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Lanzhi didn’t hate Gu Erlang.

It was just, that her ideal husband was not a farmer like Gu Erlang.

She wanted a gentle and elegant young man, with whom they could play the zither harmoniously, and love each other in front of the flowers and under the moonlight.

If the Marquis Mansion hadn’t declined, her ideals would probably have been realized.

But now, she has become a slave and those dreams she once had have disappeared without a trace.

Lanzhi glanced at Mrs. Chen secretly, but she didn’t seem to notice it.

She felt anxious. Now she was just a slave bought by Gu Fei. Was she worthy of Gu Erlang?

She knew that Gu Fei wouldn’t care about this, but would her family also not care?

Lanzhi’s expression dimmed, and she was thinking about it when she suddenly heard Bao’er shout, “Mom, I don’t want a wife. If I have a wife, she will steal my food!”

Everyone laughed even more.

Mrs. Qian patted him and said: “What nonsense are you talking about!”

She turned to look at the woman and said, “Forget it, my family doesn’t have enough food to feed multiple people.”

There was despair in the woman’s eyes.

By selling Lian’er for a bucket of rice, Lian’er can have a way of living, and she and her son can live a few more days.

If she couldn’t sell Lian’er, the family couldn’t survive.

Suddenly the woman grabbed Lian’er’s hair and started beating her: “You’re a useless girl, you can’t even be exchanged for a bucket of rice, so what’s the use of raising you! You might as well die early, and everyone will be clean after you die.”

Lian’er whimpered and didn’t dare to fight back.

The woman beat the girl a few times and lost strength, so she sat on the ground and cried.

The boy cried too, and the whole family cried together.

The woman fainted while crying. Lian’er and her brother grabbed her mother and shook her: “Mom, mother, wake up——”

Aunt Liu, the wife of the village chief, sighed, stood up walked to the woman, squatted down, reached out, and pinched the woman’s forehead. A slight sound came from the woman’s throat, and she faintly woke up.

Aunt Liu shook her head, got up, and went back: “She’s just hungry.”

Lian’er suddenly kowtowed to everyone crazily, “Everyone, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters, please give me a bite of food. Please save my mother. My mother will starve to death if she doesn’t eat.”

Gu Fei looked at it blankly and saw that Lian’er’s forehead was quickly bruised and blood was oozing out.

Mrs. Chen whispered: “Oh, this world! This girl is filial. Go and get her two cornbreads.”

Gu Fei stood up and hurriedly went to the mule cart to get two cornbreads made by her mother. She walked up to the woman and stretched out her hand.

When the woman saw the food, she grabbed it and stuffed it into her mouth.

Suddenly she stopped, handed one of the cornbreads to her son, and broke the remaining one into two halves, each for herself and Lian’er.

Mrs. Qian sneered at the side and wanted to say something, but held back.

Lian’er held half of the steamed bun in her hands but didn’t eat it, she was in tears.

She suddenly stood up and walked to Gu Fei and knelt: “Miss, you are kind-hearted. Buy me. I will be your maid, make cows and horses for you, and I can do anything.”

“If you bought me, I can live, my mother and brother can live too, I beg you, I only need to eat one steamed bun a day.”

Gu Fei opened her mouth for a while, then smiled bitterly at Lian’er and said, “Stop kneeling, I’m not a young lady. I used to be a maid for others, and my family is not rich either. I’m sorry, I really can’t help you. ”

Mrs. Chen sighed to Lian’er from the side: “Daughter, in our current case, no one has enough food. Eat quickly. If you eat, you can live one day longer.”

When Gu Fei heard Mrs. Qian’s words, she was so surprised that she even forgot to eat the steamed bun.

Only those who were interested in buying things will be picky about the price. If they don’t want to buy something, it is none of their business, whatever the price. Could it be that Mrs. Qian wants to buy this girl?

The woman’s body was trembling slightly, and the girl named Lian’er was kneeling on the ground with her head lowered as if she were very embarrassed.

The woman suddenly turned to Mrs. Qian, “Sister, how can that be? Lian’er is very strong. Not only can she do the work at home, but she can also go to the fields. You won’t suffer any loss when you buy her back.”

Mrs. Qian rolled her eyes and thought about it, she was a little tempted.

Gu Zhong was a hands-off shopkeeper who did nothing but drive cars and carry water.

