Chapter 89 Cutting Meat
Song once again saw a young man who had died of a high fever due to hunger. The people fleeing famine immediately rushed to rob him, completely ignoring the heart-wrenching efforts of the young man's mother to protect him, but in the end she failed to save him.
Li Mazi and Shen Ercheng each grabbed an entire arm. They were both extremely excited at this moment as they could finally have a full meal.
After Song took a look at Xu Jinbao, she suddenly felt a surge of strength. She picked up a knife and rushed over to join the looting.
Everyone in the Xu family was shocked by Song's behavior. They stared at her as she came out of the crowd with a palm-sized piece of meat in her hand.
Regardless of what they thought, Song just took the meat back to prevent anyone from snatching it away. She chopped the meat into pieces with a knife and quickly fed it to Xu Jinbao. His mouth was full but he didn't move.
Seeing this, Xu Le, who was standing by, went over to help Xu Jinbao by lowering his throat. He tried every possible method, but to no avail.
"Wooooo! JINBO!!!"
When everyone in the Xu family saw this, they knew that this was hopeless and they couldn’t help but sob.
Chen Jun over there heard the movement of the Xu family and couldn't help but look at Yun beside him. His son Chen Huer in his arms was already dying at this time. He was very conflicted, but in the end he couldn't bear to give up his own life.
Chen Jun covered his face and choked up, "Yun, our Hu'er...he...I'm afraid he won't survive! Otherwise, let's use Hu'er to exchange Xu Jinbao with Song!"
Hearing this, Yun looked at Chen Jun in disbelief: "He is your own son, how could you abandon him?"
Chen Jun: "He is already dying. By exchanging him, we can at least ensure that both of us can reach Lincheng alive."
"Chen Jun, you dare to have thoughts about my son, I will fight you!" Yun looked at Chen Jun with disappointment, then stumbled away to the other side holding Chen Huer.
And here, Chen Xiaohua is completely unrecognizable from her original appearance.
Gu Yun handed the knife to Chen Xiaohua, then kissed her forehead and coaxed her gently: "Xiaohua, my mother is slowly recovering now, but the meat is still not enough. Can you bear with it and cut more today?"
"Don't worry, Xiaohua. We still have plenty of hemostatic drugs and other medicines. I will definitely not let anything happen to you."
"I'm sorry, I also want to cut my own, but if mother wakes up and finds out, she won't be able to bear it. Her lifelong wish is that I will be well, pass the imperial examination, and earn her an imperial title."
"Xiaohua, don't worry. I, Gu Yun, swear that as long as we get through this difficult time, I will only marry you, Chen Xiaohua, in this life. No matter what difficulties we face, I, Gu Yun, will never leave you."
Chen Xiaohua's eyes welled up with tears when she heard this. Finally, she couldn't hold back her tears and fell down: "I just asked you to go and grab it, why didn't you go?"
Seeing this, Gu Yun gently helped Chen Xiaohua wipe her tears and continued to persuade her: "My wife, the young man just died of a high fever for several days. What if the disease is over in your condition?"
"Also, if mom wakes up and knows that you saved her life, she will accept you wholeheartedly, and our family will live happily in harmony in the future."
After saying that, he raised his hand and slapped himself in the face a few times: "It's all my fault. If I wasn't a scholar who only knew how to study, God wouldn't have let you suffer with me! I'm useless, I deserve to die."
"My dear, give me the knife. You are here to cut my flesh today. If I wake up, I will say it is yours. This way, I can have the best of both worlds."
Chen Xiaohua saw Gu Yun was about to come over to grab the knife, and was finally moved by him. She grabbed his hand to stop him:
"I will do the cutting, but you must remember the oath you made today. If you betray me, not only will you fail in the imperial examinations, but you will also lose your title as a scholar."
Hearing this, Gu Yun nodded and agreed without even thinking.
The next day, the village head took everyone to have breakfast and line up at another city gate. As long as they could pass, they would reach the next city much faster!
While they were queuing, they saw a citizen in the crowd entering the city in the distance, and he seemed to have a conflict with the officer guarding the city gate.
"You officials are just taking advantage of the situation. You charge 15 coins per person to enter the city. Aren't you forcing us ordinary people to die?"
A very thin man, with clothes on his body, empty, like clothes hanging on a bamboo pole. After arguing with the officer, he covered his chest and gasped weakly, which showed that he had put all his strength into saying those words.
Officer: "Are you going to enter the city or not?"
"Get out of the way now, this applies to everyone who comes here. If you don't want to enter the city, don't delay the people behind you."
After saying this, the man pretended to draw his sword, and finally walked away with gritted teeth! He walked through the crowd and came to the six people waiting under the tree outside the city gate.
An old lady, who was half lying under a tree at this time, saw the man coming back. She propped up her weak body, opened her cracked and white lips, and gasped, "Aze... why are you back?"
The man heard this and sat on the ground for a while before saying, "Mom, each person has to pay fifteen cents to enter the city."
The woman with frighteningly large eyes at the side, with no flesh on her face except for her two bulging eyes, looked even more frightening. After hearing what the man said, she suddenly became desperate:
"Fifteen coins per person, that means seven of us need one hundred and five coins. Woohoo, now dad, Manman, and Mingchuan have been unconscious for two days, and we only have one or two taels of silver left! We have to keep some for them to see a doctor in the city, so what are we going to do next?"
Upon hearing this, the man was silent for a moment. Then he looked at his father, son and daughter lying on the ground. The grown man knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
The tribe leader on the other side was also helpless after hearing the noise. He shook his head and sighed. He wanted to help but he had no ability! Along the way, the four tribe elders in the same row with him all stayed on the road, and his wife who had been with him for fifty years finally did not make it.
When the old lady saw her son's painful expression, she also burst into tears. Looking at her young granddaughter and grandson, she picked up the bag beside her, found the machete, and rolled up her sleeves. Her skinny arm was missing a palm-sized piece of flesh.
When the man saw his mother was about to cut the meat again, he was so scared that he rushed over to grab the knife. As the two struggled, the old lady was pushed down next to the old man.
The old lady touched the old man's chest, her face turned pale, and then she felt his breath with shaking hands. After getting the result, she burst into tears: "Old man!!!"
The man hurried to check again and found that there was really no air coming out of his nose. He immediately yelled, "Dad!!!"
As for Xu Zhiyi, it was her turn. She was just about to take out the silver when she heard the sudden miserable shout. She paused for a moment and then opened her purse.
When Su looked at Xu Zhiyi who was about to give her money, she felt a sudden pain in her heart for some reason.
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