The rumbling thunder accompanied by lightning slashed into the big tree in the distance, and Yue'e shuddered with fright, and grabbed her brother's hand even tighter.

The two brothers and sisters came to a cornfield, looked around cautiously, and sure enough, they didn't see anyone to watch, and hurriedly bent down and got into the green gauze tent.

At this time, it is the time for the corn to be grained, the tender corn kernels are sweet and delicious when cooked, and the soybeans planted on the ground stalks are also full of pods.

The brother and sister carefully picked up the full corn cob while breaking it, while pricking up their ears to listen to the movement outside, fortunately no one walked except for the sound of thunderstorms.

Yue'e grieved for the owner of the family while breaking it, and said in her heart: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, you bless me to break this is the landlord's land, the landlord's family has a big business, I don't care about this bit of food, if it is an ordinary family, I will be distressed to death, the master of the family, if you find out, scold a few more sentences to relieve your anger, I have no choice, your family should be doing good deeds." ”

After a while, Shanfeng lowered his voice and said, "Yue'e, is it enough, the bag is almost full, I'll pull a few more edamame, and break too much scourge food." ”

"Almost, brother, I see that there are pumpkin seedlings on the stalk in the south, I'll rummage through it and see if I can find a pumpkin."

"Where? I'll go. Shanfeng looked south along Yue'e's finger, and really saw a piece of pumpkin seedling, he bent over and ran over, and ran back with a big pumpkin in his arms, and said to Yue'e excitedly: "Yue'e, look! Large noodle melon. ”

"Okay, brother, let's go back, the rain will stop in a while, and it's not good to let people catch it again."

"Yes, let's go, let's go."

Shanfeng put the big pumpkin into the cloth bag, carried the cloth bag, Yue'e held a bundle of edamame seedlings, and the two ran back to the earth temple like a dog behind them.

From a distance, I saw Niang standing by the door looking out, the mountain peak waved at Niang, and Yue'e shouted: "Mother, we are back." ”

Xiuzhi saw the two brothers and sisters coming back, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly went out, took the pocket on the back of the mountain peak, and fell sharply.

"Why are there so many people, and you still ask people to live." Xiuzhi said angrily.

"Mother, it's not a family, there's a big pumpkin in it that weighs down." Shanfeng said as he carried the bag, "Mother, let's carry it, you can't hold it." ”

"Come into the house." Xiuzhi saw that the two children were covered in muddy water, and there were two big mud mounds stuck to their feet.

The three of them put down their things, and a fire had already been lit in the house, Yueya pulled Yue'e to the fire and said, "Come and roast, you take off your shoes and I'll put them under the eaves to flush them. ”

Yueya scraped the mud off her brother and Yue'e's shoes, put them under the eaves, washed them with rainwater, and took them back to the fire to roast.

Li Xiuzhi took a pot of rainwater, picked some edamame, peeled off the skin of the stick, kept the innermost layer of tender skin, and put it in the pot to cook together.

After a while, the sweet smell of corn came out, and the mountains, mountains, mountains and rivers stared around the pot, and the saliva flowed.

After the addiction to smoke passed, Wang Youyuan, who had fallen asleep in a daze, was also woken up by this sweet smell, and at this time he felt more and more hungry, and his stomach was growling. Walked over to the pot, lifted the lid, and took out a corn cob despite the heat.

"His father, it's not cooked yet."

"Anything cooked or unripe, raw can be eaten." Wang Youyuan said impatiently.

"It's a shame that your family has been a Chinese medicine practitioner for generations, and you don't even talk about hygiene." Xiuzhi pouted.

"I still pay attention to hygiene, I can't eat, and I am poor and exquisite." Wang Youyuan was stunned.

"Why can't you eat, don't you know in your heart?"

"Why, what do you want to say, don't you just want to say that my family has made me smoke a lot and lose everything, I know what you have when you pout, so can I control it, do you know how guilty you are to be addicted to smoking? I'm not just careless in making friends, and I called the person surnamed He to calculate and get caught in the smoke. ”

"You are embarrassed to say, I reminded you several times back then, then He Mengyao can't be handed, they all say that the face is born from the heart, look at his face is a sneaky and slippery person, not a loyal person, you don't listen, people flatter you A few good words, you don't know the east, west, north and south, I said that nothing is right, kindness is a donkey's liver and lungs, He Mengyao said that everything is true, now we are going to Shangqiu to escape the famine."

Wang Youyuan actually knew that he was at a loss, and his huge family business made him lose everything, so he didn't quarrel with his wife at this time, but just buried himself in gnawing corn on the cob.

After the corn and edamame were cooked, Xiuzhi took the child to eat them, and then lay down next to the grass nest to rest for a while.

The storm gradually stopped, and only the sound of raindrops on the eaves could be heard, and the dark sky became clear because the dark clouds had dispersed, and the rays of the sun shone through the clouds like a thousand golden rays.

Yue'e sat on the threshold, looking at the rainbow looming in the sky, thinking: Is there really a fairy in the sky, is this rainbow the bridge that the gods need to descend to earth, will the gods notice me and help me?

When people have something unpleasant and they are powerless to solve it, they always pin their hopes on the gods who don't want to do it, thinking that the gods in the dark will come to help them get through the difficulties.

