Chapter 157: Shimotsuki Yasushi

Wano Country, Jiuli, Jielou Town.

The dark clouds of the past few days have dispersed, and the sun has peeked out from behind the clouds, spreading its light equally to this land, illuminating the numb people.

A day in Jielou Village starts from getting up, breathing the air polluted by the factory, and drinking a sip of clean and hygienic river water, which seems to add a bit of energy.

Due to the pollution of the river water and farmland, it has been difficult for this land to produce food since two years ago. In addition, General Orochi has always had a problem with Jiuli, so he asked people to dump all the garbage nearby.

I don’t know whether this is lucky or unfortunate. The people in Jielou Village have lost the way of obtaining resources through farming, but they have also found a new way of life, which is to pick up garbage.

They look through the garbage transported from Huadu to find the leftovers of the rich people and the utensils that are not completely damaged, and then run to other places to sell them to make a living.

In such a poor little village, a man with a turban carried a baby on his back. He dragged his tired body into the village, but his face was as bright as the sun.

Just last night, he got the news that the general Kurozumi Orochi, who dominated and ravaged Wano Country, had been killed. This was the person he hated the most. Of course, he would be happy when he got the news.

Of course, good and bad are interdependent. After the death of Kurozumi Orochi, the new general became Yamato, the daughter of the Four Emperors Kaido. This news diluted his joy a lot, and he began to worry about the future of Wano Country again.

But he believed that no matter how difficult it was, as long as he persisted, he would always see the light, just like when he was desperate, he would be healed by a little warmth.

He held the baby girl behind him in front of him. The baby lay in the cloth bag, showing an innocent smile, and her pink little mouth spit out wet bubbles. Seeing the man's face, she tried to stretch out her little hand to touch it, which made the smile on the man's face even more prosperous.

"Mr. Kangjia, what is this?"

At this time, a villager who knew the man passed by and saw him holding a baby, and asked in confusion.

"It's a child I picked up on the road. It's very pitiful. It must have been abandoned by his parents."

Kangjia explained that he had a wife in his early years, but his wife died of illness before leaving any offspring. Since then, he has never remarried. Many people have advised him, but before he changed his mind, Kaido broke into the country, and Kurozumi Orochi usurped the throne and destroyed the peace of the country.

As a daimyo loyal to the Kozuki clan, Shimotsuki Kangjia was naturally also the target of the purge. He had no choice but to hide his identity and hide in this small place in Jiuli.

"Ah~"

At this time, the baby in his arms opened his mouth vaguely, drawing Kangjia's attention back.

This was the child he picked up on the way back from Huadu to gather information. She was thrown into the forest. Her family was obviously unable to raise the child, but they could not commit the cruel act of cannibalism, so they abandoned the child in the wilderness and left her to her fate.

Kang Jia was attracted by the crying sound and found the baby girl in the bushes. The moment she saw him, she stopped crying and laughed instead, which cured Kang Jia's gloomy mood.

He did not care that he had difficulty in filling his stomach, so he picked up the baby girl and made up his mind to raise her to adulthood.

"Mr. Kang Jia, you are kidding me. We can't even get enough to eat, so how can we afford to raise a child?"

The villagers kindly reminded Kang Jia, "Send her back to where she came from. Maybe there are kind people who will adopt her."

But Kang Jia shook his head. He felt that in this era, sending this child back would be equivalent to killing her. Most people in Wano Country couldn't get enough to eat, and the rich people in Huadu were not kind enough to adopt a child without relatives.

The villagers didn't say anything more when they saw that they couldn't persuade him. They obviously knew what kind of person Kang Jia was, so he left and started today's garbage collection activity.

Kang Jia looked at the busy people in the village, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, because he understood that he couldn't survive for a long time by picking up garbage.

The land here will become increasingly barren due to environmental pollution, and eventually no grain will grow. People will live by picking up garbage every day in an environment with extremely poor sanitary conditions, and will slowly get sick and die. In the end, the village, which is not small now, will be dilapidated to the point where there are only a few hundred or even dozens of people.

Kangjia believes that this is a microcosm of the future of Wano Country. Even if other places are stronger than Kuri, it is only a matter of time before they gradually perish.

He is sad because he has a heart that wants to lead the people of Wano Country to live a good life, but he does not have the power.

He once placed his hopes on Kozuki Oden, but the naughty dude failed to defeat Kaido in the end, and the people of Wano Country are still living in dire straits.

He decided to work hard to change this country, but he has neither power nor personal strength. If his identity is revealed, he will probably be caught and executed by Kurozumi Orochi the next day.

Now that he heard that Kurozumi Orochi is dead and Yamato has become the new general, he only feels that the sadness in his heart is infinitely magnified. He once thought that Wano Country was a great country, but the dignity of this country is being trampled on crazily.

Kurozumi Orochi at least used a lot of means to usurp the throne. He found someone to impersonate the general of the Kozuki family and gave him authority, allowing him to become an acting general first, and then slowly become a regular general.

But what about Yamato? They just killed Kurozumi Orochi and declared themselves the king.

The funny thing is that the reason they gave was that Kurozumi Orochi was plotting a rebellion.

