Siheyuan: I am Liu Guangqi

According to the past rules, if the elders in the village passed away, they had to stop the coffin for seven days, but now is an extraordinary period, and one more day of stopping is a day's consumption. It is better to bury them early and save some food for the living.

After following the funeral procession to send Fifth Master away, Liu Guangqi rode a bicycle to the Qinjiazhuang next door. Compared with Liujiacun, the atmosphere of Qinjiazhuang was much more depressed. The whole village was quiet and there was no movement at all. The villagers lay on the side of the road or under the shade of trees like walking corpses.The skin is tightly attached to the bones on the face, and the cheekbones are raised high, and they all look malnourished.

Seeing Liu Guangqi's arrival, no one stepped forward to talk to him. They just looked up and continued to lie on the ground to rest.However, some sharp-eyed people saw Liu Guangqi carrying a cloth bag in the car. Based on the situation, these people immediately guessed that the bag contained grain.Although they knew that the food was not for themselves, these people still walked towards Liu Guangqi.

"Come on, Guangqi"

"Well, fourth uncle"

Looking at Qin Huairu's cousin, Liu Guangqi smiled and nodded.

"Come and see your father-in-law, what are you carrying here? It's heavy. Let me help you carry it."

Looking at the cloth bag on the back seat of the bicycle, Qin Daniu still couldn't hold back the desire in his heart, and reached out to touch the cloth bag.

"No, it's worthless, I can push it by myself, you smoke like cigarettes"

Seeing that the opponent's hand was about to touch the cloth bag, Liu Guangqi immediately pushed the cart and took two steps forward.

Seeing Liu Guangqi handing over the cigarette, Qin Daniu reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

"Second uncle, you smoke one too."

Seeing the circle of people around him, Liu Guangqi neither entered nor retreated, so he took out a pack of cigarettes and scattered them one by one.

"Guangqi, you're here."

Just when Liu Guangqi was thinking about how to escape from the pack of hungry wolves, Qin Dazhuang, who got the news, rushed over at a trot.

"Why don't you say anything when you're here, so I can come out to pick you up, Xin, go, go, go home quickly."

When he saw the cloth bag on Liu Guangqi's bicycle, his eyes immediately glowed green like a hungry wolf. Without saying a word, he hugged the 50-jin bag of rice in his arms, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch it if he took a step at night.

"I'm leaving, gentlemen."

Seeing Qin Dazhuang coming out, Liu Guangqi also breathed a sigh of relief, nodded with the group of hungry wolves around him, and followed Qin Dazhuang towards his house.

"Brother-in-law, why did you come here? My dad has mentioned you several times."

Qin Xiaozhuang was also very happy to see Liu Guangqi, he stuck to Liu Guangqi tightly, his eyes stared straight at the buttoned pocket.

"What are you talking about me for?"

Seeing his brother-in-law's gaze, Liu Guangqi did not disappoint him, took out a handful of crispy candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Qin Xiaozhuang's hand.

"Nian, why don't you send food to our family?"

"What nonsense, when did I start talking about your brother-in-law?"

Hearing Qin Xiaozhuang's words, Qin Dazhuang's old face turned black and red, and he scolded harshly.

"It wasn't you who said it, it was what my mother said, anyway, it was one of you two, I heard it when I was asleep. After the two of you said this, you two started fighting, you hit me while riding on my mother Mom is crying."

"flutter"

Hearing his brother-in-law's description, Liu Guangqi couldn't help laughing.

"What are you talking about, you little bastard. I'll kill you bastard"

Having been exposed by his son, and in front of his son-in-law, Qin Dazhuang suddenly became angry. He didn't want the food in his arms, picked up the cloth shoes on the soles of his feet, and walked towards Qin Xiaozhuang.

"Okay, Dad, the child is not sensible, just tell him well, if there is not enough food at home, just go to the city and find me, there is no need to be embarrassed."

"Aren't I afraid that you don't have enough food? You already have a lot of family members. Now Huiru has no man, and you have to take care of one person with two children. If we go there again, your family will not be able to survive."

Qin Dazhuang lowered his head and said.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it, I can go to the ghost market to buy food if I don't have enough food, I can't make Xiao Zhuang hungry just because of this, it's time to grow up."

Liu Guangqi patted his brother-in-law's head.

"I think the situation in our village is not very good. How hungry are the people?"

Liu Guangqi looked at the villagers who were following far behind and said.

"Don't mention it, it's been bad luck for eight lifetimes on this day. First, there was a severe drought, and then there was heavy rain when the wheat was harvested. The little grain harvested was just enough to pay the public grain, and the autumn harvest was not much better. Your village is on a high terrain, and our village is on a low terrain. After several heavy rains, all the crops in the field were drowned.

If it weren't for the large canteen supporting the people in the village, they would have starved to death.But now the canteen is no longer available, and there is no food in the commune. I used to eat white flour steamed buns with sliced ​​meat, noodles and rice. Now it is either steamed bread or porridge, and there is only one meal a day. A few days ago It can still sit for six taels a day for one person, but now it is estimated to be four taels, and four taels is enough to eat. People who are hungry can hardly stand upright. If this continues, people in the village should go out to beg for food. "

"That's it, no wonder the old men at the entrance of the village look at this bag of grain like hungry wolves see meat."

