Chapter Eighty-Six: Children Fight for Their Lives
"Little flowers, little grass, strong and strong, little nuo." The young man pointed to the children and said one by one.
"Mo Lian, it's the guy who grabbed the bones last night." Pointing to another child nibbling on dry food.
Hearing the words of the firewood knife boy, Mo Lian concentrated on dealing with the dry food cake in his hand, and said casually: "Ripples of ripples." ”
The young man with the chai knife looked a little impatient on his face, obviously a little disgusted with that Mo Lian, turned around, pointed his thumb to his heart and said, "My name is Yu Bao." ”
When the children woke up in the morning, Cui Ying didn't need Chen Jing's urging, and diligently took out the "inventory" in the Linglong bag and distributed it to these children.
After one night, Xiaohua is still alive, which makes the children more or less believe that the two adults are not bad, maybe not bad, at least not too bad.
Cui Ying saw that the chaidao boy put away the dry food and didn't eat it in a hurry like other children, so she asked curiously, "Why don't you eat it?" ”
The boy just shook his head and didn't reply to her words.
Chen Jing opened his mouth and said, "Only the two of you have names, and the others only have nicknames?" ”
Yu Bao shook his head, "Mo Lian and I are from the same township and village, we have known each other, and the other younger brothers and sisters were all picked up on the way to escape, they were too young at the beginning, some of them couldn't read, and some couldn't even say a few words."
It's not surprising that you can't remember your name, you can't write your name, and you don't even know how old you are. ”
Yu Bao smiled, "It's not a problem, the name is of little use to us wild children, having a nickname is enough, after all, it is a big deal to live for one or two more days." ”
The sky and the earth are big, the belly is the largest, for mortals, eating is the most reasonable, and then it is benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith.
Chen Jing asked Cui Ying to take out everything he could eat, and he also went to rummage through the Linglong bag.
Seeing them like this, Yu Bao hesitated for a while and asked, "Do you accept slaves or child wives?" ”
Chen Jing shook his head to make him feel relieved, "Don't think about it, we don't have such plans." ”
Yu Bao's blackened face was a little tangled, "I want to ask the two eldest brothers to accept one or two children, whether they are accepted as maids or servants in the future, as long as they give them a bite to eat, they will definitely work hard and complain, and they will only be grateful to you for saving their lives, and they will never be resentful......"
Xiaohua walked over, pulled half of Yu Bao's clothes, and said timidly: "Brother Bao, I don't want to go." ”
Chen Jing knew that most of the children from poor families were sensible earlier, not to mention these happy children, if Chen Jing and the others nodded and agreed to take in one or two children, Xiaohua must be one of them, and if they missed this time, this child may not be able to wait for next time.
Yu Bao sniffled, brushed Xiaohua's brown hair with his hand, and the two looked at Chen Jing expectantly.
Mo Lian leaned over and said generously: "Two good men, the younger one has studied in private school for two years, read through some poetry books, and is a good companion to read children's material, I am not a picky eater, as long as I stutter, even if it is pig food, I don't care, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”
Yu Bao immediately turned his face and said angrily: "Mo Lian, you will die outside!" ”
"The surname is Yu, if you don't leave, why do you want to stop me, and don't talk about morality?"
"Have you done anything for your younger siblings besides eating?"
"Why haven't I done it, I've worked hard, I have endured hardships, and I got up early in the dark to find food, why can't I go? Why? ”
"Looking for food, you are all in your own belly first, and then you think about the big guy."
"You just can't be angry that you are a tenant, and I am the son of a landlord, right?"
"Yes and what? Anyway, there are no good people in the landlord's family. ”
"There is no reason, you can't pour dirty water on me because I am the son of the landlord's family, this is determined by God, I have no choice."
Yu Bao gasped, stared at Mo Lian and said, "Xiao Yue'er was ...... at the beginning"
Mo Lian cried "wow", lying on the ground kicking his legs, crying and wronged: "That's not to blame me, I don't know that thing is poisonous, Xiao Yue'er is too hungry to hold on, I just gave her food, don't blame me, wow......"
Cui Ying coaxed a few children on the side, she didn't expect to see such a "grievance and hatred", she opened and closed her mouth a few times and didn't speak, the children were too young, what she said was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, think about it or forget it.
Chen Jing said to Yu Bao: "The two of us are going to a far place, you are too young to bear it on the road." ”
Yu Baogang wanted to argue a thing or two, but Chen Jing interrupted him, "And there will be trouble on the road from time to time, if one is not careful, even the two of us will lose our lives, and it is really powerless to protect you." ”
When the children heard this, they didn't show too much disappointment, probably because they didn't expect much at first.
Chen Jing said gently to Yu Bao: "At that time, I saw that you put away the dry food, you should have other younger brothers and sisters, you haven't returned overnight, hurry back and take a look, we may be able to help a little." ”
Since he couldn't send his younger brothers and sisters, Yu Bao decisively cried and cried Mo Lian on the ground: "Go, go home!" ”
Mo Lian was also direct enough, stretched his legs and rolled over to get up, and continued to nibble on dry food.
