wife and husband

Chapter 1

Walking forward with the large group of refugees, Shanzao gathered up his worn-out clothes. It was spring, but why was it still so cold?

A skinny child fell down next to him. Apart from crying silently, the only thing the child's parents could do was to dig a small hole on the side of the road and bury the child.In order to save energy, the hole dug was very small, and the child's rags were taken off and worn on another child. The mother of the child couldn't bear it and left a single garment for the poor child.

Shanzao watched indifferently, this kind of scene happened every day, from the fear at the beginning to the indifference now, but in just a few months, in her eyes, the days of peace and happiness have long gone, and now the world, and Hell makes no difference.

As long as you can live, you are stronger than anything else!
Shanzao gathered up the tattered clothes on her body, leaning on a cane and continuing to follow the flow of people.

Originally, she should also have a peaceful life, but the sudden war ruined everything about her.First, in order to avoid arresting the strong man, her brother fell off the cliff and died. Before the body was brought back, the flames of war had already spread to the small mountain village where she lived.

Dad is a barefoot doctor in the village. At first, he could exchange a little herbal medicine for some food, but in the end he couldn't exchange anything.

This run was the beginning of the nightmare.

First, my mother fell ill and died on the road.Dad took her and her younger brother to make a living with difficulty. Many towns closed their gates immediately when they saw a large number of refugees. There was no food. They ate up the crops, bark, and grass roots outside the city.

In the most difficult time, more and more people eat something called Guanyin soil.All of them were bloated from eating, and their father was determined not to allow them to eat Guanyin soil, and would rather let them drink water to live than allow them to be contaminated.

At the beginning, she was also greedy, but after a while, she understood why Dad didn't allow them to touch.

Those native people who ate Guanyin were all dead, all suffocated to death.

Without food, she can bear it, her father can bear it, but her young brother can't. She will always remember the time when her brother starved to death in her arms. At that time, she was already the same as the pair of parents just now. Can helplessly dig a small pit and bury his younger brother who died young.

Daddy was afraid that she would starve to death too, so he sneaked into the city and stole a steamed bun, but he was discovered before she could heat it up. The steamed bun was also snatched away by others.With no medicinal materials and no money, my father only lasted for a few days before passing away.

She is now a complete orphan.

Walking to the side of the road, she sat down and rested for a while. Needless to say, the town in front of her was also closed. She bent down slightly, and she touched a handful of soil from the ground to wipe her face. His short hair was messed up even more.

She is now a fleeing boy, with messy short hair, an unpleasant smell all over her body, dirty clothes, and a stick that is neither long nor short.

The short hair is specially cut. There are countless refugees from her hometown, many of whom have daughters and children. Such people will be targeted by bad guys with ulterior motives.

She had seen with her own eyes that some armed men rushed into the refugee group and snatched many girls and children. At the beginning, some men stopped them, and later some men even helped the bad guys rob people.

After seeing her once, Dad took her to hide aside. Regardless of her cries, he cut off her long hair with a knife and covered her hands, face and neck with mud. What girls value most is Hair and appearance, but at this time, what is more important than life?

From the mouths of other refugees, she knew that those girls and children had been sold elsewhere, and thinking about it, there would be no good end. Since then, she dared not speak up.

Looking at her blistered feet and black arms, Shanzao suddenly remembered that crazy beggar from the village before, and now she is as sloppy as that crazy beggar, but unfortunately not as lucky as that crazy beggar, no one will Give her a bite to eat.

She has not eaten for three days. Three days ago, she only ate some grass roots. Her father said that grass roots should not be eaten, but she was so hungry. An aunt who fled together looked at her so pitifully, and put the boiled grass roots She ate a little, and she didn't eat anything after that.

Pounding her sore legs, ignoring her growling stomach, Shanzao decided to take a rest and continue walking. She didn't know where to go, but just followed the crowd, to a place where there was no war.

It was suddenly dark in front of his eyes, and then he felt his body was tied up with a rope. Shanzao immediately realized that he was put into a sack by those bad guys. Where are they going to tie him up?

"Hurry up, his family will be here soon!" A rough man's voice said.

With both feet off the ground, Shanzao felt himself being carried on his shoulders, "Uh..."

Panicked and his waist was pressed hard, he was dizzy for a while, Shanzao wanted to vomit, but his stomach was empty, he couldn't vomit anything, and he felt uncomfortable.At this moment, she couldn't care so much anymore, the panic in her heart was greater than anything else, her legs began to push hard, she screamed loudly, "Ah! Let me go! Ugh..."

There was a pain in her neck, and there was darkness in front of her eyes. Before she fell into a coma, Shanzao thought sadly, she died like this, and no one would come to her. Where would there be her family in this world?

Shanzao had a dream, dreaming that she had returned home, back to the mountain village she was familiar with.

The mother was cooking in front of the stove, the elder brother was smashing herbs, the younger brother was lying on the ground playing with mud, and the father came in with a medicine basket on his back with a smile, and put fresh herbs in front of her.

