After Dahu's family was reunited, he discussed with Lan Zhen, in order to pay off the money owed to the production team within three years, he asked the eldest daughter and the second daughter to give up their studies and work in the production team. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In fact, when Dahu made this decision, his heart was even more uncomfortable than Lan Zhen, with the education he received from his grandfather and father, regardless of boys and girls, they had to receive school education, and the two daughters had been studying very hard, but the reality was cruel, if he didn't pay off the arrears within three years, his house would be taken away by the production team, and at that time, a large family would not even have a nest, and he could only make the choice of letting his two daughters drop out of school.

Just when the big tiger family was about to do a big job, Li Ming shouted that the big canteen that came early in the communist society was closed silently, natural disasters followed, and Shayu Village fell into an unprecedented desperate situation.

Due to the lack of food, adults and children can not fill their stomachs, as long as people can lie down, they will never sit, can sit, they will never stand, in order to save some effort, the "little fast mouth" disappeared by itself, there is no strength to talk about the east and west family is short, and the cat is at home to "recuperate", the life of the big tiger family is facing a new round of challenges, and the food can not be eaten, let alone what wood work can be, in other words, even if he can hold the work, he may not have the strength to do it.

The children in the family are hungry and staggered, and they can't stand steadily, Xiao Wu is already malnourished, plus this hunger, it is a thin neck brain shell, walking like a landlubber, swaying, Xiao Liu is even more detached, can't stand up, Xiao Qi, who has just been born for more than two months, instinctively holds Lan Zhen's **** and refuses to say it, but Lan Zhen has long had gold flowers in her eyes because of hunger, where is there milk to feed, because she can't get milk, Xiao Qi's head is weakly hanging on her mother's chest, and Dahu sees the child's appearance, and his heart is as uncomfortable as a knife.

He thought of the mountain, there may be some wild vegetables and wild fruits, when he rushed to the mountain, only to see the mountain full of villagers who were digging, where are there wild vegetables to dig on the bare mountain, the villagers were unwilling, they used their hands to plan, the only wild vegetable roots were also pulled out, the big tiger returned home disappointed, Lan Zhen watched the big tiger come back empty-handed, desperate, she begged the big tiger:

"You just pull down your face and go and borrow some food from Li Ming, even if it's a bowl, let's boil a bowl of paste for Xiao Qi, we can't watch the child starve to death."

"What you said is easy, if you can borrow it, the people in our village will still go to the mountains to pull wild vegetable roots to eat, isn't it that our family has encountered this situation, the whole village has caught up, and Li Ming can't break the rules of the public house for our family?" Big Tiger said.

"If you don't try it, how do you know that Li Ming won't help us." Lan Zhen cried.

The big tiger was forced by Lan Zhen to be helpless, he came to the village office, before he entered the house, he heard the voice of the villager 'Lao Hanzi' begging Li Ming, 'Lao Hanzi's family is also seven children, two little hungry are about to die, he snot and tears, begging Li Ming to lend him the only bit of food in the village, Li Ming did not dare to open this opening, to tell the truth, to move this only ration, without the approval of his superiors, he could not be the master alone, so he could only comfort the 'old man' with his mouth, but yes' As far as the old man is concerned, he doesn't need these vain things, his children are waiting for food to save their lives.

Probably saw Li Ming's resolute attitude, 'old man' cried out of the house, didn't take a few steps, he fainted, the big tiger hurriedly called Li Ming out, the two of them took a lot of effort, only to bring the 'old man' home, at this time the big tiger, can no longer open his mouth to say about borrowing food, it is also in vain, his legs are like poured lead, want to step away but can't step, his home and the 'old man' house, only a dozen meters away, actually moved for a long time, the body is weak is one thing, dare not go home to face the family is the key.