Cui Ying mentioned the two children, hugged one in one hand, and wanted to pick up the other, but was avoided by the boy, Cui Ying asked with a smile: "Your name is Zhuangzhuang, right, your body and name are too different." ”
The boy was a little shy, glanced at Cui Ying, and ran to the front with a stone spear.
Yu Bao led the way, rubbed his strong head, turned his head and said: "When Zhuang Zhuang was first picked up, the fat on his body was stacked into a mountain, I named him 'Zhuang Zhuang', but unfortunately, in less than two years, now only ribs are left." ”
"When the little flower was first picked up, she was chewing on a wildflower."
"The grass crawled out of the weeds on its own, and we happened to encounter it."
……
is not a blood relative, but the relationship is stronger than a blood relative, they are all forced by the world, Chen Jing angrily scolded in his heart a sentence of heaven killing the world, a natural disaster on the day of the dog.
In the end, when I thought of Master, I sighed helplessly, I don't know if those rumors are related to Master, and I must ask carefully when I go back.
"Here we are." Yu Bao took the lead and walked to a dead tree that grew on a small dirt slope.
Cui Ying looked left and right, and then looked up at the branches, "Amazing, you guys have been living in the tree." ”
Xiaohua said timidly: "No, it's down there." ”
Cui Ying couldn't scratch her head, took the little flower on her head, and wondered: "Down?" ”
Yu Bao lifted a piece of turf, revealing a small hole, and shouted inside: "Haohao, big girl, little qu'er, they are all out, Brother Bao has found something to eat." ”
First came out of the cave a few words of twittering, and then the three children came out, there was no ash on their faces, but they stayed in the cave, still gray-faced, and they were slightly surprised when they saw the two adults, but they should have trusted Yu Bao very much, and did not say even a word.
"Take it, this is the big brother and big sister kindly gave us, it's okay, eat it, it's not poisonous."
A child's voice was crisp and he opened his mouth to thank him: "Thank you, big brother, big sister." ”
Cui Ying waved his hand, "Alas, just call me big brother." ”
Several children looked up at Cui Ying with a surprised face.
Yu Bao scratched his face and said, "I admit that I made a mistake." Little Qu'er, shouting big brother. ”
Xiao Qu'er was well-behaved and obedient, "Thank you, big brother." ”
Cui Ying walked over, hugged Xiaohua Xiaocao with one hand, mentioned Xiaoqu'er again, and sighed: "If you are so thin, you can sit on my shoulder." ”
Chen Jing walked around the dirt slope, and there were a few exits, which should be used for ventilation, so as not to make the cave too stuffy, but it was not much better.
Will live, make do with life, everything is for the sake of living.
Chen Jing gave Yu Bao the rest of the dry food, "You finish eating first, and then talk about the rest." ”
It was just a few pieces of dry food, one for each child, and all the extra was handed to the child named Xiaonuo, who wrapped it in a piece of cloth and hid it in the so-called "home".
Two water bladders, several children took turns to drink water, Yu Bao was the last to take the water bladder, and after lifting the water bag and drinking two sips, no water flowed out, Chen Jing smiled and handed his water bladder over, Yu Bao was not hypocritical, took it and drank it in a big gulp.
After he finished drinking, he asked, "It stands to reason that this place is so close to the mountain gate of the Spirit Sect, not to mention often, there should be people passing by occasionally, have you ever tried to send your younger brothers and sisters out?" ”
Yu Bao nodded and said: "When I first came here, I was too high-spirited, thinking that supporting a few younger brothers and sisters was not a big deal, but later I realized that I thought it was too good." ”
Yu Bao glanced at his younger brothers and sisters, and whispered: "After more than half a year, I feel that this can't go on, I once tried to ask passers-by, most of them didn't hear and drove me away, and the few who also smiled after listening to it, turned their heads and left, only two or three people knew the difficulties of our wild children after listening, and didn't take away our younger brothers and sisters, but they left us some rations." ”
Chen Jingyuan looked to the east and asked casually, "Have you ever thought about what to do in the future?" ”
Yu Bao drooped his head and said helplessly: "I thought about it a long time ago, but there will be three or four of us, and we don't have to toss day and night for food, and then it won't work, just looking for food is already exhausted, and everything in the future will be mixed up by the belly." ”
Chen Jing shouted Cui Ying, who was playing with the child next to him, and the latter looked up and said, "What? ”
"Slingshot belt?"
Cui Ying took out the delicate bag and rummaged through it, and said, "I saw it last time, don't fold it." ”
"Found it!" Cui Ying came over and handed the slingshot to Chen Jing.
Chen Jing has a headache, why doesn't Cui Niu have a long heart? I'm not playing with the kids.
Handing the slingshot to Yu Bao, Chen Jing asked, "Will you use a slingshot?" ”
Yu Bao shook his head, "Three generations of our family are tenants, and they are good at farming, my father can catch rabbits, and can dig deep pits to catch wild boars, but I am still too far away, and as for the slingshot, I have never touched it." ”
Chen Jingwen said: "I'll teach you." ”
The boy smiled brightly and nodded heavily, "Good! ”