Chapter 6 She Will Never Forgive Him
Zhou Li and Zhou Ying saw that their dreaded grandparents and their eldest and second aunts had all left, then they dared to rush forward and throw themselves into Zheng's arms to comfort their mother who was crying bitterly. Zheng saw that the children were gathered around her and worried about her. As a mother, she felt strong and thought that she had to be strong for the sake of her children. She wiped her tears and forced a smile, saying:
"I'm fine, Mom. You must be exhausted. Hurry up and lie down on the mat to rest for a while. I'll go get some water and some wild vegetables and cook some pancakes for you later."
During the exile, we only had two meals a day: one mixed-flour flatbread as hard as a rock and a bowl of thin porridge with the bottom visible.
Zhou Li and Zhou Ying were still too young, and Zheng was afraid that they would not be able to digest the hard biscuits. So every time they had a break, she would break the biscuits into pieces and add some wild vegetables she had found to cook them into a paste. Since there was no pot, Zheng would pick up concave stones by the lake to use as a pot.
Although the pancake paste was not tasty, it was at least easier to carve, and with some wild vegetables, it could feed the two children. When the other families who felt sorry for the children saw Zheng doing this, they also followed her example.
"Ayu, you look after your brothers and sisters. I'm going to the river to see if I can find something to eat."
Zhou Jin couldn't sit still anymore when he saw Zheng taking the only bamboo tube in the house to fetch water and look for wild vegetables. It wasn't good for the whole family to eat only bread all the time. As far as he could remember, the bread was at least mixed with bran for one third, so how could it be nutritious?
He planned to go to the river to see if he could find a few fish or something to at least provide some protein for his brothers and sisters.
There were hundreds of people in the exile team. When they were resting, there were always children and women wandering around the rest area looking for something to eat. As long as they didn't walk too far, the officials didn't care much. They just had to show up when the number of people was counted before departure.
"Brother, see if there are any cattails or something by the river. If there are, pick some and bring them back. I'm thinking of taking advantage of the night while we rest to see if we can weave another mat. We can spread it on the ground at night to keep out moisture, and wear it on during the day to keep out rain. It's the rainy season now, and it's going to rain someday." Zhou Yu said to his brother.
There was only a straw mat at home. I remember that every time Zheng went to bed, she always let them sleep on the mat while she slept on the grass. If this continued for a long time, she would definitely get sick.
"Well, okay, you are very thoughtful. I will go find cattail for you first, and then I will go find food." Zhou Jin responded and left.
Zhou Yu draped the only thin quilt in the house over his younger brother and sister who were already fast asleep on the mat. The two little ones were exhausted and fell asleep as soon as they touched the mat. They were now snoring soundly.
In her previous life, Zhou Yu was a younger sister all her life, and she always hoped that she could have a younger brother or sister so that she could also experience the feeling of being an older sister. Unfortunately, her parents passed away early in her previous life, and this wish was destined to not come true!
Unexpectedly, her dream came true after traveling back to ancient times. She was given double, so both her younger brother and sister had it.
Her sister Zhou Ying is only five years old this year. She is a cute little baby who sleeps very well. Her eyelashes are long and trembling, and I don’t know if she is dreaming.
The younger brother Zhou Li is two years older than Zhou Ying and is seven years old this year. I don’t know who he takes his style from, but his personality is like that of an old scholar. The little guy speaks in a very serious manner, but he is not very good when he sleeps. He lies on his back with his arms and legs spread out. He may be very tired from walking a long way with the exile team, and he is snoring softly.
Zhou Yu looked at his brothers and sisters, secretly thankful they were exiled in the summer, so they didn't have to worry about the severe cold. If they had been exiled in winter, with their lack of clothing and only a thin quilt for the whole family, they would probably have frozen to death before they could even get far! Even if the older ones managed to survive, the two younger ones would have died along the way.
Alas! Zhou Yu sighed, thinking that no matter how hard life is, it has to go on! This person has to say what he says wherever he goes!
In Zhou Yu's eyes, those who cry at the slightest trouble haven't encountered any difficulties at all! If you don't believe me, throw them in front of zombies and see what happens? I guarantee that none of them will dare to cry. If they cry, the zombies will bite them!
Seeing that the two little ones slept well, Zhou Yu felt relieved. He got up and walked around, picked up some firewood, and then followed the method he remembered Zheng had done a few days ago. He used a piece of firewood to dig a shallow hole in the open space, picked up a few stones around, and started a fire.
Then he saw the officials coming over with several large buckets of porridge and several large boxes of cakes. Zhou Yu hurried to get the food for the whole family. After getting the food, he sat down with his brother and sister-in-law, watching the fire not far away, while using a large leaf as a palm-leaf fan to fan away mosquitoes for the two little people.
The most annoying thing on summer nights is the mosquitoes, which can get into every hole. Fortunately, the place they found was relatively dry. In addition, Zheng would wash the children every day no matter how tired she was, so the children didn't smell too bad and didn't attract mosquitoes.
