At this moment, a little boy covered in mud rushed in with a pile of wild vegetables, and suddenly lay down beside the straw mat, his eyes red:
"Grandma... don't die, don't die, Qingyang is obedient and will never be naughty again."
"Grandma, look, Qingyang is looking for something to eat. I just found this from the forest at the foot of the mountain. Many aunties are digging for this edible food."
The little boy pushed all the wild vegetables he picked to his grandmother, crying and anxiously expressing that he had grown up.
He wiped his tears haphazardly with his muddy hands and knelt obediently beside the straw mat.
"Grandma, Qingyang will never let you work again. From now on, I will go digging every day and bring back a lot, so we won't be hungry. Grandma, you don't want to die, I don't want you to die."
The little boy originally wanted to be strong, but facing the fear of losing his only relative, he couldn't stop shaking and crying. Finally, he lay on his grandmother and started shouting loudly.
The old man's skinny hands covered with black spots tightly held his grandson's muddy little hand, and told him with reluctance, "Qingyang, be obedient."
"Listen carefully to your brothers and sisters from now on. Work more, eat less, and don't make them angry. Do you understand?"
"Grandma, don't you want me too? You're leaving too, don't you want Qingyang?" Little Qingyang was very uneasy and confused.
At a young age, he experienced the death of his sister, his grandfather, his father and his mother, and now it was his grandmother's turn who had always held him in her hands and loved him.
Why is this all happening?
The family used to live well in the small town, but suddenly Dad had no job, the family could no longer afford food, and there were many people grabbing things on the street, and many people fled in a hurry carrying cloth bags.
The family was so hungry that they couldn't even drink water. In the end, they had no choice but to pack up their belongings and a few pieces of clothing and flee with the others.
But along the way, we found people fleeing from famine everywhere, and people dying of hunger, disease, and thirst everywhere.
And wherever they go, they are chased away like wild dogs.
After finally arriving in this mountain, they no longer have to add stinking water mixed with mud in the ditch, and they no longer have to eat grass roots and tree bark. They have clean water that can be boiled for drinking, wild vegetables to pick, and land to plant.
He originally thought that he and his grandma would live the same peaceful life as before, but he didn't expect that even his grandma would leave him.
Qingyang I don't understand, I don't understand why it stopped raining all of a sudden, why there was no food in the fields, why my father suddenly disappeared after doing a good job, why his relatives left him one after another.
"Qingyang, don't you listen to grandma?"
The old man felt sorry for his grandson, but at this time he could only harden his heart and keep a calm face.
"Listen, I listen, grandma, please don't die, I'm scared, I'm so scared."
Qingyang shook his head vigorously, with tears flying in the air. He hugged grandma's arm tightly and refused to let go, as if this was the only way to feel more secure.
The old man tried to cheer up and stretched out his skinny hand to touch his head. "Don't be afraid, Qingyang is a strong child. Even if grandma is gone, he will definitely live strong."
"And grandma will always be watching us Qingyang from the other side. When we Qingyang grow up, we still need to marry a wife, start a family, and have a family full of children and grandchildren."
After taking a few breaths, the old man blinked slightly, and a tear dropped silently from the corner of his eye, soaking the white hair on his temples.