Just like this world that keeps repeating itself, a group of children are also playing games repeatedly. The warmth and coldness of the situation drift into their ears, and the noise and bustling can be seen everywhere. Everything in this city has nothing to do with them.

This is a group of scavengers. Their game content usually consists of running back and forth wildly without any purpose, or they may appear together in front of a stall to beg for food. The result is often failure, but they still laugh happily because this is just a person.

game.

At the corner of the street, Youdao's figure kept chasing each other, his eyes almost always on the group of found objects, his eyes full of yearning.

He is also a scavenger, and this story is related to him.

I followed the footsteps of the group of scavengers until they returned eastward at sunset. I was satisfied on the way back, as if I had followed them and had fun all day long.

It's really rare to see my parents talking to someone in the dark when I get home. This kind of thing probably doesn't happen once a year.

This so-called home is actually an abandoned residence that has long since collapsed into disrepair, with only half of the earthen wall standing. Fortunately, after a long period of improvement by the family, it still looks good.

More than half an hour later, my parents slowly appeared in the darkness.

After running around for a day, he was already hungry, so he hurried up without thinking about anything.

"What are we eating today?"

"Some things were delayed today. I didn't have time to go out, so I had to go hungry."

It is inevitable to be a little disappointed when I hear this, but as my parents have always taught me, nothing is permanent.

Hunger forced him to fall asleep quickly, so he missed a lot of things. His parents cried countless times that night.

Early the next morning, he was woken up by hunger and saw no sign of his parents. He probably went out to look for food, but after waiting for two or three hours, he still didn't see them back. It couldn't take that long to find food.

Maybe something happened.

He had already guessed what had happened, but he still did nothing, not even a question.

When it was time to play, just like yesterday, he appeared behind the group of scavengers. This time, he had no energy to follow and could only watch from a distance.

But at a glance, how far can it be? When you turn the corner, you can't see anything.

They were having so much fun, and I was just picking up the pieces, so why should I abide by those unreasonable rules?

This rule was set by his parents.

What is the difference between begging for food and looking for food, being present and waiting and watching? There is a world of difference between self-proclaimed and other feelings. I can be full when begging for food, and I can be happy when being present. Do other things matter?

The house that was "built" with so much hard work cannot bring warmth, cannot protect against wind and rain, and is so small that there is no place to turn over. Those who sleep casually in the corner can at least have a place to keep out the rain under the eaves.

Today's game ended just as it started. With those strange thoughts and an exhausted body, he returned home again.

His parents didn't know when they had returned. He walked past them with his head lowered and spoke as always.

[Have you found anything to eat?]

"There is some behind the wall. Don't finish eating it. Leave some for your mother."

He went to look for the place where his father mentioned. There was indeed some food, but the portion was so small that it could be ignored. He was a little angry. After being out for so long, the result was just such a small amount. It was not even enough to fit between the teeth. Why should two people share it?

[Forget it, I won’t eat it.]

night.

A series of violent coughs woke him up, and his father also sat up and took out a short candle from the earthen wall. After fussing for a while, the candle light lit up, reflecting a pale face.

"It doesn't matter, I'll take you to find Huichun, it doesn't matter..."

The father cried, and while wiping his tears, he threw away the candle, picked her up and ran quickly in one direction.

Rejuvenation is a person who has some treatment methods.

"The house is burning..."

He wanted to hold his father, but as soon as he turned around, his parents were gone. The house was entirely made of firewood and vegetation. Once it burned, there was almost no possibility of it being extinguished.

He was a little overwhelmed and watched helplessly as the home turned into a sea of ​​flames. Tears fell for no apparent reason, and then he disappeared into the darkness while crying loudly.

There was only one Huichun family nearby, and it wasn't that far away. They should be there. On the way there, recalling his mother's face just now, he suddenly began to worry.

Not long after, he saw the house in the distance with its lights flickering. With this dim light, he ran over in large strides.

The father was there, and the mother was lying on the ground, with a painful expression on her face. The lights in the room were much brighter, and the mother's expression could be clearly seen.

To be precise, he has no expression, his face is ashen, and his expression is gloomy.

He instantly thought of the word death, so he fell to the ground and cried even louder.

"Mother!"

His father originally held back his tears, but after seeing this scene he couldn't help himself and knelt on the ground sobbing.

[Okay, don’t cry. Her condition is very bad. I can’t guarantee whether she can be cured. If she’s cured, it’s luck. If she’s not cured, it’s fate. Just carry her to the bed.]

"Okay, thank you for rejuvenating!"

I just picked her up and haven't reached the bed yet.

[Wait, do you have bones?]

The importance of bones is self-evident.

"Bone? No...no, but I have this, let me look for it..."

[What is this?]

"This is my ID badge."

[What is the use of your ID badge?]

"This person of high status has a place in the mountains and seas, and the materials should be worth some bones. Please do it, please, wuwu..."

[It’s still worth a few bones, but I don’t think it’s worth even one! I have a place in the mountains and seas. Do you really want to beg me for help? Really, okay, let’s go, my little place can’t accommodate so many people.]

"Don't be like this, please save her..."

[Stop talking nonsense, get it out of here quickly, don’t die here! Oh...it’s useless for you to kneel down.]

[I really can’t save her. To tell you the truth, even if you have bones, I can’t save her. If I really want to save her, I’ll hurry up and find some powerful rejuvenators. I’m not good at learning and there’s really nothing I can do.]

"It's too late now. I'm really afraid it's too late. Sir, I know you are a good person. You take action and do your best. No matter the result, we, father and son, are willing to do whatever it takes to repay you."

Life and death are really a ridiculous thing.

Na Huichun fed her some medicine, prescribed some more medicine, and sent them away. On the way back, she murmured to herself on his back, and she didn't know what she was talking about. Such a small distance was less than halfway.

Then there was no more movement.

She is dead.

He held that cold hand and howled all the way. His father also clearly felt her temperature on his back getting colder little by little, but he was unwilling to let go no matter what. He walked all the way, tears dripping down his face.

They didn't know that Huichun was just prescribing the most common painkillers as an excuse to send them away.

When I returned to the place where I had always lived, all that was left was a pile of coke.

"Look at your mother, I'm going to make some medicine."

"…hurry up"

My mother was already dead, her heart had stopped beating, and the warmth on her neck was gone. She was really dead.

But the words just couldn't come out of my mouth.

What did he do today? What his parents taught him makes sense, so why should he doubt it and actually lose his temper? This will be a lifetime of guilt.

After finishing the medicine, the broken porcelain jar was brought to her mouth and dripped down the corners of her mouth.

Despair enveloped him, he hugged his mother, and he hugged his partner.

"So many years have passed and so many people have been killed. Isn't there still an explanation?"

"You should keep this sign carefully. It will forever bear the identity of our family. One day I will be gone and you will have to leave and try your best to survive."

He didn't understand the deep meaning of these words, but he still knew the basics, and the day his father mentioned came unexpectedly.

The next day, a tomb was erected on top of the original house, with his father's name engraved at the end of the inscription.

Since then, there has been no news from his father, and he himself disappeared in confusion.
Chapter completed!