Pei Jiufeng burned the firewood for a while, and felt that the pot was almost cooked, so he supported the ground with his hands and stood up slowly and laboriously.
When the lid of the pot was lifted, a cloud of white steam surged out, instantly covering the sight. He picked up a wooden spoon and stirred the pot to dissipate some of the steam, and then he gradually saw what was cooking in the pot.
A heart is so sad that it is soaked in vinegar.
It seems to be soaked in coptis.
Sour and bitter, wrinkled into a ball.
What is she eating? !
Unclear brown tubers, rotten leaves covered with spots, hard and irregular shapes like bones that have been gnawed by people, and things of various colors that he couldn't recognize at all...
He thought that rotten vegetable leaves were the worst food in the world, but it turned out to be far from it.
I was suddenly angry, hated, and ashamed.
It was a condemnation of his governance, a slap in the face.
He let the people of the world live like this.
I didn't feel anything before, because I didn't care about it. Even if the whole world is dead, he doesn't care.
But the monster's attack made him have someone to worry about. The person he cared about was one of the people of Limin.
But if he was wiser, how could she live such a life? !
Guilt and regret almost overwhelmed him, and he knew that this was the purpose of the monster, to let him know his tyranny, the emperor was incompetent.
But at this moment, he didn't feel any resistance or rebuttal at all.
He is only glad that he is Wang Dagen now, and he came here when she was unconscious, and did not let her fall unconscious in front of the stove, be burned by sparks, and cause even greater disasters.
There was a tight pain in his chest, and it was difficult to breathe. He only felt that he deserved it. After scooping up half a bowl of clear soup, the spoon stirred in the pot, trying to scoop out some food that didn't look so scary.
But what's not to be afraid of? The sight is full of unbearable food, and I don't know if it will cause diarrhea or even poisoning if I eat it in my stomach.
But if she doesn't eat, she will starve to death.
Even if he is so hungry, she will only be weaker than him.
Regret gnawed in my heart, densely packed, one bite after another.
He hated himself for not governing the country well, hated himself for being self-righteous, thinking that they were doing well, and ignored them.
The spoon was stirring in the pot, unable to scoop up the food for a long time. He didn't want to feed her these, he wanted to give her something good. It doesn't have to be too good, a bowl of white porridge is fine, even a little thinner.
If you eat like that, at least you won't get sick!
His throat seemed to be choked and choked so badly that he wanted to throw the spoon away and yell at him.
Scolding himself, scolding Pei Jiufeng, that fatuous tyrant, he will die!
But it's useless, even if he scolds his throat, he can't get food in exchange. And he hurt one leg, so he couldn't go out at all, and he couldn't go out to get food.
Wang Dachun was still in a coma in the room, he couldn't wait, he couldn't dawdle any longer. Close your eyes, shake your hands, scoop a spoonful of something into the bowl.
Looking down, it was a spoonful of bone scum, and his breath tightened immediately, as if his heart was tightly clenched.
Guilt, regret, despair.
He wanted to smash the bowl, let this bowl of pig food go to hell!
But if you smash this, what do you eat in spring
Call every day should not, call the land not working. There is nothing better than this sentence to describe his state of mind at this time, there is really no way.
Pei Jiufeng dragged an injured leg, carried a bowl of pig food, and moved his lips tightly together, walking through the narrow yard and entering the house.
Wang Dachun was lying on the ground, wrapped in a quilt that could barely keep warm, his face was flushed red, and he was completely unconscious.
He moved to the direction of her head little by little, and sat down slowly and laboriously. Such a simple action made his forehead sweat from the pain.
Put the bowl on the ground, hold her head up, and rest it on her good leg. Then he took a small spoonful of cloudy hot soup, blew it warm, and fed it to her mouth.
"Dachun, Dachun, open your mouth." He patted her face lightly.
Wang Dachun didn't wake up, but his teeth were not clenched so tightly, he gently opened her mouth, and fed the soup into it.
Fortunately, she was able to swallow on her own. Pei Jiufeng breathed a sigh of relief, endured the soreness in his heart, scooped up another spoonful of soup, and fed it into her mouth.
