Chapter 5 Into the Mountains in Search of Food

The people of the old Gu family also arrived, and when they saw their family of six, Mrs. Gu sulked and snorted coldly, and the wrinkles on her face trembled because of the cold snort.

Gu Xiaomei followed with a sneer.

Aunt Gu next to her glanced at their family, opened her mouth, and spit out a word.

Aunt Gu's family fled with her mother's family, and her family's food was reluctant to eat, so she kept eating her mother's food. On the day Gu Xiaoyu was beaten, she came back from inquiring about the news from the family, and heard Gu Xiaomei adding fuel and vinegar to say that Gu Dashan disliked their married daughter for eating her mother's food, and hated Gu Dashan's family to death.

Second Uncle Gu and Old Man Gu stood in front of the women of the Gu family, glanced back at Gu Jinli, and preached with a cold face: "Framing my uncle, disrespecting my grandmother's elders, being vicious at a young age, is simply insulting to the family style." ”

Second Uncle Gu heard Gu say that Gu Xiaoyu wanted him to find food, and he already looked down on Gu Dashan, and hated Gu Xiaoyu even more.

Let him go and find food?

He is a scholar, a dignified child, to do what only those outcasts do, what kind of system!

Gu Jinli really wanted to slap him in the face, the old Gu family has a group of people like Mrs. Gu, which is called insulting family style.

Gu Dashan and Cui's were accustomed to this, so they only held the children tightly and turned a deaf ear to Second Uncle Gu's words.

Old Man Gu listened to the situation here, and saw that Gu Dashan's family did not fight back, so he did not say anything.

The village chief Gu was in his fifties, with a serious complexion, two nasolabial folds on his face that extended to his chin, a thin body, wearing a patched cotton shirt, and when the people of the Gu family village had gathered, he asked the eldest son to name him.

After a quarter of an hour, the number of people was counted.

The village chief cleared his throat and repeated a passage before setting off every day: "It is difficult to escape from the famine, everyone must support each other, take care of their children, take care of their own elderly, food, water, and salt are life-saving things, and they can't be lost at any time!" There are many people fleeing the famine, and the people in the village are not allowed to cause trouble, don't cause trouble to the village, follow closely on the road, and the team will not wait, and set off! ”

With the sound of the village chief, more than 200 people in Gujia Village all moved, walked from the bottom of the mountain to the official road, and then walked east along the official road.

In front of Gujia Village, there are already many victims on the way; At the back of Gujia Village, more victims poured into the official road, all dragging their families and bringing the old to help the young.

Gu Jinli glanced back and forth, his heart sank even more, he grabbed Cui Shi and Gu Jinxiu, and hurried behind Gu Dashan.

Most of the victims walked, and some took cars, most of which were pulled by people, which was only available to people in the villages with better conditions.

There were also some horse-drawn carriages passing by on the road, these were the carriages of the wealthy families in the prefecture, and several cars passed by together each time, and there was a large group of domestic servants with sticks and knives running next to the carriages, and the victims did not dare to rob them even if they knew that they were rich families and that there was food in the carriages.

This walk was a whole day, from dawn to mid-afternoon (about 4 o'clock in the afternoon), seeing that if someone continued to walk, someone would faint, and finally the victims stopped to rest.

When the village chief Gu saw the victims in front of him stop, he asked his eldest son to ring the bangzi and let everyone stop and rest.

Bang Bang Bang!

"Gujia Village, rest in place, everyone hurry up and find food and water, prepare tomorrow's food, rest well, and gather at the beginning of tomorrow!"

When the victims of Gujia Village heard this, they were all so tired that they collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

Gu Jinli was a military doctor in his previous life, and he often performed tasks in the field, but this body was only ten years old, and he was so hungry that he walked all day, and he couldn't bear it at the moment, so he was so tired that he sat on the ground.

Gu Dashan and Gu Jinan didn't have time to rest, so they took off the straw mat, bamboo tube, and half a bag of leaves on their bodies, and handed them to Cui Shidao: "There are still a few mouthfuls of water in the bamboo tube, you save some drink, chew a few handfuls of leaves when you are hungry, I will go with Brother An to find food, and when we find something to eat, we can have a full meal." ”

Gu Dashan said with a smile, but the Cui family knew that even if they found food, they would have to hand it in, and before the food was paid off, their family of six would have to live by chewing leaves and eating grass roots and bark.

"Boss, you want to starve us to death, why don't you hurry up and find food, if you find less food today, see if I don't pick the skin of the Cui family's mother and daughter!"