This sense of sadness is difficult to understand for those who do not deeply love this country and have the ability to think independently.

It's like your own country is just a plaything. The election of leaders is very arbitrary and is manipulated at will by those who hold the supreme hegemony.

On the way back, the Kang family even thought about committing seppuku and ending their miserable life.

But when he heard cries in the forest and saw the baby girl, he suddenly realized that even the most barren land could bloom again, and even the most impoverished country would have new lives smiling. .

In order to protect these smiles, he decided to work harder. Even if he turned into a bandit and robbed the rich and gave to the poor, he still had to protect the people and preserve the tiny flames of Wano.

Thinking like this, the Kang family heard the cry of the baby in their arms again, "Stop crying, stop crying, are you hungry? I will find you something to eat right now."

After coaxing the baby girl, he felt distressed again. Because of the poor living conditions in the village, there were no milk-producing families. Even if there were, their own children didn't have enough to eat, so how could they be willing to share it with other children.

According to his estimate, the child is only three or four months old. Even if he can be weaned and eat some liquid food, the food must be hygienic and nutritious, and he must not be fed randomly.

If you feed a baby food picked up from the garbage, I'm afraid the baby will get sick and die within a few weeks.

After realizing this, the Kang family felt a little sad and desperate again, but he still had a bright smile on his face, because there were many villagers paying attention to him. If even an optimistic and positive person like him was desperate, then what would happen to him? I can't really see the sun anywhere.

While they were deep in thought, the Kang family suddenly noticed a commotion at the end of the village, and curiously turned their heads and walked towards that direction.

The nearby villagers also ran quickly, as if they had received some news. When passing by the Kang family, they kindly reminded, "Mr. Kang family, I heard that the government has sent food for disaster relief. Go and grab it!"

The Kang family was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly.

Is the government sending food for disaster relief? What is going on?

After Black Carbon Orochi came to power, he raised the country's taxes to the highest level, took almost all the production into his pocket, and sold it on the market at extremely high prices, squeezing every drop of the people away.

Of course, it is impossible for such a person to distribute food to the hungry people, but the newly appointed general is a real pirate, the daughter of the Yonkou Kaido, shouldn't she be more cruel?

With confusion in his heart, the Kang family followed the crowd to the head of the village. When he saw the long line of grain trucks, he was shocked.

He forgot how long it had been since he had seen so much food, and he couldn't imagine that the food was sent by the government to feed the hungry people.

"Line up and don't grab. Everyone has something. They receive it based on their head. Each adult has ten kilograms of rice, a bag of soy products, two fruits, and a piece of dried meat. Children get half of it."

The man in black standing at the front of the motorcade had a majestic and powerful voice, and his invisible aura calmed the chaotic hungry people.

The Kang family looked at this man with some surprise, because he watched the general's succession ceremony when he lurked into Huadu. He remembered that this man was the new cadre of the Beast Pirates and a strong assistant to General Yamato. But now A supernova rising in the sky in Wano.

How could such a person who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people personally escort food to provide disaster relief?

And he still wondered if he had heard it wrong. The other party actually said that a person could receive ten kilograms of rice, as well as soy products, fruits, and even dried meat. What happened to the government?

Even when he was still the Baiwu Daimyo, he had never been so generous and generous before sending people to deliver food supplies to the disaster areas. The other party even considered a balanced diet!

For a while, the Kang family suspected that the new general of Wano Country was brewing some shocking conspiracy, which made him a little uneasy.

"Wow - wow -"

However, the cry of the baby in his arms made him suppress those noisy thoughts. The top priority now was to get some rice and cook some porridge for the child.

At this time, the residents of Jianlu Village didn't think much. They just cheered after hearing the dream-like conditions, and they didn't dare to rob, and they lined up in a long queue.

At first, some people suspected it was a scam, but after seeing someone receiving a bag full of food from the guard, they suddenly went crazy and everyone joined the queue.

When it was the Kang family's turn, Lu Li looked at the baby in the other person's arms, a little surprised, and then said to the soldier next to him who was responsible for distributing supplies: "If there is a child, give him an extra half."

After taking the food with mixed emotions, the Kang family thanked them politely, "Thank you, sir."

There are not many people in Jianlu Village. Even now, there are still many people who have not gotten sick and died, but there are only one or two thousand people. The supplies were quickly distributed.

Seeing the grateful residents kowtowing on the ground but speaking incoherently, Lu Li asked, "Do you know who gave you this food?"

Many residents present looked confused. They were busy picking up garbage all day long. Many people did not understand the changes in the country's situation.

"The country of Wano has undergone changes, the black charcoal snake has been executed, and the new general is Yamato, the daughter of King Mei."

Lu Li looked at everyone and said, "Remember, Shogun Yamato applied for this food from the Beast Pirates. She did not enjoy it alone or sell it at a high price, but shared it with you."

Seeing that everyone present had a confused expression, Lu Li asked: "Do you know why this happened?"

People were even more confused. Many of them didn't know that a coup had taken place in the country, and they didn't know why the pirates would give them food after becoming generals.