Chapter 4: Fleeing the Famine
"You just woke up, you have to have a good rest, don't watch it tonight, if you want to see it tomorrow, carry some of your milk on your back, don't let her find out." Cui explained.
"Thank you, mother." Gu Jinli took the medical book.
The medical book is very thick, and the cover is written with four traditional characters of You's medical codex, and when you open it, the paper inside is yellow and tattered.
After Gu Jinli read a few pages, he found that most of them described how to identify medicinal materials, only a few described diseases, and as for prescriptions, there were even fewer of them, and few of them were useful.
But it doesn't matter, she was a military doctor in her last life, and she also studied traditional Chinese medicine, so she understands everything she should know, and this medical book is just an excuse for her to know how to heal.
Gu Jinli knew that he would have to hurry tomorrow before dawn, so he put away the medical books, lay down on the straw mat, and quickly fell asleep.
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Gu Jinli was woken up by a burst of scolding.
"A group of dependent goods, when will they not get up, waiting for the old woman to serve you? Dare to lend food to a doctor who loses money, do you need to pay back the food borrowed? That's all the food for my old Gu family! ”
Since three days ago, Mrs. Gu knew that Gu Jinan had gone to ask someone to borrow food to save Gu Xiaoyu, and she scolded her every day, and when she got up this morning and heard that Gu Xiaoyu had woken up, she was so angry that she jumped to her feet, ran to Gu Dashan's sleeping place with a cane, and beat Gu Jinan all the time.
Gu Jinan knew that Mrs. Gu was tough, if he dared to hide, Mrs. Gu would fight the eldest sister and younger brother if she couldn't beat him, so she had to endure the pain and stand in place and let Mrs. Gu fight.
Cui Shi cried and knelt down and begged Mrs. Gu: "Mother, don't beat Brother An, Brother An borrowed food to save Xiaoyu." ”
Gu Dashan hugged Gu Jin'an, blocked Mrs. Gu's beating for him, and begged in his mouth: "Mother, you can do well, don't beat Brother An." "Brother An is still a half-old child, where can he withstand such a beating?
When Mrs. Gu saw Gu Dashan protecting Brother An, the crutches in her hand hit her harder: "I'll let you protect this wolf cub, and the old lady will kill you with an unfilial thing." ”
Gu Jincheng was frightened, but he cried and begged Mrs. Gu: "Milk, milk, don't beat me, if you beat my brother again, you will be beaten to death." ”
Gu Jinxiu trembled and said: "Yes, yes, grandma, if you beat again, if you beat the eldest brother again, you will be broken." ”
"Phew, you fox son shut up the old lady, you have to speak?" Mrs. Gu doesn't like Gu Dashan's family, especially Gu Jinxiu, like Cui's family, she looks beautiful and beautiful, comparing her granddaughters, every time she sees Gu Jinxiu's face, she wants to use a knife to cut her.
Gu Jinli had never seen such a vicious old pious woman, after being woken up, he supported his tired body, gathered strength and rushed up, holding Mrs. Gu's crutches with both hands, staring at her with his eyes, and said, "Milk, my father and eldest brother are going to look for food, and they have broken them, do you want the second uncle's family to find food?" ”
Mrs. Gu was beating someone Huan, the crutches were suddenly held, she was so angry that she wanted to get angry, and when she heard Gu Jinli's words, she choked instantly.
Gujia Village is fleeing the famine together, and each family has to send several laborers every day to find food, keep vigil, and resist other disaster victims from grabbing food. In the old Gu family, these jobs are all done by Gu Dashan's father and son, if Gu Dashan's father and son are broken, the village chief will definitely let the old Gu family send someone to replace them, Cui's and Gu Jinxiu are not strong laborers, the village chief will not want it, as long as it is a man, then this matter will fall on her own sons.
Er'er is a child, she is very precious, how can she let Er'er's family go to find food?
