That evening they stopped in the wilderness again.

As they got closer and closer to Xishan County, the number of victims increased. The bark of the trees on both sides of the official road has been stripped clean, which was shocking to see.

Fortunately, the place Uncle Ma found for them was not far from a small river, so there was no shortage of water.

Every family quickly set up a stove to cook.

When Mrs. Chen saw there was water, she boiled a large pot of water to cook the dumplings.

She didn’t dare to cook the pork-filled dumplings, so she asked Gu Fei to secretly take the wild vegetable-filled dumplings and cook them in two large pots.

Mrs. Chen also sent Gu Fei and several brothers and gave a few dumplings to each family.

The dumplings sent to Mrs. Qian’s side were naturally for Bao’er alone. Mrs. Qian made some grain paste, scraped the bottom of the pot, and divided it into three bowls. Gu Zhong had a big bowl, and she and Xing’er had one small bowl.

Lian’er was carrying water and making fire, but she had no shares.

Lian’er stood in a daze for a long time, then suddenly walked up to Mrs. Qian and said loudly: “Madam, why don’t you give me my dinner?”

Mrs. Qian didn’t expect that this girl would dare to ask her for dinner. She raised an eyebrow, picked up a fire stick, and hit her head and face: “How dare you talk about having dinner? What have you done all day? You deserve to eat?”

Gu Fei looked furious and was about to say something when Mrs. Chen held her back and whispered: “I told you to leave her alone. That Mrs. Qian is doing this so that you can see it. If you give Lian’er something to eat, she won’t take care of her food anymore.”

She sighed: “It’s a good idea. She can get help, but our family raises the helper for her!”

Gu Fei thought about it, maybe that was the case.

Even this person can’t escape the word “love”.

Although Gu Fei felt pity for Lian’er at first, it was just kindness to strangers.

Having been together for a few days now, and watching Lian’er go through such a tragic incident, Lian’er was no longer an irrelevant person, and it’s not easy to pretend not to have seen it anymore.

Gu Fei was eating dumplings and thinking about her mother’s words. When she saw Mrs. Qian still beating Lian’er with a fire stick, she couldn’t help it anymore. She gritted her teeth and stood up with the bowl, walked to Mrs. Qian, and said coldly: “Auntie, stop fighting. Since you don’t like this girl Lian’er, why not sell her to me and I’ll give you a bucket of coarse grains.”

Mrs. Lian’er’s eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at Mrs. Qian with expectation.

Mrs. Qian looked at Gu Fei twice and suddenly smiled. Gu Fei was a stupid girl. She can’t stand watching her beat Lian’er, right?

Mrs. Qian stood up and said: “Xiao Fei, nothing is so cheap in the world. If you want to buy Lian’er, it’s not impossible. If you give me 10 buckets of coarse grains, I will give you Lian’er. 5 buckets of white flour will also do.”

Mrs. Chen hurriedly came over at this time and spat on the side: “Sister-in-law, I think you are crazy!”

She pulled Gu Fei and said: “Let’s go and ignore her. She can sell 10 buckets of coarse grains to whomever she likes. Our family won’t agree.”

Gu Fei looked back at Lian’er, who shook her head and signaled her not to worry about her.

After walking a few steps, Gu Fei suddenly heard Bao’er’s cry: “Mom, she snatched my dumplings!”

Gu Fei turned around and saw Lian’er holding a dumpling in her hand, her mouth bulging and chewing hard.

Mrs. Qian screamed in shock: “You damn girl, you’re rebelling!” She ran toward Lian’er with a fire stick in hand.

When Lian’er saw her coming, she quickly walked left and right in the crowd and ran away.

It was already dark at this time, and there was no other light except the stove fires used for cooking in every household. Lian’er ran into the darkness, but Mrs. Qian didn’t dare to chase her, so she had to turn around, cursing.