Chapter 74： Sell ​​it to you as your wife

Chapter 74 Sold to you as your wife

There was no water and we couldn't cook. Every household didn't have much water left, so they only dared to drink a small sip. The village chief's family also gave the mule some water, but in other families, the mule could only be thirsty.

The children didn't know anything about it, they were playing hide and seek around the carriage.

Chrysanthemum and Mrs. Zhang’s daughter Xiang’er were sitting on the loess wall turning over flower ropes. Juhua suddenly shouted, “Someone is coming.”

Gu Fei looked over and saw a woman with a dusty face standing outside half of the loess wall, holding an eighty-nine-year-old boy, and a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old girl standing next to her.

The woman saw everyone looking at her and smiled awkwardly: "We are fleeing from famine. Can you brothers and sisters-in-law let us ladies rest here for a few nights?"

Everyone was silent and looked at Gu Zhang.

Gu Zhang thought for a while, there was nothing to worry about with two women and a child, and besides, the place didn't belong to them. He nodded: "Okay."

The woman thanked her, took the child and walked in from the side.

It was getting dark at this time, and Uncle Ma shouted, "Raise the fire."

Gu Sanlang took a fire stick and lit some dead leaves, then added dry branches to it, and the fire quickly started burning.

Everyone sat around the fire.

The mother and son were sitting by the wall and did not come over.

It was also dinner time at this time, and every household brought out dry food to eat.

 Gu Fei was nibbling on the pancake when he suddenly heard the voice of the boy on the wall behind him, "Mom, I'm so hungry."

The woman lowered her head and remained silent.

The child said again: "Mom, I want to eat steamed buns."

The woman was silent for a long time, then suddenly made up her mind. She took the two children to the fire and knelt down with a plop. "Brothers and sisters-in-law, can you please do a good thing and give us some food? It's true that yesterday, I just ate some grass roots and didn’t catch anything all day long.”

“Thank you all for your kind brothers and sisters.” The woman pulled the two children and kowtowed desperately.

Everyone who was eating solid food suddenly fell silent, and no one made a sound.

 Gu Fei couldn't bear to see it, but she also understood that there were many people like this along the way, and she couldn't save them, and she couldn't save them.

She lowered her eyes and ate the pancake silently.

The woman and the two children kowtowed for more than a dozen times. The village chief couldn't help but sigh, "Stop kowtowing. Keep the strength you have for walking."

“We are also fleeing famine, so we don’t have any extra food to give to others.”

The woman raised her dusty face and suddenly saw the white flour pancake in Gu Sanlang's hand. She rushed towards him and knelt down in front of him, "This little brother, my Lian'er will be your wife. All you need is a bag of pancakes." Just whole grains.”

Gu Sanlang's face turned dark. Who wants a dirty girl to be his wife?

He waved his hand impatiently, "Let's go, let's go, I don't want a wife!"

Mr. Zhang next to him laughed loudly, "Sanlang, this girl is tall and has pretty eyebrows. She should be good at washing her. You can make a profit in exchange for a bag of coarse grains and a wife!"

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

Everyone laughed.

Gu Fei looked at the mother and son and felt unspeakably sad.

At this time, Mr. Qian suddenly said, "You are from Xishan County, right? You girl is so skinny, and you still want a bag of grain? I heard someone said yesterday that you can buy a girl in Xishan County with a bushel of grain now." ”

(End of this chapter)