Chapter 157: Hunger and Cold

Because she was worried about something, Hu Xiaomei woke up when Wei Sanniang just got up the next day. A few people didn't cook hot food to eat, and they solved breakfast with the cakes they baked the night before, and just as a few people were packing their bags and preparing to leave, Zhuang San, who lived next door, ran over.

He looked haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and he bowed and saluted Wei Dahe, Fox Dayou and others: "I don't know if Big Brother and Uncle know where there is a doctor on this street?" My mother is not feeling well and wants to ask a doctor to take a look! ”

Granny Cui is old and frail, she braved hunger and cold to hurry, and fell her leg again, so it is not surprising that she will get sick!

Fox Dayou glanced at Wei Dahe quietly, and said to Zhuang San: "Is Aunt Cui uncomfortable?" Is it a wind chill or what's wrong? ”

"I don't know." Zhuang San's eyes were red in a hurry: "I just want to invite a doctor to take a look, but I don't know where to ask for a doctor...... and then squatted on the ground in annoyance: "I don't have any money, so I guess I don't want to invite others to come...... Eh, it's all my fault for being a son...... My father went to my mother early to pull me up, and I didn't enjoy a day of happiness, all because of this God's harm...... Woo woo......" said and wiped tears in front of several people.

The faces of the crowd were solemn.

Kong looked at Zhuang San with a look of annoyance, looked at Wei Dahe, and stopped talking.

Hu Xiaomei was afraid that she would sympathize with Granny Cui and say something else, so she said: "Now that everyone is closed and no one is seen, even if you have money, I'm afraid you won't be able to hire a doctor!" Why don't I let my grandfather take a look at Granny Cui! "Anyway, Wei Dahe is here, and it's also a matter of passing to see a disease, so he doesn't charge Zhuang San's consultation fee. But they couldn't agree to borrow money. Be a good person and do good deeds. But you have to leave yourself a way back.

"Huh? Uncle, is this okay? Zhuang San was stunned and said.

"Of course you can, although my grandfather is not a famous doctor, but it is okay to have a headache and brain fever in the village on weekdays." Fox Xiaomei said.

"Oh, it turns out that the uncle is also a doctor, so thank you so much." Zhuang Sanyi heard that Wei Dahe was also a doctor, and he knelt down and thanked him.

Wei Dahe hurriedly pulled him up: "If you don't mind, I'll take a look for your mother." ”

Then followed Zhuang San into the house to see Granny Cui.

Granny Choi was lying on the bed. Slightly closed eyes. Her face was quite normal, and when she heard Zhuang San say that Wei Dahe was a doctor, she barely laughed, and opened her mouth a few times without saying anything.

Wei Dahe sat on the small stool next to the bed to take Granny Cui's pulse.

Zhuang San stood cautiously aside. The brow is furrowed. looked at Wei Dahe expectantly.

Granny Cui lay on the bed and looked at Wei Dahe, frowning and taking her pulse. Kong Shi Wei Sanniang and a few people stood in a room, there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and the corners of her mouth pulled slightly. The nasolabial folds on the side are deep, and the wrinkles on the forehead and the corners of the eyes make the old man's smile look so forced.

Maybe there was no yearning for life in her heart, she looked at Kong Shi and the others with a smile, wanted to greet a few people, opened her mouth a few times, but didn't say a word, and raised her hand to the bedside.

Kong Shi understood and said, "You don't have to worry about us, we can just stand there." Then he comforted her: "It's hard work along the way, there must be no big problem, old sister, don't worry too much, anyway, there is no one in this yard, you can rest here for a few days, recuperate and then go on the road." ”

Granny Cui lay on the bed and looked at Kong's smile and nodded, and she was very grateful to the Kong's and others who met in Pingshui for helping them so far.

Wei Dahe finished taking the pulse, reached out and put his hand on Granny Cui's forehead to try, and then checked the tongue coating, and then said: "Because I was too tired, and the injury on my leg was not treated in time, I was afraid that I would catch the wind cold again at night, so I got sick." There is some heat on the forehead, but fortunately it is not hot. ”

"Uncle Wei, then my mother is infected with the wind cold?" Zhuang San hurriedly asked.

"Yes." Wei Dahe nodded.

"What should I do, do I need to take some medicine? But the pharmacies on this street are closed, how many days will it take? The further this drags on, the colder the weather becomes, and I'm afraid it will be more difficult to walk on the road by then! Zhuang San said worriedly.

"In my opinion, your mother really needs to rest, not to mention the cold, just this leg injury, it must be treated in time, if it is not treated in time, it is best not to move again, otherwise the leg will be useless in the future." Wei Dahe said, he thought about it with his eyebrows, and said: "That's it, I just have a little medicine for wind and cold, you take it and fry it for your mother's clothes, and you have to pay attention to whether she will have a high fever, if you find that your forehead is starting to heat up, you have to use a handkerchief dipped in cold water and apply it to your forehead......"

"Thank you, Uncle Wei." Zhuang San knelt down and kowtowed to Wei Dahe again, and Wei Dahe hurriedly helped him up: "You don't have to be like this, the doctor should be like this, it's a pity that I left in too much hurry and didn't bring too much medicine." If the medicine is complete, your mother's illness can be cured faster. ”

"Thank you." Zhuang San wiped the corners of his eyes with his cuffs, looked at Granny Cui who was slightly open on the bed, and said, "But why can't my mother speak?" ”

"Granny Cui should be thirsty." The fox on the side said.

