At the end of the natural disaster, I have a capsule house

"Uncle! I'm so hungry..."

A little girl of about eight or nine years old, her face was chapped by the wind, and she was wrapped in several tattered adult clothes.

His hair was a little messy, but his big eyes were still black and bright.

A tall man carried her on his back and walked with difficulty on the road.

There were three women behind them. One of them was older and seemed to be sick. She was supported by two women beside her and walked with difficulty.

Their clothes were very thin, and in order to keep out the cold, each of them tied a lot of dry straw around their bodies.

From a distance, they look like a few walking scarecrows.

Among these people, except for the child who was being carried, everyone else had a yellow complexion and chapped lips, as if they had walked a long way.

"Be good, Yingying! We will be home soon. When we get home, your uncle will find you something to eat!"

Qin Xiu lifted the child on his back and continued walking forward against the cold wind.

They had been on the road for several months, and no one could remember exactly how many days.

At that time, the escape ball carrying Qin Xiu and his seven companions was washed to the foot of an unknown mountain by the tsunami.

There are no people living there. There are lush trees on the mountain, and there is yellow soil at the foot of the mountain. There are no villages nearby.

They had been hungry for a day and a night, and there was no other way but to go up the mountain to find some wild fruits to satisfy their hunger.

Later, they found a cave on the mountain, and several people rested in the cave temporarily.

Although Qin Xiu is a writer, he has considerable experience in surviving in the wild.

He made his own sharp wooden stakes and set some traps in the mountain. If he was lucky, he could catch some pheasants and hares.

Then they used fire to roast the food.

Although there is no seasoning, it is much better than eating wild fruits.

The seven of them lived in the cave for more than a month. After the situation stabilized a little, they discussed how to return to Lingcheng.

So much time has passed, the tsunami in Lingcheng must have disappeared long ago.

After some discussion, they decided to stock up on some food and then go down the mountain together to find a way.

Qin Xiu was responsible for hunting, and the others went to pick wild fruits.

The group worked hard for more than ten days and finally managed to stock up enough food for seven people to eat for several days.

Unexpectedly, the night before they decided to go down the mountain, a man and a woman who had lived and eaten with them for more than a month took away all their food.

The two of them took all the food and secretly went down the mountain at night.

The next morning, Qin Xiu and his companions realized something was wrong after they woke up. These two ungrateful people were so ungrateful!

If Qin Xiu, Lu Mei and the others hadn't taken care of them these days, these two rookies might not have survived this long. Now they actually dared to steal food and run away.

But now that things had come to this, they had no choice but to start preparing food again.

They had been picking the wild fruits on the mountain for so long that many trees had been plucked bare. Also, prey such as hares and pheasants could not be found in a day or two.

Therefore, by the time Qin Xiu, Lu Mei and others had stockpiled food again, more than a month had passed.

After they came down the mountain, they walked for three days before they found a small village with only about a hundred people.

By asking for directions, I found out where they were and how far they were from Lingcheng.

Due to natural disasters everywhere, everyone was having a hard time. Qin Xiu and his companions basically had to rely on themselves to find food along the way.

He has eaten wild fruits in the mountains, wild vegetables in the fields, fish in the stream, and even wild grass on the hillside.

When there is nothing to eat, you can just pick some wild grasses and cook them to have a meal.

They stopped and walked along the way and passed through many places.

Occasionally, when they came across one or two places that were not severely affected by the disaster, they would be able to ask for one or two whole-grain cakes to fill Yingying's stomach.

No matter how hard the journey was, they had only one belief, which was to return to Lingcheng.

Especially Lu Mei and Shi Huan, their families may still be in Lingcheng.

Whether they are alive or dead, we can only know the answer when we return to Lingcheng.

They had gone through countless difficult days and nights along the way. As they were getting closer and closer to Lingcheng, one of them fell ill.

Lu Mei had caught a cold these days and had a high fever of 39 degrees. To make matters worse, the water and food they brought with them were almost exhausted at this time. If they didn't hurry to Lingcheng base, they would probably collapse.

The adults didn't care, but Yingying was still young and they couldn't let the child suffer.

Qin Xiu gritted his teeth, faced the cold wind, and continued walking forward with Yingying on his back. He seemed to see a light not far away.

"Xiao Xiu! It's getting dark. Let's stop and find a place to rest. Aunt Lu might not be able to hold on if we keep going."

Qin Yufei frowned and looked at the ruins around her as she walked, trying to find a sheltered place to rest.

"Is it my Chen Li who came to pick us up? This kid... he didn't even bring us a flashlight when it was already dark..."

At this time, Lu Mei suddenly started talking nonsense. She was so anxious that Shi Huan's tears fell down.

"What should we do, Sister Yufei? Will Aunt Lu's brain be damaged by such a fever?"

Shi Huan and Qin Yufei supported Lu Mei all the way. They didn't have much strength and stumbled when they walked.

"Shi Huan, don't worry! We have already arrived in Lingcheng. We have been asking around and heard that Lingcheng has already built a new base. When we get to the new base, there will definitely be a doctor to save Aunt Lu."

Qin Yufei quickly comforted her.

"Sister! Did you see it? There's a light ahead, maybe there's a house here! Let's go over there and take a look!"

Qin Xiu slowed down his pace with Yingying on his back, waited for the three people behind him to approach, then pointed in a direction and spoke.

"There really is light! Sister Yufei, we finally found a place where people live..."

When Shi Huan saw that ray of light, it was like he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and he instantly felt more energetic.

Lu Mei also changed her previous listless state. She took a few shaky steps towards the light, muttering to herself, "My Chen Li and Chen Da are both there! We are finally back to Changhong Community."

"Aunt Lu! Slow down! I'll help you a little."

When Shi Huan saw Lu Mei talking nonsense again, he felt uncomfortable again.

Qin Xiu and Qin Yufei, brother and sister, could only shake their heads and then walk forward.

I just hope that the family with the light on can take them in for one night.

This place is located in the suburbs, it is very windy at night, and there are no other buildings within a hundred miles.

Lu Mei's body could no longer withstand the wind, otherwise she might not be able to hold on until tomorrow to go to the base to seek medical treatment.

Yingying had fallen asleep on Qin Xiu's back by this time.

The child suffered a lot along the way with them. She basically walked by herself during the day, and Qin Xiu carried her on his back at night because he was afraid that the child would be too tired.