Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Chapter 699: Escape from Famine 4
Fortunately, although Mrs. Du was a vicious person and treated her three daughters-in-law harshly, she truly loved her only daughter. After Du Jincui married into the Geng family, Mrs. Du not only did not let Du Jincui use the Geng family's things to subsidize her parents' family, but when the Du family cooked meat, she would also ask her grandson to come and call her daughter back to eat meat.

But this only applies to her daughter. Her son-in-law Geng Dazhuang and her nephews Geng Xiaowu and Geng Xiaoyu cannot get a single piece of meat from her Du family.

Also because Mrs. Du loved Du Jincui, during the period of fleeing famine, whenever Du Jincui had a bite of food, she would save half for Mrs. Du.

Mrs. Du didn't dare snatch food from her mother-in-law's mouth.

She smiled awkwardly, "Haha, since it's reserved for mother, then wait for mother to come back and sister-in-law will give it to mother."

Not long after, Mrs. Du came back supported by her second and third sisters-in-law Du.

Du Jincui stepped forward with a distressed look on her face to take the third sister-in-law's place, helped her mother sit down, and then took out the half handful of bran, "Mother, this is what I saved from my mouth, you eat it quickly."

"Does the Geng family have nothing else? Without water, how can I swallow the bran? My throat is cut." Mrs. Du's voice was hoarse and rough.

Du Jincui's eyes were red. "Mom, the half bag of bran from Geng's family was left by us because we saved money. We didn't have anything else to eat. Mom, just eat a bite. At least you can survive."

"I can't eat." Mrs. Du closed her eyes. "If you let me eat bran, my throat will hurt so much, and I can't defecate. I... Oh my God, why doesn't it rain? It's going to kill us."

"I am an old woman who has lived for decades. I am so old, but I still have to suffer this. I..."

"Mother, stop howling. Save your energy. We have to hurry on our way." Du Jincui wiped her dry eyes and stuffed the bran into Mrs. Du's hand. "Mother, I beg you. Eat a bite. Maybe we can find food tomorrow. Mother, you must live. If you leave, what will I do?"

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Afterwards, Mrs. Du grabbed the bran and swallowed it into her throat bit by bit with difficulty.

...After Yuanchun fed Geng Dalin and his wife and the five children of the Geng family the fasting pills, they no longer felt hungry and they did not eat anything in the morning.

However, they did not doubt anything at all. They just thought that their mother (grandmother) was right. They must be too hungry, so they did not feel hungry.

After packing up all the things and putting them on the cart, Geng Dalin picked up his youngest son and put him on the cart.

"Mom, come up and sit too. Your son will drag you away." Geng Dalin said to his mother.

Yuanchun waved her hand, "I won't sit down. Although I'm old, I can still walk. When I can't walk anymore, you can drag me along."

Geng Dazhuang, on the other hand, never cared about his mother and the children from beginning to end. He was only thinking about food. When his mother wasn't paying attention, he secretly grabbed a handful of bran and stuffed it into his mouth.

He was choking and rolling his eyes.

After eating the bran, he choked so much that he reached out to the small bundle of grass roots.

Yuanchun slapped him and said, "Geng Dazhuang, what's the matter? It's not enough that you stole the bran, but you also want to steal the children's food?"

"There are only a few grass roots, which are the lives of children. If you eat them, do you want the children to starve to death?"

Geng Dalin looked at his elder brother disapprovingly, "Brother, it's fine if you ate the bran, but why are you still thinking about the grass roots? The children's throats are tender and they can't eat the bran. They rely on this small bundle of grass roots to survive. Without the grass roots, how can you let them live?"

Being scolded by his mother was fine, but his brother who couldn't even say a word on weekdays also scolded him. Geng Dazhuang said angrily, "What do you care? I didn't eat anything."