In the evening, Jin Changyuan found the big tiger, and the two of them sat under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and chatted, Jin Changyuan told the big tiger that his grandson was hungry and dying, in case the grandson had a good one, he didn't have much energy to live, the big tiger told him that his family's Xiaoqi was probably the matter of the past few days, he didn't dare to think deeply, and even didn't dare to enter the house, Jin Changyuan told the big tiger that he had also made the worst plans, and now he has in his hand, the key to the treasury where the public grain is stored in the village, as a last resort, He will act as a guard and steal.

Listening to Jin Changyuan's words, Dahu broke out in a cold sweat, he advised Jin Changyuan to give up this idea quickly, stealing public grain is a violation of national law, and he will be sentenced, this kind of thing must not be done, Jin Changyuan did not nod or shake his head at Dahu's advice.

The two chatted until the evening, at this time, the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves and hit the two people, the big tiger told Jin Changyuan to pick up some leaves, go home and cook them, try to eat, maybe they can take care of something, Jin Changyuan agreed, so the two took off their coats, collected the leaves, and brought them home.

The big tiger who came home, scooped a few scoops of cold water from the tank, poured it into the pot, lit the firewood, began to cook, boiled for a while, the big tiger estimated that the leaves were ripe, he took out a piece, put it in his mouth, except for bitterness, there was no other peculiar smell, after eating many pieces in a row, after confirming that he would not have diarrhea, he took the leaves to the house and let the children taste them.

The eldest daughter picked a piece first, put it in her mouth, who knows, only chewed a few times, and spit out the leaves, she told her father, so bitter, really bitter, the big tiger told his daughter, bitterness is better than not having to eat, under his encouragement, several children picked up the leaves and chewed slowly, but the two-year-old Xiaoliu, dead or alive, just can't swallow, chew it out after chewing, Lan Zhen scared her and said, if you don't swallow it, you will die, listen to her mother said to death, Xiaoliu was afraid, and chewed hard.

Xiao Qi has been for more than two months, he has no teeth, the leaves must not be eaten, there is only one breath left, and he doesn't know when to stop, Dahu and Lan Zhen can't bear to look at it anymore, they simply twist their heads.

After chewing the leaves, it did work, they no longer shouted that they were hungry, looking at the green juice flowing from the corners of the children's mouths, the big tiger was distressed, he wiped them off one by one, and comforted the children to sleep.

The big tiger and Lan Zhen couldn't sleep, and Lan Zhen said to the big tiger:

"I don't know when this disaster will end, if there are a few more months, a few older children in our family can survive, Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive."

"This is a natural disaster, no rut, hey, this day is just going to get better, who knows, let us encounter a disaster, in case the two little ones can't survive, go, just treat it as their fate, these days, you have prepared the two small clothes, when you are alive, we didn't let them eat, and we have to let them dress warmly, I will prepare wood for the two children in advance, we are parents, and now the only thing we can do for the children is this." Big Tiger said.

Lan Zhen kept nodding her head, and it could be seen that while Lan Zhen was nodding, her face kept twitching, but she couldn't shed a single tear.

Early the next morning, the neighbor came to knock on the door of the big tiger's house, he said, his daughter of a few years old starved to death, asked the big tiger to help make a wooden box, buried the daughter, the big tiger got up to go, but also did not sleep all night, plus the stomach was empty, he just took the first step, he fell down, the neighbor saw this, hurriedly helped him up, Lan Zhen scooped water for the big tiger, the big tiger drank it, only stood up, the neighbor told the big tiger, the wooden box is still not done, with the wrapper to wrap the daughter and bury, it is the same, the big tiger resolutely refused, He said that his daughter came to the world bitterly, and he couldn't let her come in vain.

Dahu took out the wooden planks of the house and made a box, and the neighbor put his daughter in the box and buried it in the back mountain.

In the following days, Dahu made several boxes back and forth, which were basically filled with children.

Xiao Qi of the big tiger family was lying limp in Lan Zhen's arms, and there was a skinny Xiao Liu lying beside her, she knew in her heart that Xiao Liu could barely maintain her life, and Xiao Qi's time in the world had entered the countdown, Lan Zhen, as a mother, couldn't bear it, and watched her children die in her arms, she reluctantly got up, put Xiao Qiping on the kang, and let several children follow her to the yard.

