"Don't!"

Gu Lan gasped and woke up from the nightmare, the room emitting orange candle flames.

As soon as she moved, her younger brothers and sisters all gathered around her as if they had just woken up from a dream, and the warm body temperature surrounded her, and she kept calling "sister".

The gap between the dream and the reality gradually dissolved, for some reason, Gu Lan was very disappointed in her heart, rebirth, it turned out that it was really not a dream.

She sat on the kang in despair, obviously she had accepted the matter of crossing and rebirth some time ago, but today's encounter taught her a good lesson.

The ancient history she had studied in textbooks in the past, those cold and cruel words came to her mind.

Now, these are not history, these are things that will happen to her.

"Sister, drink some water, don't be afraid, ah." Zhu'er brought a glass of water to Gu Lan, obviously witnessing the tragedy with his own eyes like Gu Lan, but he had already eased his emotions and comforted Gu Lan, who was a few years older than him.

Gu Lan smiled reluctantly, "Have you carried everything back?" ”

"It's back."

"Sister, it's okay." Liang Er also comforted Gu Lan.

"Sister~" Zhu'er murmured, stuffing her little body into Gu Lan's arms.

Soft, with warm intimacy, dispelled Gu Lan's panic.

Even if she doesn't accept it, she can't go back!

Gu Lan's tears suddenly fell like that, and several children were speechless, and when they saw her crying, they all cried silently.

The door was pushed open with a "squeak", and Aji walked in with a bowl of medicine, and saw that his sister and brother were crying, and frowned involuntarily.

The black liquid exuded bitterness.

Aji patted Zhu'er on the shoulder: "The kitchen is cooking, take them to eat." ”

Zhu'er looked at him, then at Gu Lan, and saw that Gu Lan didn't speak, so she left with her younger siblings in a muffled voice.

Gu Lan and Zhu'er didn't come back at noon, the tapioca cakes that the two children ate at home were waiting for them to come back for dinner, but Gu Lan suddenly had a fever again, and Liang Er went naked to find Old Man Shao, and his foot was cut by a stone on the way.

Aji talked about these things, Liang'er's foot injury was also dealt with, it was not in the way, Zhu'er also had a little fever, but he was in good health, a bowl of hot medicine in his stomach, half an hour to be fine.

However, Gu Lan was a little serious, and the boiled medicine could not be fed, so she could only sweat under the quilt, she had nightmares all the time, crying and going home.

His voice was like flowing water, and in the winter night outside, the cold wind was howling, and the candle shadows were fluttering in the small room, filled with the smell of herbs, which inexplicably gave people a sense of peace.

Gu Lan didn't seem to be so afraid, she took a sip of bitter medicine and emptied her brain.

"It's okay, you've gone home, don't be afraid anymore."

Aggie looked at her seriously, and suddenly spoke to comfort her.

Gu Lan gritted her teeth, her breathing became heavier and heavier, and her tears kept flowing.

She desperately suppressed her bad mood, shook her head and choked up: "It's different, I can't go back, you don't understand." ”

Aji didn't understand what she meant, but she clearly evoked some memories of the past.

He wondered, "How do you know I don't understand?" Are you taking me for a fool too? ”

Idiot? Gu Lancai didn't think so.

When I saw Aji for the first time, he was shocked by his appearance, his temperament was clean and clean, and he didn't say a word, which was indeed a bit ignorant and innocent.

But after getting along for a while, Gu Lan has already changed her mind, Aji is not only not a fool, but also smart and ruthless.

He could read, he could play the piano, and his demeanor was so graceful that he didn't fit in with the people here.

It's because of the sense of alienation in the body.

It's just, can he really understand her feelings?

The memories of her previous life are so beautiful, carefree, she doesn't have to do coolies, she doesn't have to worry about the safety of her life, she can't go back to these beautiful things, she can only resign herself to struggling in this life.

"Grandpa said that you are too worried, you have become sick from overwork, and you are frightened, but I am afraid that your body will take more time to get better, otherwise you will fall ill in the future."

Aggie changed the subject.

Gu Lan frowned and sighed: "Today I went to the bazaar and saw two officials posting an official document saying that the imperial court was going to collect grain, and for this reason I also killed a woman and levied grain according to the head, regardless of age, that is to say, four people in my family will give twelve buckets of grain." ”

When Gu Lan first came, it coincided with the autumn harvest, and she planted one and a half acres of land by herself, tired to death, and finally harvested more than 100 catties of grain.

This grain is far from enough for a family to eat for three months, and it is true that the vast majority of families have a yield per mu.

A bucket of grain is twelve catties, and one person has to hand over thirty-six catties of grain.

In the end, only sixty or seventy catties can be left of one acre of land......

At the end of the year, I am tired and tired, and the food grown is not enough for one person to eat for a year.

Gu Lan knew the relationship between the numbers that made her so desperate.

Three buckets of grain, seeing that the snow is coming, how many people can hand over the grain and survive this cold winter?

Gu Lan didn't dare to think about it.

Aji said: "If you are worried about this matter, don't worry, Zhu'er is now my grandfather's apprentice, and Liang'er is literate with me, since you can redeem it with money, we will lend it to you first, and you will pay it back slowly in the future." ”

His eyes were serious, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Isn't it easy to help Gu Lan get through this difficulty?

Gu Lan was slightly stunned and subconsciously shook her head.

It's not that he rejects Aggie.

But......

She didn't know what to say.

In her concept, it is a very ridiculous thing to watch other people live in poverty, being oppressed like this, and leaving the people without a living.

By doing so, the ruling class will only dig its own grave and ruin its own future, but in the process, it will be the people who suffer.

Many things flashed in her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more unreasonable she felt, people who grew up under the red flag were born with the education of putting the interests of the people first, seeing such a simple and rude, not treating human life as the oppression of human life, the past three views are being completely subverted.

She couldn't articulate the many thoughts that were going through her mind.

was stunned and muttered, "You helped us, can you help others?" ”

Naturally, they can't help, Grandpa Shao and Aji are just neighbors with them, and it's good to be able to say what to help them.

Gu Lan also knew in her heart that what she said was excessive.

She smiled helplessly, sure enough, she was an outlier.

"Oh, forget it, mediocre people disturb themselves, I'll sleep for a while, and thank you and Grandpa Shao another day."

Gu Lan really had a headache, and she didn't want to say anything more, so she continued to sleep under the quilt.

She couldn't sleep, blindfolded under the covers, listening to the sound of Aggie squirming outside, and slowly left the house.

She smiled wryly and pinched her leg.

What the hell was she delusional, when she saw such a thing today, the first thought that rose was rebellion.

Just because she is a girl with a family, she actually tries to rebel against a corrupt dynasty.