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Chapter 78 Famine
Three days later, Henan Province.

A carriage was driving slowly on the road, and at a glance, it was a dry and yellow color.

From time to time, a wisp of wind and dust swayed layers of yellow sand.

Dry, cold, without the slightest vitality and vitality, the huge Henan Province is like a ghost.

Villages and counties are already deserted.

Only the shriveled corpses on both sides of the road prove that the famine that is being recorded and recorded in history has already broken out.

In the spring of 1942, there was no rain in Henan Province.

Pieces of grain are gradually withering on the stalks, a huge disaster is silently brewing on this land, but all these signs are temporarily covered by the smoke of war.

There was no rain in the spring, and the wheat harvest in the fields was less than [-]% of the normal level.Henan has a saying of "nine famines in ten years". People who have lived here for generations know very well that this means the arrival of another famine year.After the wheat harvest, people in Henan were in panic all day long.

The autumn harvest has become the only hope for people.Unexpectedly, there was no rain that summer, and the summer crops withered in the continuous severe drought.Severe droughts are often followed by plagues of locusts.

At the turn of summer and autumn of this year, locusts that covered the sky and the sun swept across the whole province of Henan.Wherever they passed, the seedlings in the fields were wiped out.Some fertile fields near the river and Yijing, which could have been harvested a little, were all buried in the mouth of locusts.

Henan in 1942, the mountains and rivers were broken, surrounded by enemies on three sides, and half of the province was occupied by the Japanese army.The disaster-ridden land of the Central Plains is experiencing the most difficult years in history.

As one of the main battlegrounds with the Japanese army, Jiang Dingwen, the commander of the first war zone, was still levying military rations regardless of the lives of the people; Li Peiji, the chairman of Henan Province, concealed the disaster situation, causing the disaster situation to go out of control and become out of control.

The Henan Famine Escape, which shocked the world at home and abroad, also appeared because of this.

Migratory locusts cover the sky, and there is no grass in the wild; describe the dead bones, and the mourning is everywhere; the disaster is severe, and the children are eaten.

All these words are the best description for it.

"Master, there are people ahead."

A voice came from a distance in a hurry, and a random figure appeared beside the carriage at an extremely fast speed. It was Gong Ruomei who was accepted by Chen Yuan as a registered student.

Chen Yuan, who was sitting in a carriage and practicing in a doze, opened his eyes slightly after hearing the words, and his mental power quickly thought of spreading to the front, and soon a group of figures a few miles away came into his heart.

"Yeah, I finally met someone."

Along the way, corpses were strewn across the field, and the number of dead people seen was no less than a thousand. This was seen within the range of vision, and there should be countless places that were not seen.

Xu Hao, who was driving the carriage, and Rong Ruomei, who was standing aside, couldn't help falling into a deep silence when they heard Chen Yuan's low voice with a touch of emotion.

At first, when Chen Yuan decided to go to Henan, they didn't know why.

It wasn't until after seeing the scene here that I realized what a real natural and man-made disaster was. Perhaps even the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld were nothing more than that.

"Go, let's go."

The distance of ten miles was gone in a blink of an eye. Chen Yuan got off the carriage, and the people in front of him were all thin and thin, and the emaciated ones looked like black monkeys.

Most of the people only wore thin single clothes, curled up in a ball and shivered in the cold wind, only some people in better condition could wear thicker padded jackets.

Looking at the faces full of despair, numbness, and lifelessness, even though Chen Yuan thought he had experienced a lot, his heart could not help but be touched by them.

They are all the people of the country of Hua, and they are real people.

How so, why so.

"Where are the people from the Kuomintang government? What are they doing?"

As Chen Yuan's mood fluctuated, the originally gloomy sky became darker and darker, giving people an extremely heavy and depressing feeling.

Xu Hao, who was standing aside, might not feel very deeply, but Gong Ruomei, who owns the snow girl, can feel a suffocating pressure from Chen Yuan.

"God, angry."

This is the only feeling in Gong Ruomei's heart.

However, this feeling existed for a short time, as if it just passed away, and as Chen Yuan collected his thoughts, everything returned to normal.

Most of the victims just glanced at Chen Yuan, and then went about their own business.

However, there were also some greedy eyes watching Chen Yuan and his party.

Chen Yuan was speechless, and stepped forward to a small hillside. Here, he saw his old club, Fan Dianyuan, who appeared in the movie.

An ordinary landowner originally had a happy life, but with the advent of the famine, his ancestral property was burned to the ground, and he was forced to join the Great Escape.

Along the way, the car was gone, the horse was gone, and the cat was gone.

After that, his wife died, his son died, and his daughter disappeared. This is not only the tragedy of Fan Dianyuan's family, but also the portrayal of the tragedy of thousands of families and millions of victims.

"Young master, I don't know what's going on."

Fan Dianyuan looked at Chen Yuan who was staring at him, and asked in a low voice.

Unlike the other big characters who are not villagers, Fan Dianyuan, as a landlord, can be regarded as somewhat knowledgeable, and he can tell at a glance that the two standing behind Chen Yuan have kung fu.

And Chen Yuan's aura cultivated in a high position is definitely not an ordinary person.

"Fan Dianyuan"

"Um"

Following Chen Yuan's opening, Fan Dianyuan responded subconsciously.

Chen Yuan took two steps forward. Through the gap in the tent, he could see a newborn, a brand new life. His arrival originally brought hope.

However, in the face of famine, his appearance was a difficult choice for Fan Dianyuan's family.

"Can I give him a hug?"

Chen Yuan pointed to the child and asked Fan Dianyuan.

Fan Dianyuan was confused, but he still didn't refuse after all, and carefully carried the child out of the tent and put it in Chen Yuan's hands.

Looking at the ignorant, innocent and curious eyes of the child in his hand, he didn't cry, but wanted to reach out his little hand curiously and wanted to grab the skirt.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but smiled, and praised sincerely: "He is very cute."

"He deserves the hope of survival."

With that said, after carefully giving the child in his hand to his mother, Chen Yuan's eyes returned to Fan Dianyuan again.

"Fan Dianyuan, I want you to do something for me." Without waiting for the other party to speak, Chen Yuan continued: "The price is to give you enough food to survive the famine."

"What?" Fan Dianyuan opened his mouth wide when he was about to refuse, and Fan Dianyuan asked in disbelief: "Master, are you sure what you said is true."

Following Chen Yuan nodded lightly.

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"Thank you sir."

"Thank you sir."

"Thank you sir."

Hearing this, Fan Dianyuan knelt down straight and kowtowed as he spoke.

After a long time, I calmed down my emotions and asked, "Young master, tell me, no matter what you can use me for, I will do it without hesitation."

Apparently, Fan Dianyuan was very smart and knew that Chen Yuan valued his ability.

(End of this chapter)