It's getting colder and colder in the north, and even the house is freezing cold.The people here are almost extinct, and the men went out to plunder the grain of the whole village, but they only put together five or six catties of brown rice, which was not enough for them to survive this winter.
The only cotton coat was snatched away by the man, Jiang Rong wrapped Dong Zhi in a quilt, and he was wearing many thin clothes, the cold wind could still easily penetrate his body and penetrate into his bones.
It was dark in the room at night, Jiang Rong huddled up in the utility room, holding Dongzhi in his arms, unable to fall asleep, the man was lying on the bed snoring like thunder, and the cold wind was blowing on Jiang Rong's shivering body.
He didn't know what to do when the dawn came, and he didn't know how long he could live. The cold and silent night was hard enough, and the future might be even harder.
The next day the weather was fine, the man went out for a walk, and when he came back, he told Jiang Rong to pack his things.
"Hurry up, let's go south, if we can't reach the next village before dark, we can only wait to die."
Jiang Rongwen said that he brought everything he could bring with him in the house, and it was only a few catties of grain and dozens of copper coins.
Wearing all the clothes to keep out the cold, Jiang Rong carried the food on his back, hugged Dong Zhi, and walked south at the pace of the man.
The mountain was covered by heavy snow, and Jiang Rong limped one leg and couldn't walk fast at all. The man just walked forward, Jiang Rong couldn't keep up behind, and after a while, his eyes were all white, and he couldn't see the man at all.
As if abandoned by the huge world, Jiang Rong panicked, he hugged Dong Zhi tightly, and kept moving forward desperately, tears flowed, and finally saw the man again when the sun rose to its highest point.
All the strength in his body was exhausted all of a sudden, Jiang Rong suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. The man rested here for a while, and when he saw Jiang Rong's appearance, he stepped forward and kicked Jiang Rong, "Hey! If you don't want to die, hurry up stand up!"
If it wasn't for the fact that he hadn't eaten the man in his mouth, the man would have ignored Jiang Rong long ago. With this oil bottle, the weak body is not as good as a woman, and he doesn't know if he can exchange a catty of food.
Panting heavily, the cold air was sucked into the lungs, Jiang Rong coughed a few times, his throat seemed to be ground by coarse sand, blood was drawn out, and his mouth was full of bloody smell.
He struggled to stand up and followed the man. Dongzhi was very sensible. When he woke up, he opened his big eyes and looked at Jiang Rongxiao. When he was tired, he yawned and continued to sleep. Jiang Rong tucked Dongzhi tightly again. If there is no Dongzhi, he would not have the courage to live to the present, and Dongzhi is his destiny.
"Dong Zhi, Daddy will definitely grow up with you..."
The days in winter were short, and the men became more panicked in the evening, because they didn't know where the next village was, and if they couldn't find the village before dark, they would all freeze to death.Jiang Rong fell behind him not too far away, the man stopped and waited until Jiang Rong walked up to him before finally showing his violent side.
"You're fucking holding me back every day!" As he spoke, he slammed Jiang Rong's face with a big hand like a cattail fan.Jiang Rong hadn't recovered his mind yet, his mind was befuddled by the slap, his ears were buzzing, and he coughed and spit out blood.
Dongzhi was so frightened by the sudden change that he burst into tears, Jiang Rong ignored the pain in his body, hugged Dongzhi and coaxed him softly.
Afraid of offending the man, Jiang Rong didn't dare to make a sound. After the man vented his anger, he continued to walk forward at a faster pace.Jiang Rong's legs seemed to be filled with lead, and his heavy body was about to lose control. Finally, when Jiang Rong was about to be completely unable to hold on, he saw the shadow of the village.
Jiang Rong followed, and the man went to negotiate with them. He didn't know what he said. The head of the village agreed to let them live.
As winter came, there were many people who froze to death in any village in the Northland. The man randomly found an empty house to live in, and sat on a creaking chair.
"Hurry up and tidy up the house and cook some food, and move quickly, or I will kill you!"
Temporarily tidied up a small corner and put Dongzhi there, Jiang Rong wet the handkerchief and wiped the table and chairs, then spread the quilt they brought on the bed, the man turned on the bed and went to sleep, Jiang Rong cooked some after cleaning Brown rice porridge.
Having not eaten for a few days, Jiang Rong's milk was almost gone, and the hungry Dongzhi sucked his little hand all day long.Seeing that the man was still awake, Jiang Rong secretly filled some rice soup, and fed it to Dongzhi when it was not so hot.
Other people's children will not be hungry at such a young age, but his children have to suffer with him. Seeing Dongzhi drinking rice soup so satisfied, Jiang Rong felt sore in his heart.He has the most sensible child, but he doesn't even have the ability to raise him up.
"Dongzhi, Daddy's baby, you have to grow up quickly and safely, Daddy will protect you even if you do your best..." Jiang Rong hugged Dongzhi and whispered, but didn't notice that a shadow behind him was coming walked towards him.
"Bitch!" Jiang Rong dodged subconsciously when the man's fist came over, and became even more angry when he saw that he dared to hide from the man, "I asked you to cook, and you fucking feed Xiaoye! See if I don't beat you to death !"
Anyway, it's almost finished feeding, so it's not bad if you get beaten, Jiang Rong thought, he had put Dong Zhi down a long time ago, and the man's fist would only hit him, not hurt Dong Zhi at all.Jiang Rong protected his head, gritted his teeth, and let the man beat and scold him.
