There is no water to cook. There is not much water left in every family. They only dare to cherish a sip. The village head's family also gave the mule some water. For the rest of the family, the mule can only be thirsty.

The children didn't know how to worry at all. They played hide and seek around the carriage one by one.

Chrysanthemum and old Zhang's daughter Xiang'er sat on the Loess wall turning over the flower rope. Chrysanthemum suddenly shouted, "someone is coming."

Gu Fei looked over and saw a dusty woman standing outside half of the Loess wall, pulling an eight or nine year old boy, and a fifteen or sixteen year old girl standing next to him.

The woman saw that everyone was looking at her and smiled nervously: "we are fleeing the famine. Can you let our mother rest here for a few nights?"

Everyone was silent and looked at Gu Zhang.

Gu Zhang thought for a moment. Two women and one child are not afraid of anything. Moreover, this place is not theirs. He nodded, "OK."

The woman thanked her and took the child in.

At this time, it was getting dark. Uncle Ma shouted, "raise the fire."

Gu Sanlang lit some dead leaves with a torch and added dry branches to it. The fire soon burned up.

Everyone sat around the fire.

The mother and son sat by the wall and didn't come.

At this time, it was dinner time, and every family took out dry food to eat.

Gu Fei gnawed at the cake and suddenly heard the voice of the boy beside the wall behind him, "Mom, I'm so hungry."

The woman hung her head and said nothing.

The child said again, "Mom, I want to eat Wotou."

The woman was silent for a long time. She suddenly made up her mind. She took the two children to the fire and fell on her knees with a plop. "Elder brothers and sisters in law, can you be kind and give my wife some food? It's true that she ate some grass roots yesterday and didn't catch anything all day today."

"Thank you for your kindness." the woman took the two children and kowtowed desperately.

The people who were eating dry food were suddenly silent, and no one made a sound.

Gu Fei couldn't bear to see it, but she also understood that there were many such people along the way. She couldn't save it or save it.

She hung her eyes and silently chewed the cake.

The woman and the two children kowtowed more than a dozen heads. The village head couldn't help sighing, "don't kowtow. Keep your strength to walk."

"We are also fugitives from famine. There is no surplus food for people."

The woman raised her dusty face and suddenly saw the white flour cake in Gu Sanlang's hand. She rushed to him and knelt down to him. "This little brother, my lotus son is your daughter-in-law. Just give me a bag of coarse grain."

Gu Sanlang's face is black. Who wants a dirty girl to be his daughter-in-law?

He waved impatiently, "go, go, I don't want my daughter-in-law!"

Next to old Zhang laughed, "Sanlang, this girl is tall and has good eyebrows and eyes. Washing should be good. You earn a bag of coarse grain for a daughter-in-law!"

Gu Sanlang was annoyed. "Uncle Zhang, your family is ten years old in winter. It's just good to buy it back as a child bride."

Everyone laughed.

Gu Fei looked at the mother and son and felt unspeakable sadness.

At this time, Qian suddenly said, "are you from Xishan county? You are so thin and want a bag of grain? I heard it yesterday. Now you can buy a girl with a bucket of coarse grain in Xishan county."

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