Chapter 3: Parting Ways

"Daddy." Jiang He sat up for some reason and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"Changliu, dad has something to tell you." Jiang Zhuangci raised his hand and pointed at Chen Xianyue, his eyes were dark and uncertain.

Jiang He was confused for a moment, and suddenly his heart beat faster, and he was nervous and speechless.

Of course he understood what the old man meant, the family was all close relatives, but Chen Xianyue was only his second brother's concubine.

If she is so hungry that she has no way out and needs to give up on someone, that person is naturally her.

Their Jiang family used to be a high-ranking family in the capital, so naturally there was no shortage of food and drink, but they had also heard about the folk Yizi eating things, and they thought that this kind of absurd thing was far away from them, but when people are hungry to a certain extent, the evil in people's hearts will emerge uncontrollably.

Now they really can't hold on, if they don't give up Chen Xianyue, that family will starve to death!

"But Daddy......" Jiang He hesitated a little.

"Jiang Changliu!" Jiang Liushi twisted his arm fiercely, "Have you taken a fancy to that vixen!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Jiang He was a little annoyed.

"Xianyue's life was saved by our Jiang family, and if we leave her alone, our family can survive." Old Madam Jiang was crying, her voice was as gentle and kind as ever, and she seemed to be reluctant to do so.

Her words reached Jiang Luo's ears along the wind, and Jiang Luo couldn't help but feel excited, and goosebumps trembled uncontrollably.

During the day, they are still a family that supports each other, and at night these people actually want to eat people?

She turned over and looked at Chen Xianyue, who was sleeping next to her in a daze, and couldn't help but feel sympathy.

The sound of distant whispers continued for a long time, and it was not until the second half of the night that it fell silent.

Jiang Luo pretended to be cautious and woke up Jiang Cheng, "Brother." ”

"Sister." Jiang Cheng was awakened by her voice in a daze.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm afraid." She grabbed his arm with trembling hands, "I...... I heard my grandfather and uncle say...... I want to eat the little lady......"

"Woohoo." Her voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Jiang Cheng was startled, and he swallowed nervously in the dark, "How can it be ......?"

He didn't like Chen Xianyue, after all, he was a concubine, and in his eyes, there was no difference between Chen Xianyue, a concubine who followed and bought and sold.

But after all, it's a living person, how can you eat people!

What's more, if Chen Xianyue died, wouldn't there be no one to take care of her sister.

No way! He couldn't watch his family eat his little mother.

He's going to run.

He dragged Jiang Luo to the depths of the dense forest, and then turned back to wake up Chen Xianyue and Jiang Ran, who were completely unconscious, who were asleep.

"Little boy?" Chen Xianyue was about to open her mouth to ask, when she saw Jiang Cheng make a silent gesture.

"My sister is over there."

He pointed in a direction.

Chen Xianyue didn't know why, but when she saw him covering Jiang Ran's mouth, she pulled her away quickly, and could only trot over.

They walked for a long time, and Chen Xianyue couldn't see the burning bonfire when she turned around, and panicked, "Little boy, where are we going?" ”

"Stupid." He spread out and took Jiang Ran's hand.

"There's no food, grandfather, they're planning to kill you." His voice was cold, and he clenched his fists.

Chen Xianyue's legs were weak, and she fell to the ground stiffly.

After slowing down for a while before standing up tremblingly, Jiang Cheng ignored her at all and ran forward quickly.

It's so dark, my sister is waiting in front alone, in case of danger......

Thinking so in his heart, he walked faster and faster.

Chen Xianyue, who was behind her, pulled Jiang Ran and followed him closely.

Jiang Luo sat under the big tree, the moonlight sprinkled on the ground, and the shadows of the trees swayed.

"Sister."

Jiang Cheng ran over and was relieved to see that she was safe and sound.

"Brother."

"Little lady."

Chen Xianyue squatted down and hugged her, although the light was very dim, Jiang Luo also saw her crying and her eyes swollen.

"Let's ...... Where are we going? Chen Xianyue hated herself for being useless, she was the only adult, but she was used to being cowardly, and she grew up in the back house since she was a child, and she had no knowledge.

Jiang Luo proposed to hurry first and find a village or town to settle down.

The Jiang family and his party originally planned to go south, but now they want to avoid them, so they can only go east or west.

Jiang Luo was silent for a while, got the world map from the honeysuckle, looked at the topography, and decided to go east.

The four of them took advantage of the night and left in a hurry.

After walking for five or six days in a row, Jiang Ran couldn't stand it anymore, her feet were covered with blood blisters, and every step was a pain in her heart.

Although Jiang Luo said that it was not much better, she insisted on refusing to let Chen Xianyue carry her.

"Mother, I can't walk." Jiang Ran grinned, suppressing the loudness of refusing to cry.

Chen Xianyue's hair was messy, the clothes on her body were dirty, she had tears in her eyes, and comforted, "Ranran, we are walking too slowly, if we are caught, we will die." ”

"Mother, leave me here, you take your brothers and sisters away."

She was faint from hunger, tired and aching, and it was even more difficult to find a place to stay when the weather turned cold.

Jiang Cheng spread the clean fallen leaves on the ground and helped Jiang Luo to sit down, "Sister, are your feet okay?" ”

"I'm fine." Jiang Luo shook his head, walking along the road, he could occasionally meet people fleeing the famine, but he didn't meet a single family.

They heard from the people who fled the famine that there was a city of Meicheng five hundred miles east from here, and that the county guards there were good officials, and the people lived in abundance.

Chen Xianyue took out the last half of the cake from the package and divided it into three parts, the smallest one was handed to Jiang Ran, and the other two were given to Jiang Cheng and Jiang Luo.

Jiang Luo took the cake and divided it into two and gave Chen Xianyue half of it, but she refused to ask for it, saying that she was not hungry.

"Humph!"

Jiang Luo lost his temper and threw the cake on the ground, "You don't eat such a dry thing, why do you give it to me!" ”

Chen Xianyue picked it up with tears, she swallowed her saliva, and handed the cake to her with both hands, she refused to ask for it, and turned her back in anger.

Jiang Cheng gave her more than half of the bread in her hand, but she refused to eat it.

In the past few days, they finally exchanged a cake with passers-by, and Chen Xianyue was not willing to eat this bit of food. If she hadn't drunk the glucose that Jiang Luo took out, she would have starved to death on the road.

She knelt on the side and silently shed tears.

Jiang Luo sighed slightly, she is only a child in her early tens, and she has to apply her current identity. She stood up and walked to Chen Xianyue with tears in her eyes, "Woo woo, little lady." ”

Chen Xianyue stretched out her hand to hug her, "Luo'er, don't cry." ”

"I shouldn't have lost my temper~ I just want my little lady to eat something too~" She choked up.

"The little lady knows that Luo'er is obedient and doesn't cry."

Chen Xianyue endured the sourness in her eyes, and her heart was moved.

Jiang Ran also cried and threw herself into her arms, and the three of them hugged their heads and cried, the days were too hard, but if there was a trace of unfirmness, they would not be able to live.

Jiang Cheng hid to the side, holding on to prevent tears from falling.

Each of them took a few mouthfuls of food and drank glucose, and then they barely came to their senses.

Jiang Luo blinked his eyes and suggested, "Little Niang, we can't walk anymore, otherwise find a place to rest, and wait for the injury on our feet to heal before walking~"

"Okay." Chen Xianyue nodded.