long night fire

She grabbed the edge of the bed in a loss of composure, and shouted as if her voice was mostly blocked:

"grandfather!"

……

Under the watchful eyes of townspeople with messy and dirty clothes, Jiang Baimian led the people sent by "Panguan Creatures" through the area where mud houses, brick houses, and tents were chaotically built.

As soon as she walked to the flag-raising platform, she suddenly heard a neat and childish voice from the building in the deepest part of Shuiwei Town:

"On the way of the great way, the world is for the public, the virtuous and capable are selected, and the faith is cultivated.

"The old man does not only care for his relatives, not only his sons for his sons, so that the old will be able to die, the strong will be useful, the young will be strong, and the shy, widowed, lonely, lonely, disabled and sick will all be supported..."

Note 1: Quoted from "Book of Rites"

Chapter 5 Approaching

"The journey of the great way, the world is for the public, selecting the virtuous and capable, preaching faith and repairing harmony..."

Long Yuehong was sitting on the left side of the back row, holding a book and reading in a low voice.

After reading this paragraph, he raised his head and looked forward in doubt:

"Group leader, why doesn't the company teach this ancient prose?

"No one remembers?"

The book in his hand was bought from Shuiwei Town in exchange for food.

At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun was strong, and Jiang Baimian had to wear sunglasses.

She thought for a while and said casually:

"I read it in extracurricular books when I was a child, which means that many people still remember it.

"It's just that the company's senior management may not want everyone to learn this ancient text, lest they all go to pursue the Datong society, which is not conducive to management."

"Isn't it?" Long Yuehong expressed her thoughts, "Although the company has not done the world for the public and selected talents and talents, at least it will allow everyone to die old, be strong and be useful, and be young and strong, er , the reserved, the widowed, the lonely, the lonely, and the sick are all supported."

Halfway through the speech, he kind of forgot his words, so he could only look down at the book again.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"There is a saying that prevents micro-duration.

"Look, employees like you who have not been working for a long time know that the people above often use power for personal gain and cronyism, which shows that everyone still has a scale in their hearts, and they dare not object publicly, but they are all pointing fingers in private.

"If the idea of ​​a Datong society has been accepted from generation to generation, how can they play? How can the big boss transfer power smoothly?"

Long Yuehong was somewhat persuaded, but still felt that it was not that serious:

"Should no one directly object to the top management?

“Everyone is quite satisfied with the current situation.”

Compared with the many wilderness settlements on the gray soil, the interior of "Pangaea" is stable and peaceful. As long as everyone works hard, they will be rewarded to a certain extent, and there is no need to worry about starving to death.

"Not necessarily." Jiang Baimian said while making the jeep turn and go along a small river.

Long Yuehong immediately smiled and said:

"How could someone be willing to make such a big sacrifice just to help everyone fight for their rights?"

After asking back, he subconsciously looked at Shang Jianyao next to him.

He suddenly remembered that his friend and colleague often talked about saving all mankind.

"Yes." Shang Jian Yao looked at him brightly and said.

"..." Long Yuehong felt that she couldn't argue with this guy, so she said instead, "Aren't you sleeping?"

During this period of time, Shang Jianyao would sleep from time to time during the day, as if entering an intermittent hibernation period.

Long Yuehong didn't find it strange. For the past half month, she had been on the road every day, and basically had no other life. Apart from sleeping, chatting, and exercising to restore her body, there was nothing else to do.

"I'm a little tired, wake up and take a rest." Shang Jianyao said the truth that sounded weird.

He often travels into the "Sea of ​​Origin" recently, looking for the second "island".

"Sleeping with you isn't resting?" Long Yuehong cursed with a smile.

He suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and looked at Jiang Baimian's back again:

"Team leader, then why does Shuiwei Town teach this text? You have also seen that their high-level executives have their own little thoughts. They don't want the world to be public, and they don't want people to be alone..."

Jiang Baimian let out a "hmm":

"Probably it is to prevent that from happening that articles like this are put into classrooms.

"Different original intentions resulted in two different choices."

Bai Chen in the co-driver's seat glanced at the team leader, and said in a moderate voice:

"Actually, it's not that complicated.

"When Shuiwei Town was first established, it used whatever textbooks were available. Everyone didn't think too much about it, and then it became a tradition."

Jiang Baimian wanted to look at Bai Chen sadly, but his eyes were completely blocked by the sunglasses.

She laughed dumbly and said:

"You can't tear me down when I'm being reasonable!"

When she said this, she was still in a pretty good mood, because Bai Chen's condition recovered well.

She thought that Tian Erhe's death would make Bai Chen unable to recover for a long time. As a result, after the handover and the day after leaving Shuiwei Town, Bai Chen didn't see anything unusual, but was a little depressed.

In the past few days, she is no different from before.

Jiang Baimian also understands this very well:

Which wilderness wanderer is not used to life and death?

As long as they don't directly collapse or leave psychological problems, they will not be affected by similar things in their daily life soon. Of course, it may be a long time later, when they think back, they will still feel a dull pain deep in their hearts.

