Chapter 59 Relief Porridge
"Mother, just pay attention in the future! This is a lesson! Keep it in mind! Now let's put everything in the hut and put it where it should be, and we'll wait until tomorrow to dismantle it! Xiao Ju finally couldn't bear to see her mother blaming herself there, so she opened her mouth to divert her attention.
"Hmmm! Xiaoju, I'll clean it up, you go find a few big bowls, and then one person will take a bowl to the city gate to get porridge! Xiao Ju Niang wiped the tears on her face, and quickly began to clean up the pots and pans that were placed outside at home.
At this time, Zhuang Zhuang and Liu Zhu also came over to help with the tidying, there were many people and great strength, of course, the main thing was that there were not many things, and it was only a matter of a few minutes, so they transferred all the things at home to the grass shed. Xiao Ju distributed several large bowls in her hand to everyone, and after Xiao Ju Niang locked the wooden gate of the grass shed, the family of four headed towards the Nanyang City Gate.
Along the way, the people Xiao Ju saw were all like them, whether adults or children, holding a big bowl in their hands. Look at the direction everyone goes, it is the Nanyang City Gate. It seems that they are all going to receive relief porridge.
Xiao Juniang saw that others were walking in a hurry, and people kept catching up from behind, but these people in her own family looked unhurried, and they couldn't help but be a little anxious. "Xiaoju, hurry up! Strong, come! Let your mother carry you on your back, so go faster! ”
As soon as Liu Zhu heard Xiao Ju Niang's words, he hurriedly picked up Zhuang Zhuang, put his backhand on his back, and trotted forward with Zhuang Zhuang in his arms. Xiaoju couldn't do it, so she had to follow her mother and hurry forward.
finally came to the city gate, but Xiao Ju's family was stunned by the long queue of dozens of rows at the city gate. Before Xiao Ju could react, she was dragged by her mother to the back of a line.
Looking at the crowd that was even more crowded than the train station for the Spring Festival in modern times, Xiaoju sighed again for the difficulty of surviving in this era. If I didn't have that small space, I might have starved to death! After all, he came from an era of peace with incomparably abundant materials, and his survival spirit and tenacity of will are far inferior to those of people in this era.
Like a snail, the team slowly moved forward. While waiting, Xiao Ju's ears were sharp, listening to the sighs of those who had received the porridge and passed by, scolding their mothers. Zhuang Zhuang couldn't help but be curious, and looked at the bowl held in the hand of a child who was about the same height as him who passed by him, and after reading it, his little hand pulled Xiao Ju's clothes, and Xiao Ju looked at him with some puzzlement.
"Sister, why are we lining up here? Look at this little brother's bowl, he is obviously holding a bowl of water! Where is porridge? Zhuang Zhuang looked at Xiao Ju with a puzzled expression.
When Xiao Ju heard this, she also looked at the bowl that the little boy was holding cautiously and holding like a treasure, and sure enough, this so-called porridge was so rare that you could see the human figure, and the rice in the porridge was really only a handful. I looked at the little boy holding the porridge again, and found that the little boy had a thin face and body, but a surprisingly big belly?
The little boy felt Xiao Ju's eyes looking at him, raised his head and stared at Xiao Ju a little unkindly, this glance actually made Xiao Ju, a pseudo-child, tremble, but he didn't expect that a child's eyes were so fierce.
Zhuang Zhuang saw that Sister Ah was just staring at the child, and he didn't answer his words for a long time, so he was a little jealous. The hand that was already pulling Xiao Ju's clothes couldn't help but use some strength, Xiao Ju's clothes didn't know how long they had been worn, and they were not firm for a long time, but she only heard a 'hiss', and the hem of her clothes was torn off by Zhuangzhuang.
"Woo sister! I didn't mean to! Zhuang Zhuang was startled, and cried out with a wow, still holding the hem of Xiaoju's clothes tightly in his hands.
