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”Mom.” What are we going to eat? ” Mother said:
”Take out the pickled vegetables first. Do you see the elm leaf by the side of the road? If you are thirsty, go to the brook and drink some water. ”
Therefore, they ate elm leaf s in big bites … The elm leaf at the end of June was indeed a little old that people could not chew on. But no matter what, there was still pickled vegetables to eat, so he could still barely satisfy his hunger. At that time, Zi Peng was 16 years old, Chun Lan was 14 years old and Wen Zhan was only 7 years old. No matter what, Wen Zhan couldn't eat it. He could only watch on from the side as the three of them ate and silently shed tears as he watched. When his mother saw this, her heart felt like it had been stabbed by a knife. At this moment, what could Tian Tian do? When he got on the car yesterday, Wen Tian bought 10 steamed buns and they finished them in the morning. What should he do? To continue like this, one had to starve to death. As he thought of this, she said to everyone:
Let's quickly move forward, to a place with other families, and go beg for food for Wen Zhan to eat, we can't just wait for death!
”Come on,” the mother said, and they walked on. After walking for over a mile, there was a house in front of them. At this moment, it was already 2 in the afternoon. All the men in the house had gone to work. At this time, the mother went to knock on the door, after a short while, from the inside came out a 20 - year - old farmer's daughter-in-law. She was tall and slender, with two one-foot long braids on her head. She had a clean and white face, and a pair of large eyes that were full of spirit. She was very pretty. Without waiting for the person to speak, the mother first opened her mouth to the young wife. Mother told the whole story from the beginning. After the young wife finished listening, she said:
”It's really pitiful to see all of you like this. My house is only left with some noodle soup, please come in and have a bowl.”
Thus, Mother and the others entered the courtyard. His mother handed a bowl of porridge to Wen Zhan and his mother. At this moment, Wen Zhan was already so hungry that stars appeared in his eyes. He took the bowl and gulped it down cleanly. Sigh! Finally, he had a full meal. The mother was extremely grateful to the young daughter-in-law. Then, he continued moving forward.
Around four in the afternoon, the five of them walked to a small railway station. They could not remember the name of the station. At this time, none of them could move anymore. They only felt their bodies go limp, their legs trembling, and their eyes blooming with golden flowers. It was as if their bodies had fallen apart, causing them to break out in a cold sweat. When the mother saw this, she said:
”I don't think any of us can make it. Let's go to the station and rest for the night.”
The three siblings followed their mother into the waiting room. On their way in, Zi Peng and his siblings were all lying on the ground, not getting up at all. Only my father and mother managed to sit on the stools.
Around 8pm, an aunt in her 40s walked in. She was over 1.6 meters tall, and was dressed in a railway uniform. She had short hair, big eyes, a pretty face, and was very handsome. When she cast her gaze at Zi Peng and the other three people, she was stunned. His kind face turned serious. She came over and shouted at them:
”Where did you come from? Where did you go? Why was he lying on the concrete? ”I'm telling you, if you're going to take a bus, go buy a ticket. If you're not going to take a bus, then quickly leave. People passing by are not allowed to be taken in.” When her mother heard this, she forced herself to her feet and explained the situation to the railway worker. Mother cried as she said, ”Big sister, please. We're really desperate. ” Then the mother sobbed, and the aunt, with a sudden twinkle of her large eyes, transformed her grave face into one of kindness and gentleness. She put her hand on her mother's shoulder and said:
”Big Sis, I was unaware of the situation just now, so I said something that shouldn't have been said. Please forgive me.” After listening to your story, I realized how pitiful your family was. You guys are going to the generalization. If you walk, even if you beg for food all the way, you won't be able to reach there in three months. Let's do it this way. I can't stand seeing you guys in such a pitiful state. Let me give you a hand. Tonight at 10 o'clock, there is a fast train for Yi Chun to Siping. I will send you guys on board, then I will discuss the situation with the conductor and send you guys to Siping. Once we get to Siping, we will be very close to him. Can you guys think of another way? ” His mother said, ”Big sis, thank you. I finally met someone important.” After which, he kneeled to the ground and kowtowed to the kind-hearted man. The aunt hurriedly helped her mother up, then said:
”Big Sis, what are you thanking me for?” The people of this world care about this world, this is what I should do. Oh, by the way, have you had dinner? ” His mother said, ”I didn't eat. I ate some elm leaf and pickled vegetables at noon.”
