"Sister, come back!"

It was not calm along the way, there was always a strange bird that swooped Tang Zhu, causing Tang Zhu's already torn clothes and a few more holes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tang Chunhua was taking care of his sick mother, and he was very happy to see Tang Zhu come back.

"Brother, our tank is empty, there is no noon to eat, we can bear it, but we can't let our little brother go hungry, our mother is still lying on the bed and can't get up!"

What came out was a young girl with short hair and neat.

Looking at his sister's short hair, Tang Zhu quietly turned around and secretly wiped away the tears that flowed out again.

There was no way to be poor in front, so my sister cut off her hair and sold it to the merchant, so she exchanged it for a few catties of sorghum flour, otherwise Tang Zhu and his younger brother would have starved to death during that famine.

A woman, an aunt-in-law, has no hair, how can she get married?

"I'll go to the village chief's house to borrow some more, it's a big deal to work for another two years, you go back to the house to take care of our mother first, you don't have to worry about the food of a woman's family, and it will be done."

Tang Zhu put down the firewood, looked at the cave that was about to collapse, and became sad again. If it rains again, the kiln will not be able to live in it. But with his current condition, how can he fix it?

First went back to the house to take a look at his mother, fed her a few mouthfuls of water, and Tang Zhu returned to the courtyard.

He hadn't taken a sip of water for almost two days. The rainy season has not yet arrived, there is no water in the well, the waterhole in the village has dried up, and there is only a little water left in the water tank at home. Even if it stinks, it has to be drunk by mother and brother first.

This day is a big day!

Tang Zhu licked his dry lips and began to chop wood.

"You bad bird, why don't you go away! If you do this again, I'll catch you eating bird meat! ”

According to the primitive belief of Tangjiazhai, there is little harm to birds, insects, and small beasts. Even in times of famine, bird hunting is rare.

"Why don't you go, if you do it again, you'll be angry!"

Looking at the strange birds that kept rushing towards him and were constantly being beaten away by themselves, Tang Zhu suddenly had an idea in his heart.

[Rats have been rampant recently, so it's better to go to the second uncle's house to borrow some tools and dig out the rat hole, maybe there is still some food in it, don't rats like to steal people's food, after stealing for so many years, it should pay some interest. 】

When Tang Zhu thought of this, he suddenly had a little light. Now the wood was no longer chopping, and the birds were no longer beating, so he put down his head and walked out.

"You are an old immortal, why do you look at the dead old lady next door, the old lady fights with you!"

Passing by Tang Butcher's house, seeing the door closed, listening to the noise and scolding, and then looking at the few knives of pork on the stall, Tang Zhu swallowed his saliva and turned his head.

"Second uncle? Second uncle! ”

Tang Zhu knocked on the door hard, but no one inside responded.

[Maybe go out to play?] What a disappointment. 】

Tang Zhu was very disappointed, and it seemed that he was going to run for nothing again.

Just turned around to leave, and saw a shadow standing there in front of him, Tang Zhu felt a little weak, and hurriedly turned his head back.

"Brother Tang, why do you keep avoiding me?"

The mother-in-law rushed up, hugged Tang Zhu, and cried a lot.

This is a rare surname in this village, Fourth Brother Zhang's daughter, who is seventeen years old this year, is Tang Zhu's good friend. But because he couldn't afford the bride price, Tang Zhu deliberately distanced himself from her recently.

"There's no way, this situation ......"

Tang Zhu said resignedly.

In addition to not being able to afford the bride price, Tang tried his best to avoid Zhang Qiao'er for another important reason: he had no food to lend her.

The Zhang family is also a destitute household, and his Tang family is also an abject poor household. Fourth Brother Zhang's illness is more serious than Tang Zhu's mother, I heard that it is "show girl crazy", very serious, and must be reconciled with Xishan's special herb "Baili Red Stiff" and rhubarb to be cured.

The love of a poor family is sometimes so helpless. No matter how great a love is, you have to think about your stomach first. Tang Zhu really wanted to directly result in himself and avoid suffering this sin in the world.

However, he is gone, what should the old lady do? What about my sister? The younger brother is only six years old, and he doesn't even have the ability to stand on his own, so he really can't do anything to himself. One corpse has four lives, and death is the most cowardly escape.

He can't die, at least he can't bear to die until his sister marries, his younger brother marries his mother-in-law, and the old Tang family has descendants to continue the incense.

"Brother Tang, I'm not here to ask you for food. I replied to him, he was dying, woo......"

Zhang Qiaoer cried even more sadly.

"What? Fourth Brother...... Fourth Uncle is dying? What's going on? ”

Tang Zhu was very surprised.

"Last night, I replied that the show girl was crazy again, and I begged the doctor to see it, and he said that he couldn't last a day, unless there was red stiff grass. Brother Tang, I-"

Looking at Zhang Qiao'er's pear blossom and rainy face, Tang Zhu knew her thoughts. He moved his lips and wanted to refuse, but he couldn't bear it.

"I can't...... I, but...... Alas! I'm going to find the medicine and help you get it back! ”

Zhang Qiao'er looked at Tang Zhu, but the sorrow on her face did not weaken by half a point.