In the twenty-second year of the reign of the Wei State, the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, the imperial court had no will, and the counties and counties of Youzhou had been sealed, and the victims of the disaster dug grass roots and barked everywhere in order to survive, and even some of them killed people and drank blood in order to find saliva to drink.

How can anyone remember that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family reunion. Even God can't stand it anymore, and his face is clouded all night, and even the moon is shrunk in the clouds and can't bear to show his face.

The breeze was boredom and a little cool, Situ Yan stood in her small courtyard, looking at the sky in the south, she was also worried about Wu Jin, a few days ago she wanted to try to enter the city, but not long after she left the village, she was targeted by the victims, so she had to retreat back. It's not that she's afraid of these victims, but she just doesn't want the second and third brothers who accompanied her to get hurt.

"Little Wu, your eldest brother will be fine, don't worry." Several brothers of the Li family were sitting in the courtyard, eating mooncakes made by Situ Yan, although there was hunger outside, their family had no worries about food and clothing. Even the four of them had the illusion that there was no famine at the moment, but only occasionally disaster victims would enter the village, so they were convinced that there was already no food and water outside.

"I hope so?" Situ Yan's voice was soft, she didn't want to speak at this moment, she just wanted to stay alone quietly for a while.

"Little Wu, today's holiday, don't be sad anymore, I believe that God will bless your eldest brother." San Lang also helped Da Lang persuade the little sister, the little sister was unhappy, they even ate moon cakes and lost the sweetness of the past.

"Brothers, I'm fine." Situ Yan also knew that it was useless to worry, but she couldn't control her heart, this might be the natural reaction of the original owner, if she depended on her, she wouldn't be so worried about Wu Jin, after all, she hadn't really met and lived together.

took a deep breath, and then chatted with his brothers, "Big brother, has Li Cao come to you again these days?" ”

"No, I heard from the mountain baby that Li Cao locked Uncle Niu in the house and didn't let him out of the house at all."

"That's good. But it's not a problem to keep locked up like this? ”

"I think it's good, so she doesn't have to bother us." Erlang was very disgusted with Li Cao, and he didn't even have an appetite to think about it, so he put the moon cake in his hand back on the plate.

"Second brother, forget it, after all, she is Uncle Niu's baby, she doesn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, she lives in the same village, don't show face."

"I just look at her flirtatious big brother all day long, and I think she is tired. They all came out of poverty, didn't they just work as maids in that big family's house for a few days, and they really became young ladies themselves. Erlang was so angry, what he said was not so good, and he forgot that Situ Yan also worked as a maid in that big family.

San Lang was anxious when he heard this, so he glared at Erlang and looked at his little sister again, afraid that his little sister would feel uncomfortable when he heard it. Although Da Lang and Shiro reacted slowly, they could see San Lang's appearance and understand that Erlang had said the wrong thing, and Da Lang patted Erlang, "What nonsense are you talking about!" You can't stop eating it. ”

Only then did Erlang react, and hurriedly apologized to his little sister, "Little Wu, I didn't mean you, you are much better than that Li Cao, really." I really didn't mean that. ”

Situ Yan is the slowest to respond among the several people, because she has never been a maid, so where does she care and feel sad. Seeing that several people looked at her nervously, as if they were afraid that she would be angry, she almost told the truth. smiled for a while, stabilized his mind, and then took Erlang's words, "Second brother, I know that you didn't say anything, but I see that you are nervous." ”

"Little Wu, I'm sorry for you." Erlang still apologized to Situ Yan vigorously, so that she didn't know what to do.

"Brothers, you still remember that there is a cloud in the "Disciple Rules", 'Don't expose people who are short, don't say anything about people's selfishness.'"

Taoism is good, that is, good people, the more they know, the more they think about it, the more they encourage people, the evil is not only evil, but also the evil, and the "talking" is that we should not expose the shortcomings of others; To praise others for their good deeds is to do good. When the other person hears your praise, they will definitely work harder to do good. To publicize the faults or shortcomings of others is to do a bad thing. If you criticize too much, you will bring disaster to yourself. ”

"Little Five, I wrote it down." Li Erlang was a little embarrassed, the little sister had taught him these truths a long time ago, but he just couldn't control himself. Situ Yan didn't mean anything else, even she didn't like Li Cao, but she wouldn't put it on the bright side like Erlang.

San Lang and Shiro like to read, but they can't apply the truth in the book to their daily life, listening to the words of the little sister at this time, the two of them feel that they have learned too little, compared to the little sister, they are still too far behind.

