These famine years.
The prey in the mountains had long been hunted to extinction by people within a hundred miles.
Even the wild vegetables were almost dug up.
After searching for an hour on the mountain, Lu Fan finally dug up two wild vegetables and picked up a few dried pine nuts.
Just as Lu Fan continued to look for wild vegetables.
Sudden.
A woman's cries were heard from deep in the forest.
"Please...let my child go, I beg you."
When Lu Fan looked up, he saw several men with knives and sticks chasing a woman with a child in her arms in the forest in front of him!
The woman was wearing shabby clothes and was obviously from a nearby village.
As for the child in her arms, he looked only a few months old.
The men who were chasing her had already surrounded her.
"Please... let my child go! If you want to eat, eat me!"
The surrounded woman hugged the crying child tightly and begged to the men.
"Sister, I'm really sorry, we are so hungry and there is nothing we can do..." said a toothless man holding a sickle at this time.
"Yeah, big sister, we brothers just want to survive. If you want to blame someone, blame the damn God!"
"Stop talking nonsense and do it quickly, or else the baby will be snatched away by others and we will starve again!"
Finished.
Several men surrounded the woman.
Seeing this scene, Lu Fan was shocked.
Cannibalism?
Oh my God!
These people are crazy.
Hearing the woman's shrill cries and the child's screams, Lu Fan dared not stay any longer. Just as he was about to run, his feet suddenly slipped and he fell to the ground with a cry.
"who?"
The toothless man holding a bloody sickle heard the noise, roared, and looked at Lu Fan.
When the toothless man saw Lu Fan's figure clearly, his eyes suddenly showed a murderous light.
"Damn it, it's actually a little bastard? He can be made into rice meat. Quick, catch him! Don't let him run away."
As soon as the man finished speaking, the other three people ran towards Lu Fan.
Lu Fan was completely stunned.
Turn around and run.
Because he was too scared, Lu Fan used all his strength and ran desperately.
The people behind him saw Lu Fan running wildly and wanted to catch up with him, but after chasing for a distance, they found that Lu Fan was as agile as a cheetah and soon left them all behind.
Faced with this situation, several people were gasping for breath and furious.
"Boss, that guy ran too fast, we can't catch up..."
"Damn it! The food was right in front of him, and he just ran away!"
"You are all trash!"
The man who was scolded didn't dare to say a word.
At the foot of the mountain!
A figure was still running wildly in the deep snow.
He is Lu Fan.
Lu Fan ran down the mountain in one breath, his legs going limp with fear.
Although he knew that there were corpses everywhere in this famine era.
But this kind of cannibalism was the first time he had seen it.
It's so scary.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Fan suddenly looked up at the mountain.
"We ran so far, they shouldn't have caught up with us, right?"
"Strange, why are my legs and feet lighter than before?"
"From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, it's at least several miles away. In the past, it would have taken me at least two or three hours to get down. But what happened today? I was able to get down in just a cup of tea?"
"And the strangest thing is, I ran all the way down the mountain, but my face wasn't red, I wasn't out of breath, and I didn't feel tired at all."
...
Faced with this situation, Lu Fan was surprised, but he had just escaped a disaster and had no time to think about it. It was mostly a fluke.
"Forget it, let's go home and take care of Ling'er first!"
After saying this, Lu Fan carried the gourd and went home.
Inside the leaky thatched house.
When Lu Fan came back, he saw Lu Ling'er dying on the bed.
"Ling'er, brother is back! I dug up two wild vegetables today and picked up a few pine nuts!"
Lu Ling'er, lying on the bed, opened her eyes weakly and said, "Brother... I just dreamed of Mother. She told me to go find her! She also said that as long as I follow her... I'll never have to go hungry again!"
Hearing his sister say this, Lu Fan felt a lump in his throat and almost cried.
Walking to the bedside, Lu Fan raised his hand and held Lu Ling'er's cold little hand, comforting her: "Ling'er, don't be afraid, I'm here! I will never let you starve to death!"
"Come, Ling'er, drink some water first. I'll make you some wild vegetable soup right away!"
After saying that, Lu Fan quickly took out the gourd from his body and fed it to Lu Linger!
Gulp!
Lu Linger took a few sips and then lay down to rest.
As for Lu Fan, after feeding Lu Linger, he put the gourd on the pile of firewood next to him, and then hurried to make wild vegetable soup.
The black gourd fell onto the pile of firewood with a clang, and gurgling water flowed out of the black gourd and fell onto the wood.
Because there was no water in the water tank, Lu Fan picked up the wooden bucket and said to Lu Ling'er on the bed, "Ling'er, you should rest well at home first. I'll go get some water and make you some wild vegetable soup when I come back!"
After saying that, Lu Fan went out.
After a while, Lu Fan came back with a bucket of well water.
"Ling'er, brother is back."
Lu Fan pushed open the door and put down the bucket in his hand.
But when he looked up, he found that the bed was empty and there was no sign of Lu Linger at all!
"Where's Ling'er?"
When Lu Fan saw that Lu Linger was not there, he suddenly panicked.
Throwing down the things in his hands, Lu Fan hurriedly looked around.
But in the dilapidated thatched hut, Lu Linger could not be seen at all.
There was no sign of Lu Ling'er in the thatched hut.
Lu Fan's heart was shaken.
Then without saying a word, he picked up the sickle and rushed out.
Just as he rushed out of the room, suddenly, a voice came from behind him.
"elder brother!"
Lu Fan turned his head and saw that Lu Linger had appeared behind him at some point, holding a few pieces of wood in her hands.
"Ling'er, you scared me to death. Where did you run to?"
Seeing Lu Linger, Lu Fan hurried over and asked.
"I saw that we had no firewood at home, so I went to the back and picked up some wood." Lu Linger said.
Looking at the pieces of wood in Lu Linger's hand, Lu Fan finally felt relieved.
"Silly boy, didn't I tell you to rest? Who asked you to come out to collect firewood? Huh? That's not right! Didn't you faint from hunger just now? How come you woke up so quickly?" Lu Fan suddenly discovered a serious problem.
Just before I left, Lu Linger, who had not eaten for three days, had fallen into a coma.
Even hallucinations have begun to appear.
But I just went out to fetch water, how come my sister has become much better now?
"I don't know either. I only know that since you gave me half a gourd of water, I don't seem to be as hungry anymore." Lu Linger said.
"Gourd? Water?" Lu Fan was stunned.
"Yes."
Hearing Lu Linger say this, Lu Fan became more and more confused.
Can drinking water actually relieve hunger?
And let your sister wake up?
How is this the same as the previous "illusion"?
"Ling'er, tell me the truth, are you really not hungry anymore?" Lu Fan asked again quickly.
"Really, bro!"
Looking at Lu Linger in front of him with rosy lips and white teeth, compared with her previous dying appearance, they are completely two extremes.
"Could it be that the water in that gourd can really quench hunger?"