In this way, most of the bowl of soup was fed in. At the back, she seemed to have a little consciousness, and she could feed it without him opening her mouth.
There is still a little left in the bowl, which is already cold.
He feeds slowly, and the weather is cold, so there is no need to blow the cold when half of the feeding is done. By the time one third of the soup is left, the soup is barely steaming.
He poured the remaining third into his own mouth.
The taste was indescribably weird. After two months of rich food, his taste buds had been nourished again. After tasting this weird taste, he almost couldn't spit it out!
He covered his mouth hard and swallowed desperately.
Can't vomit, eat to have strength.
After a long time, the feeling of vomiting faded, he let go of his mouth, and slowly relaxed his body. Put Wang Dachun on the ground, support the ground with both hands, and stand up slowly.
He went out with the bowl, didn't wash it, scooped up another half of the bowl without looking at it, closed his eyes tightly, and swallowed it into his stomach.
For a long time, his body was still trembling, all trying to resist the urge to vomit.
When he felt better, he scooped cold water into the basin, found a towel, and carried it into the house.
Wipe Wang Dachun's face, neck, hands and feet.
He almost couldn't hold back his tears as he wiped his hands. His skinny hands were covered with chilblains. And her feet were not much better.
He had never seen such ugly hands and feet.
Tears overflowed and were wiped away by him. Heart sour and bitter, ashamed and ashamed. With unprecedented patience, he slowly and carefully wiped her palms and feet, and finally put the towel on her forehead.
After doing this, he sat on the ground and looked at her worriedly.
Wake up quickly, he has a lot to ask her.
How to fall into such a field
What happened
After eating in my stomach, I gradually gained strength.
Pei Jiufeng stood up slowly, tried to use one leg to maintain balance, and bent down to hug Wang Dachun together with the quilt.
Actually not difficult.
Because she is as light as a feather.
After settling her down, she saw no signs of waking up, so she dragged her injured leg and looked around the house.
There are two houses in total and an open-air kitchen. He quickly went around and found that there was nothing to eat at home.
With a heavy heart, he went back to the room, touched Wang Dachun's forehead, took off the lukewarm towel, soaked it in cold water again, and applied it on her forehead.
After a pause, he remembered that when he was sick last time, he got a little water, wet her lips, and occasionally fed a few drops.
Gradually, the sky darkened.
After nightfall, there was a howling wind blowing outside, and the doors and windows creaked. Pei Jiufeng could clearly feel the cold wind blowing in.
Unable to bear the cold, he moved to Wang Dachun's room, brought her old quilt, wrapped it around himself, and sat by the bed to take care of her.
It was still very cold, Wang Dachun's quilt was thinner than his, and it couldn't keep out the cold at all.
Being cruel, he also put this quilt on Wang Dachun's body, then got into bed by himself, squeezed into the quilt, and covered two quilts with her.
They are brothers and sisters, and they don't care about the rules at this time, the only thing that matters is whether they don't freeze to death.
Wang Dachun woke up in the middle of the night.
As soon as she moved, Pei Jiufeng noticed it, and immediately opened her eyes: "Sister, are you awake?"
Calling this "sister", he didn't feel embarrassed.
He is Wang Dagen now, he should call her sister. Naturally, he called again: "Sister, how do you feel?"
"What's wrong with me?" Shaoyin asked hoarsely.
Pei Jiufeng said quickly, "You passed out while cooking, and I told you not to, so I carried you into the house."
"Oh." She responded, as if she was still not quite sober, and asked after a while: "You carried me in? What about your legs?"
"It's okay, I'm paying attention." Pei Jiufeng replied.
Shaoyin didn't speak any more.
The air was very quiet in the darkness, only the slight breathing of the siblings could be heard clearly in the silent night.
Pei Jiufeng didn't know why she was silent, she just thought she was uncomfortable, thought for a while and started to say: "We have ended up in such a situation. If, if not...we wouldn't be like this."
His voice is aggrieved and resentful, there is no need to deliberately act it out, it comes out naturally.
Shaoyin heard that he was talking nonsense, and didn't want to whet his appetite, so she sighed and said, "It's a good thing, if you don't give them the money, you'll be dragged out to fight, and I'll be going to your grave by this time next year. At least we're all alive now. As for food, there's always a way."
