HLnovel Chapter 279 Building an Igloo
Chapter 279 Building an Igloo
For a while, begging sounds were heard outside the wall one after another.
Another man pulled out a little boy of six or seven years old, pressed him to the ground, and made him beg the person on the wall for food.
The boy knelt in the snow, crying and kowtowing, his voice trembling.
Tears flowed across the chilblains on her face, making the eyes of the women on the wall red.
Father Yang saw that the boy was about the same age as his youngest son, but he was so skinny that only a pair of big eyes remained on his little face.
Even the clothes he wore were tattered, and the shoes on his feet revealed his blackened toes from the cold.
It's obvious that this child has suffered a great deal!
Hearing the boy's crying, Father Yang showed a look of pity on his face and wanted to speak.
Seeing his expression, Lu Tianming reached out and pulled his sleeve, then spoke first:
"Brothers outside, it's not that we don't want to help, but we really don't have much to eat."
Upon hearing this, the refugees outside the wall stopped begging and looked at the tall man in the front.
At this time, the tall man looked up at Lu Tianming and said:
"Brother, we don't ask for much, just some dry vegetables to fill our stomachs will be fine.
After walking for so long, even the kids in the team couldn't hold on any longer!"
Lu Tianming looked at the little boy. The pair of big eyes on the thin child's face looking at people was really heartbreaking.
But after fleeing famine for so long, he was used to using children as rafts.
Just now, while standing there for a while, he observed the team of dozens of people.
There were only strong men in the room, not even a woman, and the only child was a boy.
In addition to the weapons in their hands, several of them were holding hatchets.
Lu Tianming had a really bad impression of this kind of team. They had been robbed by this kind of team too many times before.
Although there was a possibility that something good might happen, he didn't want to take the risk.
If I really give it to you, I'm afraid it will cause a lot more trouble.
Thinking of this, Lu Tianming said loudly:
"We really don't have any food to give you. Please leave quickly and find a job somewhere else!"
Seeing that he was not buying it at all, the tall man lowered his head and a sinister look flashed across his face.
But the wall was built really high, and unless you had an extra-long ladder, there was no way you could climb over it.
He just knocked on it secretly and found that the ice wall was very solid.
Even if you use a hoe to chisel, it will take a while.
Besides, the people inside would not allow them to chisel at the wall.
Suddenly, the tall man thought that many of the people standing on the parapet had expressions of pity on their faces.
He decided to try again, and he turned sideways and winked at the person next to him.
The two men began to beg again, and soon the rest of the group followed suit.
"Kindhearted people, please give me something to eat. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda!"
"Please give my little boy something to eat. There are only two of us left in my family of six or seven. It doesn't matter if I starve to death. My child is still young!"
"Please give us some food, even bran or dried vegetable leaves will do!"
"......"
They knelt on the ground outside the wall, begging and kowtowing.
Most people on the wall felt a little soft-hearted when they saw this.
But when they really had to take food out, they were reluctant to do so.
They have to be frugal even when it comes to eating so that they can have enough food to last until spring.
If we give it to these refugees, our family will starve.
But seeing a group of refugees outside kowtowing and begging made them feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, many people quietly left the battlement, unwilling to watch this scene anymore.
At this time, the men who went to get weapons also came back.
Seeing this, Lu Tianming felt relieved and said to Father Yang and the others beside him:
"There's still a lot of work to do today. Let's not waste time here anymore. Let's go down and get back to work."
When everyone got down from the battlement, the pleading sounds outside the wall became noticeably smaller.
Lu Tianming said loudly:
"It's a good day today, you can walk more and don't waste time here with us!"
As he spoke, Lu Tianming also went down from the battlement.
Just now, he had counted the number of people outside the wall.
If these people really dare to attack the village, with the wall as cover, counterattack will not be a problem.
Outside the wall, the tall man saw that they no longer paid attention to him, and the pleading expression on his face suddenly disappeared.
He brushed the snow off his knees and stood up with a grim face.
These people inside the wall are so cruel that they refuse to give us any food.
Judging from their appearance, they were not hungry at all. I guess they had plenty of food at home.
Especially the man who spoke just now, he was not like them, his face was so thin that it was sunken.
There is so much food, but you won’t give us a single bite. Damn it!
This little bastard is useless. He used to cry a lot, but now he is useless.
Thinking of this, he glared at the skinny boy on the ground, turned around and walked towards the road outside the village.
When the refugees behind saw this, they hurried to follow.
When they reached the intersection, the tall man looked back and noted the location of the village.
Inside the wall, Li Rui heard no movement outside, so he quietly climbed up the battlement and looked out.
Seeing that the people had really left, he shouted to the people below:
"Those people outside are gone!"
Everyone inside the wall breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
But soon, several young wives in the crowd looked worried and whispered to each other.
On the side, Goudan's mother also looked anxious. She turned around and shouted to Goudan on the other side:
"Goudan, I asked you to go to your grandma's house and inform your uncles. Did you tell them all?"
"Mom, I've told my three uncles one by one, so don't worry!"
Goudan heard his mother ask and responded from a distance.
Goudan's mother heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.
The direction those refugees were heading was towards her mother's village.
Although these people are not necessarily bad people, after the previous example of Yinjia Village, no one dares to take the risk.
As long as the notification arrives, it’s fine!
Soon, everyone started to get busy again.
Most people went to build battlements, leaving only the old village chief and a few men who knew how to build houses to build the ice house together.
Because they didn't want to waste too much ice, they only built a hut that could accommodate one person.
When it was completed, many children came over to see it.
They had never seen this kind of ice house before and were very curious about it.
I squeezed through the crowd of adults and entered the ice house, touching here and there.
It took a while for the child's parents to find out.
They were afraid that the house would collapse and hit them, so they hurriedly pulled them out.
The children were scared away by the adults' cold faces, and many young men came over to watch.
The old village chief was confident in the ice house he built. He went in, lit a fire, and then came out.
Next, we need to test whether this house can withstand the pressure.
Everyone stopped paying attention to it and started busying themselves with building battlements.
During this period, the old village chief came to take a look from time to time.
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, and even an hour later, the ice house was still intact.
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief and decided to officially build the ice house.