But Lu Fan did not linger and dodged away directly.
Widow Wang's reputation was well known in the village, and Lu Fan didn't want to get involved with such a woman. Besides, food was more valuable than women these days.
Lu Fan knows clearly what is important and what is not.
He picked up a firewood stick and shouted at Widow Wang: "Sister Wang, I'm telling you again, please get out! If you don't get out, don't blame me for being rude!"
Seeing Lu Fan holding a stick and looking angry, Widow Wang asked, "What's the matter? Do you dare to hit me?"
Bang!
Lu Fan hit the stove next to him with a stick.
"If you don't believe it, you can try it!"
Seeing Lu Fan's murderous look, Widow Wang was instantly frightened.
"Alright, alright, even though you're such a ruthless brat, can't I just leave?"
Cursing, Widow Wang walked out of the thatched hut.
After she walked out, Lu Fan quickly closed the door with a bang.
Widow Wang was cursing outside.
But Lu Fan turned a deaf ear.
After Widow Wang finished cursing and left, Lu Fan hurried to his sister's side.
"Ling'er, from now on, remember, don't reveal the news that we have food to outsiders, okay?" Lu Fan suddenly said to Lu Ling'er.
Lu Linger was stunned.
"Why, brother? Don't we have food? We don't have to worry about being hungry anymore?" The ten-year-old girl asked in confusion.
"It's precisely because we have food that we can't let outsiders know." Lu Fan explained.
"You have to understand, this is a time of great famine! If anyone knew that we had food, the consequences would be absolutely disastrous! And I won't hide it from you, I witnessed cannibalism with my own eyes today in the mountains!"
"Ah? People eating people?" Lu Linger screamed in shock when she heard it.
"Yes! So from now on, you must remember that you must never reveal the fact that we have food to anyone outside, understand?" Lu Fan reminded again.
Lu Linger nodded quickly and said, "Brother, I understand! Don't worry, from now on, I will never tell anyone!"
Seeing that his sister agreed, Lu Fan finally felt relieved.
As he said.
In this era of great famine, we must never let others know that we have food.
otherwise.
He and his sister will definitely become public enemies of everyone!
But the thatched hut I live in is not even enough to shelter me from the wind and rain, so how can I guarantee my safety?
Thinking of what happened with Widow Wang just now, Lu Fan still feels a lingering fear.
"No!"
"We can't stay here any longer!"
Thinking of this, Lu Fan immediately said to Lu Ling'er, "Ling'er, pack up your things quickly, we have to leave here!"
leave?"
"Brother? Why should we leave for no reason?"
Lu Linger asked in confusion.
"Fool, you don't understand! If you want to survive in this chaotic world, the first thing you have to consider is safety! Think about it, we already have food, what if someone gets jealous and comes to steal it?"
Lu Linger thought of Widow Wang's fierce look just now and nodded quickly.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother."
After saying this, Lu Linger quickly began to pack her things.
As for Lu Fan.
He ran outside.
On the white snow, a row of rice that I had planted early in the morning swayed in the wind.
Lu Fan picked off the rice ears one by one with great heartache, then took the sickle and pulled out all the rows of rice by the roots.
no way!
Since he has decided to leave here, Lu Fan must make sure everything goes well.
If I don't clean up all the rice, what if someone sees it and knows that I'm planting it?
After a while, Lu Fan pulled out all the rice plants by the roots.
After cleaning all the rice, Lu Fan returned to the thatched hut.
"Brother, I have packed everything."
Lu Linger was carrying two tattered bags and said to Lu Fan who walked in.
actually.
The two siblings had nothing to pack.
Apart from a set of torn quilts and some scattered items, the brother and sister had almost nothing.
"Okay, let's go."
As Lu Fan spoke, he took the gourd and filled it with water from the water tank, put it on his back, and filled the pot with all the remaining rice grains. Then the two of them walked out of the thatched hut.
After lighting the torch, Lu Fan threw it on the thatched hut.
boom!
The torches quickly caught fire under the help of the cold wind.
In the blink of an eye, the thatched hut turned into a sea of fire.
"Brother...we have no home again!"
Lu Linger's eyes were red as she looked at the thatched cottage where she and her brother had lived for three years, and there was reluctance in her eyes.
Lu Fan was actually reluctant to leave.
He patted the little girl's head and comforted her: "Don't worry, I will soon build a comfortable home for you."
