The crossed brother is his wife

At this time, an old man walked by not far away, his clothes were ragged, his face was covered with dust, his waist was bent, and he carried a basket on his back.

The old man numbly glanced at the group of people, and when he saw the bags of things on the carriage, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, but soon fell silent again.

Li Xiaoguan and Seriously looked at each other.

"cough cough"

Slowly, the old man coughed and came to the dry river, put the basket on the ground, and took out the sickle.

Although the river course had dried up, the mud at the bottom of the river was still slightly moist, which was much better than that in the field, so some weeds grew, not withered and yellow, and the roots were still a little green.

The old man seemed to be very pleasantly surprised. He pulled away the dirt and stones covering it, and dug along the roots of the weeds with a sickle. He was very careful, as if he was afraid that if a little grass root was broken inside, it would be wasted.

Looking around, there is a vast expanse extending to the sky. It seems to be fields, and there is a village in the middle of the fields, which is dilapidated.

The crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs could not even be heard at all.

While they were watching, the old man had already dug out a blade of grass, with a joyful and excited smile on his face.

Before Li Xiaoguan stepped forward, the old man unscrewed the green root two or three times, and stuffed the withered grass-like leaves into his mouth.

"do not want!"

Li Xiaoguan was shocked and hurriedly stopped him.

However, it was too late, the old man swallowed hard a few times, and the weeds were swallowed.

Even though the weeds were hard to swallow, the old man was very satisfied. He put the roots of the grass into the basket, bent down and continued to dig the weeds.

Li Xiaoguan was heartbroken.

I already knew that Bangzhou had suffered a severe drought for several years, but I didn't expect that even the surrounding counties would be so severe, to the point of eating grass roots.

No, looking at the old man's appearance, it's clear that he doesn't even want to eat grass roots!

And grass roots. Li Xiaoguan looked around the cracked field.

Even grass roots here are hard to find!

These withered grasses, I am afraid that they are grasses that have grown long before there was no drought, and now the roots have already dried out.

"Old man, don't dig weeds. We brought food for disaster relief. Come, I'll get some for you." Li Xiaoguan's eyes were red and his throat was a little choked.

In the 21st century, where are people starving so much? !

No matter how difficult it is, there is always a bowl of rice to eat.

But.

"Quick, go get some rice!" He ordered solemnly.

Lao Zhong, who had wanted to do this for a long time, happily agreed, "Hey! My lord, I'm going to get some rice now!"

Li Xiaoguan wanted to go to help the old man up, but the clinker was dodged. The old man held the sickle tightly and the basket tightly in his hands, with a defensive posture.

This is what everyone never expected!

How can you give him rice, but the old man's attitude is so strange?Not only was he unhappy, but he was also full of defense, and even took a step back in fear!

Li Xiaoguan smiled, "Grandpa, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you."

Thinking that there were so many people, all of them were carrying knives, which frightened the people, Li Xiaoguan said comfortingly, "We are sent by the government to provide disaster relief, old man, don't be afraid."

Li Xiaoguan thought that he was already very gentle and friendly, but the old man suddenly turned around and ran away scrambling!

"Grandpa!" Li Xiaoguan shouted.

The old man ran even faster, as if there was some scourge behind him!

"My lord, the rice is here!" Old Zhong rushed over happily, holding a small half bag of rice in his hand, he thought he would see the excited expression of the old man, but who knew he only saw the back of the old man running away in a hurry.

The Prince Regent and Prince Regent Fu Lang looked serious, as if they were thinking about something.

"Uh." Old Zhong stroked his beard.

Li Xiaoguan and Serious glanced at each other, and both understood what the other meant.

According to common sense, people who are so hungry that they can't even eat grass roots will be ecstatic when they hear that there is Mi Na, and they will not have such an attitude.And why should old people be afraid of them?Just because they are from the government?Why did the people in the government scare him so much?

"Let's go, follow and have a look." Seriously said.

I joined the army when I was a teenager, and became a general at the age of 20. I understand some things seriously, and now I have guesses in my heart.This guess made him release a murderous aura all over his body.

Sensing the general's emotions, all the soldiers didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly followed.

"Serious." Li Xiaoguan took Serious's hand silently, "Don't feel guilty, it's not your fault. You've been fighting all the time, and if you're negligent, that's it."

The rest of Li Xiaoguan couldn't say anything.

Murong Qihan is still young, and Yan Yan is the regent. Even if he goes to war, he still has to take care of domestic affairs, big and small.People in places suffering from drought are struggling to live, if not only because of natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. Li Xiaoguan can't say that it has nothing to do with seriousness.

"I will work hard to pray for rain, and it will rain for three days and three nights!" Li Xiaoguan could only comfort him.

When I said this, the balls in my stomach moved.

Maybe when it comes to water, Xiaodan likes it.

Li Xiaoguan didn't care, thinking about it.

It's not too far from the village here, so if you speed up your pace, you'll be there in less than ten minutes.

From a distance, you can see how dilapidated the village is, and when you get closer, you can deeply feel how depressed the village is, it is so deserted!

You don't hear the cock crowing or the dog barking, and you don't see the old man drooping his hair.

Don't talk about laughter, even the voice of talking, I didn't hear a word!

It's a ghost village!

