176. In order to grab a mouthful of water, they all fought
A group of villagers marched towards the next village, trying to get the group of exiled prisoners back.
On the other hand, the exiles did not want to continue to the next village, because the spring was already full of water to sustain themselves at night.
Go to the county town to buy a few steamed buns, and you can have a meal with the water in the bag.
However, to reach the next county seat, they still have to pass through the next village, so they also walk towards that village.
When I passed the entrance of that village, I saw that the whole village was crying.
The crying woke up the little baby boy of the Zuo family, and he also cried together.
"Oh, oh, the baby doesn't cry......" The third daughter-in-law of the left hurriedly shook the baby boy and coaxed.
But no matter how coaxed you are, you can't be coaxed.
Give him water, and he keeps crying.
Old Mrs. Zuo glanced at her grandson, and immediately affirmed: "This child is hungry, do you still have milk?" ”
The third daughter-in-law of the left was so anxious that she burst into tears: "No." ”
She already had little milk, and she drank less water during the drought these days.
The only food eaten was some white-flour steamed buns distributed by officials.
Because of the delay in front of them, the errand officers also made them travel day and night during this time, and rarely stopped to look for game to eat.
There is no nutritional supplement, and there is naturally less milk.
Hearing the child crying, the errand officer who had no child at home was not considerate, but felt noisy, and scolded loudly: "Shut up! It's so loud that I'm deaf! ”
Indeed, although the youngest son of the Zuo family was dark and thin, and shriveled and shriveled, his cry was very loud.
As long as the child cried, everyone's mood was also panicked.
The people in the village thought that the officials were scolding them, and immediately shut up.
But soon, there was a mournful howl.
Originally, the errand was just annoyed by the cry of the child, but now he hated the people of this village even more, and cried as if he was crying.
They were already very unhappy when they were driven out by the people in the village, but now when they arrived at the next village, they were crying all the way to make them feel even more unhappy.
Several short-tempered servants directly pulled out the swords on their waists, gritted their teeth and said: "Shut up all of them, and if you cry again, I will cut his mouth!" ”
Only then did the villagers quickly shut their mouths, not daring to make any more noise.
However, it seemed that the cry of the child in the Zuo family was getting louder and louder.
"I'm sick of it! Hurry up and coax your child well! ”
The weather was hot and dry, and the servants became irritable.
In addition to being polite to the Su family, they still have a very bad attitude towards the exiled prisoners of the other two families.
The third daughter-in-law of the left cried: "The child is hungry, I can't coax him, I can only wait for him to cry tired or go to the county seat to get some porridge for him." ”
The officer's eyes suddenly darkened.
There were a few women in the villagers of Xiazhai, with tears in their eyes, and when they saw the third daughter-in-law of Zuo, who was so anxious to cry, they said weakly: "This big sister has no milk, right?" My milk is very swollen, and the child can't drink it all, if you don't dislike it, I can give your child two sips. ”
Hearing the woman's words, the eyes of the people in the Zuo family lit up, but they still looked at the servants with fear, for fear that they would not agree.
The officers wanted to scold them a few more times, saying that they were really big enough to let their whole team wait for one of their children to drink milk?
But before the words could be spoken, Ying Bao's voice rang out: "Uncle Big, I'm tired, let's rest for a while." ”
Hearing Ying Bao's voice, all the messengers knew that they would definitely be able to rest.
The other exiled prisoners were also relieved.
The Zuo family was even more grateful.
Sure enough, Boss Zhang immediately ordered: "Let's take a break here!" ”
During this time, they are on the road day and night, and they should take a good rest once in a while.
After stopping, Boss Zhang directly hugged Yingbao up, amused.
The Zuo family gave the only unpleasant thing in their house to the woman who spoke.
With milk to eat, the child finally stopped crying, and he had a lot of strength to eat.
When the people in the village saw that they were all wearing prison clothes and being escorted by officials, they didn't dare to ask more.
The woman carried her child on her back and nursed the writer's child.
The family was very grateful to her, but they couldn't take out anything valuable to thank them, so they had to kneel on the ground to thank them.
The woman hurriedly stepped back, not daring to accept their prostration.
"I'm just helping myself, you don't have to do it."
The people of the village couldn't help but be a little frightened when they saw this group of exiles resting here at the entrance of their village.
I didn't dare to cry anymore, so I could only wipe my tears secretly.
Ying Bao walked in front of an old man like a little adult, and greeted him in a milky voice: "Hello grandpa, why are you crying?" ”
The other exiled prisoners couldn't help but look at them with curiosity.
They still knew their identity as prisoners, and they didn't dare to talk to others casually.
The villagers were sad, and they were not in the mood to tease the children, so they just touched Yingbao's head with sad faces and did not speak.
The servants saw that these hypnotic devices were all gloomy and miserable, crying bitterly, and couldn't help but be curious, seeing that no one answered the questions asked by Yingbao, they couldn't help but say fiercely,
"Ask me why you're crying, is it that hard to answer?"
When the servants asked them this, the villagers, who were just crying helplessly, couldn't help crying again and confided:
"If there is a big drought today, the river water and well water in our village are all dried up, and I heard that there are many wells in the county town that have water, so the strong men of our village will go to the city to fetch water together.
As a result, other villages around the county also went to fetch water, and there were many crowds, and in order to grab a well water, many people fought.
Now our county is in chaos, and a strong man has fled back to report to us.
It is said that many of the strong men in our village were trampled in this chaos, and many things were killed in the chaos......
I don't know if there is any of our family members among them, they haven't come back since yesterday, I'm afraid something will happen, woo woo woo ......"
The other villagers cried along with them.
The old man who Ying Bao asked just now was even more tearful: "Woo woo, my family is thin, only me and my son depend on each other, and now my son goes to the county to find water, and he hasn't come back yet, if something happens, I'm left with a bad old man, how can I live!" Woowoo woo ......"
As he spoke, he wiped away his tears.
The woman who was breastfeeding the Zuo family's child couldn't help but burst into tears, and said with a sob: "My man also went to the city, and he hasn't come back yet...... Woowoo woo ......"