Lu Linger didn't know whether she heard it or not, so she stood there without saying a word.
Looking at the thatched hut completely turned into a sea of fire, Lu Fan took Lu Ling'er's hand and said, "Ling'er, let's go!"
Lu Linger nodded silently, then followed Lu Fan and walked towards the snowy wind.
…
Less than half an hour after the brother and sister walked, suddenly, several figures walked quickly towards the thatched hut.
"Widow Wang, are you sure the Lu brothers and sisters really have food?"
The person asking the question was a man with eagle eyes.
The man held a kitchen knife in his hand and said with a gloomy expression.
"I saw it with my own eyes, I'm 100% sure," said Widow Wang.
"But, the brother and sister were so pitiful in the past, how could they have food? Widow Wang, please don't lie to us. If you dare to lie to us, be careful, we will kill you soon!" said another strong man.
"My dear bosses, why would a little woman like me lie to you about this? Just relax and focus on grabbing the food."
"Okay, I hope you won't make us go here in vain."
After the men finished speaking, they followed Widow Wang towards the thatched cottage at the entrance of the village.
After a while, they arrived at the thatched hut where Lu Fan once lived.
But when I looked up, there was no thatched hut.
The scene before my eyes was a burnt ruin.
"Damn it, Widow Wang, where are the Lu brothers and sisters you were talking about?"
The eagle-eyed man holding a kitchen knife grabbed Widow Wang by the collar and shouted angrily.
Widow Wang was also confused.
He quickly said, "Before...the two bastards from the Lu family lived here."
"Bullshit, there's clearly not even a hair here? How dare you play tricks on us?"
"Boss, I really didn't lie to you! Just half an hour ago, I saw with my own eyes those two little bastards from the Lu family eating white rice..."
"Rice? Rice, damn it! These days, even the pig food is almost eaten up, and you're still talking about rice?"
"Damn it, you dare to play tricks on us? Brothers, carry this little bitch away! I have to make all the brothers feel good today."
As the eagle-eyed man fell, several people behind him immediately carried the young widow up.
At the same time that Widow Wang was being carried away, Lu Fan and Lu Ling'er were walking slowly on a distant mountain path.
"Brother, where are we going now?"
On the mountain path, Lu Linger, covered in snow, looked up at Lu Fan and asked.
"Let's go to a secluded place." Lu Fan said as he pulled Lu Linger.
"Hidden?"
"Yes, we have food now so we don't have to worry about starvation. So we just need to find a secluded place so that we can be safe."
After hearing what her brother said, Lu Linger didn't ask any more questions.
Along the way.
When they were hungry and tired, the two siblings would drink the water in the black gourd.
It's strange.
As soon as the two siblings drank the gourd of water, their hunger would quickly subside.
Even physical strength can be restored quickly.
Faced with this situation, Lu Fan felt more and more that the gourd left by his mother was a treasure.
The mountain road is winding.
The further we walked, the more we saw frozen corpses everywhere on the road.
Once, Lu Linger accidentally tripped over the frozen body of an old man, and was so scared that her eyes turned red.
"Ling'er, are you scared?" Lu Fan saw Lu Ling'er trembling with fear and asked hurriedly with concern.
"As long as I'm with my brother, Ling'er is not afraid."
Hearing the little girl say this, Lu Fan felt warm in his heart and rubbed the little girl's head.
Go go!
I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly, a dilapidated temple in front of me appeared in Lu Fan's eyes.
Lu Fan remembered this temple.
It is the most famous City God Temple within a radius of 100 miles.
However, this City God Temple has now been abandoned, and it is rumored that people have died there and it is haunted, so it has now become an abandoned house.
One year ago.
Lu Fan went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and came to the City God Temple to avoid the rain.
I remember that at that time, he also found a hidden stone door behind the statue of the City God Temple.
However, Lu Fan didn't care at the time and left in a hurry.
Think about it this way.
"Huh? This City God Temple is pretty good. Not only do we have a ready-made house, but no one comes to disturb us. If my sister and I live here in the future, wouldn't it be safe for us to stay here?"
Thinking of this, Lu Fan was suddenly overjoyed. He took Lu Linger's hand and said.
"Ling'er, let's go, we finally have a home!"
"Uh? Where?"
"That's it!"
As Lu Fan spoke, he pointed to the City God Temple not far away.
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