Song Yin in the last days

The child was also hungry, but he felt quite self-conscious about being a "hostage". He stared helplessly for a while, swallowed several saliva, and forced himself to look away.

Gu Yu ate very quickly. He solved the "soaked black steamed buns" in 5 minutes, poured a little water into the bowl, and opened a plastic box on the table. There were two fat and thick succulents in it. Gu Yu took out a section and put it in the bowl. Then, under Xiao Wu's blank stare, he put the leaves in his mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls, and wrote "dishwashing water" Swallow your stomach together...

"Do you know prickly pear fruit?" Gu Yu's mood improved after eating the food, and Gu Yu started talking again, and he was surprisingly patient. Seeing Xiao Wu shaking his head, he explained to him, "Every family here grows prickly pear fruit. Look at the front of the door. Those few trees are, don’t look at them listless now, they are full of red flowers in spring, they are beautiful. They bear fruit in July, and there is a hard shell on the outside of the fruit, and the inside of the fruit is full of water slurry, which is like a paste. It has a little sweetness, and it can make you feel full after eating, but it will turn black when dried, and a bowl of miscellaneous grain powder plus half a bowl of prickly prickly pear powder makes the steamed buns delicious and satisfying.”

Then he pointed to the "plant piece" left in the plastic box, and said, "This is the leaf of the prickly pear. The prickly pear is a treasure. You can even eat the leaves. It's much tastier than a cactus."

The child looked at the "Prickly Pear Leaf" and was eager to try it. He has never eaten this thing, and it can also wash dishes. If you plant a few trees at home, you don't even need to wash the dishes in the future. It is so convenient!

It's a pity that Gu Yu just spread the most basic common sense of the desert with him, a "vagrant from a foreign country", and didn't intend to give him a taste. As if the leaves did not interfere with the line of sight at all, he said vaguely: "It's just after noon, we'll go to the third aunt's house right away, they should take a nap when we go late."

At first he had not dared to pin his hopes on a stranger, and this afternoon he had to borrow water.

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The third aunt's house is a little far away, and it takes two quarters of an hour to walk. It is at noon, and a half-year-old and a half-old child arrive dizzy and dizzy.

Sangu’s house has two animal pens, and seven sand beasts are raised. Sangu’s house is sandwiched between the two animal pens. A wall is built in front to form a courtyard. I built a kitchen, although it was very simple, but it looked much more normal than the two small houses in Gu Yu's house.

The courtyard door was ajar, and Gu Yu called Sangu twice outside, and opened the door to go in after hearing someone reply from inside.

Xiao Wu followed Gu Yu and saw that the yard of Sangu's house was quite big, which was not surprising. There was nothing lacking in the desert, except land, but he found that the yard was full of prickly pears, and he was puzzled. Question: "Brother Gu Yu, the prickly pear fruit is so good, why don't you grow some at home?"

Gu Yu was speechless: "The prickly pear fruit needs to be watered!"

Then he lowered his voice and told the child: "Don't talk nonsense for a while."

The child also lowered his voice; "Is Sangu very powerful?"

Gu Yu looked at the little boy, and felt the urge to caress his forehead, so he lowered his voice, "Third Aunt is a relative of Lord Shenshi, if I offend her, my family will be kicked out of the village... Forget it, stay here anyway." You are not allowed to talk indiscriminately for a while, let alone ask questions indiscriminately, understand?"

Xiao Wu nodded quickly.

There was still some distance from the main house, and the two of them saw Sangu sitting under the thatched shed fanning a fan in front of the house.The third aunt is 45 and six years old. She is thin, but her complexion is good, and there is no sign of hunger.

Seeing the two people approaching, she didn't get up, let alone let them into the house, but asked lazily, "Gu Yu, how is your mother?"

"Okay, okay."

"That's good. You take good care of her. This time you go to Mingcheng and ask God Attendant Zhou, and God Attendant will give you the medicine."

"Well, I will definitely go, Third Aunt, don't worry about it."

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The two exchanged some pleasantries and then got to the point. When Gu Yu asked to borrow water, the third aunt raised her brows: "There is still half a month before the sand beast is handed in. Your family's water tickets are already used up?"

"There are two more, but there is not a drop of water in the house. Little Bell will drink water later, even if I go to pick it early tomorrow morning, it will be too late."

"The two water tickets will be used for less than half a month." Sangu nodded slightly, and then changed the subject, "Gu Yu, what's going on with you? The well is opened every morning, so how could it be used until there is no drop left?" ? Every spring, water tickets are issued according to the number of sand beasts. After calculating, they can be used until autumn to hand in sand beasts. Are you wasting too much, or is there something unexpected?"

Then she focused on Xiao Wu and frowned: "Who is this, Gu Yu? The village cannot take in people with unknown origins."

Gu Yu didn't dare to hide anything, and told the whole story. When he was speaking, the five members of Sangu's family gathered together. The life in the desert was monotonous and dull, and it was rare to hear such gossip. He stared at Xiao Wu curiously.

"What's your name?" Third Aunt asked with a cold face, her expression unkind.