Li Dalang felt even more sad in his heart, feeling that his eldest brother was not doing well, as the head of the family, he didn't know how to teach his younger brothers.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was spent in the self-blame of the four and Situ Yan's sentimentality. The family is back in a busy life. The village well had dried up long before August, and now everyone in the village has gone to the mountains to fetch water, and the horses and beans planted in the field have all died of drought except for Li Dalang's family. Three of the five water cellars on the edge of Li Dalang's official field have no water storage. Only three acres of dry land in the backyard have not been short of water. Situ Yan used a ring to carry water from the mountain, and the two water cellars in the backyard were always full of water.

Early in the morning of August 18, before dawn, the four brothers of the Li family got up half an hour earlier than usual, walked out of the main room lightly, and went directly into the stove room without boxing.

"Big brother, today is Xiao Wu's birthday, but the white noodles at home are all kept in Xiao Wu's room, what do we use to make longevity noodles?" As early as when they first entered August, the four of them reminded each other, for fear of forgetting the birthday of the little sister, and last night the four of them had a total of half a night, and they couldn't go into the city to buy clothes for the little sister, so they had to make a bowl of longevity noodles. But at this moment, the four of them entered the stove room and remembered that there were only some black noodles and bud grain noodles in the stove room and the inverted room, not even a handful of white wheat noodles.

"Otherwise, I'll go to the little five houses and get it."

"No, second child, Xiao Wu sleeps lightly, you go, she will wake up."

"What the hell is going on, we won't do it anymore?"

Several people stood in the stove room to discuss, and when Situ Yan got up, she found that her brothers had already gotten up, and thought that she was getting up late, and looked at the time again, so she cleaned her face and went to the stove room.

"Third brother, why did you get up so early today, did you wake up hungry because you didn't eat enough last night?"

"No, no, I can't sleep, so noisy that the big brother and they followed." San Lang stood in front of Situ Yan and didn't let her enter the stove room.

"Little Wu, big brother is almost ready for breakfast today, you go to the house to rest first, and you can start eating later."

"You don't have to be busy with the big brother, just come here." Before Situ Yan could react, San Lang didn't let him in, and was about to raise his leg to go inside, but San Lang grabbed her and dragged her back to the hall.

"Third brother, are you hiding something from me, or is the fourth brother's hand injured again. No, I'll have to check it out. ”

"No, we're all fine, Xiao Wu, you just sit and wait."

"What's the mystery of the whole god today!" Situ Yan is so busy these days that she has forgotten her birthday.

The two chatted for a while, and then they saw Li Dalang walk in, holding a basket covered with cloth in his hand, and Erlang and Shiro holding dishes and chopsticks and carrying soup.

"Xiao Wu, today is your birthday, we originally wanted to make you a bowl of longevity noodles, but we didn't find white wheat noodles, so we made this for you." Li Dalang said, put the basket on the table, and then lifted the covered cloth.

Situ Yan was taken aback at first, she forgot her birthday, and these four people still remembered. When I came back to my senses, my heart was full of joy. Looking at the bud cakes in the basket, although they were fried a little black, they seemed to her to be more fragrant than those she had made.

Picked one up and took a bite, "There's still stuffing here?" Situ Yan looked at it and took another bite, she could be sure that this was the jam she had made with wild grapes three days ago.

"Xiao San said, just making cakes, nothing special, so I added this sauce to the cakes."

"It's delicious, it's delicious." Situ Yan ate the cakes, and her heart was sweet. "My brothers eat it too."

"We don't eat it, there are black flour cakes in the pot, which are all made for Xiao Wu." The four of them looked at Situ Yan's delicious food, and even their eyes smiled, they were busy all morning, and they were finally not busy in vain, but they were not less worried before entering the door, they were afraid that the little sister would not eat well.

"No, my brothers want to eat with me,"

Seeing Situ Yan's insistence, the four of them picked up the cake and ate it.

Although this birthday banquet did not have eight dishes and eight bowls, no big fish and meat, and no singing and dancing, it was a birthday banquet that made Situ Yan recall his life. No matter what people eat, the most important thing is their mood.

Situ Yan and the Li brothers happily celebrated their birthday in Lijia Village. On the post road outside the village across the mountain, in the villages around Xinchang County, some people have starved to death because they can't eat, and some children even suffocate to death because they are too hungry and secretly eat Guanyin soil.

Adults exchange their children's corpses with other people's families to eat, which is a living picture of purgatory on earth. If Situ Yan saw such a thing, no matter how cold-blooded she was, she would not be able to see death without help, but she was cowering in Lijia Village at this moment, who knew that the outside world had already changed beyond recognition, and it was miserable.

The village is wandering around the village every day these days, for fear that there will be more disaster victims breaking into the village, and from time to time in the great wilderness mountains can see disaster victims coming in to find food, this mountain can not be guarded, and can only guard the village, guarding the food of the villagers' homes. He had only been to the county seat a few days ago, and he had seen most clearly what it was like along the way, so he was so nervous, worried, and more afraid. The new book "The Woman in Cloth", I hope you can like it!