Disaster rainy season.
The rainstorm came as soon as it was said, and the sky that had just scattered the sun was covered by dark clouds in an instant, and the rain poured down violently. The residents of the slums who were about to go out for activities immediately hid in their houses in fear of being splashed by the rain to the body.
Rainwater accumulated on the streets and quickly spread in the slums. Some low-lying slum houses have been flooded to the threshold by rainwater. The drainage system has not been repaired. At this moment, it has no effect. In a moment, the entire outer wall slums It has become a vast ocean.
In Meishan Orphanage.
At the door of the residential house, a woman who looked to be in her thirties led a dozen children between the ages of seven and eight to eleven or twelve, and hurriedly carried the sandbags that had been made, and piled them on the threshold to block the turbulent flood. incoming rainwater.
"Du Dian, hurry up and help!"
"It's useless to call him, he's a fool."
"How exasperating!"
Several boys were sweating profusely from the exhaustion of holding sandbags. Seeing a little boy standing quietly in front of the window not far away, they were a little angry, but knowing that it was useless, they could only grit their teeth and continue to hold the sandbags in their hands. Deliver it to the door.
The little boy in front of the window looked to be around seven or eight years old, with a thin build, but he was about the same size as other eleven or twelve-year-old boys, and the most conspicuous thing was his complexion, which was extremely fair, even a little sickly pale. Compared with the dark and dirty skin of other people exposed to strong light and ultraviolet rays, they are out of place, which makes many children envious.
But Du Dian was sighing in his heart. This is the sequelae caused by the freezer. Although he has been out of the freezer for more than three months, his body has not recovered, and he can't lift his energy. In modern medicine, it is muscle Asthenia.
Just standing is exhausting.
Not to mention carrying sandbags to block the rain.
However, such a situation is considered a blessing in misfortune. After all, when the disaster spread to Huaxia, the scientific research institute had just made the first freezer, and it hadn't entered the experimental stage yet. No one knew if there would be such a failure. He could survive in the freezer intact. Sleeping for three hundred years is already a small miracle.
It's just that he wasn't happy.
He did survive, but his parents and elder sister, who made the freezer, stayed behind. Facing the terrible disaster, even if they survived by luck, three hundred years have passed, and they have long been buried. in the dust.
In this vast world, he has no relatives, and from now on, he will face this world alone, alone.
He has no despair, although he has been sad and sad, but his parents gave him two lives, he will never allow himself to be decadent, he must not only live well, but also live to make himself proud, and let the dead Parents and sister are proud of themselves! !
Fortunately, God finally sheltered the human race. When he just climbed out of the freezer, he thought that he was the only one left on the earth today, with one life, until he walked out of the garbage dump where the freezer was buried. , only to find that human beings have not been extinct. It seems that a small number of people survived the disaster, and after three hundred years of reproduction and development, they have already achieved a good scale.
It is a pity that the civilization and technology of three hundred years ago have been completely destroyed by the disaster. What he saw and heard during this period of time did not see or hear any items that symbolized the technology of the old age, as if it was revenge. Human beings not only Without the power to conquer this planet, even the basic life is extremely difficult.
While his thoughts were wandering, the storm outside the window gradually stopped at some point.
Seeing that the water level in front of the threshold stopped rising, everyone in the house breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had experienced a long and fierce battle, and everyone felt exhausted. At this time, the middle-aged woman looked at the sky and saw that the dark clouds gradually dissipated a little, revealing the cloudy sky. Knowing that it would not fall again for a while, she said immediately: "I am going to the cafeteria to eat, and I have put on my wax sandals." .”
All the children's eyes lit up when they heard the word "eating", and their previous fatigue was swept away. They went back to their rooms, put on their wax sandals, and lined up obediently.
"Dean, go put on your shoes and get ready for dinner." At this time, a voice from the back of the line called out to Du Dian. It was a seven or eight-year-old boy who was speaking. He seemed to think of something just after he finished speaking. He slapped his head and went up. He patted Du Dian on the shoulder before, gestured with one hand, and pointed in the direction of the cafeteria, but the sleeve of the other arm was empty.
Du Dian remembered him, his name was Barton, and he was one of the few children in the yard who had good intentions towards him. This probably had something to do with himself. After three hundred years of changes, the language had already been refurbished. When he first came to the orphanage, he couldn't understand it. What other people say, they can't speak their language, so they can only be silent. Over time, everyone thinks that he is a bit stupid, maybe he has a problem with IQ.
So naturally, he was classified into the deformed group like Barton.
The children in the orphanage are divided into two factions, one is healthy and abandoned by their parents, and the other is deformed and abandoned by their parents. In this world, even children have already learned to live together.
Du Dian nodded, expressing his understanding, and then followed Barton to the back of the team. Just as Barton wanted to ask Du Dian to put on waxed sandals first, he accidentally looked down, only to find that Du Dian was already wearing a pair of light green high-top shoes under his trouser legs, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
In this world, plastic has not yet been invented, and the shoes and clothes made of wax grass have become the most commonly used rain gear. This is a natural mutant grass that can be seen everywhere. It has large leaves and a slightly raised wax layer on the surface that can effectively block radiation rain. , has become a must-have item for every household.
Everyone cautiously walked along a half-meter-high path paved with narrow stones in front of the threshold. The accumulated rain only flooded to the ankles. If they accidentally fell into the water, even the strongest adults would inevitably suffer serious illness. .
