Wu Xiuhong didn't bring any food and she was tired after walking all the way. Everyone was wary of her. When she saw her, she said to her son:

"What are you guys doing standing around here? Why don't you go find something to eat?"

Ma Xianjun and Ma Xianfu were the laziest. When they heard this, they said impatiently: "Mom, are you the stepmother or the biological mother? You don't know this place, do you want your son to die?"

"Death?" Wu Xiuhong exploded on the spot, sitting on the ground and slapping her thighs with both hands, "I have committed eight lifetimes of sin to give birth to you three brothers. If you want to die, you should let the whole family go when you are gambling.

Die!"

She was crying and howling, and the sound could probably be heard three miles away.

Everyone watched with eyes, nose, nose and heart, and pretended not to hear, just watching the performance of their family.

The son of the Ma family has no conscience and has no regrets at all about losing all his money in gambling. He even plausibly said:

"Food in the city is so expensive! What can we buy with that little money? We just look at the lack of money and wonder if we can earn more!"

When the villagers heard this, they all had a new understanding of the three brothers of the Ma family.

At the same time, looking at my own children, I feel that they are much more pleasing to the eye than before.

At least I won't gamble randomly.

Of course Wu Xiuhong was not willing to accept this statement. She was hungry and immediately started to make a fuss, but the village chief became impatient.

"Shut up, everyone!" the village chief shouted sternly, "Can you still be quiet? Ma Dagui, can you take care of your wife? It's not like you are a man to let a woman sit on top of you and dominate you!"

Ma Dagui had been silent since he arrived at the big team. Now that he was being humiliated by the village chief, he felt very embarrassed.

His face turned red and he scolded Wu Xiuhong, who was making trouble unreasonably: "That's enough!"

Wu Xiuhong was reluctant, "What's enough? Have I eaten food? Have I eaten food? Look at the good son you raised! Our whole family is going to starve to death! These people will not save you even if they die."

, our whole family will starve to death!"

The more she spoke, the more energetic she became, and she even pointed at her nose and scolded Ma Dagui.

Ji Miaomiao felt angry when she saw it.

Ma Dagui is really a coward, and he wouldn't even say a word in this situation.

Wu Xiuhong made such a fuss for a long time and scolded the whole family. It was a lie and she wanted everyone to support her.

After talking for a long time, the topic turned to everyone's unwillingness to save people.

But everyone is saving life-saving food, how can it be distributed to them?

Besides, they are fleeing now to seize the opportunity. Not to mention that they have no food to eat. Even if they peel off the bark of trees on the road, there will be enough bark for their family to eat!

It's not like when they were fleeing the famine, and all the bark on the trees on the road was stripped away.

Wu Xiuhong is obviously greedy and wants to take advantage of everyone's food.

Mrs. Ji stood up at this time. She and Ji Miaomiao were indeed grandparents. They thought of this together:

"No food to eat? You, a woman, don't know how to handle it if you don't have food to eat! There are so many barks on the road that can be peeled off, what's the point of peeling off the bark and eating it? What? You don't spend any money, but you only care about everyone's things?"

"Our things were not brought by the strong wind. What were you doing when we were busy with food at home? If you are interested, go and peel the bark of the tree and eat it!"

People around also echoed:

"That's right! Want to eat food without spending any money? How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"Their family's moral character has always been like this, and it's not the first day we found out about it."

"It's just that we need to remember better in the future. There are a lot of things on the road, and they can't find anything they want to eat. We'd better take care of our family's mouths."

The village chief also reacted to Mrs. Ji's words. Seeing that Wu Xiuhong looked dissatisfied, he scolded:

"If we don't have food, we'll eat tree bark! We are on the run, and if you continue to make trouble, don't blame me for not caring about my fellow villagers and driving your family out to fend for themselves!"

Their family had no experience in escaping, so they had no choice but to follow the large army in order to have a chance of survival.

If they were really driven out on the road, I am afraid that nine times out of ten they would be lost in this escape.

A look of fear finally appeared on Wu Xiuhong's face, she muttered twice but said nothing.

Ma Dagui looked horrified and hurriedly took his three sons to scrape bark from nearby trees.

Wu Xiuhong did not go. She sat there without saying anything, but her expression was gloomy, her eyes looking straight at the ground, and she was thinking of something bad.

The window of the bullock cart where Ji Miaomiao was sitting was facing her. Seeing Wu Xiuhong's appearance, she felt deep fear in her heart.

I'm afraid Wu Xiuhong didn't hold back any good things. This time her grandma reprimanded her out loud, but she had to guard against this person doing anything bad!

They didn't stop here for long. After lunch, they fetched water from the surrounding creek and set off again.

The Ji family's kettle was placed in the carriage, and Ji Miaomiao secretly took out some brown sugar from the mall and put it into the kettle.

She has grown up now and can touch these things. Everyone's body is severely exhausted on the road, so it is good to add some sugar.

After a few more days of walking, she will take out some milk powder from the space and fill it with milk powder. The nutritional value of milk powder is high, and everyone's health will be better after drinking it.

So when Ji's family took turns getting in the car to drink water this day, they all felt that the water in the cup was very sweet.

Mrs. Ji is a smart person, and she understands the brown sugar water as soon as she drinks it.

She drank a few more sips without leaving any trace, then looked at Ji Miaomiao who was watching her drink the water obediently, and she felt clear in her heart.

At that moment, I was filled with emotions.

My little granddaughter really cares about her family. She used to care about her family when she was a baby. Now that she is older, all these little things are thoughtful and considerate.

She touched her granddaughter's head, asked her grandsons to drink the rest of the water, and asked them:

"Are you guys hungry?"

They had just eaten and didn't need to walk, so how could they be hungry?

So they all shook their heads honestly and replied that they were not hungry.

"Eat something when you're hungry, but don't eat too much. We don't know how long it will take to get there."

Who can't bear hardships on children? The family has quite a lot of food saved, and Mrs. Ji doesn't care about her children.

Everyone nodded.

After Mrs. Ji finished speaking, she got out of the car again. She walked and stopped on the road. It was almost dark in the evening. The village chief looked at the two intersections and asked Ji Liangqing,

"Liang Qing, which road should we go to now?"

Ji Liangqing is very familiar with the route, and the village chief also heard about it a little bit before, so he wanted to ask him for advice this time.

If they go to the wrong place and end up in a place that cannot accept them as refugees, wouldn't their journey be in vain?

Ji Liangqing looked at the sky and said:

"Village Chief, it's getting late now. In my opinion, we should take the path here and go up the mountain to take shelter. It's time to spend the night soon. It's not safe at all to spend the night on the official road."

There was some basis for what he said, and the village chief nodded in agreement.


Chapter completed!