Between life and death [unlimited]

Old George didn't panic when he heard Si Yufeng mention Joanna and George Jr., the expression on his face remained unchanged, as if he expected it.

He sighed and said, "Well, since you already know, uncle will tell you these things in advance. Even if you don't ask, uncle will explain everything to you sooner or later."

George Sr. recalled the first time he saw his wife that year. His eyes with cataracts were like a starry sky, full of twinkling lights.

"My Joanna," Old George sighed, "she is the most beautiful woman in the world. No words can describe her beauty. When I saw her in the crowd, I was deeply moved by her. Attracted, I knew that my wife was her."

Joanna from South America, like all the girls in her hometown, possesses unmatched courage. She dared to come to the distant country M alone when she was just a teenager.After meeting George, George started a frantic pursuit of her.

When the passionate South American rose met the passionate flames of M country, Joanna and George soon fell in love, and shortly after they got married, they had the crystallization of love again.

The innocent girl thought that she would spend the rest of her life happily in this way for decades, but the torrent of fate became swift and tortuous quietly, and unstoppable bad luck suddenly fell on this young mother.

When Joanna was about to give birth, the entire Poratello area and surrounding areas fell into a huge famine.Even though there were no natural disasters, the seeds planted in the ground could no longer grow food for some reason, and all plants stopped growing, and even large areas of the forest began to dry up and become barren.

In desperation, George had to leave all the food at home to Joanna, who was about to give birth, and set foot on the road to seek help from her distant sister's house alone.

At first, Joanna felt that these problems would be solved soon, but as time went by, the residents had less and less food, and it was even more impossible to feed the livestock in the town, so they began to slaughter the livestock. After eating up, the remaining residents can only rely on the previous grain storage to survive.

At that time, all the young people who could escape to ask for help escaped, but there was no food in other areas, so how could anyone be willing to help them?

In such a harsh environment, Joanna gave birth to little George ahead of the due date.

Looking at the baby who kept crying because of hunger, Joanna felt as sad as a knife.Now she only has some wild vegetables and bark to eat, how can a newborn child eat these things?In desperation, she had no choice but to boil the only food into a paste, watching little George devour it greedily and vomit with nausea at the same time.

This is the daily life of the residents staying in the Polatello area. Joanna, who has no milk, waits helplessly for George's return day after day.

Looking at little George, who was suffering from birth in his arms, he was severely malnourished, and his body was just about the size of Joanna's palm.

All the food stored at home was eaten up, and no food could be borrowed from neighbors. Even Joanna herself was starved for two days. Little George lay obediently in his mother's arms, dying.

However, how could a young mother have the heart to watch her child starve to death?

She had already made up her mind, and recalling the rumors she had heard in her childhood, Joanna decided to do something for her child.So, in the middle of the night, she carried little George, who was only exhaling but not breathing, to the edge of the gravel beach.

The cold moonlight shone on the painful young mother's face. There was no light in her eyes, as if she couldn't see her future.Joanna began to recite those ancient and uncommon byte pronunciations according to her childhood memory.

Dots of red light suddenly lit up around her. After reciting the lengthy incantation, Joanna reluctantly glanced at the child in her arms, and then decisively threw little George into the water.

The sound of "Boom" was the sound of little George sinking into the water, and those red dots were always shrouded in the position where little George entered the water, like the most loyal guardian, never leaving.

After a few seconds, the river seemed to be boiling, and the water splashed continuously against the nearby rocks, making loud noises. These noises seemed to be deliberately concealing some weird sounds mixed in.

Joanna, expressionless, ignored the voice behind her.

After all, this beautiful girl from South America who mastered witchcraft is just a young child in her twenties...

When old George finally borrowed grain from his sister's house, after going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally transported the grain back home, he realized that everything had changed.

His beautiful and kind South American wife was burned at the stake by other residents of the town, and she died long ago.

The reason is that in order to save George's life, she transformed him into a monster -- "The Son of the River" through ancient witchcraft.

The Son of the River no longer needs breastfeeding, can forage for food by himself, and has extremely tenacious vitality. Little George has changed his way to continue to survive.

The other women in the town somehow learned that Joanna could change their child's life to continue to live, and they all ran to beg Joanna to save their child as well.

At first, Joanna was very reluctant, but she couldn't bear the tears from others, and combined with her previous painful experience, she had no choice but to nod and agree to the request of these mothers.

But after turning all the children into "sons of the river", the residents of the town discovered another more terrifying fact.

The children of the river are indeed tenacious and will actively forage for food, but their foraging objects are actually human beings!

The residents who heard the news felt that they had been tricked by Joanna, and they believed her, a witch from South America, and allowed her to turn her child into a man-eating monster!

So, under the mobilization of most irrational residents, a trial about Joanna began, and she was eventually burned at the stake.

"So...the survivors are all the residents who didn't try Joanna at that time? The residents who had been tried were..." Si Yufeng asked with some difficulty.

Then the locked up people he saw before should all be the residents who advocated the trial of Joanna at that time.

No matter what he thought, he felt a chill down his back.Old George really didn't match his personality at all. He seemed to be such a kind old man, but he didn't expect to use such cruel methods to tie up those who had bullied his wife and use them all as food for his son in the future.

