The deceased is gone, the living should be like this, Li Wenqiu is just a deep memory left in the minds of the Li family after all, the reality of the difficult life will divert your attention, and how to enjoy the spiritual life has not been solved before food and clothing are solved.

The Li family has run out of food, and the people on the boat are not having a good time, raising so many people, it is only enough for each person to eat a little bit a day, and they are not able to help the old man Li's family, and the old man Li's family is embarrassed to open this mouth, it is not easy for everyone, and their own family has helped the people in the village a lot, but now it is finally not raining, the river has slowly begun to subside, and in a few days, everyone will be able to land on the ground with their feet in a few days, and leave the feeling of drifting and feel the stability that has not been seen for a long time.

The water on the surface of the water is muddy, all kinds of corpses and sundries that have died first have floated on the surface of the water because of the reason of decay, and a large amount of putrefactive gas is filled in these corpses floating on the surface of the water, whether they are fat, thin, ugly, or beautiful before their death, they are stretched alive by these corrupt gases and become a fat ball, all of them are like evil ghosts released by the underwater hell at a certain time, floating face up or face down beside the living, with a pair of bulging eyes on the hideous face. When you glance at it coldly, it scares you and your shoulders are tired, and your skin is trembling.

At the beginning, everyone was very scared, and often woke up late at night to be frightened by the big "ghost" head in the water and screamed, and the children who were worried about it trembled and threw themselves directly into the arms of adults to hide.

If you stay in hell for a long time, you will gradually go from being scared at the beginning to getting used to it, and you will even feel that they are just ordinary stones on the side of the road, and slowly know how to appreciate their beauty.

"Mother, I want to drink water, I'm so hungry!" Li Chenggang's head was pillowed on Li Sun's lap, his mouth was already peeled, and his little pale face without flesh looked at Li Sun's side face with a pair of eyes that were getting bigger and bigger.

Li Sun stretched out his withered hand covered with taut blue and purple meridians and touched his skinny son who was pillowing on his lap, and couldn't help crying, "Cheng Gang, bear with it again!" It hasn't rained for three days, and we can't drink the water in this river, so we need to save some water in the bamboo tube and drink it again in the evening, okay? You see that the water is almost receding, and then my mother will be able to find you something to eat. ”

"Brother, you close your eyes and think about the big bowl of fragrant corn and rice that my sister-in-law used to make, is your stomach already full! I'm not hungry at all! Li Chengqiang, who was pillowed on Li Sun's other leg, was already hungry and relied on imagination to fill his stomach.

The other Li family members were lying on the bamboo raft hungry, and the old man Li sat quietly in front of the bamboo raft alone to observe the water level, "You all hold on a little longer, I think the water may be finished the day after tomorrow." ”

"Puff" is another sound of falling water, this is another person starved to death and fell into the water to pay tribute to the river god, since it didn't rain, the previous situation of being able to get full of water is gone, more people are starving to death, and more people are pouring into this water.

One by one, they floated on the surface of the water like a popular skeleton, and there were fewer and fewer people talking, some chose to end themselves and jumped into the arms of the river, and some people jumped into the arms of the devil.

"Dad, don't! Don't switch me, please, ah....... "The two families not far from the Li family's bamboo raft began to stage trading activities, and now there is no need for hungry ghosts to come to these people, they have automatically become hungry ghosts.

This has been happening more frequently these days, screaming at the voice of a little girl who is trying to break free from her father's hands, thinking that struggling will change her fate.

"Child, don't scream, Dad is sending you to a good place!" The man who spoke opened his big mouth and leaked a mouthful of uneven burnt yellow teeth, said with a strange expression, and pulled a piece of cloth without relaxing his hand movements, tied his daughter firmly like a stone, and threw it on the wooden board of the two men who were laughing opposite, and was hit on the head by a man above with a piece of wood, stopped struggling, and fainted.

"Brother, brother, I'll stay with you, my father and mother said that I want you to take good care of me, I won't leave." A little boy who was also struggling was tied with his hands and feet tied by his two older brothers, and the little boy, despite his weak body, rolled around like an earthworm at this time, preventing his two older brothers from succeeding.

"Brother, my brother just loves you, so he sent you to see your father and mother early! Don't you miss them? The elder brother with the bulging mouth smiled and comforted the struggling brother.

"Brother, you caught it! My brother is heavier than your daughter, so you're taking advantage of it!" Together, the two brothers handed the writhing brother into the hands of the little girl's father.

The man took it and weighed it, it was not bad, and slashed the child in his arms with a knife in one hand, "Child, come here, my son is saved, and the food is available." ”

The woman who was taking care of her dying son on the plank raised her blood-red eyes to look at the girl who had fainted on the opposite board, and finally turned her head to look at her lying son, and said ruthlessly: "Yes! The child's father, my son is saved, we, we don't have to starve, the intestines in my stomach have been stirred together, I can't bear to go, we are all for our son, yes, for our son, we are right, right? ”

"Yes, that's right, the son is the root of our family, and the father and mother are lonely below, now it's just a matter of letting the daughter go down early and be filial to them!" The two couples talked to themselves to comfort themselves and found a suitable reason for their behavior.

