SFS Chapter 134: The meat buns are so delicious
Chapter 134: The meat buns are so delicious
Looking at the somewhat disappointed children, Gu Wenxuan quickly took out the steaming buns from the basket he was carrying.
The hot buns in the backpack were covered with a towel, so the children had not yet smelled the aroma of the meat buns.
Now Gu Wenxuan pulled the towel open and waves of fragrance emanated from his back.
The children, who knew that they had been hungry for several days, had very sensitive noses. As soon as they smelled the meaty aroma of the buns, they all came over like rabbits.
Looking at the hungry eyes of these children, Gu Wenxuan did not keep them in suspense.
He took out the bun and handed it to the little girl closest to him. Although this little girl was the youngest, she ran the fastest.
If it were any other time, Gu Wenxuan would definitely laugh at her, but now seeing their thin bodies, he didn't say anything.
He quickly handed two meat buns to the little girl's hands, but the little girl held one bun in her mouth to hold it, and grabbed another meat bun from his backpack with her dirty hands.
Then he ran to a haystack nearby and started eating voraciously.
Gu Wenxuan said quickly: "Slow down and don't choke. I still have more!"
The oldest boy quickly scooped a bucket of water from the water tank next to him and handed it to his youngest sister: "Little sister, drink some water slowly before eating."
Gu Wenxuan distributed meat buns to the children one by one, giving each of them three buns, without any partiality.
But he didn't give them too much, because he was afraid that these children would be hungry for too long and eat too many buns, which could be fatal.
Gu Wenxuan knew that if he ate too much of this kind of noodles and drank some water, his stomach would become bloated and he would die of overeating.
The older boy Wang Guangbei seemed to understand this principle as well, and kept asking his younger siblings to drink some water.
He could only eat three at a time and packed the remaining buns with household items.
Finally, