"Big brother!" Zhang Liang rushed into Zhang Jiao's house with a happy face, and he didn't bother to put it down with a deer with a feather arrow on his shoulder, "I went into the mountains today to catch a deer, and now the food for the next few days will be gone!" ”

"Great!" When Zhang Jiao heard this, he was overjoyed, put down the medical book in his hand to help Zhang Liang take down the mountain deer, and said happily, "Come on!" Let's cut off a piece of meat and cook it, and surprise the second brother when he returns! ”

The two hurriedly set up a pot and chopped firewood to prepare tonight's meal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three Zhang Jiao brothers are orphans who grew up in Julu, they had no strength when they were young, and they made a living by begging, but fortunately the world was not as chaotic as it is now. It would be even worse if there was a famine, and if you dared to go out on the street with a child whom no one wanted, it would not take ten minutes for someone to make dinner.

So fortunately, the three brothers of Zhang Jiao survived when they were young, and now the three of them are in good health, there are no old people to support at home, and there are no children to raise, and the three brothers are self-reliant, and their lives are gradually even better than other families.

At first, the three of them found a barren field on the outskirts of Julu County, cultivated the soil, cut trees from the mountains to make timber, built a hut, and transported the grain they grew to the city to sell, and the money from the sale was used to buy various living utensils.

Slowly, the eldest brother Zhang Jiao began to have leisure to learn words and read, once received a traveling physician and gave him a medical book, Zhang Jiao was like a treasure to study day and night, and slowly be able to show people a small illness in style. The second Zhang Bao continued to take care of the fields, and the third Zhang Liang bought a trap bow and arrow, and went up the mountain to hunt every day, but the mountain was barren, there were no wild beasts to fight, and most of the time Zhang Liang could only pick some wild fruits and vegetables. The lives of the three of them can be said to be gradually improving, and if nothing else, a small hospital will be opened in the future to treat the villagers in the county.

But that's all in the past, in recent years, Zhang Jiao obviously feels that the days are sad, the food that can grow up is almost not a percent, there is a famine every year, many times Zhang Jiao and the three of them can't eat, they wake up every day and run to the mountains to cut the bark and come back to cook and eat, in the winter the bark is gone, the three of them directly grab a handful of snow mixed with the soil and eat it, and they have endured year after year, and Zhang Jiao has lived like this in Julu County is almost the best among the civilians.

The people of Julu County have already begun to sleep on the streets, because in the first two famines, they have sold their ancestral houses to the local clans at the ridiculous price of one or two meals, and the farmland has long been acquired.

Some people are lying next to the people who starved to death a few days ago, and no one reins them for him, and the people next to them are unwilling to give up their places, so they have been lying on the side of the street with the dead bodies.

Some people were so hungry that they lost their minds, and when the government, wealthy merchants, or families passed through the streets, they rushed up and tried to hijack the grain carts, but they were all stabbed to death by the officers and soldiers of the guards or private soldiers. The corpse fell to the ground, and the blood flowed down the street, on the poor and clothed people on the side of the street, who did not even bother to wipe it, and they did not even bother to hide.

People who are still strong can be recruited by wealthy merchant families in the government to become a field husband or a private soldier, and work hard every day, and can only exchange for two steamed buns every day, but it is already a great happiness in the eyes of others.

In this case, Zhang Liang can still bring back a deer, and how happy Zhang Jiao and the three of them will be can imagine it. I don't know why, everyone is already hungry, no strength, let alone hunting, even a mouse can't catch up and die, but Zhang Liang seems to be born with a strong body, no matter how hungry he has the strength, Zhang Jiao often sighs that Zhang Liang will be able to become a general on the battlefield if he joins the army.

After a while, the boiling water in the pot had turned into broth, and the aroma of venison filled the air, without adding any seasoning, it was simply boiled venison in plain water, but in the eyes of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, it was as fragrant and intoxicating as the food eaten by the gods, full of relish, and salivating.

"Why hasn't the second brother come back yet!" Zhang Liang swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, and then looked at Zhang Jiao pitifully and said, "Big brother, why don't we eat first!" ”

"Forehead ......" Zhang Jiao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and suddenly frowned: "No, the second brother just went to the county to deliver medicine, why hasn't he come back for so long?" ”

Just when Zhang Jiao was puzzled, a faint cry for help suddenly came from outside the house.

Zhang Jiao was shocked, this was Zhang Bao's voice, "Quick! Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang immediately rushed out of the door and saw Zhang Bao lying on the ground, with blurred flesh and blood on his body.

Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang hurriedly carried Zhang Bao into the house, Zhang Jiao looked at the wounds on Zhang Bao's body, there were bruises from blunt object blows, traces of leather whipping, and the most terrifying thing was Zhang Bao's chest, which had collapsed deeply, and several ribs were obviously broken, and Zhang Bao who was lying down was still vomiting blood.

When Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang saw such sobriety, their hearts were so painful that tears flowed down at that time. They gently fed Zhang Bao a few mouthfuls of venison soup, and Zhang Bao, who smelled the aroma of meat, woke up and turned around.

Zhang Bao grinned weakly: "Big brother, third brother, how can there be a smell of meat?" Have you already cooked me? Hehe, I was just thinking that if I died, I would have to, ahem...... Climb back, let you eat a few meals, and I can rest assured in the sky. ”

When Zhang Jiao heard this, the tears couldn't stop falling, and the bean-sized tears hit Zhang Bao's face like a broken thread, "Silly brother, this is the venison that the third brother brought back, not your meat, don't worry, you won't die, when you get home, you'll be fine." ”

Zhang Liang wiped off the snot and tears on his face, and said like thunder: "Second brother! Who made you look like this? I'm going to tear him down! The anger and madness in his voice would make anyone chill at the sound of it.

