After Liang Shengdi took a bite of the bun, she felt as if she could live a few more days.
She felt that she had to go to the city. Walking outside every day, she could eat tree bark and grass roots to keep herself full, but there was no place to beg for food!
Look at these buns. People outside don’t have them. They still have to go into the big city.
Liang Shengdi walked forward confidently and asked people how far it was to the county town.
"County town? Which county? We've already passed Shanyin County, and Su County is even further ahead."
Liang Shengdi: ...Her feeling was right. We've already passed Shanyin County. Never mind. Let's go to Su County then.
Liang Shengdi continued to move forward with a grunt, but this time she had learned her lesson. Every time she arrived at a village, she would go around and beg for alms, saying that the Buddha would bless her.
In most cases, they will be kicked out because there are so many beggars recently.
But very occasionally, she could still get some wild vegetable balls mixed with sand and stones, and Liang Shengdi would be happy for three days and three nights just from that.
Of course, as she said, that was only occasionally. Most of the time, she was still hungry.
For example, now, she has only drunk water for three or four days and is still afraid to eat dirt.
Because just the day before yesterday, she saw an old man lying on the side of the road with a huge swollen belly. They said he died of bloating from eating Guanyin soil.
Even though she felt like she would be better off dead every day, if she was really going to die, she decided to just live on. As long as she lived long enough, maybe one day she could eat chicken.
Liang Shengdi encouraged herself as she walked forward and entered a village surrounded by a river, intending to try her luck.
She knocked on the first door, but no one paid any attention to her.
He knocked on the second door, opened it a crack, and saw that she was a beggar, so he slammed the door shut.
Knock on the third door,...
Liang Shengdi didn't know how many houses she knocked on. She only knew that after knocking for a while, she could hardly stand. If this family didn't open the door, she might die on their doorstep.
If I really die, don't blame me. I didn't do it on purpose. I just want you to help me dig a hole and bury me. It's better to dig it deep so that the wolves won't dig it out and eat it...
Liang Shengdi's mind was full of a mess of thoughts when she finally heard the door in front of her creak open. But before she could say "please give me something to eat", her eyes rolled back and she slid to the ground.
"Hey! Hey!" Lin Wenxuan panicked and quickly called for help inside the house, "Mom! Mom! This guy has fainted!"
Zhang Xiaonu ran out and saw that the frown on her brow had deepened even further. "Didn't I tell you? Don't open the door to people these days! They're all beggars! Why are you opening the door for them?"
Lin Wenxuan also felt a little aggrieved. He pointed at the gourd ladle in his hand and said, "Well, I think it's not easy for everyone. If we don't have food, we can just give water to drink..."
Zhang Xiaonu is also aware of her son's character. He is almost like a Bodhisattva, and she feels very disappointed with him.
"Now he's stuck here! He can be dismissed with just a sip of water!"
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaonu didn't lose her conscience and just throw Liang Shengdi out. She let Lin Wenxuan drag her in. Although he didn't put her on the bed, he did find a bamboo chair for her to lie on.
Lin Wenxuan also took out his own portion of six-grain porridge from the evening and wanted to give it to Liang Shengdi.
Zhang Xiaonu rolled her eyes and angrily instructed her son, "Feed her water first, and don't make the porridge too thick..." It's not that I'm stingy! She can obviously be hungry for a long time! If you make it so thick for her, you're killing her!
Yes! Feed her a little at a time! Don't overfeed her, just enough! Wait until she wakes up and let her eat on her own!
…
Liang Shengdi felt completely light and unconscious. In her daze, she felt hot water flowing into her mouth.
Hot water?
Wow! She drank hot water?!
She swallowed the water desperately like a traveler who had been in the desert for a long time, but before she had drunk it for long, she felt the hot water stop flowing again.
Before she could get anxious, another stream of something as hot as water, but thicker and saltier than water, was poured into her mouth.
It was like she had buried her head directly in the river and was drinking the water from the upper layer of the riverbed.
No, there is a big difference. This one doesn't seem to have sand in it. It's fine powder! It's a paste!
Liang Shengdi closed her eyes and swallowed continuously. Seeing Zhang Xiaonv frowning even more, she cursed softly, "Starving ghost...", and then received her son's dissatisfied gaze.
The thing Zhang Xiaonu regretted most in her life was probably letting her youngest son learn from his father. Her husband used to be a servant for a landlord's son. After learning a few words, he thought he was different from the peasants.
He even taught his own sons what he learned from the young master, without even considering whether their poor family was worthy of the title!
In times like these, is it time for these poor people to be kind and generous?!
The wrinkles on Zhang Xiaonu's face, which was always serious, became even deeper.
Lin Wenxuan didn't care about the unfriendly look and fed Liang Shengdi the porridge. Liang Shengdi was still not awake. He saw that her face was covered with blood and mud, so he took a handkerchief dipped in water and wiped it off. As he wiped it, he saw it.
"Mom, she is a girl?!"
When he first saw Liang Shengdi's dirty clothes and messy short hair that had been gnawed by a dog, he thought he was a man. But... there was nothing about him that looked like a girl.
Zhang Xiaonu also noticed that it was a girl. Although she looked a little darker, a little rougher, and very thin, her foundation was not bad. Judging from her age, she was probably about the same age as Wenxuan...
Zhang Xiaonu's eyes rolled around for several times, then she patted her son's shoulder.
"You go to work! I'll stay here."
"Ah? You just..."
"Don't worry! She won't starve to death!"
…
When Liang Shengdi woke up, she stared at the beams above her head for a long time with her eyes open.
Where the hell is this?
Why does she always not know where she is when she wakes up? Is she really crazy?
"Are you awake?"
An old face that looked like it had been frowning for years, trying hard to put on a friendly look, appeared above Liang Shengdi's head.
Liang Shengdi's eyes moved, but her body was still a little hesitant.
"Here, there's half a bowl of six-grain paste. If you want..."
With a "swish", Liang Shengdi jumped up from the chair, snatched the six-grain porridge from Zhang Xiaonu's hand, and poured it into her mouth with all her might.
It smells so good! It tastes so good! It tastes exactly like what she had in her dream!
The bowl was not very big, and there was only half a bowl left. The not very viscous liquid that was poured in at once could not drip down.
Liang Shengdi began to lick with her tongue, licking the entire bottom of the bowl until it was shining, and she also licked the edge and walls of the bowl, not leaving a single drop.
Seeing her like that, Zhang Xiaonu felt really sorry for her and went to pour her a bowl of hot water.
"You've been hungry for too long. It's not good to eat too much at once. Just eat this for now and we'll talk about it tonight. Come and have some water."
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