Take space to raise cubs on the road to escape

Chapter 20. Human nature

The area of ​​the whole piece of reed is really not small, about two acres of land, An An and Dahei who got in disappeared instantly, except for the faint sight of shaking reeds.

An An was not afraid of Dahei, and was very close to his mother. He kept shuttling among the reeds that were much taller than him, with a pair of quick-witted eyes focused on searching the ground, thinking about wild duck eggs.

Maybe it was because the wish in my heart was too strong, and I was really caught by the little guy, blind cat, and dead mouse. I really found a nest of wild duck eggs, not many, only three. Unfortunately, nothing was found in the subsequent searches, but this was enough to make the little guy The guy was excited, and with a red face, he took three wild duck eggs and rushed to his mother in the middle of the reeds.

At this time, Gulan was holding the space engineering shovel to put out the fire. It was impossible to put out the fire with water, after all, water is so precious right now.

"Mother...mother..." Gulan looked at the engineer shovel in his hand, and then at his son who was about to run up to him. Well, it was too late to get into the space.

"Mother, I found three too." An An excitedly held up the wild duck eggs in her hand for her to see.

"Really! My son is awesome!" Gu Lan put down the shovel in his hand and took the wild duck eggs in his son's hand, and praised with a surprised smile, but he didn't expect there to be more.

"Yeah," An An's smile became even brighter after being praised by mother, "Mother, are you putting out the fire?" She said, her eyes lit up, and she shifted her gaze to the clay pot on the side. If the fire is extinguished, it means that you can eat. Subconsciously touch Looking at my gurgling stomach, I'm so hungry.

"Huh..." An An picked up the small engineering shovel on the ground.

"Be careful, don't hurt yourself."

Gu Lan had to remind his son that this thing is still very sharp. It looks like a shovel is actually a special tool that can be used as a weapon. Both sides of the shovel are edged, and if you accidentally touch it, you will see blood .

An An felt her mother's worry and nodded quickly, holding the handle of the shovel in her little hand and wasting some effort before lifting it.

It doesn't look big, but the weight is really not light. An An looked at her mother suspiciously, "Mother, why is it so heavy?"

Gulan knelt down and looked at his son and said softly: "This is a small shovel, very sharp." He pointed to the sides of the shovel and asked his son to take a closer look, "See if the two sides are very sharp. Don't touch yourself, or you will definitely get hurt."

As he spoke, in order to be more convincing, Gulan took the engineering shovel and shaved off a fire stick next to him at will.

With his small mouth open, he looked at the shovel in his mother's hand in disbelief. , but it can also be seen that the fracture is very neat, and I vaguely understand that this is a good thing.

He didn't know where his mother got this thing from, but he felt that his mother had become very powerful since she woke up from illness, and An An looked at her adoringly.

Gulan, who had been waiting for his son to ask a question, was a little surprised by the small adoring gaze.

"An'an, don't you ask mother where this came from?"

An An shook his head and looked at his mother wonderingly, "Why do you ask." In his eyes, his mother is omnipotent now, so it's strange to have an extra shovel.

Gulan "..." She forgot that the child is still young and can't think about these issues. If she really cares about it, she will be confused.

"It's okay, mother is just asking for fun, are you hungry?" Gu Lan changed the subject.

"hungry"

"Then let's eat." Gu Lan found out her homemade wooden chopsticks and handed them to her son together with two cooked wild duck eggs, "Be careful of the heat" and said worriedly.

"It's not hot, mother, you eat" said, and was about to hand out the wild duck eggs in his hand, but Gulan stopped him, "Mother, there are more, you can eat", and then poured two servings of porridge with the clam shells left over from last night.

Looking at the clam shells, Gulan felt that if she had time, she would really try to carve wooden bowls and spoons. Fortunately, this thing should not be too difficult, and Gulan thought she could do it.

On the other side, hundreds of people gathered under the river at dawn and the number is still increasing.

They all heard that mussels and snails could be found here, so swarms of swarms ran over. Many families went there except for those who stayed behind. Everyone opened their eyes and searched carefully in the cracks.

Soon the entire bottom of the river was almost turned over, most of them returned empty-handed, and only a few were lucky enough to find a few, and they still secretly hid them on their bodies.

When this kind of food is in extreme shortage, no one will be foolish enough to expose themselves to find something good.

When Gu Lan and his son had a good meal, packed up their things and walked out of the reeds to the official road not far from the river, they were shocked by what they saw in their eyes.

There are a lot of people at the bottom of the river, although they are not as many as rubbing shoulders, but they are not far away. These thin and ragged victims are all rummaging quickly at the bottom of the river, with shovels and hoes, all wanting to leave before leaving. Find more food, no one wants to die halfway before reaching the destination.

But often the ideal is good and the reality is very helpless. There are so many people who can share as many rivers, and most of them are futile, but even so they don't want to let go of every opportunity.

Gulan sighed, it was all about living.

After watching for a while, the heavy hearted Gulan took his son and prepared to leave, just taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer people and less trouble.

As soon as he turned around here, a scream of "there is water" sounded, which made Gu Lan stop and turn around to look over.

These two words exploded in an instant, and a dense group of people rushed to a place surrounded by everyone in a hurry.

They haven't found a water source for many days, and many people are already desperate for water, and some are even short of water, and they can't control it when they hear that there is water.

Looking at the location, no surprises, it should be the area she wanted to dig yesterday evening, but unexpectedly, water was actually dug out.

"There is really water," someone shouted again.

Although the water only came out a little, it was enough for them to be happy. The crowd exploded in an instant, and those who held the shovel continued to dig down regardless of whether they knew it or not.

Some also choose to excavate not far away, maybe they can also dig out water.

When the pit was dug to a certain depth, although Gulan was far away, it could be seen from their voices and movements that the amount of water was getting bigger and bigger. Many people hurried back to get the tools for filling the water, just waiting for these people to come back. It was found that the water source has been surrounded by a large number of ethnic groups.

Gulan is not surprised by this at all, this is human nature.

Then Gulan witnessed the biggest conflict among the victims on the way to flee the famine after coming to this world.

Gulan didn't plan to read it, but the result was already very clear. Even though the group that surrounded the water source seemed large in number, there were no more people than the victims who were eager for water.

"An'an, let's go." Gulan whispered to his son, calling Dahei to join the fleeing crowd.

Not everyone spared their lives. When the battle broke out, many people had already packed up their things and hurried on their way, lest they would be affected by innocent people.

(End of this chapter)