On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 39 This is Hell on Earth.

What Mr. Li said is true!
The soldiers on the city gate received the order and shot rockets dipped in tung oil at the refugees who were piled up below.
Those refugees who still had the strength to stand up and escape naturally fled away from the city gates, but many people had not eaten or drunk water for many days and were already barely hanging on to their lives.

Those who were unable to climb could only watch as the rockets were fired at them, setting their clothes and flesh on fire.

While the city gate was in chaos, Father Li had no idea that the brothel was also taking advantage of the chaos to throw corpses out.

At the last moment of her death, Yingniang carefully held a piece of maltose given by Li's father in her mouth, feeling the slight sweetness in a daze, and died.

Yes, Yingniang is dead.

The dead Yingniang is useless. To the brothel, she is just a worthless corpse.

Like other dead women in the past, Yingniang was wrapped in a tattered mat and carried onto a cart. She was taken to the city wall and then thrown down from the wall.

It can be seen from this that the owner behind this brothel is quite powerful. He was able to get around the soldiers guarding the city and even provide convenience for them when the city was closed.

What Mr. Li said was confirmed by the smell of smoke blown by the wind.

Ma Zi and Mole ran in front, and Li Shiyue and the others followed behind, running towards the main gate of the city.

As we got closer, the burning smell and the anger became more and more obvious.

As it got dark, the fire became more conspicuous, and as it got closer, the roars, shouts and cries of the refugees became clearer.

Li Shiyue looked at this scene which seemed like purgatory on earth, and felt very depressed and uncomfortable.

“This world is not a place where people can survive”

After confirming what Li's father said, everyone hurriedly drove the donkey cart along the small path towards the small hill where the people from Li Village were staying.

The moon was rising, and he finally rushed back.

Without waiting for Li Youfu to ask about the result of the salt purchase, Li Shiyang said to Li Youfu with a serious face: "Grandpa, the city is going to be in chaos, we have to leave quickly."

Li Youfu was stunned by Li Shiyang's words, "What does this mean? Is the city going to be in chaos?"

Li Shiyang had no choice but to tell Li Youfu what they saw inside and outside the city.

Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian had already gone back to look for Li's mother and the others, carrying their own bags of salt and the medicine bags they had bought.

"Mother, here's the salt."

Without waiting for Li's mother to ask anything, Li Shiyue said to Li Qiutian beside her: "Just do as I told you on the way, sister, go back and do it quickly."

Li Qiutian nodded, and pulled Li Xiatian who was walking over to go towards Zheng Meiniang.

Li Shiyue told Li Qiutian on the way that the city was becoming too chaotic, and they had to run fast. They could no longer run ten miles a day as they did in the past.

Therefore, this time we must travel light. Apart from the necessary cooking utensils and drinking water, we should do without anything bulky and difficult to carry.

Zheng Meiniang had poor eyesight and used to walk slowly but she could still be supported by her sisters Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian, or by Li's mother.

Now that they had to leave the vicinity of the city quickly, they could no longer do this.

The best thing would be to put Zheng Meiniang on a donkey cart and use the animal's power to carry people so that the others can run quickly.

After watching Li Qiutian leave, Li Shiyue turned around and said to Li Wangming, "Second Uncle, hurry up. Except for the food and water buckets, throw away everything else on our donkey cart. Tie it up with a rope where grandma sat."

The actions of Li Shiyue's family were seen by the people around them, especially Qin Tao's family who lived nearby, and Zhou Lanhua who had been close to the Li family recently. They all saw it.

Li Wangshui watched Zhou Lanhua take out the small table and bench on the cart, and the vegetable jar that she had been reluctant to throw away, and threw them on the ground. "Mother of the child?"

Zhou Lanhua didn't even raise her head, but measured the sizes of Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang, wondering how they could make a place on the cart.

"October is a wise woman, and she is absolutely right.

She saved our family, so we don’t need to think about anything else, just follow October.”

Li Wangshui never thought that the fierce woman in his family would one day admire someone so much.

Yes, Li Wangshui could say it directly. If Li Shiyue said now that she didn't want any of the family belongings, Zhou Lanhua would probably carry Dazhuang on her back, hug Xiaozhuang and turn around and run after Li Shiyue.

"What are you still standing there for?
Hurry up and find a rope to tie it up like others, so that the child can sit on it while running."

The people in Lijia Village were all busy picking up their belongings. Li Shiyang decided to travel overnight and leave the vicinity of the city as soon as possible. The city would surely be in chaos, and if they didn't run far, they would definitely be implicated!

If they were implicated, wouldn't they have been running away for nothing for more than a month?

Father Li said to Qin Tao anxiously, "Hurry up, don't give up anything you can. There are rockets being fired to kill people in the city. If we don't run fast, we will definitely die."

Father Li threw the medicine bag and maltose to Qin Tao, asking her to put them away quickly and pack up her things so that she could catch up with Li Shiyue.

Qin Tao responded to Li's father's words, but her hands were slowly rummaging through the paper bag of maltose. She took out two and gave one to Li Shigui and Li Chunli respectively, then she took one for herself and put it in her mouth.

"Oh, what time is it?

This candy can be eaten anytime, hurry up."

At the urging of Li's father, Qin Tao packed up the medicine bag and maltose and began to pick out things from the donkey cart.

By this time, the city gate had already become a scene of hell on earth. The rockets scared away many refugees, and also burned to death many refugees who could not escape.

However, the stench of burnt corpses and the aroma of meat also attracted a group of refugees who were used to eating humans.

Hunger eventually overcame fear. When they saw that the soldiers on the city wall stopped shooting rockets, they rushed over like hungry mad dogs and started to eat the meat raw.

Its teeth tore open the skin and sucked hard, as greedily as a newborn baby sucking sweet breast milk.

After quenching his thirst, he bit off a piece of meat with great force, chewed it twice and swallowed it directly, instantly relieving the maddening hunger in his stomach.

Under the moonlight, the humanoid beast holding the broken body of the little girl had blood all over its face. No one knew that there was a piece of maltose in the palm of the little girl's right hand that she had not yet eaten.

The humanoid beast was as cruel as a jackal, tiger or leopard. After eating the meat, the satisfaction from its stomach brought a faint smile to its face.

This is hell on earth, this is a carnival before the collapse of the building, and the collapse of the Dalong Dynasty begins from here.

The general on the city wall watched everything happening outside the city gate. He had a blank expression on his face, with one hand on the long sword at his waist. Thinking about the news from Kyoto he got yesterday, he continued to command the soldiers to ignite rockets and shoot them outside the city gate!
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