Merit Book·Xinghai

The Kasanglai family finally decided to give their youngest son, Katulli, to others to be raised. Although this means that there is no relationship between them, at least everyone can survive.

However, in this place, survival is not easy for all.When almost everyone is starving every day, if there is another mouth in the family, it is likely to be equivalent to cutting off another person's vitality.Therefore, although the families that Kasang came to know very sympathized with their situation, when it came to adopting little Katulli, everyone shook their heads resolutely and guiltily.

Kassang entrusted the work in the field to a neighbor with a good relationship, ran all day, visited all the families he thought might be able to adopt another boy, and finally persuaded one family to let go.But although that family had no son, they had three young daughters, and their hungry mouths almost ate up the walls of the house.Therefore, the condition of their agreement to adopt Katulli is that the boy's rations will be provided by the Kasanlai family.

This is what it should have meant, and Kasanglai had originally made such preparations, but the amount the family asked for far exceeded the amount needed to raise a baby, and it was far beyond the maximum that the Kasanglai family could afford. number.For this reason, Kasang came to argue with them for a long time, seesawing one bean after another, and finally determined how much food to send every month until sunset.

But when Kassan came to bid farewell to the family, he walked along the narrow dirt road in the village for a certain distance, then looked back, saw the dilapidated straw house that looked crumbling in the afterglow of the sun, and thought of the indifference and greed of the family again. , with a preoccupied expression, he hesitated again in his heart.

——Can they really raise his son well?

——Can the food he sent really go into Katulli's stomach and not be eaten up by the family?

——Is it really a good thing for him if his son, who has no ability to protect himself, enters this family?

It is not uncommon for Kasanglai to see people eating people when they are extremely hungry.Hunger will corrode people's reason, morality, and principles, and only the desire to survive will be stimulated to infinity.And when that happens, the weakest children are often the most vulnerable.

Due to this hesitation, Kasang did not send his son to that family when he came that night.There were two households that he believed to be trustworthy. The attitude of rejection was not so firm, and he wanted to try again.

As a result, during the period of his hesitation, the wolf cavalry came.

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Once he saw the wolf cavalryman pinching the young body in his hands, the baby was covered in bruises, its thin limbs were flailing weakly, and the intermittent crying was heart-wrenching.The young man burst into anger, and was about to rush forward when his brain got hot, but a big hand pinched his shoulder fiercely.

Qidan turned his head abruptly, and it was his father Qiyang.The tall man's face was blue and purple, and his ten fingers were almost inserted into Qidan's flesh like hooks in anger, but he just remained motionless, like a silent rock.

"Father...we...don't we do something?" Qidan asked tremblingly.

Qiyang gave him a cold look, that look made Qidan feel like a wild boar without a brain.

In fact, he regretted it after he finished speaking.

There is a huge difference in physical fitness between the moon wolf clan and humans.Even without any weapons, a soldier of the Moon Wolf Clan could easily tear apart ten equally strong adult men with their own claws.But now, they were facing the entire Moon Wolf Clan in full armor. Even if the entire village risked their lives, it would be nothing more than death in vain.

[But... is it just looking at it like this? 】

Qidan bit his lip unwillingly, red blood dripped from between his fingers in his clenched fist.

The wolf cavalryman who was carrying the baby twitched his nose slightly, and glanced at Qidan father and son indifferently. Qidan hurriedly lowered his head to pretend to be submissive, but he didn't see his father raised his head all the time. The cavalry looked at each other.

After that, it was the wolf cavalry who turned his head first.

Two ragged peasants walked over carrying a big earthen jar, and many people immediately cast their murderous eyes on the two of them.They lowered their heads, their eyes were evasive, and even the way they walked looked very wretched.Not long after, the two carried the earthen pot to the wolf cavalry, and stood aside respectfully against the eyes of the villagers who spurned and hated them, not daring to look at anyone.

These two are the Gotoma brothers, and they have always been servile and flattering to the Moon Wolf Clan.Every year when it’s time to collect taxes, their brothers will take the initiative to go to the people sent by the Moon Wolf Clan, not to mention the waiters on the saddle and horses, but also to report some information collected in private - such as who Some families hid food secretly, some children did not go to work when they were too old, some people injured the farm cattle gifted by them, etc.

Those who were reported by them often not only lost a small amount of food, but were also whipped to death by the wolf cavalry.Correspondingly, the two brothers were favored by the Moon Wolf Clan, not only transferring the tax burden they should pay to other people, but occasionally giving some precious things, such as black bread, dried meat or new farm tools. some type of.Therefore, the lives of the two of them are much better than most people, and they are two of the few people in the village who can eat enough.

