Chapter 239

"Gufeng, you are the last hope of our song family..."

"Gufeng, the greatest wish of being a teacher is to see you enter the capital in your lifetime and fight for a breath for our dilapidated little Academy..."

"Gufeng..."

Song Gufeng woke up in a burst of cold, and his ears seemed to echo the words of his father and teacher before they died.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a beam of light, which made his mood a little more depressed in the early morning.

Light, of course, is a good thing.

But when it shoots in from its leaky roof, no one will be very happy to see it.

Song Gufeng lay on the bed and sighed slowly.

This is a very simple and dilapidated house, with air leakage on all sides and rain leakage on the roof.

Even before the flood came a month ago, this house was not a good house. After the flood, the dilapidated house was worthy of gratitude without being washed down by the flood. As for more, song Gufeng couldn't ask for anything more.

Lying in bed for a while, song Gufeng squeezed his eyebrows, opened his mouth and breathed out gently.

Suddenly, a very bitter taste came out of his mouth.

It's not that he doesn't brush his teeth, nor is it because he has bad breath.

It's because... The bowl of good porridge he ate yesterday is really too bitter.

"In the good white porridge, put bitter cold grass, something that pigs can't eat. It's also thanks to the person who opened the good porridge shed."

Song Gufeng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

There was not much surplus food at home. When he returned home after the flood subsided, he couldn't find a drop of rice.

In the first two days, I could barely eat a hot meal with the help of the neighbors, but the situation of the neighborhood was not much different from that of his family. Even if there was surplus food, I couldn't eat for a few days.

After the grain was cut off, song Gufeng followed his neighbors to dig the wild grass and vegetables in the nearby barren mountains.

In the past two or three days, the weeds and wild vegetables ate his face like earth, but even the hard to swallow weeds and wild vegetables were not eaten by them at all. Before long, several barren mountains nearby were dug up by them, and many people starved to death.

Remember, it should have been the night before yesterday.

Song Gufeng was so hungry that he ran to the bare mountain alone to find something that could be stuffed into his mouth, no matter what it was.

But I couldn't find it at all.

When he fell into despair and was about to faint, there was a classmate's voice in his ear.

"... someone in the city has set up a good porridge shed!"

The short words fell into song Gufeng's ears, just like the sound of nature.

He forced himself to follow the classmate back to the city, followed the vast crowd and came to the place of the good porridge shed.

To be honest, song Gufeng had never seen so many people in his life. They were shoulder to shoulder and hand to hand, so tightly packed together.

He didn't know how long he had lined up. There seems to have been some riots before. It seems that someone is making trouble and someone wants to rob food, but the results are soon suppressed.

Obviously, the people who set up this good porridge shed are not good. These victims present, no matter what their thoughts are, can't turn up any waves in front of them.

Those who wanted to rob food, and those who spoke unkindly, were thrown out from a distance.

The remaining victims received a bowl of good porridge after queuing up.

When song Gufeng saw the bowl of porridge, what he thought was that the man had tears. When his mouth opened, he tasted his bitter tears.

Hunger.

This terrible thing.

Song Guofeng is a scholar. He once saw a famous allusion in history books, which is called changing children to eat.

It means that when the famine occurs, the victims have nothing to eat, and when the hunger reaches the extreme, they want to eat people——

Eat your own children.

But people are people after all. Tiger poison doesn't eat children.

Even in the case of how hungry, it is still difficult for their children to go there.

So the victims thought of a way, a way that is not a way, that is, to exchange their children with other victims.

Just as I exchange a chicken for a duck. Exchange your own children for other people's children, so you can go to the mouth.

When song Guofeng read this allusion, he got goose bumps all over, which was creepy and incredible.

He can't imagine under what circumstances can a person, especially a parent with a child, have a desire for his children?

Even if it is an exchange of children, it is still eating its own children in Song Gufeng's eyes.

Now, song Gufeng understands.

It turns out that when people are extremely hungry, they really have some terrible ideas and do things that they can't believe.

He is a scholar.

When I was extremely hungry these days, when I saw those thin figures looking for weeds alone on the mountain, I even had some thoughts that he should never have in his mind.

Although he soon pressed the terrible idea in his heart and slapped himself a few mouths, when he remembered it later, he was surprised by his idea at that time.

"How could I?"

Song Gufeng asked himself this more than once.

Before his classmate told him the news of the opening of the good porridge shed, song Gufeng felt that he was in a human purgatory, and he was only a fragile step away from turning into a terrible devil.

Fortunately, the sage books he has read still have some effect after all. No matter how hungry he was, he managed to keep a trace of reason and didn't do anything that he regretted and feared.

Therefore, when he lined up in the good porridge shed until he was numb and finally received the bowl of good porridge, song Gufeng wept with joy.

At that moment, his mouth was sweet, and his heart was sweet.

Even though the bowl of good porridge was bitter and sour, song Gufeng still ate it. He thought it was the best food he had ever eaten in his life.

Not just because hunger lasts too long. It is because of the appearance of this bowl of good porridge that song Gufeng's reason was pulled back to the civilized world, leaving him far from the abyss that could degenerate, crazy and become a beast at any time.