Pei Jiufeng was stunned!
He thought about it, could it be that their sister and brother were robbed of their money because of their innocence? Unexpectedly, it was like this!
Because of his perennial conscription, Wang Dagen was selected!
As for Wang Dagen's young age, he is thin and short due to malnutrition, just like an eleven or twelve-year-old child... that doesn't matter!
Pei Jiufeng has a very good memory. He clearly remembers that a minister who was beheaded by him before persuaded him to stop fighting, because all the young and middle-aged were taken away, and the rest were old people and children. If it is used at all, it will also make Chen Guo's manpower empty, and plant a major hidden danger for Jiangshan's foundation!
He remembered it clearly, because the old man's voice was high-pitched, almost shrieking, and he was dragged down and beheaded after he ordered someone to drag him down because he was disgraceful in court.
The body trembled involuntarily.
He didn't feel it when he did it, but at this moment, he only felt that he was full of sins.
Thinking of the self who coldly said "drag it out and chop it up", he felt chills in his heart!
He himself was afraid of his former self!
"It's just my fault for being careless in hiding the silver, and putting all the silver in one place." Shaoyin said in a low voice, her tone bitter.
In the middle of the night, both siblings were not sleepy, listening to the cold wind howling outside, talking in a low voice.
Following Pei Jiufeng's non-trivial routine and Shaoyin's intentional disclosure, the truth gradually surfaced.
Half a month ago, conscripts came to the house and wanted to drag Wang Dagen away. Although Wang Dagen was short, but when he was old enough, he could be sent to the front line as cannon fodder, or he could do some miscellaneous work in the rear.
As his elder sister, Wang Dachun was naturally reluctant to send his younger brother to his death, so he offered to spend money to buy himself free. Two siblings who have no father and no mother, how can they have money to buy freedom? It must be suspicious.
But even though she knew that revealing her wealth was bad, she had to reveal it for the sake of her younger brother.
It's a pity that she kept the money in one place.
When she entered the house to get the money, the conscripts followed her and saw their property.
They took all the silver.
Wang Dachun begged them to keep some money for them to live on, but the other party didn't believe it was all their money and forced her to give more.
"Then they'll beat you—" Pei Jiufeng guessed what was going to happen next, and when he was about to ask, he changed abruptly, "Just beat us!"
Shaoyin sighed, did not complain, but said worryingly: "Doctor Zheng is gone, there are no doctors in the city now, your leg was broken by them, and you just tied it up like this, I don't know if it will work or if it will grow well." .”
Pei Jiufeng pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.
The hands on both sides of the body were clenched into fists, and the body was shaking with anger.
conscription! !
Why on earth did he conscript? !
Because the prince and princess of the neighboring country visited and bullied him, he held a grudge and launched a war immediately after he ascended the throne.
He doesn't care how many people die, he just wants revenge!
But now, he couldn't express his regret.
He brought so much suffering to Wang Dachun.
Once a person's heart softens, it is like a thousand-mile long embankment settled in an ant's nest, and it will collapse sooner or later.
And his heart, which had long been eaten away by an ant nest, collapsed even faster.
In the past, the monster taught him a lesson, but he refused to accept it and insisted that he was right. But now, he only felt that he had sinned deeply.
He couldn't help thinking, he is Wang Dagen, and his sister was bullied without eating or drinking, and his heart ached so badly, what about Li Dagen and Zhang Dagen
Why are there so many younger brothers with older sisters? And Aunt Li, and Uncle Chen, so many people who depend on each other for their lives, are they uncomfortable
How many people suffered because of his cruelty
He didn't care before, but now he has to. That monster has great powers, since he is believed to have committed a serious crime, he will not let him go easily. Pei Jiufeng doesn't expect anything else, he also knows that his crime is unforgivable, but he...
He wants Wang Dachun to be well.
"Let me go back!" He said in his heart.
He wants to change his face, be diligent in government and love the people, and be a competent emperor in order to atone for his sins.
"Send Gu back!" he shouted again.
After he went back, he immediately sent his confidants to Qingxian County at full speed.
