Chapter 73: Life and Death

The mother put the child down first, pulled the woman of the family without hesitation, walked out of the door, and told her what she thought.

When the woman heard this, she looked at her with suspicion, and then asked, "How far is your relative's house from here?" ”

Because my wife was not familiar with this place, she was stunned for a while before she said, "I don't know either, but according to people, there is still a long way to go......

The woman shook her head, and then said, "I have a word, I don't know if I should say it?" ”

The lady looked at her and did not answer.

The woman said, "Look at the situation, you two are really not able to feed this child." ”

There was a sad look on my wife's face, but she still didn't speak.

"If that's the case, it's actually good for both of you." When the woman saw her tears streaming down her face, she said to her man, "Go and get a towel." ”

The man silently returned to the inner room, and when he came out, he came to his wife, looked at her silently, said nothing, and handed the face towel over.

Before the master could take the face towel, she lowered her head and began to sob.

The woman continued: "You should know that for about three years there was no harvest, no farm harvest, no farmland, no starvation, no bones, and no one was hungry and sick, and during this time more than 10 million people died. ”

Everything she said was true.

I never knew that our place could be a little better, just like the villages I had passed before, the cracked land for hundreds of miles was full of the bones of people who had starved to death, the bark and grass roots had long been gnawed away, and from time to time there were groups of people fleeing the desert, all of them yellow and thin, and they were so hungry that they were bone-chested.

Probably because they had been hungry for too long, people walked very slowly, their eyes were full of despair and sadness, and some fell directly on the way to escape the famine.

I heard that the phenomenon of eating rich households has begun to appear there recently, and the so-called eating of rich households refers to the fact that the victims of the disaster gather to come to the rich families in the village to cook together, and then go to eat the next family after eating, and even gather to rob the grain.

Later, when all the food was eaten, the victims went to peel the bark of the trees, dig up the grass roots to satisfy their hunger, and after the grass roots and bark and even the Guanyin soil were eaten up, there was a tragic cannibalism.

Because everything that could be eaten was eaten, many people had to cook and eat their relatives who had just died.

Later, there was even a "hunger is predatory", which means that the living people are snatched and killed to satisfy hunger, so that the common people do not dare to go out alone, and even if they want to go out, they need to go together, and they cannot go too far to avoid being robbed by a larger crowd.

Faced with the harsh reality, the master was speechless and bowed her head sadly.

I secretly pulled my wife, and we went to the side and whispered to her, "What that woman said is true, and if we don't listen to her, we will have a lot of difficulties, and if we think about it again in the future, we will regret it too late." Now if nothing else, just for the sake of the children, we must do the same! ”

When my wife heard my words, she could no longer restrain herself, threw herself into my arms, and began to cry.

When the husband and wife of the house saw this, they turned their backs and wiped away tears.

The wife comforted the wife: "A person's life, isn't it all for the sake of future generations, as long as the child is good, we should rest assured and forgive, I don't know what your family situation is, since you have moved the idea of giving the child away, the family must not be very rich, for the sake of the child, this choice is still correct." ”

After listening to her words, the master finally quieted down.

The wife went into the house, picked up the child again, and kissed him on the little cheek, but was reluctant to put it down.

In the end, it was the two of them who gave me a look and asked me to comfort my wife.

In fact, my mood is not the same as her, how can I not be moved in the face of the child who is about to part with her life and death!

Finally, I relented, walked over, and with great difficulty, snatched the child from her arms, put it on the bed, pulled her, and turned around.

My wife didn't go far away, she refused to go forward, she broke free from my hand, I thought she was going back, but she ran to the side of the road, and when I saw that the situation was not good, I immediately ran two steps in front of her, because there was a cliff over there, and she didn't want to live.

I grabbed her and tried to persuade her repeatedly, until it was nearly noon, when she slowly calmed down.

After going back, my wife was bedridden, and it took half a month before I recovered a little bit, and one day after I was able to get out of bed, when I woke up in the morning, I suddenly found that my wife was gone, and I was anxious to see this.

Come to think of it, there are only two possibilities, one is to return to that family, but what's the use of going now, the child must have been taken away, and it is useless to go.

Another - I didn't dare to think about it anymore, so I hurriedly got up in my clothes and ran down the mountain, and as I ran, I looked to both sides to see if there was any trace of anyone walking.

The mountain is so big, how can I find any traces?

After searching to no avail, I came to the bottom of the mountain and walked towards the house.

