"Young Marshal, I've heard Commander Zhang mention you before. He said you used to live in town and had a hard time, right?" Big Bluff said as he sized up the escapees outside the stronghold.
They did not directly deliver the potatoes to the escapees. Instead, they walked among the tens of thousands of escapees and observed their hunger.
At this moment, the escapees were all as thin as a stick. This meant their bodies had depleted all the glycogen in their liver, and even their fat had been depleted.
Some of the makeshift shacks stank to the nose as the people inside had died at some point in time. There were also some who were clutching their stomachs in excruciating pain. It was either because they had eaten something hard and damaged their stomachs, or their stomachs had ulcerated or even perforated.
Ren Xiaosu answered, "My days in Stronghold 113 were indeed tough, but not to this extent. That's because I've been living in that environment all this time, so I learned how to forage for food from others. That's why I didn't starve to death. As for these stronghold residents, they didn't have any survival skills in the wilderness. They might have died before they could adapt to the environment. "
Big Bluff chuckled and said, "Commander Zhang said you had a tough time at that time. He even said he saw you giving the cornbread you earned from mining to your brother with his own eyes. Then you went outside the shack and secretly chewed on tree roots so your brother wouldn't see you."
When Ren Xiaosu heard this, he recalled that he probably did not even know how to hunt at that time and could only work in the coal mines with the adults. However, he was still young and weak, so the cornbread he earned was only enough for one person to eat.
However, he smiled and replied, "Speaking of which, it was indeed tough back then. But now that I think about it, it's one of the happiest times I've had in the past decade."
"Young Marshal, do you know why Commander Zhang chose you as a candidate to be the next commander?" Big Bluff asked with a smile.
"Why?" Actually, this was something that Ren Xiaosu had always been puzzled about.
"Because he saw many precious qualities in you that not many people have." Big Bluff did not go into detail, but it seemed like the reason was hidden in their time in town.
At this time, Ren Xiaosu saw a child hiding in the shack staring at him and Big Bluff. He suddenly squatted at the door of the shack and looked at the child through the gap of the curtain.
It was as if he could see the young Yan Liuyuan again. At that time, Little Liuyuan had yet to become the owner of the grasslands.
Ren Xiaosu took out a few milk candies from his storage space and spread them on his palm. The child was too timid to reach out for them.
"Let's eat," said Ren Xiaosu.
The child in the shack quickly grabbed the candy from Ren Xiaosu's hand, but he did not eat it. Instead, he hid it in his coat pocket, as if he wanted to share it with others.
Ren Xiaosu looked at the other shacks around him and said to the child, "If you don't eat it now, someone will come and snatch it from you as soon as I leave. You might have the courage to protect them, but you don't have the ability to do so yet. Let's eat it."
After hearing what Ren Xiaosu said, the child fell into deep thought. Then he peeled off seven or eight pieces of milk candies and stuffed them all into his mouth.
Ren Xiaosu smiled. "Smart."
At this moment, quite a few escapees were already looking at him and Big Bluff. They wanted to surround them and beg for food, but they were too timid to approach them.
Ren Xiaosu did not go and distribute the potatoes to these people. Instead, he started a campfire and threw a few potatoes into the fire to roast.
He and Big Bluff calmly sat by the campfire as more and more escapees gathered around them. They gulped as they watched the fire.
More than 20 minutes later, Ren Xiaosu used his black saber to pull the potatoes out of the fire. He did not hide his identity as a supernatural being at all. This made the escapees feel fear and awe at the same time.
"I can see that y 'all are very hungry. Why don't you distribute these potatoes among yourselves?" Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
When they heard this, the escapees immediately pounced on them.
The potatoes were scalding hot, but these escapees were unwilling to let go of the potatoes even though they were enduring the pain of being scalded.
There were probably several hundred escapees surrounding them, but there were only six or seven potatoes. It was not enough to go around.
When the first escapee broke open a potato, the aroma immediately spread through the crowd. Everyone got caught up in a frenzy as they fought for the potatoes.
Very soon, all the potatoes were snatched away. Many of the escapees were bruised and swollen in the process of fighting for the potatoes. They looked at Ren Xiaosu as though they were asking silently, "Are there any more?"
Ren Xiaosu looked at them quietly. Of course he had a lot of potatoes. For the sake of abducting people on this trip, he had even filled up half of his storage space with potatoes.
But Ren Xiaosu spread his hands and said, "There's no more. That's all I have."
Everyone looked disappointed, but no one dared to question him. Suddenly, a man pushed his way through the crowd and walked out. He pointed a gun at Ren Xiaosu and said, "You must have some other food on you. Hand it over. Otherwise, even if you're a supernatural being, you won't be able to withstand a bullet."
Normally, even if a normal person had a gun, they might not dare to threaten a supernatural being like this. But this man was so hungry that he could not take it anymore.
When the man saw that Ren Xiaosu did not budge, he raised his voice and said, "Didn't you hear what I said?! Take out your pockets and let me see what else you have in there! Do you have any compressed biscuits or chocolate? Candy is fine too. I saw you giving that kid some milk candy just now! "
But just as he finished speaking, Big Bluff, who was standing next to Ren Xiaosu, suddenly jumped up like a cheetah. The man only saw a blur before the gun in his hand was snatched away by Big Bluff.
Big Bluff fiddled with the gun as he sat back down next to the campfire. Then with a flick of his wrist, the gun in his hand scattered into a pile of parts.
Ren Xiaosu glanced at it. There were no bullets in the gun, so it looked like it had been used up on the way here. The man was only holding it in his hand to scare people.
Someone next to him muttered, "So his gun is already out of bullets. Let's see if he still dares to rob others in the future!"
"Fuck, I've had enough of him these past few days. Since he's out of guns …."
When the man saw the hostile looks from the escapees around him, he turned around and ran out of the crowd, not daring to stay any longer.
Ren Xiaosu smiled and said, "Are there any more evildoers around here? I can help you guys take revenge."
The Northwest region was indeed lacking in population and manpower. However, Ren Xiaosu did not have a good impression of these people who bullied the weak and feared the strong. People like them did not deserve to prosper in the Northwest region, so he might as well get rid of them now.
One of the escapees replied, "No, he's the only one around here."
Ren Xiaosu nodded. "That's good."
One of the escapees said softly, "Do you still have any potatoes? My child has been starving for three days. I beg of you, please give him something to eat. You look like a good person. If it wasn't for the child, I wouldn't have asked you for this. Please. "
Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "It's true that I don't have any food with me, but I know where I can find some. If you guys want to eat to survive, you can come with me."
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