Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 5 Falling Down
Probably because there were so many people, Hu Chatou didn't dare to tease too much in public, so he walked away shaking his head, but Wang Qifeng bowed his head like a bereaved dog.

"Haha..." Hu Jiecha pressed the knife with one hand and stroked his head with the other, and walked up to the members of the Wang family with a big smile.

"Yes, my lord." Several servants quickly stretched out their whips and began to whip them.

The steaming desolate wilderness was instantly filled with noisy human voices, gaining popularity.

"Grandpa...save me..."

"grandmother……"

"Call, I'll let you call!" Xie Cha lashed out with his whip in a reckless manner.

"Don't hit my little man, don't hit..."

"I can't beat you to death, return my lord, what an ass of your lord..."

……

"Father...Father..." The middle-aged man stumbled to the head of the Wang family, "Tell them not to hit Zhi'er."

The old man didn't seem to have heard his son's words. He straightened his body and put the wooden yoke on his shoulders, and staggered forward numbly.His eyes touched the shackles, and he looked down at the wooden shackles that locked his shoulders. The middle-aged man stopped slumped.

"Husband...husband...save Chi..."

"Howling, why howling..." The middle-aged man shook his wife violently, and his hands on the wooden shackles were bruised.

……

Shouting...crying...disappeared slowly with the tumbling heat wave.

Mrs. Guo Li walked behind the crowd, and secretly glanced at the eldest brother of the Wang family, only to see him walking away with his head bowed, his side face pale and dead, he sighed, supported the little lady in his hand, and moved his legs forward with great effort.

Seeing the guard belittle his relatives, Ma Min'er wanted to hit and scold the guard, but she didn't even have the strength to open her mouth, so she was caught in the chaotic crowd, dragging her weak body, leaning on a tree stick and struggling to catch her breath Breathing out, he moved forward numbly step by step.

I don't know how long we walked, but night fell, the clear starry sky, boundless as far as the eye can see, except for the dead branches and weeds, it was just their group, and there were not even a mosquito in the summer.

Under the night sky, the crowd walked numbly, those who fell down, those who could be lifted up continued to walk, those who could not be lifted up were buried here forever, and no one even collected the corpses.

Ma Min'er has fallen down several times, her eldest brother and Guo Daping each supported her with one arm, and dragged her forward, but their bodies were also weak, and they stumbled and led her to move forward. It was the rough panting of two teenagers, and they couldn't hold on any longer.

It's fine if she dies, and the two teenagers will be dragged down. Ma Min'er couldn't bear it, so she limp and fell to the ground.

"Min... Min'er, why..." Wang Dalang screamed in fright, but his voice was not much louder than a mosquito.

Opened his dry and cracked mouth, "Big... brother..., I... can't do it anymore, you guys go!"

"No... Min'er... just hold on, it will be dawn soon, and we can find some dew to drink."

"dew?"

"Yes, Wang... little lady of the Ma family, before the sun rises at dawn, there is dew on the bark of the trees and the tip of the withered grass, which can relieve dry mouth."

"But..." Ma Min'er felt that she couldn't survive that time, and she felt that her body was slowly becoming empty.

"Min'er... just persevere..." Wang Dalang was so exhausted that he couldn't even complete a sentence.

Wang Qifeng and Guo Lishi fell behind, and when they saw the children lying on the ground in front, they hurried over, "What's wrong?"

"Mother, little lady..." Guo Daping sighed.

Mrs. Guo Li turned her head and looked at Wang Qifeng, "It would be great if I could give the little lady a drink of water and something to eat."

Wang Qifeng locked his hands in the shackles, his swaying body was panting heavily, and when he heard Guo Lishi's words, he unconsciously looked at the escorts who were adjourned.

Wang Dalang whispered: "If you don't want to ask the third uncle, please ask him to let the officials give the elder sister some water and food." He didn't want his father to be treated lightly by those servants.

Seeing his son's eager eyes, Wang Qifeng didn't say a word.

"Father, sister... I'm afraid my sister is a support..."

"Da Lang..." Wang Qifeng interrupted Da'er.

"Father..." Seeing his father's distressed face, Wang Dalang understood that along the way, all the members of the Wang family who were able to do the pawns were finished, and even the first-line branch could not eat anything, let alone the bastards.

Everyone fell silent, the crowd was passing by in an endless stream, and occasionally someone opened their eyes to take a look, even if no one stopped, they didn't dare to stop, once they stopped, they were afraid they would never be able to lift their feet again, so they stayed here forever , like a little lady lying on the ground.

The crowd gradually receded, and the messenger from the back came up, took a look, and shouted, "Go if you can." After speaking, Wang Qifeng walked straight forward regardless of whether Wang Qifeng was an exile.

Chen Huangshi came with his own child, who was panting heavily on one foot, and shouted as he walked, "Guo family, if you don't keep up, if you are caught by robbers and bandits, be careful that they will eat you." .”

Mrs. Guo Li trembled when she heard this, "Big brother... the official has a big sword, which can protect us, look..."

Wang Qifeng raised his heavy arms, "Yue'er, come to Weifu!"

"Father..." Wang Yue'er pursed her lips and cried, nestled in Guo Li's arms but did not move.

"Joy……"

"Big brother, you have a shackle on your body and you can't hold it. Let me do it." Guo Li looked helplessly at the ground, thinking that the little lady had survived, but unexpectedly... looked up: "Big brother, look, everyone We're going far away, if we don't go, maybe we will encounter rogues who eat people."

"Yes, Uncle, a few days ago, my mother and I almost encountered a cannibal bandit, so we hurried to catch up with the officials in front of us." Thinking of the experience a few days ago, Guo Daping felt lingering fear.

The Wang family brothers were tearful, "Father..."

Under the clear moonlight, Wang Qifeng's face was pale and thin. In such a hot summer, he only felt chills, "No...no..., I promised my lady that I will bring up the children, and no one will be left behind. Yes, one that never falls..."

"Big brother, isn't this a natural disaster? It's not allowed..." Guo Li said helplessly with tears in his eyes.

Wang Qifeng looked straight ahead.

Ma Min'er felt that it was difficult to catch her breath, so she struggled to speak out: "Father...take...everyone, hurry up..."

Wang Qifeng turned his numb eyes to his daughter, squatted down, and stroked her temples with his hands. Just when Ma Miner thought he would say something, he straightened up and strode forward.

After Guo Lishi was stunned for a moment, she immediately raised her heels and stepped forward. Yue'er in her arms stretched out her head, looked at her sister on the ground behind, and kept wiping her tears. The four-year-old also realized what death was.

Guo Daping held his younger brother's hand and looked at the ground, then walked away.

The Wang brothers opened their mouths with tears in their eyes and looked at their father in front of them, but they couldn't make any sound from their throats. Like their father, they stroked Min'er's face before turning around and walking away.

Ma Min'er tilted her head and looked in the direction they left. After a while, these people merged into the night and never saw again. She took a deep breath, turned her head, and looked straight up at the deep starry sky.

How beautiful!
The sky is full of stars twinkling, shining like a river of stars, dazzling and dazzling, everything seems so peaceful and serene, if only there is a little wind, Ma Min'er thought to herself, closed her eyes, and thought, if it wasn't for the severe drought, lying in the In the wilderness, you can definitely hear the chirping of insects and cicadas, what a pity.

(End of this chapter)