From the capital city to Qing County, it's a fast run, it only takes one day and one night, can Wang Dachun hold on
"Gu said, send Gu back!" After a long time, there was no response, and his breath became short of breath.
However, still did not wake up.
That's because Shaoyin refused.
After he yelled for the first time, Huihui reported it to Shaoyin, but Shaoyin refused.
Now is not the time.
"What's wrong?" The panting voice in the air was very clear, and she asked with concern: "Are you angry again? Why? You are really angry. Okay, okay, there is something big, let's talk about it tomorrow. So It's getting late, go to sleep."
After speaking, she stretched out her hand and patted the quilt on his side.
She seemed to realize that there were two quilts covered, and the siblings were squeezed into one quilt. She praised: "Da Gen is so smart, it's much warmer this way."
The corner of the quilt on his side was pressed tightly, so that even a trace of cold wind could not escape, so he withdrew his hand.
"Go to sleep."
Pei Jiufeng couldn't sleep.
Wang Dagen broke his leg and couldn't even leave the house, so he could only open his mouth and wait for Wang Dachun to feed him.
But Wang Dachun is sick, should he support his sick body and go out to pick up rotten vegetable leaves
Thinking of this made it difficult for him to fall asleep.
"Let Gu go back!"
He yelled in his heart over and over until the sky gradually brightened.
Pei Jiufeng's eyes were bloodshot, unwilling and ferocious.
There was a rustling sound, it was Shaoyin who woke up.
She still had a fever, but she managed to get out of bed: "I'm going out to find food, you stay at home, don't run around."
In fact, it was Bai's instruction, where could he run with his legs like this
After getting out of bed, he tucked the quilt on both sides of him: "I will try to come back as soon as possible."
She was sick, and there was nothing in her stomach. After getting out of bed, her legs and feet were weak, and she staggered to stand still. As usual, I went out slowly.
Pei Jiufeng shouted, "Don't go!"
"Why don't we eat if we don't go?" Shaoyin turned around laughing.
Pei Jiufeng sat up and looked in her direction with trembling lips: "You, don't go."
It's so cold outside, and she is sick, and has no warm clothes to wear, what will happen
If you can't find something to eat, it's a waste of time.
If she finds something to eat and grabs it from others, it will cost her half her life.
"Don't go." He had no choice but to say, "You can go tomorrow."
He will continue to call the demon to wake him up, and then he will let his confidant ride a fast horse and come overnight to give her food, clothing, supplies, and money.
"I'm going to starve to death tomorrow!" Shaoyin waved at him, and went out without looking back.
Pei Jiufeng looked at the back of her leaving, and heard the "squeak" sound of the courtyard door opening and closing, gradually showing despair.
He was left alone at home, unable to do anything, unable to help in any way.
"Let me go back!!" He was angry and hated, yelling into the air.
No response.
For Pei Jiufeng, this day was a day of torment.
He called the "demon" countless times, but there was no response. He waited anxiously for Shaoyin to return home, watching the sun move into the sky and then gradually set to the west.
When the sky dimmed and night was approaching, Pei Jiufeng's worries rose to the extreme. I couldn't help getting out of bed, and when I was waiting for her at the door, I finally heard a "squeak".
"Sister?!" He yelled loudly.
No one responded.
Pei Jiufeng's heart sank, didn't she come back
"Sister? Are you back?" He suppressed his panic and spoke again.
After a while, weak footsteps approached: "Yes."
Hearing her weak voice, Pei Jiufeng couldn't sit still any longer, dragged his injured leg out of bed, and went out to greet her.
When he moved to the door, Shaoyin just happened to walk to the door too. The two siblings almost bumped into each other, and then saw Shaoyin startled, and said slowly, "Why did you get out of bed? You don't want your legs?"
She spoke lightly and softly, slowly, and her eyes were a little scattered. Pei Jiufeng's heart tightened, and he immediately pressed his palm on her forehead.
Hot!
"Come in!" He immediately took the basket she was carrying, and dragged her into the house.
She was pulled staggeringly, and walked into the house obediently.
She was so feverish that she was unconscious, and was slowly being manipulated.
