Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Yuanchun picked up Geng Xiaowen with a distressed look on her face and said, "You are not hungry at all. You are just too hungry and don't feel hungry anymore. My poor grandchildren, when will it rain?"

"Mom, the village chief and others are packing up." Geng Dalin said.

Yuanchun sighed, pretended to wipe her eyes, and carried her grandson to the side, "Second brother, second brother's family, let's pack up our things too."

"Mom, don't we eat something in the morning? If we're too hungry, we won't have the strength to walk and we'll hold the team back." Du Jincui rubbed her hungry stomach and looked at the half bag of bran on the cart.

Yuanchun sighed, opened the bag, and took out a handful of bran. "Eat it. It's just a little bran. Eat it sparingly. It can only last for three days."

"Mom, maybe we can find something to eat tomorrow." Du Jincui took the bran and went to get the earthenware jar on the cart.

There was only a thin layer of water inside.

And dirt.

But Du Jincui didn't feel disgusted at all. She stuffed a handful of bran into her mouth, chewed it a few times, and then drank the last sip of water into her mouth.

He didn't care at all whether his son and daughter were thirsty.

Geng Dazhuang went to the village chief and when he came back he saw his wife had drunk all the water. His face darkened, "There was only so much water at home. How could you drink it all by yourself and not leave any for us?"

"It's just half a sip of water, how can I keep it?" Du Jincui snorted, twisted her hips, and went to the Du family.

The Du family settled not far from the Geng family, and the people of the Du family saw clearly what happened in the Geng family.

However, Mrs. Du happened to be away, and seeing that Du Jincui had not suffered any loss, the other members of the Du family did not come to cause trouble.

The Du family had no food at all. Yesterday, Mrs. Du was so hungry that she couldn't stand it, so she secretly ate a small piece of Guanyin soil. After eating it, she felt full and felt much better. But today she was hungry again.

"Boss, we must find something to eat today, otherwise, more than a dozen people in our family, young and old, will starve to death." Mrs. Du said with difficulty, enduring the stomachache.

Boss Du frowned and looked towards the Geng family grimly. "Last night, the youngest son of the Fan family came to us and wanted to buy a child."

"Fan Laoduo, what is he buying a child for?" Du Laoda's wife asked in confusion, "Where did he get the money to buy a child?"

"The night before yesterday, I saw him secretly cooking meat." Boss Du lowered his voice and looked towards the Fan family. "Didn't you notice that the youngest girl in his family is missing?"

Du Lao Da's wife shuddered all over, "Boss, what do you mean?"

"I want to live." A trace of cruelty flashed in the eyes of the eldest brother Du. "Tonight, I will discuss it with the second and third brothers, but the children of our Du family must not be sold."

"Then you want to..."

"Brother, where's mom?"

Before Mrs. Du could even ask the question, Du Jincui came over and Mrs. Du had to keep the question to herself.

She looked at the hand in her sister-in-law's pocket and said, "Sister-in-law, you came to see mom. Did you bring any food? Take it out and let my sister-in-law try it. My sister-in-law hasn't eaten for three days."

Du Jincui pulled a long face and said, "Sister-in-law, I only have this handful of bran, which I saved from my mouth. I left it for my mother. Do you want to snatch food from my mother's mouth?"

Old Lady Du was a notoriously evil mother-in-law in the village. If Geng Dazhuang and Du Jincui had not had an affair, Yuanchun's original owner would never have wanted to become a relative of Old Lady Du.