walk alone.

The quiet mountain village has become more and more quiet after the commotion yesterday evening.Except for the loyal dogs, a few "conscientious" cats, and the mice hiding in the corners and staring at the villagers' few food, it is estimated that there are not many living things left in the villagers' homes.

Although for the villagers who are struggling to live today, they suddenly suffered such a heavy loss, and everyone couldn't accept it for a while, but considering that it would be even worse if they didn't find out in time and accidentally killed someone.Consoling myself with the spirit of Ah Q in this way, although everyone was still very depressed, many people were finally not as mournful as yesterday, as if the sky had fallen.

Thanks to the oblique reminder from the old man Chen's family in Xicun, although the loss seems to be heavy, in fact, no one was seriously injured. Except for a few people who died, the others were just frightened.But the East Village is not as lucky as the West Village.

The old village head of Zaojiao Village who lives in the West Village has always been highly respected. Although Chen Zhenxing, who has not been appointed by the government in the East Village, has always regarded himself as the village head of the East Village, he still dutifully sent his son and grandson to the East Village. After receiving the news, something happened in the province, and the villagers in the East Village were caught off guard.It's a pity that there are always some people in the world who like to treat a gentleman with a villain's heart. Chen Zhenxing didn't take the old village chief's reminder seriously at all. As soon as he turned around, he put it behind him, secretly laughing at the old village chief for being "foolish", even taking such incredible rumors seriously, it seems that the old guy should really retire.

Facts have proved that "If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of you" is the most reasonable saying. That night, the villagers of the East Village paid the price for the arrogance of their "village chief".Perhaps due to the impact of the poultry and livestock riots in the West Village, although the East Village was a little irritable at first, they still haven't broken free from their long-standing living habits. When their lives are not in danger, they still stay at home with their owners. The poultry and livestock living quietly seemed to be pulled by something, and they all fled collectively in an instant.

Of course, the villagers in the East Village would not just watch the rations they had raised for so long disappear, and tried their best to stop them.The poultry and livestock who originally wanted to escape from the yard where they were imprisoned for most of their lives were suddenly annoyed by the villagers' violent obstruction, and they mercilessly used the unique "weapon" bestowed on them by God's gift. "For a while, the entire East Village screamed again and again. Before the villagers could figure out why the docile chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, and even the cute rabbits became as ferocious as wild wolves, they were defeated by their fighting power. Under the sharp mouths (sharp claws or sharp wings or brute force) of soaring poultry and livestock.

Chen Zhenxing, who was also knocked over by the old sow at home and broke his arm, was dumbfounded for a moment, but fortunately he was somewhat responsible, and immediately ran to the village cadre's office in the East Village with his broken arm, and comforted him through the radio. The frightened villagers, and repeatedly asked everyone not to act rashly, not to stop those crazy poultry and livestock at will.After working until midnight, the poultry and livestock raised by every household in the East Village were almost wiped out, and the exhausted villagers were finally able to return to their deserted and messy homes.

Probably because he realized the truth of "unity is strength", or he was grateful to the old village chief for reminding Dongcun in time regardless of previous suspicions. After a long and difficult night, Chen Zhenxing took the respected elders of Dongcun with him early in the morning The villagers who talked with some weight stepped over the stone bridge that had been in disrepair for a long time and came to the old village chief's house.

After all, it is a matter of life and death for the villagers, and the old village chief didn't care about discussing the right and wrong of their long-standing grievances with the people in the East Village, so he directly notified all the villagers in the East Village by broadcasting that each family should send one person to the threshing ground Gather up, have a meeting and discuss future plans.Although everyone didn't want to admit it from the bottom of their hearts, they had to admit that the sky was about to change!

Of course, Mr. Chen went to Mr. Chen's house. Originally, Yu Hui and Liu Qingquan wanted to join in the fun, but Mr. Chen didn't want his grandchildren to have to face such a cruel reality at such a young age.Although he knew that the children would have to face it sooner or later, he still deceived himself to comfort himself, as long as it could be delayed, at least the children could live a few more days of comfortable life without any worries.

Liu Qingquan and Yu Hui are not good children, how could they just stay at home obediently if they refused to let them go?After the two of them practiced with Da Zhuang and his group, they rushed to the threshing ground in a mighty manner.After this period of exercise and the nourishment of the special substances in the snow, this group of children's physical fitness is many times stronger than before, and the sensitivity of the five senses is naturally greatly improved.Yu Hui and his group were afraid of being scolded, so they didn't rush forward, but hid behind a slope not far from the threshing floor, stuffing snow into their mouths with grinning teeth, while eavesdropping on what the adults said.

