Network New Liao Zhai

Chapter 714

However, there was no news after waiting for several days.

Mother came back from a trip and said: "We can't go, damned Otto Wagner, he ran away with our money."

Only then did Sheldon know that Otto Wagner was the middleman.

Now they can't go to England, they can only stay in France.

The war has started.

Many factories have shut down, shops are closed, and there are unemployed people everywhere.

It is difficult to find a job.

Those dignitaries, wealthy and celebrities fled abroad one after another.

Even if you want to be a servant, you have no chance.

They have no savings and no source of income, they can only wander on the streets, relying on picking up garbage

maintain lifehood.

Just find a place to shelter at night.

Not only have to endure hunger and hunger, but also face the danger of bombing by enemy planes.

Sheldon saw with his own eyes that buildings were blown down and people were killed on the street.

France was then quickly occupied by Germany.

They were sent to concentration camps.

The first thing Sheldon sees is the brutal executioner in the concentration camp.

His name was Pedro Rios Maestre, and he was a German officer.

An executioner in a concentration camp.

Everyone secretly called him the butcher.

Several years of life in the concentration camp made Sheldon only remember the title of butcher, but forgot his real name.

All newcomers to the concentration camp had to go under his whip.

There are only two ways to go to the concentration camp.

Either obey.or die.

Sheldon saw the power of the whip on the first day he entered the concentration camp.

Although he was protected by his mother, he still received a few whips. Later, he heard that it was just a blow to the new ordinary people.

For the execution, the butcher is very happy.

Many people were already frightened by the whipping as soon as they came in, and they didn't dare to have any ideas. If you honestly obey the arrangement to work, then you won't be troubled too much.

But it's different for those members of the resistance organization and soldiers. The butcher tortured them to death.

Of course, this was all learned later.

He had just entered the concentration camp and thought that it was better here than outside. He didn't know when a bomb dropped outside and was killed. Sheldon saw with his own eyes those arms and legs messed up by the bomb.

There is no home outside, and there is no place for them to live. Compared with Sheldon, he feels that the concentration camp is safer.

This is his first understanding.

Although it hurt him for a long time after being hit a few times, and although the man called the butcher was horrifying, at least there was no need to sleep on the streets here, and the most important thing was to have food.

The concentration camp was divided into three areas.

One is a small building where Germans live,

There is also a men's dormitory and a women's dormitory.

Small buildings and male and female dormitories are arranged in a zigzag pattern, separated by a playground.

I heard that this used to be a small school.

That small building was the office building of the former school, and I think it was the German military officer building.

The male and female dormitories are converted from classrooms.

There are more than ten or twenty people living in a classroom. There are no beds, only floors.

Sheldon lives in the women's dormitory with his mother and aunt.

Not just staying in a concentration camp, but working.

Get up at dawn,

Each adult gets a piece of black bread.This is their breakfast, and then go to work as assigned.Lunches are distributed at the place of work. If you don't work, you don't have food.Return to the concentration camp at night for dinner and drink a dark mush.

There is no breakfast and lunch for a kid like Sheldon, who can only drink the mush at night.

There are many jobs, some go to factories, some go to repair roads and so on.

Sheld's mother was also assigned to build roads at the beginning, which was a hard job, not to mention bringing Sheldon with her.

My aunt was assigned to work as an apprentice in a factory, which was better than building roads, but she couldn't bring children in.

So Sheldon could only run with his mother on the construction site.

On the construction site, they accidentally saw the little uncle.

It turned out that the little uncle separated from them and came to France by himself, but was also captured by the Germans in this concentration camp, only a few days before them.

After saying a few words in a hurry, knowing that they were all well, my uncle was yelled at by the supervisor to go to work.

Seeing his uncle and knowing that he was in the same concentration camp as him made Sheldon happy.

The family is finally together.

He was even a little thankful that he didn't go to England, so he wouldn't be able to see his uncle.

With his uncle around, Sheldon felt relieved for no reason.

If only the father was there.

He couldn't even remember what his father looked like.

Don't know how the battle is going?

Will the father also be caught by the Germans?

I heard that soldiers are worse off than civilians.

It was hard work on the construction site, and Sheldon suffered along with it.

He could have stayed in the dormitory, but there was no food ration for children, and if Sheldon didn't follow his mother to the construction site, he would have to starve in the dormitory.His mother was worried about leaving him alone, so he could only follow him to the construction site.

Mother's lunch on the construction site at noon is a piece of black bread, and she will give some to Sheldon.

In addition to mother's black bread, there is also hot soup on the construction site that can keep you full.

A soup with diced onions or carrots.Although onions and carrots are rare

, is better than eating dry bread and drinking tap water.

That kind of black bread, I don't know what it is made of, it is dry and hard.

Shelton heard some people say that sawn wood was added to it.

What is the wood surface?Sheldon doesn't know yet.

Just find this bread really hard to swallow.

His mother asked him to chew for a while.

Sheldon chewed hard, his mouth full of rough particles.

At this time, he especially missed the cheese bread and pies made by his mother and aunt.

It's better to live on the construction site in summer and autumn, but with the advent of winter, it's not so good.

The lack of food and clothing made Sheldon's health very poor. Even if he didn't come out, staying in the dormitory would be cold.

Later, my mother gritted her teeth and went to the supervisor, in exchange for a job as a cook in the concentration camp.

Compared with the construction site, this place is simply heaven.

No need to run around outside, exposed to wind, sun and rain.

Sheldon can stay in the dormitory because his mother helps in the kitchen and doesn't have to go out.

He can still stay in the kitchen and get some food.

Although there are supervisors watching, there is always a way.

In the concentration camp, he didn't pay much attention to a child as young as him.

The mother told Sheldon not to run around, and to stay within her sight at all times.

Sheldon is very obedient, he will not run around.He was obedient in the kitchen and could help a little.

It's just that many times the mother will be called away by the officer to leave the kitchen.

When his mother was taken away for the first time, Sheldon wanted to follow, but was stopped by other cooks, telling him that his mother would be back soon.

Tell him to do this to pass the time.

Hilton was feeling anxious, waiting for his mother to come back while doing things.

Because he had seen that some people never came back after being taken away by the Germans.

He once asked his mother and aunt where did those people go?

Mother said they were gone, to a better place.

He is a little worried now, what if his mother never comes back?

Fortunately, his mother would come back again, appear in front of him, and give him a comforting smile.

He smiled back at his mother.

Then start helping out.

As soon as he got busy, he forgot about it.

(End of this chapter)