At this time, the big tiger was already squatting in the courtyard crying silently, he felt that he should not bring Xiao Qi to this world, in the two months that he came to the world, he did not eat a meal of milk, and the paste also ate a meal without a meal, he was sorry for Xiao Qi, what made him even more difficult and acceptable was that as a parent, but when the child was facing death, he was helpless, this is God is challenging the limit of people, and no one can bear it.

An hour later, Da Hu and Lan Zhen dared to enter the house, and Xiao Qi had already stopped breathing.

Several sisters ran into the house, saw that the younger brother was not breathing, and began to cry bitterly, when the father was about to wrap Xiao Qi with a sheet, they came to stop it, and begged the father to say that the younger brother had fallen asleep for a while, maybe he would wake up after a while, don't wrap the younger brother and put it in the coffin, in that case, the younger brother will never come back, he comforted several sisters while preparing to bury Xiao Qi, and Lan Zhen didn't even have the strength to cry.

Dahu gently put Xiaoqi in the small coffin, before covering the coffin, he kissed Xiaoqi's forehead hard, it was a final farewell to his son, the whole family carried the small coffin, went up the back mountain, they found a sunny place, buried Xiaoqi, Dahu in front of Xiaoqi's grave, set up a small tombstone, the tombstone said, the tomb of the beloved son Xiaoqi, the reason why the name was not written, is because there was no time to give the name, the sisters picked a lot of wildflowers on the nearby mountain, and put them on the grave.

The tragedy not only happened in the big tiger's family, but also in other families, especially the family with many children, there are more than a dozen children buried in the back mountain, the oldest of them is a few years old, and the youngest is the little seven of the big tiger's family, only two months old.

Yu'er came back from outside, she told Jin Changyuan that Xiao Qi of Brother Big Tiger's family had just left, and Yu'er's words immediately made Jin Changyuan's expression terrifying, as if the death of Xiao Qi of Big Tiger's family made him see the fate of his grandson, his whole body began to tremble, and his voice began to tremble, he pulled Yu'er into the house and whispered:

"Yu'er, our grandson can't die, can't die, I have to find a way, I have to find a way."

Looking at her husband, who didn't speak very smoothly, Yu'er asked him:

"What can you think of? If there is a way, Xiao Qi of Brother Big Tiger's family can't leave. ”

"Can I have a way, can you see what this is?"

Jin Changyuan said, took out a key from his trouser pocket, he told Yu'er, as long as he opened the door of the warehouse, his grandson would be saved, Yu'er heard it, it turned out that Jin Changyuan wanted to steal public grain, she pulled the key in his hand and said:

"Are you crazy? Stealing public food, if you don't get it right, you can't kill your head, you can't do this. ”

"That day, Dahu also persuaded me to do the same, but as a result, his family's Xiaoqi is gone, if I listen to you again, my grandson will have to leave, no, this time I am out of the way, and I can't let my grandson go anymore."

After Jin Changyuan said this, he began to grab the key in his hand with Yu'er, when the key was successful, he ran to the direction of the warehouse as fast as possible, along the way, his brain only had one picture, that is, his grandson was pitifully waiting for him to get back the life-saving food, what village cadre assistant, what moral constraints, what violated the national law, at this moment, he didn't want to, and he didn't care about it, because he was also hungry and weak, when he approached the warehouse, he had a soft leg and fell heavily to the ground, this time it's good, Broke that good leg, and even so, it didn't affect him to go to the storeroom.

Jin Changyuan almost crawled, to the door of the warehouse, he tried his best to stand up, opened the door of the warehouse, he did not hesitate, a bag of noodles on his back and went home, said to go, in fact, it was rolling and climbing, when he came home, it was already the second half of the night, Yu'er saw Jin Changyuan like a mud monkey, carrying a bag of noodles back, quickly closed the door of the house, she said to Jin Changyuan:

"There's no turning back for you this time, why don't you listen to me."

