The door opened, Jian Ning stood on the threshold and stood on tiptoe to look into the distance, the verdant trees were bare and only the branches, and when her eyes turned around, she saw the top of the wall, which was originally covered with green roses and wisterias, but now it seemed like a cold winter withered leaves, only the thin branches and veins climbed lifelessly along the wall waiting for the next spring.

The green lawn was open and muddy, the bare large mud yellow pierced people's hearts, the two vigorous vines were half eaten away, and they looked ugly, and a few locusts flew in the yard occasionally, and Jane Ning reached out and grabbed one and pinched it to death, staining a sticky green pulp.

Old Man Jiang walked out of the door, his legs were weak, he raised his feet across the threshold, and sat on the ground with a puff, Jian Ning walked over quickly to support him: "Grandpa, the flowers and plants are gone, let's plant them again." ”

She didn't know how to comfort the old man, obviously the old man was not distressed by the flowers and plants in the courtyard, but how should she comfort others, saying that the food was gone, didn't it matter?!

The relationship is too big to say.

The word grain is like a thousand pounds!

The lives of tens of millions of people are at stake!

The old man waved his hand weakly, and tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes: "I'm fine, the flowers and plants are leisurely and pleasant, what if there is one, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning!"

He stood up: "Grandpa is old and useless, he will not be able to walk, you help grandpa to go to the field to have a look." ”

Jian Ning glanced at the bald courtyard and took a deep breath: "It's the same thing whether you look at it or not, you take it slow at home, I'll go and see." ”

Seeing too much of the tragic situation affects the mood, and it is better not to watch it at this point.

Old Man Jiang was stunned for a moment, and let out a wry smile: "Yes, I'm old and retired, and I can't help with the major matters of people's livelihood." You go, go and tell Yihua to return to the army immediately and stand by, so that you don't have to say goodbye to me. ”

"It's going to be messy!" he sighed and turned, his back slumped, and walked slowly towards the door.

Last year, several disasters consumed nearly half of the grain reserves of the G family, and this year, there is no more grain harvest, and the reserves will not last long.

This plague of locusts has taken away hope and left a land of despair.

This place is not like the world where Jian Ning once was, when the catastrophe came, the G family had developed to a certain extent, the grain yield was high, the economy was developed, the people were rich, the G family had sufficient grain reserves, even if more than a billion people did not farm, the grain reserves were enough for the people of the whole country to eat for a few years.

At that time, the end of the world came suddenly, and the town government was still operating normally for eight or nine years, and the era of the world she lived in now could be summed up in four words - poverty in one place.

is already poor, collapsed and chaotic, and can be counted with pinching fingers.

Jian Ning wiped her face, turned around and went to the bedroom to pack Jiang Yihua's luggage.

After a moment, she opened the courtyard door with her luggage, stood on the slope, and stood quietly looking at the people walking towards her in the distance.

She stood tall, and the wind carried the cries of the people in the fields, and the voices conveyed feelings of fear and despair.

She looked around in silence.

As far as the eye can see, the dense weeds have lost their leaves, the trees have lost their leaves, and the roots and branches are delicate, as if they have been stripped of their clothes by something, fragile and humble.

The fields that were still green in the morning were now all gone, as if they had been shoveled by professional hands, leaving only large areas of bare yellow-brown fields.

The cry of grief and hopelessness, the sound of cursing continued to pour into her ears one after another, and Jian Ning burst into tears in an instant.

Mizusawa blurred her vision, and someone from the bottom of the slope was rushing towards her.

"I didn't keep my own land. The person was close, Jiang Yihua gasped slightly, stopped three steps away from her, and stared worriedly.

"I see. Jian Ning pulled her lips far-fetchedly, showed an ugly smile, and stretched out her hand to hand over her luggage: "Grandpa asked you to return to the army immediately, with me at home, you don't have to worry, do what you have to do." ”

"Hmm. He stepped forward, hugged her tightly and said, "Wait for me to come back." ”

When the words fell, he let go of his hand and strode away, without looking back.

He can't turn back, there are two most important people in his life behind him, and he can't help but be reluctant to turn back.

Jian Ning watched his back go away quietly and silently, reflecting the tragic scene, which made people feel unspeakably melancholy.

After a long time, she moved her feet, turned her head and went to the old lady's yard, when she went, the old lady had already eased up a little, and was instructing her daughters-in-law to send the vegetables that had been cut out by the roots to the cellar and put them in the chicken shed and rabbit cage.

"Milk, I'm going to town. Jian Ning stood at the door of the hall and said, her voice like a stone sinking at the bottom of a lake, silent and peaceful.

The old lady put the last bit of green onion and cabbage in the basket and shook the soil on her hands: "Let Deli and your fifth uncle accompany you." She didn't ask what to do, her granddaughter's face was cold and hot, the whole village was ruined, it was too late to plant any grain in August, except for buckwheat, luck might be able to harvest a stubble, the last time the seeds were planted, the buckwheat seeds were cleared, and she guessed that her granddaughter must be going to get buckwheat seeds.

Jian Ning shook her head: "No, I'll go and go back quickly, there are many things in the village." ”

The old lady hesitated for a moment: "Okay, you pay attention to safety, bring the shotgun with you." ”

Because of the granddaughter's warning two or three minutes in advance, and there is a large piece of woven cloth, they can keep some food, and other families talk about keeping their own land, and the vegetables in the vegetable garden are afraid that they will be eaten by the damn locusts, how can the days be boiled!

"Mother, why hasn't the step-soldier come back yet?" The old lady was holding on to the door frame and feeling that the world is difficult, and it is not easy for people to live in the world, Li Miaoyin hit the muzzle of the gun.

The old lady had a heavy face and reprimanded: "Are you looking for my son to feed?" I didn't see what it was like outside, so I couldn't go to the village to help, and I didn't know what the greenhouses were. Are you so inseparable from men? Do you want to beg the gods to make you smaller, so that I can carry you in my pocket all the time. ”

"Mother, how can you say that about me, I'm worried about the soldiers. Li Miaoyin said sadly.

"Worry, what's there to worry about, locusts don't eat people, we rural people are not as squeamish as you. The old lady kicked the sack under her feet: "I'll give you two choices, one, go outside to pick up locusts, and second, go back to your house and lie down on the corpse, and don't let me see you for the time being." ”

"Mother,"

"Don't call me!" the old lady interrupted with angry eyes.

Cao Fengzhen gently tugged at Li Miaoyin's clothes: "Brother and sister, you go to the house to rest, there is nothing to do at home, I will call the three Deli brothers to pick up insects." ”

The fifth brother and sister are squeamish, how dare they pick up insects, Cao Fengzhen intentionally gave her a step down, no one is in a good mood now, it's bad,

I was irritable, and I was on fire, and at this time I went to fight with the old lady, purely to find scolding, and to find myself unhappy.

Li Miaoyin is a smart person, she went down the steps, went back to the house and cried for a while, she was frightened by the locust crossing just now, and was scolded by the old lady, and felt aggrieved.