The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 2
Glancing at his dying brother Xiao Wu, Mai Xiang silently found a small handful of broken rice, cut a small piece of sweet potato, chopped the sweet potato and added it to the pot, planning to cook sweet potato porridge for Xiao Wu .Sweet potatoes clear the stomach, and eating sweet potato porridge is good for the excretion of Xiaowu, and it will be better for the little ones.

He picked up three more sweet potatoes and buried them in the fire.

The whole family watched eagerly, swallowing very hard, their eyes glowing green like wolves.

Mai Xiang felt sour in her heart, and she couldn't help crying.

Why is it so hard these days?Next, can you survive safely?
Three sweet potatoes were shared among eight members of the family, and everyone finally felt alive.

Mai Xiang said to her family: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to the mountains to see if I can hunt a pheasant or a hare, and pick some wild vegetables!"

Liang Gaoshan said, "I'll go with you!"

The six-year-old second brother Banxia also hurriedly said: "Sister, I will go with you too!" There was a flame burning in his eyes, which was a kind of desire for food and some kind of desire to live. persist in.

Mai Xiang only felt that it was difficult to breathe, and finally found her own voice: "Alright, let's go together tomorrow, let's go when the sky is bright!"

Early the next morning, at dawn, Liang Gaoshan said goodbye to his parents and wife, and set off with his two children.Liang Gaoshan walked in the front with a big basket and a big hoe on his back.In the back basket was a freshly baked sweet potato and four gourds filled with water.

Mai Xiang and her younger brother Ban Xia also carried a medium-sized pannier.In Banxia's back basket was a small machete and two gourds filled with water.In Mai Xiang's back basket is a small hoe for growing vegetables, as well as the diapers and clothes of her little brother Huang Lian.

During this period of time, due to lack of water, my brother's diapers had no place to wash, so they had to dry them in the sun.If things go on like this, it will definitely not work, such a small milk doll must not be infected with germs!As a person who came from modern society, Mai Xiang naturally couldn't tolerate it. Regardless of her mother's objection, she insisted on bringing her brother's diapers and clothes, and was going to take them to the mountains to wash them clean.

Alas, why is this day so bitter!Simply, the sea of ​​suffering is boundless!
Along the way, Mai Xiang sighed in her heart.

Along the way, both sides of the mountain road are full of withered and yellow eyes.The creeks, streams, and mountain streams all dried up, not a drop of water to be seen.

The sun was scorching, roasting the earth, and the straw sandals on the feet fell on the blazing gravel, and they were about to burn, testing Mai Xiang's willpower.

Even though Liang Gaoshan and Banxia had gotten used to it for a long time, they still had a hard time walking.From dawn to noon, the three of them endured hunger, thirst and heat, and finally crossed the mountains and came to the deep mountains and old forests more than 30 miles away.

After a day of driving under the sun, I have never walked a whole day of Maixiang, I just feel that my throat is full of smoke.Looking at the second brother and father, they also looked exhausted and weak, as if they would collapse at any time.

"Daddy is looking for a place to light a bonfire, and I'm going to find some water." With a hoarse voice, Mai Xiang managed to get the words out.

Liang Gaoshan said worriedly: "Be careful yourself, don't go too far."

Mai Xiang waved her hand: "Don't worry, Daddy." He dumped all the things in his back basket on the ground, took a gourd from his father's back basket, and put it in the empty back basket.Picking up the small hoe again, he turned and walked into the woods.

The second brother Ban Xia's legs were as if they had been filled with lead, and he almost collapsed on the ground.Fatigue came next, and above all, thirst.That feeling was very tormenting, and if it wasn't for a glimmer of hope supporting him, he wouldn't be able to hold on any longer.Seeing that the eldest sister was looking for water alone, he quickly pulled himself together and went to collect firewood with his father.

(End of this chapter)