"It's too late to say anything else, you hurry up and use this bag of noodles, steamed buns, and porridge, so that our grandson can fill his stomach, go quickly!" Kim Chang-won urged Yu'er.

At this point, Yu'er also knew that what she was saying was nonsense, so she went to the kitchen to steam steamed buns and make porridge.

Jin Changyuan looked at his hungry grandson with a shriveled stomach, he began to talk to himself, these words, like to his grandson, but also like to himself, grandpa can only do this for you today, tomorrow morning, no, maybe early in the morning, grandpa will be taken away, whether to kill the head or go to prison, let the government fall, grandpa's only hope now is to let his grandson eat and drink, don't walk in front of grandpa, grandpa can't afford it, when Jin Changyuan said this to his grandson, grandson opened his eyes and stared at grandpa, Uncharacteristically didn't cry or make trouble, as if he understood his grandfather's words.

Yu'er brought the steamed steamed buns and porridge into the house, and called the child's daughter-in-law over, the son saw that there were so many steamed buns and a large pot of porridge at home, he was very surprised, he asked his father, where did the grain come from, Yu'er was just about to speak, but was stopped by Jin Changyuan, he told his son, this grain was specially approved by Li Ming from the commune, and asked him to eat it with an open stomach, as soon as he heard that the food was coming from the right way, the son beckoned his daughter-in-law to eat it in a big mouthful, because he hadn't eaten for a long time, the son was almost two mouthfuls of a steamed bun, and the little grandson was not to be outdone, I drank the porridge in a big gulp, and drank three bowls as soon as I drank it.

Jin Changyuan knew very well in his heart that this full meal was the last thing he did for the whole family, and it was also the last night in this house, in order to let the children eat enough and not hurt the body, he told his son and daughter-in-law that he should eat hard, but don't drink water, otherwise, once the steamed buns in the stomach are soaked, there will be life-threatening conditions, after a while, two drawers of steamed buns, a large pot of porridge, was swept away, the little grandson drank three bowls of porridge, lay down next to his grandfather and fell asleep, and his son and daughter-in-law also touched the bulging belly and went back to sleep.

Yu'er walked up to Jin Changyuan, tears flowed down her eyes, and she said:

"Have you figured out, how to face it tomorrow?"

"Early tomorrow morning, Li Ming will definitely find that there is a bag of noodles missing in the warehouse, and he will be the first to suspect me, with his principle of being a man, he will report to the leaders of the commune and the public security bureau as soon as possible, and at the latest at about ten o'clock, the public security bureau will come to arrest people, and will definitely record your confession, when the time comes, you will be determined, I said, this bag of flour is specially approved by Li Ming, and the rest, you don't know anything, if you want to kill or chop, it's up to them, remember, no matter how difficult it is in the future, you must work hard with your son and daughter-in-law, Save your grandson's life. Kim Chang-won said.

"If the Public Security Bureau sentences you to death, I really won't be able to live." Yu'er broke down and cried bitterly.

"Don't wake up your son and daughter-in-law, if you let them know the truth, it will be a big trouble."

Jin Changyuan wanted to get up and hug Yu'er to comfort him, but he didn't expect it, but he couldn't stand up, he patronized to watch his son's daughter-in-law and grandson eat, forgetting that he had just fallen heavily at the door of the warehouse, and broke his good leg, and now he had to rely on the stump leg to support the whole body, Yu'er pinched Jin Changyuan's injured leg with his hand, but he didn't expect to scream his pain instinctively, this sound, almost woke up the children, Jin Changyuan told Yu'er, this leg is probably broken, Yu'er said, go and ask Langzhong in the village to come and take a look, You can't drag your two stump legs and be taken away by the Public Security Bureau.

Jin Changyuan took Yu'er's hand and said, there are still two hours before dawn, let's two husband and wife, let the two of us enjoy the only two hours alone, Yu'er proposed again, do you want to say goodbye to Brother Big Tiger, Jin Changyuan said, I can't do it, that is equivalent to implicating the innocent Brother Tiger, the couple said talking, and then, hugged each other until dawn.