Sure enough, I was told that my wife came to their house before dawn, and when she was told that the child had already been taken away, she asked us where the family lived.

We couldn't tell her because they had an agreement with the family that they wouldn't allow the child's family to look for them.

When she saw that we would not answer, she said nothing more, and walked away in a gloomy manner, and then disappeared.

When I heard this, I was anxious, how can this be good?

It is unlikely that she will return to the Taoist temple, she must be rambling to find the child, the place is so big, when will she have to find it!

I looked around at a loss, where did my wife go?

To no avail, I followed the road in front of me, and asked people along the way if they had seen a single woman walking by.

It wasn't until I walked far away and got the answer that I had never seen such a woman pass by, and I didn't think there was any point in looking for it any further.

By this time, the sun had risen so high that I was already sweating profusely, and when I saw a stone slab on the side of the road, I went over and sat on it.

After I wiped my sweat and looked forward, my heart suddenly lit up, and I saw a woman's figure in front of me.

I saw her dragging her heavy steps and walking back.

I jumped up and ran towards her.

When my wife saw me, her expression darkened, and I hugged her and refused to let go.

She collapsed limply in my arms and didn't say a word.

I comforted her: "Why are you so troubled, you have given it away, what are you looking for, haven't you heard what the family said, the child will not suffer wherever he goes, what is the happiest thing for parents, isn't it just to hope that the child is well, in this case, we should rest assured, don't worry so much anymore, okay?" ”

My wife raised her head and looked at me wordlessly, without saying a word for a long time, and finally, with a long sigh, followed me back.

Going on, we all spend a life as plain as water, and we go back to a situation similar to what happened before the child was born.

As always, I wake up on time, eat on time, and chant on time.

Little by little, my wife also regained her calm.

Now, my heart feels like it's no longer so full of sunshine and joy.

In the past, we felt like children, living carefree all day long.

Since the day that little life was conceived, our lives have not been so quiet, and even if we have not been born, this place is filled with endless fantasies and expectations all day long.

Now, with his departure and everything is back to normal, we should calm down, but in fact, on the contrary, although neither of us mentions the topic of children anymore, but we have always felt very depressed and depressed in our hearts.

Especially my wife, I can count the things I say in a day.

In order to make her happy, I always said something every day to make her happy, and then I tried to tease her, at first, she was very disgusted by it, but after a long time, she had a smile, and little by little, I saw that the face that was originally very pale began to have blood.

The improvement of her mood also infected me, and as a result, laughter gradually appeared in the Taoist temple.

I feel a little relieved, I can't say what's going on, my wife's face is the vane of our emotions, as long as she shows a smiling face, my mood is cheerful and happy all day.

If she's depressed, I'm not happy anyway.

With her change, our lives began to shine brighter again.

For some reason, there has been no news of the master, and we have nowhere to look for it, and we can't find it, the only thing is to wait.

In the past, we were worried that he would suddenly return one day, so we were in a state of anxiety all day long, but now, with no worries, we can face everything with a relaxed heart.

One day, I dreamed in my sleep that my son, who was now white and fat, tiger-headed, very cute, and when he saw me coming, he grinned happily, stretched out his white and tender hands, and staggered up to me, and asked me to hold him, and I reached over and took him in my arms.

At this time, my wife also came in from outside, and when she saw me holding the child, she immediately grabbed it and kissed the child in the face.

When I saw it, I was very panicked and wanted to take it back, but my wife moved much faster than me, and as soon as I turned around, I ran outside with my son in my arms.

I want to tell her, don't run, I won't rob, be careful not to fall and hurt you and the child.

Who would have thought, although I tried all my strength, but I couldn't shout, I was in a hurry, and after a little effort, I suddenly woke up, and at this time, I heard someone knocking at the door.

I was still asleep, reluctantly put on my clothes and got up, I thought, it must be some passer-by to ask for directions, or some people under the mountain to ask for a sign, my heart is a little unhappy, because I was awakened from a good dream.

I turned my head to look at my wife, she was sleeping, I got up, alarmed her, but she still didn't wake up, but there was a smile on her face, seeing that she was so happy now, I couldn't help but kiss my wife's face, got up and walked out the door.

The moonlight is like water, draping the inside and outside of the Taoist temple with a hazy silver.

I yawned, pulled the latch, looked up, and saw the person in front of me, and immediately closed my open mouth, and then my legs went limp, and I almost sat on the ground.

The person who came was none other than my master!