If the people in the village hated and feared the Moon Wolf Clan, they hated them so much that they gritted their teeth.Although no one dared to do anything to them because of the protection of the moon wolf clan, but also, no one talked to or communicated with them, and they were in a state of absolute isolation.

Once, Da Gotoma accidentally rolled down the hillside and broke his leg. He cried out for help in pain.There are at least dozens of people coming and going from him, and there are two families weeding in the field on the slope not far away, but everyone seems to have neither seen him nor heard his cry, Walking past indifferently, except for a few children who looked at him curiously, everyone else acted as if he didn't exist at all.

Until the big gotoma shouted and became hoarse, and until the little gotoma came to find him in the evening, no one extended a helping hand to him.

The attitude of the villagers that day made the two brothers feel a deep-seated fear. Even the protection of the moon wolf clan could not bring them much sense of security.Since then, the Gotoma brothers, who used to like to bully others, have restrained a lot, but it was too late.At this time, they were no longer seen in the village, and they dared not disobey the orders of the Moon Wolf Clan.

These days, the wolf cavalry has received news that people in this small village have taken in a stranger of unknown origin, but several searches have yielded no results, and they can't kill everyone. After all, they still need these humans to come. Cultivate wasteland and cultivate food.

The anxiety and anger of several times of futile work made the wolf cavalry decide to teach these unscrupulous pariahs a lesson. Just when they found out that Kassan came to the house to violate the laws made by the royal family and gave birth to an extra son, they decided to use it as an excuse. Let the human beings know in fear that the majesty of the moon wolf clan is sacred and inviolable.

Therefore, the wolf cavalry turned a problem that could have been solved with a single sword into a public execution.

The subject was a baby who was only three days old.

The earthen pot carried by the Gotoma brothers was as high as an adult's knee, and a palm-thick charcoal was spread on the bottom of the earthen pot. The wisps of smoke rising from it made everyone shudder.

Kasang let out a beast-like roar from his throat, struggling desperately, his shoulder dislocated with two clicks;

Aunt Kasanglai let out a shriek, and the strength she didn't know came from made her jump forward;

Kagto and Calumby were whipped to death by the whip of the wolf cavalry, but they still struggled to crawl towards their younger brother.

The wolf cavalry glanced at everyone indifferently, with a cruel arc on the corner of his mouth, and let go of his hand.

The small body fell straight to the earthen jar filled with charcoal fire, and the whimpering sound suddenly became louder.Perhaps it was born with a strong desire to survive, the little baby's hands, thinner than chicken feet, miraculously grasped the edge of the crock!The small body hangs on it, as if it will fall if the wind blows.

"Oh?"

The wolf cavalry raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, but without hesitation, he pulled out the short knife tied to his thigh, and slashed at those little hands with a flash of cold light!

"Ding!"

His knife slashed at the edge of the crock, and a gap immediately appeared on the poor quality crock.

The little baby has fallen.

It was a coincidence that he grabbed the earthen jar, and those small hands did not have the strength to support his body.

At this moment, I don't know how many people let out a scream.

But the expected tragic cry did not appear.

At that moment, Qi Yang rushed forward and knocked over the earthen pot, hugged the child tightly in his arms and rolled on the ground twice before stopping.The hot coals were scattered all over the ground, and the man's back was full of burn marks, but he stood up without saying a word, holding the child.

Qiyang is also a person who has raised two children. He is very skilled in holding the child, at least it is much more comfortable than the wolf cavalry holding it with one hand.Katulli was also a good-natured child, he stopped crying after howling a few more times, poking his mouth as if he wanted to feed.

Qidan opened his mouth wide, he didn't expect his father to stop him, but he rushed forward.

When the wolf cavalry saw the man standing in front of him, his eyes flickered, and he said slowly, "Qiyang."

Seeing that someone really dared to resist, the expressions of the several wolf cavalry who were watching the show with folded arms also changed, and they immediately took a few steps forward, and were about to surround them, but then they were stunned.

Because they saw that another seven or eight human males stood up, faintly forming a confrontation.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen people stood up, as if they wanted to surround the wolf cavalry.

The faces of the wolf cavalry changed, not because they were afraid of these unarmed farmers, but because they felt that the dignity and status of the moon wolf tribe had been challenged, and their eyes were filled with killing intent.

The leader of the wolf cavalry pressed his long sword and said coldly: "Qiyang, give me that little thing, and I can forgive your offense this time."

Qi Yang shook his head and didn't speak. He was not a good talker in the first place.He just held the child in one hand, stretched his other hand behind him, pulled out the sickle from his waist, and held it in his hand.

The wolf cavalry's green eyes were cold!