His body had been so thin that he didn't have much flesh, and every blow hit his bones firmly. Jiang Rong couldn't stand still, and was about to fall when he wobbled. The man grabbed his hair and threw him onto the bed.
He fell heavily on the wall and Jiang Rong let out a muffled snort, "The man doesn't intend to let him go just now. Before the anger he received from the village chief just now has blown, this bitch is eating inside and outside again. It's his fate if he doesn't beat him to death."
"If you dare to eat the inside and outside again, I will sell you to a kiln! At that time, you will die even if you want to die!" The man forcefully picked up Jiang Rong, patted Jiang Rong's face, his rough voice was like a reminder, " Did you fucking hear that?"
Coughing up a few wisps of blood, Jiang Rong's forehead was broken, and dark red blood remained along the forehead. His lips were dry and white, and he swallowed the blood in his mouth, "I heard that, I won't dare anymore..."
"You're fucking sensible!" The man was also tired, panting heavily and let go, "Hurry up and serve me a meal!"
Her hair was scattered behind her back, and Jiang Rong's arms were shaking with pain.After eating two or three bites, the man threw the bowl aside, and the broken bowl shattered at his feet. The man thought of something again, pulled Jiang Rong, and kicked Jiang Rong's knee violently.
Ben was already lame on one leg, but Jiang Rong fell to his knees on the ground. The man grabbed his collar from behind and pulled it down, his hair brushed to the front of his neck.
"I'll put a mark on you so that you won't be a scumbag all day long!" Picking up the bowl shards on the ground, the man scratched hard behind Jiang Rong's back.He could read a few words, carved the word "cheap" crookedly, the blood spread, the handwriting was also covered with blood, the cut flesh was turned outward, and some traces could be seen, the man let go of Jiang Rong with satisfaction. .
"Sluts should be branded, and I won't be so angry when they do it again!"
Losing strength and falling to the ground, Jiang Rong threw himself on the shattered bowl, his eyes turned black from the pain, and he couldn't even stand up.
Dong Zhi waved his hands and feet and saw Jiang Rong for a long time. He was about to cry as soon as his mouth was deflated. He puts him to sleep.
He didn't dare to make a sound no matter how painful it was, because he was afraid that Dongzhi would be frightened and cry. If Dongzhi cried and was noticed by a man, he would suffer. Men already had a lot of dissatisfaction with Dongzhi's existence, so it was inevitable that he would not be irritated.
On the first night of coming here, the people around heard the men's atrocities, and they automatically stayed away from them.
After eating the last meal, Jiang Rong had to go out to find something to eat behind Dong Zhi's back.
There may be sweet potatoes in the field, and every household went up the mountain to dig sweet potatoes at dawn, Jiang Rong also took a hammer and followed them up the mountain.
There are traces of being dug everywhere on the mountain. Few people have harvested after digging all morning, but no one left. Jiang Rong only looked at the land in front of him. He was weak, and he dug twice when others did it. Finally Let him dig out a palm-sized sweet potato when the sun is about to set.
The haze of the past few days seemed to be swept away by a sweet potato. Jiang Rong picked up the sweet potato and held it to the back for Dong Zhi to see, "Dong Zhi, we have something to eat!"
Dongzhi seemed to understand, waving his little hands and giggling.
Wiping the dirt on the sweet potatoes, Jiang Rong was about to put the sweet potatoes into the basket when a woman snatched them away.
"Who told you to dig in my field!"
The people around looked over, Jiang Rong was at a loss because of their scrutiny, but it didn't matter if he didn't eat, his child couldn't be hungry anymore.
"Sorry, I didn't know it was your home..."
"Okay, okay! Hurry up! It's really bad luck!"
"Can you...give me half a sweet potato, my child..."
"Who doesn't have a child these days, and I don't see anyone begging for food like you! If you can't feed the child, let your man carry it and sell it! You're still here begging for help!"
His gaze seemed to turn into a real arrow, which made Jiang Rong feel ashamed. He lowered his head and said a few words of sorry in a low voice before leaving quickly.
He knew that it was difficult for everyone to live in this world, and it still made him feel uncomfortable that the sweet potatoes he had worked hard for a day were snatched away.He has no ability, and there is nothing he can do at this time.
If you are hungry, you will have no milk. Without milk, you don't know what to do. His child is already thin and small, and he may not be able to feed him if he is hungry.
With a glimmer of hope, Jiang Rong unbuttoned the front of his chest, and Dong Zhi pouted his buttocks and arched against Jiang Rong's chest. He sucked hard in his mouth when he was hungry, but he always sucked sweet milk every time before. No, Dongzhi didn't understand anything, only knew that he was going to be hungry again, so he tried his best to suck out a few drops, Dongzhi licked it contentedly, and Jiang Rong turned pale with pain.
The bulge on her chest disappeared a long time ago, and Jiang Rong also knew that she had no milk. Seeing Dongzhi's pitiful appearance, Jiang Rong felt even more uncomfortable. Enduring the pain, she bit her own finger and stretched it out in front of Dongzhi.
People say that milk is blood, so drinking a little blood should also fight hunger.
But the taste is always different, Dongzhi doesn’t suck at all, Jiang Rong has no choice but to smear the blood on his chest, Dongzhi licks it and doesn’t eat it, let him breastfeed and don’t eat it, Jiang Rong is really anxious now up.
"Dongzhi, baby, you can drink a little of Daddy's blood, it's fine, don't you think it's not good?"
Dong Zhi blinked and fell asleep sleepily, holding Jiang Rong's clothes with his small hands, and snoring quickly.
