In 1960, an unprecedented famine broke out in our country, and not only the rural areas were starving, but even many people in the cities could not eat.

And in some places, it is even rumored that there is a matter of eating Yizi.

People who have not experienced that era will not be able to experience the feeling that life is worse than death......

Unfortunately, the little fat ghost Liang Chen was born in this year, and it is hard for me to imagine how he survived as a newborn furry doll in that era when adults were starving to death.

Liang Chen was born in a small village called Ma Linjian in Datong, and his mother died a few days after giving birth to him. And his father Liang Jianmin is a white man in the village, and he is also a well-known stele carver.

I don't know how Liang Jianmin raised Liang Chen, because Liang Chen didn't remember anything at that time, so even he felt that his father was too great.

To put it mildly, it is said that so many people died in that era, and Liang Jianmin's 'business' of white affairs and inscription should be very good.

But the fact is the opposite, at that time, everyone couldn't even open the pot at home, and how could they have the money to hire someone to do white things, almost all of them found a straw mat, simply wrapped the deceased and buried it in a hurry.

No matter how miserable it is, there is not even a straw mat......

Maybe it's because of hard life, or maybe it's because Liang Jianmin has done a lot of good deeds on weekdays and accumulated yin virtue.

The father and son actually survived those days like this, Liang Jianmin thought that he would be able to live a well-fed and clothed life after that, but who knew that 6 years later, another catastrophe swept the country.

Under the call of 'sweeping away all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods', Liang Jianmin was inexplicably labeled as a 'feudal superstition', criticized and locked up the cowshed, and he almost suffered all the sins.

As a result, Liang Jianmin didn't bear it and hanged himself directly.

Fortunately, although those people were crazy at that time, they did not extend their 'claws' to Liang Chen, a six-year-old child.

Although no one persecuted him, no one cared about him either.

As the saying goes, the children of poor families are in charge of the house early, Liang Chen knew that he was the only one from now on, and left the village alone after burying his father.

A six-year-old child couldn't even afford to eat, and it was still in that turbulent era, so he couldn't go far from the village.

Liang Chen walked to Datong City on foot, and he couldn't remember how many blood blisters were worn out on the soles of his feet, and finally fainted on the side of the road with hunger.

At that time, Liang Chen thought that he was about to die, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a warm and comfortable kang, and next to him sat a gray-haired but energetic old lady.

"Grandma, this is ......" Liang Chen looked at the old lady in front of him suspiciously, only to see that her hair was as white as snow, and although there were many wrinkles on her face, she couldn't see any old age.

"Hehe, you can just call me Granny Liu, I saw you fainting on the side of the road, so I took you back to my house." The old lady's voice was very good, and her smile was very kind.

"What's your name, kid? What about your family? Seeing that Liang Chen didn't speak, Granny Liu asked again.

Not to mention that his family was fine, as soon as he said it, Liang Chen could no longer suppress the grief in his heart, and threw himself into Granny Liu's arms and cried.

Liang Chen seemed to have finally found an outlet, and while crying, he told Granny Liu about the grief in his heart.

After hearing this, Granny Liu was also embarrassed, and touched Liang Chen's head distressedly and said: "Good boy, mother-in-law is also a person, from now on, I will be your mother-in-law, let's rely on each other." ”

In this way, the old and the young lived in Granny Liu's house.

In the days that followed, Granny Liu went out very early every day, and when she came back, she always brought a lot of meat.

So Liang Chen's food had oil and water almost every day, which was unimaginable for a poor family like them at that time.

Liang Chen asked Granny Liu where the meat came from, but Granny Liu just laughed and never told him.

Liang Chen had no choice but to stop asking, as long as there was something to eat, who cared where it came from.

Until one day, Liang Chen couldn't hold back his curiosity and secretly went out behind Granny Liu.

This time, Liang Chen's intestines were really remorseful.

When Granny Liu went out, she always picked some inaccessible paths to walk, and almost confused Liang Chen. Fortunately, this kid is still clever and was not discovered by Granny Liu.

The old man and the young man walked back and forth in the alleys of the city, and before they knew it, Liang Chen followed Granny Liu to the earthen city wall.

At that time, Datong was not as good as it is now, although it was a city, but it was actually not as good as some developed counties now. Therefore, near the earthen city wall, it can be said that it is simply a wasteland.

Granny Liu looked around a little sneakily, and after confirming that there was no one around, she suddenly squatted down suddenly, shrugging her shoulders, as if digging something out of the ground.

"Mother-in-law." Somehow, Liang Chen told himself to hurry up in his head, but he shouted out in his mouth.

Granny Liu was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to turn her head, but just halfway through, she suddenly stopped and shouted, "Hurry up and go home!" This is not the place where you can come! ”

Liang Chen was stunned for a moment, and at the same time there were doubts in his heart, why did his mother-in-law's voice become so hoarse?

Liang Chen, who lost his father, finally had this home, and he never wanted to lose Granny Liu, the only relative.

So Liang Chen ignored Granny Liu's loud shouts and hurriedly ran in front of her.

But when Liang Chen saw Granny Liu's face and the things in a pit in front of her, he was immediately scared and softened, and he sat down in place with a 'poof'.

……

Speaking of this, Liang Chen still shuddered, and Lu Xueyao and I asked curiously, "What happened later?" What do you see? ”

Liang Chen tugged at the two pigtails on his head, and said with a somewhat frightened expression: "I see ...... The mother-in-law's face was pitted as if it had been corroded by sulfuric acid, and it was crawling with strange little bugs. And the pit in front of her...... It was full of live snakes and rats from my mother-in-law. ”

"How is it possible, snakes can eat mice, how can they live in a nest together." I blurted out almost subconsciously.

Who knew that Liang Chen shook his head and said, "Yes, mother-in-law, she is a head lowering master." ”

"Shhh...... Head-lowering division? Lu Xueyao and I gasped at the same time, glanced at each other, and both saw each other's shock.

In the impression of many people, including myself, the head descender should be the kind of mysterious and vicious evil appearance. But now listening to Liang Chen's meaning, it seems that this Granny Liu is not like that, otherwise she would not have saved his life.

"Listen to me." Liang Chen puffed out his fleshy 'small' face, and looked a little unhappy that we interrupted him.

My curiosity was completely aroused by him, and I lit a cigarette and raised my chin at him: "Okay, you can go on." ”

And Liang Chen's next words shocked me and almost threw up again......