After getting up, song Gufeng simply washed.

Then he began to read.

Even when he was born during the famine, he did not forget that he was a scholar.

From reading in the morning to afternoon, song Gufeng finally put down his books, took a bowl and chopsticks at home and walked towards the congee shed.

When he walked out of the alley and came to the streets of the old city, the flow of people going in the same direction gradually increased. Needless to ask, he knew that these were going in the direction of shancong shed.

At the moment, when song Gufeng looked around, all kinds of shops in the street were basically closed, only the shroud shop and coffin shop were still open.

The old urban area was originally an urban area where civilians gathered. As soon as the flood came, they became victims. However, in several other urban areas of Gaoyang Jucheng, it is said that order has been basically restored. However, the poor in the old urban area are not qualified to go there and can't afford food there.

"Gu Feng, slow down..."

At this time, a call came from behind. Song Gufeng stopped and saw a familiar figure coming quickly.

"Yuanlu, it's you."

Song Gufeng nodded and said hello to each other.

This person, named Li Yuanlu, was once a classmate of an academy with song Gufeng. However, after graduation, Li Yuanlu did not choose to continue studying like song Gufeng. Instead, he worked as a household farmer. He just married a wife last year. She is a woman of great responsibility and can work very well. They manage the land at home together, ploughing in spring and harvesting in autumn. Although their small days are flat, But instinct is perfect.

It's a pity

When the flood came, the land planted by Li Yuanlu's family was flooded, and like song Gufeng, they became victims.

It is worth mentioning that when song Gufeng was about to faint on the mountain that day, it was this former classmate who said that he had set up a good porridge shed in the city, which was tantamount to indirectly saving song Gufeng's life, because if there was no news at that time, song Gufeng might not have the will to go down the mountain and return to the city, and would have been starved to death on the barren mountain.

"It's only this time. Have you just finished reading?"

Li Yuanlu asked with a smile.

"Yes."

Song Gufeng nodded, looked at Li Yuanlu and said, "it's you. Why did you come out so late today? Aren't you hungry in the morning?"

"Hungry, of course, but I didn't go out now. I saved it an hour earlier and went to Beicheng Yamen to eat."

Li Yuanlu replied.

"The Yamen also opened a good porridge shed?"

The news surprised song Gufeng.

Li Yuanlu smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "yes, the first time I heard the news, it passed. However, the good porridge there, like the good porridge in the uneven building, was mixed with bitter cold grass. I went so far around, but I returned disappointed. In the future, I have to go to the uneven building, at least close to home."

"Did you also put bitter cold grass..."

When song Gufeng heard the speech, his expression was not disappointed. He just nodded calmly and said, "this is the case. Otherwise, if you put out the normal good porridge and let people drink it for free, everyone, whether victims or not, will come to take advantage of it and put bitter cold grass. In fact, it is for our sake."

"You can see through, but unfortunately many people can't see through. They think this is a person with uneven buildings who is deliberately abusing us!"

Li Yuanlu shook his head and sighed.

"Who would think so?"

Song Gufeng frowned and noticed a trace of something wrong.

Li Yuanlu replied, "when I went to Beicheng yamen this morning, I heard someone say so in the crowd. Alas, they are all fools. They haven't even read a book and don't know a word. It's normal to think stupid. Why bother what they say..."

Then Li Yuanlu waved his hand and said, "just in time, since you're going to the uneven building, I'll go with you. I'm a little disappointed in the morning, so I didn't eat much. I'm really hungry and afraid to eat some at noon..."

In this way, Li Yuanlu followed song Gufeng and walked towards the good porridge shed opened in the uneven building. The closer he was to there, the more people around him.

On the way, Li Yuanlu sighed gently and said, "Gufeng, I know you want to be outstanding, but it's not easy to live during the famine years, let alone study poetry and books for fame. Although the youngest daughter of the president's family of chunran chamber of commerce is a little unruly, she has always been interested in you. As long as you nod, you can go to chunran chamber of commerce immediately, At that time, it's not too late to make other plans. It's better than now... "

"Yuanlu, stop talking. I don't want to."

Song Gufeng interrupted his friend and shook his head slowly.

"It's just an expedient measure. How can you study if you lose your life? Even if you don't like the young lady, at least she can provide you with a comfortable environment for food and clothing. At that time, you still want to read and get fame... "Li Yuanlu couldn't help but continue to advise.

"Such a thing cannot be expedient."

Song Gufeng shook his head again and said, "I want to get fame because I want to stand in the official position and do something right. It doesn't matter whether I can get on the official position or not. What I do in that position is important. Today, if I cheat a woman's feelings for food, clothing, housing and transportation, I will not be a good official even if I am an official in the future. This is true for many things. After compromising for the first time, there will be countless times.

The reason why the bottom line is the bottom line is that it must not be overstepped. The first time, there will be a second time. I have no bottom line. "

"... alas."

Li Yuanlu couldn't help sighing when he heard the speech. Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, he didn't say anything.