"Well..., well, I did eat steamed buns just now. They were white flour buns, and they were this big..."

Ye Shian cooperated by measuring with his hands.

"She admitted it, she finally admitted it, second brother, I'm not lying, I'm not hysterical, she really is cheating, you damn girl, hurry up and take out the steamed buns, or I'll skin you alive..."

"That's enough, mother." Ye Zhankui interrupted his mother and said, "Sister-in-law, take Shi'an to rest. Mother is a little confused."

Ye Zhankui, who was originally happy because he could eat meat, was in a bad mood at this moment. It was difficult to escape from famine, and his mother had hysteria...

Yu Xiuying didn't want to waste time with the Ye family, so she grabbed her daughter's hand and was about to leave. However, Ye Shian stopped when he saw the processed meat.

"Grandma Ye, you kicked me, my mother, and my sister out of the Ye family just to save your lives. You are so cruel. You have meat to eat, but we can't even dig up wild vegetables. Woo woo woo..."

"You stupid girl, what nonsense are you talking about! It was obviously you who wanted to break off the relationship with us."

Old Lady Ye was furious after being scolded by her son. When she saw Ye Shian pretending to be pitiful and disgusting her, her expression became ferocious as if she wanted to eat him.

Xiaoshan on the side heard Ye Shian talking about meat and thought that she was going to snatch the meat away, so he quickly used his small body to block the snake meat.

"This is not for you to eat, get out of here, you lose money!"

Hearing her grandson calling her like that, Old Lady Ye was still a little confused. She turned her head to look at her grandson. From this angle, she could just see the flesh behind him.

"Meat!" She shouted subconsciously, and then immediately shut up.

"Why don't you speak?"

"Grandma Ye, please say something. Didn't you say that you can't eat alone? Then can I eat this meat? Or is it the same as at home, where mom and I can only drink some soup? Oh, I forgot, when you are unhappy, we can't even drink soup!"

Ye Shian's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, loud enough for people nearby to hear clearly. Although people had lost interest in gossip due to hunger and starvation on the road of escape, it was still worth watching the free excitement.

The wonderful gazes of the people around me are more powerful than words.

Old Lady Ye seemed to have her tail stepped on: "What nonsense are you talking about, you little bitch? If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart."

Just as the two families were arguing, a group of more than 30 men ran down from the river.

They were holding kitchen knives, machetes, and axes, and Ye Shian even saw some people holding wooden sticks.

The leading man was extremely burly. Ye Shian estimated that he was over 1.9 meters tall, and with his full beard, he looked very scary.

He led his men to surround the people who were fleeing by the river and said, "Excuse me, fellow villagers, please don't eat your meal for now."

This man had an intimidating aura and after just saying this, everyone shrank their necks and dared not move.

Yu Xiuying even held Zi Yuan in one hand and Ye Shian in the other.

Ye Shian felt Yu Xiuying trembling and reached out to support her. Yu Xiuying looked at her daughter and for some reason, she was no longer so scared.

"I'm sure you're all starving, so I'll make it short. I'm in trouble today and I want to borrow some food from you. I don't ask for much, I only want half of your food. I know this request is a bit excessive, I'll apologize to you first, I'm also trying to save my life, I hope you won't resist, if you fail, don't blame the brothers."

Upon hearing that the other party only wanted half of the food, the few strong laborers who had originally wanted to resist immediately became obedient. They were really too tired from the journey, and they really didn't want to fight unless it was absolutely necessary.

It doesn’t matter if they die, but what about their families?

After the tall bearded man finished speaking, two men immediately came out and started collecting the grain.

They really collected food, half from each family, and never took more. They even didn’t take anything from families that had too little food.

Tian hugged Xiaoshan and huddled in a corner. Ye Zhankui and Ye Hai looked at each other first, then protected their families behind them.

The same thing happened to the others. The men protected their own old and young. There were about sixty or seventy people in this group, big and small, and they actually cooperated and handed over half of the food.

The bearded man was very satisfied to see everyone's cooperation: "I know it's not easy for you, and I don't want to borrow from you, but what else can I do? This is the only solution I have."

"We are not bad people. We will leave immediately after taking the food and will not disturb you while you are eating."

When they arrived at the Ye family, Xiaoshan, who was hiding in Tian's arms, was not happy to see that half of the snake meat that had just been processed had been taken away.

"That's my flesh, don't touch it, don't touch it!"

Tian's face turned pale with fear. She quickly pulled her son back into her arms and said, "Don't make trouble, Xiaoshan. Be good, Xiaoshan. There's more, there's more."

When the man who was holding the snake meat saw that Tian had grabbed Xiaoshan, he was righteous and didn't say much. After all, they were also peasants, and they did this because they were forced to do so.

They are unwilling to fight with others unless it is absolutely necessary.

After taking the meat, the man rummaged in the backpack and took out a small bag of rice, and poured out half of it.

Old Lady Ye felt so distressed, as if her flesh was being cut, but she was afraid of death, so she dared not say a word.

When the man who was holding the rice looked up at her, she forced a smile at him that was uglier than crying.

The man took the rice and turned to the next house. Old Lady Ye saw him and hurriedly called him: "Hey, hey, hey, young man, you haven't collected them yet."

The young man looked back at Yu Xiuying and Ye Shian, and frowned when he saw a woman with two children.

Obviously he was a little annoyed by Mrs. Ye's talkativeness.

Ye Shian knew how vicious Old Lady Ye was, and she immediately showed a pitiful expression: "Grandma, we don't have anything to eat. You can't do this just because you don't like my mother and me."

"Who is your grandma? I am not your grandma!"

Mrs. Ye quickly distanced herself from the matter.

"Isn't my father your son? Am I not your granddaughter? You can't let us die just because you hate us, grandma!"

"mother!"

Ye Zhankui suppressed the anger in his heart. Her mother had been really ridiculous these past two days. It was ok that she saw Ye Shian stealing white flour buns, but she even dared to talk nonsense at this time. Didn't she know that it is better to keep out of trouble?

It's not that he was helping the mother and her two daughters, but it was really better to remain silent at a time like this. If something was said incorrectly, it would very likely bring disaster.

The bearded man came over unhappily: "What's going on?"

When Old Lady Ye saw the bearded man coming, she pointed at Ye Shian and complained: "She, she has food, you can ask her for it, she has white flour buns."

Ye Shian looked aggrieved: "Grandma, do you really hate us so much? Do you want us to die? Wuuuuuu... We don't even have anything to eat, where can we get white flour buns?"

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