Chapter 82 Encounter
After Qiao Mo said something to Kang Mingyuan and the others, she carried two kilograms of millet, three kilograms of dried sweet potatoes and twenty eggs that she took out from the wooden bracelet space and crossed the Woniu Mountain to the Xishan Brigade.
When she reached the other side of the mountain and was walking down the zigzag path, she heard a faint cry for help. She walked quickly past the path and saw a skinny middle-aged woman trying hard to carry a middle-aged man who had fainted. Although the man was as thin as a bamboo pole, he was not someone a malnourished woman could carry on her back.
Qiao Mo walked over and scanned the man's body with his spiritual sense. He found that he was hungry, so he took out an insulated lunch box filled with millet porridge from his bag (actually from the space) and handed it to the woman. She helped the man up, pinched his philtrum, and after the man opened his eyes, she signaled the woman to feed him.
After eating a bowl of millet porridge, the man finally regained consciousness and pulled the woman to express his gratitude to her.
"Where are you from? Why are you so hungry?" Qiao Mo looked at them in tattered clothes, starving to the point of being skin and bones, looking like they would collapse at any time, so she asked. According to her understanding, although this is a mountainous area, as long as you eat half full diligently, it is fine, and people generally will not starve to death.
"Little girl, please go. We are bad guys who have come here for labor reform. If someone sees us, you will be implicated." There was a dead look in the woman's eyes. After she said that, she supported the man and was about to go down the mountain.
Qiao Mo couldn't bear to see them stumbling and looking like they might roll down the mountain at any moment. He walked over and carried the man down the mountain, then followed the woman's guidance into the drafty thatched hut.
It also became clear that they were a couple and had both worked at Tunghai University. The man, Wu Yuanxin, was a professor of architecture, and the woman, Bai Ge, was a professor of Spanish.
Wu Yuanxin and Bai Ge were both returned overseas students, and they often kept in touch with their overseas study friends after returning to China. A few years ago, they were framed and reported, and were soon sent to the Xishan Brigade for labor reform. Over the years, they were not well fed or well dressed, and their bodies were broken by the heavy physical labor and irregular education.
After Qiao Mo came through, she came to the Dongshan Brigade, which was peaceful and quiet. She forgot that this was a special era. She felt deeply sorry for their plight and could not bear to watch them die of hunger and cold. She was insignificant and could not change the overall environment, but she could still improve their lives.
"I am also from Donghai City. I am an educated youth in the Dongshan Brigade next door. Uncle Wu, Aunt Bai, I believe that days like this will eventually pass. Maybe the light will come soon. Since you have persisted for so long, you might as well hold on for another two years." Qiao Mo saw that they were only in their forties, but their faces were full of weathered skin, like an old lady and old man who were about to die. He couldn't help but feel pity for them.
"We also want to survive and see our son who lives far away in the northeast, but the situation is pressing." Bai Ge sighed and said, she also wanted to live, but they had nothing. In order to save some food for her, Old Wu almost starved to death today.
"Aunt Bai, don't worry. Since we are fellow villagers, I will try my best to help you." Qiao Mo thought that they were all knowledgeable people with problems and pillars of the country, so he wanted to help them get through the past two years.
"Little girl, we know you are a good person, but this is our current situation. Contacting us will only implicate you, so next time you see us, you must pretend not to know us." Wu Yuanxin shook his head. They had already been like this and didn't want to implicate this kind girl again.
"Don't worry, Uncle Wu. I will be careful." Qiao Mo had carefully observed the surrounding terrain. The small thatched house they lived in was at the foot of Woniu Mountain. There were no other neighbors around. She believed that others would not dare to interact with them. She came from Dongshan Brigade. As long as she was careful, she would not attract other people's attention.
"Little girl, we appreciate your kindness, but..." Bai Ge also wanted to refuse.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