Seeing the two little people drooling in their sleep, Zhou Yu couldn't help but yawn, thinking, "It's good to be young. You don't have to think too much and you sleep soundly." She couldn't help but touch the two little people's hair, thinking of how they surrounded her during the day and sweetly called her sister, and her heart melted...
She didn't know if it was the natural blood relationship of her original body that was causing the problem, but she had only been here for less than a day and she had already felt inexplicably close to her original mother and these two adopted siblings. She felt extremely distressed when she thought about what would happen to them during their exile.
If things continue like this, even if they have the chance to leave in the future, I'm afraid she won't be able to leave them...
She felt that her brother should feel the same as she did. It was obvious from the way he willingly took care of the two little ones along the way, especially little Zhou Ying. Not only did he carry her on his back all the way, he also deliberately lowered his voice when talking to the little girl, as if he was afraid of scaring her. The doting in his eyes was so much that it almost burst out, and he looked like a crazy sister-doting man!
Humph! He didn't even consider that the boy he was traveling through was in the voice change period. Even if he tried to make his hoarse voice sound shrill, it would be unpleasant to listen to! Zhou Yu couldn't help but complain in his heart. He didn't expect that this journey through time would not only fulfill her dream of becoming a sister, but also fulfill his brother's dream of having a little sister!
Her brother has liked little Lolita since she was a child, and every birthday present he gave her was a Barbie doll. He couldn't understand why a girl likes gun models instead of Barbie dolls. The thing he said most often was that she must have been born in the wrong body, and they should be brothers instead of siblings!
He had never been as gentle to her as he was to little Zhou Ying. He would bully her all day, snatch her toys, snatch her snacks, pull her braids, and deliberately play pranks on her to scare her...
It was only after Grandpa passed away that his brother started to treat her better. After the apocalypse, he started to act a bit like a brother...
Zhou Yu took a deep breath and shook off the memories of her past life that suddenly popped up in her mind. She never expected that she and her siblings, who had such a weak family bond, could still feel the warmth of family love in this strange world. Although Zheng was weak, she really loved her children to the core. The two little ones were also very attached to her siblings, so she thought, since they had the fate to become a family in this life, then they, the siblings, would take good care of their family on behalf of their original selves!
Just as Zhou Yu was daydreaming, Zheng came back with a grooved stone and a bamboo tube containing a handful of washed wild vegetables, and Zhou Jin, who was also holding a large armful of wormwood.
Zhou Yu hurried forward and took the bamboo tube from Zheng's hand. Zheng saw that her daughter had already lit the fire. Thinking that although her daughter was not favored at home, she had also been raised by her and had never done such things, she felt very sad. She could not help but touch her head affectionately and praised her:
"Our Ayu has grown up!"
When Zhou Yu was five years old, her parents died in an accident. In her life, she only had her grandfather and her brother, no maternal elders. How could she bear this? Although the intimacy in Zheng's eyes was not directed at her, it made her eyes red. Seeing this, Zheng felt even more distressed. She gently held her in her arms, comforting her daughter while not forgetting to praise Zhou Jin who was holding a bundle of wormwood.
"Ajin is becoming more and more like an older brother! Mom and my brothers and sisters will all depend on you from now on!"
Zhou Jin was very happy to be praised. He threw down the wormwood in his arms and wanted to continue to go to the river with full enthusiasm. As the older brother, he had to do more!
"Hey! Where are you going? Let's eat first!" Zheng hurriedly stopped him when she saw him.
"Hey, mom, please cook the pancakes first. When I was pulling out the wormwood just now, I saw a lot of snails at the roots. I have to pick them up quickly. If I go too late and someone finds them, they will be ruined!" Zhou Jin said quietly to Zheng and Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu also became excited when he heard about snails. Although snails are small, they are still meat!
"Brother, I'll go with you! We can pick up more if we go together!"
"Well, okay, but can your body handle it?" Zhou Jin was very worried about his sister's current physical condition. She was as thin as a skeleton.
"It's okay, I'm just weak! I'll just drink some snail porridge when I get back!" Zhou Yu said nonchalantly, his mind completely focused on the snails.
"Okay, let's go!"
"Oh," Before Zheng could react, the brother and sister disappeared.
"These two children!" Zheng shook her head helplessly. Although she felt that the two children had become different people since they rescued her, she privately attributed this to the fact that the two children had undergone tremendous changes and had grown up suddenly.
After all, isn't she herself different from before? !
In the past, after hearing what Qian said today, according to her personality, she would have died to prove her loyalty. But after escaping death, especially when she saw her children gathered around her with worried faces, she didn't care at all what others said. She had to stay alive to protect her children. This was more important than anything else!
Zheng will never forget the evasive looks in her eyes when she desperately asked for help from her family members when she was kidnapped by bandits today. If the two bandits who captured her had not had an internal conflict, and her son and daughter had not taken the opportunity to rescue her, her family would have been destroyed!
Even after all this, she was still willing to open her heart to that family without any grudges? Just go away! From now on, in her heart, their Zhou family was the Zhou family, and her family was their family. From now on, she would only have her children in her heart. If anyone dared to bully her children again, she would never forgive him!
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