"Shanzao, let's have a look, how many kinds of these herbs do you know?"

Shanzao happily ran over to pick up the medicine baskets, and flipped through them one by one, "This is ghost needle grass, which is quite tender and can be eaten. This is Houttuynia cordata, which can be eaten with cold salad. This is sunflower vegetable, um huh , can also be eaten. Yeah, there are also beans with green thorns, which can be pickled and eaten."

My brother laughed and said, "Why are you thinking about eating?"

Shanzao made a face at his brother, and entered the house carrying the medicine basket.

As soon as I entered the room, I heard my father and mother talking.

"Yam is also nineteen, and it's time to tell him a wife. Yesterday, Mrs. Zhao from the next door came to tell me that there is a blacksmith's boy in the neighboring village. Our Shanzao is also seventeen, so we can say we are married. "Mother smiled softly.

Dad nodded repeatedly, "It's time to tell Shan Yao a daughter-in-law. In a few years, Shan Yao will be able to take over my burden, and I won't have to go to the countryside to see a doctor."

Sensing Shanzao coming in, Dad turned around and said with a smile, "Our Shanzao grows more and more beautiful. Dad will go to the market tomorrow and buy you a hairdo."

Shanzao shyly and happily took the wooden basin and went out to wash the medicine, "I want the pink flowers on Sister Xinghua's head."

Mother smiled and scolded, "If you don't go, hurry up and wash the medicine and come back to eat, and then I won't let your father buy it for you tomorrow."

Shanzao went out excitedly, but saw a group of hideous and ugly people kicking open the door of her house, yelling to hand over her elder brother Yam. She turned her head to look for her parents in fear, but saw standing behind her was a man bleeding from seven holes. big brother.Shanzao took a step back trembling, kicked an object, turned around and saw a shriveled and emaciated mother lying on the ground, and a bony younger brother lying on her body, and not far away, a father with a broken leg was going to Mother is crawling here.

Father... Mother... Eldest brother... Brother... Don't die...

Shanzao was crying frantically, and woke up suddenly, drips of cold sweat rolled down her head, how long had she slept, when she was about to look around, she felt a sharp pain in her neck, "Hmm..." She couldn't help moaning .

She wanted to rub her painful neck, but Shanzao found that her hands and feet had been tied tightly. She felt it secretly, except for the pain of being slapped on the neck, there was no pain in other parts of her body.

She was slightly relieved.

After shaking for a while, she lost her center of gravity and fell to the ground. Only then did she realize that she was in a speeding car. A pair of gentle hands pulled her up, and Shanzao realized that there were other people in the car.

"Are you okay?" a woman asked timidly.

Shanzao shook his head, the curtain on the car window was blown away by the wind, and the inside of the car became much brighter. Sitting beside Shanzao was a timid girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. It is also fleeing.

"We have already changed two cars, and it should have been sold once. I don't know where it is now. Were you also abducted when you were fleeing?" the girl asked in a low voice.

Shanzao nodded, she didn't dare to open her mouth, she didn't know what was going on now, in this world, the fate of women is much more tragic than that of men, she would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb and be sold as a boy to be a servant than Debunk your own woman's identity.

The girl's eyes became a little pitiful, "You...can't talk?"

Shanzao didn't move because the car stopped.

The curtain of the car was swiped open, and the sudden light made Shanzao close her eyes reflexively. Then, she was lifted out by a pair of big hands like a chicken and thrown on the ground.

After adapting to the bright light outside, Shanzao slowly opened her eyes. Her hands and feet were tied, so she could only lie on the ground, and a pair of feet wearing red embroidered shoes appeared in front of her eyes.

One squatted down, it was a very coquettish woman with painted face, the woman pinched her chin, looked left and right carefully, and quickly shook her head.

"The skin is so rough, the eyes are dull, or a dumb?"

A short and fat man said with a smile, "I haven't spoken all the way, maybe."

The mother-in-law said casually, "A dumb person who can't even be a waitress. I don't want this one. I want the rest. Your goods this time are not very good, Li Guaizi."

Li Guaizi sighed, "It's not easy to kidnap people now. The emperor in the east sent people to maintain law and order in various places. These refugees have been resettled. It may be difficult to do so in the future. This may be the last business I do. The emperor in the west was beaten and fled again, and I heard from my elder brother that he can go back, so I don’t intend to engage in such a sinful business.”

The mother-in-law sneered, "You have been working for so long, and you have lost your virtue long ago. Since this is the last business, let's talk about the price."

Shan Zao's heart hangs high, although she doesn't know what a running man is, but she understands that the two people in front of her are deciding her fate.

After some bargaining, the mother-in-law took away several people beside her, including the girl who was talking to her, leaving only her and a middle-aged woman in her 40s.

Li Guaizi took the money, turned around and saw the two of them frowning in disgust, one dumb, one half-mature mistress, neither of them sold.

Li Guaizi cursed a few times, picked up their collars one by one with each hand, and dragged them out to the market.Insert the straw label and sell it openly.

(End of this chapter)