"Old village chief, is there no movement at all from above? Although our village is remote, there are thousands of people in the East and West Villages combined. The higher-ups can't ignore it, right?" A voice was hoarse and sounded a little tired. The male voice asked eagerly.

"Hey, I was afraid that everyone would be worried, so I haven't explained the situation clearly to everyone. These days I call the county government office every day, and someone answered in the first few days. I told them about our situation here. The other side said to find a solution immediately, let us not be in a hurry. But when I called again to inquire about the situation, no one answered, and I don’t know if something happened in the county, or they didn’t answer the phone on purpose. I didn’t die before Xin called the county again, but couldn't get through at all. I originally wanted to ask about the situation of the few families that our village moved to the county, but I didn't expect to get through. I reckoned that there should be a problem with the phone line. Later, I tried to call with my mobile phone, but there was still no answer from the county government, and Xiaoyong’s family got through. I asked Xiaoyong’s father about the situation, and I heard that the life in the county town was worse than ours. I have saved some food, and there are radishes, Chinese cabbage, potatoes, etc. in the cellars of every household, and there is no shortage of firewood or anything, so I can still eat hot meals. But the people in the county are miserable. They use gas sparingly. Xiaoyong's father said that his family hadn't bought food for several days, and the family made instant noodles every day, and the child lost a lot of weight after a few days..."

Listening to the old village head's heavy and mournful narration, the threshing floor, which was originally noisy, suddenly became quiet.Even the situation in the county town with convenient transportation is so bad. I guess the government will not care about these mountain people trapped in the valley, right?

"Has the government not taken any measures?"

"The government is not a god. It's snowing all over the country now, and planes, trains and even cars are all out of service. What else can the government do? It is estimated that people living at the foot of the imperial city are having a hard time. If we count on the government's relief, what else can we do?" It's better to wait for death!"

"Then what should we do? Just wait like this? I don't know how long the snow will fall, and the food at home is almost gone, so we can't wait to starve to death, right?"

"Old village chief, do you think this is okay? It's a difficult time now, and it's a kind of fate that we can live in the same village to tide over the difficulties. See if you can call on the villagers who have a lot of food at home to give some to the poor family? The villagers, after all, we are all from the same village, and the monks can’t run away from the temple if they run away, and they will pay back sooner or later, as long as they survive this period of time...”

As soon as this proposal came out, there was another awkward silence in the threshing floor.After all, the world is difficult nowadays, and everyone knows that if there is an extra bag of food in the family, the family will have more hope of living.But everyone is from the same village after all, so it's not easy to die without saving them.Although the villagers with surplus food did not agree with this suggestion, no one wanted to be a "wolf-hearted" or "unresponsible" bird, so they could only keep silent and implicitly express their negativity towards this suggestion manner.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the threshing ground became more and more awkward, the old village chief, who had been silent all this time, finally gave a dry cough, breaking the awkward silence. "Helping others is a virtue, but the law does not stipulate that not helping others is a crime. Therefore, I will not force the villagers to take out their own food and distribute it to others." Listening to the relieved voices around him, the old man The village chief sighed secretly, and continued: "But we are from the same village after all. After passing through last night, you must have understood that now even rabbits, chickens and ducks have become as powerful as little wolf cubs. I guess the beasts on the mountain More fierce. Think about it, if half of the people in our village starve to death, will the remaining half have the ability to fight against the wild beasts that have become more and more fierce on the mountain."

"Our chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, and rabbits have all gone to the mountains, and the beasts on the mountains will eat them if they want..." Someone muttered in a moderate voice.

"Chickens, ducks, and geese are now like birds, flying high as soon as they fly, pigs have gained brute force, sheep and rabbits can jump and run faster than cars, you say, if the beasts on the mountain can't catch them, Where will you go to find food?" The old village chief asked in a heavy voice after all, seeing more clearly than the young man.

After the old village chief said, everyone fell silent.Obviously, everyone is very clear in their hearts that nowadays, animals are much stronger than humans, and if they really fight against each other, the chances of victory for humans are not great.

Not only the adults in the threshing ground fell into unspeakable silence, even Yu Hui and his party hiding under the slope were no exception.Although they are not very old, they are not unaware of world affairs.It's just that compared to the fear and confusion about the future in the hearts of the adults, these young people have a little more excitement in their hearts.They have practiced martial arts for many days, maybe it's finally time to apply what they have learned!