Xiao Juniang and Liu Zhu, who were standing behind the Xiao Ju sisters and brothers and were chatting with others, were startled when they heard Zhuangzhuang's cry, thinking that someone had failed him, and they were still in the mood to chat, so they hurriedly looked at the two sisters and brothers.
Xiao Ju was also startled by Zhuangzhuang's crying, looked down, and found that the clothes she was wearing were missing a hem, and Zhuangzhuang's hand happened to be holding a hem, and she couldn't help but feel a little funny, "Zhuangzhuang, what's there to cry about?" Sister knows you didn't mean it! Just wait until you go back and let your mother sew it up! ”
"You just looked at others and ignored me!" As soon as Zhuang Zhuang heard that Sister Ah didn't blame him for torning his clothes, he immediately complained.
"Stupid and strong, how can Sister ignore you! Didn't you say at the outset that those who received the porridge received water instead of porridge? Xiao Ju reassured, but she was a little surprised by Zhuangzhuang's dependence and concern for her.
"Yes! There are not a few grains of rice in that porridge, and there are so many people queuing up to receive it! Zhuang Zhuang looked at me with teary eyes.
"Zhuangzhuang, think about the days when you and your mother were in Huzhuang, when your mother was crazy, if there was a bowl of porridge with only a few grains of rice at every meal, would you also feel that life would be better?" Xiao Ju stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her strong eyes and induced.
"I see!" Zhuang Zhuang was reminded by Xiao Ju, and recalled that terrible day in his mind, and his little hand couldn't help but hold Xiao Ju tightly, as if in this way, there was a guarantee of life.
Xiao Ju looked around and found that no one noticed them, so she quietly attached her strong little ear and said, "Zhuang Zhuang, our family has bread to eat, you have to hide it tightly!" Don't leak it out at any time! Otherwise, these people will come to rob it, let alone eat it, and even their lives will not be guaranteed! ”
"Sister, I know! I was wrong just now! I shouldn't have eaten a full meal for a few days, so I hated that this porridge was too thin! Shouldn't even be said here! Zhuang Zhuang also said in Xiao Ju's ear. This guy is very sensible and very smart. What's more, I also saw the difference between the people around me and several people in their family.
Although they are also dressed in tatters, and their bodies have not been cleaned for a long time, not only dirty but also emitting a sour smell, but the flesh on him and Sister A is real, not like other people, either they are scary fat, or they are abnormally thin, or they are thin but have a frighteningly big belly, and they know that it is not normal at a glance.
Xiao Ju looked at Zhuangzhuang's precocious appearance, although she was distressed, she was also a little relieved. Zhuang Zhuang has been coldly regarded since he was a child, and he almost died, so he has a possessive desire for what he has beyond ordinary people, and he has a kind of vigilance that goes deep into the bone marrow of others, which is stronger than his mother.
Xiao Ju Niang and Liu Zhu turned their attention to him because of the strong crying, and at this time, seeing that he was under Xiao Ju's Anwei, they stopped crying, and the two sisters and brothers muttered there and didn't know what to say, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as they weren't bullied, they were easy to say.
At this time, it was their turn to receive the porridge, Xiao Ju and Zhuang Zhuang flattened the big bowl in their hands, and after steadily catching the porridge poured into the bowl, they walked to the side and waited for Niang and Liu Zhu.
After a while, Xiao Ju Niang and Liu Zhu also came over with porridge in their hands, and the family began to return. Liu Zhu drank the porridge that was so rare as a human figure into his stomach after a few sips as he walked, and smacked his lips: "It just so happens that I am thirsty, this porridge is quite thirst-quenching!" When Zhuang Zhuang heard this, he immediately followed suit, drank the porridge water in the bowl in a few sips, and followed Liu Zhu's example, smacking his lips and saying, "Well, it's quite thirst-quenching!" Let Xiao Ju Niang and Xiao Ju see his fake appearance, and laugh so much that they almost didn't hold the porridge bowl in their hands.