Since Si Yufeng knew about the existence of Joanna and Little George, it is not surprising that he knew about the existence of those residents, so Old George nodded calmly and replied: "Yes, my nephew. This matter has been resolved. I don't know who is right and who is wrong, your uncle has done so many wrong things, he should go to hell after death. I don't need anyone's salvation, I just hope that Joanna can live better in her next life."

"Then have you ever thought that 'food' will be eaten sooner or later." Si Yufeng asked, but he still got goose bumps when comparing living humans to daily food.

Old George sighed: "Oh... I know, it will be a matter of time, and the gold and silver will be eaten up one day. So, I can tell you all this with peace of mind..."

"So, you want me to inherit your inheritance and at the same time be responsible to those sons of the river?"

Si Yufeng thought to himself, this is finding a new baby daddy for his own son, old George made a good plan.

Old George cast his cloudy eyes on Si Yufeng, and he said earnestly: "My inheritance is a huge amount, enough for you and your family to live for two lifetimes without doing anything. As long as you promise me It’s a small request, and you don’t have to feed them every day, two or three times a week is enough.”

"What should I do if that person eats up in the end?" Si Yufeng asked the same question as before.

"Oh..." Old George shook his head helplessly: "I have considered it too, but what can I do? The cursed people in our town have no next generation. If they eat up all of them in the end, you can Use money to buy slaves or death row prisoners..."

"..." Seeing that Old George was about to turn him into a "human trafficker" in his plan, Si Yufeng couldn't help but interrupt him.

At this point in the mission, the background knowledge is basically mastered. It is not that Si Yufeng has no ideas. He thought about the wording, and interjected: "Perhaps there are other ways to solve the problem besides this method."

"What method?" Old George really stopped talking, he was a little curious about the thoughts of his quick-thinking nephew.

Si Yufeng asked, "One of the prerequisites for becoming a son of the river must be a drowned baby, right?"

"Yes, only such a pure soul can become a spirit after death."

Si Yufeng continued to add: "This is an extreme measure taken by a young mother to avoid starving her newborn child to death... Don't you think that apart from cannibalism, these young children of the river might also eat some food?" Anything else?"

"We have tried, they don't eat the meat of animals or dead people at all." Old George sighed: "And they can only eat fresh, freshly dead meat. It's like flowers in a greenhouse. cause any harm."

"I don't mean meat."

After being touched by Si Yufeng, old George suddenly had an idea in his mind, and he quickly reacted: "Could it be that they can also eat breast milk as newborn babies?!"

"This is just my speculation," Si Yufeng said, "It has yet to be verified."

However, considering the content of this mission, Si Yufeng felt that the answer was very close.

Although it was still early in the morning, Old George couldn't stand it anymore. He got up and urged his nephew: "Come on, let's find some breast milk and try it!"

Si Yufeng just wanted to finish the task earlier, he looked at the bright sky outside the window, and stabilized the poor old George, "Uncle, just leave this job to me, I'll go to the next town to find out if there are any fresh ones." You can buy breast milk."

In the end, Si Yufeng drove Old George's car to other small towns hundreds of kilometers away, and it took a lot of effort to buy fresh breast milk.

When he handed over the money, the woman selling breast milk looked at him teasingly: "Don't worry, I won't reveal this matter..."

She greedily looked at the stack in Si Yufeng's hand, and she estimated that it was tens of thousands of cash thick: "Rich people have special hobbies, I understand. Handsome guy, come to me again if you need it~"

Si Yufeng couldn't help but have black lines all over his head. He was regarded as a pervert with some unspeakable hobbies...

But he didn't have time to take care of so much. After buying it, he drove back to the old George's house with full power. After that, he borrowed a cart from the John and his wife who were opposite. After hearing his thoughts, the John and his wife planned to follow him to the forest to see Let's see if this guess works.

When Si Yufeng, a stranger, approached the habitat of the son of the river, countless pairs of green eyes appeared from the dark bushes, and he had a feeling of breaking into the cave where the bats lived alone out of thin air.

Aunt Olivia picked up a can of breast milk on the car and put it in the place where she usually feeds. She greeted skillfully: "Children, dinner is ready! Take a look at the food we brought this time, do you like it?" dislike?"

The real little George, who is the leader of the children of the river, carefully moved to the side of the jar, poked his head out and sniffed at the mouth of the jar. It seemed to be okay, and he stretched out his long tongue to lick it again. Check out the breastmilk inside.

Everyone at the scene watched the development of the situation nervously.

After the real little George took a sip, he seemed to think about it for a while, and seemed to think it was quite delicious, so he took another sip.At this time, the other sons of the river behind it also came forward, buried their heads around the scattered jars and drank.

Seeing this scene, old George was so excited that he burst into tears, and John and his wife also hugged each other and cried.

Si Yufeng knew in his heart that he had succeeded.

Within a few seconds, he really heard the familiar electronically synthesized sound.

【Ding!Congratulations to player Si Yufeng for completing the special mission: Son of the River! 】

[Task completion: 100%]

[Basic reward: 50 gold coins]

[Outstanding performance reward: Survival time 1 day]

[The game is over, and the player will be sent back to the living space within 5 seconds. 】

It was the familiar teleportation process again, and in the haze, Si Yufeng thought compassionately: while they are monsters, they are also a group of poor children who have just been born and have no milk to eat.