I looked at them, I can't say how much I love them, because I can't love any weak person, but they are my friends who have lived together for 18 years and are part of the orphanage. No, I, Mao Jiu, want to survive.
You must survive, no matter what method you use.
We have reached the point where we are starving. In order to search for something to eat, Brother Gui, the main force in the courtyard, often walks far away. Several times he does not return to the courtyard all night. We all know that he travels across mountains and ridges to look for food. Sometimes
If I'm lucky, I can hunt back a rabbit; sometimes it's a few sweet potatoes or a few wild fruits; sometimes I dig holes in the snow, and I'm so tired that I can only catch three or two mice. He did it for me and the gang behind me.
Damn you, Brother Gui really paid a lot.
All of them were so emaciated that their shoulder blades were supporting them, and all of them were skinny and skinny.
Xiao Ma Liu and Ah Wu Donkey also joined in the foraging battle. If there is a chicken shed on the roadside that is unattended, they can easily sneak in. But these days, chickens are more precious than phoenixes, and every family must protect them closely. As long as
When they dared to get closer than ten meters to the chicken coop, the villagers came out of the house menacingly with iron tools in their hands. If they didn't want to get beaten up by the villagers, they cleverly turned around and ran away.
Not long after night, when everyone was asleep, Xiaoma Liu came back with Ah Wu Donkey on his back, shouting at the heavens and the earth. I came out of the room, and Ah Wu Donkey timidly showed me a leg that had been injured by a stick, with a fierce expression in his eyes.
of pain.
"Sister Cat, when we were sneaking past the pig shed owned by the owner of the oil store, I noticed that there were chickens."
There were tears in my eyes. These bastards are stupid and lazy. Letting them risk their lives is just a sign of their solidarity.
Everyone gathered around, crying and mourning.
"Sister Cat, are we going to starve to death? I haven't grown taller all year round." You Siji cried.
"Shut up! I won't starve to death. But I will get money one day, there is always a way." I looked at everyone, "One day, in the next spring, we will grow vegetables and melons, and raise chickens and pigs.
, there will be a lot of food, and we will no longer be hungry. If we buy more food, we will have a lot of money. By then, we will no longer be hungry and cold, and our home will not be cold anymore.
It will get better and better. We all wear good clothes, eat chicken feet every day, and have pork belly soup every day. Eat one bowl, throw another bowl, and have fun!"
Everyone was excited for a while, with a sleepwalking look in their eyes. Brother Gui still stared at me melancholy. It was indeed an invisible and extravagant goal. When my eyes met his, he saw the flames of anger igniting in my eyes.
, obviously he was doubting my ability and luck, he quickly lowered his head and looked at his hands, embarrassed.
Although this orphanage has left too many painful memories for all of us, the place where we grew up, even though it is poor, poor and boring, is our roots.
It has been raining for days, and the house is cold and damp. Since yesterday, the sweet potatoes have begun to bloom, and Brother Gui’s hunting activities have yielded nothing. A group of people have nervous and hungry faces, silently asking me for food; I started to eat some that have become rotten or rotten.
It was an unripe white radish, and everyone was suffering from nausea and diarrhea. However, Awu Donkey's leg did not receive medical treatment in time, and he had a constant high fever, which made matters worse.
The most deadly thing was the bandits who broke into the village from outside. They attacked the villagers, the fields were set on fire, and the throats of the dissatisfied villagers were cut and minced into meat paste. All kinds of rumors made the villagers worried.
Today, the orphanage only had a basket of wild vegetables to eat. We crowded around the mud and sat in the courtyard. We sat in a small open space, high and low, in light and dark. This was our gathering.
Xiao Ma Liu first gave me an overwhelming smile: "Mao Jiu, do you think this will work? A group of us will go to Shanghai to find the young master. He has always been very kind to you. You are our boss, the boss."
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The pig-headed three looked at me with salivating smiles, and the five donkeys joined the salivating camp, followed by a group of others. I faced 9 big pig-headed smiles that were heartless and brainless.
My toes and palms simultaneously greeted each other and rewarded Xiao Ma Liu. I was at war, with my hands on my hips and one foot on the stone ridge: "I went crazy to find him. Tai Chi Yin and Yang, Bagua Qian Kun, the sky is big and the earth is big, there is a way to survive."
, you have to ask for what you lack, and you have to earn it by yourself! What does it mean to rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix? Let’s create a great future that belongs to us! Whoever you love can go, the door is open!”
Everyone looked into the distance with fascination, as if my so-called Great Expectations were just a big, stuffy pig's foot, with drool flowing down.
"Shanghai is far away, and we have to climb a lot of mountain roads to get there. I heard the village uncle said that there is money everywhere, but I also heard that it is easy to be killed." Niu Ba asked me in fear and caution, with a lot of longing.
I glanced at him and said, "You don't know how to use a kitchen knife. Can your fist be stronger than a kitchen knife?" I was laughing, and that smile was not entirely a mockery of the bully. I was as excited as everyone else.