As Jin Changyuan expected, early the next morning, Li Ming found that a bag of flour in the warehouse was stolen, because as long as he and Jin Changyuan had the key to the warehouse, he did not dare to alarm Jin Changyuan, and at the first time, he chose to report the case, and soon, the police of the Public Security Bureau came to Shayu Village and took control of Jin Changyuan's home, they first took Jin Changyuan to the production team headquarters for interrogation, and at the same time, separated Yu'er and his son and daughter-in-law for questioning.

When the police asked the son and daughter-in-law where the food came from, the son and daughter-in-law affirmed that it was the cadre Li Ming who gave them the permission, because when he ate steamed buns last night, the son specially asked his father, and his father told him so, and when Yu'er in the other room was asked about this, the answer was the same as that of his son and daughter-in-law, and the comrades of the Public Security Bureau checked Jin Changyuan's confession, and he admitted, There is no such thing as Li Ming's special approval of grain, it is that he lied to his daughter-in-law and children.

The comrades of the Public Security Bureau promptly reported the interrogation to the leaders, and soon the Public Security Bureau made a decision to formally arrest Kim Chang-won, and as soon as the arrest warrant was issued, Kim Chang-won was immediately handcuffed and shackled, and under the escort of two police officers, he was pushed into a jeep.

Within a few days, Li Ming informed all the villagers to assemble in front of the team department, and the public security bureau would publicly announce the verdict on Jin Changyuan's theft case.

All the villagers were present, when the police of the Public Security Bureau dragged Jin Changyuan off the car, Dahu couldn't bear to look directly, because both legs were useless, he was almost dragged off the car, the pain made his facial expression distorted, but in order to cooperate with the verdict, he still gritted his teeth, reluctantly did not let himself kneel, his legs kept trembling, as if he would fall down at any time.

Because Kim Chang-won's self-theft occurred during a special period of natural disasters, Kim Chang-won was severely sentenced to 10 years in prison.

After the verdict was announced, Jin Changyuan was about to be pressed into the police car by the police, perhaps to say a final goodbye to Yu'er with his eyes, he stopped, looked back at the crowd, he saw Yu'er, he stood in the crowd with his head down and cried, and saw Dahu and Lan Zhen standing beside Yu'er, he nodded vigorously at Dahu, glanced at Yu'er again, and then got into the police car.

Jin Changwon's last move, Dahu's interpretation is, help take care of Yu'er and his family, please.

The police car has gone away, and the villagers have gone home one after another, and Dahu and Yu'er are still standing in place and not moving, decades of old buddies have been taken away like this, and it will be ten years before they meet again, Dahu can't accept it, he wants to hate Jin Changyuan, after all, as an assistant to the village cadres, he defy the law, but he just can't hate it, he keeps asking himself, if at the beginning, when his own Xiaoqi was facing death, if he was the same as Jin Changyuan, he also had the key to the warehouse, Will he also be like Kim Chang-won and behave against the norm.

He has no way to give a positive answer, because they are not saints, especially in the face of life and death, he can only understand that Jin Changyuan did not hesitate to defy the law as a price in order to save his grandson, maybe this is his choice, when the same situation arises, everyone's choice is different, there will be people who do not hesitate to sacrifice their grandson's life, and never do anything that violates the law, but the choice is to bear the consequences, just like Jin Changyuan, in the end, he was imprisoned.

The impact of Jin Changyuan's case is far from over, Li Ming was dismissed from his post as a cadre by the commune due to poor management, and was sent to a farm in the mountains to participate in labor.

The commune sent Zhang Youliang again, as a cadre stationed in Shayu Village, with Li Ming's experience, Zhang Youliang did not dare to slack off, he simply held the cover roll and lived in the warehouse, his slogan is, people are in the food, just like the slogan of the warriors in the Anti-Japanese War, people are in the position.