"Hey..."
Zhou Cui sighed and had to get rice again.
There is only a little rice left in the small box.
"Hungry again." Zhou Cui said helplessly.
"Xiao Lan, you are not allowed to eat tonight!"
Su Wu cursed.
"I see."
Suxiaolan returned to the room wrongfully and lay in bed.
"This child is too miserable."
Although Wang Zhong doesn't recognize that Su Xiaolan gives others food when she doesn't have enough to eat, being a parent may not be a little cruel.
Su Xiaolan crawled onto her bed and sobbed in a low voice.
At this time, she suddenly felt a hairy ball coming.
Suxiaolan was surprised to find that this was not the little mouse.
"Little mouse!" Su Xiaolan rubbed Wang Zhong's hair and muttered.
Fortunately, Su Xiaolan at this age didn't dislike a dirty mouse, or she would have been kicked out of bed long ago.
This night, Su Xiaolan slept next to hunger.
Early the next morning, Zhou Cui went to have a look at Xiao Lizi and asked about his family. In fact, she wanted rice.
It was only as soon as I passed that I learned that Xiao Lizi's sister starved to death last night.
"Sister, my sister is dead, woo woo..."
Little plum and his mother burst into tears. Even rice, who was coming last night, could not save his sister's life.
"Mom, why did little plum sister starve to death when I gave her rice?" Young suxiaolan asked puzzled.
"Hey, people are hungry to a certain extent, even if there is food, it is useless."
Zhou Cui didn't blame Su Xiaolan for giving rice this time, because her daughter died after all.
In the days after that, Wang Zhong has been practicing hard. Two months later, he has grown almost as big as mother mouse.
However, the situation outside is not good. After so long, it hasn't rained at all outside. Many people have died in the village one after another.
For example, Xiao Lizi's family next door, after his sister died, his mother hanged herself the next day. Then Xiao Lizi didn't know where she went. Half a month later, I heard that Xiao Lizi stole a family's steamed bread in the town and was killed alive.
In this way, the little plum family can no longer afford rice.
"Hey, there is no one in Xiao Lizi's family."
On that day, Su Xiaolan went to dig wild vegetables at the door of Xiao Li's house and sighed slightly when she looked at the house whose door was pried open.
Now, even the wild vegetables and weeds at the door of her home can't be found, so Su Xiaolan can only come to Xiao Lizi's door to try her luck.
As before, Wang Zhong was put in the collar by Su Xiaolan. There was no way. This was the most convenient place for her whole body.
Wang Zhong also observed a moment of silence for the child Xiao Lizi. Who would have thought that such a lively child would disappear in a few days.
"Hey, there are fewer and fewer grass roots now. Can you only chew the bark?"
To be honest, Su Xiaolan doesn't like the taste of bark, especially every time she eats the bark, her brother will have a tummy and cry so much that now her brother cries when he sees the bark.
Naturally, she doesn't like to chew bark. Every time she eats it, her stomach feels swollen and she can't pull out her stool. Over time, she knows that eating bark is bad for people.
These days, the price of grain on the street has been rising, so that the silver coins stolen by Wang Chong are used quickly.
Now Wang Chong is also very helpless. These days, he went to several houses on the street, but the silver was hidden very tightly, so it was difficult to find it.
At this time, Su Xiaolan looked up at the sky: "little mouse, the sun is about to go down, but I can't find the grass roots today. What should I do?"
"Sister, I'm hungry."
Su Xiaoqiang ran over barefoot, covered his stomach and said.
"Isn't there still a la carte soup at home?"
"I'm still hungry after eating."
"Hey......"
Su Xiaolan grabbed a handful of grass roots and said, "I'll cook it for you."
"Well."
Suxiaolan took her brother's hand and walked home.
After cooking the meal diligently, Su Xiaolan looked at the sky outside. The sun had set, but I don't know what happened today. Her parents haven't come back yet.
"Sister, I'm hungry." Su Xiaoqiang touched his stomach and said.
"Hey, you eat first."
Su Xiaolan filled a bowl of grass root soup for her brother. After eating it, Su Xiaoqiang rubbed his eyes and crawled into bed to have a rest.
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At this time, Su Xiaolan's stomach also shouted.
She had eaten less and worked more, so she was inevitably hungry.
But Rao is so, she will insist on waiting for her parents to go home.
But wait left and right. My parents haven't come back yet.
Wang reassessed and felt that it should be about 8 or 9 o'clock at this time. Usually, the couple must be back before 7 o'clock.
But today, what's going on?
For a moment, Wang Zhong had an ominous premonition in his heart.
He returned to the rat's nest. His mother and several little mice greeted Wang Chong and ate the wolf meat dragged into the hole.
Recently, due to the severe drought, many people have died of hunger and thirst, and the animals in the forest are actually having a hard time. No, the wolf died of thirst because of lack of water.
"Third, do you want some? There's a lot of meat." Mother mouse asked Wang Chong, because Wang Chong was the third born, so now everyone calls him the third.