Yueya also sat on the threshold after cleaning up the pot, next to her sister, holding her sister's shoulder, and said with concern: "Second sister, does it hurt for my father to kick, my sister will rub it for you." ”

Yue'e looked at her sister and shook her head slightly: "It doesn't hurt, my father kicked me in the stomach at the time, there was a lot of meat, and it didn't hurt, but I was shocked." ”

"Actually, my father didn't smoke a lot of cigarettes before, and he took me to dig herbs together, and sometimes I saw that the patient had money to buy snacks for us to eat, and since the family property was smoked out by my father, my father has also become bad, and I have beaten our mother several times."

"Sister, what I know, I just think that my father is going to be like this, how will I live in the future, I heard that the people who smoke big cigarettes and went bankrupt later sold their sons and daughters, and my father doesn't like me, what should I do if my father sells me when the time comes?"

"Nonsense!" Shanfeng happened to come over and heard his sister say this, and said: "Who dares to sell you, my father will not enter the road again, and he will not be able to sell his son and daughter, our father will know medical skills, this time we will go to Shangqiu just to see if we can make more money, otherwise these children in our family, do you still need to go out to escape from the famine." ”

After a while, Wang Youyuan, who had eaten and rested, gently kicked Xiuzhi's leg and said, "Let's go!" Let's go! I'm in a hurry, or I won't be able to find a place to live before dark," and turned his head to the three children on the threshold, "What are you muttering, have you packed up your things?" ”

"Dad, clean it up, the pots are tied to the wheelbarrow, and I will buckle the bottom of the pot for that big noodle melon." Shanfeng said busily.

Wang Youyuan stretched his waist, covered up the gown that he had broken open, pulled his shoes and walked outside the temple, looking at the sky: "Hey, it's so good that the weather is sunny, the previous posture seems to be about to fall." ”

Hearing Wang Youyuan's voice, Xiuzhi woke up, and gently patted the three sleeping ones with sleepy eyes: "Four, five, six." ”

Xiao Sishanling pouted and got up, walked out of the face in a daze and a bubble of urine, and then walked to the mountain peak and hugged the mountain peak's legs, and shouted cutely: "Big brother." ”

"Hey." The younger brother picked up by Shanfeng put it on the side of the wheelbarrow and explained: "Sit down, don't move, I'll push you and Xiao Wu for a while." ”

"Dad, Xiaoliu has diarrhea again!"

Hearing Xiuzhi's shout, Wang Youyuan returned to the temple, put his hand on the pulse of the mountains and rivers, felt it carefully, and muttered: "What's wrong again, haven't I taken medicine before, I'll pull some antidiarrheal grass and spurs on the road in a while, and you can boil the climbing grass for six to drink." ”

"Dad, why don't you prescribe a prescription, you meet a Chinese medicine shop on the road, grab a few pairs of medicines, always pull a few herbs on the side of the road, the medicine is not complete, it is useless for us to drink it." Xiuzhi said worriedly: "Look at this little face, what has become of thinness, it will be gone some time ago, but now it will not be." ”

"Grab the medicine, grab the medicine, don't I know how to catch the medicine, you touch your pocket, you can still touch the money, no, if you have money, we will catch it, no one will give you the medicine if you don't have money." Wang Youyuan said upset.

Xiuzhi touched the money bag in her arms, and there was no one left, so she talked helplessly: "Alas, how can this be good." ”

"Let's go, don't worry, when I get to Shangqiu, I have found a job and made money to treat Xiaoliu well."

Xiuzhi saw that there was no way to worry about it, so she stood up and asked Wang Youyuan to help tie Shanhe to her back, and Wang Youyuan led the three-year-old Xiao Wu out: "Shanfeng, put Xiao Wu in the car, let Dad push it first, and then push it when Dad is tired." ”

"Hmm." Shanfeng took Shan Zhuang, put it on the other side of the wheelbarrow, and looked at Wang Youyuan: "Dad, are you leaving?" ”

"Let's go!" Wang Youyuan lifted his shoes, held the handlebar hard, and the wheels rolled forward.

At dusk, the sun converged its dazzling light and hung on the western sky like an oversized duck egg yolk, and the surrounding clouds seemed to be smudged with colorful satin under the sunlight, which was particularly beautiful and magnificent.

At this time, Wang Youyuan's two sons and three older children had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery, tired and sweaty, and saw the smoke rising from afar, and from time to time there were a few dogs barking and roosters, knowing that there was someone in front of them, the family accelerated their pace and finally rushed to the village before dark, and found a deserted earthen house to live in.

After a short rest, Wang Youyuan, who was thirsty and tired, took out the wooden bucket and walked to the well at the head of the village, drank it to his heart's content, and brought it back with a bucket of water, and saw that the pot had been supported on the stove, and Yueya and Yue'e were peeling edamame particles and preparing to cook them with pumpkin.

"It's time to drink water, Dani and Erni, don't be busy cooking, drink water first, and then boil the herbs that Daddy pulled on the road to your brother." As he spoke, he walked to Xiuzhi's side and took over Shanhe: "What's wrong with six." ”

"What can I do, I've pulled it several times along the way, and there is no food to eat, we can make do with it, I'm afraid that six won't work." Xiuzhi saw that Youyuan was taking the pulse of the mountains and rivers, the expression on his face was very solemn, and he sighed in his heart: "His father, what's the matter." ”

"The pulse is not very good." Youyuan pondered for a while: "When I was fetching water, I saw that there were a few families in the village who were quite prosperous, or you would take your children to order food and make a porridge for Liu, you have to make up for it, otherwise I am afraid that Liuliu will not survive." ”