Traveling through ancient times

An hour had passed, and Gu Dalian, hugging Gu Xiaolian (Gu Dalian's sister), huddled in a corner of a dilapidated temple, with a splitting headache and dry mouth.

The two sisters had chapped lips and stared at the water bag on their second brother Gu Wenzhi's waist.

The second brother has dark skin and handsome features. He is of medium height but a little thin. It is obvious that he has been malnourished for a long time.

Gu Wenzhi was helping his eldest uncle Gu Da and two uncles Gu San and Gu Si to push his grandfather Gu Laoye and grandmother Zhou Pozi, who were sitting on a wheelbarrow, to the side of the statue.

Then he took out the oilcloth from the backpack and spread it on the leeward side, and helped Mr. Gu get off the wheelbarrow and sit on the oilcloth.

Then he helped grandma over and sat her down, and handed the water tied around her waist to grandpa and grandma, who each took a sip, and then he tied it around their waists again!

Then he took out two hard, deadly multi-grain steamed buns from the backpack carried by Uncle Gu Sanshu’s son Gu Bufan and handed them to grandpa and grandma!

Without saying a word, he turned around and walked out of the ruined temple. I don't know where he went!

Gu Dalian was still staring at the large family that came in one after another, thinking back to her own experience:

Gu Dalian's name before she traveled through time was Gu Mei. She is 25 years old this year. Her parents died in a car accident, and she lives with her grandmother.

As a result, my grandmother also died of illness a year ago, and I caught my boyfriend cheating on me with his best friend.

He picked up the mop handle from the bathroom and fought two people at once, and the couple was almost forced to jump out of the sixth-floor window.

Then I put on a backpack, took my cell phone, and went out to travel alone to relax.

To make matters worse, I arrived at a scenic spot and heard from the locals that there was a dilapidated temple nearby and the surrounding scenery was very nice, so I thought I would just go wherever the hell I wanted.

Unexpectedly, it suddenly rained heavily. I saw this dilapidated temple from afar and rushed in directly!

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was only one corner of the house that was not leaking. I fell asleep without realizing it.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself as Gu Dalian. How unlucky!

Searching my original memories again, my god, can I be any more unlucky?

I actually traveled back to the year of the great drought and have been following this large family for nearly half a month.

There had been no rain for nearly six months before the trip, and the well in the village had dried up.

The only well with water was almost dry, and it only supplied water to hundreds of people in the village.

The people in the village packed up their things one after another and went out to seek refuge with their distant relatives!

Those who had nowhere to go also fled the famine a month ago, carrying their belongings.

Grandpa Gu's family has more than a dozen people. Logically, they should have set off long ago, but Grandma Zhou insisted on waiting for her daughter Gu Meihua's family who lived dozens of miles away.

Gu Meihua and her family came over and scraped the water from the only well in the village and put it into all the water bags.

Then, all the food and daily necessities that could be carried were packed into all the backpacks.

The only wheelbarrow in the house was pushed by the taciturn Gu Wenzhi from the second family of Gu and they set off!

As for Gu Dalian’s father Gu Er, mother Wang and elder brother Gu Wenxuan, why were they not mentioned?

The reason was that more than two months ago, Wang proposed to make preparations in advance to escape the famine.

As a result, Mrs. Zhou cursed Wang as a jinx and threw a fire stick at him, causing Wang's head to bleed and he fell unconscious and died on the spot!

Old lady Zhou refused to allow Wang's funeral to be held in the ancestral tomb, and Gu Er and the eldest son Gu Wenxuan begged in vain.

They had no choice but to climb up the bare mountain, find a relatively shady place, wrap Wang in a piece of broken mat, dig a hole to bury her, and put up a wooden board, without even giving her a name!

When going down the mountain, Gu Er was tired and hungry. His foot slipped and he rolled down the hillside. He hit a big rock and died on the spot!

Old lady Zhou tried to stop them by saying that people who died suddenly could not be buried in the ancestral tomb. Poor eldest brother Gu Wenxuan, along with his younger brother Gu Wenzhi, and his younger sisters Gu Dalian and Gu Xiaolian, dug a grave next to their mother Wang and buried their father Gu Er.

I don’t know what she said to Gu Wenzhi, but she disappeared the next day!

Mr. Gu, Gu Shangen, is the eldest of the older generation of the Gu family and has two brothers.

Mr. Gu has five children. The eldest, Gu Da, married Qin and has three daughters!

Gu Damei is fourteen years old, Gu Ermei is thirteen years old, and Gu Xiaomei is ten years old.

The second son, Gu Er, married Wang and had two sons and two daughters. Gu Wenxuan was sixteen years old, Gu Wenzhi was fourteen years old, Gu Dalian was twelve years old, and Gu Xiaolian was eight years old.

The third child is the only girl, Gu Meihua, who married Liu Li, a hunter who lived dozens of miles away. She had a son and a daughter, Liu Daqiang, twelve years old, and Liu Meili, eleven years old!