Pei Jiufeng asked her to sit on the bed and stuffed her into the bed. She was so burnt that she was slow to take off her shoes, but Pei Jiufeng quickly took them off and covered her with a quilt.
I didn't ask her what she experienced in a day, just looked into the basket.
The harvest was not bad, a small portion of corn bread that had been gnawed by others, a small piece of radish, a few vegetable leaves that were so wilted, and some messy things that Pei Jiufeng didn't recognize.
He picked up the basket, went out of the house immediately, moved to the stove, and started cooking.
No cooking skills are required, just rinse the contents of the basket, pour everything into the pot, and add water to cook.
Only the small half of the cornbread was roasted by Pei Jiufeng on the fire. It was so warm that it gave off an aroma. He filled the stove with firewood to make sure it would not fall out, and then held the small half of the cornbread went to the house.
Shaoyin lay on the bed, drowsy from fever, but still conscious.
When Pei Jiufeng called her, she became dull and knew how to answer. Stuff small pieces of steamed buns into her mouth, and she will chew and swallow.
But she no longer knew how to refuse, and let her injured brother eat it.
Pei Jiufeng felt sour, and patiently finished feeding. He was extremely careful in the process, and almost didn't waste a single residue, and fed them all into her mouth.
Seeing her with her eyes closed, her cheeks flushed, and drowsy, she paused, and slowly stretched out a hand, put it on top of her head, and rubbed it gently.
She is seventeen.
He is one year older than her.
In age, he can be her brother.
But in his heart, he was attached to her and regarded her as his elder sister.
Gently rubbing her hair, Xu Aiwujiu, her dry hair left him a soft and smooth impression at this moment.
Sooner or later, he will let her have black and beautiful hair.
He also wanted her to be well-fed and well-fed, to be fat and healthy, and to have a healthy blush on her cheeks.
He wants to wear the best clothes for her, eat the best food, let her be carefree and happy every day, do whatever she wants, and have whatever she wants.
His eyes softened unknowingly, and he slowly withdrew his hand and moved it out.
Squat by the stove and continue cooking.
It was still a weird dinner, Pei Jiufeng ate half of it and fed the other half to Shaoyin.
Then she took off her shoes, climbed into bed, and squeezed into the same bed.
She was in a deep sleep, so he didn't bother her and closed his eyes quietly.
I just shouted in my heart without giving up: "Let Gu go back! Let Gu go back! Gu wants to wake up!"
He still didn't get what he wanted.
The next day, the sky gradually brightened, but Shaoyin still didn't get up.
Pei Jiufeng felt something was wrong, she had always been hardworking, and now she didn't get up at dawn... He reached out and touched her forehead, it was hot!
He panicked, hating himself for not paying attention last night, hurriedly went out to bring in water, twisted a towel to cool her down.
He wanted to feed her something, but there was nothing in the house. He couldn't help feeling remorseful, he didn't have to eat that meal last night, why did he eat it
Just when he was ruthless and wanted to drag his injured leg out to find something to eat, Shaoyin woke up.
"Why have I slept for so long?" She held her forehead and sat up slowly, with an abnormal blush on her face, and she was about to get out of bed when she lifted the quilt.
Pei Jiufeng's heart was pierced like a knife, the pain was so great that he wished he could tear his heart out, he held her down and said, "You are not allowed to go out today!"
Before she could speak, he said, "I'm going out!"
"You don't want your legs anymore?" Shaoyin said, brushing him away.
Pei Jiufeng insisted on going out, but Shaoyin couldn't resist him, so she said, "Forget it, no one will go out today, okay?"
He has a broken leg, so he can't snatch it from others. Even if he gets food, he might be snatched away.
"Okay." Pei Jiufeng nodded bitterly.
In order to save energy, the two siblings lay back under the quilt again without moving.
Shaoyin fell asleep again in a daze, while Pei Jiufeng called out to the demon in his heart.
Halfway through, Shaoyin woke up twice, occasionally speaking to him.
"Er Gouzi is dead." She said, "He starved to death."
Ergouzi is Wang Dachun's friend.
"Did you dream?" Pei Jiufeng asked in a low voice.
