Chapter 218: sisters

After the New Year, the first snow came quietly, extremely cold, and the cold snow falling on the body would soon be transformed into a bone-out chill.
The snow was very heavy, covering most of the Uchiha family's territory, and even most of the Senju area. At least at this moment, the mood of the two races was the same, just wanting the severe cold to pass quickly.
The climate in the north is colder than that of the tribe. On the bustling streets of Xincheng, there is no one in sight except for a few patrolling guards in thick clothes.
In the various shops on both sides of the street, vendors surrounded the fires. They all relocated after they stabilized in the north. They need to pay taxes to Uchiha in the north on a regular basis to settle here.
In this era of war and chaos, the lands of the Great Ninja clan are not open to the outside world. It is simply a luxury to find a peaceful city, and there is no complaint about paying taxes.
Compared with the clan land, the northern part of the New Year is not inferior. They have wiped out the three northern forces long ago and made a lot of benefits. It can be said to be rich and rich. During the New Year, Uchiha Shinji waved his hand. A large number of supplies were distributed to the tribe, and there was a big applause.
Of course, the distribution is limited to the Uchiha tribe in the north, and those who come to the north to seek stability cannot get such benefits.
Where there is light, darkness will inevitably breed, and happiness also means relative suffering. Even in this thriving northern city, there are many problems.
With the influx of a large number of people into the north, it is naturally impossible for them to be rich businessmen or nobles. In fact, ordinary people who cannot pay taxes account for the vast majority. They are not accepted by the city, so they become The existence of beggars, hooligans, and local ruffians has turned into the shadow of this city.
This is actually a kind of inevitability in development. In the early rise of every major city, there must be this stage. At the beginning, Uchiha Shinji also thought about rectification, and sent Uchiha's ninjas to group several of them. , The ruffian gang uprooted.
But he immediately discovered that this was of no avail. There was still a steady stream of poor people coming here, which could not be stopped, and he could not kill everyone.
In this chaotic Warring States period, most of them were gathered in extremely primitive villages or Ninja tribes, even small towns were rare, and only the biggest powers owned the city.
Shin Castle was originally only a little larger than the usual town. Later, in order to develop, Shinji Uchiha mobilized ninjas to expand the city vigorously. The prototype of the future big city was vaguely formed. This kind of place is like a beacon in this chaotic Warring States period. In general, poor people who have suffered from wars will naturally gather here even if they rely solely on instinct.
Facing these large numbers of poor people, Uchiha Shinji got a headache, and later he adopted a helpless method that countless sages had used in another world.
Gather these poor people who are unable to survive in one place, and divide them into a special area for survival, let them fend for themselves, maintain only nominal leadership and surveillance, and ignore the rest.
The slums appeared. Here, there are no rules, only the naked/naked strong are respected. Chaos, hunger, filth, depravity, etc. can be most intuitively manifested here. Often for a meal, people here can give up what they have everything of. Of course, in fact, most of them have nothing but fate.
But at the very least, there is one advantage here that is not available in other places, that is, this is still Xincheng, there is no war, and this alone makes countless people willing to live this kind of life like hell. Willing to leave.
After all, this place is just like hell, and the rest of the Warring States period is truly hell. People who have not seen the tragic situation of war will never understand how cruel it is.
This time, Shinji Uchiha did not forget these poor people in the dark. On New Year's Eve, he gave out a lot of food to the slums.
Seven days have passed since New Year's Eve, and the food given by Shinji Uchiha that day had already been exhausted. In fact, even on that day, the food distributed was not enough.
At night ten, in a dilapidated wooden house with air leakage everywhere, the north wind roared and a large swath of snowflakes poured in. The curly little girl was shivering in the only broken blanket in the house, and her bare legs were frozen. I was numb, my face was dirty, I could only see the passive flushing, I couldn't see how it looked. My hair was also yellowish due to long-term malnutrition, and now it was stained with white snow.
In fact, this wooden house can't keep out the cold at all, and the only thing it can provide is probably only a trace of comfort.
The little girl is only about nine years old. She is waiting for her sister. She hasn't eaten anything for two days. If there is no food, she may not be able to hold on for two more days in this severe cold weather.
At that time, she will become a dead body in the slum. She often sees this kind of dead body and is no stranger to it. In such a place, everyone is not satisfied with this kind of corpse.
I don't know how long I waited, the little girl opened her eyes in a daze, and what was printed in her eyes was a girl covered in frost and snow, about two years older than her, the two looked alike, she was the little girl's sister.
"You're hungry, eat quickly." The girl said, gently helping her sister to wipe the snowflakes off her head, and she took out a hard plaster-like food from her arms.
My sister's eyes lit up, and she whispered in surprise: "Nian Gao, sister, you are really capable, where did you come from?"
The girl smiled softly and didn't speak. The two of them carefully started a fire in the hut. They wore rice cakes with branches and baked them on the fire. When they were slightly softer, the sister couldn't wait to take a bite. She was really hungry.
The girl looked at her sister with a smile at the corner of her mouth. At this moment, being able to surround a fire and watch her sister swallowing food is the greatest happiness.
"Sister, you eat too." My sister ate half of it and passed the rest. The girl was shocked, shook her head lightly and smiled: "You have eaten, I have eaten."
Why couldn't my younger sister see that this was an excuse, and put the remaining half of the rice cake into her hands regardless, and whispered: "You tell me to swallow a thousand needles when you lie, sister."
Seeing her sister's earnest gaze, a mist of mist appeared in the girl's eyes, and she nodded invisible.
"Haha, I found it. The cake thief was here."
At this moment, a discordant voice came, and a figure appeared in front of the torn wooden door. ..