Chapter 16: Death of Hunger
"Grandma, I have an idea!"
Song Jinyue's words successfully shifted the attention of the whole family to her.
She cleared her throat, then said with a smile, "We can follow the example of the Shen family and go door to door to ask for things." ”
"That way, people will think that we don't have enough food!"
"That's a great idea!"
Song Haitao was the first to open his mouth and praised, this little niece really has something in her head, and he is completely convinced this time.
"Mother, let's do it!" Song Hailong also agreed.
Mrs. Song thought for a while and felt that this idea was indeed feasible, "However, it would be a lie for us to go out and take a look." ”
Song Jinyue thought about it and soon had an idea, "Then tear all the clothes and pants, mess up your hair, and make your face dirty, and do a full set of plays." ”
"Dig up tree bark and grass roots in front of people."
"Let's do it!"
Mrs. Song felt that there was no other way than this.
"The matter of weaving straw sandals, let's put it first, the current food at home can last for a long time."
Mrs. Song was worried that Daxian would be unhappy if she did this, so she bowed and explained.
Then, early the next morning, the Song family made a big transformation inside and out.
The Song family, headed by Mrs. Song, each took their own rice bowls early in the morning and asked for food from place to place, and even Song Haishan was on crutches, supported by Song Hailong and Song Haitao, and moved forward with difficulty.
"Please, give us something to eat, we're dying of hunger!"
"Don't ask for more, a sweet potato, a potato, or a handful of wild vegetables will do!
Originally, many people had already discussed making a move against the Song family, but Song Jinyue, who was afraid of the evil sect, did not dare to make a move, but no matter how afraid she was, she had to make a choice in the face of life and death.
Just like robbing Xu Tiansheng and them, a few people also died, but the rest of the people were the majority after all, and they could eat food.
However, now, looking unkempt and taking a few steps to rest in the Song family, it is obvious that there is really no food.
What's more, what's even more surprising is that the Song family actually used a knife to cut the rough and dry bark, and the little girl even picked up a ball of mud from the ground and stuffed it into her mouth.
"It's terrible!"
Although they have no food, they are not to the point of eating mud, I think there are too many old, weak, sick and disabled people in the Song family, and Song Hailong can't take care of them alone, so there is such a tragic situation.
Song Jinyue rolled her eyes silently, was she so stupid, when the mud entered her mouth, it had already turned into sweet and delicious chocolate.
Seeing that the Song family was so miserable, Shen Hong felt that it should have been a real misunderstanding that day, he was extremely happy, fortunately he didn't let Shen Cui and Song Hailong reconcile, otherwise the water would recede in the future, and Xu Tiansheng was afraid that he wouldn't care about them.
A few days after the Song family cut the bark, the other people in the mountains couldn't hold it anymore, so they had to cut the bark and dig up the grass roots.
Xu Tiansheng was dizzy with hunger, he asked people everywhere, wanted to eat with people, Shen Hong and a group of people dug up the bark and grass roots, and the cooking was disgusting, he really couldn't eat it.
Song Haitao took a big bowl of bark sweet potato soup and stepped forward with a bowl.
"Or, a bowl of silver or two."
Xu Tiansheng looked at the greasy piece and felt his stomach tumbling upside down.
"Is this for people?"
"Don't pull it down."
Song Haitao rolled his eyes, "This sweet potato was discovered by me with great difficulty, and it is rare!" ”
"Don't, I want it!"
Xu Tiansheng was already dizzy from hunger, there was a little sweet potato in it, no matter how good it was compared to Shen Hong's meal, he gritted his teeth and pulled off a piece of jade pendant from his clothes, "Can you provide me with a few more days, I will repay you later." ”
This is the only thing he has left, that day, everyone not only robbed the food, but also stripped him of his clothes, this jade pendant fell to the ground during the pull and no one noticed, so it was kept.
Song Haitao turned the jade pendant with his hand, if he took it out and estimated it was worth a lot of money, the flood would recede sooner or later, and this transaction would not be a loss.
"It's done!"
gave a large bowl of soup to Xu Tiansheng in his hand, and Song Haitao happily accepted the jade pendant, "By the way, remember to return the bowl after eating." ”
Song Jinnan was a little puzzled, "Uncle, we obviously didn't put the bark?" ”
"I'll add it later!"
Song Haitao covered his mouth and smiled, this can be regarded as a small revenge.
Seeing Xu Tiansheng coming out of the Song family, the passers-by stretched their necks and looked into the big bowl, and took a look at the black piece, which looked like boiled bark.
"It seems that everyone is out of food now!"
"This Song family is kind-hearted, the daughter-in-law let this person rob him, and she wants me, and she won't give him the money, this kind of person deserves to starve to death."
"Unexpectedly, the rich people's ability to survive in the event of a disaster is not as good as ours!"
Seeing the downfall of Xu Tian's life, some people who hated the rich were very happy.
When it was completely dark, the Song Hailong brothers quietly went to the mountains, and Song Jinyue was responsible for paying attention to the surrounding situation.
In the darkness, they lit candles, removed the boulders on the ground, Song Hailong took a sickle and dug in the ground, and after a while, a wooden box and a few bags of grain were revealed.
Quickly take out a few potatoes and stuff them into the basket, and then open the wooden box, which contains biscuits, ham sausages, braised eggs, peanuts and a lot of other nutritious items.
The two of them only took out a large bag of peanuts and a large box of biscuits from the box, and the rest was not moved.
After taking the things, the few people filled in the soil again, rolled the big stones over, carefully examined them, and found nothing abnormal, before leaving with confidence.
When they arrived at the cave, they divided the biscuits and peanuts into some pieces, and everyone tightened the curtains, and by the faint candlelight, they ate delicious food, and as for the potatoes, they were kept for tomorrow morning, and pretended to have found them in the mountains.
Hunger makes people collapse, there is a dead person incident in the mountains, it is an old lady surnamed Wang, she is old and has difficulty moving, and there are many children and grandchildren, but every time they look for food, they only care about their own food, the old lady is starved to death, and she still holds some grass roots in her mouth before she dies.
The atmosphere in the mountains became more tense, and Mrs. Song became more and more uneasy in her heart, seeing that there was no way out, if it went on like this, something would happen sooner or later, and there was a great famine in the early years, and some people would even do something against human ethics in order to survive.
In the mountains, there are people everywhere, and most of them are like the Song family, digging with knives everywhere.
The Song family was in the crowd, and they didn't attract any unusual eyes, everyone was a little relieved, at least in everyone's hearts now, everyone lived the same life, so as to avoid becoming the target of public criticism.
Song Jinyue looked like a starving ghost reincarnated, eating everything she saw, and her actions were rude, and her crazy actions scared everyone away from the Song family.
"Oops, that's scary!"
"This girl must be hungry."
"Alas, it's really pitiful, it seems that the Song family is also patriarchal."
“……”
Song Jinyue wants this effect, they are so close, after a long time, they will definitely find that something is wrong with them.