Urban Sims

When Zhou Ming was five years old.

Famine, a severe famine.

God has only had a little rain for six consecutive months. The land is cracked, the river is dry, the leaves are yellow and withered, and almost all the crops in the field are dead.

There was almost no food harvest.

I don’t know how Zhou Ming survived this year. Except for drinking some gruel in the morning so that you could see the bottom of the bowl clearly, most of the rest of the time, Zhou Ming lay on the straw mat with his parents and sister, his body motionless. The brain stops thinking and minimizes energy consumption.

This kind of life only lasted for three months, and Zhou Ming, who was swollen all over his body, realized that this was not going to work. If he continued like this, he would really die.

There are many fish in the river near the town, and many wild rabbits on the mountain, because they are rarely caught by people, these things will not run around when they see people, they are very stupid...

Zhou Ming walked out of the house.

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The small river in front of the town was bustling with people.

"Lord, this damned untouchable actually stole your fish and shamefully stole your private property without the permission of the benevolent Lord!"

The chunky butler Bunode pointed at a thin boy kneeling on the ground with spittle splashing.

Next to the thin boy, lay two fat perch with their tails still moving.

Seeing the two fat fish, the pale lips of the crowd of disheveled men and women couldn't help moving, and their footsteps subconsciously took a step forward.

But then he saw several tall and strong knights in front of them, pulling out the long swords at their waists, shining brightly, and took two steps back in fear.

"My lord, what should I do with this pariah?" the butler asked the middle-aged man who was wearing armor with various patterns on his body while bowing his waist.

This middle-aged man in gorgeous armor is naturally the owner and highest authority of the Grand Land - Lord Baron Connor.

"According to the laws of the territory, how should he be dealt with?" Baron Connor asked.

"According to the penalty for the crime of theft in Article 15 of the Territory Act, one of the hands of someone who steals a lord's private property should be chopped off, Lord." Butler Bunold said.

"Then cut off one hand." After the sentence was pronounced, Baron Connor mounted his horse expressionlessly and returned to the castle amidst the clang of armor blades.

A knight stepped forward and raised the sword in his hand high.

After a scream.

Zhou Ming, who was standing in the crowd, returned home with a pale face after seeing the little hand that fell to the ground covered in blood.

After lying at home for a few more days, Zhou Ming woke up in a burst of pain.

"ah!"

Zhou Ming yelled, quickly opened the door and rushed out of the house.

Hungry, hungry as never before. If he didn't find something to eat, he would definitely starve to death.

Food, where is the food? Where can I find something to eat?

Fish, there are fish in the river, you can't catch them, if you catch them, you can't catch them. Rabbits, there are many hares on the mountain, you can't catch them, they are also the property of the lord.

Grass, there is grass on the ground. Although the leaves of this kind of grass are very hard and cut, the roots are relatively tender, a little sweet, and contain a small amount of protein and starch. They are edible. This is definitely edible.

Zhou Ming pulled a large bundle of grass from the field ridge, then quickly ran to the tax collector Dirac and told him that he had to pay taxes.

Dirac, a fat and sleepy tax collector, looked at the bundle of grass in Zhou Ming's hand and asked him to keep a third of it. Then, with Zhou Ming's endless gratitude, he took away the rest. lower two thirds.

"This untouchable is already dizzy from hunger. How can he eat this kind of grass that even cows can't eat?" Dirac threw aside the grass on the table with disdain. He despised this kind of grass, but the lord should collect it. The tax cannot be reduced at all!

Even if you take a stone from the lord, you still have to pay taxes.

That night, Zhou Ming felt that his life had been relieved, and his parents and sister also became more energetic. Early the next morning, the family of four went to pull out the weeds.

After finally getting through autumn, the cold winter arrived, and there was no grass in the fields. At this time, Zhou Ming's family had to kneel at the gate of the lord's castle together with the farmers in the town who had not yet died of starvation, and begged. The lord showed mercy and finally received a small bag of black flour. This famine was finally over.

After the disaster year, thieves appeared everywhere.

More than a dozen groups of thieves around the territory have been driven away by the lord's knights. Unexpectedly, they are still unable to drive them away. These thieves have kidnapped people, burned down houses, killed livestock, and even seriously affected Glenland's spring sowing plan.

"Today, I will definitely kill all those thieves who are misbehaving in my territory!"

The angry Baron Connor summoned all the knights and servants, and all the farmers in the territory who could still handle weapons. After distributing some simple weapons, he aggressively wanted to settle accounts with the thieves who had the idea of ​​​​Glenland.

After a fierce territorial siege, Zhou Ming's father Derek did not appear in the triumphant return team.

"Senior, where is my husband Derek, have you seen him? Why hasn't he come back?" Mother Julina asked anxiously, holding the hand of a neighbor man.

"Derek, he accidentally fell into the trap set by the thieves. He looked so pitiful. Three sticks penetrated him." The man who met his father shook his head and smacked his lips.

"Derek! My Derek!"

The mother sat on the ground and cried heartbrokenly. This day was extremely cold and dark for Zhou Ming's family.

After the war, epidemics spread.

After the weather became warmer, several people with colds and coughs appeared in Qiangwei Town in Grandland.

Soon after, the coughs of these people worsened, and the number of people suffering from colds also increased. For some people with severe colds, even drinking the holy water sold by the church could not save their lives.

Baron Connor panicked. Except for a few tax collectors who stayed in the town, he and his knights locked the city gate tightly and hid in the castle.

His mother Julina also fell ill, and her condition was getting worse. Even if Zhou Ming boiled water, cleaned the house, went to the mountains to collect herbs to make medicine every day, and kept the air in the room circulated, it was of no use...

My father is gone, my mother is gone, and many adults and friends in the town are gone...

In the dilapidated home, only Zhou Ming, who was less than six years old, and his younger sister Alice, who was in her early three years old, were left behind.

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