Returning to the camp occupied by the broken mat, Lin Dahu quickly came over and asked, "Mom, are you okay?"
"What can happen to me?" Ye Chuqiu said to him angrily, "I asked your younger brothers and sisters to look at me. Now in this family, do I have the final say, or do you?"
"Of course it's my mother who has the final say." Lin Dahu was glanced at by her. He quickly took a step back, lowered his head and said, "I asked Sihu and Wufeng to follow you because I am worried about you."
"Okay, okay, I'm too lazy to talk to you, just pack your things and set off quickly." Ye Chuqiu said.
"Mom, shall we leave now?" Lin Dahu was a little dazed.
"If we don't leave now, then when?" Ye Chuqiu said: "Look at so many people here. We are afraid that we won't even be able to eat the bark of the trees here. We should hurry to the next city. Maybe we can still survive."
Find something to eat."
When she gets to the city, she can still find a way to take out those things to eat. Anyway, her sons are all from the countryside and have little knowledge. When the time comes, she will just say a few words and get over it.
But if she suddenly brought out a box of hot pot in this barren mountain, she would be a fool and would feel something was wrong.
"Then...it's all up to my mother." Lin Dahu nodded.
Ye Chuqiu glanced at the camp and suddenly asked: "Did new refugees come here just now?"
"No, no."
Lin Dahu shook his head repeatedly, having a bad feeling in his heart.
"No?" Ye Chuqiu frowned slightly.
The Lin family shook their heads together, "No, really not."
"This is a major matter related to my mother's accumulation of merit. You can't lie to my mother." Ye Chuqiu looked at them suspiciously.
"Really not, really not."
Lin Dahu and the others shook their heads again. They didn't know how much money Ye Chuqiu had divulged yesterday. How could they let her do it again today?
"Mom, let's go quickly, the weather will get hot later."
Afraid that Ye Chuqiu would throw money away again, Lin Dahu quickly pushed the car over. Without saying a word, he carried Ye Chuqiu into the car and pushed her forward.
Just kidding, let her stay by the river, she doesn't know how much money she can spend!
The younger brothers and sisters also led the cows and carried things forward. Lin Er and Lin San saw them and quickly called on their family members to follow them.
After traveling all morning, they finally came across a small village in the afternoon.
Lin Dahu slowed down and wanted to go in to ask for a drink of water. But who would have expected that as soon as they pushed the cart into the village, several shirtless men rushed over with hoes.
"We don't accept refugees, you beggars, get out of here!"
After that, he pointed the hoe at them, as if they took one step forward, he would kill them with the hoe.
"We are not beggars, we are just passing by here and want to beg for a drink." Lin Dahu said.
"No, no, the water in our village is not enough for us to drink. How can we give you water?"
"That's right, you should leave quickly and stop wandering around our village."
"You are not welcome in Shilipo."
In addition to these strong men, many old, weak, women and children also came over. They looked at them with vigilance in their eyes, as if they were ferocious beasts.
There had been refugees passing by before, but they had committed some thefts, so they were very wary of the refugees.
In addition to Ye Chuqiu and the others, other refugees came one after another. They had dry lips and ragged clothes. When they saw the people in this small village, they felt like they had seen a savior.
"Please, please, please give me something to eat."
"Yes, please give me a bowl of water to drink."
Some refugees knelt on the ground directly, and there was even a woman with a child. She held her baby in her arms and knelt on the ground, moving, "Please give me a bowl of rice soup and save my child."
She raised her head, her eyes were like trapped animals, with desperate pleading. There was a soft-hearted woman around her who took a step forward. Just as she was about to open her mouth to give alms, she was suddenly pulled back by her man, "You don't want your life."
, you can save a child, there are so many people here, can you save it?"
When the woman saw the looks around her and the more refugees moving toward her, she was so frightened that she quickly retreated into the crowd.
You can save one, but you can't save ten.
Either no one is saved, otherwise as long as one person is saved, the other people who did not receive charity will resent them.
These villagers may have experienced such a thing, so they simply did not allow the refugees to enter the village.
"Is our Qiao'er okay?"
Looking at this child, Ye Chuqiu suddenly remembered that he also had a granddaughter.
"No...it's okay."
Hearing her mother-in-law mention her daughter, Zhao Hehua's eyes were sore. Her daughter had a bad fate and came at the wrong time. Now is the famine year. She is short of food and clothing. She will starve to death. What's more, she is a daughter.
baby.
"Are you okay? How come I never heard her cry before?" Ye Chuqiu couldn't help but ask.
From the time Qiaoer was born to now, her mother-in-law has never asked her a question. She didn't expect that today, she would still care about her daughter. Although Zhao Hehua was a little stunned, her mother-in-law's behavior these days is indeed very different from before.
He only replied: "The sun was too strong, and the child was too hungry. The child cried occasionally, and it was like a cat meowing. Mother-in-law, you didn't notice it, so it's normal."
"Let me see."
Ye Chuqiu asked Zhao Hehua to come over and take a closer look at the child she was carrying on her back. The child was awake, but the sun was so strong that she couldn't even open her eyes.
The baby is already one year old, but she is like a kitten, so small that she can't even speak.
Ye Chuqiu remembered that in later generations, children who were one year old could already stand upright and learn to walk. They also began to learn to speak and could call mom and dad. However, this child could not do these due to malnutrition.
"It's hard for this baby." Ye Chuqiu said, looking at Zhao Hehua, "Do you still have milk?"
Zhao Hehua shook her head, her eye circles were red again. How could she have any milk? Her nipples were full of blood from the child, but she couldn't suck out a drop of milk.
"Hey, let's go to the city quickly. When the time comes, Mom will go find someone to buy some goat's milk, so that she can nurse the baby to life."
"Actually, rice soup is enough." Zhao Hehua said: "I drank some wheat porridge before, but the wheat was not shelled, so the child couldn't bear it."
"Rice soup? No problem." Ye Chuqiu agreed immediately, "Rice soup is very easy to make. I just go to the villagers to buy it."
"Mom, do you still have money?" Lin Erhu from the side came over, a little surprised.
Ye Chuqiu spent a lot of money yesterday. How much money did she hide and where did she hide it? Obviously, the rebels had already plundered all her money last time, right?
"Hmph, didn't I go to Lusu City two days ago? I met a good person who was sent to me." Ye Chuqiu said: "When they are almost gone, I will go to them to discuss it."