Second Uncle Gu's Gu family is the daughter of the Xiucai family, seeing that Mrs. Gu came to beat people, she only watched the play with a reserved cold eye, and when she heard this, she panicked, and said to the Zheng family of Fourth Uncle Gu's family: "Fourth brother and sister, let's go and persuade my mother to come back, my mother broke the eldest brother, and it is our family who suffers." ”
Zheng was watching the play happily, and when he heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward with the Gu family to support Mrs. Gu and persuaded: "Mother, the eldest brother and Brother An know that they are wrong, you can dissipate your anger, don't worry about their juniors." ”
Mrs. Gu felt sorry for her own sons, and it was impossible for them to find food, so she had to suppress her anger and snort coldly: "For the sake of the family, the old woman doesn't care about you, but the food is borrowed by yourself, don't want to let the old Gu family pay it back!" Don't think that if you are hungry for three days, your wife will give you rations, and if you dare to borrow food without permission, the rations will be withheld until you have finished paying the food yourself. ”
Mrs. Gu said this for three days, Gu Jin'an's eyes were red with anger every time she heard it, and she was beaten with hatred today, and finally couldn't help but say: "Milk, all the food we find every day is handed over to the family, and the milk doesn't give us rations, so what do we have to pay back?" ”
Mrs. Gu sneered: "That's your business, anyway, the food you find every day must be handed over, this is the rule set by the village chief." ”
In order to survive, the village chief discussed with several clan elders that during the famine escape, each family sent at least two men to go out to find food, and the food found could not be kept privately, but must be handed over to the family, and then a part of it was handed over to the village, and when there was really no food, the village would take out the food and distribute it to each family.
If someone dares to hide food and not hand it over, they will be driven out of the desert escape team and will no longer be able to follow the village.
The road to escape from the famine was full of victims, and they were so hungry that they could do everything, and if the family walked alone, they would be robbed of everything if they couldn't walk ten miles.
Mrs. Gu left this sentence and was helped away by her two daughters-in-law.
Gu Jinli looked at Mrs. Gu's straight back, her eyes narrowed, she didn't give rations, she wasn't allowed to hide food privately, this was to force their family to death.
Bang Bang Bang!
The sound of bangs came from a nearby rock, where the head of Gujia Village's family rested.
"The people of Gujia Village, the people of Gujia Village have all gathered together, and they have to hurry!" Gu Dafu, the eldest son of the village chief's family, shouted repeatedly.
When the people of Gujia Village nearby heard the sound, they got up one after another, rolled up the mats, carried their burdens, tied grain bags, carried pots and jugs, supported the old man, took the children, and ran to the place where the village chief rested.
Victims from other villages also began to bang bangs and gongs to get up and prepare to go.
Gu Jinli looked around and was shocked by what he saw, and the entire disaster victims under the mountain moved, carrying things and leading people, and ran towards the meeting place of his village with a hula la.
As far as the eye could see, it was full of dense people, no less than the size of an army assembled.
Gu Jinli held Gu Jincheng's hand tightly, their family must be vigilant at any time on this escape road, there are so many disaster victims, if one is not good, their family will have to explain on the way to escape the famine.
"Xiaoyu, your injuries are not yet healed, Brother Cheng asked his father to take it, you tighten your mother's hand, don't let go." When Gu Dashan heard the sound of bangzi, he hurriedly swept up the grass at home, carried it on his back, tied the bamboo tube containing water to his waist, picked up Brother Cheng, and explained to Gu Jinli.
Cui's had already grabbed the hands of his two daughters tightly, and said with fear on his face: "Follow my mother, don't let go on the road, don't care if anyone shouts at you, shout when you are in danger, shout loudly." ”
After Gu Jin'an's palace, he protected the three women in the family in the middle, and tied a cloth bag on one side, which contained the leaves left over from last night's meal, and it was also their lunch today; While saying to Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, if you feel uncomfortable, tell the eldest brother, don't support yourself." ”
Gu Jinli nodded, and before he could say hello, he was pushed forward by the people behind him.
When they walked to the village chief's house to rest, most of the people in Gujia Village had already arrived.