After finishing this topic, the jeep fell into silence again.

After half a month, how could there be so much to talk about?

Long Yuehong immediately looked out the window, and saw the low-hanging lead clouds, the withered yellow wilderness, the brown soil, and the mountains and trees in the distance.

Apart from these, there is nothing, not to mention human beings, even animals are stingy about showing signs.

This is the gray winter.

Looking at such a scene for a long time is really depressing and irritating.

In order to rush to Wild Grass City as soon as possible and avoid possible dangers, the "Old Tune Team" chose similar places along the way, and it has been more than half a month so far.

——They took a long and long detour in an unconventional way, and they were delayed for several days because of changes in the environment and bad weather in some places.

"When will I meet someone?" Long Yuehong breathed out slowly.

If this continues, he feels that one day he will go crazy because of it.

"And then? Will you chat with them?" Shang Jianyao asked a little excitedly.

"Uh..." Long Yuehong thought about it carefully, and felt that she should not be so rash, "I just want to see other people, otherwise, I will feel that there are only four of us left in the whole dust."

"Then who do you choose? For the sake of human reproduction, you have to make sacrifices." Shang Jianyao seemed to be imagining the scene in Long Yuehong's hypothesis.

Jiang Baimian was about to stop this guy from continuing, when Bai Chen suddenly said:

"In this season, in the wilderness, it's better not to meet people."

Long Yuehong also has some experience, and said thoughtfully:

"Under such cold weather, the wanderers who have entered the wilderness have no food?"

"Yes. Moreover, their food is seriously insufficient." Jiang Baimian replied.

She immediately sighed:

"At that time, it's okay if they try to rob you, but if you kneel on the side of the road, holding a child, begging, will you save me or not?

"If you choose to save, can you give them food for a few days? How many can you save along the way?

"After the rescue, if they feel that they still can't survive the winter, they decide to take the opportunity to grab you, or even kill you, and make them into food reserves, how would you feel?

"Even if they know how to be grateful, they didn't do so, and turned around for food for the winter, and killed some other people you saved, more pitiful people, would you blame yourself?"

These rhetorical questions were like sharp arrows that accurately pierced Long Yuehong's heart, making his lips twitch, unable to answer.

"Not one of them can be saved." Bai Chen answered instead of him, "Our food is only enough to reach Weed City, and it's winter now."

"Unless you are willing to starve yourself to death, otherwise, it's still out of sight." Jiang Baimian added.

She laughed at herself:

"Personal strength cannot save the dust.

"The founders of the 'Salvation Army' decided to unite after experiencing similar things again and again to establish an organization that is equal and aims to save all mankind.

"They hope to use a strong collective to rebuild the social order and production system as soon as possible, and then use this to accommodate more homeless people, produce more food and other materials, and grow like a snowball.

"such a pity……"

She lamented that the "Salvation Army" established by idealists eventually fell.

"There are always latecomers." Shang Jianyao replied with a solemn expression.

Jiang Baimian did not continue this topic, pursed his lower lip, and said seriously:

"It's time to think about what to eat for dinner."

Hearing this sentence, Long Yuehong's expression immediately collapsed, and Shang Jianyao didn't raise his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth.

They have only three options:

Energy bars, crackers, and military cans.

While these all come in different flavors and varieties, it all boils down to energy bars, crackers, and military cans.

And after eating these things repeatedly every day for more than half a month, when they heard similar topics, they would inevitably feel bad, even a little disgusted.

"When I go back this time, I definitely don't want to eat canned food again." Long Yuehong sighed sincerely.

Those cans are indeed delicious, but who can bear to eat them every day?

Seeing no one answered, Jiang Baimian glanced at the setting sun hanging on the horizon, turned his head to Bai Chen and said:

"Is there any suitable settlement for wilderness wanderers nearby?"

Although the map given by the company marked several well-known settlements in this area, Jiang Baimian felt that it would be more direct, convenient and appropriate to ask Bai Chen.

"Apart from trading food, what other requirements do you have?" Bai Chen asked directly.

She was very sure that the team leader was not the one who would change the itinerary just to change the menu.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"We are going to Wild Grass City in a day or two, so we have to make some preparations in advance.

"You can't just enter the city with such a big swagger, can you?

"Even if the 'Life Sacrifice' sect is not that extreme and powerful, and has no information about our going to Wild Grass City at all, we still have to consider the factors that caused the disappearance of the other 'Old Tune Group'.

"So, it's better to find a suitable gathering place for wanderers in the wilderness, and make some necessary disguises, for example, to mix in the caravan going to Wild Grass City for trading."

Clap, clap, Shang Jianyao applauded sincerely.Long Yuehong also admired from the bottom of her heart that the team leader was thoughtful and thorough.

Bai Chen nodded lightly:

"I understand what you mean.

"Then head to the 'Rootless' camp nearby.

"In winter, they should all be here."

"Rootless?" Long Yuehong made a puzzled voice.

"Are they all eunuchs?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Jiang Baimian also said with interest:

"I've heard of 'Rootless' but don't know much about it, what exactly is it?"