In 1945, the domestic war was raging, and the people were struggling to make a living, especially in the barren Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi. In Yulin, northern Shaanxi, there is a village called "Tu Lump", which is also suffering from the double torture of war and harsh weather.

There are a total of 48 people in Tuluan Village, every family depends on farming for a living, in northern Shaanxi, where there is a shortage of water, God's rain is the only way to irrigate crops, but this year, there has been no rain for six months, if it does not rain again, it means that there will be no harvest this year.

There are two adjacent caves on the mound in the northwest direction of Tuqi Village, one is the kitchen and the other is the bedroom, which is one of the thousands of ordinary peasant households in northern Shaanxi. There are two brothers living in these two caves, one is called Li Wendeng, the other is called Li Wencai, Li Wendeng is the brother, this year is eighteen, Li Wencai is the younger brother, this year is sixteen, three years ago both parents died, the two brothers depend on each other.

It was breakfast time this morning, and there were bursts of cooking smoke in the kitchen of Wendeng Wencai's house, and after a while, there was a smell of burnt hair, and a burst of pungent smell of meat.

It turned out that before going to bed last night, Wen Cai set up two mouse traps in the yard, and in the morning they heard the squeaky in the yard, Wen Cai hurriedly ran to the yard to see, it turned out to be two gophers that did not have long eyes were clamped, one large and one small, but the two gophers were already hungry skin and bones, but then again, no matter how small the fly is, it is also meat, and two gophers can be caught at once this year, but it is really a Bodhisattva manifestation.

Wen Cai hurriedly went into the cave and called Wen Deng out, and the two brothers happily beat the gopher to death, took it to the kitchen, lit a fire, and strung it on the wire to prepare for a feast.

Smelling the aroma of meat, Wen Cai stared at the two roast rats on the fire, his eyes glowed red, and he flowed to his mouth and sucked it in.

"Brother...... Can you eat it! I'm hungry and screaming! Wen Cai squatted aside and asked impatiently.

"It's still a little bit, the gopher meat has to be roasted to be crispy and yellow to be delicious, wait, wait!" Wen Deng said as he licked his mouth while spinning the wire.

The jumping firewood turned the brothers' faces red.

"Brother...... These two gophers, one big and one small, which one do you eat?" Wen Cai squatted aside and asked again.

"I'm bigger than you, and my stomach is bigger, I'm sure I'll eat that big one! Your stomach is small, you eat small! Wen Deng replied without raising his head.

"But...... You're only two years older than me...... Besides, my stomach isn't small anymore, it's already wowing and wowing! Wen Cai argued unconvinced.

"It's also called in vain, didn't you hear grandpa tell us that story when he was a child, what was called 'Dinosaur Makes Pear', you have to learn something, how can you fight with my brother!" Wenden reprimanded.

"But...... Elder brother...... I remember what my grandfather said about 'dinosaurs make pears', it seems that my brother gave up the big pear to my younger brother! Wen Cai argued.

Wen Deng was choked and had nothing to say, "Wen Cai, are you ......disobedient?"

The two brothers were arguing over who would eat the gopher and the gopher when suddenly the earth shook, and the clods of earth on the cave fell down with a clatter.

Wen Deng looked around, felt that something was wrong, threw away the roast rat in his hand, and shouted, "Wen Cai, run, it's an earthquake!" ”

Wen Cai was in a panic and wanted to pick up the gopher, but Wen Deng grabbed him and ran towards the outside of the cave, when the two came to the yard, the shaking stopped, looking at the two caves at home, the two brothers of Wen Deng and Wen Cai turned pale.