The women barely bothered to brace their spirits, and they talked and laughed as they walked all the way back to their respective homes.

Syllable!

The woman with the child in her arms was the first to say goodbye to the crowd, and she lifted her hand to push open the rotten wooden door, stepped over the door frame, and coaxed her crying son into the house.

Wow, wow, wow, wow!

As soon as she entered the house, before the woman could settle down and rest, the baby cried more violently.

"Don't cry, yo, yo, yo."

So, she lifted the placket of her clothes and made the most sacred act.

Suckle!

Satisfied, the baby's cry faded away.

At this time, the frowning woman lifted the lid on the rice jar, and when she saw that the rice jar was about to bottom, she was full of unpleasant taste.

In these years,

Food is more expensive than human life!

As everyone knows,

How many families are starving to death!

"Ugh."

With a long sigh, the woman set aside the handful of wild herbs that had clutched out the green slurry in her hand.

subsequently

She washes rice and cooks rice.

It's just that the rice is even thinner than rice porridge.

A large pot of water mixed with a pinch of rice grains, plus wild vegetables that had just been dug up with a neighbor, made up a meal for the family.

The fire was blazing, the pot was boiling, and at this time, the man returned.

After years of wind and rain, his face was wrinkled, and he walked in numbly, and when he saw the woman, his chapped lips finally squirmed a few times, and asked, "Where is our girl?" ”

"I'm going to fetch water."

Lifting the lid of the pot and adding another spoonful of broth, the woman sighed heavily.

"Hmm."

The man nodded, his fingers clasping a few copper plates firmly.

He returned to the main room and sat down, and then silently lowered his head and sighed at the copper plate, without saying a word.

An eerie tranquility permeates the air,

Apart from the gurgling of boiling water, there was no other noise.

Until half an hour later,

This tranquility was broken by a sudden knock on the door.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

There was a knock on the door, and the call of the comer also appeared: "Sister, open the door for us!" ”

"Whew..."

Hearing this, the woman who was about to extinguish the stove breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the one who comes is very rich,

I don't think I can look down on their pot of porridge.

Crunch!

Remove the deadbolt and the door opens.

"Hey."

A ruddy-complexed, plump woman walked in, her chubby face squeezing out a smile.

"Sister, this is your house..."

Guiding the woman all the way to the main hall, she looked at the environment inside the room and said this.

"Your family, you won't have to worry about eating and drinking in the future!"

The woman looked around, then lowered her voice, but to the couple, the news was no less than thunder on the ground.

"What do you say?" The man straightened his waist excitedly, "Matchmaker, is there a rich family who has taken a fancy to my daughter?" ”

really

The woman smiled mysteriously.

As a well-known matchmaker in ten miles and eight towns, she can come to this kind of shabby place, most of which is for this kind of thing.

"You're right." The matchmaker covered his mouth with a handkerchief, laughed so much that the flowers and branches trembled, and the fat on his body trembled non-stop, "Someone has taken a fancy to your daughter, but, just..."

But then, the matchmaker's face was embarrassed, and the conversation changed,

"It's just that, this family is the Li family." Gritting her teeth ruthlessly, the matchmaker said the next words, "This time, I am a matchmaker for the eldest young master of the Li family." ”

The Li family?

Isn't that a family of big landowners on the rich side?

When the man heard this, his face was full of joy.

But...

The woman holding the child trembled, and her face instantly turned red: "Your mother, what do you mean?" The eldest young master of the Li family? The eldest young master of the Li family, it wasn't the other day..."

"The one who was trampled to death by the horse!"

......

"Get in your mother!"

When the man heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he was furious.

He raised his head and slapped the matchmaker in the face, but a moment before the slap fell, he heard the matchmaker's disdainful snort.

"I ask you." The matchmaker didn't dodge or dodge, and a sly light flashed under her eyes, "Just by your family, can you two support this big fat boy?" ”

She pointed to the baby in her swaddling clothes and asked loudly.

"Let me ask you again, how many of your family can survive in this famine year?"

"I'm afraid, I can't even afford food lately."

She sneered haughtily, but quickly changed her eager expression.

"Girl." She took the woman's hand and sat down familiarly, "If you think about it again, I am also thinking about you, I am afraid that your family will starve to death." ”

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

"Needless to say!"

The woman shook her head with a cold face.

However...

The man's dark eyes burst out with a warm light.

"That's, matchmaker." He stroked his beard with his hand and smiled with a smile on his face, "You say this, what you say does make sense." But this, my daughter, she's fine. I can't..."

"What's not to do?"

The matchmaker raised her hand,

"These days, isn't it common for people to die? As long as you can do it, then..."

"No way!"

The matchmaker's voice was interrupted by the woman, who was red-eyed and waved her arms to scratch the matchmaker's face.

