Escape from famine: Daddy stands up, Dali girl lies down

As we headed north, the drought became more and more severe, and there was no trace of green left in the fields.

In order to hurry on their way, they tried to avoid the sun when it was brightest, but even then they were still tanned into charcoal.

The chubby little bun also lost a lot of fat due to the heat.

...

Lin Erzhuang noticed the hot gaze belatedly, his heart skipped a beat and he said embarrassedly.

"Get off the bus, let's rest here for a while."

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the brother and sister, Lin Shu put the buns into the small backpack and covered them with a tattered straw hat.

Lin Hongqing took the backpack on his own initiative, jumped off the mule cart first, and reached out to hug her.

"Go, don't drop your sister, just take care of yourself."

A pair of big hands stretched out from the side and took Lin Shu from the door of the carriage.

Lin Erzhuang weighed the amount in his hand, pulled his sleeve to wipe the sweat off Lin Shu's face, and said with concern.

"It's hot and the journey is long, but you insisted on coming. Now you're suffering!"

"Hehe, Shu'er will be worried if daddy is not looking after him!" Lin Shu said shamelessly and cutely.

But to Lin Erzhuang's ears, it sounded so sweet that the skinny dark man's lips were cracked behind his ears.

He walked into the tavern holding one of them in each hand and said loudly.

"Little Brother, is there anything to eat?"

"Please come in, sir. We have mutton for you to eat."

The waiter responded loudly and quickly led the three people in to settle them down. The mule cart covered with a thick layer of dust was also led into the backyard.

...

Two pairs of big black eyes looked around curiously.

The diners smiled kindly at the two children, and some even raised their wine bowls and drank them all in one gulp.

Lin Shu pursed her lips and smiled, raised her little water bag and took a sip, imitating the adults' smacking of lips.

"Hahaha, this little guy is quite interesting.

Come, uncle will give you some mutton to exchange for water, okay?" The red-faced man Mo Feng said with an idea.

So, holding the mutton in one hand and the wine bowl in the other, he walked towards the corner where the father and his two sons were sitting.

The man, who had been drooling over the mutton, knelt on the stool, raised the small water bag and nodded repeatedly.

"Uncle is a good man, just exchange it for a piece of mutton."

Eating meat and drinking wine with big mouthfuls is the life that many people dream of.

Lin Shu had been craving for this for a long time, so there was no reason for her to refuse. Besides, she didn't lack water at all.

It would be even better if we could replace mutton with water.

"Hahaha, what you said is worth a large plate of mutton."

Mo Feng, who was known as a 'good man', was in a good mood. Most of the drunkenness had dissipated from his body, and he suppressed the bloody murderous aura in his body.

"Eat~" Mo Feng said generously.

As he spoke, he shook his muscles, deliberately revealing the two criss-crossing scars on his arms.

Lin Shu smiled with her gap teeth showing, and she took out the small water bag and poured it into the large bowl.

"Good uncle, drink!"

"Hahaha, drink!"

Lin Shu held a piece of mutton that was bigger than her face. She took a bite and her mouth was filled with the aroma of the meat, which made her smile.

Mo Feng took a small sip from the large bowl. The clear, sweet fresh water flowed down his throat and instantly reached his heart.

His eyes couldn't help but light up, and he looked at the father and his two sons with a slightly inquiring look.

Mo Feng has lived in the border area for a long time and is very familiar with the water quality here.

Especially after a drought, let alone clear water, even turbid water is often hard to find.

He looked closely at the faces of the father and his two sons, and saw that their lips were moist and not affected by the drought at all.

"Brother, my son is young and naughty. I am sorry to have embarrassed you."

Lin Erzhuang's old face turned red with shame, but fortunately his dark skin served as the best protective color.

Otherwise, he would have to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

[My girl is really brave. It's obvious that this guy is not someone you can easily mess with.]

"Hahaha, the little guy is so cute. He will definitely be a brave man when he grows up."

Mo Feng reluctantly took a sip of water, poured the remaining water into the water bag, and held it in his arms and patted it, cherishing it.

Others felt regretful and wondered why they didn't think of this!

Sweat was dripping down Lin Shu's forehead. When did she become a hero?

What a lack of tact!

...

The wolf eyes had no choice but to stare at the water bag on Lin Hongqing's waist.

Being stared at by such fiery gazes, Lin Hongqing felt uncomfortable as if his whole body was on fire, and he didn't even dare to take the mutton that had just been served on the table.

"Duo~chi~" the man with a mouth full of meat said indistinctly.

“So scary~”

Lin Hongqing leaned towards Lin Shu and whispered.

"With them watching, I dare not do it."

Lin Erzhuang was also embarrassed by the fiery gazes, but he still ate the meat calmly. He wanted to see how his two children would deal with these people.

Lin Shu raised her greasy little face to look at him, then nodded in understanding.

"It smells so good. Do you have any water?"

"It's gone long ago, you forgot!" Lin Hongqing said frustratedly, holding up the empty water bag.

The two pots of water in the morning were finished as soon as they reached his hands because he couldn't help it.

The fiery gaze was instantly withdrawn, and the sounds of drinking and rock-paper-scissors resumed in the tavern.

"Brother, come, come, drink some wine and eat some meat.

When you get to our border area, you'll have plenty of meat." Mo Feng said with a slight smile.

"Haha, I'm not good at drinking, and I'm really craving for this bite of meat.

Why don't you bring your children out to try something new? Eat it!"

Seeing that his daughter resolved the crisis with just two words, Lin Erzhuang felt very happy and greeted Mo Feng warmly.

"tasty!"

When Mo Feng saw a grown man bringing two children out, he knew that the journey was not easy and did not force them to drink.

As they were talking, I learned from Lin Erzhuang that the drought in the north was severe and there was not even a harvest.

He could no longer sit still, so he stood up, threw a handful of copper coins to the shopkeeper and left.

When there were only three people and a dog eating meat in the tavern, the waiter brought the eighth plate of mutton with a smile.

The father and son swallowed the last bite of meat with great difficulty. They didn't even dare to open their mouths when they burped, for fear that the meat they had eaten would spill out again.

What a pity!

Lin Shu quietly put a large piece of mutton in the backpack and started to eat it with both hands.

That naive look made the shopkeeper, who was staring at him intently, feel a little dizzy.

[His cooking skills are really so good that even a child can eat five pounds of mutton. He can open a wine shop in Kyoto, right?]

The shopkeeper glanced in the direction of Kyoto. He had been exiled to the north for nearly thirty years, and this drought was a good opportunity.

...

Lin Shu finished the last piece of mutton, sucked her fingers and burped, feeling like she could eat another piece.

The small belly was slightly bulging, and anyone who saw it couldn't understand where the five or six pounds of meat were stored.

The amazing thing is that you can even have a bowl of mutton soup.

The shopkeeper and the waiter didn't dare to sell the food in the store anymore, for fear that people would be fed to death, which would be a serious sin for them.

"One hundred and twenty-five coins."

Lin Erzhuang's hand touching the copper coin paused for a moment, and he sighed that the price was too, too, too cheap.

A serving of mutton from the Qinghe Town restaurant costs fifty cents. Lin Youzhi said this when he showed off to others when he returned to the village.

It is said that the food that gods eat is so delicious that it will make your tongue fall off. Ordinary people would be taking advantage of it just by smelling it.

At that time, he longed for it so much that he even dreamed about it for several nights, and he even wanted to buy something to nourish his daughter's health.

He was a foolish and filial man, but he did nothing for his daughter.

I didn't expect that mutton at the border is so cheap.