As if she had guessed her doubt, Meng Tian smiled bitterly.
"It's not your fault. We failed to protect her."
Gu Zuozuo shook his head and smiled.
"She doesn't blame you. Her life was short, and half of the sweetness she tasted was given by you. If it weren't for you, her fate would be even worse."
Meng Tian's eyes were red and she lowered her head quickly for fear of being seen.
"Was she…okay when she left?"
"Well, there was no pain, just some fear. I avenged her and the people who caused her to fall into this situation."
Although she hasn't sorted out the ones abroad yet, there's no rush, she has plenty of time.
"What's your real name?"
Meng Tian calmed herself down, swallowed the sob in her throat, and changed the subject.
"You may not believe it, but my name is also Gu Zuozuo."
Meng Tian was really surprised. Is it such a coincidence?
"Really? I can't believe I have the same name as her. Not only do we have the same name, but we even have the same birthday. Of course, the year is different."
"I'm sorry, I did remember your birthday, but I was in a bad mood that day, so..."
"I understand. If it were me, I would probably be more excited than you."
Meng Tian smiled, but there was an unconcealable sadness in the depths of her eyes.
They tried to protect her for sixteen years, but still failed to do so. She was so scared and lonely, and then she disappeared quietly in a corner where no one knew.
A warm and slender hand held her hand, and Gu Zuozuo spoke comforting words into her ear.
"Don't worry, she's still alive, just not in this world."
Meng Tian's eyes lit up and she turned sharply to look at the girl beside her.
"Are you serious? Is she really... still alive?"
"Yes, really. Otherwise, why do you think I got her memories? A living being will disappear immediately after being confirmed dead. Even if someone takes the initiative later, they won't get a single thing left behind by the previous one. So she didn't disappear, and neither did I."
Meng Tian thought about it for a while, not sure if Ming understood it or not, but the worry in her eyes disappeared a lot.
"Thank you for living for her."
Gu Zuozuo tilted his head, and a genuine smile appeared in his eyes.
"Having you is her luck and mine."
"What are you two saying? Can you say something I can understand?"
Qi Meng was puzzled for a while. She really didn't understand what they were talking about. Was there a fourth person between them? Or was she not involved?
"It's okay. Are you hungry? You can eat more later."
Remembering the bitter past and thinking of the sweet past, sounds like a good idea.
However, half an hour later, Gu Zuozuo took back his words. How could this be called rice? This was clearly a supreme dark cuisine that would blow your taste buds and eyes away!
The bark, leaves, roots, wild vegetables, grass roots, bran, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, and potatoes were chopped together and put into a pot to cook, turning into a big pot of neither yellow nor green... porridge?
(The information I checked mentioned all coarse grains. I specifically asked the elderly in my family, and they said that the "Yi Ku Si Tian Rice" should be like this. However, it should be different in each place.)
Each person received a steamed bun made of wild vegetables and bran, and a bowl of bran and vegetable porridge.
The people at the educated youth site looked at each other with their lunch boxes in hand, and none of them could eat.
"You guys have had too many good times. This meal was the best it could have been seven or eight years ago. So many people want to eat it but can't."
"That's right, thinking back to the Long March..."
A few old men saw that the people at the educated youth site had nothing to eat, and began to live those hard years.
Gradually, the educated youth squatted in a circle with their lunch boxes on the ground.
The picture above shows the scene of eating the Yikusi sweet rice [Deleted for infringement]
After taking a bite of steamed cornbread and drinking a mouthful of porridge that makes your throat choke, he listened with his ears perked up as he listened with great interest to the old men talking about the old days.
"Captain, this is an herb for repelling insects. The children in the village probably haven't had any deworming done before, right?"
Duan Jianhua touched the few remaining hairs on his head, looking puzzled.
"What kind of insects? Why do children need to be dewormed?"
Gu Zuozuo mentioned these two things: three out of ten patients who came to see her had stomachaches in their children, which made Duan Jianhua's eyelids twitch.
"Okay, I'll make more later to help both adults and children get rid of the parasites."
After thinking about it, Gu Zuozuo didn't refuse. The adults in the village might have lived for decades without ever getting rid of insects. It was just the right opportunity to get rid of insects together.
Thinking of this, a look of schadenfreude flashed in Gu Zuozuo's eyes.
The village may be very lively these two days, which may become a psychological shadow for many people.
"Everyone, don't rush to leave after dinner! Gu Zhiqing has prepared a herbal medicine soup. Come and have a bowl, adults and children. If you don't drink it, your work points will be deducted!"
Someone below was unhappy and started shouting it out.
"Why would we drink medicine when we're healthy? We'll get sick even if we drink it!"
"Who said drinking medicine will cure your illness? And you want to get it for free? That's a nice thought! This medicine is to kill the bugs in your stomach. If you don't mind it, don't drink it!"
The man shrank his head and retreated back into the crowd muttering to himself.
"Captain, do we really have worms in our stomachs? What do they look like?"
Duan Jianhua didn't know either, so he looked at Gu Zuozuo beside him and motioned her to speak.
Gu Zuozuo was silent for a while before throwing the image in his mind away and answering with an expressionless face.
“Like noodles.”
There was a pause and then the atmosphere suddenly became quiet, until someone muttered, "I've never eaten noodles twice in my life."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zuozuo's face twisted for a moment, and she swore that she would never touch noodles again in her life!
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