Hospital No. 444.

Chapter 264 David
When David woke up, he felt cold.

A bone-chilling coldness.

"so cold……"

David stood up wrapped in the quilt, went to the closet, took an extra quilt, then went back to the bed and wrapped himself up again.

But he found... still not warm enough.

Still cold.

"What the hell is going on here?"

Today is his 19th birthday.

On my birthday...I didn't expect to wake up like this.

He lay on the bed for a while longer, and then realized...he couldn't fall asleep anyway.

When it's cold, I get hungry.

David stood up from the bed, put on some clothes, and went outside cautiously, preparing to go to the kitchen to make some supper by himself.

In this village, obtaining food has never been an easy matter.For crops, there is no guarantee of drought and flood harvest, and food such as poultry, eggs and milk is not so easy to obtain.

Fortunately...David's family has a lot of food.

But what I didn't expect was that as soon as I walked outside, I saw my younger sister Dai Lan holding a flashlight and flipping through a book.

"Hey, Dylan! You..."

"elder brother!"

Dai Lan was shocked when he saw David, "You scared me to death."

David walked up to her and said, "Wake up so late to read, aren't you afraid of myopia?"

Dai Lan lowered his head aggrievedly, and said, "I...I..."

"Hey, forget it." David looked at the book she was reading, which was a book introducing tourist attractions.And there is an illustration in the book, which is a beach.

"Brother, I want to see the sea." Dai Lan pointed to the photo in front of him, "If it wasn't for this photo, I wouldn't even know what the sea looks like."

David looked at the photo and said, "That can't be helped, your brother and I have never seen the sea."

Dai Lan thought for a while and said to David: "Brother, by the way, today is your 19th birthday, right? Happy birthday!"

"Xiao Nizi, you just remembered. Why did you wake up so late to read?"

"I have to study at school during the day, and I don't have time to read it. But the class is really boring. There are only a few teachers, and there are no textbooks."

Dai Lan held the book and said, "Brother, do you think I'll make you a cake? I've read a book about baking..."

"No need," David shook his head: "Why do you imitate the way Westerners celebrate their birthdays, and just have a bowl of longevity noodles."

"Obviously your name sounds like a Westerner..."

David has always loved this little sister very much, and the relationship between the two brothers and sisters has always been very good.

"elder brother……"

"Ok?"

"After your birthday, you're going to join the village patrol."

"Ah, yes. At the age of 19, you are not a student. You are an adult, and you have to contribute to the village."

Dai Lan continued to look at the book in front of him, and suddenly said: "Brother, ten years ago, before I was born... At that time, the village was not what it is now. Back then..."

"Dylan." David sighed, patted the back of Dai Lan's hand, and said, "I don't really want to recall what happened ten years ago."

"Oh fine."

Ten years ago...

So to say……

Almost ten years indeed.

"Oh?" At this moment, Dai Lan suddenly seemed to think of something, and said to David: "Brother, why are you up in the middle of the night?"

David felt that in front of his sister, it was a bit embarrassing to say that he wanted to find something to eat because he was cold and hungry, so he quickly said, "Of course I noticed you were reading here, so I got up to check."

Dai Lan looked at his brother carefully, with an expression of disbelief all over his face.

"Brother, are you sure?"

"I'm sure... definitely..."

"Ok."

David rubbed his younger sister Dai Lan's head and said, "Go to bed. Both of us will go."

"Oh fine……"

When he got to the bed, David continued to lie on the bed again.

Suddenly, he noticed that snow began to fall outside the window.

"Snowing?"

It seems that this harsh winter is not so easy to survive.

At this time, David recalled what Dai Lan said just now.

Ten years ago... when he was only nine years old.

He still clearly remembers everything that happened at that time.

Although he is very young, he still has a fresh memory of his father who often works in the fields and grows organic vegetables.The middle-aged laborers in the village like to go to the city to work, so there are many old and weak women and children in the village, and many people who are the same age as David are left-behind children.But Dad is different. He doesn't plan to go to a big city to work.

At that time, my mother was just pregnant with Dai Lan, and she suffered from morning sickness so badly that she couldn't work in the fields.Dad took all the farm work to himself. At that time, he was really the hardest-working farmer in the village.

But no one expected that in that winter, the whole village...

"call……"

David breathed a sigh of relief, and it quickly turned into a mist.

He is... 19 years old.

……

I don't know how long it took to wake up, and David opened his eyes.

At this time, the white belly just appeared in the east outside.

David still felt cold.

The snowstorm outside is still the same.

David opened the door to find Mom and Dad up.

At this time, they were making breakfast for the family.

"David," David's father said immediately when he saw him, "woke up so early?"

"Well, Dad, wake up."

At this time, Dad was holding the firewood, picked up the match, and lit it.

There is no natural gas or running water in the village.Ten years ago... these things were originally available, but now, everyone can only rely on themselves and be self-sufficient.

Although there is no running water, there is well water.Mom went to the well outside to fetch water early in the morning, and when Dad lit the firewood, he began to boil the water.

"David," David's mother said with a smile, "today is your birthday, come back early tonight, and I'll make birthday noodles for you, pork rib noodles."

"Okay!" David laughed when he heard the ribs.

Although the supply of meat cannot be said to be tight, every household hopes to have more meat on hand.

"David," said David's father, "in the afternoon, follow me and bring some bacon from our family to Captain Lin's house. You are nineteen, and you have to participate in the daily patrol of the village. This month, Captain Lin He is on duty as the captain. He needs to take care of it more or less."

"Yes, your father is right." David's mother also nodded and said: "Captain Lin is still a good guy, and he is also very talkative."

"okay."

"Remember," David's father reminded: "When you see Captain Lin, be smarter, sweeter, wear everything, and don't flatter."

"Understood, Dad, Mom."

More than nine in the morning.

David wore a leather jacket and went out.

At the age of 19, he no longer needs to go to school, and in this winter, he has no farm work to do.

He gradually followed the others to a square in the village.

In the center of the square is Uncle Zhao, the most respected and respected person in the village.

In front of him is a box.

"Okay, everyone, the time is almost up, then, I will start drawing lots."

He walked to the lottery box and said, "There are now 140 people in the village. Excluding children under the age of 19 and elderly people over the age of 50, there are only 28 young and middle-aged people."

David knew that now, he was also one of the young adults.

"Now, I will draw lots to decide who will be selected for the patrol team tonight. Except for the captain Lin Tai, I will choose the other eight people."

The people in the square were obviously a little impatient.

"Uncle Zhao, you don't bother me if you say this every day!"

"Hurry up! It's so cold!"

So, Uncle Zhao reached into the lottery box in front of him...

His hand will determine the formation of the patrol team!
The lottery box in front of me is not strictly one person one vote.

Some people, if the harvest at home is not good and food is scarce, they can choose to put in an extra piece of paper with their name written on it, and they can receive a certain amount of food.On the contrary, if you are willing to donate your own food to the village, you can have one month to draw lots without putting your name in it.

"First... David!"

Hearing this, David was completely taken aback.

(End of this chapter)