Surviving the end of the world

Just when everyone had prepared for the winter and was waiting for the cold to go south, Xinxiang, a place that was almost isolated from the outside world, ushered in a group of strangers.

At first, there were only a few people in twos and threes. Although they were not in shabby clothes, they were still unkempt.Judging from their accents, these people should come from province F or even province G, which is a little further south, and they are described as embarrassing.Within a few days, a large number of people dragged their families past and even stayed.The arrival of these people made the aborigines alert.Land is limited, resources are limited, and there is no government management today, what if these people join forces and want to rob them of their land and food?This is really a very speechless thing. When the government existed, countless people complained that the government was not good or that bad. The safety of some people's lives and properties can still be guaranteed, but now, facing the threat of outsiders, the aborigines actually found that they could not get any protection.

There are naturally these people in Xiaohe Village, but because of the high fence, the people in the village are naturally not so worried. There is no farm work in the field, and everyone does not leave the village if they have nothing to do. Even the gate left on the fence is closed. up.To be honest, to a certain extent, such a village is not much different from a prison.

The villagers don't think so. They think this is their safe zone. They often step on the ladders, lean on the wall, and observe the outsiders. Those outsiders want to beg for some food from the villagers, but most of the time , getting rejected.I don't even have enough food for my own family, so I give it to strangers. There has never been such a saint in this village since ancient times.

These outsiders are not considered polite, and such a long period of suffering is enough to make those emotions such as real or fake politeness disappear.Some people who looked strong and strong quickly occupied the houses that had been left outside the fence and had not been demolished, and lived in them directly. Not long after, cooking smoke rose from the sky above those houses, which made the original owners feel a little bit nervous. Angry, other people also started to worry, these people won't hang around and leave!I was worried in my heart, but seeing the number of outsiders who had an advantage over the villagers, the villagers didn't have the courage to rush over and ask, how dare you occupy our house?Or, when are you leaving?

Those who can go so far to get here are more or less capable, and many of them also have weapons, ranging from the simplest steel pipes or even baseball bats, to more technical alloy crossbows, military shovels, and even There are some pistols and shotguns that I don't know whether they are military or homemade.This is also the reason why people in the village dare not speak out. Of course, if these days are too much, the villagers don't care if the fish die or the net breaks. Is it great to have a gun?Our village also has them, and bombs too!

Similarly, there are not many people staying near Xiaohe Village. Compared with Xiaohe Village with tall and thick walls, those villages that only dug a river around the village or even have no such villages are better. Well, at least those villages can't keep these outsiders out, even if they just take the sheep by hand, they can still have a good tooth sacrifice.This annoyed the victims, and they began to hope that the cold wave would go south soon, so that this group of hateful outsiders would freeze to death outside.

These people seem to plan to stay here for the winter. They probably don't know how cold the winter is here. After all, the south side is close to the equator, so it can't be too cold.Some of them occupied some vacant houses while others were not paying attention, and some directly set up thatched sheds nearby, hung a few bedsheets that couldn't be seen in the original color, and lived in them.Then they got organized, took the weapons at hand, and started collecting food.

The woman and half-grown children carefully searched the farmland that had been harvested, looking for fish that slipped through the net, for example, sweet potatoes that were only as thick as a finger, small potatoes that were a little bit bigger, and even corn roots. Weapons started hunting. There were a lot of them and their weapons were quite powerful, so the harvest was pretty good.

The people in the village watched coldly, waiting to see how these people would live when the cold snap came down.

In just half a month, the cold snap arrived without warning.

The villagers made preparations very early. As soon as they felt the temperature had dropped, they immediately prepared everything. The whole family moved into the kitchen, including all kinds of poultry and livestock raised at home. Although it smells bad, how can rural people dislike it? After this, it smells bad, so don't eat it!

The kang was on fire overnight, and hot water was burning on the stove. There were sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn cobs buried in the hearth, and they could be eaten after washing with hot water in the morning. Cotton clothes, quilts, and large oilcloths were ordered on the doors and windows. While blocking the light, it also blocks the ubiquitous cold wind.