Touching Dongzhi's face, Jiang Rong felt very uncomfortable.It was already dark, and the temperature outside was even lower. Jiang Rong leaned against the corner of the wall and couldn't sleep. After kissing Dong Zhi's forehead, he got up and went out.
Dig it secretly at night, and you should be able to get it back without being discovered.
Under the moonlight, Jiang Rong went to the mountain where he came during the day. The cold wind howled on the mountain. Jiang Rong used to be afraid of walking alone at night, but now he is not afraid anymore. No ghosts and snakes are worse than watching his children starve to death. .
Thinking of this, Jiang Rong was full of strength, and the moonlight was still bright. After Jiang Rong dug a piece of land, he rummaged through the soil with his hands. He was lucky, and found three small sweet potatoes, although each piece was very small. It's better than nothing, it's enough for two days.
From late at night until dawn, Jiang Rong dug another piece of sweet potato that was slightly larger, and saw people in the village starting to get up from a distance, Jiang Rong knew that he should go back too.The place where they lived was on the edge of the village. Jiang Rong went back around the crowd, and tiptoed back to the kitchen. Neither the man nor the people in the village noticed that he had gone out.
After burying the sweet potato not far from the house, Jiang Rong happily hugged Dongzhi, and pressed Dongzhi's forehead against it. Jiang Rong said softly, "Daddy found something to eat. Daddy will take the baby there when it gets dark."
In this way, Jiang Rong secretly dug sweet potatoes at night, slowly saved a little, and spent more than ten days in peace.
Putting all his heart on Dong Zhi, Jiang Rong forgot about the man, his abnormality has already attracted the man's attention.
I haven't seen Jiang Rong eating in the past ten days. How does he live? He must be stealing food from himself, so the man secretly monitored Jiang Rong, especially at night. He usually sleeps when he lies down. This day the man deliberately didn't sleep.After about a stick of incense, he saw Jiang Rong walking out with the child in his arms, and the man sat up abruptly when he saw this.
"Damn it! Damn it!" The man cursed a few times and followed.
The strong wind at night covered the sound of footsteps behind him. Jiang Rong walked slowly to the place where the sweet potatoes were hidden. There was a big rock in the lee of the wind. Jiang Rong lit a fire and roasted the sweet potatoes inside. The fire illuminated Jiang Rong His thin face also illuminated the soft smile on his face.
"Baby grow up quickly."
"It's really stealing food without telling me." The sudden voice behind Jiang Rong turned pale with fright, and the man came out from behind the big rock, his gloomy face was even more frightening under the moonlight, Jiang Rong hugged the child tightly and backed away One step, cowering and dodging.
"No, it's not..."
"Then explain what's going on?" The man kicked out the fire, picked up a few bites of half-baked sweet potatoes and stuffed them into his mouth, "If you find something to eat, don't give it to me, hide it and feed it to this little bastard, don't you?" Do you want me to kill him?"
"I'm not, I won't dare in the future..."
"You still act like I'm so easy to deceive!" The man roared, with a terrifying look on his face, Jiang Rong subconsciously ran away, but the man grabbed his hair and slapped Jiang Rong on the face.
"Damn it! What use is it for me to want you! It's better to have a dog!"
It's late at night, and even the slightest movement can attract people's attention. The man's violent shouting attracted several families around him. Seeing the man throwing his fist at Jiang Rong, several men hurried forward to stop him.
"Hey, hey! If you have something to say, don't do it, don't do it."
"This slut eats all by himself, so he won't have a long memory if he doesn't beat him!"
"Then you can't hit people, you can learn a few lessons, Shuang'er can't help but hit, especially your family looks so thin..."
Jiang Rong hugged Dongzhi and slowly shrank aside, feeling very grateful to these people, otherwise he might be beaten to death by a furious man.In the end, the man seemed to lose his anger, and the men also yawned and went home.
Thinking that the matter would pass like this, Jiang Rong carefully followed the man, looking at the man's face, but he didn't expect the man to change his face when he closed the door. He grabbed Jiang Rong's neck and pulled him over, and slammed him against the wall.
"Okay, someone is pleading for you."
"Hmm..." The wound on his forehead didn't heal, and a new wound was added. This time, he hit the uneven stone wall directly, and the blood flowed down his forehead into his eyes, which made Jiang Rong close his eyes tightly.
"Don't fucking pretend to be dead for me!" Picking up Jiang Rong like an object, the man punched Jiang Rong in the stomach, "Let you steal it! I let you steal it!"
It was already in the confinement period, Jiang Rong's lower body was bleeding all the time, the man frowned in pain, curled up on the ground and let out a low moan.
With both hands tightly pinching the clothes on his lower abdomen, Jiang Rong rolled on the ground in pain, blood soon permeated from his lower body, and Jiang Rong gradually lost the strength to struggle, and the man panicked at this moment.
"Get up, Lao Tzu!" The man pulled Jiang Rong's hair, pulled him up from the ground, and threw him on the bed roughly. The blood flowed more and more, and Jiang Rong didn't respond. The man paced around the room restlessly .Dong Zhi was frightened and cried, stretched out his little hand and looked in Jiang Rong's direction, the man finally stopped in front of Dong Zhi, and threw Dong Zhi in Jiang Rong's direction.
Dong Zhi's cry was heard by his ears, Jiang Rong could hear it but couldn't respond, he hadn't eaten for a long time, his body was already extremely weak, and being treated like this almost exhausted all his vitality.
