There were already many refugees on the road, and with everyone starving, people's hearts were easily swayed, and even a small incident could trigger a riot.
At that time, the Ma family members were killed by refugees while trying to protect their two children and the Chen family.
Although the Chen family and the maternal family of the second wife were injured, they were still alive, but all their money was robbed.
Landlord Chen and his second wife found it hard to accept their situation of having no money at all, so they turned their attention to their two children.
They happened to run into a group of people who specialized in buying children, and Chen, the landlord, knew one of them.
That man was a local thug in Tupo Town who had taken a liking to Chen Wen's mother and harassed her relentlessly for a period of time.
If it weren't for Chen Wen's mother being good-looking and being chosen by Chen Didi to bring into the family, she would probably have been taken advantage of by that thug.
When the second wife saw that someone was buying children, she instigated and persuaded the landlord Chen to sell Chen Wen and Ma Qingping.
Although Chen, the landlord, was reluctant to part with his children, he was starving himself, so he made a tough decision and sold the two children to the local ruffian.
So Chen Wen watched helplessly as his own father sold him and his cousin. His uncle and the others had even lost their lives to save his family, yet they still sold him and his cousin!
Heartbroken by his own father, Chen Wen was completely disillusioned and was taken away by a gang of thugs.
The group consisted of five adults and more than a dozen children. They had no destination; they simply went around buying children, intending to sell them at high prices to those in need.
The thug was initially quite nice to Chen Wen and Ma Qingping, after all, they were relatives of his beloved.
That thug was the second-in-command whom Tang Jian killed.
With the slight preferential treatment from the local thugs, Chen Wen and Ma Qingping initially had a relatively peaceful journey while fleeing famine.
Until the children they had collected could no longer be sold, their money ran out, and they had no surplus grain.
Those people then turned their attention to the children.
Chen Wen and Ma Qingping witnessed them smothering one of the disobedient children to death, then cooking and eating the child like pork, and even giving them the general term "two-legged sheep".
The children present were so frightened that they cried out in terror.
They tried to escape, but were caught and brought back. The children were tied together with a rope, leaving them no chance to escape.
As they walked, fewer and fewer children appeared on the road. Chen Wen and Ma Qingping were able to stay until the end thanks to that local thug.
For those people, it doesn't matter which food they eat, as long as they have something to eat. As for these children, they eat grass roots and tree bark. They are lucky to survive, and those who starve to death are cooked on the spot.
They would even use sleeping potions to drug people with children who were alone on the road, and then steal their belongings and the children.
The group continued their journey, robbing and pillaging along the way. As the number of children dwindled, the five men fought amongst themselves over the spoils, ultimately resulting in the deaths of two of them.
To avoid wasting food, the two of them shared the meat with the remaining three, and after eating, they complained that the meat was too tough and sour.
I heard that King Cheng of Ganzhou cherishes his name like his own son. He will settle down any refugees who go to Ganzhou and will even provide them with food to help them settle down.
Knowing that there was such a good thing in Ganzhou, the three of them took the remaining children and set off for Ganzhou.
When only Chen Wen and Ma Qingping were left that day, the three of them were discussing which one to kill first when they suddenly smelled a strong aroma of meat and rice.
The three of them led them toward the source of the fragrance, where they encountered Lin Zao and his group.
Finally, there was the three-person night raid, and their rescue.
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