Great Chu Dynasty, the sixth year of Jingyuan, early autumn.

There has been a drought in the northwest of Dachu for two years, and there is no harvest of grains, and it is difficult to drink water.

This drought was worse than they thought, not only in the northwest, but also in the northwest, and it had been more than three months along the way, and the land had dried up all the places they had passed.

In the evening, it was still hot.

On the official road from northwest to east, there is no green green, only the dead grass and leaves that have been yellowed by the scorching sun.

There are high mountains on both sides of the official road, and a large number of victims have stopped, dragging their scrawny bodies, with hungry and fierce light in their eyes, looking for something to eat.

After fleeing the famine for more than three months, he was not ruthless, and he couldn't protect the food he found at all.

Ten-year-old Gu Xiaoyu held a half-rotten sweet potato tightly in his arms, and ran to the rest place at home at the foot of the mountain with a happy face. She helped Lin Houde's family in a neighboring village to carry the child for a day, and when she stopped to rest, she finally got this sweet potato as a reward.

"Gu Xiaoyu, stop for Lao Tzu!" Niu Dazhuang shouted angrily, and took a few brothers in the family to surround Gu Xiaoyu, pointing at her and saying, "Bring the sweet potatoes." ”

Gu Xiaoyu hugged the sweet potato tightly, and looked up at the five Niu brothers who surrounded him, this Niu family brother was notoriously muddy, and he robbed many people's grain on the way to escape from the famine.

"This is the sweet potato I got for my work, not yours." Gu Xiaoyu glared angrily at the five Niu brothers who surrounded her, looking for an opportunity to escape.

Niu Dazhuang's eyes were full of fierce light, holding a big stick, and he sneered: "Not ours? Gu Xiaoyu, if you don't want to die, give me sweet potatoes! ”

Gu Xiaoyu stubbornly protected the sweet potato in his hand: "Don't give it, this is for Brother Cheng, give it to you, what does Brother Cheng eat?" ”

Cheng Ge'er is her younger brother, not yet four years old, he is already so hungry that he is about to faint, and if he can't find anything to eat, Cheng Ge'er will starve to death.

"Phew, what kind of noble person is your brother Cheng? Also worthy of eating this sweet potato? ”

The five brothers of the Niu family stared at the sweet potato in Gu Xiaoyu's hand and swallowed their saliva, this is a whole raw sweet potato with water, they are not only hungry, but also thirsty, if they can eat this sweet potato, their smoking throats can feel much better.

"Big brother, if she doesn't give it, I'll kill her!"

Niu Erzhuang's eyes were red with hunger, and when he saw that Gu Jinli didn't let go, he was the first to rush up and grab it: "Bring it, you are a money-loser, your grandmother said, your family should starve to death, living is a waste of food, the current food is more expensive, what are you, you also deserve to eat!" ”

"No, get out of here." Gu Xiaoyu also practiced ruthlessness on the way to escape the famine, biting Niu Erzhuang's outstretched hand, and then using the top of his head to knock Niu Xiaozhuang away, grab the sweet potato, and run away.

Niu Dazhuang's face was so angry that he beckoned to the Niu brothers beside him: "Chase, don't let her run away!" ”

There are people fleeing the famine to find food everywhere, if Gu Xiaoyu runs away, and they haven't caught up, this sweet potato may be snatched by someone.

"Chase."

The five brothers of the Niu family chased desperately, took the time to glared angrily at the victims who wanted to grab the sweet potatoes, and warned: "This is the sweet potatoes of my Niu family, my Niu family has 37 people, the Niu clan has 140 people, and the Niu Tougou people have 220 people, if you don't want to die, come and grab it!" ”

Hearing the words of the Niu brothers, those who wanted to grab sweet potatoes from them stopped.

Gu Xiaoyu ran desperately.

Niu Dazhuang drove for a day, he was tired and hungry at the moment, seeing Gu Xiaoyu daring to run, he was completely enraged, his eyes flashed with ruthlessness, and when he was about to catch up with Gu Xiaoyu, he hit Gu Xiaoyu with a big stick in his hand.

Bang!

Gu Xiaoyu was hit in the back of the head, blood flowed out, his eyes were black, and he fell to the ground.