"Here, my lord." Old Zhong rushed into the village, pushed open the door of the nearest house, and there was a stench coming from the shop.

There is no popularity at all.

Someone opened the window and successfully saw a rotting corpse lying on the wall in the corner!

Even a man who was used to the battlefield was taken aback by the horrible appearance of the corpse.

"Squeak." There was a small sound, and everyone saw a mouse come out from beside the corpse.

This mouse is extremely thin, its fur is dull and messy, and its chest and abdomen are sunken. You don't need to think about it, you know it's hungry, it came out, and it was looking for food!

Seeing that the mouse was about to touch the corpse, Lao Zhong's eyes bulged and he was furious, "You disgusting thing, let's see if I, Lao Zhong, beat you to death!"

However, before Lao Zhong could make a move, a hand as skinny as a chicken's claw stretched out from the side of the corpse, and grabbed the mouse!

"Squeak, squeak, squeak." The sound of the mouse's struggle became weaker and weaker, and finally it died completely.

Everyone was horrified!

Li Xiaoguan was shocked, could it be that this is a fake corpse? !

Seriously stepped forward, took a look, and said, "There is another child here."

That's right, there was a child lying beside the corpse!

The child had withered hair, sunken cheeks, and cloudy eyes. He was lying on the bed, and seemed to have no strength to breathe. He only held the mouse tightly with one hand.

"No!" Li Xiaoguan yelled.

Seriously tapped the child's wrist lightly with his sword, and the dead mouse fell on the bed.

It turned out that the child was going to eat the mouse raw!

The mouse fell on the bed, but the child's eyes were still fixed on it, as if he was very reluctant.

Li Xiaoguan couldn't bear to look any further, and told Old Zhong, "Go and make some porridge, make it rotten. No, let's make a big pot, and feed the people who are still alive here later."

All a little bit. "

After looking forward to the old clock, Li Xiaoguan said, "The situation in neighboring counties is like this, and Bangzhou may be even more miserable. After we find out why the old man is afraid of the government, we should set off as soon as possible to distribute grain and pray for rain. It is."

"Hmm." Seriously clenched his fists.

Everyone has seen the situation in this room, even though he is a man of strong bones, he still can't help but have red eyes, a little more emotional, thinking of his younger siblings, and comparing this child, he feels that this child is even more pitiful, and can't help crying.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, and considering that the people here are resistant to them, they will definitely not be willing to take the initiative to come out.Seriously ordered everyone to search from house to house, and once they found someone, they would pull them out whether they wanted to or not, and let them eat the porridge when it was ready.

No matter what, people can no longer starve to death.

After a while, the village became lively.

The sound of pots and pans, the sound of cutting vegetables and cooking porridge, and the sound of raising fire and cooking vegetables.

There is also the resistance of the villagers and the crying of the children!

Standing outside, Li Xiaoguan watched the soldiers pry open the doors one after another and brought out the people inside. There were elderly people with limited mobility, women with children in their arms, and men who hugged their wives and children tightly.

These people are all pale and thin, they are pitifully thin, as if they will fall down if the wind blows!

The old man I saw just now was also inside, holding a sickle tightly in one hand, and holding a little boy who was a few years old in the other.

Soon, all the people were surrounded in an open space surrounded by soldiers.

Although the aroma of porridge, rice and vegetables kept wafting into their nostrils, it was a wonderful smell they hadn't smelled for a long time, but the surrounded villagers were full of despair, even numbness.

Li Xiaoguan felt a little guilty for scaring them like this, but he thought it was for their own good, so he had to do this for the time being.

When the porridge was ready, Li Xiaoguan hoped that someone would distribute a bowl to each of the villagers, as well as a bowl of water.

The water was brought all the way from other places, not much, but enough to last for a day or two.

Looking at the clear water and the fragrant and thick porridge in the bowl, many villagers pursed their lips unconsciously.

But obviously so eager, but no one picked up the bowl!

"Oh, I'm dying!" Old Zhong was about to die of anxiety. He picked up a bowl of water and went to the side of an old man.

"thump!"

A skinny man knelt beside Old Zhong, begging for mercy tremblingly, "My lord, my lord, please spare my father, my lord!"

Old Zhong was dumbfounded.

Isn't it just water?Could it be possible to choke to death?

Lao Zhong asked the old man to eat porridge again, but the man cried and begged again, which made Lao Zhong very depressed.

It's like putting a hot face on a cold butt!

After working for a long time, Lao Zhong himself was thirsty. Seeing that they didn't want to drink, he raised his head and gulped down a bowl of water.

"Happy!" Old Zhong wiped the corners of his mouth, only to find that he was stared at by all the villagers. Their eyes widened and the corners of their mouths trembled slightly, as if they couldn't believe it.

Old Zhong was extremely wronged.

"Didn't you say you didn't want to kill me? Letting you drink water and porridge is like killing you! If I kill you, you will blame me again!"

and many more!

Terrible? !

Li Xiaoguan had a flash of inspiration, and said to Serious, "Serious, are you hungry? I'm hungry, I'll eat a bowl of porridge first."

After speaking, he took a bowl and scooped a spoonful of porridge from the pot, served it with a little capers, and finished the bowl of porridge.

After eating, Li Xiaoguan said, "Your porridge is also cooked in this pot, the same pot. Are you relieved now?"

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