He tried his best to open his eyes, Jiang Rong knew that if he died like this, Dongzhi would not live long, no matter how hard it was, he would have to get over it, and if he could get through and raise Dongzhi, everything would be fine.
But it hurts so much, even the bones of his body began to hurt, the pain was so bad that he wished he could die, just die like this, and there would be no tormenting memories and unbearable pain.
The man went out to get some air, and when he came back to see Jiang Rong still motionless, he roughly helped Jiang Rong to pour a bowl of hot water, and it was this bowl of hot water that saved Jiang Rong's life.
At noon the next day, Jiang Rong woke up.
His whole body was hurting, especially his forehead. Jiang Rong took a breath and turned over. He saw Dongzhi sleeping next to him, with tears still on his face, and he didn't know how long he had been crying.Jiang Rong felt distressed, and was even more afraid for a while. Fortunately, the man didn't know what to do with Dong, otherwise he wouldn't know how to live.
The bottom of the body was very sticky, and the internal organs seemed to be mixed together. Jiang Rong sat up with support, took off his pants and looked.
The lower abdomen was completely deflated, and the two protruding bones looked a little scary, and there were dried blood all over. Jiang Rong got up and boiled some hot water, wanting to scrub it.
After giving birth, his health became worse and worse. Jiang Rong sat by the fire and wiped his body. The cold wind made his body bruised and purple. His thin body was too thin, and his ribs were prominent on the back.There were almost no good spots all over his body, with bruises all over his body and obvious marks of being pulled out by a stick.
Probably thinking that Jiang Rong's death would increase his losses, the man left some porridge for Jiang Rong before going out, saying that porridge is actually a large bowl of water mixed with a few grains of brown rice, and this is the taste that Jiang Rongxu has not tasted for a long time .
He fed all the sweet potatoes he found to Dongzhi. Apart from occasionally cooking some vegetable leaves, he relied on drinking water to satisfy his hunger. A bulging belly protruded from his waist, no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit weird, like a deformed monster.
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It seemed to be a dream, more like it happened in real life, Lu Jin was deeply trapped in it and couldn't extricate himself.Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he kept struggling, clenched his teeth, and looked fierce as if he wanted to kill someone in his dream.
It had been two days and two nights since Lu Jin hadn't woken up. Lu Jin had been struggling like this. Jiang Rong and Lu Ganjun were both sitting beside the bed, feeling very worried.The imperial doctor came to see him and only said that the nightmare is living, and there is no way how to get rid of the nightmare. Jiang Rong was so worried that he almost didn't think about eating and drinking. The two days made him look quite haggard. If it wasn't for Lian'er, Jiang Rong was afraid that he would stay by Lu Jin's bed day and night, and he didn't want to leave for a moment.
"You said what happened to Dongzhi, why did he have a nightmare?" Jiang Rong choked up, "We finally got together again, Dongzhi him..."
"Don't worry too much." Lu Ganjun was also worried in his heart, but he never showed his emotions very much. Holding Jiang Rong in his arms, Lu Ganjun comforted, "It depends on Dongzhi's own efforts. We have to believe in Dongzhi. You will definitely be able to get out of the nightmare. Ronger, you should rest for a while, you are his father, if you fall ill again, Dong Zhi will be very worried about you when you wake up."
"What I'm afraid of is..." Jiang Rong hesitated, Dongzhi's body in this life is not his own, "The original Lu Jin passed away a year ago, Dongzhi borrowed his body to be reborn, I I'm afraid God will take Dongzhi back."
He couldn't imagine the days without Dongzhi at all. In his previous life, Dongzhi was the support for his survival. In this life, Dongzhi has always been by his side. Jiang Rong never thought that Dongzhi would leave.
"Don't leave Daddy..." Jiang Rong grabbed Dongzhi's hand, tears in his eyes, Lu Ganjun had no choice but to pat him on the back to comfort him.
The scene in front of him was slowly speeding up, like a horse watching flowers, Lu Jin experienced Jiang Rong's miserable second half of his life.After witnessing Jiang Rong's death with his own eyes, he felt dizzy when he collapsed, and his body finally had a substantial touch.
Lu Jin frowned, his eyelashes trembled, Jiang Rong looked at his face eagerly, and whispered in his ear.
The familiar voice made Lu Jin want to open his eyes more eagerly. He moved his fingers and struggled hard. The darkness in front of him finally began to dissipate. Lu Jin slowly opened his eyes and saw clearly the concerned person in front of him. .
"Dong Zhi, you scared Daddy to death!" Jiang Rong wept with joy, wiped away his tears, before Lu Jin hugged him.Lu Jin was trembling all over. He knew that everything in the dream had happened in reality. His father had lived like that in his previous life, and he had suffered countless injuries because of him.
"Daddy, Daddy..." Lu Jinhou murmured in fear. He is now much taller than Jiang Rong, and he can easily hug Jiang Rong, but he seems to be the baby who was held in Jiang Rong's arms and protected him. He will never grow up, and will always be that babbling Dongzhi.
"What's the matter, Dong Zhi?" Jiang Rong patted Lu Jin on the back and asked softly, Lu Ganjun also looked at Lu Jin with some confusion.
"I will protect Daddy well in the future." Lu Jin murmured, and then hugged Jiang Rong even tighter, with great strength, Jiang Rong felt Lu Jin's uneasiness from it, and coaxed him softly tirelessly.
