Chapter 1025 The Demon Seed is Natural (59)
Having said this, many people around him already showed expressions of despair and anger.
The old man scanned around and discovered that several people had not returned. Each household was one or two older. In addition, there were a few unfamiliar faces, which were obviously brought back by people from the village.
Five or six years have passed, which is just a blink of an eye, but the appearance of those who left back then has changed.
There was a lot of vicissitudes and bitterness on their faces, and even when they arrived in the village, they still looked desolate.
For some reason, the old man felt a little guilty in his heart.
It was him who failed to protect the village.
In the current situation, even a few lonely old people can't survive, let alone so many more people and so many mouths.
Everyone fell into silence for a while, and some people even had dull faces.
Finally, the young man who spoke took the lead in getting up and continuing to walk into the village.
"I still want you all to settle down. We have suffered a lot along the way. Village chief, is there anything to eat?"
The old man was stunned for a second, looking at the familiar faces in front of him, and finally nodded hurriedly.
"Yes... that's alright. Let's all go back to our homes to rest. I'll prepare dinner."
As the sky darkened, a large group of carriages and horses walked along the path at the entrance of the village. The village, which had once fallen into silence, began to hear the long-lost noise.
A few elderly people followed at the end and did not come forward to reunite with their former families. They just stayed beside the village chief, their old faces shrouded in the gloom of dusk.
Zhou Ye and Xiao Tao walked forward along the path that was curled up by the sun.
The earth under your feet has lost all moisture. When you step on it, the dry land makes a "click" and "click" sound.
Zhou Ye turned his face and looked away. Xiao Tao beside him lowered his head and looked at the road, his beautiful side face expressionless.
The grandfather on the side gently patted Xiao Tao on the shoulder. "Your mother is waving to you."
Xiao Tao raised her eyes and looked at her mother not far away, whose face was full of laughter and tears. There was no wave in her eyes.
He continued to walk forward along the same path, with no intention of meeting his parents whom he had not seen for a long time.
Seeing that the child didn't respond, the grandfather stopped talking.
At night, in the courtyard of the Zhou family, more than a dozen tables were put together, and dozens of people were holding porridge and steamed buns, eating with big mouthfuls.
It was lively, but there was no atmosphere of gathering. Everyone was hungry and munching.
The old man stood by with his two children and watched. One basket of steamed buns was gone. Just as the grandfather was about to bend down to put another basket on top, Zhou Ye took a step ahead of him, grabbed the basket with both hands, lifted it up easily, and walked around the table. Walk around on both sides.
Grandpa squinted his eyes, and the light dimmed, shrouding the old man's face in darkness.
"Village Chief! Is there any more porridge?!"
We are embarrassed to say that the steamed buns are not enough, but what’s wrong with having two more bowls of porridge? After all, our land has been used by the village chief for free for so many years, so it doesn't matter if we drink a few bowls of porridge from him now.
The old man nodded, walked around the house, and finally took out a small bag of white noodles that had already been covered with a thick layer of gray from under the dustpan in the corner.
When he opened it, he saw that the noodles inside were yellow and moldy. The old man reached out and grabbed a handful and rubbed them.
“You can still eat it.”
It's better than starving to death.
Another pot of porridge was put on the table, and everyone stood up to scoop it out. As soon as the spoon was put in, it swung around without any resistance.
"It's too thin. What's the difference between drinking water?"
(End of chapter)