"If you do that, I won't say anything." Zhang Bao's breath was like nothing, but he still said sternly.

Zhang Liang hurriedly promised that he would not seek revenge, and Zhang Bao opened his mouth.

It turned out that Zhang Bao was walking on the street and walking out of the city after delivering the medicine, and suddenly faced a carriage from the government. The groom who drove the car was not much at all, and he drove the horse impartially and hit Zhang Bao, and after knocking Zhang Bao down, he didn't stop, and rolled straight over Zhang Bao's body, when Zhang Bao spurted out a mouthful of blood and spit into the carriage where the son of the county guard was sitting. How dare you get my boots dirty! ”

Zhang Bao was immediately beaten by his entourage, almost dying on the spot, fortunately left a trace of consciousness, struggled to hold on, and crawled all the way back from the giant deer, and finally couldn't hold on anymore in front of the door, and fainted with a shout.

Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang listened, their hearts burned with resentment, but they were helpless, Zhang Jiao immediately comforted him: "Second brother first rest assured, we have this deer, enough for us to eat for several days, eldest brother now go up the mountain and find you some herbs." ”

When Zhang Liang heard this, he said, "I'll go too!" ”

"the fart!" Zhang Jiao slapped Zhang Liang on the head, "Who will take care of your second brother when you leave!" ”

Zhang Jiao went to the mountains to pick herbs and paste them on Zhang Bao's wounds, Zhang Liang has walked some steep strange peaks and dangerous mountains in the past few days, and it took many times to find a beast, and they all carried back to the house to make up for Zhang Bao's body.

After half a year, Zhang Bao finally recovered, getting out of bed and walking like ordinary people, but there was no good environment for him to leave a lot of dark wounds, but Zhang Bao didn't care, it was a blessing to be able to keep this stinky skin immortal in this troubled world.

In the past period of time, the world has become more and more sad, the time is poor, the life is cheap, a situation like Julu County is just an ordinary place in thousands of counties, and the early encounter of the three Zhang Jiao brothers is just a microcosm of what happens everywhere every day.

Out of nowhere, a ballad came: "The little people are like leeks, cut and reborn; The head is like a chicken, cutting and singing. In an instant, it spread throughout the whole of China, and every hungry, cold, and enslaved person learned this simple ballad, and sang it incessantly on every bleak and cold night, and could not sleep.

Zhang Jiao had good luck, a concubine from Zhao Yuanwai's family, a big family in the county, was sick, and the city was looking for famous doctors who couldn't cure it, and he paid fifty gold lists to find a doctor, Zhang Jiao saw that the symptoms were exactly the symptoms that he had seen in the medical book, and immediately unveiled the list for treatment, and refused the invitation of the staff to accept him as a professional doctor in the family, received fifty gold, bought two stones of grain in the bazaar and shipped it home.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang cheered around the two stones of rice grain, but Zhang Jiao was sullen.

That night, Zhang Jiao and the three of them cooked a pot of steaming rice porridge, and added the leftover minced meat before, which was definitely the best meal they had eaten in these years, Zhang Jiao and the three of them couldn't wait to grab the rice bowl, and they didn't care about the foaming on their mouths, they spit out and swallowed, eating, Zhang Jiao paused, looked at the rice porridge in the pot and the other two brothers were happy, his nose was sour, and hot tears immediately filled his eyes, and two teardrops the size of beans fell, crying and crying.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang panicked at that time, and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, what's wrong?" We have so much food now! ”

Zhang Jiaoqiang held back his tears and looked at the two brothers, "I entered Zhang Yuanwai's house today, do you know what the scene is inside?" ”

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang shook their heads.

"When I entered, the grain convoy had just entered the compound, and the grain was unloaded downward one by one, and I heard from them that such a convoy would come three times a day, at least 10,000 stone at a time. Thirty thousand stone of grain! One day's food is enough for the people of Julu County to eat for a month! ”

"Go further in, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are piled up! The people in the Yuanwai Mansion never cared about these foods, the young men inside were clamoring for new toys all day long, and the girls were frowning sadly at the pimples on their faces in the mirror all day long. ”

"When I entered the hall, Zhang Yuanwai and his family had just finished eating, so I asked him to go into the side hall to talk about his condition." Zhang Jiao said with some self-deprecation, "You know what? I looked at the table full of leftovers, and I felt the urge to pounce on them and eat them all! ”

His voice grew excited, and his body trembled.

"All the food they can't eat is thrown into the stinky mud, and even the dogs don't eat it! But before I entered the door, another man starved to death on the street! ”

"When they find a hair in the dish, they throw the whole dish away! But when we dig up grass roots in the mountains, even wolf dung has to be cracked open to see if there is any undigested grass in it. ”

The more Zhang Jiao spoke, the more angry he became, the blood vessels in his neck erupted, and his face was red and his ears were red.

"I also saw there the people who had been taken in, shackled, with a brand on their faces, whipped with leather whips and carrying stones heavier than themselves!"

Zhang Jiao closed his mouth, the corners of his lips trembled, and his voice spoke again with anger and grievance.

"Look at what our group of people have become!"

"How many times have I been waiting for a bite of food that is not enough to stuff my teeth, and there are still people who can't grab it, but people just sit comfortably at home, and it doesn't matter if the rice and noodles are about to become moldy, all the rotten grain is piled up and burned!"

"Forced to make a living, in order to survive, he joined his men, and as a result, he was used as a dog and a tool!"

"We were born free, who would dare to be high."

"Why!"

"Why !!?"

Zhang Jiao yelled these words to Tiangong almost with all his strength, and then he could only sit down slowly, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a sour nose, and beckoned the two brothers who were also in tears, and quietly pulled out the porridge and rice that was already cold in the bowl......