Chapter 4 Fighting Fire with Fire
The mother and daughter pushed each other like this, which moved Ding Xiaodie a little.
She had no choice but to take the bottle and take a sip, then handed it to her mother. After the two of them drank it, half a bottle was left. After returning, she quietly put it in Ding Gui's hand, and then Ding Xiaodie whispered to him about the space.
Ding Gui opened his mouth in shock, and then laughed so hard that the corners of his mouth stretched to his ears.
It's so fun. I didn't expect that he could still keep up with the fashion at his age. It's about time travel and space. It's worth it.
With this bottle of water, Ding Xiaodie did not tell them that she had a rabbit in her arms for the time being. Anyway, it was unrealistic to cook a rabbit for so many people. Now she had water to hold on for a while. Everything else could only be done when dawn came and everyone started moving.
But that night, the three members of the Ding family almost died.
I was suddenly moved from a high bed with soft pillows to a pile of mud and stones. I had a branded mattress the day before, but tonight I had to use stones as a bed. When I woke up, every part of my body ached, as if all the bones in my body had been torn apart and reassembled.
"Hurry up, everyone, get up and work harder. Yangliu Town is just over this mountain. We have to get there before the sun rises, or you'll all die of thirst. Do you hear me?"
Not far away, the village chief Lai Fu's hoarse voice encouraged everyone.
But soon, a burst of howling came from the ragged villagers.
Someone died of starvation while sleeping last night, and was discovered this morning that he could not be woken up. His family was heartbroken, and everyone's mood instantly fell into a trough of helplessness.
Zhang Xiu couldn't help wiping away her tears.
So miserable!
Ding Xiaodie looked at the people in front of her with a depressed mood. Her mother and father were both skinny and frail, and they were afraid that a gust of wind would blow them down. Old woman Wang Dafeng was not much better, her skin was as thin as old tree bark, and she herself...
Stretch out your short arms and legs.
Oh my god, this child doesn't look like a twelve-year-old at all. It's not an exaggeration to say he's seven or eight years old. This is a typical case of malnutrition.
On the other side, Lai Fu took a weak step over to take a look and comforted the family of the deceased: "No one has the energy to bury him. He is just a rotten bag of skin. Let him be!"
"Village chief, last night you said you would bury the three members of the Ding family, but now it's my family's turn and you say you won't. That's not fair."
"Yes, village chief, bury it!"
The family was not convinced. They were from the Li family and the one who passed away was an elder from their ancestor generation. They couldn't bear to not bury him and let his body be exposed in the wilderness.
The others just stood aside helplessly, not a single word coming out of their dry and cracked mouths.
The village chief, Lai Fu, waved his hands feebly. "Listen, Li family, I'm not being unfair. The three members of the Ding family were trampled to death by a large group last night. Besides, everyone is hungry, and they've gotten hungrier every hour. Now we don't even have a drink of water, so we don't have the energy to dig any more. If you trust me, put the body of our ancestor behind a rock, and when we get enough food in Yangliu Town, we'll come back and bury it. Otherwise, you can find a way to bury it among yourselves."
The Li family looked at each other in bewilderment: "..."
In fact, they didn't have the strength to bury the body, so they wanted the villagers to help.
Seeing that no one was willing to help, I had no choice but to shut up!
Seeing that his family didn't say anything, Lai Fu waved his hand again and said, "Okay, let's go."
People die, but we can't even bury them. How pitiful are the people in this world?
Looking at the rather tragic figure of Village Chief Lai Fu, Ding Xiaodie asked her father, "Do you think so many people can get food if they go to Yangliu Town to beg at the same time?"
"Based on rational analysis, it's basically impossible."
You have to know that although the whole village has been out for several days, the sky is still the same. Drought cannot be divided by boundaries. Just looking at the bright hillside in front of them, it is obvious that this group of people have not yet escaped the drought period.
"What are you mumbling about? Hurry up and carry me on your back. If you can't get any food, you three will starve to death."
Seeing that her third son and his family showed no intention of making any move, Wang Dafeng was so anxious that she wanted to hit Ding Gui with a stick.
Ding Gui reluctantly bent down and prepared to carry her on his back, but was stopped by Ding Xiaodie, who whispered, "Let's let them walk for a while first."
After he finished speaking, he pointed to his arms and said, "There's food."
Ding Gui and Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up immediately. Hearing that there was food, Wang Dafeng stretched out her old hand and grabbed Ding Xiaodie's wrist, saying in a low voice, "Show me what's here, hurry up."
Seeing his daughter's thin body being pulled by her like this, Ding Gui was furious.
He could not tolerate his beloved baby being bullied, so why was he pretending to be the original owner? Anyway, everyone in the village had moved on and no one saw it.
He stepped forward and snatched his daughter's hand back, saying with a sullen face, "Mom, if you continue to treat Xiaodie like this, you will have to walk the rest of the way on your own."
Does the old woman really think they are easy to bully?
The original owner was afraid of her, but she respected her as a mother. Now the three of them obeyed her because no matter what, they occupied the bodies of the old woman's son and his family.
If it is the grace of rebirth, then it is reasonable for them to repay the favor, but they just can't bear it anymore.
"Hello, are you rebelling?"
How could Wang Dafeng know all these things? She only knew that she wanted to be the bully forever, and her youngest son and his family of three had to obey her unconditionally. In other words, she just wanted to beat people with a stick.
"Grandma, what do you see?"
At this moment, Ding Xiaodie pulled out a piece of rabbit's foot from her arms and showed it to me. Her skinny face, which was not even half the size of a palm, had a smug look on it: "If you hit my dad, you won't have anything to eat."
There's no other way. To deal with an old woman like this, you can only fight poison with poison. You can't try to persuade her by talking to her, right? No, such a woman will be like this for the rest of her life. You can't persuade her, so you can only force her.
This trick really works.
Wang Dafeng was stunned for a moment!
No matter what kind of animal it was, a green light flashed in her eyes, and a word slowly emerged from her dry mouth: "Meat."
At this moment, Lai Fu, who was standing on the top of the hill, noticed that his family had not moved yet, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "Ding Gui's family, hurry up and catch up."
Ding Gui quickly pretended to be timid and shouted back, "Village Chief, you guys go first. My mother needs to go to the toilet. We'll follow her later."
This kind of thing happened a lot along the way. Lai Fu shook his head, turned around and shouted at the team to move forward.
Only then did Ding Xiaodie take the rabbit out of her arms.
"rabbit."
"Meat, there's meat to eat!"
"Baoer, you are so awesome!"
The whole family was excited. Wang Dafeng was so selfish that she reached out to grab the rabbit, but Ding Gui took it away. Zhang Xiu felt that her mother-in-law was even more shameless. The couple said nothing and went to deal with the rabbit aside.
Fortunately, the original owner had a knife with him. He found a clean stone to peel the rabbit skin, and then used a stick to string it from head to tail.
At the moment they didn't even have a pot, and they didn't have enough time, so it was impossible for them to drink soup and eat meat. They could only roast it and finish it quickly.
During this time, Wang Dafeng's cloudy triangular eyes kept staring at the little kid beside her: "Xiaodie, tell grandma, where did the rabbit come from?"
(End of this chapter)
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