Chapter 5 Stealing Food
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"Hmm......" With Liu Qingxi's exclamation, a sound of turning over came. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
frightened the two sisters and brothers, for fear of waking up others, and didn't dare to move for a long time.
This cave is inhabited by a large family, and there are several beds scattered around, so a little wind and grass can be heard by others, but fortunately, the location of the two sisters and brothers is close to the mouth of the cave.
This is because there is a wind blowing in at the entrance of the cave, it is relatively cold, and no one wants to live in this place, and in the end it was divided between the two sisters and brothers by the Wang family.
It was precisely because it was closer to the edge of the cave that the sound just now did not attract the attention of others, but two people subconsciously turned over and fell asleep again.
When it gradually quieted down, Liu Qingxi stood up and walked out of the cave with Liu Qingyan.
The ancient night sky was clear and clean, the fresh air was blowing in the face, and the moon hung high, adding a quiet charm to the night.
But Liu Qingxi was not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery, she was very hungry now, and her hungry stomach was throbbing for a while, like a needle prick, and she was eager to eat.
Although life has been difficult since I was a child, I have never suffered from hunger.
Liu Qingyan followed behind Liu Qingxi, and the two of them tiptoed forward, until they were some distance from the cave, and the two sisters and brothers let go of their courage.
And with their departure, the others in the cave were unaware.
It happened to be summer, and there were more animals and plants, at this moment, Liu Qingxi should sigh that it was not winter, and he could only laugh at himself in such bitterness.
"Xiaoyan, where is the wood?" Liu Qingxi didn't know much about the nearby landforms.
"I know, sister, you come with me!" Liu Qingyan is very familiar with this area, and after fleeing to this place, he followed his family out to find food.
It's just that people in this era are not rich, as long as they can eat, everyone has almost dug up.
So every day, the Liu family sent everyone up the mountain to look for food, but with little success, only to maintain two porridges a day.
There is a lack of food, of course the Wang family wants to keep more for their children, anyway, Liu Qingxi and Liu Qingyan have no one to call the shots, and she is used to abusing the two sisters and brothers, and it is normal not to let them eat.
At this moment, Liu Qingxi is the backbone of Liu Qingyan, and he takes Liu Qingxi to walk forward one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Sister, what are we going to do?" After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Liu Qingxi did not signal to stop, and he had to continue walking, so he had doubts.
"Let's go find something to eat!" Liu Qingxi touched the little boy's thin shoulders and encouraged.
Liu Qingyan's eyes widened in surprise: "Sister, can we find it? Others have found everything they can eat!" He went out with his family many times, but each time he found nothing, so everyone regarded him as a burden and was unwilling to take him anymore.
"Yes, we will definitely find something to eat!" Since ancient times, the mountains have been very rich in resources, and there are many unknown species on the developed mountains in modern times, let alone ancient times.
At the same time, Liu Qingxi didn't believe that his luck was so bad, he had just crossed over to this backward place, and he was dying again, it was too much to carry it.
Although he had doubts in his heart, Liu Qingyan didn't say anything, and still took Liu Qingxi inside.
It should have been dark for a long time, and the light in the distant village gradually faded.
Liu Qingxi knew that it was everyone sleeping, whether she saw it with her own eyes or not, with modern knowledge, she also knew how expensive the lamp oil for lighting was in this era.
So as soon as it gets dark, everyone goes to bed, and the lamp oil will not be wasted in vain.
In the dark night, only the moonlight sprinkled in the woods, adding a terrifying atmosphere for no reason, but at this time, Liu Qingxi didn't care about these at all.
She was unusually bold, holding Liu Qingyan's hand and groping in the night.
If it weren't for the cicadas and birds, the silence of the night would have scared people's courage.
"There it is!" The voice in her ears made Liu Qingxi's eyes light up: "Xiaoyan, I thought about what we are eating!" she laughed happily.
If someone passes by at this time, and hears this laughter in the middle of the night, accompanied by the whirring wind, it must be creepy.
"What to eat, what to eat?" Liu Qingyan drooled at the thought of having something to eat, looked at Liu Qingxi expectantly and asked.
"Follow me!" Liu Qingxi couldn't help patting his head, what a simple thing, this is summer, what is the most in summer? From the sound of cicadas I heard just now, I know that there are many cicadas now!
Cicadas are a good thing, cicadas can be eaten without molting, and they are one of the foods that many people in modern times, rich in protein, and delicious after cooking.
However, cicada is a scientific name, different places have different names, where Liu Qingxi is located, everyone calls the cicada after molting the ante, and the one that does not molt is called the ante monkey.
I remember when I was a child, on the trees in front of the house and behind the house, there would be a lot of ants and monkeys in the summer, and at that time, when the sky was dark, children would take flashlights and carry plastic bottles or glass bottles filled with water to go out to catch the monkeys.
When he was about five or six years old, that is, when he was just remembering, Liu Qingxi also went out with his friends to catch ants and monkeys, and then sold them to the commissary, three or four a dime, and the ones caught every night could be sold for more than a dollar, which was a huge amount of money for children at that time.
However, the adults will collect the money from the sale and help keep it in the name of it.
Later, the family changed, and only she and her grandmother were left in the family, and life became more and more difficult.
And with the capture of monkeys, there are fewer and fewer monkeys, the price is getting more and more expensive, and it is becoming more and more difficult to catch, Liu Qingxi will still go out to catch them at night when he is not at school in the summer.
It's just that there is no longer the happiness of fighting wits and courage with adults and hiding a small treasury privately, and every time she sells it, even if it is only a few cents, she will take the initiative to give it to her grandmother for safekeeping.
At a young age, she never enjoyed the joy of being coquettish under her parents' knees, and she took on the burden of life early, starting from high school, she relied on her own work-study until she graduated with a master's degree.
The past is cloudy, grasp the present, and the current problem to be solved is food and clothing.
Although it was once before the liberation, Liu Qingxi was confident that he could go out, step by step, and create a better future with his own hands.
Liu Qingyan didn't know that this sister had changed her core, and he didn't know that Liu Qingxi's heart had turned a thousand times just now, and his attention was all on what Liu Qingxi said.
In front of him is a small forest, Liu Qingxi walked over, just in the moonlight, lying very close to see whether there were ants and monkeys on the tree.
Suddenly, Liu Qingxi exclaimed: "Ha, there is, come quickly!" She stretched out her hand and grabbed it, and the familiarity of the monkey's paw scratching her palm came, and she knew that she had not scratched it wrong.