The old lady picked up the water and started drinking directly. After drinking the water, when she was about to take the bowl to give water to others, Wang Yiyi stopped her.
"I've fed them both and they should wake up soon. You should eat something to cushion them first, grandma."
The old lady's originally suppressed emotions still burst into tears when she heard Wang Yiyi call her "grandma".
She threw herself into her granddaughter's arms and kept patting her on the back.
"Why are you such a tough girl? Fortunately, you're fine. If something happens to you, what should grandma do? As long as it's okay, it'll be fine."
The old lady kept repeating similar sentences, which contained the surprise of regaining what was lost, and also contained the hope of regaining a new life. The same cry contained fear and fear.
Along the way, she first met soldiers and bandits who killed people for food, and then encountered some villages that specialized in robbing other people's things. Finally, when there was no water, she even wanted to cut her own blood for her two grandchildren.
It was difficult and sad all the way for her, but now when she saw the person she had raised with her own hands, her uncontrollable despair and grievances were directly vented.
Wang Yiyi kept hugging the old lady. She didn't care how the old lady cried. She just kept patting her back.
Whatever you do now is useless, the only real thing is to take good care of yourself.
Laifu, who was next to him, also woke up. He came over and saw that he lifted the water in the bowl by himself, drank half of it and gave the other half to his brother.
Looking at the sweet potatoes roasting in the fire, he went to find a wooden stick to turn the sweet potatoes. He watched his grandma crying in his sister's arms, but she didn't say anything.
He is now considered a grown-up. Natural disasters are too torturous. He wants to cry every time he encounters something, but he doesn't dare.
He was afraid that his crying would be too loud and would attract bad people. He was afraid that his brother would be hurt and that his grandma would leave.
He sat quietly alone, watching his brother wake up, and threw him by the fire to roast him. When the sweet potatoes were ripe, he dug them out by himself, gave one to his brother, and gave the other to himself. Looking at the sweet potatoes next to him, he Peel one open and eat it yourself.
Of course he knew that the dark person standing in the firelight was his sister, and this sister was different from his eldest sister.
When he was in the village, he often heard other people scolding his sister. They said that this sister was ruthless and unjust, but she would give him food.
Every time, he would bring a lot of delicious food to grandma. They also said that this sister was the source of disaster, but he had seen her communicating with many small animals.
He had seen his sister quarreling with a group of monkeys, but the monkeys threw down fruit. He had also seen his seemingly unreliable sister protecting him and his grandma time and time again.
When he was young, he didn't understand why he couldn't be with his sister, and he also didn't understand why the uncle in the village had to have his sister.
After the old lady finished crying, Wang Yiyi peeled a sweet potato and gave it to her. The plan to go all the way north seemed to be on the rocks.
At least she couldn't leave until they were almost recovered. He found a place and released the three spiders again.
The little spider automatically lay down next to her. Laifu originally wanted to play with the two spiders, but he just had no energy and fell asleep next to her.
No one mentioned why Wang Yiyi left in the first place, and no one asked why they met here.
Early in the morning on the second day, Wang Yiyi supported her second brother and led them forward with her own basket on her back.
This time they arrived at the territory of the golden monkey. She found a cave, took them in to deal with the cave, and then went to chop wood.
There were broken trees all around, and firewood was easy to find. The old lady hesitated several times. She wanted to say something every time, but she didn't know how to say it.
Laifu didn't dare to say anything. This silent environment made him feel a little panicked. This was the first time he saw his sister like this.
He could feel that his sister didn't like her very much now. Wang Yiyi not only went out to find firewood, but also dug a lot of grass roots and bark, and even a lot of wild vegetables grew. Seeing these things.
The old lady was just about to say that she would go look for him with her, but Wang Yiyi left again.
This time she went further, made an excavation trace, and selected the smallest, thinnest, and ugliest sweet potatoes from all the sweet potatoes in the space.
She buried them in the soil for an hour or two before going back. She looked at the 40 kilograms of sweet potatoes, which should be enough for them to eat for a while, but looking at the man who needed to recover from his injuries, she finally went out again.
It was already evening when she came back again. She didn't know if the three people had eaten. Anyway, she had eaten outside.
What she brought back this time were sweet potatoes and other wild fruits that she could eat. They were all collected before. They looked shriveled and sour in color.
She took the food out of the basket, poured it into a corner of the cave, and surrounded the food with other things.
When she came to the river, she sat down, peeled a sweet potato, and started eating. The old lady couldn't help but finally opened her mouth.
"Girl, how are you doing during this time?"
Wang Yiyi replied while eating sweet potatoes: "It's very good. You don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you don't have to worry about other things."
Seeing the old lady and the others looking like they wanted to say something else, they spoke in advance: "I may have to wait half a month before leaving. During this half month I will prepare some things for you, and I have put the medicine in my pocket. Inside, I’ll take a kettle and I’ll go north in half a month.”
Her informative answer made the old lady very sad, but she still reminded her.
"There is banditry in the north, and there are a large number of victims there. Many people are fleeing. What are you going to the north for?"
Wang Yiyi did not answer the old lady's question. It was very tiring for someone to move firewood without using the space. She leaned against the wall and fell asleep after a while.
Apart from the big snake, there was probably nothing else around here. After the big snake died, no other beasts entered the territory for the time being, so he slept peacefully.
When I woke up on the second day, the sun had just risen. Looking at the small amount of water they had, I took out a piece of wood and started chipping away at it.
After almost finding it, I took two water bags and started walking forward. From here, I climbed a hillside and passed to a lake. The water in the lake was almost dry, so I could just put some water in it.
After climbing over the hillside, she held up the clear water with both hands. She saw that there were many fish in it. She picked up half of them, disposed of them by the lake, and packed them again. Two bottles of water back.
When the old lady saw that she was back, she poured water into the barrel and washed the barrel. Then there was only a bottle of water left. Pour the water in, or ask if you want to get water yourself?
Wang Yiyi glanced at the old lady's old appearance and shook her head.
"It's not far, just past the lake on the hillside next to it. I can just go there by myself."
