I can't cook without water. Every household doesn't have much water left, so they only dare to cherish a small sip. The village chief's family also gave the mule some water, and the rest of the family, the mule Can only be thirsty.
The children didn't know anything about it, they were playing hide and seek around the carriage.
Juhua and Mr. Zhang's daughter Xiang'er were sitting on the loess wall turning over flower ropes. Juhua suddenly shouted, "Someone is coming."
Gu Fei looked over and saw a woman with a face covered in dust standing outside half of the loess wall. She was holding an eighty-nine-year-old boy, and standing next to her was a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old girl.
When the woman saw that everyone was looking at her, she smiled awkwardly: "We are fleeing from famine. Can you brothers and sisters-in-law let us ladies rest here for a few nights?"
Everyone said nothing and looked at Gu. Akira.
Gu Zhang thought for a while, there was nothing to be afraid of with two women and one child. Besides, this place did not belong to them. He nodded: "Okay."
The woman thanked her and pulled the child in from the side.
It was getting dark at this time, and Uncle Ma shouted, "Raise the fire."
Gu Sanlang lit some dead leaves with a fire stick, and added dry branches to it, and the fire quickly started burning.
Everyone sat around the fire.
The mother and son were sitting by the wall and didn't come over.
It was also dinner time at this time, and every household brought out dry food to eat.
Gu Fei was nibbling on the pancake when she suddenly heard the voice of the boy beside the wall behind her, "Mom, I'm so hungry."
The woman lowered her head and remained silent.
The child said again: "Mom, I want to eat steamed buns."
The woman was silent for a long time, then suddenly made up her mind, took the two children to the fire, knelt down with a plop, "Brothers and sisters-in-law, can you please do this?" Let's give my wife some food. It's true that I ate some grass roots yesterday and didn't catch anything all day long."
"Thank you for your kind brothers and sisters," the woman said, holding on to the two children. kowtow.
Everyone who was eating dry food suddenly fell silent, and no one made a sound.
Gu Fei couldn't bear to see it, but she also understood that there were many people like this along the way, and she couldn't save them, and she couldn't save them.
She lowered her eyes and ate the pancake silently.
The woman and the two children kowtowed for more than a dozen times, and the village chief couldn't help but sigh, "Stop kowtowing. Save the energy you have for walking."
"We are also fleeing famine. How can we have extra food for others."
The woman He raised his dusty face and suddenly saw the white flour pancake in Gu Sanlang's hand. He rushed over and knelt down in front of him, "This little brother, my Lian'er will be your wife. All you need is a bag of coarse grains." ."
Gu Sanlang's face turned dark. Who wants a dirty girl to be his wife?
He waved his hand impatiently, "Let's go, let's go, I don't want a wife!"
Mr. Zhang next to him laughed, "Sanlang, this girl is tall and has good eyebrows. She should be good at cleaning. You can earn a bag of coarse grains in exchange for a wife." "Yes!"
Gu Sanlang was annoyed, "Uncle Zhang, your Donglai is now ten years old, so it's just right to buy her as a child bride."
Everyone laughed.
Gu Fei looked at the mother and son and felt unspeakably sad.
At this time, Mr. Qian suddenly said, "You are from Xishan County, right? You girl is so skinny, and you still want a bag of grain? I heard someone said yesterday that you can buy a girl in Xishan County with a bushel of grain now." ."