she will relent and give you the food.
But it was obvious that Xiang Yu was not the kind of girl she had in mind. Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, Xiang Yu turned around and closed the door.
"Grandma, she closed the door..." The little girl stood up slowly. After kneeling for a while, she felt her knees were numb.
The old woman spat directly at Xiang Yu's iron gate, and then pinched the little girl hard until she begged for mercy.
"You unlucky star! If you don't get food today, you won't be allowed to eat when you go back," the old woman cursed viciously, and the two of them left Xiang Yu's house.
Seeing that Xiang Yu did not give them any food, the villagers' eyes flashed with disappointment.
"Xiang Yu must have food at home, otherwise how could she stay at home for such a long time without going out?"
A man looked at the iron gate that was closed on Xiang Yuguan and muttered to himself.
Every few days thereafter, there would be knocks on the door. It was people coming from nearby villages to borrow food.
They braved the cold wind and traveled from village to village, hoping to meet a kind family who could lend them some food.
But those who lent them food were also targeted by them, and when they finished eating what they had, they would continue to come to their homes to ask for more.
What's very strange is that half a month later, Xiang Yu heard a piece of news that day Xiang Yu, Xiang Cheng, and Ahua went to the mountains to hunt.
The three of them chatted along the way, and then they talked about those people who had recently come to the village to borrow food.
"Sister Xiang Yu, I'm telling you, don't pity those people. Give them food. They are bottomless pits. What's more, we don't even have enough to eat ourselves."
Ah Hua was furious. Their family had been harassed recently. Her mother wanted to give it to her at first, but she stopped her. Then the man hated them.
"I didn't give it to him. We don't have any at home," Xiang Cheng vividly described the scene of his refusal.
Xiang Yu said that she did not give it from the beginning, but because she lived alone, she was also targeted.
"Let me tell you, there really is a saint at this time. It's Chen Jianbing's family in the neighboring village. You've heard of him, right?"
Ah Hua is used to lowering her voice when gossiping.
"When they knew that the villagers nearby were all starving, they used their own food to cook porridge, following the example of the great philanthropists of the past who gave out porridge."
Xiang Yu and Xiang Cheng widened their eyes at the same time. This guy is really fierce. Does he want to live?
Xiang Yu seemed to have already imagined the ending of his family and lit a candle for them in his heart.
There is nothing wrong with having a kind heart, but in the current environment, if you have a kind heart, you will die the fastest.
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