Because of the robber and the sudden unconsciousness, Ren Xiaosu returned relatively late. He glanced at the sky and was about to be shrouded in darkness. At this time, it was extremely dangerous to pass the prey through the market town.
During the day, there are people in the Refuge Barrier who come out to rule the order, and those people return to the Barrier at night.
Of course, the people in the Refuge Barrier are not well-intentioned, but they are worried that the chaos of the market town will affect the work of the refugees.
“Yo, Ren Xiaosu has gained a lot today!”
When Ren Xiaosu ran into the market town carrying an iron pot, someone greeted him, his face was black, as if he hadn’t washed his face since birth.
This is the case with many people in the market town. On weekdays, in exchange for food, they go to the nearby coal mine to dig coal. The coal is transported into the refuge barrier, and then the workers can get just enough brown bread or potatoes to survive.
Not only coal mining, but the dirty work required in the fortress will be done by people outside the fortress.
The well water in the market town is all quota, and no one wants to drink more water every day. There is no clean water nearby, or clean water is too dangerous, and there are beasts who drink water. So people in the entire market town were so dirty that they couldn’t see what they looked like, and Ren Xiaosu was no exception.
It’s just that Ren Xiaosu never digs coal. He has his own way of survival.
At this time, Ren Xiaosu didn’t respond when he saw someone saying hello. He just wanted to quickly return to his shack.
When Ren Xiaosu was passing by the market town path, he was not far from the towering fortress wall. When he looked up, he seemed to be full of depression as if he could not see the end of the sky.
There are not many earth and stone buildings in the market town, but more shack-like residences.
The originally relaxed Ren Xiaosu suddenly became vigilant after entering the market town. He even drew a bone knife from his waist. The atmosphere on the street became dignified, as if there was some danger hidden in those shacks, but when Ren Xiaosu pulled out the bone knife, those who were about to move calmed down again.
The first thing Ren Xiaosu learned while living here was not to trust anyone…except Yan Liuyuan.
There were whispers from the shack by the road: “Ren Xiaosu has caught the prey again.”
“What kind of prey is that, it’s just a sparrow.”
“This is not the same as the sparrow in the old textbook. I guess the eagle before the cataclysm was this big?”
“Don’t mess with him,” a voice ended the whisper, as if someone knew about Ren Xiaosu’s past.
Ren Xiaosu opened the curtain of his house, the warmth inside made his body less stiff.
Yan Liuyuan, who was sitting in the shack doing her homework, looked up and saw Ren Xiaosu coming back, she was pleasantly surprised: “Did you hit a sparrow?”
“Why don’t you light the kerosene lamp?” Ren Xiaosu asked with a frown.
Yan Liuyuan is usually not well-behaved, at least not in front of people other than Ren Xiaosu, but when facing Ren Xiaosu, his “older brother”, he is always surprisingly docile: “I want to save my family. Some kerosene.”
“What if I become short-sighted?” Ren Xiaosu put the sparrow down.
Yan Liuyuan’s eyes lit up and said, “The teacher from the academy said that there were such things as glasses before the cataclysm, and he also said that they actually have them now, but inside the refuge barrier, even if you have this thing, you won’t be afraid of it even if you are short-sighted.”
Ren Xiaosu dismissed this statement: “I’ve seen the thing someone told you, but entrusting the vision to an object that may fall at any time in this wilderness is equivalent to death. Don’t listen to your gentlemen. Bullshit, some of what your gentlemen said may not be right.”
“Ao…” Yan Liuyuan nodded: “Then you still send me to school?”
Ren Xiaosu choked: “Why so much nonsense.”
“When can I hunt with you?” Yan Liuyuan asked.
“What kind of hunting did you learn when you were only 14 years old? You don’t need to hunt after you go to school,” Ren Xiaosu said. “Learning how to settle accounts, studying physical chemistry, etc., won’t it be better than hunting?”
“You’re only 17 years old,” Yan Liuyuan was not convinced.
In this day and age, even the most savage people know the importance of knowledge.
This is also the reason why Mr. Teach can survive in the market town. No matter what troubles happen in the market town, Mr. Teach is always the safest one. No one will attack Mr. Teach’s ideas.
It’s just that tuition is expensive, otherwise Ren Xiaosu would like to listen to it.
Ren Xiaosu skillfully dissects the sparrow while propping up the iron pot: “What did Mr. talk about today? This sparrow can only give you some offal, and the rest will be sold tomorrow.”
“Are you injured?” Yan Liuyuan frowned when he saw the wound on Ren Xiaosu’s tiger’s mouth.
The big iron pot was on a stick, and the fire pit in the shack made Ren Xiaosu’s cheeks flicker: “Small injury.”
The room fell silent. After a while, Ren Xiaosu took out the sparrow’s entrails from the pot and handed it to Yan Liuyuan: “Eat.”
Yan Liuyuan’s eyes suddenly turned red: “I won’t eat it, you eat it, you need to recover.”
“I’ll just have some soup,” Ren Xiaosu said, “I still have black bread here.”
“I won’t eat it. You are not a minor injury at all. A few days ago, I saw someone in the market town died of inflammation and infection due to a small wound. We don’t have any medicine here,” Yan Liuyuan said stubbornly, tearing up. It’s about to flow down.
Slap.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly slapped Yan Liuyuan’s face off guard and said, “Remember, you and I cannot cry when we live in this world. This world doesn’t believe in tears.”
Ren Xiaosu continued: “Look at the people around us~IndoMTL.com~ If you are not full, what should I do if someone rushes in at night and stabs me to death? I let you go to the school, I just don’t want you to follow me. The same can only go hunting, you have special abilities, as long as you study hard, you don’t have to go to the wilderness to seek a life from morning to night like me. I let you go to school, just because I don’t want you to become as savage as them!”
Yan Liuyuan suddenly took the sparrow’s entrails that Ren Xiaosu handed over and devoured it. The tears did not fall. He had to learn to be as strong as Ren Xiaosu.
“Cough, after eating, use a clean cloth to bandage my wound,” Ren Xiaosu said.
“Oh,” Yan Liuyuan replied.
“I’m usually pretty weird outside, but when I get home, I’m like a little airbag,” Ren Xiaosu sighed, “Is there anything happening in the market town today?”
“That’s right,” Yan Liuyuan said while looking for a clean cloth: “A group of people came out of the refuge barrier and said they were looking for a guide who could lead the way to the No. 112 refuge barrier. They wanted to go straight through Jingshan. “
“Going to the No. 112 refuge barrier?” Ren Xiaosu frowned for a while: “Do you have to go to Jingshan?”
“You said they would look for you, everyone in the market town knows you are familiar with the outside world,” Yan Liuyuan blinked and said, “I heard that they are the band and singer in the Refuge Barrier No. 113. Invited to perform at Refuge Barrier 112, I haven’t seen a singer yet.”
“I won’t go,” Ren Xiaosu shook his head: “Whoever likes to go to the Jingshan area. You avoid them, these people are weird.”
Ren Xiaosu’s mood was a bit complicated at this time. What the **** is this? There are still people who specialize in singing, and a band? What is it like inside the Refuge Barrier?
Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt a little yearning.