Gu Dashan just said a word to Cui's family, and Mrs. Gu felt that he was deliberately lazy and yelled.

"Mother, I'm going to look for food."

Gu Dashan was afraid that Mrs. Gu would come over to beat people again, so he hurriedly responded, took Brother An to meet with the people in the village who were looking for food, and went to find food nearby.

After Mrs. Gu finished supporting Gu Dashan's father and son, she scolded Cui Shi again: "Cui Shi, you are a lazy person, do you still have me as a mother-in-law in your eyes, why don't you hurry up and spread the mat!" ”

"Here comes my mother." Cui Shi dragged his tired body, swayed to the old Gu's house, turned back to Gu Jinli and said, "Xiaoyu, your injuries are not healed yet, don't go out to look for food, stay here with your sister and Brother Cheng to rest." ”

Gu Jinli didn't want Cui's to worry, so he responded against his will: "I know my mother." ”

"Say what, hurry up and go to reincarnation! Where did you get so many words, why don't you hurry over and let the old woman stand for how long? Mrs. Gu was scolding again.

Lao Gu's family stood by and waited, no one went to lay the mat, and when Cui's came, they cleaned the ground, picked up the gravel on the ground, untied the mat and laid it, and spread a thin quilt to help Mrs. Gu sit down.

After serving Mrs. Gu to rest, Cui's was busy looking for firewood to make a fire.

Gu Jinli saw a fierce look in her eyes, the old Gu family was a group of things that didn't know what to do, she couldn't be tied to this kind of person, she would be dragged to death by this group of bloodsuckers, she had to think of a way to completely separate from the old Gu family.

"Xiaoyu, Sister Xiu'er, Brother Cheng, my mother asked me to come and play with you." A twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl wearing a patched cloth skirt ran to the straw mat of Gu Jinli's house, saw Gu Jinli, and said happily: "Xiaoyu, I heard that you woke up last night and wanted to come to see you, but it was too late, and my father and mother wouldn't let me." ”

Gu Jinli looked at the little girl and said with a smile: "Your father and mother are right, it's very chaotic now, don't run around at night when you're a girl." ”

The little girl's name is Luo Huiniang, and she is one of the few families with the surname of the two families in Gujia Village. Father Luo Tiezhu used to be a dart master, but later he was injured and could no longer dart, so he took his daughter-in-law Chu and a pair of children from the county to move to Gujia Village and settled on ten acres of land.

The Luo family has a good life, Father Luo and Gu Dashan are brothers who have known each other for more than 20 years, and the relationship between the two is very good, and the relationship between the Chu family and the Cui family is not bad.

During the escape period, every time they stopped to rest, the Luo family's father and son and the Chu family would run to find food and water, and the Chu family would let Luo Huiniang run to them to play, in fact, let the children of the two families take care of each other and don't have an accident.

This time, Gu Jinli was injured, and the one who lent him the most food was the Luo family, and the bamboo tube water in their family was given by the Luo family, and they often helped their family in the past three days, otherwise Gu Dashan and they would not be able to support it at all.

"Then I'll be relieved." Luo Huiniang said, glaring at Gu Jinli: "You should call me when you go to find food, if I am here, how dare the Niu brothers do it?" ”

Luo's father is a dart master, and he has taught his son Luo Wu to practice martial arts since he was a child, and Luo Huiniang also learned.

scolded the Niu brothers again: "Niu Dazhuang they are really not a thing, not to mention robbing your sweet potatoes, but also beating you together, don't worry, my brother and I will definitely avenge you." ”

Gu Jinli liked this cheerful and lively girl very much, and after she finished scolding the Niu brothers, she said, "You come and sit, watch my sister and Brother Cheng for me, and I'll go find something to eat." ”

Saying that, he had already gotten up and ran away, and Gu Jinxiu couldn't stop it.

"Xiaoyu is really, what if I meet the Niu brothers again?" Gu Jinxiu was afraid when she thought of Xiaoyu lying in a pool of blood.

"What to do? Beat them, Sister Xiu, you just have a good temper. Luo Huiniang looked at Gu Xiaoyu's back with a look of envy, she also wanted to look for food, but her father and mother explained to her that Sister Xiu'er had a good temper, Brother Cheng was too young, she didn't come to play with them, she came to protect them, there were so many victims, if she left them to look for food, those with bad intentions would definitely bully Sister Xiu'er and Brother Cheng.