Chapter 41: Two Bags of Grain

The old cry led to the helpless young man. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

His complexion was a sun-kissed patina, his face was straightforward, and he was tall and tall, but he didn't know what to say to persuade his elderly mother.

He knelt down with a "poof", his back unconsciously wilted, and his shoulders trembled. The seven-foot man wiped his tears and said guiltily: "Mother! I'm sorry you're old. Tears welled up in his eyes, fell on the crops, and quickly disappeared into the thirsty ground.

Poverty and disaster bend people's backs.

Lu Li pointed at the young man and said, "That's him." ”

You Ning looked sideways at the unjust soul behind him, he seemed to see nothing, still calm and unwavering. Such an ignorant soul is like this when he is alive. Youning lowered his voice and sighed lightly.

Lu Li said: "I cast an invisibility spell, and they can't see us." ”

"Yes."

"Silly boy, what's right to be sorry! It's my mother who is old, useless, and still dragging you down. You're twenty-five, and you haven't let you go to the last daughter-in-law, if you end up here, when you get down, how can I have the face to face your father! The more she spoke, the more sad she became, tears running down the furrows on her face to the corners of her mouth, her hands clenched into fists and beating her chest, crying more like wailing.

He was a little at a loss for a while, clumsily pulling the cuffs of his hair, while gently wiping the tears of the old woman: "Mother! Don't cry, it will pass, it will pass...", but no matter how you listen to it, you have no confidence.

Hey, the surrounding mountains are flat, and if you can go up to the mountains to hunt, you may be able to survive.

A drought, a locust plague, how can there be any surplus food at home, winter is coming, how can this be lived. Thinking crankily in his heart, he forced a smile and said, "Mother, it's okay!" With me, I'm sure I'll be able to get through! As he spoke, he helped the old woman to her feet.

With her son as a support, crying is not a way to think about it, and the old woman followed her son to the house with a heavy heart.

Yu Ning and Lu Li followed their footsteps and walked to the dilapidated thatched hut, where there was still some soup with no rice grains in the pot stove, and the rice pockets were bottoming out.

You Ning felt depressed in her heart, she had never seen such suffering in the mortal world, and she never thought that there were people in the world who were so poor that they would not even be able to eat, and if they couldn't eat, mortals would starve to death, right?

"Boss, it's about to be winter, how should this family live with no harvest?"

Lu Li frowned slightly and said: "The suffering in this world, not to mention this family, close your eyes and listen quietly." ”

Hearing this, You Ning slowly closed her eyes, her heart was quiet and focused.

I only heard a childish child say in a weak voice: "Mother, the baby is hungry." ”

Another voice seemed to come in from afar: "Stop howling! What's the use of howling! ”

Immediately after, countless voices invaded from all directions.

"I'll kill you!"

The sound of swords and swords was endless, and there were countless mortal voices, some comforting each other, some wars and chaos, and some jealousy in the courtyard of the house.

Fighting, obsession.

Never-ending strife and arguments.

You Ning was suddenly suppressed, trembled slightly unconsciously, opened his eyes, but seemed to see many feelings of the world.

"What are these?"

Lu Li lowered his eyes slightly, turned his face to the small thatched hut, and said, "Karma." ”

The sky gradually darkened, the old mother sat on the edge of the kang and wiped her tears, and the man sat by the stove outside and wept silently, for fear that the old mother would hear it, and bit her lip and deliberately suppressed the cry, which made people even more sad.

A young man came outside, and by the moonlight, it was a soldier in armor carrying two cloth bags in his hands.

"Big bull! At home? ”

Da Niu turned to look at the young man, and without looking closely, he recognized the person who came, and said with a smile: "Zhuang Er, are you not a soldier?" Why did you come back all of a sudden? He was a little at a loss, rubbed his hands and said, "Look, you finally came back, and there is nothing to entertain you at home." ”

He hurriedly took a black broken bowl, scooped a scoop of water and handed it to him, "You sit down first, I, I'll go to Aunt Wang'er's house to borrow some food." With that, he hurried out.

Zhuang Eryi grabbed Da Niu's arm and said, "Don't be busy, I have to leave in a while." He put the cloth bag on the table of Da Niu's house, pointed to the two pockets and said: "I have no relatives and no reason to wander to our village, and you and your aunt can only grow up with help." I heard that there was a terrible disaster in our village, and these are the food and wages I earned in the army, so I specially sent some to you. ”

"I can't ask for your food in vain, I heard that military salaries are exchanged for life, I can't ask for it!"

Zhuang Er smiled and said, "Da Niu, what are you polite to me!" I'll take it for you, I don't know if I have a life flower for this salary, so I'll give your family an emergency first! ”

"What do you say! What a taboo! Da Niu pushed his pocket back and said, "You keep it, and when the war stops, you can save enough money to marry a daughter-in-law!" ”

Zhuang Er shook his head slightly and said: "Our Liang State can't beat the Qin State, and the food and salary allocated by the emperor Lao'er are getting less and less, and we are just a poor soldier." It's us who are charging into battle, and those who receive merit and reward have their own tops, hey. He let out a long sigh, his eyes misty, and the tip of his nose reddened slightly.

He sniffled, then continued, "You are right not to be a soldier, at least you still have a life." ”

"Zhuang Er, you and my brother said, is something wrong?" Da Niu looked at Zhuang Ertie's man and shed tears, and he felt a little uneasy.

"Dage, dead. Hu Qiao'er is dead. Song Jie, also dead..."Zhuang Er wiped his tears, gritted his teeth, looked at him with red eyes and said: "Da Niu, I am left with you as a brother, you have to live well, for all of us, live well." When the war stops, marry a good daughter-in-law and live a good life, this life will be worth it. ”

Da Ge, Hu Qiao'er, Song Jie, Zhuang Er, back then, these four homeless children came to the village together and were Da Niu's best friends. Now that he suddenly heard Zhuang Er talk about the death of these people, Da Niu couldn't help but be stunned.

Where is this war, it's simply a death!

The big cow sat there in a daze, tears flowing down irrepressibly, and his back was stiff, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. After a while, he patted Zhuang Er's back and said, "Good brother, it's good that you're still alive." Are you coming back to report the funeral? ”

Zhuang Er shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "No, I'm just coming back to send you some food, and I have to go." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and said, "Da Niu, don't be a soldier unless you have to." If you stay at home, you can at least survive, even if you dig the ground to survive. Zhuang Er turned around and walked out of the door.

Da Niu looked at Zhuang Er's back in a daze, and his heart was indescribably sour.

Turning his eyes to the pocket on the table, he picked it up in a panic, and came to the courtyard, and by the moonlight, he saw that the bag was stained with blood, which had dried up for a while, and was black. He opened the bag and saw that the food inside was soaked in blood and slightly discolored.

"That Zhuang Er..."You Ning frowned, his eyes shining slightly in the moonlight.

Lu Li lowered his eyes and said, "It's dead." ”