The rainstorm is coming. The sky that has just been scattered with sunshine is instantly shrouded in dark clouds, and the downpour is pouring down. The residents of the slum who are about to go out for activities immediately hide in their houses in fear, for fear of being splashed by the rain. onto the body.

The rainwater accumulated on the streets and spread rapidly in the slums. Some low-lying slum houses had been submerged by the rainwater to the thresholds. The drainage system that had not been repaired had no effect at this moment. In a moment, the entire outer slums Have become a vast ocean.

In Meishan Orphanage.

At the door of the residential house, a woman who looked to be in her thirties led more than a dozen children between the ages of seven to eighteen to eleven or twelve. They hurriedly carried sandbags that had already been made and piled them on the threshold, blocking the surging waves. incoming rainwater.

"Du Dian, come and help soon!"

"It's no use calling him, he's a fool."

"It's maddening!"

Several boys were sweating profusely while holding the sandbags. They were a little angry when they saw a little boy standing quietly in front of the window not far away, but they knew it was useless, so they could only grit their teeth and continue to put the sandbags in their hands. Sent to the door.

The little boy in front of the window looked about seven or eight years old, with a thin stature. Still, he was similar in size to other eleven or twelve-year-old children, and the most conspicuous thing was his complexion, which was extremely fair, even a little morbidly pale. Compared with the tanned and dirty skin of other people who are exposed to strong light and ultraviolet rays, it is incompatible with this, which makes many children envious.

But Du Di'an was sighing inwardly. This is the sequelae caused by the freezer. Although he has left the freezer for more than three months, his body has not recovered, and his whole body can't lift his strength. In modern medicine, it is muscle Asthenia.

Just standing is exhausting.

Not to mention carrying sandbags to block the rain.

However, this situation has been regarded as a fortune in misfortune. After all, when the disaster spread to Huaxia, the scientific research institute had just made the first freezer and had not had time to enter the experimental stage. No one knew whether such or such failures would occur. He would be able to remain intact in the freezer. 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 sister, who made the freezer, stayed behind. In the face of that terrifying disaster, even if they survived very, very lucky, now three hundred years later, they have long since been buried. in the dust.

In this vast world, he no longer has half of his relatives, and from now on, he will face this world alone, alone.

He did not despair. Although he was sad and sad, his parents gave him two lives. He would never allow himself to be decadent. Parents and sisters are so proud of themselves!!

Fortunately, God finally sheltered the human race. When he just climbed out of the freezer, he originally thought that there was only one person and one life left on the earth 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 few people survived that disaster, and after three hundred years of reproduction and development, it has a good scale.

It is a pity that the disaster has completely destroyed civilization and technology three hundred years ago. He saw and heard during this time, he did not see or hear anything that symbolized the technology of the old era. The power of the planet makes even basic life extremely difficult.

While his thoughts were flying, the storm outside the window gradually stopped.

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 protracted battle, and everyone felt exhausted. At this time, the middle-aged woman looked at the sky and saw that the dark clouds were gradually dissipating a little, revealing the cloudy sky, and she knew that it would not come down again for a while, so she immediately said: "I'm going to the cafeteria to eat, wear wax straw sandals. ."

When all the children heard the word "eat", their eyes lit up, their previous tiredness was swept away, and they went back to their rooms, put on their wax straw sandals, and lined up neatly.

"Dian, go put on your shoes and get ready to eat." At this time, a voice from the back of the team called Du Di'an. It was a seven- or eight-year-old boy. He just finished speaking, and he seemed to think of something. He patted his head and went up. Front patted Du Dian on the shoulder, and gestured with one hand, pointing in the direction of the cafeteria, while the sleeve of the other arm was empty.

Du Di'an remembers him. His name is Barton. He is one of the few children in the courtyard who has the kindness to him. This probably has something to do with him. After three hundred years of changes, the language has been renovated. When he first came to the orphanage, he could not understand it. Others don't speak their language, and they can only be silent. Over time, everyone thinks that he is a little stupid and that he may have a problem with his IQ.

So naturally, he was divided into a group of deformed children like Patton.

The children of the orphanage are divided into two factions, one is healthy and abandoned by their parents, and the other is physically deformed and abandoned by their parents. In this world, even children have already learned to live in groups.

Du Dian nodded, indicating that he understood, and then followed Barton to the back of the team. Barton just wanted to ask Du Di'an to change into the waxed straw shoes first, but he looked down inadvertently and found that Du Di'an was already wearing a pair of light green high-top shoes under his trousers, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

In this world, plastic has not been invented yet. The shoes and clothes made of wax grass have become the most commonly used rain gear. This is a kind of natural mutant grass, which can be seen everywhere. The leaves are large and the waxy layer on the surface can effectively block radiant rainwater. , has become a must-have item in every household.

