After He Kang heard what the system said, he was worried for a moment.
There were still dozens of cannonballs left, and he couldn't find the target for the time being.
"I have no choice but to dig a hole and bury it.”
After burying the shell, He Kang walked forward aimlessly.
After walking for more than three hours, it was already noon. Just as he was about to sit down and eat some canned beef, he was about to eat.
Suddenly, a mournful cry came from ahead.
He Kang stood up and walked a few hundred meters. He saw the bodies of more than ten children on the open space in front of him.
In front of each corpse, there was a middle-aged woman crying her heart out.
The villagers beside him were discussing animatedly.
" Damn those Japanese! They stole our food, not only did they kill our poultry, they even killed our children!"
After listening to the villagers, He Kang finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that three hours ago, some Japanese came to the village to sweep the area.
Because it came too suddenly, the villagers did not react in time, resulting in such a tragedy.
At this moment, an old man holding a walking stick came in front of He Kang.
"Kid, who are you? What are you doing here?"
Just as He Kang was about to speak, his stomach suddenly made a rumbling sound.
"Let's go!" The old man smiled bitterly. I'll take you back for lunch."
He Kang didn't lack food, but he wanted to see how the villagers lived after the Japanese wiped out the village.
The old man was called Niu San, the chief of Niu Village.
A year ago, Niu Village still had more than a thousand villagers, and it was a large village that spanned ten miles and eight villages.
However, after being wiped out by the Japanese three or four times this year, there were only about 70 households left. Some died, some fled, and only the elderly, women, and children were left.
"Grandpa Niu, are you eating this?”
After He Kang finished speaking, the two middle-aged women looked at him in confusion.
"Little kid!" Niu San smiled bitterly. It's not bad to have tree bark to eat! In a few days, there wouldn't even be tree bark to eat!”
After hearing Niu San's words, He Kang realized that he had said something wrong.
This year was a year of great drought. Not only did the Zhuang family not have a harvest, but the little grain they had was also snatched away by the Japanese.
Niu Sanjia was considered to be in a good state. Like most of the villagers, not only were their houses burned down, but even their children were not spared.
After a while, Niu San brought out a bowl of wild vegetable soup. In fact, there were only a few leaves.
"Little doll, there's a little salt in the soup!”
In this war-torn era, salt was an important strategic resource, and its price was very expensive.
Only when they received important guests would the host add a little salt.
He Kang drank the wild vegetable soup without saying anything.
In the end, her stomach was still growling.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman came in with a pot of soup.
Inside were tree bark and some unknown wild vegetables.
"Little doll, you're not full yet, right? Eating some tree bark and wild vegetables was better than starving.”
Niu San reminded.
He Kang scooped some tree bark, wild vegetables, and some soup with a spoon.
The moment he drank the soup, there was a bitter taste that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
It caused his tongue to temporarily lose its sense of taste.
"Little child, this big piece of tree bark is for you to eat. My teeth are not good, so I can only drink soup.”
He Kang didn't refuse because the amount of tree bark was limited, but the old man gave him the biggest one to eat.
The bitter and numb tree bark was forcefully swallowed by He Kang.
Looking at the middle-aged woman and the old man drinking the bitter soup, He Kang honestly felt very uncomfortable.
He stood up and said," Aunties, Grandpa Niu, wait a moment. I'll go to the village entrance to get you something to eat."”
After He Kang finished speaking, he quickly ran out of the village and came to an empty place. He took out two canned meat from his backpack.
The canned food weighed four kilograms, and there were four pieces of fat in total, each weighing one kilogram.
In this era of war where there was an extreme lack of oil and water, it could provide enough fat for the people.
However, just as he entered the village with the canned food, a carriage appeared beside the empty space.
Four middle-aged men stood on the carriage and shouted,""Amy, it's time to change things! Xiao Mi, it's time to change things..."
All of a sudden, the villagers gathered around.
"Auntie, are you changing Amy? A girl for 20 catties of millet, a boy for 30 catties of millet.”
A middle-aged man in the carriage said.
The middle-aged woman gritted her teeth and looked at her six-year-old daughter. Finally, she said one word.
"Change."
As the saying went, the children of the poor would take care of their families early. Some little girls and boys would take the initiative to ask their parents and grandparents to change.
This way, his family could survive.
The middle-aged men were very happy. They could earn a lot of money by doing this.
"Stop!"
He Kang walked over and said.
"Yo! This child is fair and chubby. I, Dao Ba, will add 30 catties of millet.”
For a moment, the villagers looked at each other, indicating that they did not know this child.
Dao Ba jumped off the carriage and said happily,"In that case, you can save me 30 catties of millet.”
"Aren't you afraid that the soldiers of the flower family will kill you for doing this in broad daylight?”
He Kang said angrily.
" Little kid, don't threaten me with the warrior of the flower family. When I bring you back, I'll break your legs and bring you to Shanghai to beg. You'll definitely earn a lot of money…"
Dao Ba took out a handkerchief and smeared it with medicine that could make people faint.
At this moment, He Kang threw away the canned meat in his hand and quickly took out the shell gun at his waist.
"Pa pa pa, pa…"
The sound of the gunshot scared the villagers so much that they lay on the ground and trembled.
As for the arrogant Dao Ba, his body was covered in holes.
The three middle-aged men in the carriage took out their daggers and jumped down, but they were also killed by He Kang.
For a moment, the villagers present were so scared that they did not even dare to breathe loudly, afraid that they would be killed by the child.
"Damn it, you even said that you'll break my legs. This is the result of provoking me.”
After muttering for a while, He Kang put the shell spear back at his waist.
Arriving in front of the carriage, he picked up a bag of millet that weighed 30 catties and two cans of fatty meat on the ground before walking towards Niu San's house.
Some of the villagers who reacted quickly came to the carriage, picked up Xiaomi, and ran home.
"Grandpa Niu, I'm back!"
After He Kang finished speaking, he placed the millet beside the table and the canned meat on the table.
Niu San and his two daughters were confused.
"Grandpa Niu, Auntie Niu, this is a kind of canned food. It's like meat that's been developed in a jar. I'll open one for you.”
After He Kang finished speaking, he opened a can of fatty meat and took out a large piece of snow-white fatty meat with his hand.
The fragrance of the meat made Niu San and his two daughters drool.
"This is called canned meat. You guys have one piece.”
He Kang, who was starving, took out a large piece of fat meat and ate half of it in two or three bites. His mouth was full of oil.
Niu San swallowed his saliva. Although his teeth were not good, he still took a bite of the fat.
When he swallowed the fat, he said,"The oil in my throat feels so good when it flows into my stomach.”
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