"No." Shaoyin shook her head lightly, "He just starved to death, I saw him yesterday, he starved to death by the side of the road." She paused for a moment, Pei Jiufeng had a gut feeling that there was something else going on, but she didn't Said, "I hope he will have a good birth in his next life."
Pei Jiufeng felt a stab in his heart.
This was another condemnation of him, even if she didn't say so, but it was so.
A day flies by.
When the sky brightened again, Shaoyin woke up.
"I'm going to find something to eat."
Pei Jiufeng couldn't stop her, watching her walk out with fluttering steps, her eyes were red with hatred!
"Let Gu go back!"
Got no response.
Shaoyin didn't come back until it was dark, but she didn't bring any food, instead she was covered with color.
"You were beaten?" Pei Jiufeng asked worriedly.
Shaoyin shook her head: "It's okay."
Walking to the door, the person shook suddenly and fell straight down!
Pei Jiufeng wanted to pick it up, but before he took a step, there was a bone-piercing pain at the broken leg, and he couldn't help groaning, and fell to the ground.
Both siblings fell down.
But Pei Jiufeng could still get up, but Shaoyin couldn't because she passed out.
Pei Jiufeng struggled to get up, dragged her into the room, and dragged her to the bed with almost exhaustion of all his strength.
But he didn't have the strength to carry her to bed.
Even though she was as light as a feather, he was so hungry that he didn't even have the strength to hold the feather.
He had to tear off the quilt on the bed and wrap it around the two of them.
He hugged her, and through the dim light, he could clearly see the injuries on her face, and several strands of her hair had been pulled out. He hugged her a little tighter, she was so thin that her bones were almost left, and she was no more than a small ball when hugged.
Tears fell down.
He covered his face suddenly, a sob escaped from his throat, and he was choked again.
Tears dripped down between the fingers, and soon wetted a small piece of bedding.
"Let me go back, please." He whimpered and begged.
He had to go back, Wang Dachun hadn't eaten anything for two days, and before that, he only had a little food to wrap his belly.
The "demon" did not respond to him, as he had called countless times before.
Pei Jiufeng gradually developed a bad feeling.
"Don't treat Gu like this." He begged, his eyes full of panic, "Gu will be a good emperor, and in the future, Gu will work hard to rule the world with his heart."
Still no response.
In the middle of the night, Shaoyin woke up.
She pushed Pei Jiufeng and said, "Let's go to bed, the ground is cold."
Pei Jiufeng hurriedly helped her up.
The two siblings supported each other and went to the bed step by step.
Dragging two quilts that were not warm enough, I lay shivering on the cold, hard bed.
Crowd together and snuggle for warmth.
I don't know how long it has passed, but the bed is still cold.
Suddenly, Pei Jiufeng froze because he was hugged.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her head into the socket of his shoulder, and the hot liquid hit his skin.
He panicked, his whole body froze into an iron plate, not knowing how to respond.
I heard her say in a low voice: "Aunt Li is also dead."
Pei Jiufeng felt her sadness spontaneously.
But he didn't know how to respond.
"Relief, where's the relief food?" There was a fluttering sound, as if he asked, but it seemed to be just a hallucination.
She said softly: "It's gone a long time ago. Are you so hungry that you ate it up a month ago."
"No, it shouldn't be..." he wanted to say, he approved a lot of relief food.
But he thought again, what he approved was the relief food for the three southwest counties, how many of them stayed in Qing county
Moreover, due to the perennial conscription, the domestic manpower is empty, the fields are not cultivated, and there is no food anywhere.
How much relief food can there be
"They want to eat Er Gouzi, but I won't let them. I stay by his side all day, but it's getting dark, and I have to come back." She cried silently, only hot tears kept falling on his neck, "Wait until tomorrow, tomorrow morning, Er Gouzi will be gone."
Gone, not dead, but gone.
It was divided by an unknown number of people, and each person took a piece back, cooked it and ate it, leaving no bones left.
Pei Jiufeng was struck by lightning!
The whole person is not good, and what makes him worse is still behind: "Dagen, if I die, don't go out, fasten the door, fasten it tightly, don't let anyone in, and then... you just leave the house. I'll eat it."
Pei Jiufeng's lips moved, trying to say something, but he couldn't utter a single word.
I feel cold all over.