HCB Chapter 217: Finding a Food Storage Point
Chapter 217: Finding a Food Storage Point
"Is there really no food left in Jiaxing City? Brother, I understand what you mean now!" Jiang Jiyun looked at his elder brother deeply, then reached out and grabbed Jiang Wenming, and they walked out quickly together.
They knew that they had to find a place that no one else would expect to find in order to safely take out the food in the space, and the quantity had to be enough for the people in the city and the Xinsijun.
Jiang Jiyun thought she understood what her brother meant, so the uncle and nephew held hands and wandered aimlessly in the city.
Jiang Jiyuan looked at the two people who walked out in confusion. What did her sister mean by her last words? Why didn't he know what he said?
After walking for a long time, the uncle and nephew each held a black steamed bun in their hands. They ate it voraciously to fill their stomachs temporarily, while looking around.
"Did we actually sleep for a whole day? Look, the sun is about to set!" Jiang Jiyun raised his head and said as he looked at the setting sun in the west.
"Well, that's about right. But there seems to be no suitable place to store food in this city. How about we go to the big courtyard in front and have a look?" Jiang Wenming raised his hand and pointed to a large courtyard not far ahead.
Jiang Jiyun stood on tiptoe to take a look and shook his head, saying, "That place definitely won't work. Such a conspicuous big house must be the old house of some wealthy family. Let's look for another place."
After saying that, she pulled Jiang Wenming up and continued walking in another direction.
"Uncle Wenming, how about this? We split into two groups and each look for clues. How about this to pass on the message?" Jiang Jiyun said as he stared at the road in front of him that was divided into two, then turned to look at Jiang Wenming beside him.
Jiang Wenming took the whistle she handed over, frowned slightly, and asked worriedly, "Are you so confident that you can go looking for it by yourself? Aren't you afraid of getting lost and not being able to find your way back?"
Jiang Jiyun smiled slightly, waved the whistle in his hand and said, "Isn't there a whistle here? If I really can't find the way back, just blow it, and you can follow the sound to find where I am!"
"The situation in the city is relatively stable today. Nothing should go wrong. Let's split up and act accordingly!" After saying that, she hung the whistle around her neck and walked towards the road next to her without hesitation.
Jiang Wenming looked at her back as she walked away, shook his head helplessly, and then decided to go to the mansion to check it out first.
He thought to himself: Maybe the owner of this house had already escaped before the Japanese attacked the city.
On the other side, Jiang Jiyun was walking slowly and leisurely.
When she saw a large house with an ancient charm, she immediately became interested and hurried forward to take a look.
She looked up and carefully examined the sign hanging on the wall, thinking to herself: This must have been the office of some institution.
However, the tightly closed vermilion door seemed like an invisible barrier, blocking her further plans.
Jiang Jiyun hesitated for a moment, but finally turned around and continued walking forward.
Not long after she walked, she suddenly noticed a dozen men in long gowns walking towards the door of the big house in the distance.
She saw dark red spots on the hems of those people's long gowns, and could faintly smell the smell of blood when the men walked past.
Jiang Jiyun pretended to walk slowly and listened attentively to see where these people were going.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"
"Tuk-tuk!"
"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"
"Squeak~"
Jiang Jiyun couldn't help but look back and saw the red gate open, and only saw the backs of the group of people going in.
"Bang!" The door slammed shut after those people went in.
Jiang Jiyun looked at the mansion in confusion. "Are they from Juntong? That's not right. Now that the KMT and the CPC are cooperating, fighting the Japanese is everyone's common goal. Why are they being so sneaky?"
After walking around the foot of the courtyard wall, I finally found a small hole covered with dead grass in a remote corner.
"No, the entrance to the cave is a little small, and I'm wearing too many clothes. It seems I can't crawl in!" Jiang Jiyun sighed as he looked at the narrow entrance to the cave.
It wasn't completely dark yet, so she couldn't get out her drone yet.
Suddenly she heard a group of footsteps running towards her. Those people were wearing ordinary people's clothes. When they saw Jiang Jiyun, a little child sitting in the corner, they just glanced at her indifferently.
"Little beggar, get away from here. Little beggars are not allowed to come near here, otherwise I will break your legs!" A man in the group walked over and yelled at Jiang Jiyun.
Jiang Jiyun pretended to be scared, got up and ran, looking back as he ran.
The group of people also moved forward, so she hid aside and watched them enter the red gate.
"Why are there bow legs? Could those people be Japanese? I remember seeing him walk like this in a funny anti-Japanese war movie starring Teacher Pan, but his walk was more exaggerated than this person's." Thinking of this, Jiang Jiyun's heart skipped a beat.
She had to go back and tell her eldest brother to ask them to come and check. As she walked, she felt that the road was different from the previous one.
Jiang Jiyun could only sigh and turn back. At this moment, she heard a crying voice coming from the side: "Mom, Mom, I'm hungry..."
Following the faint and intermittent sound, Jiang Jiyun moved his feet, and his eyes finally fixed on the house not far away that was bombed beyond recognition.
The once sturdy house now only has a few crumbling walls left, as if it would collapse completely at the slightest breeze.
In the corner of the room, there were two tattered boards leaning against the gap in the wall. Upon closer inspection, one could see someone curled up inside.
When the person inside noticed someone approaching through the gap, she saw her holding a hatchet tightly, staring at Jiang Jiyun who was cautiously peeking at the door with vigilant eyes.
When she saw that the person coming was just a child, the woman's tense nerves relaxed instantly and she breathed a long sigh of relief.
It was only then that Jiang Jiyun realized that there was a child next to her. The child looked thin and small, and so fragile that people couldn't help but feel pity for him.
Jiang Jiyun stood where he was, quietly observing the scene in front of him. What he heard just now should be the child shouting, but he only understood that he meant that he was hungry.
Thinking of this, she quickly reached into her small bag and took out a few black buns, then walked up quickly and said, "Auntie, this is for you."
The woman looked at the child in front of her, then lowered her head to look at the steamed bun in her hand, with a trace of pity on her face. She said softly: "Child, keep it for yourself! We can't take your food. You have to live too. Food is too hard to buy now."
Jiang Jiyun didn't say anything, but just silently cast his gaze at the little boy with a big head but a skinny body.
Looking at the little face that looked pale and weak due to hunger, her eyes gradually became moist.
Then she gently put down the steamed bun, turned around and ran away.
She really couldn't continue to face such a heartbreaking scene. Although she had been here for a long time, her heart would still be deeply hurt every time she witnessed such a tragic scene.