Succubus' Manor

Chapter 205

After the Prayer Day ended, Chi Yan was left out of the Holy Court. Since the Prayer Day, Chi Yan has never been able to step into the Holy Court, but he doesn't care much about it now.

As the temperature gradually cooled, some grains were harvested from the nearby land, and the tense food prices in the holy city were relieved, and the atmosphere in the holy city became much calmer.

Chi Yan sometimes went out, and the streets were full of civilians carrying baskets and returning home with food.

There are also children playing and running in the street, screaming and being chased by their peers.

Sometimes Chi Yan felt that if the holy city remained like this, maybe he would give up the idea of ​​dealing with the holy courtyard and the royal family.

However, when the food in the surrounding areas gradually decreased, the nobles and rich people hoarded a large amount of food, and the price of food rose again.

When the first snow of winter fell, the price of food in the city reached an outrageous level.

Only one hundred copper coins can buy wheat with wheat bran, and it is only enough for a family of three to feed for four days. It is better to eat sparingly. If you only eat according to the conditions of survival, you can last for seven days at most.

But in winter, their clothes don't keep warm, their body temperature loses quickly, and they can't fill their stomachs. The lives of civilians are even worse than before Spiritual Day.

The only thing they can pray for now is for the royal family or the Holy Court to lend a helping hand to them.

Chi Yan prefers to lie under the quilt when it snows. This is the quilt he brought from Stettin. Once the fireplace is lit and the quilt is covered, it is warm and comfortable.

Kleist's body temperature is lower than that of humans, and he is not afraid of the cold, so when he stays indoors with Chi Yan in winter, Kleist wears clothes with his arms open, exposing his chest to dissipate heat.

"Do you think the Holy Court and the royal family will sell food at a low price?" Chi Yan asked Kleist while holding the parchment.

Kleist: "They'll stand in a stalemate and see who lets go first."

The one who let go at the back doesn't necessarily want to take advantage of this opportunity to do something, but the one in front will definitely be fearful and worried, so they will stand in a stalemate for a longer time, until the civilians really can't hold on.

If they could sit down and discuss, maybe this situation could be avoided, but the problem is that, based on Chi Yan's understanding of the past and the Holy Court, they should not sit down and discuss, they all feel that they are the leader, the leader How could it be possible to bow to another leader?

Kleist: "I just don't know when civilians will take to the streets."

Chi Yan: "I'm not very optimistic. If the common people are not forced into a desperate situation, the possibility of standing up is very small."

What Chi Yan was worried about was that those brainwashed saints would rather starve to death than fight for the chance to survive.

Chi Yan: "All the people who belong to the faction have been sent down, let's see how they close the Internet cafes."

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Lightha breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his hands. He lives in a slum area of ​​the holy city. Originally, there were no residents in this area, but many people who lost their houses and spent all their money would come here to build a shed by themselves. , or cut down trees by yourself, build a wooden house, and give yourself a shelter. After a long time, this area will become a residential area, but all the people living here are poor, rich, and even some No commoner with money will set foot here.

"Wright, are you chopping wood again?" Someone on the side of the road looked at Wright enviously.

Wright is a young man who came here two months ago and lived in a widow's house. Every month, he would give the widow some rations as the cost of accommodation.

He was strong and good-natured, and not only could he go out and find work to earn money, but he also found time to chop wood.

This firewood widow can also be used!It means that the widow doesn't have to do anything, and she won't starve to death or freeze to death this winter.

Wright smiled at the people next to him: "There are not as many people on the mountain today as before."

The person next to him rolled his eyes and cursed, "It's too cold! I don't have many clothes at home. If you wear them like this on the mountain, the sick person will die."

The firewood accumulated in autumn is not enough for the whole winter, so they have to save it.

Otherwise, what should I do when it is the coldest time?What if the winter is prolonged?

The poor have to find a way to use one firewood as two.

Wright returned to the place where he was temporarily staying after greeting them. This widow has no children, and her husband died four years ago. She originally wanted to remarry, but after dating several men, she found that Those men all wanted to live in her house, they wanted to eat her and live in her, because they believed that her husband must have left money and food.

A widow prepares to die single after discovering the man's true colors.

She knows that some men do this kind of business. They will find widows with some property and live with them in the name of marriage. After everyone around them thinks they are husband and wife, they will try to make their wives have accidents and occupy House and money, and the people around would never think that it was these considerate and gentle husbands who killed their wives.

