Chapter 372

What he was thinking about was not the fate of the fleet of the British Empire on the cold North Atlantic, nor the life or death of tens of thousands of British soldiers on the French mainland. He just thought about whether there was food when the team came to him, and whether his wife and children would be held together in the dark and cold basement. After getting to the front of the team, I could see the window selling grain, but I also saw a more desperate scene. Under the protection of two soldiers, a shop assistant raised the flour price written on the blackboard at the door by another 30 pence per 100 grams of flour. The price rise caused the discontent of countless people queuing up behind. They were about to make a commotion. The two soldiers were so scared that they quickly took off their rifles, pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet into the barrel. As people's roar grew louder and louder, an officer came out of the grain sales point. He cleared his throat to the crowd and yelled: "because the 7000 ton grain carrier, the half moon plum, was sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic, this batch of grain can only be sold at a higher price. If we can wait, a new grain carrier will dock next week, and the price will naturally drop! Please don't get excited Some people in the crowd are still waving their arms excitedly, shaking the coins in their hands, yelling abuse and cursing, denouncing the unfairness and meanness of the price increase. John didn't dare to stand out at such a time. Besides, he had just made friends with an officer a few days ago, so he would not fight with the army here. So he had to avoid the man waving his arms and swearing loudly in front of him and took two steps to the side“ Bang There was a shot. The officer was carrying a pistol, the muzzle of which was smoking, and the man in front of John, who yelled the most, fell on his back“ Those who gather people, stir up emotions and make trouble openly are all regarded as German spies. They are all killed without interrogation! " The officer snapped a warning. With the sound of his gun, two soldiers at the door picked up their rifles, and another two soldiers with submachine guns came out of the food shop with a cold face. Two hundred pound notes fell with two drops of blood on them. It hit John in the face and went down the chest to John's hand. He looked at the corpse under his feet, holding the money in his hand, neither dare to put it away, nor willing to discard it. Behind him, another woman in line stares at the bill in his hand. After all, she doesn't speak. She Stoops to pick up the two ten pound notes on the man's body and mixes them with her own money. No one yelled, no one broke the rules. In the atmosphere of extreme silence, some people left the long line, far away from this land of right and wrong, while more people chose to stay and buy those precious flour mixed with impurities. When John came home carrying two bags of flour, his two children were jumping on the open space not far from the floor, while his wife was waiting for his man to come back for dinner at a low table“ Good luck today. " John put down the flour and said, "I'm lucky I got two bags of food. The price of grain has gone up again, otherwise there will be more. "“ Don't go to dangerous places next time, honey John's wife said to her husband with a worried look on her face“ I didn't do anything dangerous John thought of the man who had fallen to the ground, and of his pale face, which was unwilling and twisted, explained with a knock“ There is still a small drop of blood on your face John's wife thought that her husband had done something crazy, and some worried persuasion“ Oh, my God! This damned life, this miserable life John quickly explained to his wife, "I didn't do anything strange! I just picked up some money from a corpse... "" Hoo... "After hearing this, my wife was relieved and laughed apologetically:" when will this kind of life end? "