Chapter 1047, The Great Renaissance Northwest Underway

“Major, I’ve heard Commander Zhang mention it, he said that you used to live in the market town and had a hard time, is that right?” Daxing said as he surveyed the refugees outside the barriers.

They didn’t go directly to deliver potatoes to these refugees, but walked amongst the tens of thousands of refugees, observing the starvation of these people.

At this moment, the refugees were all bone-thin, indicating that their bodies had already consumed all the liver glycogen in their bodies, and even the fat was almost consumed.

The stench in some of the makeshift shacks was overwhelming, and the people inside did not know when they had already died, while others were covering their stomachs in pain, which was either they had eaten something raw and hard that had destroyed their intestines, or their stomachs had been ulcerated or even perforated.

Ren Xiaosu replied, ”It’s true that the days were hard when I was in the 113th market town, but they weren’t as hard as this, because I’ve been in that environment, so I’ve learned a few skills from others to find food, and I didn’t starve to death. And these walled people who first met a great disaster and have little wild survival skills of their own, it is likely that they will die violently before they can adapt to the environment.”

The big lug smiled cheerfully, “The commander said that you were suffering at the time, and he also said that he once witnessed you giving the nest egg you exchanged for digging to your younger brother to eat, and then went outside the shack to secretly chew on a tree root by yourself, not letting your younger brother see it.”

Ren Xiaosu also fell into memories when he heard this, I’m afraid he didn’t even know how to hunt at that time, he could only work in the coal mines with adults, but he was young and weak, and the nest egg he earned from his work was only enough for one person to eat.

However, he smiled and responded, “Speaking of that time, it was indeed bitter, but looking back, I always feel that it was one of the happiest times in my more than ten years.”

“Does Major know why Commander Zhang chose you to be the candidate for the next commander?” The big lug asked with a smile.

“Why?” This was actually something Ren Xiaosu had always been puzzled by.

“Because he saw many precious qualities in you, that many people don’t have,” Big Huyao didn’t continue to go into details, but it seemed that the reasons were hidden in that time in the marketplace.

At this time Ren Xiaosu saw a small child hiding in the shack looking blearily at himself and Big Huyao, he suddenly squatted in the doorway of the shack and locked eyes with the child through the gap in the curtain.

It was as if he saw Yan Liu Yuan as a young child again, the little Liu Yuan of that time had not yet become the present day grassland master.

Ren Xiaosu took out a few milk candies from the storage space and spread them in his palm, the child timidly not daring to reach out for them.

“Eat,” Ren Xiaosu said.

The little child in the shack hurriedly grabbed the milk candies from Ren Xiaosu’s hands, but he didn’t eat them and hid them in his jacket pocket, as if he wanted to save them to share with others.

Ren Xiaosu looked around at the other shacks, then said to the little child, “If you don’t eat it now, when I leave there will immediately be people who will come to grab it, maybe you already have the courage to guard them, but you don’t have the ability to guard them yet, eat it.”

The little child listened to Ren Xiaosu’s words and pondered, then he peeled off seven or eight milk candies and stuffed them all into his mouth in one gulp.

Ren Xiaosu smiled, “Smart.”

By this time, there were already quite a few refugees looking toward him and Big Huyou, wanting to gather around and beg for food, but cowering and never daring to come forward.

Ren Xiaosu didn’t go to distribute potatoes to these people, but instead immediately raised a bonfire in the same spot, then threw a few potatoes into the fire to sizzle.

He and Big Snob sat calmly by the bonfire, and more and more refugees gathered around them, gulping their saliva while looking at the bonfire.

After more than twenty minutes, Ren Xiaosu took a black knife and plucked the potatoes out of the bonfire, he didn’t hide his Transcendent’s identity at all, which made the refugees fearful and in awe.

“I see that you’re all hungry, share these potatoes,” Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.

Hearing this, the refugees immediately pounced on them.

The potatoes were hot, but these refugees were unwilling to let go even if they endured the pain of being burned.

The refugees that surrounded them were afraid that there were several hundred of them, but there were only six or seven potatoes, which was simply not enough to share.

The moment the first refugee broke open the potatoes, the scent spread throughout the crowd, and everyone fell into a frantic scramble.

Soon, the potatoes were snatched up, and many of the refugees became bruised and swollen in the process of scrambling for the potatoes, as they looked towards Ren Xiaosu, seemingly asking in a silent voice: Is there any more?

Ren Xiaosu silently looked at them, of course there were plenty of potatoes, he had even filled half of the storage space with potatoes for this trip to abduct people.

But Ren Xiaosu spread his hands and said, “No more, that’s all the potatoes.”

Everyone showed disappointment, but no one dared to question anything, suddenly a man pushed aside the crowd and walked out, still holding a pistol in his hand pointing at Ren Xiaosu: “You must have other food on you, hand it over, or else you can’t stop the bullets even if you’re a Transcendent.”

If in normal times, an ordinary person may not dare to threaten a Transcendent in this way even if they have a gun in their hands, but this hanyou’s hunger was too much to bear.

Seeing that Ren Xiaosu was not moving, the hanyou raised his voice: “Didn’t you hear what I said? Empty out your pockets and let me see what else is in there! Are there any compressed cookies and chocolates? Sugar is fine, I just saw you give that little kid milk candy!”

But as soon as the words fell, the big lout beside Ren Xiaosu suddenly leaped up like a cheetah, and the man only felt his eyes blinking, and the firearm in his hand was seized by the big lout into his hand.

Big Huyao played with the pistol and sat back by the campfire, then with a flick of his wrist, the firearm in his hand was scattered into a pile of parts.

Ren Xiaosu swept a glance, this pistol does not have bullets, looks like the escape road has been used up, this man holding in the hand is just pretending to scare people.

Next to him, someone else whispered, “So there are no more bullets in his gun, let’s see if he dares to rob others in the future!”

“Damn, these days are really fed up with him, since he no longer has a gun ……”

Seeing that the surrounding refugees’ eyes were not kind, that hanyou actually turned around and ran towards the outside of the crowd, no longer daring to stay longer.

Ren Xiaosu smiled and said, “Is there any more of this kind of evil people around here, I can help you guys get your revenge together.”

The Northwest is indeed lacking in population lacking in labor, but Ren Xiaosu doesn’t have any good feelings towards this kind of bullying players in the refugee team, this kind of people are not worthy of the Great Rising Northwest, might as well clean it out first while it’s still here.

The refugee replied, “No more, he’s the only one in the neighborhood.”

Ren Xiaosu nodded, “That’s good.”

A refugee whispered, “Do you still have potatoes, my child has been starving for three days, please give him a bite to eat. You seem like a good person, if it wasn’t for my child, I wouldn’t have opened this mouth for you, please.”

Ren Xiaosu heartlessly shook his head, “It’s true that I don’t have any more food on me, but I know where there is food, if you want to eat and live, you can follow me.”