Chapter 702 Escape 7
“Mom, I’m hungry, give me a handful of chaff.”
Suddenly, Geng Dazhuang’s annoying voice appeared in Yuanchun’s ears again .
Yuan Chun found something to eat and was in a good mood. He kindly gave a handful of chaff to his son, "Take it and eat it carefully, don't choke."
Geng Dazhuang His eyes lit up, he took the chaff and said, "Mom, you are hungry too, you should eat too."
"I'm not hungry yet. I'm old. It doesn't matter whether I eat or not. I'd better save it for you." Yuanchun sighed, with a decadent expression as if he wanted to starve himself to death and leave food for his children and grandchildren.
Geng Dazhuang didn’t dissuade him either.
He also felt that at such an old age, my mother was still running away with them, unable to walk, and living was a waste of food. It would be better to die early to avoid suffering more while living.
But he thought so, but he didn't dare to say it.
If he said it out loud, the saliva of the whole village would drown him.
This was only the fourth day of escaping from famine. The Geng family still had food and could survive for a few more days. They turned into chicken thighs before they even saw anyone, so Geng Dazhuang still had some humanity at this time.
But there are only a few.
Geng Dazhuang took the bran skin and swallowed it slowly.
At this time, the old village chief asked someone to go over for a meeting and asked one person from each family to go to the mountain to find food.
Yuan Chun asked Geng Dalin to take a wooden bucket and an enamel jar and follow him.
Buckets can hold wild vegetables, mushrooms, and water. I went there with an enamel vat because I was afraid of finding the water source. The water source was too shallow and the bucket couldn't reach the water, so I had to use the enamel vat to scoop out the water.
After the old village chief organized a group of young and middle-aged people to look for food, the people who stayed behind were guarding their carts and their families. Yuan Chun and Sun Chunfeng, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, took care of the five children on each side. Protect it tightly in the middle.
Someone was selling children in the village yesterday.
Exchange children for food.
Sun Chunfeng also heard people in the village talking secretly, saying that the granddaughter of Lao Fan's family was missing, and some people suspected that she had been sold by Mrs. Fan. Of course, these are all rumors.
"Mom, do you think the little granddaughter of the old Fan family was really sold by Mrs. Fan?" Sun Chunfeng asked secretly in a low voice.
Yuan Chun looked at her as if she were a fool, "What do you think?"
"I don't know."
"Stupid, we passed by each other these days. In several villages, do you see that there are still people in any village? Everyone has fled. Who will the children be sold to? ”
"Then...where did the little girl from the old Fan family go?"
"I don't know."
Yuan Chun knew in his heart that the child must have died.
But she couldn't say.
She met Sun Chunfeng's simple and clear eyes, and she conscientiously did not say anything, lest Sun Chunfeng would be frightened and unable to sleep at night.
On a hot day, the team did not rush at noon. Everyone slept on the ground in the bamboo forest, but each household would leave one person to look after their own supplies.
Sun Chunfeng felt sorry for her mother-in-law because she was too tired. She said, "Mom, you and the children will sleep for a while, and I will watch over the cart."
"Well, if anything happens, Just wake me up."
Yuan Chun was not polite to her. He took a straw mat from the cart and laid it on the ground. He took the five children and lay on the straw mat. After a while, he Fell asleep.
When Yuanchun woke up, four or five hours had passed, and the old village chief and his group also came back.
To their surprise, they found a spring in a deep ditch. Although there was not much water, each household was given a tea jar of water.
Geng Dalin brought water, and Geng Dazhuang was the first to rush over and wanted to drink.