”Fine, I am a good person. Tonight, six people from our station will take the night shift and each of us will give two pieces of bread. We will get over it and give them all to you.” The mother thanked him profusely and said:
”Sister, can you tell me what your surname is and what your name is? In the future, we can also repay you for your great kindness. ” Auntie said:
”This isn't something worth mentioning, so there's no need.” She headed for the office.
Not long later, a woman in her 20s brought over 12 pieces of bread. When the Zipeng siblings saw the bread, they immediately grabbed it and started wolfing it down. It wasn't long before the two pieces of bread entered their stomachs, but they were only half full. Father and Mother ate only one each, leaving behind two, which Mother said she left for her brother to eat tomorrow. This was truly an unstoppable fate! Around 9: 50, the bread-delivery waitress led the Zipeng family out of the train station and onto the platform. Ten minutes later a bus came into the station and took them to the train. She turned to her mother and said, ”Auntie, I'm going back.” Mother said:
”Miss, thank you.” The waitress waved and went back to the station.
At this moment, the five people of Zi Peng's family found a seat on the train. After a while, the train started to move. They had been travelling for a whole day. If it wasn't for the two pieces of bread they had just eaten, they would have already passed out from hunger. Just like that, with their tired and limp bodies, they quickly fell asleep. After a day and a night of running, the train arrived at Siping Station in Jilin Province at around 11 PM the next day. When they got out of the car, they carried their luggage into the waiting room. At this time, there were still six hours before daybreak, so he had no choice but to lie down and rest.
Yesterday on the train did not eat for a day and a night, hungry stomach unceasingly cooed. At daybreak, Zi Peng's group of five walked out of the waiting room and arrived at the square. Because without money in your pocket, it's impossible to eat. What is it? The mother brought Zi Peng and the others to a corner of the square and stopped, saying to them:
”You guys stay here and don't move. I'll go take a look around and see if I can find something to satisfy my hunger.” Mother walked around the house and said:
”There's a rubbish dump in the northeast corner, where fructus cucurbitae s that were just thrown out can be eaten. Let's go there, take a basin and cook it for us, we can also satisfy our hunger.” Thus, Zi Peng and the others followed their mother to the trash heap. As expected, there were a few fresh fructus cucurbitae. Zi Peng and his sister took out an aluminum basin to find water. The mother took out a slightly larger one and placed it in the fructus cucurbitae. She then found some sticks of firewood and bricks to support the basin. At this time, the Zi siblings brought a basin full of clear water. They poured it into the basin and lit it with firewood. About 10 minutes later, the water in the basin boiled and the melon seeds cooked. Since they did not have any salt to eat, each of them took a bowl of salted grub and a bowl of fructus cucurbitae soup. Even though it wasn't food, even though it wasn't gourd, they ate very sweetly and sweetly. Not long after, the big bowl of fructus cucurbitae soup had been cleanly drunk, and their entire family had had a full stomach …
Zi Peng and the others hadn't eaten for a day and a night, so the extent of their hunger could be imagined. At this moment, they were too focused on eating the soup and the pickles to pay any attention to their surroundings. When they had finished their meal and looked up again, heh! They were surrounded by people, crowded in and out of the three layers. At this moment, there were a lot of kind-hearted people who couldn't stand it any longer. They took out money and food stamps from their wallets and gave them to Zi Peng and the others. At that time, the food tickets were 3 yuan per catty, some were 3 yuan, some were 2 yuan, some were 1 yuan, and some were 3 catty and one catty. In a short while, they had gathered 20 jin of food stamps and 30 yuan worth of money. When her mother saw this, she could not help but say:
”Thank you, thank you! We will not forget your help and kindness in times of trouble. ”
At this moment, Zi Peng raised his head and saw that some of them were crying. Some of them were wiping their eyes with their hands, while others turned around and walked away …