Above the inky sky, there were suddenly more than a dozen bright stars. It contrasts with the three flying stars due north.

A little boy ran out of the hole, waving his hands in the air, and shouted, "So many stars!"

Her mother, frightened, chased after her, holding a tattered quilt in her hand, and quickly pulled the little boy into the quilt with both hands, pushing and shoving the child into the cave.

"You're going to die! I'm going out a little bit too late, and you'll be frozen into ice." You'll never see A-Niang again. Although the mother reproached fiercely, her eyes showed concern and concern for the child.

"Ah Niang! there are so many stars in the sky! It's so beautiful!" The little boy put his arms around his mother's neck with three hands, swaying back and forth.

The mother smiled faintly, put her hands on the child's thin shoulders, and said, "Son! Those are not stars, they are the battleships of the Genting Heavenly Palace. They must have brought us food. ”

The child looked back at the entrance of the cave, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Auntie, we haven't eaten food for a long time, and Daddy doesn't have much left, will we starve to death?"

The woman turned her head sideways and looked at the last roll of dried fibers left on the stove, and a look of indescribability appeared on her face.

She had the standard appearance of this void woman, with a delicate appearance, a tall figure, slender hands, and very well-proportioned and slender legs. But her face was full of vicissitudes, because if there was no food, the mother and son would have to be dehydrated and turned into a roll of dry fiber.

"Auntie, don't be dehydrated, if you are dehydrated, you can't play with the swallows next door." "The little boy is actually very good-looking, but he has not been fed enough for a long time, which makes him look like he has a big head and a thin neck. The three arms and three calves swayed back and forth in the air like bean sprouts.

The mother smiled and said to her son, "Son, it is better to be dehydrated than to starve." If you are dehydrated, you will always have a chance to live, and if you starve to death, you will really have nothing. ”

She said this as if she was saying it to her son, more like convincing herself.

"But. The son pointed to the half-roll of dried fiber on the stove and said, "You see that Daddy can't move after he is dehydrated, and there is still a little left of what we eat." Can I get it back to the same state after soaking in water?"

The young woman choked up a little, she couldn't find the right language to educate her son for a while, and after a while, she could only say, "Your father volunteered to be dehydrated so that we could live." It's good to be freed sooner. ”

Just when the mother and son were talking about their future life and death, a voice outside the cave entered the cave by the wind and snow.

"Shi family lady, do you know?

The two people in the depths of the cave looked carefully towards the entrance of the cave in the faint light of the fire. It was a moment before the figure appeared within the reach of the firelight.

"Lady of the Xu family, what good news makes you brave the snow to come?" The lady of the Shi family stood up, instinctively reached out to Si Na half of the dry fiber, but stopped halfway through her hand, turned to the water bowl next to her, poured some water and handed it to the visitor.

The lady of the Xu family, who was called the Xu family, glanced at the dry fibers on the stove, and said with a smile: "Ouch! Your family still has left! The dead ghost in our family has long been eaten by a few hungry ghosts in the family, and recently we can only shave hay roots in the snow to live." ”

She changed her words: "But ah, we won't have to live this hard life soon." ”

"What's the matter?, a golden day is about to rise again?" asked the lady of the Shi family.

The woman of the Xu family shook her head: "Who can know about that thing." It can't be loved. I have heard that our queen has found a wonderland on earth, with flowing rivers and mountains full of greenery, and flowers, where there is plenty of food, and there is never going to be a dehydration. ”

"There is such a good thing, how can I go?" the lady of the Shi family was a little moved, and hurriedly asked.

"I heard that I want to go to the chief to register, and then wait for the notice from the palace, and I can go after passing the inspection. The woman of the Xu family danced excitedly, and the spittle stars flew wildly.

"Such a good thing, it can't be a lie, right?" said the lady of the Shi family worriedly.

The woman of the Xu family waved her hand: "How can it be a lie? The edict is about to come down, and the old king has already gone there, where he will soak up the sun and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world." How can this be fake?"

"Then I guess the old man will go first, and we slaves will always have to stay until the end. The lady of the Shi family said with some loss.

"Then you guessed wrong, it was like that before, we slaves were going to die first, and we were going to be dehydrated and dehydrated. But this time is different, this time all the slaves who have not yet been dehydrated and are registered will draw lots with those high-ranking officials, and they will be able to go immediately if they are drawn. ”

The lady of the Shi family immediately stood up and stretched out her hand to the outside of the cave: "So, what about those dehydrated people who are hoarding in the dry warehouse now? Can they go?"

"Naturally, it can't, at least not now!" said the woman of the Xu family.

The tears of the lady of the Shi family immediately flowed, and she muttered to herself: "Then my father and mother-in-law can only be put in the dry warehouse and let them rot?"

The woman of the Xu family sighed and said, "We slave laborers are such a fate! We still have some skills in our hands, so we won't be forced to dehydrate, what use can those in the dry warehouse be used except for being thrown into the stove in the greenhouse as firewood?"

The two women hugged each other and cried, and after crying for a while, the woman of the Xu family patted the shoulder of the lady of the Shi family and said, "Okay! Don't cry, crying too much and saying goodbye consumes physical strength, and there is only a little bit left of the men in your family. At that time, if the lottery can be drawn, you mother and son will be able to live in peace for the rest of your life. ”

After speaking, the woman of the Xu family touched the head of the little boy next to her with a smile on her face, and said with relief: "Your little ghost has been bright since he was a child, his eyes are big, and his appearance is also good-looking. ”

The little boy raised his clean face and asked the woman with a smile, "Can you go with your swallows? She promised to be my wife! I like to play with them, and I won't go if she doesn't go." ”

The two women glanced at each other, and a wry smile hung over their faces.

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