The next morning, Ren Xiaosu woke up early. For some reason, ever since he became a supernatural being, he had become more and more energetic. It felt like there was a fire burning in his body.
He had only slept for four hours last night. But when he woke up, he felt like he had completely recovered.
Wang Fugui took out the food he had brought with him and distributed it to everyone. Now that they had something to eat together, no one was keeping anything to themselves.
Seeing the thousands of refugees starving, the refugees around Ren Xiaosu and the others gulped when they saw Ren Xiaosu and the others eating.
But they could only watch helplessly as they did not dare to ask Ren Xiaosu for food.
No one was stupid. They knew no one would share their food with others at this moment. Instead of getting snubbed, they might as well keep their mouths shut.
Wang Yiheng had managed to scrounge up quite a lot of food on his side, but the problem was that the refugees did not bring much food with them either. Meanwhile, there were more than 600 refugees following Wang Yiheng.
In the end, only Wang Yiheng and a few dozen of his most trusted refugees managed to get anything to eat. The others were still hungry.
"We have to keep moving forward." Wang Yiheng said with a sullen expression, "Brothers who haven't eaten yet, don't worry too much. I believe we should be able to find something to eat up ahead. From today onwards, I'll be eating wild vegetables and tree bark with everyone!"
The refugees who did not manage to get anything to eat complained in their minds. 'Yeah, you're only saying you're going to dig for wild vegetables with everyone after you're full. What were you doing earlier?'
But they did not dare to voice their anger.
Actually, the refugees were not united at all. Just as Ren Xiaosu had said, they were just a motley crew.
Wang Yiheng led the refugees forward. When they started moving, the thousands of refugees behind them also started moving.
Ren Xiaosu was a little puzzled. If he were the one being robbed, he would not have followed Wang Yiheng's group even if he was beaten to death. But this group of refugees was different. After getting robbed, they still had to follow this group of refugees.
"Let's go." Ren Xiaosu looked at Sister Xiaoyu and the others. "Stronghold 109 is still very far away, so we can't afford to relax."
"Mhm." Sister Xiaoyu nodded. Most of the townspeople were stronger than the stronghold residents. They had already suffered all the hardships they had to endure.
At this moment, the students behind Ren Xiaosu stood up. When the female teacher stood up, she cried out in pain and fell back to the ground. Ren Xiaosu turned his head and saw some of the female students trying to help her up. However, the female teacher slowly stood up and said to the students with a smile, "I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me. Let's not fall behind."
A student whispered, "Ms. Jiang, I'm so hungry."
They hadn't eaten for a day and a night. Furthermore, they had gone through a long and arduous escape. It was impossible for them not to be hungry. Some students were even showing symptoms of dizziness.
The female teacher named Jiang Wu was put in a difficult position. She comforted them and said, "Let's keep going forward and we might find something to eat. The people from Stronghold 109 might come to our rescue. If there's really no other choice, I'll pick some wild vegetables for y 'all."
"Teacher, what do wild vegetables look like?" a female student asked curiously.
Ren Xiaosu glanced at the female student and saw she was wearing a gold bracelet on her wrist. If they hadn't been standing close to Ren Xiaosu yesterday, this gold bracelet would have probably been taken away by the refugees.
These children had grown up in a world deliberately protected by the organizations. They did not even know what kind of miserable lives the people outside the stronghold were living, much less what wild vegetables looked like.
However, Jiang Wu was also stumped by the question. She had only heard someone next to her say they wanted to pick wild vegetables to eat, but she did not have the ability to identify wild vegetables. She had never learned how to do so in the stronghold either.
However, Jiang Wu was not stupid either. She secretly pointed at Ren Xiaosu and the others and whispered to the students, "Do you see those people in front of us? They look quite powerful. We'll pick whatever they pick later and eat it."
Ren Xiaosu was still unaware that the female teacher named Jiang Wu behind him had already determined that Ren Xiaosu was the most powerful person among the escapees.
A student said, "Why don't we just ask him to help us?"
Jiang Wu shook her head. "Now that the stronghold is gone, y 'all have to understand that not everyone should help us. We have to save ourselves."
When they set off again, Sister Xiaoyu, Wang Fugui, and Yan Liuyuan were in a much better state of mind than the others. Sister Xiaoyu turned around and glanced at Jiang Wu's group. Then she whispered to Ren Xiaosu with a smile, "There are quite a few beautiful girls among the stronghold students behind us, and they're all around the same age as you. What do you think? I'll help you tell them which one you like. As long as there's food to eat, someone will follow you. "
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Sister Xiaoyu, don't worry about this. We have to get to Stronghold 109 first."
"Alright, alright." Sister Xiaoyu smiled. "But if you change your mind, you can always let me know. I'll help you take care of the children in the future."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu's eyes lit up when he saw a plant on the side of the road. He walked over to the side of the road and uprooted a whole plant.
When Jiang Wu saw this, she whispered to the students, "Go, find a plant that looks exactly like the one he's holding!"
The students were already hungry, so they immediately rushed over to the side of the road.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu said to Wang Fugui, "You mustn't eat this kind of plant. I ate it once two years ago and got diarrhea for three days."
Jiang Wu and the students were speechless when they heard that. One by one, they threw away the plants they had just uprooted.
It was only at this moment that Ren Xiaosu realized the students were copying him. He thought for a moment and suddenly said to Wang Fugui, "That small clump of plant by your feet is called pillow grass, also known as shepherd's purse. It's edible. If you eat it raw, it might taste a little bitter due to the alkaloids in the plant. But compared to surviving, a little bitterness is nothing. "
Wang Fugui wondered why Ren Xiaosu was telling him about this. His family often made shepherd's purse dumplings, so of course they knew it was edible.
However, Ren Xiaosu's words were not meant for him to hear. Jiang Wu glanced at Ren Xiaosu. As she had been observing Ren Xiaosu, she knew very well why Ren Xiaosu had suddenly said this.
He was saying it for her to hear.
Jiang Wu glanced at Ren Xiaosu before turning to the students and saying, "Everyone, go and pick this pillow grass."
When she finished speaking, she looked at Ren Xiaosu and realized he had already led his team away.
Yan Liuyuan, who was next to Ren Xiaosu, said with a smile, "Bro, have you taken a fancy to that female teacher? She's quite pretty. "
Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "I just hope a teacher like her can live a little longer, but that's all."
Jiang Wu must have suffered a lot to escape with a large group of students. In this day and age, no one cared about other people's lives, so who would care about the lives of others?
Ren Xiaosu was selfish, but that did not stop him from admiring Jiang Wu.
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