Chapter 16: The Hardships of Survival
The doctor cleaned up and bandaged Liu Maomao, Maomao closed her eyes in pain and gritted her teeth, stiffening up. Sanwa's only little fare was also spent, and the doctor also specially explained that he wanted to go to a big hospital for treatment, and now he can no longer walk on the ground, especially on the legs and feet healing very slowly, because the weight of the whole body is pressed on it, and repeatedly told not to be frozen, and gave some oral anti-inflammatory drugs, Sanwa nodded and was very grateful.
They still have to hurry, the soaphorn thorns of the three babies shovel are enough to bear themselves, and now there is a Mao Mao who can't walk, he is in a dilemma, the three babies regret bringing Mao Mao out, the mood begins to be irritable, and the heart is also very annoyed.
"I didn't want you to come out, but your father stubbornly said that he came out to exercise and suffer, and it was good to suffer, but he didn't enjoy any happiness at home." The third baby carried Maomao on her back and muttered as she walked: "What's the matter, this, it's strange if your mother doesn't pout when you go back." β
Liu Maomao leaned on the second uncle's shoulder and laughed secretly.
The sky is gloomy, it looks like it's going to snow, if there is another heavy snowfall, in this place where it is difficult to beg, Sanwa is a little panicked, Sanwa put all the soaphorn thorns into a hemp bag, use a rope to pocket the luggage, surround a few ropes around, form a circle, ready to let Mao Mao sit inside, afraid that Mao Mao will fall down again, let Mao Mao sit on the soft and soft quilt, Mao Mao grabbed the rope with his hand, felt much more comfortable, Sanwa used the flat shoulder to hold back his strength, only to pick up, one end is the soap horn thorn, At one end was Maomao and luggage, and the three babies walked forward step by step with difficulty, and their speed of action became slower.
"Every time I come out, I don't shovel more than 100 catties that time, but now it's okay, shovel a living person back." Mao Mao watched the second uncle walk and complain, and couldn't help laughing.
"You're still laughing, you've killed your second uncle." Sanwa said angrily, Maomao stopped squeaking. The cold wind was blowing in gusts, Maomao felt very cold, and the third baby was tired and sweating profusely and walked hard.
"It's not that your mother, blind all day long, your father is too, a family of two are good people, as long as someone squeaks, they panic like planting and fighting, go to help others with short-term work, I said how many times your mother has been, just don't listen, run a rabbit in the flock to show that she can, sometimes their crops are not picked up, just go to work for other people's homes, this is good, your father went to build a wall for the deputy branch secretary of Xia Quangou Sun Quan's house, but the wall fell, your father's leg was also broken, this future days are beautiful, right? I didn't eat or drink much, so I can't do it now, right? Sanwa nagged, changed the burden to the right, and continued to walk in a flash, Maomao didn't know when she was already asleep, and Sanwa didn't see it, and continued:
"Sun Quan only gave your family a bag of wheat, and then changed your father's lifelong disability, and he couldn't do any work, and people didn't even look at your father later. And when we split up for a while, I didn't say anything, your mother instructed your father to move to the cowyard in the west of the village to live, and the people in the village didn't know, not to mention how harsh my three babies were. It's all your mother's doing, and it's chilling. Later, why didn't I want to help your family, it's just that your mother is too capable and can go too far. What's wrong with living together, I think I eat too much? Or do you think I'm not working anymore? I'm not living a good life now, and I can still cook three meals a day. Sanwa shifted the burden to her left shoulder, and at the same time glanced at Mao Mao with a resentful face, only to find that Mao Mao had fallen asleep with her head tilted.
"Bai made me grunt for a while, I already knew you were asleep, what did I say about it?"
Everywhere they went, Sanwa was still unwilling to ask the people in the village where there was a soaphorn tree, leaving Mao Mao and the burden at the edge of the village, and running to shovel some back in a panic. Mao Mao was idle, lame with a stick, and tried to go out to find someone to stutter to, not only to please the second uncle, sometimes the hunger is really unbearable.
"βwhere did you come from to ask for food, but you don't have anything to eat." Mao Mao timidly limped away, Mao Mao continued to ask for it without being discouraged, and finally in the last second house in this village, a kind aunt came out.
"Poor child, where are you? Why did you come out alone to ask for food? I'm hungry! Child? When Mao Mao heard this heartwarming sentence, she felt aggrieved and couldn't help shedding tears.
"Thank you, thank you, auntie, I'm from Yiyang." Mao Mao wiped her tears. "I came out with my second uncle to shovel soaphorn thorns, and the money was spent, and my feet were out of problems."