The fourth son, Gu San, married Yao and had a son, Gu Bufan, who was seven years old!

The fifth child, Gu Si, was the only scholar in the family. He married Xiao Wang, the daughter of a scholar, and had a son, Gu Caiqi, who was five years old!

Mr. Gu’s younger brother, Gu Xiaogen, is not close to Mr. Gu either. The second grandmother, Mrs. Li, has two sons and a daughter, and she left home to live with relatives a month ago!

Gu Dalian couldn't help but feel overwhelmed when she thought about this weird family.

Mr. Gu is a submissive person by nature, and all matters in the family are decided by Mrs. Zhou.

Although she is old, she is only about 50 years old. However, this old lady Zhou is vicious and cruel. When she was in the village, she was famous for being unreasonable and everyone avoided her!

The eldest uncle and his wife are sweet-talkers and capable, and the three cousins ​​have inherited their parents' good mouths, which can coax Mrs. Zhou into opening her heart.

My third uncle and his wife are lazy and like to eat. Their son only runs away when he sees food and works!

My fourth uncle was a scholar, and the whole family lived frugally to support him.

Fourth Aunt looks gentle, but she is actually very cunning.

Only Gu Er's family, I don't know why Mrs. Zhou looks down on them?

They get up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the dogs. All the chores at home and outside are done by Gu Er's family, and they can only eat half full every day!

Ever since the death of Gu Er and his wife and the disappearance of Gu Wenxuan, the treatment of Gu Dalian and Gu Xiaolian has taken a sharp turn for the worse. They can only eat half a steamed bun a day to ensure they won't starve to death.

Sometimes, all you can drink is the so-called rice porridge which is just a bit of clear soup without a single grain of rice.

The three brothers and sisters are all skin and bones. Gu Wenzhi has to do the hard labor and should be treated better than the two sisters!

Sometimes, when there was an extra steamed bun, Gu Wenzhi would secretly put it into his arms and give some to the two sisters in the evening!

Ever since they started fleeing the famine, the two sisters could only drink a sip of water a day, and they could get half a steamed bun every two days, which was already very good!

"Gu Dalian, you cheap bastard, a lazy bastard who only eats and doesn't eat, what can you do? Don't you know how to go out and look for some wild vegetables or water? You deserve to die of thirst! Get out now and go find some water!"

Before Gu Dalian could come to her senses, she heard Old Lady Zhou yelling and cursing in her hoarse voice!

"Fuck, you old woman, wait till I come to my senses, and then you'll see how I'm going to deal with you!"

Gu Dalian thought to herself, "I am in such a weak physical state now that I can't beat them. A good woman can't beat a pack of wolves. I'll just have to deal with them first and wait until I recover!"

Thinking of this, Gu Dalian pinched Gu Xiaolian's little hand and said:

"Little sister, stay here and don't move. I'll go out and look for something to eat or drink. I'll be back in a bit!"

Gu Xiaolian didn't move at all, just looked up at Gu Dalian, her skinny face without any expression!

A pair of big eyes were full of hope, the wrinkled and chapped mouth moved a little, and in the end only one word came out was "hmm"!

Gu Dalian got up and walked out, still feeling dizzy.

Walking out of the dilapidated temple, it was now noon, with tattered clothes hanging on my body.

The ground under his feet was dry and cracked, and the sun above his head was shining directly on his body, causing great pain to the already thirsty Gu Dalian!

Looking around, there was not even a small tree to be seen. Everything was bare, without a single green leaf.

"Oh my God, what unforgivable evil have I done that you are punishing me like this!"

"Others dress up as either imperial concubines or rich girls, but I have no complaints if you let me dress up as a country girl."

"At least let me have enough food and clothing. Even if you want me to be self-reliant, you can't let me die just after I come through this barren land! Wow, this is too miserable!"

Gu Dalian muttered to herself as she turned behind the dilapidated temple to see if there was any shady place.

He raised his head and took a few steps forward. "Hey, what's going on? It seems like there's something!"

Gu Dalian took a few quick steps

"Maybe God heard my voice and gave me a surprise!"

Just a few steps ahead, I saw a hint of green flashing brightly under a small mound of earth.

Gu Dalian rushed over and carefully moved the small pile of soil away, revealing a small bunch of green seedlings that looked like bean sprouts.

"No, we have to dig out the roots as well. We can't waste even a little bit!"

There was a sharp stone the size of a baby's fist at his feet. He picked it up and started scratching it a little further away from the seedling.

After a dizzying amount of work, his thumb and index finger were worn out. He dug a hand-deep hole in the soil and finally dug out the root of the seedling.

Gu Dalian's eyes lit up. Why were the roots of these little green seedlings transparent? In the sunlight, there were sparkling water droplets, which attracted Gu Dalian so much that she couldn't help but suck on one of them!