Her damn daughter, Xing’er, was disobedient, especially now. Once she just says a few words to her, she will run away.

Now the old lady doesn’t help her anymore.

Bao’er was a child who refused to walk. Today she carried him for an hour and Xing’er carried him for an hour.

If she buys this girl to be a child bride for Bao’er, not only she can help her with the work, but also carry Bao’er on her back when they are on the road. In the future, she won’t have to spend money on Bao’er to find a wife. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

But it also means having one more person’s rations, which made Mrs. Qian reluctant.

She then thought about it, what was she afraid of? The food she brought home wouldn’t last long, and she wasn’t planning to buy anything. But even if that’s the case, can Gu Zhang just watch his eldest brother’s family starve to death?

The more Mrs. Qian thought about it, the more she found it feasible. Gu Zhang gave their family food, and her family had a girl to work for free. It couldn’t be any better.

She sneered at the woman: “Just a bucket of coarse grain, no more. Sell it or not.”

The woman hesitated.

Mrs. Chen suddenly sneered, “It seems that my sister-in-law’s family hasn’t run out of food, she can even buy someone to help her.”

“I’m going to say something ugly first. If your food is gone, don’t ask us for it! Our food is not enough!”

Mrs. Qian didn’t expect Mrs. Chen to see through her inner plan. She frowned and said: “Your family is great at eating white noodles. Why do you look down on others?”

Mrs. Chen just sneered beside her.

The woman was afraid that Mrs. Chen would disrupt the business, so she hurriedly said: “Just exchange it for a bucket of coarse grains.”

Mrs. Qian was hesitant. Mrs. Chen was a powerful person. If she said no, she might not give it.

She wanted to buy people, but she couldn’t bear to part with the food. If she doesn’t buy people, she can’t get help.

Gu Zhong frowned: “Are you crazy? We don’t have enough food to eat right now. Why are you buying people?”

The woman quickly pulled Lian’er, turned around, and kowtowed to Gu Zhong: “Brother, just buy this girl. She doesn’t eat much. She can survive on just two steamed buns a day.”

At this time, Zhang Laoda suddenly laughed and said: “Bao’er, your mother can’t wait to buy you a wife!”

“Hahahahaha” Everyone laughed.

Zhang Laoda smiled happily when he saw everyone, his little face was full of pride.

Hearing this, Lanzhi grabbed the corner of Gu Fei’s clothes tightly. People bought a girl for only a bucket of rice!

But her net worth was one thousand eight hundred taels of silver!

She hasn’t done any work yet!

How precious is food right now? She also knows that if the Gu Family runs out of money one day, she is afraid that she will be the first to be sold!

At this time, Gu Erlang next to her whispered: “Don’t be afraid, even if there is no food at home, I will protect you and find food for you, and I won’t sell you.”

Lanzhi looked down and saw that the corner of Xiao Fei’s clothes she was grabbing was the corner of Gu Erlang’s clothes!

When did he sit next to her?

Lanzhi let go of her hand with a flushed face, feeling extremely panicked.

There was not enough water, so people couldn’t cook. Every household didn’t have much water left, so they only dared to take a small sip. The village chief’s family also gave the mule some water, but in other households, the mule could only be thirsty.

The children didn’t know anything about it, they were playing hide and seek around the carriage.

Juhua and Zhang Laoda’s daughter Xiang’er were sitting on the loess wall turning over flower ropes. Juhua suddenly shouted: “Someone is coming.”

Gu Fei looked over and saw a woman with a dusty face standing outside half of the loess wall, holding an eighty-nine-year-old boy, and a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old girl standing next to her.

The woman saw everyone looking at her and smiled awkwardly: “We are fleeing from famine. Can you brothers and sisters-in-law let us ladies rest here for a few nights?”

Everyone was silent and looked at Gu Zhang.

Gu Zhang thought for a while, that there was nothing to worry about with two women and a child, and besides, the place didn’t belong to them. He nodded: “Okay.”

The woman thanked her, took the child, and walked in from the side.

It was getting dark at this time, and Uncle Ma shouted: “Light the fire.”

Gu Sanlang took a fire stick and lit some dead leaves, then added dry branches to it, and the fire quickly started burning.

Everyone sat around the fire.

The mother and son were sitting by the wall and did not come over.

It was also dinner time at this time, and every household brought out dry food to eat.

