My whole family has crossed with Goldfinger

Chapter 49 No.40 Chapter Nine: Bad Luck
There are countless refugees outside the city of Yiyang Prefecture, and there are many people who are picking wild vegetables, and some of them have gone several miles away to pick wild vegetables.

Several families went far away to paw, and when they came back in the evening, they didn't paw much.

They stopped eating today, and everyone tightened their belts, went to bed early, and planned to queue up early tomorrow morning.

They think this way, and there are many refugees who think the same way as them.

Before dawn the next day, there was a long queue at the gate of the city.

Old man Xu opened his eyes and couldn't sit still anymore, so he hurriedly arranged a division of labor, and more than half of the people went to line up, leaving only the old ones, watching the children and household belongings.

The group of them lined up in a long line that could not be seen at a glance.

The four members of Xu Yinyin's family were also squeezed inside, facing the cold morning wind.

The porridge would definitely not be given so early, but in order to get the porridge, the refugees all tried their best to be the first to line up, and who knew if they could get the porridge.

Everyone sits on the spot when they are tired from standing. In short, they will not leave their seats easily.

This station lasted for two hours, Xu Yinyin stood and sat, she was extremely tired.

Zhang Xiulan asked Xu Chunshan in a low voice again: "Did you see it come out?"

Xu Chunshan shook his head, "No."

"It's time to wait." Zhang Xiulan sighed.

Another half an hour passed, and it was almost noon, but there was still no movement at the city gate.

Uncle Zhang, who was at the front of their group, couldn't help asking the people in front, "Hey brother, were you there yesterday? Did you give out the porridge at this time yesterday?"

The man turned his head to look at Uncle Zhang, stamped his numb feet, and said, "The porridge was almost finished at this time yesterday."

Uncle Zhang looked forward, "Then what's going on today? No more porridge?"

The man shook his head, "I don't know, it's been going on for a few days, who knows if those wealthy households in the city are still willing."

While speaking, there was movement at the gate of the city. The refugees at the front saw the gate open, and they were all excited. They stood up quickly and looked forward to it.

"It's coming!"

"Quickly line up, the bowl is ready!"

"..."

But as the city gate opened, a group of people came out of the corridor, but the refugees were taken aback.

What about the porridge cart?
Nothing.

Isn't this from the porridge?
The few families just came here today, and they don't know the situation. They are in the front and middle section, but they can't see the situation at the front clearly even when they stand on tiptoe. I didn't see the team move forward for a long time, but I only heard murmurs in front of me, like sighing.

Uncle Zhang jumped up to look, and rushed forward to ask, "What's the matter?"

The one in front asked the one in front again, and after a while, the next word came, "There is no porridge today! There are a lot of people from the city who say they buy people with grain, young girls and boys, each with a bucket of grain!"

The crowd was disappointed for a while, and Zhou Chuan, unable to stand still, simply left the team and went to see the situation with his own eyes.

Not long after, he came back with a sad expression on his face, "I really don't want to give out porridge. Those who are willing to sell their bodies go forward, and they can receive food after signing the contract of selling themselves."

Discussions among the refugees also started.

"Just a bucket of grain, this person is too worthless."

"In these days, people are the most worthless things. If you give them back for a bucket, you can still survive if you sell them. You will never die of hunger!"

"How is it? Do you sell it?"

"No more porridge, this team is in vain, let's go, let's go back and discuss with the family."

"..."

People in the queue gradually left.

The family looked at me and I looked at yours, and immediately decided to go back first.

When I went back and told the matter to Old Man Xu and the others, Old Man Xu also sighed endlessly.

It's hard to catch up with the porridge here, but when they first arrived, the porridge was not given. It's really bad luck!

"What should we do?" Zheng Tiehammer said in a low voice.

Old man Zhou stared, "We can't sell our daughter even if we are starving to death! Who knows why we are buying young girls and boys? If we don't sell them, we won't sell them!"

Old man Xu's mouth was bitter, but he also nodded, "Not for sale, you guys have been standing all morning, let's take a rest first."

There are those who are determined not to sell their family members like a few families, but there are also those who can’t wait to see the way to survive and drag their daughters to line up to get their fingerprints, and there are also those who are so hungry that they voluntarily sell themselves to beg. food.

For a while, there were people crying and shouting at the gate of the city, and there were all kinds of sounds.

Several families just watched in place.

In the family nestled close to them, the daughter of the family wiped her tears and gritted her teeth to sell herself so that the family would not starve to death, and she dragged her father to follow to get food.

This man came back red-eyed with his daughter's food for sale. Before he returned to his family, he was robbed of the food. How could he do this? The man was desperately protecting him, but he was beaten to death. The family members carried it back crying and crying, and they could only get in and out of their breath.

This is really a person who has no food and has nothing to gain.

Seeing several family members sigh.

It lasted until mid-afternoon, when the movement at the gate of the city stopped, and the gate was closed again.

But outside the city, the aroma of porridge was overflowing, and the refugees stretched their necks, eager to drill into places with aroma.

Several families cooked a pot of wild vegetable soup, each of them drank in two mouthfuls, and slept with their stomachs covered.

On the second day, people in the city still came out to buy food. This time, there were even more people who got their fingerprints and sold themselves. Of course, girls accounted for the majority.

After the third day, there were fewer young people visible to the naked eye outside the city.

The daughters-in-law of several families are all nervous about their daughters, for fear that the father-in-law and mother-in-law will not be able to hold on and sell their daughters.

Mrs. Xu glared at Zhang Xiulan fiercely at the first place, "What's wrong with me? Can I sell my own granddaughter? You can tighten my grip and tie you up!"

Zhang Xiulan smiled awkwardly, and let go of Xu Yinyin's hand.

With Mrs. Xu's incident, Mrs. Shi also scolded her daughter-in-law, "Swallow your hearts back into your stomach, I won't do that evil thing! If you are hungry, you will be hungry. We are all hungry. You have to eat your own food." Bite it, don't drag your daughter to exchange food!"

After talking, the daughters-in-law coaxed the mother-in-law with shy faces, and the matter was over.

But he didn't want to, Shi Sanya, the youngest daughter of Shi's second child, stood up, cried and said to her mother: "Mother, just let me go, I am so hungry that I can't take it anymore!"

Zhong's eyes turned red, "Sanya! Don't be stupid, are you really going? If you go, you will never see your parents again!"

Shi Sanya became cruel, "Mother, let me go! I want to have enough to eat! Just pretend you never gave birth to me."

Mrs. Zhong couldn't help crying, she only looked at Old Madam Shi eagerly, hoping that her mother-in-law could persuade her daughter.

Old Madam Shi looked at Shi Sanya and said, "Sanya, are you really determined to go?"

Shi Sanya nodded straight, "Grandma, let me go, I don't want to starve to death."

"It's a crime." Mrs. Shi sighed.

In the end, Shi Sanya still went, and Shi Laoer took her son Shi Erlang to send her there. There were three of them when they went, and there were only two of them when they came back, plus a small bag of grain.

The bag was small, but it was extremely heavy to carry in Old Shi's hands.

(End of this chapter)