Wen Shui saw the situation on the other side, and was so frightened that he went straight into Li Wen's arms, "Auntie, aunt, I'm afraid!" Li Wenshi looked at the trembling girl in his arms, since Li Wenqiu left, he transferred his maternal love to his niece, and patted Wenshui's back, "Don't worry!" Child, those are monsters, you don't have to worry about it, they don't dare to come over, there will be no such situation in our family, didn't your Grandpa Li say it, probably the day after tomorrow the water will all retreat, we can stay away from these monsters! ”

Aunt Lan, Sun Lihua, Sun Xianglan, and Wen Zhi'er hurriedly hugged their children tightly into their arms and covered the children's eyes tightly with their hands, for fear that such a scene would frighten their children.

Old Man Jiang turned his head to look at Old Man Li, and sighed: "Doctor Zheng, Ting Yuan, this kind of thing, I heard the older generation say it before, I thought it had always been a legend, when the story is heard, it seems that the reality is more cruel than the story, why has this person become like this?" I always thought that those four villains were by nature, but I didn't expect that there was anything more cruel than this. ”

Doctor Zheng closed his eyes and touched his beard, "The world forces everyone to be like this, this is the time when God is testing everyone, choosing between human nature and animal nature, the world of moral degradation and power struggle needs a big reshuffle, overthrowing the old order and welcoming the new civilization." ”

"Yes! At least not everyone, I believe that our group of people in Lijia Village will not go that far, I see that the water is about to recede, where do you think we will go next! Old Man Li asked.

"Dad, no matter what the next plan is, I must avenge Wenqiu first, we can't help the two gangsters who escaped on the water, and when the water recedes, I must find them to take revenge, this is the last gift from a father to his daughter." Li Yangde clenched his fists and said solemnly.

"Jande, I agree with what you said, I haven't let them try my pig-killing knife yet!" Li Dadao interjected.

Old man Li thought of Li Yangqing, "Everyone, my little daughter doesn't know what her whereabouts are at present, I want to wait for the water to recede, let's find something to eat first, wait for a few days, if we still don't find her, we can only go north to escape, such a big thing happened in Wei County, the above should send people to relieve the disaster and deal with the aftermath, let's go to see if we can get relief, Wei County is also the only way to go north." ”

"Tingyuan, you have read books and know a lot about these, everyone else in our Lijia Village listens to you, and everyone acts together to take care of it." The elder old man Jiang took the lead in expressing his attitude, and the others followed in agreement.

"Okay, that's it, let's hold on for another day or two, I'm a lonely old man who can only follow you, and I don't know where to go? Where is the place to live? Dr. Zheng also said his decision.

"Daughter-in-law Yangde, I know that you have fasted, you don't say that we all know, I still have a little dry food here, so I will share a little more with you, everyone eats together, and says that everyone will share the hardships in the future, then it can leave you alone, the child is hungry." Grandma Hong hid a piece of dry food wrapped tightly in cloth in her sleeve and secretly went into Li Wen's hand without anyone else noticing.

Li Wenshi pinched this bit of dry food, understanding that this was also the last bit of savings of the red grandmothers, and was moved to tears, "Thank you, thank you Grandma Hong, I thank you for being old on behalf of the children." ”

Old Man Li's sensible old man Chaojiang nodded and thanked him, there is still this rare human touch in this purgatory, which dispelled some of the chills in everyone's hearts.

There is a dawn coming, a new day begins, Mr. Li is right, the water level has dropped a lot today, and you can already see the land under the water, maybe tomorrow you can really go to the ground.

The sun came out after a long absence, the sun dispelled the darkness and illuminated the hearts of everyone, although the sun in the morning was still not big, but this little warmth was very comfortable on everyone.

"Ah, the sun is out, it's great, God is open!" Old Man Jiang shouted excitedly, waking up the others in Lijia Village who were still asleep.

A few children who were usually tormented by hunger and fear had little vigor and vitality, and the sun shining on their faces added a touch of vitality to them, and they spread their limbs and lazily basked in the sun.

Even Li Qiu, who had been ill for a long time, struggled to sit up, clasped his hands together, and muttered: "God bless! God forbid! ”

Li Wendong and Li Wenshi showed a long-lost smile, this is the first time that the two mothers and sons have shown a smile since Li Wenqiu's death, the two of them laughed relatively silently, meditating in their hearts that it must be the heavenly Wenqiu who saw the family suffering and blessed everyone, since Li Wenqiu's death The rain stopped, and now the sun has begun to rise, which is a good sign.

On the water surface where no one spoke in the past, today they are all chattering and talking, and they are all dancing to express their happy feelings, "God bless", "God has not given up on us" and other voices spread one after another on this water.

"Great, great, brother!" Li Nian, who usually doesn't talk much, hugged his twin brother Li Si, who was also silent, and celebrated excitedly.

"Come, let's all drink some water and celebrate!" Li Sun took out the bamboo tube filled with water at home and opened it, first handed it to Mr. Li, Mr. Li smiled and took a small sip, and then handed it to others, one after another cherished a sip, the water moistened the dry throat, although it could not fill the stomach, but now at this time it is the best enjoyment to have saliva to drink.