Gu Fei was nibbling on the steamed bun when she suddenly heard the voice of the boy on the wall behind her: “Mom, I’m so hungry.”

The woman lowered her head and remained silent.

The child said again: “Mom, I want to eat steamed buns.”

The woman was silent for a long time, then suddenly made up her mind. She took the two children to the fire and knelt with a plop: “Brothers and sisters-in-law, can you please do a good thing and give us some food? Yesterday, we just ate some grassroots and didn’t eat anything all day long.”

“I’ll be thankful to you, kind brothers and sisters.” The woman pulled the two children and kowtowed desperately.

Everyone who was eating solid food suddenly fell silent, and no one made a sound.

Gu Fei couldn’t bear to see it, but she also understood that there were many people like this along the way, and she couldn’t save each one of them.

She lowered her eyes and ate the pancake silently.

The woman and the two children kowtowed more than a dozen times. The village chief couldn’t help but sigh, “Stop kowtowing. Keep the strength you have for walking.”

“We are also fleeing famine, so we don’t have any extra food to give to others.”

The woman raised her dusty face and suddenly saw the white flour steamed bun in Gu Sanlang’s hand. She rushed towards him and knelt in front of him: “This young brother, my Lian’er will be your wife. All you need is to give me a bag of steamed buns or coarse grains.”

Gu Sanlang’s face turned dark. Who wants a dirty girl to be his wife?

He waved his hand impatiently: “Let’s go, let’s go, I don’t want a wife!”

Zhang Laoda next to him laughed loudly: “Sanlang, this girl is tall and has pretty eyebrows. She should be good at washing. You can earn a wife in exchange for a bag of coarse grains!”

Gu Sanlang was annoyed: “Uncle Zhang, your son is already 10 years old in winter. It’s just right to buy a child bride.”

Everyone laughed.

Gu Fei looked at the mother and son and felt unspeakably sad.

At this time, Mrs. Qian suddenly said: “You are from Xishan County, right? Your daughter is so skinny, but you still want a bag of coarse grain? I heard someone say yesterday that you can buy a girl in Xishan County with a small bucket of coarse grain now.”

More than eighty miles was almost a day’s journey for them. Staying in an inn was out of the question.

Everyone was worried and looked at Gu Zhang eagerly.

Gu Zhang had no choice but to say: “Why don’t we rest here tonight? At least there is half a loess wall to block the wind.”

Zhang Laoda looked at him: “What should we do if we don’t have water?”

Gu Zhang pondered for a moment and said, “This inn has been open for many years. There must be a well. Let’s take a look and see if we can get some water.”

Zhang Laoda hurriedly went to find a well.

Everyone also scattered to look for the well. At this time, Zhou Tieniu, the eldest grandson of my aunt’s family, shouted from behind the ruins: “The well is here!”

Everyone ran over.

There were some dead branches and leaves piled at the mouth of the well. Gu Zhang pulled it away and looked inside, but couldn’t see anything. He turned around and said: “Erlang, go get a bucket and a hemp rope.”

Gu Erlang ran to the car and took a bucket and a hemp rope. Gu Zhang tied the bucket and threw the bucket into the well. Uncle Ma shook his head beside him. The sound was wrong, indicating that there was no water.

Sure enough, when the barrel was pulled up, half of the barrel was covered with mud, but there was not a drop of water inside.

Mrs. Chen groaned and quickly pulled out a handful of dry grass to wipe away the mud.

Zhang Laoda was very anxious: “What should we do? If we don’t have water, we will die of thirst.”

Except for the Zhang Family, every household still has some water. Gu Fei’s family has the most water. Their family has more than ten large water bladders and several wooden barrels. Every time they set out in the morning, they have to fill them up before leaving.

Gu Zhang looked at Uncle Ma: “How about I take a few people to look around to see if we can find some water.”

Uncle Ma looked at the sky and shook his head: “We can’t go. It will be dark soon. It’s easy to get lost in this wilderness. We need to find water tomorrow.”

Gu Zhang had no choice but to nod: “Then we’ll look for him tomorrow.”

At this time, the women from each family took some dead branches and tied them with brooms, swept the dead leaves on the ground aside, and made a clean open space.

Uncle Ma called to everyone: “Gather the mules, and each family’s laborers will use their strength to line up the carts in a circle along the wall.”

“As for the rest, go and collect more firewood and light a fire in the center.”