Gently rubbing Jiang Rong's shoulder, Lu Jin thought in his heart that he would never let anyone have a chance to hurt his father again.His father shouldn't be hurt in the slightest.
The only cotton coat was snatched away by the man, Jiang Rong wrapped Dong Zhi in a quilt, and he was wearing many thin clothes, the cold wind could still easily penetrate his body and penetrate into his bones.
It was dark in the room at night, Jiang Rong huddled up in the utility room, holding Dongzhi in his arms, unable to fall asleep, the man was lying on the bed snoring like thunder, and the cold wind was blowing on Jiang Rong's shivering body.
He didn't know what to do when the dawn came, and he didn't know how long he could live. The cold and silent night was hard enough, and the future might be even harder.
The next day the weather was fine, the man went out for a walk, and when he came back, he told Jiang Rong to pack his things.
"Hurry up, let's go south, if we can't reach the next village before dark, we can only wait to die."
Jiang Rongwen said that he brought everything he could bring with him in the house, and it was only a few catties of grain and dozens of copper coins.
Wearing all the clothes to keep out the cold, Jiang Rong carried the food on his back, hugged Dong Zhi, and walked south at the pace of the man.
The mountain was covered by heavy snow, and Jiang Rong limped one leg and couldn't walk fast at all. The man just walked forward, Jiang Rong couldn't keep up behind, and after a while, his eyes were all white, and he couldn't see the man at all.
As if abandoned by the huge world, Jiang Rong panicked, he hugged Dong Zhi tightly, and kept moving forward desperately, tears flowed, and finally saw the man again when the sun rose to its highest point.
All the strength in his body was exhausted all of a sudden, Jiang Rong suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. The man rested here for a while, and when he saw Jiang Rong's appearance, he stepped forward and kicked Jiang Rong, "Hey! If you don't want to die, hurry up stand up!"
If it wasn't for the fact that he hadn't eaten the man in his mouth, the man would have ignored Jiang Rong long ago. With this oil bottle, the weak body is not as good as a woman, and he doesn't know if he can exchange a catty of food.
Panting heavily, the cold air was sucked into the lungs, Jiang Rong coughed a few times, his throat seemed to be ground by coarse sand, blood was drawn out, and his mouth was full of bloody smell.
He struggled to stand up and followed the man. Dongzhi was very sensible. When he woke up, he opened his big eyes and looked at Jiang Rongxiao. When he was tired, he yawned and continued to sleep. Jiang Rong tucked Dongzhi tightly again. If there is no Dongzhi, he would not have the courage to live to the present, and Dongzhi is his destiny.
"Dong Zhi, Daddy will definitely grow up with you..."
The days in winter were short, and the men became more panicked in the evening, because they didn't know where the next village was, and if they couldn't find the village before dark, they would all freeze to death.Jiang Rong fell behind him not too far away, the man stopped and waited until Jiang Rong walked up to him before finally showing his violent side.
"You're fucking holding me back every day!" As he spoke, he slammed Jiang Rong's face with a big hand like a cattail fan.Jiang Rong hadn't recovered his mind yet, his mind was befuddled by the slap, his ears were buzzing, and he coughed and spit out blood.
Dongzhi was so frightened by the sudden change that he burst into tears, Jiang Rong ignored the pain in his body, hugged Dongzhi and coaxed him softly.
Afraid of offending the man, Jiang Rong didn't dare to make a sound. After the man vented his anger, he continued to walk forward at a faster pace.Jiang Rong's legs seemed to be filled with lead, and his heavy body was about to lose control. Finally, when Jiang Rong was about to be completely unable to hold on, he saw the shadow of the village.
Jiang Rong followed, and the man went to negotiate with them. He didn't know what he said. The head of the village agreed to let them live.
As winter came, there were many people who froze to death in any village in the Northland. The man randomly found an empty house to live in, and sat on a creaking chair.
"Hurry up and tidy up the house and cook some food, and move quickly, or I will kill you!"
Temporarily tidied up a small corner and put Dongzhi there, Jiang Rong wet the handkerchief and wiped the table and chairs, then spread the quilt they brought on the bed, the man turned on the bed and went to sleep, Jiang Rong cooked some after cleaning Brown rice porridge.
Having not eaten for a few days, Jiang Rong's milk was almost gone, and the hungry Dongzhi sucked his little hand all day long.Seeing that the man was still awake, Jiang Rong secretly filled some rice soup, and fed it to Dongzhi when it was not so hot.
Other people's children will not be hungry at such a young age, but his children have to suffer with him. Seeing Dongzhi drinking rice soup so satisfied, Jiang Rong felt sore in his heart.He has the most sensible child, but he doesn't even have the ability to raise him up.
"Dongzhi, Daddy's baby, you have to grow up quickly and safely, Daddy will protect you even if you do your best..." Jiang Rong hugged Dongzhi and whispered, but didn't notice that a shadow behind him was coming walked towards him.
"Bitch!" Jiang Rong dodged subconsciously when the man's fist came over, and became even more angry when he saw that he dared to hide from the man, "I asked you to cook, and you fucking feed Xiaoye! See if I don't beat you to death !"
Anyway, it's almost finished feeding, so it's not bad if you get beaten, Jiang Rong thought, he had put Dong Zhi down a long time ago, and the man's fist would only hit him, not hurt Dong Zhi at all.Jiang Rong protected his head, gritted his teeth, and let the man beat and scold him.
His body had been so thin that he didn't have much flesh, and every blow hit his bones firmly. Jiang Rong couldn't stand still, and was about to fall when he wobbled. The man grabbed his hair and threw him onto the bed.
