At the beginning, I beat Lazy, and the host is cruel.

"Mother~~~!"

Erniu looked at her mother who was sitting on the ground in a daze and shouted softly.

Xia Mo pursed her chapped lips, and it was difficult to swallow saliva to moisten her throat.

She put her palms on the ground and felt where the yin energy was heavier. Water belongs to yin, so she could easily feel where there was water.

Xia Mo forced herself to stand up, held Erniu's hand, and walked in the direction she felt without saying a word. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, it was because her throat hurt as if it was on fire. Speaking a word was like speaking with a knife. It's like scraping your throat with a knife.

Erniu was pulled forward by her mother, one step at a time. There were too many potholes on the road, and she was afraid. This was not the way back. Could it be that her mother regretted it again and wanted to take her to find it again? People have changed?

Xia Mo's footsteps were getting faster and faster, and he almost ran away while pulling Erniu. She felt a lot of yin energy, which meant that the water source was nearby. Thinking that she would be able to drink water soon, Xia Mo felt a little nervous. Excited.

Erniu looked at her mother walking faster and faster, tears streaming down her face again. She wanted to pull her mother to stop, but unfortunately her strength was too weak, and her slight struggle had no effect on her mother. After being hungry for so many days, she really had no strength left.

Forget it, this is life, just change it, as long as your parents and eldest sister, Xiaobao, can survive, otherwise everyone will starve to death.

Thinking of this, the weak second girl closed her eyes and ran with her mother with a tragic look on her face. Let her feel the feeling of being alive again.

"Second girl, what are you doing standing there stupidly? Drink water quickly!"

At the end of summer, I lay down in the water and drank several sips of water. The mountain spring water was so sweet, and I finally felt comfortable all over.

She looked up and saw Erniu, who was still crying with her eyes closed, standing stupidly.

Erniu, "..."

water? Where did the water come from?

Was she hallucinating because she was dying?

Xia Mo pulled Erniu down to the water's edge, picked up the water and poured it into Erniu's mouth. She thought the child was thirsty and stupid.

In the blink of an eye, Erniu's mouth was filled with cool spring water. Her eyes opened suddenly, and she opened her mouth to drink the water in big gulps. It was so sweet.

Xia Mo saw that she could drink water by herself, so he let go of her and let Erniu drink by herself. She also wanted to drink more water. After being hungry and thirsty for so long, she could finally drink enough water.

After drinking enough water at the end of summer, I looked around and found that this place was still a bit far away from the large army in their village. And if you didn't come here specifically, you would definitely miss it. This place is not heading to the south, but a bit northwest, and this place At first glance, the mountain doesn’t have any green at all, it’s so yellow!

After searching for a long time in late summer, she found a withered bamboo forest. She pulled out a few dry bamboos with her bare hands, broke the bamboos, and then used a harder bamboo to break through the knots in the middle of the thick bamboos. After a long time of effort, she got five of them. The bamboo, which is a little over three meters long, is filled with water.

After Erniu drank enough water, she gained some strength. Looking at the bamboo joints that her mother had made, she took them to get the water in a sensible way. By the end of summer, when the bamboos here were finished, Erniu had already installed all the bamboo joints in front. It’s full of water, and all that’s missing is the one in Xia Mo’s hand.

Xia Mo smiled and touched Er Niu's head, and Er Niu looked up at her thin little face and smiled happily.

At the end of Xia, I tied four bamboo sections filled with water several times with bamboo strips, tied them to my back, and took one in my hand.

The mother and daughter plucked up all the green weeds and vegetables growing around the mountain spring pit and put them in Erniu's arms.

Then the mother and daughter drank some more mountain spring water, and then at the end of summer, they took Erniu's hand and went to catch up with the large army in the village.

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"Dad, brother..."

The older girl bit her lip, her eyes were red, and looking at her brother who was fainting from hunger, she felt that his brother was dying, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Song Laicai glanced at Da Niu gloomily, his throat was so dry that he stood up with a stick and looked in the direction where Meng Qingcao went out.

His eyes flickered, and he felt faintly worried. He was not worried about Meng Qingcao's safety, but he was worried that Meng Qingcao was soft-hearted and did not exchange Erniu.

After all, it's been almost two hours since she left. If she doesn't come back, the large army in the village will start setting off again. By then, their family may be left behind by the large army, which will undoubtedly be a dead end... ..

The eldest girl only knew that her father was waiting for her mother to come back from looking for food. She didn't know yet that her father and mother planned to take Erniu out and exchange for another child to come back and eat her.

The big girl also looked into the distance, feeling very anxious. There was smoke and dust everywhere, and it was desolate. No one was seen walking this way.

She sighed deeply and looked at Yanba's brother. She wanted to ask the villagers to lend her brother a drink of water.

The eldest girl moved her brother to a shady place, and then went to the front of the village team to ask from house to house.

After a while, the big girl came back exhausted. She didn't ask for a drop of water. When every household was short of water and food, no one was so generous as to give up the water to save others.

The eldest girl sat blankly next to her brother and looked at the kitchen knife next to the baggage. She gritted her teeth, picked up the kitchen knife, closed her eyes and tried to swipe it on her hand...

"Big girl, what are you doing!?"

At the end of Xia, he saw the big girl making gestures with a kitchen knife from a distance, and she was so frightened that she screamed out.

The big girl was a little dazed all of a sudden. She seemed to hear her mother calling her.

She put down the kitchen knife in a panic, stood up with difficulty, and looked hopefully in the direction of the sound.

From a distance, she saw his mother, holding her sister and holding a stick in her hand, walking quickly this way.

The big girl burst into tears. It was great that her sister had not been replaced. When she went to borrow water, the villagers said that her mother had taken her sister to exchange for food. She was afraid that she would be useless. , her parents would also replace her, so she cruelly wanted to bleed for her brother to drink.

"mother------"

The eldest girl shouted hoarsely, wiped away her tears, and ran to meet her mother and sister.

Song Laicai squinted his eyes and looked at Meng Qingcao coming back with Erniu in the distance, his head drooped, sitting on the ground gloomily, motionless.

The big girl felt that she had run so far that she almost fainted. The hot wind blew into her thirsty throat, causing pain like a knife.

"Big girl, run slowly."

Xia Mo let go of Er Niu's hand, quickly ran forward and caught the big girl who almost tripped.

The eldest girl hugged her mother's legs tightly and cried hoarsely. Her frightened and frightened heart finally came to light. Although her mother usually loves her younger brother the most, she still couldn't let go of her parents.

"Okay, don't cry, drink some water first."

Xia Mo patted the girl on the back, pulled away the girl's hand holding her legs, and pointed the bamboo in his hand into the girl's mouth.

Da Niu hurriedly pressed Xia Mo's hand tightly and said anxiously, "Mom, I...I'm not thirsty. Let's keep it for dad and brother to drink. Brother has fainted."

The big girl felt the cool water vapor rippling out of the bamboo joints, and couldn't help but pursed her lips. She really wanted to take a sip!

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your mouth is so dry. How can you not be thirsty? Drink quickly, it's full of water, and your brother is indispensable."

Xia Mo didn't wait for the big girl to beep, he directly lifted the bamboo stick and poured it into her mouth.

The big girl didn't dare to push for fear of spilling the water, so she drank it in big gulps.

My burning throat was instantly moisturized. Although it still hurt a little when I swallowed the water, it felt really good to take a big gulp of water.