"Well."
Wang Zhong casually ate a few mouthfuls and then went out of the hole to have a look.
To our disappointment, suwu and his wife haven't come back yet.
This wait, directly until midnight.
The dark room was empty. Su Xiaolan sat on the table, dark, lonely, cold, hungry, and negative emotions came to her face.
She suddenly sobbed.
"Sobbing, mom and dad are gone."
The little girl seems to feel the crisis.
At this time, my parents will not come back. Something must have happened.
"Woo......"
Su Xiaolan wiped her tears. In the dark, the furry little mouse climbed onto her lap.
This mouse is naturally Wang Zhong.
Seeing Su Xiaolan crying, he came to comfort her.
"Little mouse, why don't my parents come back?"
Wang Zhong sighed in his heart. What can he say? Obviously, something happened to Su Xiaolan's parents.
At this time, Wang Chong was also very anxious. Su Xiaolan was still too young and took a brother with her. According to the truth, her parents were really out of school, which was troublesome!
Maybe she was tired of crying. Su Xiaolan fell asleep directly on the table.
"This child is not afraid of catching cold!"
Wang Chong jumped onto the table and silently recited the magic formula. A trace of evil spirit gradually diffused out.
This evil spirit wants to cover Su Xiaolan and make her warm.
But as soon as the evil spirit diffused, Wang Chong felt weak.
"Sure enough, I still can't."
The cultivation time is really too short, and it's the mouse, which is not a gifted genius, so the evil spirit is very weak.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Zhong tried his best to pour out the evil spirit. This time, the amount of evil spirit was very small, like silk, giving Su Xiaolan a trace of warmth.
Su Xiaolan slept very sweet and warm. Unconsciously, it was dawn.
"Dad, mom, sobbing, don't leave me, don't..."
Vaguely, Su Xiaolan closed her eyes and talked in her dream. In her dream, her parents were caught and killed by hungry refugees on the way back.
She cried and begged those people not to fight. She could take out all the food in the family, but the refugees didn't listen and fought desperately.
In this way, her parents were killed alive.
"Father, mother............"
Su Xiaolan woke up from her sleep with a thrill.
Her arms are numb, which makes her very uncomfortable.
She rubbed her stomach. Although she didn't eat last night, one night passed. Because she was too hungry, she was not hungry at this time, but she was weak all over.
"Zhizhi............."
Wang Chong called to her twice, pushed the wild grass root soup on the table and let her eat.
Su Xiaolan nodded and ate.
At this time, she suddenly thought of something and hurriedly turned back.
My parents' cabin was empty.
They didn't go home all night last night.
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Just then, messy footsteps came from the door.
"Xiao Lan, Xiao Lan..."
The voice is from the village head. The village head is a lot older, more than 50 years old, but his pace is very fast. He rushed in and shouted, "Xiao Lan, your parents, something's wrong!"
Sure enough!
Wang Chong hid at the edge of the stove, so he was not seen by the village head.
Su Xiaolan said with tears in her eyes, "my parents, what's the matter?"
"There was an accident on the other side of the quarry, and the stone fell down."
"Woo woo..."
"Your father... Hey, your mother is still there now. By the way, where is your brother?"
"My eldest brother went to work in the county."
"Do you know where he is?"
Su Xiaolan shook her head.
"Forget it, your mother said, let you take care of your brother, don't run around, she will come back after doing good things."
The village head said, gave Su Xiaolan a gold ingot, and sighed, "this is your father's funeral expenses, hey......"
After a few words of advice, the village head left here.
"My father is gone..."
Su Xiaolan began to cry.
Su Xiaoqiang rubbed his eyes and squatted in front of Su Xiaolan. At a young age, he didn't understand the meaning of Su Xiaolan's words, but when he saw Su Xiaolan crying, he couldn't help crying.
In this way, the sister and brother burst into tears.
"Hey, it's really a leak in the house. It rains at night. I didn't expect Su Xiaolan's father to die so early."
Looking at the way the sisters and brothers were crying, Wang Chong couldn't help but lament.
Originally, the life of this family has been so hard. Once the pillar of support dies, what can we do in the future?
That night, the men in the village came back with a stretcher and Su Wu's body.
Before reaching the door, I heard Zhou Cui's cry: "my child's father, what can I do if you leave, ah, ah, how to do."
It's really sad to hear, and tears to hear.
Su Xiaoqiang chased out of the house under Su Xiaolan's hand.
Su Wu died miserably. His brain was hit with a big hole by a falling stone. He should have died on the spot.
One day later, Zhou Cui simply buried Su Wu on the back mountain, on which stood a tombstone: the tomb of Su Wu.
This time Su Wu died, and there was only a gold ingot. Although Zhou Cui wanted more points, the other party was numerous and powerful. How could she deal with it as a little girl?
What makes Zhou Cui more helpless is that Su Wu is dead, and people don't want her to work at a woman's home. Their family has no income.