"Wait, kid." The kind aunt hurried home and picked up some leftovers and steamed buns.
"Poor boy, we are fellow countrymen, and I am also from Yiyang, it's still hot, hurry up and eat! Give, give you a few more steamed buns to eat on the way. Mao Mao looked at the enthusiastic aunt, bent down and bowed deeply, then with tears in her eyes, she turned around and nodded, and walked towards the luggage at the edge of the village.
"It's really pitiful that children are so sensible." "Where's your second uncle? Hurry up and let him come over, it's not enough for me to cook something for you. β
"No need Auntie, we still have to hurry, so I won't trouble you." Mao Mao walked and ate with the bun, and felt that this aunt was very kind.
"Child......" The aunt waved her hand and watched the fur disappear.
"If you don't let you walk, you're just stubborn, the more you walk, the worse your feet become, don't you know?" The third baby came back with a ball of soaphorn, and when she saw the food that Mao Mao begged for, she was very annoyed and reprimanded: "How can the doctor explain?" If you are disobedient, you will not be allowed to run around in the future, and I can go and ask for food. β
"Eat, second uncle." The three babies put down the soaphorn thorns and hairy hair and ate them, and the food was already very cold, but they ate it very deliciously, and they quickly ate it all.
They continued on their way, and the sky was getting darker and darker.
Sanwa thought: If it snows, there will be mud on the road, the first snow will melt quickly, the snow can't accumulate, and it will be more difficult to walk, and it is the best policy to hurry.
As usual, Sanwa shovels soaphorn thorns from home, goes around a big circle and then returns to the end of the home, but Maomao's feet are now like this, and it is natural that he should go home in a straight line, but Sanwa is reluctant to shovel these soaphorn thorns, if he does not shovel them off in time, he will be shoveled away by others, and this trip will be shoveled down and sold for a lot of money. Although I thought that Maomao had to hurry up and go home, the third baby still couldn't resist the temptation of money, so it would take at least twenty-four or five days to get home, and what would Maomao's feet look like by then?
"How does Maomao feel now? Does it still hurt? Sanwa asked worriedly, "Can you stand it if you carry it for a few more days?" β
"It's okay second uncle, you can bear it." Mao Mao knew that her feet had deteriorated severely, so she replied cheerfully: "Don't worry, second uncle." β
"That's good, hold on for a few more days, and we'll have a bumper harvest this time." Sanwa said with a smile, and let the doctor take a look at the pharmacy when she meets it.
In this way, they still shoveled the soaphorn thorns as they walked, and Mao Mao felt that his legs began to ache, and even the pain began to feel like he was approaching his knees, and it was difficult for his legs to be lifted, but when he thought of money, he thought that he could also earn money, and in the village, Gao Gao and Ru could proudly show off, and his mood was extremely excited. Maomao has suffered since she was a child, and that tenacity is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Mao Mao stiffened, but the condition of the legs and feet will not be alleviated by courage, and if you don't hurry up with treatment, not only will it not be cured, but it will be worse.
It was snowing in the sky, and the three babies went out to shovel soaphorn thorns, and Maomao fell asleep on the quilt. The wind and the snow, the snowflakes slowly swirled and floated, and then fell, getting bigger and bigger.
"What to do?" The production captain Mancang looked at everyone there, and then said, "Who is going to find Sanwa and Maomao?" β
"It's snowing heavily now, it's impossible for Sanwa to take the big road, just along the mountain trails, digging into the mountains and forests to find the soaphorn tree, and the people who shovel the soaphorn thorns know it."
"No one knows where he is going, where he goes, how can he go to them?"
"Then you can't go without looking for it?" Man Cang frowned worriedly, lowered his head and said, "Ju, before he died, he could see Mao Mao with such a little wish, can't this satisfy him?" β
"Who can blame that? It was he Liu Ju who pointed Mao Mao away, and he could only blame himself. β
"See what you say? Liu Juji knows that he is going to die now? β
Folks, you are pulling each other, no one wants to go out to find someone on a snowy day, besides, people don't know where they are, and there is a danger of getting lost when the road is closed by heavy snow.
"Why don't I look for it?" Hongbin glanced around at the people present, and everyone's eyes instantly focused.
"Hmph-"
"You go, are you sure you'll find them?"
They all scoffed at Hongbin's behavior.
The more this happened, the more angry Hongbin became, and said directly angrily: "I'll go, find it, I won't find it, I'm also dedicated." β