Xiao Wu muttered and replied: "Zhou Xiaowu."

"Where did it come from?"

"White Horse Town."

The decree pattern on Sangu's forehead became deeper and deeper, and her tone was very strict: "Where is Baima Town? How did you get here? You dare to grab water, don't you know that there are angels here to protect you? I'm tired of work, you guys!" , tell the story, tell the truth, if you dare to tell a lie, throw it out and feed it to the wolves immediately!"

The child sat down on the ground in fright, crying into his voice: "Baima Town is... is..." He couldn't even speak.

Several people asked for a long time before they could figure out what happened from Xiaowu's upside-down narrative: Xiaowu and his group came from Xinghe Town, and even a child couldn't tell where Xinghe Town was. Knowing that they have come a long way to get here.There were originally dozens of families with two to three hundred people in their town. Unfortunately, a group of mutant beasts came in the spring and took over the whole town. Fortunately, his father and elder brother were mutants, and there was a mutant dog at home. Then they ran out, and there were more than 300 young people who escaped together.

The town couldn't go back, so a group of people had to wander in the no-man's land. Fortunately, some food could be found in the no-man's land in summer, and there were several mutants among them, so at least they didn't starve to death.Later, they found a place to stay. They wanted to rebuild their homeland, but they encountered a mutant beast again. Although they escaped again, more than half of them were killed or injured. His father and brother died in that battle. In the end, only Get off their group of six.

When they walked to the edge of the wasteland a while ago, three people fell ill, one of whom was his sister.Today everyone was so thirsty that they couldn't stand it, so they agreed to steal water and let him be the bait. If he didn't do it, they threatened him that they would throw him and his sick sister on the wasteland, and let the siblings fend for itself...

After listening to the children's words, the third aunt's eyes flashed thoughtfully, but the others discussed enthusiastically, and finally agreed: Gu Yu was not only robbed of two cans of water, but also brought back a big bag.

Xiao Wu wiped his tears sadly: "You are talking nonsense, my sister will not leave me alone!"

The third aunt looked at the child for a while, and smiled: "Okay, if your sister comes over to return the water, bring me the person and let me have a look."

Gu Yu saw that the building was crooked to the point of nowhere, and Sangu never mentioned the matter of borrowing water, and quickly begged: "Sangu, if she comes, I will definitely bring her here, but there is indeed no water in the house. Do you think you can lend me a can first?" In the end, he still had extravagant hopes in his heart, so he only borrowed a can.

Sangu slapped her fan and returned to the lazy look just now: "A can of water is worth ten dollars."

Gu Yu hurriedly said in a low voice: "It should be, it should be. Although the family has no money now, they will have money after handing over the little bell next month. I will definitely pay you back when the time comes."

The third aunt sighed: "Oh, I also watched your child grow up, so it's not hard for you. How about it, you just pay me back twelve big money next month." Then she turned her head to the eldest daughter-in-law, " Quickly take out the outermost jar, it was just opened today, and it hasn’t been poured yet, remember to return the jar when the water is used up.”

After a while, the woman came out with a can of water, and Xiao Wu didn't know what to say when he saw it: almost a quarter of it was used up, and she was ashamed to say, "I just opened it today, and it hasn't been poured yet"!

As for Gu Yu, who wanted to thank him a thousand times for this bottle of water that was seriously short of catties and taels, he almost knelt down.

The two walked home in silence, Xiao Wu was tense for a long time, and finally said: "We will definitely return the money to you!"

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What the two of them didn't know was that as soon as they walked out of the yard, the third aunt whispered to her husband: "I think this child is not bad, and his sister is definitely not bad. If you really return the water, it can be seen that he is an honest man. And they also have a mutant dog... Let's take a closer look at that time, if it works, the second daughter-in-law will be taken care of. How about the others..."

Both of them showed some meaningful and treacherous smiles at the same time.

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When it was dark, Gu Yu finally despaired. He waited for an afternoon full of hope. Every time the sun moved an inch to the west, the hope in his heart diminished. Going to the night, so, does that woman really not want her own brother? !

She stole my water and still wants me to help her raise her younger brother?There are no doors!

Gu Yu, who was burning with anger, still managed to retain a sliver of reason, and did not drive the child out, not for the sake of the child, but for his mother—he did not dare to tell his mother about the water being stolen, only saying that the child was his He picked it up on the road, and his sister would come to pick him up. He was thirsty and conceited, so he only stayed at his house for two days.

The next day, Gu Yu woke up early as usual, and went to clean the stables after preparing the feed, without even looking at Xiao Wu.But Xiao Wu was very persistent, and followed him staggeringly, making Gu Yu even more angry: he didn't sleep all night, but the little boy slept soundly, and didn't wake up all night with his stomach rumbling.

As soon as he came out of the animal pen, Gu Yu saw three figures walking towards his house in the distance, and the three of them approached, the girl who was in the lead smiled at Gu Yu, and pointed to the two men holding the jug behind her: " I didn't make a mistake, we returned the water to you."

Xiao Wu behind him said "Wow" and burst into tears.