They would even think that he was a good man, not only willing to marry a widow, but not leaving, but dealing with his wife's afterlife.

Then they might get their next prey and do the trick again.

But they don't stay in one place for too long, otherwise their wives will always die, and commoners can tell even if they have a problem with their brains.

The widow accepted Wright to live in because he helped the widow fight off some men who wanted to break into her house.

After being rejected by her, he passed by every day, and if he saw a man at her door, he would still help her drive him away.

After going on for a month, the widow finally let go.

Over time, she discovered the benefits of Wright——Wright would never enter her room, would not look around, would not move his hands, and would even give her all the money he earned, saying that he would not Manage money.

In addition to going out to find work every day, they also have to go to the mountains to chop more firewood. Their firewood must be enough until the beginning of spring.

Sometimes the widow thinks that it is good to live with Wright like this. There are too few men like Wright now.

"Did you find a job today?" Seeing Wright come in, the widow put the cooked mush on the table.

Wright showed a bright smile at the widow: "I found it, move the goods for a master, here."

He took five copper coins out of his bag.

After the widow took it, she said, "Now the weather is getting colder and colder. What if you get sick when you go out to work?"

Wright: "I can't go out, I can't afford food anymore."

The widow clenched her teeth: "There is really no way out!"

Wright sighed: "It's nothing, it will be fine until spring, there are wild vegetables in spring, I will go to the mountains to pick them for you to eat."

The widow was a little sweet in her heart: "I can also go to the mountains."

Wright: "That won't work. There are poisonous snakes and insects on the mountain. You can't go there. What if something happens?"

The widow felt sweeter, but sorrow was everywhere. After she had been sweet for a while, she sighed and said: "If this continues, we can't even afford the wheat bran. Now the price of beans has also risen. Soybeans, which used to be the cheapest, Now I want ten copper coins."

Wright: "... as long as you can eat, I will save some."

Widow: "What are you saving! How can you work if you can't eat? If you don't work, you will starve to death. If you can't save, I will save some, and you can eat more."

Wright's expression was very moved: "I, I will treat you well in the future!"

The widow blushed, and she said softly, "That's fine. Wait, when spring comes, let's save some money and get married. I can go out and find something to do, and we will live a good life."

Wright smirked and said, "Okay! We'll have a bunch of kids then!"

The widow patted Wright on the head: "If you want to live and die, live by yourself, eat quickly."

Together they drank bean mush, which had some wheat and bran in it, and they had only the last sack of wheat left, and when the sack of wheat was gone, they could only eat beans.

More than half a month later, the snow fell harder and harder, many houses in the slums were crushed, and the poor had nowhere to go—their neighbors were afraid to take them in.

With so many people and so many mouths, if one person had malicious intentions, the whole family would not be able to escape.

Don't let them enter the house, even if they don't starve to death, they will freeze to death.

Wright discussed with the widow: "Let them live in the house. Our house is big. They can sleep on the floor. I cut enough firewood to burn it."

Widow: "Wright! Are you stupid? So many people, so many mouths!"

Wright said seriously: "I have a way, trust me, I know how to get food, before there was only you and me in the family, I didn't dare to get it, if there are more people in the family, they can get food, they will protect us .”

The widow bit her lips tightly: "Wright, you swear."

Wright raised his hand: "I swear."

The widow was very disturbed, she knew it might be a wrong decision, and this wrong decision would cost her life.

But she loves Wright—she has never met a man who respects her, loves her, and takes care of her like Wright. She has fallen into the whirlpool of love and cannot extricate herself.

She eventually complied with Wright's request and brought the dozen or so people outside home.

The group, men and women, old and young, found writing rags from the crushed ruins and brought them into Wright and the widow's home.

Then sit in front of the simple fireplace and warm yourself up.

Wright said to them, "Our family doesn't have much food."

He took out two bags of grain, both of which were beans, and opened the bag to show them: "If you don't believe me, you can look for them in the cabinet at home."

Wright also named one of the greedy men: "Go, if you find food, it will all be yours."

The man turned his eyes, and sure enough, he went, but he searched around, searched every corner, and couldn't find a bean, so he could only sit back downcast.

Wright continued: "Two bags of beans, so many of us, can only eat two meals, unless there are only a dozen beans in each person's mush."

This is obviously not enough, even children can't stand it, let alone adults.

Wright: "There is another way, that is, you go to the main city with me, and I can get food."

He remembered what the lord once said to him, he said:

"Your fate is in your own hands, and the right to choose is also in your hands now."