"Shut up!"

However, what she ushered in was an incomparably swift slap.

"The Li family's side, it's up to you."

Ignoring the woman who was slumped on the floor, the man welcomed the matchmaker out of the room, and then shoved a copper plate into the matchmaker's fat palm.

Swish!

Time freezes, and the next moment, the scenery in front of Yunfan changes rapidly.

The sun goes down,

Night falls.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three more knocks rang out. valley

"Dad, mother!"

A cheerful and crisp call followed.

"Boudoir... Girl..."

When the door was opened, the woman put her arms around the woman who had come in.

"Why did you come back so late today?"

"Mother... Don't knock the bucket over. The woman chuckled, "Today, somehow, the water in the river turned black, and I waited for a long time until it cleared. ”

"Okay, okay."

The woman nodded blankly, took the bucket, and led her daughter back into the house.

And through the gentle moonlight, Yun Fan also saw the woman's appearance clearly.

It's no wonder that the matchmaker chose her family.

The figure is slender and slender, and although the face is sallow due to long-term hunger, it is not difficult to see that this girl is handsome.

Step into the main hall,

The girl sniffed suddenly.

"Dad, mother, this is..."

She looked at her father sitting on the edge of the kang, and her face was happy,

"This smells of meat?"

"yes." The woman slowly walked out of the darkness, still holding a large bowl of steaming porridge in her hand, "Your father finally bought it, drink, drink." ”

"Oh."

The girl sat down obediently, but just as she wanted to move her chopsticks, she suddenly felt two straight eyes.

When she met her gaze, the man coughed unnaturally, and the woman glanced to the side with a look of reluctance.

But the girl didn't notice this, and she still had a sweet smile on her face: "Dad, mother, why don't you eat?" ”

"Eat, eat!"

The woman quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, she picked up the rice bowl, and dug out a large mouthful of sticky rice porridge.

The same is true of the hostess, who silently sucks the porridge in the bowl, and the family ends the last reunion dinner under such circumstances.

"Mother, I'll go..."

Covering her mouth and licking the rice grains from the corners of her lips, the girl just wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

But at this point, she felt a blur of her vision, and then collapsed with a thud.

In a daze,

She clearly heard the quarrel between her father and mother.

"Boss, give her a good time!"

The woman tugged at the man's sleeve, and she held a piece of hemp rope and pleaded.

"There is blood stasis, and the condition is not good."

But the man pushed her away indifferently.

Then, step by step, he walked up to the girl and reached out and grabbed her hair.

"Hmm..."

The girl's mouth came with an almost dreamlike moan, and she struggled to make out what was going on around her.

But the next moment...

The pungent chill made her completely sober.

Goo-doo!

A series of bubbles surfaced, and the huge suffocation made her feel extremely flustered.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm!"

Raising a hint of strength, the girl danced with her hands and feet, struggling with all her might.

But how could her strength be compared to that of an adult man?

As soon as her head left the water, it was forcibly pressed down with more force.

"Woooooooo The woman looked at the scene in front of her and cried, "Girl, go away quickly!" It's my father and mother who can't stand you, but your brother is still alive, and we..."

The woman cried and poured out the truth.

The young, ignorant baby was lying relaxed in her arms, smiling and suckling.

Little by little, streams of water choke into the nose and flow into the lungs.

At the last moment, the girl squeezed out the last trace of strength in her body and lifted her head out of the water for the last time.

"Brother, you have to live; Live, too..."

The bloodless girl was now like a humanoid ghost, baring her teeth and letting out a hoarse roar.

"Everyone has to live!"

"But..."

"Daddy! Mother! ”

"Isn't my life my life?"

Thump!

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl's head was pressed to death in the bucket once and for the last time.

The bucket of water she had just brought back.

Goo-doo...

The bubbles disappeared and the body went limp.

She stopped her last struggle and left.

It's just that...

Bite!

Bite!

Bite!

In Yun Fan's field of vision, a series of blood-red text prompts popped up.

[Why?] 】

[Why?] 】

[Why?] 】

[Why?] 】

【...】

Click!

Thunder flashed, and the torrential rain that swept away all the dust in the world poured out a vast white mist.

The sound of the flute is melodious, but it is also extremely harsh.

The sound of thunder, the sound of rain, and the sound of the flute, all three are all one.

Crash!

Grabbing the hair and pulling out the daughter's head, a pale pretty face appeared in the man's field of vision.

At this moment, this situation...

Just like,

Clear water out of hibiscus.

Merely...

Her eyes, which should have been closed, widened, and a strange smile flowed out of her face that should have been full of pain.

[Dad, mother...]

[I hate. 】

[I can't put it down.] 】

Thundered!

Thunder slashed one after another, and heavy rain continued.