As soon as the sky in the east was a little white, Aunt Sun got up and sprinkled it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info opened the courtyard door, and a folded piece of paper floated down. The paper was full of words, but she couldn't read.

I looked at it quietly, and there was no one on the road, and there was no one in the neighborhood. The eldest lady's heart was happy: I have been looking for window paper, and now it can be regarded as a fall!

Just after being happy for a while, Aunt Sun began to worry again, and finally she was so frightened that she even trembled a little: This is not an anti-book or something, right? The child in the family has a reputation, take it to him and take a look, if not, burn it quickly!

Song Gongzi also got up early. He had wanted to go out for a walk after drinking alcohol last night, but when he got out of the room, he saw a piece of paper on the side of the courtyard wall. He was immediately shocked: It can't be that the Spring Palace picture brought back two days ago was not hidden and was taken out by the cat!

In a hurry, Song Gongzi quickly stepped forward and copied the paper and took a look. Great, no! Then, trying to dispose of the paper, he was suddenly attracted by the words on it, and then he stood there shaking his head and began to read......

At the same time, countless people in Lezhou City got paper with the same content written on it.

Zhang Laohan, who is over sixty years old, originally lived in Ningyi County, Hedong. The first two years were good, and he thought that if he could get more food this year, he would tell his youngest son a daughter-in-law, and then buy himself a decent longevity material.

But now, all this has become a luxury, and Zhang Laohan's wish is just to live one more day. And this humble wish is not for himself, but for the sake of being able to receive one more person's food to save for the two grandsons who are still alive, and then rely on the little food left to support the second son who has disappeared and return to his knees.

Hunger and disease took many of his family's burdens. In addition to his two grandchildren, the only ones who are still by his side are his frail and sickly wife, and a daughter-in-law who has just become a widow.

Zhang Laohan insisted on asking around the crowd every day to find his son's whereabouts. Even though his voice was so hoarse that he could not make a sound, even though he had fainted several times because of the lack of food he had eaten, and although he might never be able to stand up again every time he fainted, he still stubbornly searched.

In his own words, only in this way can he close his eyes with peace of mind.

……

The woman who died on the side of the road was no longer breathing, and her body still maintained the appearance of breastfeeding the child in her arms. Her round eyes stared blankly at the blue sky, full of reluctance and despair.

The crying baby was still trying to suck on its mother's shriveled chest. But there will be no milk there.

A good Samaritan fed the baby a few mouthfuls of rice soup that he had saved, and he finally fell asleep after drinking it. But it wasn't long before he burst into tears again; Slowly, the cry became weaker and weaker.

A passer-by Lang Zhong kept shaking his head after seeing it: How can such a young child not fall into the root of the disease when he was born and live in such a place where epidemics are rampant and hungry and full? If you change to the imperial doctor, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to heaven.

Soon, the childish cry could no longer be heard.

Under the protection of his family, he escaped the tragic fate of "changing children and eating", but he failed to live as well as his mother hoped.

……

A woman with a bit of a good posture brought back extra food for the family, so that the family could have a good meal. It is a luxury to be half-fed in a place where the victims are gathered, and a life that can completely fill your stomach is something that everyone dreams of.

After eating and drinking, the family was suspicious. What have you been doing for the two hours you've been gone? Why did you come back with different eyebrows, eyes, and posture?

For the sake of the food, the questioners also obediently closed their mouths. Soon, however, rumors spread among the other victims. Many people remained silent, but others began to point fingers at her, and even moved their hands and feet.

A local young master who was idle and soaked in the pile of victims all day long pestered her: the little lady was born so handsome, it was really pitiful; It's better to have a spring night with my son, and I won't treat you badly, how about it?

After being pushed away by her, the young master shouted angrily: Slut, who doesn't know about the little thing you slept with Wang San? Why can't you sleep with me! What kind of innocent lady is a bitch who sells meat for a few bites, phew!

The woman fled alone into a corner, hiding her face and weeping.

Finally, one day, she rushed up a nearby hill like crazy. After cursing a few times, he jumped headlong into the valley more than ten feet deep.

……

Every day, people leave the gathering place, and many new faces appear, which is also something that cannot be helped.

However, some people disappear into thin air. No matter how much the family searched, they could no longer find any trace of them.

On the good side, the people who don't see it may have gone out alone to beg for a living, or they have gone to other people's homes to be a slave who can fill their stomachs; Or, knowing that time is running out, you want to find a place to leave this world quietly.

There is another possibility. Many of the disappearances occurred in the middle of the night, and there were a lot of missing children; Rumors about human teeth have always hung like a dark cloud in the hearts of every victim, but what's the use of being afraid?