Everyone carefully 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 get seriously ill.

When we got to the cafeteria, everyone immediately started to grab seats. The limited seats were immediately swept away by the healthy children in front. Du Di'an, Barton, and other children with deformities were already used to it. They came to the corner at the back. Here are a few. The piled stones are their dining table.

"I heard that there are doctors and wall builders among the adopters who came here this time."

"Auntie Dai said, let us seize this opportunity and perform well."

"I would be very happy if I could be adopted by a doctor."

"I hope to be adopted by the wall builders. Maybe I hope to climb the Sylvia Wall and see the world outside the giant wall."

Before the food was delivered, Barton and several other children chatted in a low voice. These children either had missing ears or half of their faces were full of tiny meat bumps, none of them looked normal.

When Du Dian heard their words, his eyes flashed and he was silent.

"Unfortunately, Dean's brain is not good, otherwise Dean's appearance and body will definitely be selected by those people." After chatting for a while, Barton sighed suddenly, glanced at Du Dian, and said regretfully.

The other children looked at Du Di'an who didn't respond, and all 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 Di'an is undoubtedly the most promising to be adopted, but there is something wrong with his brain. It's more serious than a physical problem. For example, the child with flesh pimples on half of his face. Although he looks scary, he has healthy hands and feet and a normal IQ. At least he can do coolies and find a job.

"Hmph, a bunch of broken things, they still want to fight us for the chance to adopt." At this time, the thin child in a nearby seat heard Barton's words and 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 Di'an, Barton, and others.

Compared with deformed children, those who are healthy but abandoned have heavier anger in their hearts.

Du Di'an glanced at these people lightly and didn't say anything. Although he was also a child, he saw a lot of things, and there was a deepness in his heart that many adults did not have.

And this pattern of his, in the eyes of these people, is "stupid".

"Look at this idiot, I can't understand even if I scold him."

"A guy with a broken head, no wonder he was abandoned!"

"Do you still want to be adopted? Just wait until you're thirteen and be thrown into a mine to mine!"

These children do not hide their contempt and disgust in the slightest 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?"

After hearing this, the arrogance of these children subsided, their faces were innocent as if nothing had happened just now.

...

the next day.

The silver-gray dark clouds gradually stretched out, and the sun shone into the slums.

In the rainy season, this is a rare sunny day.

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 select their satisfied children.

Early in the morning, Du Di'an got up on time. Although there was no alarm clock in this world, his biological clock never went wrong. After getting up, he made up the bedding, washed his face with simple filtered well water, and picked up another set next to the pillow to wash it. The white, coarse cloth clothes were just about to be put on, and suddenly there was a soft little ball inside.

Du Dian was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help thinking of the little girl who led him to this orphanage on a cold night, but unfortunately, it was dark and he couldn't see the other side's face clearly. During the three months in the orphanage, Naturally, people who can afford this delicate fabric are definitely high-class people in the outer wall area.

The handkerchief still had black spots left over from wiping his face, and it couldn't be washed.

After a while of silence, Du Dian put the handkerchief in his arms, then changed his clothes and ran to the open space outside the orphanage.

Although he has only one parent in his heart, he has to let himself be adopted as soon as possible. If a child who has not been adopted by the age of 13 will be abandoned 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 permanent free labor, until the death of exhaustion and old age, there will never be a chance to see the sun again.

Like Du Di'an, on this day, all the children in the orphanage were "dressed up", washed themselves cleanly, and put on clothes that they were reluctant to wear for a long time, and these clothes were distributed when they first entered the orphanage. sackcloth clothes down.

If your body smells bad, no one wants to come near you.

This is what Auntie Day told them.

Looking around, before the rain-soaked sand in front of the orphanage, stood a large group of children, but they were vaguely divided into two camps, the healthy and the deformed.

After all the children stood up, the adults who came to adopt them, led by Aunt Dai and other orphanage caregivers, 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 Di'an and several other deformed people who can't speak, all the other children shouted obediently, their black eyes were full of innocence, and their faces were full of longing and hope to greet the adults. , this fiery gaze made some adults feel embarrassed and unbearable.

Soon, Du Di'an, who was thin but tall in the crowd, became the target of all the adults' attention. His pale skin as the snow was too striking, and his temperament was completely different from the children around him. What was the difference, the adults also said No, I just feel that this child is very calm and has a kind of extravagance, yes, it is extravagance?

This surprised many adults. They didn't expect that there would be such outstanding seedlings in the orphanages in the slums.

For a time, many adults were moved.