The heat does not change, the sound of cicadas tears and prolongs, and people's senses become dull. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Inside the Land Temple, Wang Ya was sitting next to the bamboo basket, and Xiao Lan had been silent since she heard Wang Niuguang's name, which made the boy feel inexplicably afraid. The old man in front of him, who was nearly sixty years old, with sloppy clothes and staring at him, made him feel terrible.

Wang Niuguang also understood in his heart that it was Xiao Lan who saved him.

After the silence, Xiao Lan spoke, breaking the freezing point of the conversation, and he said slowly, "You live near here?"

Wang Niuguang shrunk his neck, nodded and replied in a low voice: "I live in Wangjia Village, which is not far away. ”

Xiao Lan heard his answer, which confirmed his guess, looked at Wang Niuguang thoughtfully, and continued to ask, "How many people are in the family?"

Wang Niuguang really couldn't understand why Xiao Lan asked these inconsequential things, but he was rescued, and the person who saved him didn't seem to be easy to mess with at all, so Wang Niuguang didn't say his confusion, just walked according to Xiao Lan's rhythm, asking and answering, which was also the reaction that Xiao Lan wanted him to have the most.

"There are only two people in the family, me and my grandmother. Wang Niuguang replied.

Two people, and an old man and a child?

Xiao Lan was puzzled and continued to ask, "What about your parents?"

"I picked it up by my grandmother. ”

Xiao Lan can also understand that in the war-torn era, it is common for children to be unable to support themselves, to be sold to others, or thrown into the wilderness. Since Wang Niuguang lives with his grandmother, why is he alone now?

Xiao Lan continued to ask, "What about your grandma?"

"Flee the famine. ”

Sure enough, Xiao Lan still got the information she wanted.

In order not to immediately show that he was eager to know the information about the escape, he asked quite humanely, "She left you alone?"

Wang Niuguang lowered his head and did not speak.

Xiao Lan also understood what he meant, and continued to ask, "Are you going to find your grandma?"

"Yes. ”

"Why didn't you come with her before?"

Hearing Xiao Lan ask, Wang Niuguang thought of some things, and was about to cry, and finally held back his tears before he replied: "There is nothing to eat at home, I'll look for something to eat." I went to ask the commune for it, but they didn't give it, and then I went up the mountain to find food, and when I got home, I didn't see my grandmother, and some people said that she fled the famine. ”

Xiao Lan didn't have much feeling about what happened to Wang Niuguang, so she didn't say hello, but continued to ask: "Do you know where your grandma went to escape the famine?"

"Yes. Wang Niuguang nodded.

"Where?"

Wang Niuguang pointed in one direction and said, "North." ”

Knowing the specific direction, Xiao Lan was still not satisfied, and he wanted to know more. A child who was only a teenager was put out step by step by him.

"How do you know it's the north, listen to what others say?" Xiao Lan pretended to question, frowned, and said in a serious tone.

Xiao Lan's questioning made Wang Niuguang mistakenly think that the other party thought he was lying, and he immediately refuted and responded to Xiao Lan's question: "No, I saw it on the wall! ”

As early as the beginning of the year, the rainfall was already low, and the upper authorities were aware that there might be a great famine this time. They had already taken precautions, and when the famine really came, they immediately spread the news, and if there was not enough food in the commune in any village, they could flee to the designated place to receive help, which was also a disguised escape from the famine.

The village where Wang Er was located was in the middle of nowhere, and the news arrived late. It was precisely because the people in the village robbed Wang Er's grain that they survived until the time when the news arrived.

Sure enough, the data didn't lie, and in this way, the task was suddenly much simpler.

But this time it also reflected a lot of problems, and Xiao Lan realized that he was illiterate at all. Wang Er was originally an out-and-out peasant, he had never gone to school, he only knew his own name, and he was completely illiterate.

became illiterate, which caused a lot of restrictions for Xiao Lan.

On second thought, the solution suddenly appeared.

Xiao Lan began to ask Wang Niuguang again, but his heart was weighing whether to take him on the road with him, and bring a literate person, who is his way to solve the problem.

"Are you literate?" Xiao Lan asked.

Wang Niuguang nodded and said, "I went to school." He studied with the teacher for a year and could read most of the words clearly.

Xiao Lan also knows most of Wang Niuguang's character, Wang Niuguang's literacy is useful to Xiao Lan, and it can come in handy in a large place.

Although it will be more troublesome to bring one more person, Wang Niuguang knows the specific direction of escaping the famine, and it is very important for Xiao Lan to have a specific direction.

Wang Er is illiterate, has been to few places, is lonely, and can't even understand basic common sense, which brings great inconvenience to Xiao Lan. According to Wang Niuguang's conversation just now, Xiao Lan also has a general understanding of his character, and now he can stay first and continue to observe later.

So, Xiao Lan decided to go with Wang Niuguang in her heart, but she definitely couldn't let herself bring it up.

After asking so many questions before, both Xiao Lan and Wang Niuguang were very wary of each other, and the atmosphere was not very pleasant. Now that he has decided to go with Wang Niuguang, Xiao Lan's appearance is not as aggressive as before.

Maybe Wang Ya was a good way to ease the atmosphere, Xiao Lan waved her hand in the direction of the bamboo basket and called Wang Ya over.

"Yaya, come here, call Brother. Xiao Lan said seriously in the face of Wang Ya.

Wang Ya was very afraid of life, and she seemed very uneasy about Wang Niuguang's appearance, but she still listened to Xiao Lan's words and slowly moved to Xiao Lan's side, which made her feel a little relieved.

She opened her mouth and whispered, "Brother......"

After Wang Ya spoke, Xiao Lan also slowly pretended to explain and make up lies.

"My granddaughter and I also came out to escape the famine, the purpose is the same as you, but I didn't feel at ease with you before, so I asked a little more. Xiao Lan's half-truths always make people believe without any doubt.

Wang Niuguang was overjoyed, he didn't expect Xiao Lan and the others to escape the famine, wasn't that the same as himself? Can he walk with them? But they seem to have food and water, and he has nothing, will he follow him?

But how, after Wang Niuguang's inner struggle, he still cautiously asked a sentence: "...... Can I follow you?"

Xiao Lan was just waiting for him to say this, but he didn't have much expression when his goal was achieved, and he replied indifferently: "Yes, we only left in the evening, and now the sun is big, we can't go." ”

But even though Xiao Lan answered his question, Wang Niuguang still had an expression of wanting to say and stopping, wanting to say and saying that he would not suffer, and his face was wrinkled.

Xiao Lan had no choice but to ask him, "What's wrong?"

"Yes...... Can you give me some more water?"

Wang Niuguang naturally knew that there was very little water now, but he really wanted to drink water, and his throat was smoking, he knew that this was an unreasonable request, so he said it carefully.

Xiao Lan understood his hesitation, but rejected his request: "We don't have much water, only half a bowl left, so ...... No, I can't give you a drink. ”

Originally, giving him half a bowl of water was already an exception, but now he can't give it anymore, and he must find water, otherwise he will die of thirst instead of starving

"I know a place where there is water. Wang Niuguang said.