"Guangqi, here we come, hurry in, hurry in."

While speaking, Weng and son-in-law had already arrived at the door of Qin Dazhuang's house. Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law saw the food Liu Guangqi brought, and immediately welcomed Liu Guangqi into the house with a smile.

"Here, there is nothing in this house, and I don't know what to do"

"No need, Mom, I'm neither thirsty nor hungry, I'll leave after a while."

Seeing that he was wandering around and couldn't find anything to entertain his mother-in-law, Liu Guangqi waved his hand and called his mother-in-law to stop.

"I know life in the village is hard, this is the food Huairu asked me to bring to you, and there are two pieces of bacon in it."

Liu Guangqi untied the bag, and took out two pieces of bacon inside the rice.

"Meat, there is meat, Mom, I want to eat meat."

Seeing the bacon in Liu Guangqi's hand, the eyes of Qin Dazhuang's family of three lit up immediately, and Qin Xiaozhuang couldn't wait to tug on his wife's sleeve, wanting her to make him a meal of meat.

"Brother, please take pity on us, take us some food, if the dog doesn't eat some decent food, he will really starve to death."

Just when Qin Dazhuang's family of three was immersed in joy, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a woman in her 30s rushed in and knelt down in front of Qin Dazhuang, holding a child of indeterminate size in her arms.

Chapter 4, taking Qin Jingru into the city

The woman who broke in suddenly startled all four people in the room, and Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law put the two pieces of bacon behind her like a thief.

The woman who broke in was not an outsider, she was Qin Huairu's second aunt, Qin Dazhuang's sister-in-law, and Qin Jingru's mother, who was probably holding Qin Jingru's one-year-old younger brother in her arms, but because of malnutrition, the little guy was only seven or eight months old when he stood up, and he was listless.

"Her second aunt, it's not that we don't borrow it, and our family doesn't have any extra food. This little food was just delivered by Guang Qi. If I lend it to you, what will the three of us eat?"

Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law was not happy when she heard that her sister-in-law wanted to borrow food, and she held the rice bag tightly.

"Sister-in-law, just pity the poor dog. He hasn't had enough to eat for several months. If he doesn't eat some serious food, he will really starve to death. Brother, the dog is your nephew, you can't ignore him Life and death. Brother, look at Gouzi."

Speaking of Qin Huairu's second aunt, she knelt and took two steps forward, and lifted the child in her arms to Qin Dazhuang.

"Damn, why don't you borrow it?"

Looking at his dying nephew, Qin Dazhuang softened his heart. This is his flesh and blood relative. He really couldn't do it to watch his nephew starve to death.

"Her second aunt, it's not that I don't want to borrow it. It's just that the child came at the wrong time. Even if I give you all the food, I can't support the child. It's just this little thing. Can't make it this winter."

As a mother, Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law understands her sister-in-law's feelings very well, but she knows that this little food cannot support the child.And this opening can't be seen, Qin Dazhuang has several brothers, if he lends it to her, the others will definitely come to borrow it, that is, no amount of food is enough.

"Then what should I do, I can't just watch this child starve to death. Woohoo"

Seeing that Qin Dazhuang and his wife refused to borrow food, Qin Huairu's second aunt sat on the ground holding the child and cried bitterly.

"Brother, I beg you, please lend us some food. I have been looking forward to such a son for so many years. If he is gone, I will be dead."

Hearing his wife's crying, Qin Dali, who had been standing outside, also walked in.Qin Jingru and a six or seven-year-old girl followed behind her.

"Dali, what do you mean by that? If I don't borrow it, are you going to grab it?"

Seeing Qin Dali who suddenly barged in, Qin Dazhuang's expression changed.

"Brother, I really can't help it. I can't just watch my child starve to death. This time, I'll treat you as a brother. I'm sorry for you. After I get through this year, I will kowtow and plead guilty to you."

After finishing speaking, Qin Dali walked towards Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law, intending to snatch the food.

"You dare, it's against the sky."

Seeing that his brother was planning to shoot food, Qin Dazhuang didn't care about his brotherly affection, so he rushed towards Qin Dali, and the two brothers immediately fought together.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu's second aunt also put the child in her arms into Qin Jingru's arms, and rushed towards Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law. Joined the battle group, but couldn't beat his uncle, so he helped his old mother beat his aunt, and the whole room was in a mess for a while.

"Enough, isn't it just a little food, as for it."

Looking at the chaos in front of him, Liu Guangqi pinched the center of his brows with some headaches, then nodded to everyone and shouted loudly.

Hearing Liu Guangqi yelling, the two families who were fighting together suddenly remembered that there was an outsider here, and then stopped what they were doing, and looked at Liu Guangqi quietly.

Seeing that the two families had stopped fighting, Liu Guangqi got up and walked in front of Qin Jingru. Qin Jingru is now fifteen years old. Compared with when she was a child, she has grown a lot taller, darker, and thinner, but she is still a beauty.