Too much suffering and starvation can cause some to think about the good thing: maybe their families will be sold to a better place to live. It's better to be alive than to starve to death anyway, right?

However, many people cannot accept such a separation. A mother who has lost her child, an elderly man who is in pain because the whereabouts of her only child are unknown...... They survived the most difficult days, only to lose loved ones forever on a sunny morning.

What's more, being taken away as slave laborers and dying miserably in the pit after being tortured inhumanely is not a good end.

There are also those who don't show anything special after losing a family member. The only change is that the family will not have to go hungry for a short time; Others said that their 'neighbors' even looked happy after losing their children, and it didn't take long for them to pack up their things and leave. ”

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Such a report was read by people who knew how to write and hyphenation, and then passed on to others by word of mouth.

"What is this all about?" A scholar-like man frowned after reading the contents of the paper to his wife and mother, and said, "Even if there are disaster victims wandering, it will not be so miserable. The imperial court had already had a disaster relief policy, and the local gentry also did their best, and what was written on this paper was too sensational. ”

As he was talking, the courtyard door without a door bolt was squeezed open. A dejected woman fell heavily on her back in the doorway, and the four or five-year-old child she was holding also fell beside her.

She struggled to get up, but she couldn't even do something as simple as sitting up. After several attempts, the woman was left with the strength to lie on the ground and groan.

That kid was slightly better. He stretched out his little hand to pull up his mother who fell to the ground, but with such a small strength, how could he be able to pull it?

"Mother, I'm hungry, I want my father!" He finally couldn't help crying: "You said that my father went out and could bring us food when he came back, so why didn't he come to us?" You lied to me, you lied to me! ”

When the three men in the house went outside, the tearful woman on the floor fainted when she said, "Please, save my child."

The scholar's wife and mother were red-eyed. They deliberated in a low voice, and then lightly carried the woman on the ground into the chamber. After a while, the sound of killing chickens came from the kitchen, followed by the aroma of stewed chicken.

The scholar who was suspicious just now ran out in a hurry, and it was his mother who asked him to invite Lang Zhong; His lady took out a lot of food and stuffed it into the hands of the victim's child, and coaxed him into the house in a soft voice.

Soon, Lezhou City was boiling!

Old Zhangtou, who was beaten to the point of bleeding from a beating yesterday while begging for food, was sitting on the side of the street moaning. The wound had scabbed, and there was only half of a cold steamed bun around him that was too hard to eat.

I knew this, and I worked so hard to come to Lezhou to do something!

The old man raised his head and wept. Just when he was in tears, his blurred teary eyes suddenly saw a cloud of smoke and dust on the road in the distance. Before I could wipe my tears, I heard a shout: "There's one over there!" ”

Then, a group of people surrounded with a "hula" sound.

Someone took out two steamed buns from the cloth bag: "Uncle, I just bought it on the street, it's freshly baked, you can eat it while it's hot!" ”

"What is a steamed bun!" Another rushed up and squeezed the man away: "Old man, I have meat buns!" ”

There was also a man who looked like Lang Zhong carrying a small medicine box on his back, and when he saw that he had a wound on his head, he immediately did

ran over and applied ointment to him, the movements were meticulous, gentle and patient, and it is estimated that only Lang Zhong and his father have enjoyed this treatment.

The scene was in a mess, and Lao Zhangtou was like a small boat on the raging sea, squeezed

Dangled. Even if he shouted something, the voice was drowned out by all kinds of noise.

After a long time, after leaving behind countless pieces of food, a pile of copper coins, and a few pieces of broken silver, the group finally left. Happiness came too quickly, and Lao Zhangtou couldn't help but pinch his thigh hard. After realizing that it was not a dream, he grinned and giggled.

As soon as he was beautiful, four men came up to him, carrying a sliding rod that he didn't know where to find it; One of the guy-looking men exclaimed happily, "I've finally found you!" ”

Lao Zhangtou couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it, and before he swallowed a mouthful of buns, he shouted in a slurred voice: "Master, I don't dare anymore!" ”

No wonder he was afraid, one of the people who came was the shopkeeper who knocked him out of the store yesterday.

Before he finished shouting a sentence, Lao Zhangtou was put on a sliding rod by two of them. When the other person packed up the things on the ground and threw the burden into his arms, the four of them took him directly to yesterday's restaurant.

"Uncle, I was offended yesterday." The shopkeeper standing at the table in the private room rubbed his hands and smiled apologetically: "Today's meal will be regarded as an apology." ”

Looking at the table of dishes that did not have any delicacies from the mountains and seas, but were also very rich, Lao Zhangtou swallowed his saliva. Although he had already stuffed a few buns in his stomach, and although people who had been hungry for a long time were prone to sudden illness if they were too full, he still decided: fight!