He fell heavily on the wall and Jiang Rong let out a muffled snort, "The man doesn't intend to let him go just now. Before the anger he received from the village chief just now has blown, this bitch is eating inside and outside again. It's his fate if he doesn't beat him to death."
"If you dare to eat the inside and outside again, I will sell you to a kiln! At that time, you will die even if you want to die!" The man forcefully picked up Jiang Rong, patted Jiang Rong's face, his rough voice was like a reminder, " Did you fucking hear that?"
Coughing up a few wisps of blood, Jiang Rong's forehead was broken, and dark red blood remained along the forehead. His lips were dry and white, and he swallowed the blood in his mouth, "I heard that, I won't dare anymore..."
"You're fucking sensible!" The man was also tired, panting heavily and let go, "Hurry up and serve me a meal!"
Her hair was scattered behind her back, and Jiang Rong's arms were shaking with pain.After eating two or three bites, the man threw the bowl aside, and the broken bowl shattered at his feet. The man thought of something again, pulled Jiang Rong, and kicked Jiang Rong's knee violently.
Ben was already lame on one leg, but Jiang Rong fell to his knees on the ground. The man grabbed his collar from behind and pulled it down, his hair brushed to the front of his neck.
"I'll put a mark on you so that you won't be a scumbag all day long!" Picking up the bowl shards on the ground, the man scratched hard behind Jiang Rong's back.He could read a few words, carved the word "cheap" crookedly, the blood spread, the handwriting was also covered with blood, the cut flesh was turned outward, and some traces could be seen, the man let go of Jiang Rong with satisfaction. .
"Sluts should be branded, and I won't be so angry when they do it again!"
Losing strength and falling to the ground, Jiang Rong threw himself on the shattered bowl, his eyes turned black from the pain, and he couldn't even stand up.
Dong Zhi waved his hands and feet and saw Jiang Rong for a long time. He was about to cry as soon as his mouth was deflated. He puts him to sleep.
He didn't dare to make a sound no matter how painful it was, because he was afraid that Dongzhi would be frightened and cry. If Dongzhi cried and was noticed by a man, he would suffer. Men already had a lot of dissatisfaction with Dongzhi's existence, so it was inevitable that he would not be irritated.
On the first night of coming here, the people around heard the men's atrocities, and they automatically stayed away from them.
After eating the last meal, Jiang Rong had to go out to find something to eat behind Dong Zhi's back.
There may be sweet potatoes in the field, and every household went up the mountain to dig sweet potatoes at dawn, Jiang Rong also took a hammer and followed them up the mountain.
There are traces of being dug everywhere on the mountain. Few people have harvested after digging all morning, but no one left. Jiang Rong only looked at the land in front of him. He was weak, and he dug twice when others did it. Finally Let him dig out a palm-sized sweet potato when the sun is about to set.
The haze of the past few days seemed to be swept away by a sweet potato. Jiang Rong picked up the sweet potato and held it to the back for Dong Zhi to see, "Dong Zhi, we have something to eat!"
Dongzhi seemed to understand, waving his little hands and giggling.
Wiping the dirt on the sweet potatoes, Jiang Rong was about to put the sweet potatoes into the basket when a woman snatched them away.
"Who told you to dig in my field!"
The people around looked over, Jiang Rong was at a loss because of their scrutiny, but it didn't matter if he didn't eat, his child couldn't be hungry anymore.
"Sorry, I didn't know it was your home..."
"Okay, okay! Hurry up! It's really bad luck!"
"Can you...give me half a sweet potato, my child..."
"Who doesn't have a child these days, and I don't see anyone begging for food like you! If you can't feed the child, let your man carry it and sell it! You're still here begging for help!"
His gaze seemed to turn into a real arrow, which made Jiang Rong feel ashamed. He lowered his head and said a few words of sorry in a low voice before leaving quickly.
He knew that it was difficult for everyone to live in this world, and it still made him feel uncomfortable that the sweet potatoes he had worked hard for a day were snatched away.He has no ability, and there is nothing he can do at this time.
If you are hungry, you will have no milk. Without milk, you don't know what to do. His child is already thin and small, and he may not be able to feed him if he is hungry.
With a glimmer of hope, Jiang Rong unbuttoned the front of his chest, and Dong Zhi pouted his buttocks and arched against Jiang Rong's chest. He sucked hard in his mouth when he was hungry, but he always sucked sweet milk every time before. No, Dongzhi didn't understand anything, only knew that he was going to be hungry again, so he tried his best to suck out a few drops, Dongzhi licked it contentedly, and Jiang Rong turned pale with pain.
The bulge on her chest disappeared a long time ago, and Jiang Rong also knew that she had no milk. Seeing Dongzhi's pitiful appearance, Jiang Rong felt even more uncomfortable. Enduring the pain, she bit her own finger and stretched it out in front of Dongzhi.
People say that milk is blood, so drinking a little blood should also fight hunger.
But the taste is always different, Dongzhi doesn’t suck at all, Jiang Rong has no choice but to smear the blood on his chest, Dongzhi licks it and doesn’t eat it, let him breastfeed and don’t eat it, Jiang Rong is really anxious now up.
"Dongzhi, baby, you can drink a little of Daddy's blood, it's fine, don't you think it's not good?"
Dong Zhi blinked and fell asleep sleepily, holding Jiang Rong's clothes with his small hands, and snoring quickly.