I asked a question: "How do you plan to survive if you can't find anyone in Shanghai?"
Xiao Ma Liuyi slapped his forehead: "Yes, yes, the weakest among our group is Shu Yi, let him dress like a beggar, how about we buy a son or a daughter? Mao Jiu can write, I
Find a piece of paper and write on it, "We are forced by life, so we have to bear the pain to buy. We will stick a straw mark on Shu Yi's head and sell it along the street. All we have to do is sit under the roots of the tree and pretend to be hungry and cold."
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Rat cried out his grievances: "I almost bought you. You are smart enough to pretend to be sick and sneak out. I bought you a biscuit, and ten cows can't get you back."
Ah Wu Lu also shook his head: "Bad idea, Xiao Ma Liu's image is too obscene. Wherever you stand, your eyes will be darting around, looking like you are doing bad things, just like a pimp."
Pony Six picked up the broom and wanted to hit Ah Wu Donkey, but Ah Wu Donkey quickly used the pot lid to resist; Shu Yi also joined in the melee to attack Pony Six, and Oil Four Chicken was ready to make a move, calculating the victory before joining; everyone seemed to have forgotten that they were hungry.
The fight started again in the courtyard.
I decided to pour a bucket of cold water on everyone: "You can do whatever you want, I will never go to Shanghai anyway, I will be the king of the mountain here." I thought to myself, "A food shortage will not crush me, I can survive it."
"Mao Jiu, there is that young master in Shanghai, and he is being protected." You Siji tried his best to persuade, and Linglong had eight directions.
"I'm just going to finish my words here. If anyone is so anxious to go, just go, I'll help you pack and I won't leave you alone." I replied to him stiffly.
I thought to myself, "There is one less mouth to eat."
You Si Ji immediately transformed into Ma Zai: "Mao Jiu, if we leave you, we will be scared out of our wits."
Guifengkai, who refuses to admit defeat, is the only character in the hospital who dares to openly challenge me. She often makes the whole hospital restless. In my eyes, I can't understand why she loves Na Miantang so much. She is simply selfish.
A freak who complains all day long and gets into trouble everywhere. That kind of character can only be called completely stubborn.
Now she started nagging again, crying and fussing, shouting at every turn: "I have a checkered body, I've had enough, give me money to go to Shanghai."
When I heard this, I gave her a slap that I had promised for a long time. The slap was so hard that Gui Fengqi screamed at the top of her voice. It was not so much because of pain as it was because she was afraid of me.
She began to twist her body like a loach, trying to break free from my grasp.
"Shut up, you clearly know that I hate crying people the most. In another year, grain, fresh peanuts, and vegetables will grow everywhere in these fields. You won't starve to death."
I let go of Gui Fengqi's shoulders, and she fell to the ground in despair, sobbing softly, and her complaints subsided, at least in front of me.
Everyone was silent for a while. I couldn't stand the lifelessness now, so I grabbed Gui Fengqi and lifted her up from the ground. At the same time, I called to the six or so ponies and pushed her towards the kitchen: "Turn up the stove.
I cooked all the edible things in the pot. Er Gouzi, Niu Ba and I went to look for food. Xiao Ma Liu took care of Ah Wu Donkey, You Si Ji cooperated with Gui Feng Qi, and waited until Brother Gui and us came back.
, there is food for all your grandchildren! I will never die if I call the cat!"
Yes, no one can force me and my bastards to leave our homes and rely on charity from others. I want to support this land, even if I break the backs of everyone here.
At a loss.
I set off with Er Gouzi and Niu Ba, and I planned to visit the surrounding villages. I took the railway hat from the hook of the pavilion, picked up a large basket made of oak bark, and carried the hunter's bow and arrows on my back.
Going down the back steps, Er Gouzi and Niu Ba followed me.
Death is wandering around our village. Under the scorching sun, every familiar field and bush is silent. This unearthly silence keeps injecting terror into my heart. We have not seen a living person along the way.
People, not even live animals were seen. All the people lying beside the road were dead people, dead chickens, and dead pigs. They had rotted and swollen, were covered with flies, and the surroundings were lifeless. This kind of desolation after the disaster is shocking.
The degree of programming is incomparable to anything I have seen or heard in the past.
"I don't think about it anymore. I can't bear it now. I'll think about it later," I said aloud to myself, looking away.
In order to find the vegetable garden, the three of us walked around the ruins with difficulty, passing by the remains of the kitchen, chicken shed and house. Niu Ba and Er Gouzi searched with sticks, but found nothing.
They turned to the vegetable garden, where the cabbage was withered because no one had watered it, but it was still alive; the eggplant was withered and yellow, but it was edible. However, we were so hungry at the moment that it took a lot of effort for us to even talk to each other.
After looking at each other, they simply sat down in the vegetable garden, digging into the soil with their trembling hands to dig out the vegetables.
I found a small white radish, and I was so hungry that I couldn't eat it. It was a spicy radish. I couldn't wait to wipe the mud off the radish on my skirt, and bit off half of it in one bite, swallowing it whole.