"Mm, wow, it tastes so good, like a fish that is dying of thirst suddenly enters the sea and instantly becomes energetic, as if it is not hungry anymore. It tastes so sweet, good god, I have caught a treasure!"

Gu Dalian was overjoyed as she held the remaining few pieces in her chicken-like hands, and then tore a strip from her tattered sleeves to wrap the green seedlings.

In excitement, he tripped and fell to the ground, with his right hand directly inserted into the small mound of earth!

"Ah, it hurts so much, hiss!" Gu Dalian groaned and propped herself up!

"Hey, what is that?" He raised the thing in his hand to his eyes...

A crystal clear jade bracelet was revealed, and it almost blinded Gu Dalian's eyes under the sunlight!

“My god, let’s get rich!…”

In a moment of carelessness, the blood from the cut on his hand smeared onto the jade bracelet, and the blood on his hand disappeared in an instant!

Gu Dalian's eyes blurred and she was startled. Where was this?

There is about 20 square meters of land under my feet. The green seedlings that I just dug out are in a corner of the field, and they seem to have grown a little bit bigger!

There is a house in front of this plot of land, and the house number seems familiar——

"Wait, isn't this the room 601 that that scumbag and I bought in installments? What's going on? What's going on? No, I have to take a look!"

Gu Dalian pushed open the door of Room 601 while thinking. At that time, the two of them bought a house with three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom in the suburbs in order to get everything in one go.

There is a large kitchen on the left side of the house, and Gu Dalian likes to fill the refrigerator up.

Whenever we have time, my boyfriend and I will invite our best friends to have a meal together and chat about everything.

I didn’t expect it... Oh, don’t think about it anymore. Let’s see if there is anything and get something to eat quickly. Second brother and Xiaolian are still hungry!

Steam some buns, but it won’t work without vegetables. Just make them into vegetable buns. Don’t make them with meat, otherwise people will be suspicious!

Gu Dalian did it right away. She first made the dough, then soaked some vermicelli and chopped some green onions!

Chop another head of cabbage, sprinkle some salt, squeeze out excess water, heat up a pan and fry peppercorns, take out the peppercorn seeds, put the chopped vermicelli, green onions and cabbage together, pour the heated oil on them, sprinkle with various seasonings, and mix well!

When the dough has risen, knead it into dough pieces, roll out the dough wrappers, and wrap the fillings.

She boiled some water and steamed two pots of vegetable buns in half an hour. Gu Dalian was thinking, how can she get out?

As a result, an idea appeared at the place where I found the green seedling.

The jade bracelet in her hand was also missing. Gu Dalian was startled. How could she still get into that place if the jade bracelet was missing?

As a result, she changed her mind and entered 601 again, which made Gu Dalian very happy!

Since people can come and go freely, I wonder if they can take things out without going in. Anyway, let’s try it first!

I thought to myself: "Get a bottle of water and a bun", and suddenly a bun and a bottle of water appeared in my hands!

Gu Dalian muttered to herself, "Put the water and buns where they were", and the water and buns in her hands suddenly disappeared!

After trying several times, Gu Dalian was able to get things in and out with ease, and then he pretended to be dizzy and returned to the ruined temple!

As soon as she entered the temple gate, a wooden crutch flew towards her. Old Lady Zhou started to curse in her hoarse voice:

"You damned unlucky thing, you've been walking around for so long, why don't you just die outside? You can also save yourself a bite of food, why don't you just let the wolves take you away?"

"You money-loser, you didn't find anything to eat, who do you want to ask for food when you come back? If you can't find anything, you'll starve to death. Get out of here, don't let me see you, there's no food for you today!"

Gu Dalian tilted his head to avoid the attack of the wooden stick, and walked towards Gu Xiaolian in the corner without saying a word. He couldn't confront her head-on now!

My second brother and Xiaolian have nothing to eat or drink, so they need to take care of themselves first before making any plans.

The key point is that the original body is just a village girl who has no knowledge and only knows how to work, so we have to think about it in the long run!

It is dry and rainless now, and walking under the scorching sun in the daytime is a death wish.

Everyone sets out at Maoshi (11 to a.m.), takes a break at Sicun ( to a.m.), and then sets out again at Xushi ( to p.m.).

Walk until midnight (11pm to am) and then rest.

There was no water source to be found along the way, so they could only eat dry food. Because they set out late to escape the famine, the tree bark and grass roots along the way had already been eaten by the people who fled ahead of them, not to mention the wild vegetables!

During the past half month, I had to guard against being robbed by refugees on the road, and also be careful not to have my water bags snatched away by people fleeing famine. I walked in fear!

I met a group of people fleeing famine in the morning. They said there were bandits robbing ahead and many people died!

They returned and went around to the nearby mountains, preparing to bypass the bandits in the mountains!

Old Man Gu discussed with his sons and decided to rest in the dilapidated temple first, and then head to the next town in the direction where the group of refugees were going!