Touching Dongzhi's face, Jiang Rong felt very uncomfortable.It was already dark, and the temperature outside was even lower. Jiang Rong leaned against the corner of the wall and couldn't sleep. After kissing Dong Zhi's forehead, he got up and went out.
Dig it secretly at night, and you should be able to get it back without being discovered.
Under the moonlight, Jiang Rong went to the mountain where he came during the day. The cold wind howled on the mountain. Jiang Rong used to be afraid of walking alone at night, but now he is not afraid anymore. No ghosts and snakes are worse than watching his children starve to death. .
Thinking of this, Jiang Rong was full of strength, and the moonlight was still bright. After Jiang Rong dug a piece of land, he rummaged through the soil with his hands. He was lucky, and found three small sweet potatoes, although each piece was very small. It's better than nothing, it's enough for two days.
From late at night until dawn, Jiang Rong dug another piece of sweet potato that was slightly larger, and saw people in the village starting to get up from a distance, Jiang Rong knew that he should go back too.The place where they lived was on the edge of the village. Jiang Rong went back around the crowd, and tiptoed back to the kitchen. Neither the man nor the people in the village noticed that he had gone out.
After burying the sweet potato not far from the house, Jiang Rong happily hugged Dongzhi, and pressed Dongzhi's forehead against it. Jiang Rong said softly, "Daddy found something to eat. Daddy will take the baby there when it gets dark."
In this way, Jiang Rong secretly dug sweet potatoes at night, slowly saved a little, and spent more than ten days in peace.
Putting all his heart on Dong Zhi, Jiang Rong forgot about the man, his abnormality has already attracted the man's attention.
I haven't seen Jiang Rong eating in the past ten days. How does he live? He must be stealing food from himself, so the man secretly monitored Jiang Rong, especially at night. He usually sleeps when he lies down. This day the man deliberately didn't sleep.After about a stick of incense, he saw Jiang Rong walking out with the child in his arms, and the man sat up abruptly when he saw this.
"Damn it! Damn it!" The man cursed a few times and followed.
The strong wind at night covered the sound of footsteps behind him. Jiang Rong walked slowly to the place where the sweet potatoes were hidden. There was a big rock in the lee of the wind. Jiang Rong lit a fire and roasted the sweet potatoes inside. The fire illuminated Jiang Rong His thin face also illuminated the soft smile on his face.
"Baby grow up quickly."
"It's really stealing food without telling me." The sudden voice behind Jiang Rong turned pale with fright, and the man came out from behind the big rock, his gloomy face was even more frightening under the moonlight, Jiang Rong hugged the child tightly and backed away One step, cowering and dodging.
"No, it's not..."
"Then explain what's going on?" The man kicked out the fire, picked up a few bites of half-baked sweet potatoes and stuffed them into his mouth, "If you find something to eat, don't give it to me, hide it and feed it to this little bastard, don't you?" Do you want me to kill him?"
"I'm not, I won't dare in the future..."
"You still act like I'm so easy to deceive!" The man roared, with a terrifying look on his face, Jiang Rong subconsciously ran away, but the man grabbed his hair and slapped Jiang Rong on the face.
"Damn it! What use is it for me to want you! It's better to have a dog!"
It's late at night, and even the slightest movement can attract people's attention. The man's violent shouting attracted several families around him. Seeing the man throwing his fist at Jiang Rong, several men hurried forward to stop him.
"Hey, hey! If you have something to say, don't do it, don't do it."
"This slut eats all by himself, so he won't have a long memory if he doesn't beat him!"
"Then you can't hit people, you can learn a few lessons, Shuang'er can't help but hit, especially your family looks so thin..."
Jiang Rong hugged Dongzhi and slowly shrank aside, feeling very grateful to these people, otherwise he might be beaten to death by a furious man.In the end, the man seemed to lose his anger, and the men also yawned and went home.
Thinking that the matter would pass like this, Jiang Rong carefully followed the man, looking at the man's face, but he didn't expect the man to change his face when he closed the door. He grabbed Jiang Rong's neck and pulled him over, and slammed him against the wall.
"Okay, someone is pleading for you."
"Hmm..." The wound on his forehead didn't heal, and a new wound was added. This time, he hit the uneven stone wall directly, and the blood flowed down his forehead into his eyes, which made Jiang Rong close his eyes tightly.
"Don't fucking pretend to be dead for me!" Picking up Jiang Rong like an object, the man punched Jiang Rong in the stomach, "Let you steal it! I let you steal it!"
It was already in the confinement period, Jiang Rong's lower body was bleeding all the time, the man frowned in pain, curled up on the ground and let out a low moan.
With both hands tightly pinching the clothes on his lower abdomen, Jiang Rong rolled on the ground in pain, blood soon permeated from his lower body, and Jiang Rong gradually lost the strength to struggle, and the man panicked at this moment.
"Get up, Lao Tzu!" The man pulled Jiang Rong's hair, pulled him up from the ground, and threw him on the bed roughly. The blood flowed more and more, and Jiang Rong didn't respond. The man paced around the room restlessly .Dong Zhi was frightened and cried, stretched out his little hand and looked in Jiang Rong's direction, the man finally stopped in front of Dong Zhi, and threw Dong Zhi in Jiang Rong's direction.
Dong Zhi's cry was heard by his ears, Jiang Rong could hear it but couldn't respond, he hadn't eaten for a long time, his body was already extremely weak, and being treated like this almost exhausted all his vitality.