Xu is saying what the center thinks, Granny Cui on the bed nodded with Hu Xiaomei's words, Zhuang San then understood, and patted his head in annoyance: "I only care about my mother's illness, but I didn't expect this." "Turn around and go out to pour water for Granny Cui.

Wei Dahe gave the herbs to Zhuang San and told him some precautions, Kong said a few words to Granny Cui, and the group pushed the cart, took the things out of the door, and continued on the road.

Granny Cui drank two sips of Zhuang San's poured water, and her throat, which was about to burst into flames, was really much more comfortable, and she said in a hoarse voice: "What a good person!" ”

Zhuang San glanced at her and handed over the water: "Mother, drink two more sips." ”

"Hmm," Granny Cui lowered her head and drank water.

It's just that after resting for the night, I came out of the small courtyard, and there were many more homeless people on the street. All of them were in groups of threes and twos, carrying things, large bags and small bags, all wearing shabby cotton jackets, hands wrapped in their cuffs, and craned their necks in the cold morning breeze.

There are many people in Hu Xiaomei and her party, and there are many things, and a few men in Fox Dayou are pushing a lot of things, and the steps are still very fast, because they are rested, and the female relatives of the Kong family are in good spirits and walk very fast. Passing over batch after batch of people, many people saw them with large bags and small bags, pushing, pulling, picking, and carrying, and their eyes were all aimed at the board cart and the wheelbarrow, hindered by the serious face of the fox and the thirteen with a straight face, and quickly retracted their gaze after a glance.

On the first day, someone was beaten up for looking at others twice, which was to set an example for killing chickens and monkeys.

Fox Dayou and Thirteen are very strong and tall, although Wei Dahe is old, his body looks very tough, and he walks with the wind under his feet, Wei Sanniang and Kong's family, Xiang's family is an authentic cropper at a glance, which woman who farms has little strength? There are only fox Xiaomei and fox fence incense in it, as well as fox fence, and Wang Xiaobao is weaker, even so, this group of ten people is not someone who dares to provoke anyone?

So, the group drove through one village after another safe and sound. Fox Xiaomei has calculated the itinerary well. How far each village is between them, how long the road needs to be walked, the longer distance is less than two breaks in the middle, and the closer ones take more rest.

Anyway, you have to have a place to sleep every night. Otherwise, this winter will not be cold, and there will be groups of displaced people along the way who are afraid of being robbed.

Whether it is a cart or a wheelbarrow, several people take turns to do it, so that they will not be too tired.

Although the speed of the road was slower than a few days ago, it took eight or nine days to reach Changliu Town. After Changliu Town, the next town is Shunhe Town. The town of Shunhe got its name because of the river. When you arrive in Shunhe Town, it is not far from Wei County.

However, the closer you get to Wei County, the more displaced people will be on the road, and the weather will get colder and colder, and the tighter your food will become. Fox Xiaomei saw many people lying on the side of the road because of hunger and cold. He didn't die, but he was weak and weak, and he probably couldn't last a few days with more air and less air intake.

At the beginning, a few people would come forward to ask, but their food was getting less and less, and now they were dry cakes every day, and they couldn't even cook porridge, let alone help people. I didn't dare to go to help.

Fox Xiaomei saw with her own eyes that a young man was seen by other hungry people because he took out something to an old man who fell on the side of the road, and the things were snatched and not to mention, and even the thick clothes and other things were divided. And the young man, who had nothing to eat and no thick clothes to add, finally collapsed on the side of the road. It's really sad.

This is also the heart-wrenching part. but his own good deeds have killed himself.

There are many such examples, so who would dare to save people at will!

Later, when they saw more and more people falling, and there were more and more voices calling for help, Hu Xiaomei, Kong Shi and others could only pretend that they didn't see it.

After Changliu Town, you can walk for a few days to Shunhe Town. At this time, the dry food of Hu Xiaomei and the others was only enough to last for two days. It's not that they don't have rice and noodles, but they don't dare to take it out at all.

The group walked slowly among the homeless people in tattered clothes, and they didn't dare to take out anything to eat at will when they were hungry, so they could only wait until there were a little fewer people and quietly eat a few bites. Several times Hu Xiaomei wanted to find an opportunity to leave quietly and then find a no-man's place to cook some cakes, but as soon as she and Wei Sanniang left the team of homeless people and walked towards the woods, many people immediately stared at them.

Because everyone was heading towards Wei County, it was undoubtedly strange that someone suddenly walked towards the empty mine and uninhabited mountain forest.

Those hungry eyes are like wolves!

If there are only one or a few people, it is fine, but in groups, dozens or hundreds of homeless people can't fight no matter how powerful they are.

Two days later, the dry food was eaten, and several people had to go hungry. I haven't been able to find something to eat. Later, the fox Xiaomei finally thought of a way, they walked on the side of the road to find everything they could eat, whether it was wild vegetables or young roots, or green leaves, all picked and bundled together, at first the homeless people had been ignoring their actions, and then when they saw them holding iron pots and starting a fire to boil water, they came back to their senses, and they all began to frantically look for grass and roots. (To be continued.) )