Niu Erzhuang, the thief spirit, rushed up first, broke Gu Xiaoyu's hand, snatched the sweet potato away, and took a bite hard, half of the sweet potato entered his mouth, choking him and rolling his eyes.

Niu Dazhuang's eyes were red with anger, and he snatched away the remaining half of the sweet potato, and scolded: "What are you eating and what is left behind, this is the grain that Lao Tzu snatched, you made half of it in one bite, and you can't kill you." The stick in his hand hit Niu Erzhuang's leg.

Niu Erzhuang was not afraid of being beaten, he was afraid of being hungry, regardless of the pain in his legs, he swallowed the sweet potato in his mouth.

Niu Dazhuang didn't lose himself, and before the rest of the Niu brothers caught up, he ate the remaining half of the sweet potato.

The remaining three brothers of the Niu family caught up, and when they saw that the sweet potatoes were gone, they didn't dare to beat Niu Dazhuang, so they only kicked Gu Xiaoyu who fell to the ground: "Phew, lose money and broom star, and dare to run and kill you." ”

kicked a few times, scolded a few words, and after relieving his hatred, he walked away, leaving Gu Xiaoyu to die on the ground alone.

The people who were looking for food around looked this way, then turned their heads and continued to look for food.

On the way to escape the famine, when did you not die because of a bite of food? They're used to it for a long time.

After someone from Gujia Village saw Gu Xiaoyu being knocked unconscious, they hurriedly went to inform Gu Xiaoyu's mother, Cui's.

Cui's came with his eldest daughter Gu Jinxiu, and then carried Gu Xiaoyu back to the resting place at the foot of the mountain.

Gu Xiaoyu was seriously injured, and after being carried back, he was unconscious, and Gu Dashan had to go to Mrs. Gu to ask for food to save people.

"A money-losing goods, and you still want the old woman to ask a doctor for food treatment? What is the treatment, what is there to cure the dead who see the sky in this world, and it is already worthy of her to dig a pit and bury it when she dies. ”

Mrs. Gu pointed to Gu Dashan who was kneeling on the ground and scolded: "You still have the face to beg me for food, I haven't said this cheap girl, it's really a conscience thing, I don't want to honor my grandmother when I get food, I just think about Brother Cheng, a sweet potato, that's a sweet potato, Brother Cheng can eat it as a child less than four years old, and I'm not afraid of choking to death." ”

Mrs. Gu raised her eyebrows, and the wrinkles on Rong Chang's face trembled because of the angry scolding: "Eat alone, don't honor your elders, you want to be thundered by the sky!" ”

Gu Dashan was scolded and bent his head, but he had to continue to beg Mrs. Gu: "Mother, you can do well, give your son half a bowl of food, half a bowl is fine, Xiaoyu is really unable to hold on." ”

Xiao Yu was hit in the back of the head with a stick, and he bled a lot, and he is still unconscious.

In these years, silver was worthless in grain, so he came to ask Mrs. Gu for half a bowl of grain to save her life.

"Half a bowl of grain!" Mrs. Gu exploded, patted her thighs and howled: "Listen, folks, listen to it, is this talking about human words?" Half a bowl of grain, what is it now? actually came to me to ask me for half a bowl of food, this is the life of everyone in my old Gu family. ”

The people of Gujia Village fled the famine together, gathered together for the night at this moment, and when they heard Mrs. Gu's words, no one spoke, only pretended not to hear, and each family was busy making a fire and roasting dry food.

The corners of Mrs. Gu's mouth were a little crooked, and she knew that on this way of escaping from the wilderness, no matter how much she tried to fight the boss's family, no one would criticize her, it would be difficult to survive, and who would care about other people's affairs.

Mrs. Gu's youngest daughter said in a weird manner beside her: "No, the food is more expensive now, give you half a bowl, what will our family eat?" Don't starve to death. ”

"Little sister!" Gu Dashan finally couldn't help but roar: "This half bowl of grain is the life-saving food for Xiaoyu, if there is no food, please ask a doctor, Xiaoyu...... The little fish can't stand it. ”

Gu Dashan thought of his unconscious second daughter, and his eyes were red with sadness.