He tried his best to open his eyes, Jiang Rong knew that if he died like this, Dongzhi would not live long, no matter how hard it was, he would have to get over it, and if he could get through and raise Dongzhi, everything would be fine.
But it hurts so much, even the bones of his body began to hurt, the pain was so bad that he wished he could die, just die like this, and there would be no tormenting memories and unbearable pain.
The man went out to get some air, and when he came back to see Jiang Rong still motionless, he roughly helped Jiang Rong to pour a bowl of hot water, and it was this bowl of hot water that saved Jiang Rong's life.
At noon the next day, Jiang Rong woke up.
His whole body was hurting, especially his forehead. Jiang Rong took a breath and turned over. He saw Dongzhi sleeping next to him, with tears still on his face, and he didn't know how long he had been crying.Jiang Rong felt distressed, and was even more afraid for a while. Fortunately, the man didn't know what to do with Dong, otherwise he wouldn't know how to live.
The bottom of the body was very sticky, and the internal organs seemed to be mixed together. Jiang Rong sat up with support, took off his pants and looked.
The lower abdomen was completely deflated, and the two protruding bones looked a little scary, and there were dried blood all over. Jiang Rong got up and boiled some hot water, wanting to scrub it.
After giving birth, his health became worse and worse. Jiang Rong sat by the fire and wiped his body. The cold wind made his body bruised and purple. His thin body was too thin, and his ribs were prominent on the back.There were almost no good spots all over his body, with bruises all over his body and obvious marks of being pulled out by a stick.
Probably thinking that Jiang Rong's death would increase his losses, the man left some porridge for Jiang Rong before going out, saying that porridge is actually a large bowl of water mixed with a few grains of brown rice, and this is the taste that Jiang Rongxu has not tasted for a long time .
He fed all the sweet potatoes he found to Dongzhi. Apart from occasionally cooking some vegetable leaves, he relied on drinking water to satisfy his hunger. A bulging belly protruded from his waist, no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit weird, like a deformed monster.
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It seemed to be a dream, more like it happened in real life, Lu Jin was deeply trapped in it and couldn't extricate himself.Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he kept struggling, clenched his teeth, and looked fierce as if he wanted to kill someone in his dream.
It had been two days and two nights since Lu Jin hadn't woken up. Lu Jin had been struggling like this. Jiang Rong and Lu Ganjun were both sitting beside the bed, feeling very worried.The imperial doctor came to see him and only said that the nightmare is living, and there is no way how to get rid of the nightmare. Jiang Rong was so worried that he almost didn't think about eating and drinking. The two days made him look quite haggard. If it wasn't for Lian'er, Jiang Rong was afraid that he would stay by Lu Jin's bed day and night, and he didn't want to leave for a moment.
"You said what happened to Dongzhi, why did he have a nightmare?" Jiang Rong choked up, "We finally got together again, Dongzhi him..."
"Don't worry too much." Lu Ganjun was also worried in his heart, but he never showed his emotions very much. Holding Jiang Rong in his arms, Lu Ganjun comforted, "It depends on Dongzhi's own efforts. We have to believe in Dongzhi. You will definitely be able to get out of the nightmare. Ronger, you should rest for a while, you are his father, if you fall ill again, Dong Zhi will be very worried about you when you wake up."
"What I'm afraid of is..." Jiang Rong hesitated, Dongzhi's body in this life is not his own, "The original Lu Jin passed away a year ago, Dongzhi borrowed his body to be reborn, I I'm afraid God will take Dongzhi back."
He couldn't imagine the days without Dongzhi at all. In his previous life, Dongzhi was the support for his survival. In this life, Dongzhi has always been by his side. Jiang Rong never thought that Dongzhi would leave.
"Don't leave Daddy..." Jiang Rong grabbed Dongzhi's hand, tears in his eyes, Lu Ganjun had no choice but to pat him on the back to comfort him.
The scene in front of him was slowly speeding up, like a horse watching flowers, Lu Jin experienced Jiang Rong's miserable second half of his life.After witnessing Jiang Rong's death with his own eyes, he felt dizzy when he collapsed, and his body finally had a substantial touch.
Lu Jin frowned, his eyelashes trembled, Jiang Rong looked at his face eagerly, and whispered in his ear.
The familiar voice made Lu Jin want to open his eyes more eagerly. He moved his fingers and struggled hard. The darkness in front of him finally began to dissipate. Lu Jin slowly opened his eyes and saw clearly the concerned person in front of him. .
"Dong Zhi, you scared Daddy to death!" Jiang Rong wept with joy, wiped away his tears, before Lu Jin hugged him.Lu Jin was trembling all over. He knew that everything in the dream had happened in reality. His father had lived like that in his previous life, and he had suffered countless injuries because of him.
"Daddy, Daddy..." Lu Jinhou murmured in fear. He is now much taller than Jiang Rong, and he can easily hug Jiang Rong, but he seems to be the baby who was held in Jiang Rong's arms and protected him. He will never grow up, and will always be that babbling Dongzhi.
"What's the matter, Dong Zhi?" Jiang Rong patted Lu Jin on the back and asked softly, Lu Ganjun also looked at Lu Jin with some confusion.
"I will protect Daddy well in the future." Lu Jin murmured, and then hugged Jiang Rong even tighter, with great strength, Jiang Rong felt Lu Jin's uneasiness from it, and coaxed him softly tirelessly.
Gently rubbing Jiang Rong's shoulder, Lu Jin thought in his heart that he would never let anyone have a chance to hurt his father again.His father shouldn't be hurt in the slightest.
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