Everyone listened to Uncle Ma’s command and quickly started to move.

Soon the cart circled. Gu Sanlang went to the carriage to get fodder to feed the mules. His mules were big and ate a lot. Fortunately, there was still one day’s fodder in the car.

After feeding the fodder, Gu Sanlang took a water bag, poured a full water bag into the basin, and put it in front of the mule.

Zhang Laoda looked at the water, licked his lips, and couldn’t help but say: “Sanlang, do you have enough water at home? Give me a sip, I’m dying of thirst.”

Gu Sanlang turned to look at him: “Uncle Zhang, who has more water? I’m thirsty myself, but if I don’t take good care of this animal, they won’t be able to walk tomorrow.”

“Forget it, I’ll give you a little more.”

He took a water bag and opened the lid. Zhang Laoda quickly took a sea bowl and took it.

Gu Sanlang poured him a full bowl of water. Zhang Laoda drank half the bowl in one gulp.

Gu Fei also became worried when looking at the mules. She thought there were few mules before, but now there were more mules. They eat more and drink more. Mules were not picky about their food, corn, beans, straw, and bran. , the leaves can be eaten, but water was difficult to get, which was a big trouble.

Gu Fei was not that scared. She has seen zombies. Would she still be afraid of refugees? And there were many weapons in her space.

When the zombies broke out in the last days, weapons were life-saving tools.

The military factory at the base was producing ammunition day and night.

There were two Type 95 light machine guns, three Type 92 pistols, and one Type 81 heavy machine gun in her space. These were all made exclusively for the army in the past, and they have more bullets than they can use up.

When she died, she was still holding a heavy machine gun in her hand, but it was a pity that she could not bring it with her.

There were still a lot of grenades in the space.

There was no way, who made her a weak chicken with only space powers? She relied on these to save her life, but in the end, her life couldn’t be saved.

It was just that she couldn’t use these things unless necessary. These weapons were beyond this era, and the court would not allow such dangerous factors to exist.

Gu Zhang concluded in the end: “Let’s do this for now. It will take about 10 days before we reach Xishan County. Don’t worry too much. There will always be a way to cover up the water and earth when the soldiers come.”

Everyone set out on the road with heavy thoughts. The mules and carts were all next to each other, and the distance was much closer than before.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Uncle Ma shouted: “You can rest early today. There is an inn next to the official road more than 20 miles ahead. If you walk quickly, you can get there before the end of the day.”

Everyone cheered up and moved forward.

After walking for more than an hour, Zhang Laoda sent his niece, Zhang Xiaocui, to the front and asked Uncle Ma: “Uncle Ma, how long will it take to get to the inn? We have no water at home.”

Yesterday, the water jar in her house was broken, leaving them a little less water.

Uncle Ma looked at the roadside and thought for a long time: “We’re almost there. There’s still a quarter of an hour at most.”

Zhang Xiaocui ran back and told Zhang Laoda: “Uncle Ma said we’ll be there soon. We’ll be there in a quarter of an hour at most.”

Zhang Laoda was already so thirsty that his throat was filled with smoke. He thought he would get another jar of water when he got to the inn. There was not enough water to drink.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Uncle Ma shouted: “We will reach the inn after turning the corner in front. Come on, everyone!”

Uncle Ma drove the car and walked to the front of the team. When he turned the corner, Uncle Ma was stunned when he looked at the roadside in front of him. Where the inn should have been, right now, was only a piece of scorched earth and a few rafters that were burnt black lying on the ground.

He drove the carriage closer, stopped the car, and sighed at Gu Zhang: “It seems that we are going to rest in the wilderness today.”

The carts behind were catching up. Zhang Laoda stopped the cart and looked around to see the inn. He hurriedly ran to the front: “Uncle Ma, where is the inn?”

Uncle Ma pointed to the ruins beside the road: “Well, that’s it.”

Zhang Laoda looked at the scorched black area, opened his mouth wide, and said after a long while: “Then where can we rest tonight? Also, my family has no water, what should I do?”

Everyone gathered around one after another. Uncle Ma spread his hands and said, “I didn’t know this inn was burned down. I came here a few years ago.”

The village chief came up and said: “What should we do? My family doesn’t have much water.”

Gu Zhang looked at Uncle Ma: “Where is the next town near here?”

Uncle Ma looked at the sky and shook his head: “The nearest small town from here is more than 80 miles away.”