"Sister-in-law"

Looking at Liu Guangqi in front of him, Qin Jingru timidly called brother-in-law.

When he was young, Liu Guangqi often took their three sisters to the city to play together, but after Liu Guangqi took Qin Huairu and Qin Huiru to the city, Liu Guangqi came to Qinjiazhuang less often, and had less contact with Qin Jingru. The relationship between the two is inevitable and a little strange.

"I'm thin, I'm hungry these days"

Liu Guangqi reached out and wiped Qin Jingru's head. Perhaps because of long-term hunger, the little girl's hair felt like a pile of hay.

Hearing Liu Guangqi's gentle voice, Qin Jingru couldn't help thinking of the days when Liu Guangqi took her to the city to watch big plays and eat roast chicken when she was a child, tears flowed down her cheeks involuntarily.

"Why are you crying, give me the child, and I'll show him."

Looking at the wronged Qin Jingru, Liu Guangqi reached out to wipe the tears off the little girl's face, and then stretched out his hands.But Qin Jingru didn't hand over the child to Liu Guangqi immediately, but looked at Qin Dali.

"What the hell are you looking at? Hurry up and give your brother to your brother-in-law, let your brother-in-law take a look, you silly girl."

Although Qin Dali was reckless, he also understood the reason not to offend the God of Wealth, the food was sent by Liu Guangqi.

"Guangqi, show your brother, this kid is almost two years old and still can't walk, what's wrong with him?"

Seeing Liu Guangqi take over the child, Qin Dali shook off Qin Dazhuang and walked to Liu Guangqi and said courteously.

"Mom, I'm a little hungry, cook some porridge and stir fry for me."

Liu Guangqi ignored Qin Dali and walked to the kang with the child in his arms, and gave instructions to the mother-in-law who was standing aside.

"Okay, I'll do it now."

Although the mother-in-law was not sure what Liu Guangqi was thinking, she obediently came to the kitchen with the food.

"You can't support this child. He is too weak and needs to be taken care of. You don't have the conditions. Let me take him to the city to raise him. After these two years, when he is better, I will send him back to you. .”

“good good”

Liu Guangqi stared at the child for a long time, and the first sentence he uttered frightened the people present.Immediately afterwards, Qin Dali burst into ecstasy, and hurriedly agreed.

The second aunt on the side wanted to ask why, but Qin Dali stared back at her as soon as she opened her mouth, for fear that Liu Guangqi's words from his own stinky bitch would make Liu Guangqi unhappy, and she would regret it later.

"Second Uncle, it's not that I, a junior, are talking about you. What you've done today is so unreasonable. You go to someone's house to borrow food, and if they don't give you food, they will grab it by force. Isn't that a bit too much?"

While cooking, Liu Guangqi sat on the kang and teased Qin Huairu's second uncle.

"Yes, I did the right thing, but I was forced to the point of no choice. I can't watch my child starve to death. You have never been hungry, Guangqi, you don't know what it feels like to be hungry. When you’re hungry, you’re scratching your head, and you can do anything, but I was so hungry just now. Otherwise, how could I have done that kind of thing.”

Qin Dali looked at Liu Guangqi with a face of shame.

"I know what you said, so how about it, Second Uncle, there are fifty catties of grain here, and you can take twenty catties away later,"

"Guangqi, you"

Hearing that Liu Guangqi had taken away half of the food for his family, Qin Dazhuang became anxious. He was about to say something, but Liu Guangqi stared back at him.

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, before the meal is ready, you go back and pack up the children's clothes. I should go back after dinner, or I won't be able to catch the last bus."

"Okay, okay."

After Liu Guangqi's order, Qin Dali and his wife immediately walked towards their home.When I left, I took twenty catties of grain with me.

"Guangqi, what are you doing? Why are you lending out so much grain at once?"

After Qin Dali's family left, Qin Dazhuang could no longer hold back the doubts in his heart, and hurriedly asked

"Don't worry, Dad, listen to me, I didn't think carefully this time, I didn't expect that there would be so many people at the entrance of the village, I should come when there are few people.

Don't think I gave too much. What I gave was food, but what I saved was the lives of you, my mother, and Xiao Zhuang's family of three. "

"What do you mean by that?"

As an honest farmer, Qin Dazhuang didn't understand why Liu Guangqi said that.

"Just look at the eyes of those people outside."

Liu Guangqi gestured to the window with his eyes, and Qin Dazhuang immediately looked outside, only to find that the wall of his courtyard had been covered with villagers at some point, and all these people were staring at his house, their eyes were so scary .

Only at this moment did Qin Dazhuang understand the meaning of Liu Guangqi's words.

"Fifty catties of grain may not be a big deal in ordinary days, but it's different in this year. If people are extremely hungry, they can do anything. Just think about my second uncle. There are so many simple and honest people in ordinary times who can turn against you for this little grain. Second uncle is like this, let alone those outside. There are always one or two bold and hungry people among so many people. If they break in in the middle of the night, it will be troublesome, and even gang up and rush in to shoot food. It is not impossible for this kind of thing to happen."

Liu Guangqi's words made Qin Dazhuang feel cold down his back and sweat profusely.