When they arrived at the cafeteria, everyone immediately started to grab seats, and the limited seats were immediately swept away by the able-bodied children in front. Du Dian, Barton and other deformed children had long been used to it, and came to the back corner. Here are a few The piled stones are their dining table.
"Have you heard that, among the adopters who came this time, there are doctors and wall builders."
"Auntie Dai said it, and let us seize this opportunity and perform well."
"If you can be adopted by a doctor, you will be so happy."
"I hope to be adopted by the wall builders. Maybe I can climb up the Sylvia wall and see the world outside the wall."
Before the food was delivered, Barton chatted with several other children in a low voice. These children either had missing ears, or half of their faces were full of tiny bumps, and none of them looked normal.
Du Dian heard their words, his eyes flashed, and he remained silent.
"Unfortunately, Dean's brain is not good. Otherwise, with Dean's appearance and body, he would definitely be chosen by those people." After chatting for a while, Barton suddenly sighed, glanced at Du Dian, and said with some regret.
The other children looked at Du Dian, who was unresponsive, and shook their heads and sighed.
They have already negotiated that no matter who is adopted, they must do their best to come back and help the rest. In terms of appearance alone, Du Dian is undoubtedly the most hopeful to be adopted, but there is something wrong with his brain, but It is more serious than physical problems. For example, the child with half of his face covered with pimples looks scary, but his hands and feet are sound and his IQ is normal. At least he can work as a coolie and find a job.
"Hmph, a bunch of disabled things, they still want to compete with us for the chance to adopt them." At this time, the thin child in a nearby seat, hearing the words of Barton and the others, said coldly and contemptuously.
His words immediately attracted the attention of others, and for a while, the eyes of contempt and disgust fell on Du Dian, Barton and others.
Compared with deformed children, those who are healthy but abandoned have more hostility in their hearts.
Du Dian glanced at these people lightly and said nothing. Although he is also a child, he has seen a lot of things, and he has a depth in his heart that many adults do not have.
And his appearance, in the eyes of these people, is "stupid".
"Look at this fool, you can't even understand scolding him."
"The guy with the crippled head, no wonder he was abandoned!"
"You still want to be adopted? Obediently wait until you are thirteen years old and be thrown into a mine for mining!"
These children make no secret of their contempt and dislike, and take pleasure in it.
At this time, the food was delivered, and the middle-aged woman who brought them over said softly, "Be quiet, don't you want to eat?"
Hearing this, the children's arrogance subsided, their faces were full of innocence, as if nothing had happened just now.
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the next day.
The silver-gray dark clouds gradually unfolded, and the sun shone down on the slums.
In the rainy season, this is a rare sunny weather.
It just so happens that today is also a long-awaited big day for the children of Meishan Orphanage—Adoption Day!
All the families who made an appointment in advance came to the orphanage one after another on this day to choose the children they were satisfied with.
Early in the morning, Du Dian got up on time. Although there is no alarm clock in this world, his biological clock has never been wrong. After getting up, he finished the bedding, washed his face with simple filtered well water, and picked up another set beside the pillow. Just about to change into the white coarse cloth clothes, I suddenly pinched a soft ball inside, and when I touched it out, it was a crumpled purple handkerchief.
Du Dian was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but think of the little girl who led him to this orphanage in that cold night. Unfortunately, it was dark and he couldn't see her appearance clearly. During the three months in the orphanage, he Naturally, people who can afford this exquisite fabric must be upper-class figures in the outer wall area.
The handkerchief still had black stains from wiping his face, and it couldn't be washed off.
After being silent for a while, Du Dian put the handkerchief into his arms, then changed his clothes, and rushed to the open space outside the orphanage.
Although there is only one parent in his heart, he has to let himself be adopted as soon as possible. If a child is not adopted by the age of thirteen, he will be given up by the orphanage and sent to the back of this Meishan Orphanage Mining in the mines controlled by the "Meishan Coal Mine Chamber of Commerce" has become a permanent free labor until exhaustion, old age, and never having the chance to see the light of day again.
Like Du Dian, on this day, all the children in the orphanage "attended in full dress", washed themselves clean one by one, and changed into clothes that they were reluctant to wear for a long time, and these clothes were distributed when they first entered the orphanage down the coarse cloth clothes.
No one wants to be near you if your body smells bad.
This is what Aunt Dai warned them.
Looking around, there was a large group of children standing in front of the rain-soaked sand in front of the orphanage, but they were faintly divided into two camps, healthy and deformed.
After all the children stood up, the adults who came to adopt them, led by Aunt Dai and other caretakers of the orphanage, came to the children and looked at the group of orphans who might become their own children.
"Hello, uncle and aunt."
Under the guidance of Aunt Dai, except for Du Dian and a few other deformed people who can't speak, the other children are all obediently shouting, their black eyes are full of innocence, and their faces are full of longing and hope to meet the adults. , This fiery gaze made some adults feel embarrassed and unbearable.
Soon, Du Dian, who was thin and tall in the crowd, became the target of all adults' attention. His pale complexion was too eye-catching, and his temperament was completely different from the children around him. The adults also said No, I just feel that this child is very calm and has a kind of nobility, yes, nobility.
This surprised many adults, who did not expect that there would be such outstanding seedlings in the orphanage in the slums.
For a while, many adults were moved.