Those who lived outside were not so lucky. The thatched huts they built were blown away by the strong wind. This plain area is no better than other places. There is not even a place to block the wind, and it is impossible to start a fire.In the end, those people gathered in the only few rooms, without enough warm cotton coats or quilts, they could only huddle together, lit a fire in the house, and surrounded the fire to keep warm.

After the sun rose the next day, the villagers ate breakfast and started to get busy. The clothes they used before had to be put away, and the cotton-padded clothes and shoes they needed to wear in winter had to be taken out, so as to save trouble later on. Hurry up to put away the cabbage or something else, and eat the frozen outer layer quickly, and hide the rest in the cellar to eat slowly.The chickens and ducks that were originally planned to be slaughtered were quickly slaughtered and placed in the open air to freeze.After preparing everything that can be prepared, everyone will be fine and not need to go out in the long and severe winter.

And outside the wall, there were cries.

On this sudden cold night, nearly ten people froze to death, mainly children.Adults can stay awake, but children may not be able to survive, and die in their sleep.

In this kind of weather, even if you want to bury the corpse, the ground is as frozen as a stone, but no one is willing to leave the corpse like this, who knows if it will be eaten by someone who is crazy hungry, Even if not, those carnivorous animals in the wild are not plush toys.

No need to make any decisions, these people quickly got a lot of firewood, set it up, and cremated the bodies of the frozen people.

Several women who had lost their children mourned and wept by the fire. Another group of people discussed and finally made up their minds. They brought the prey they had hunted and packed before knocking on the cold iron gate on the wall.

People in the village didn't dare to open the door directly. Several people climbed up the wall and asked loudly, "Are you okay?"

A person who was obviously the leader also raised his voice and replied: "We just want to change some clothes and quilts!"

The people in the village were obviously hesitant, even though they were secretly cursing and letting these outsiders freeze to death outside, but if they saw it with their own eyes, no one was really hard-hearted.

However, the concern of the villagers is, what should they do if these people are allowed to survive this winter and they won't leave?

Seeing that the villagers didn't intend to refuse, the leader quickly struck while the iron was hot, and said in a low voice: "We are just resting here. We originally wanted to go to the safe base, but we just wanted to collect enough food first. It’s good to eat on the road, how could I expect it to be so cold at the moment!”

Scarface sneered when he heard the news: "Safety base? Your news is too outdated. It's already full there. The original people in the safety base can't get enough to eat. How can you accept more people!"

The leader gritted his teeth and begged: "Fellows, we also know the situation here. There is not enough land. However, isn't there still the original county seat? When spring starts, we will go to the county seat to open up wasteland. Stay here! We just need to get through this winter, we only need so few people, squeezed in the room over there, we don’t need much clothes and quilts! Please, we adults have a good life, but children It’s so big, and we are suffering without understanding, there is really nothing we can do!”

While talking here, a few clever people over there have already come over with half-grown children. These children look very thin and weak, only a little stronger than skin and bones. Although the adults have tried their best to wrap them up It's tight, but it's still shivering from the cold, and its lips are pale and pale.

The old captain folded his hands inside his sleeves, squinted his eyes and pondered for a long time, then looked at the villagers who had obviously shaken, and finally said: "Let them in, but they are not allowed to bring weapons in!" After thinking for a while , the old captain added: "Let the children come in, poor thing, what a crime!"

This side was relieved, and the people outside were overjoyed. Although the people in the village did not allow them to carry weapons, so what if they carried weapons? It was frozen like this, even if you held a gun, you could pull the trigger with your finger ?I'm afraid my hands will be glued to the gun.

The iron door was opened, and the people who opened the door were grinning. Even though they were wearing thick gloves, the chill from the iron door still seeped in, and it was so cold that their bones were about to turn into scum.Seeing that the door that had been closed for more than half a month was opened creakingly, several people were overjoyed, some ran to the nearby house, quickly pulled the children out of the house first, and followed that A few people entered the village, and the rest stood at the door, although they were shivering from the cold.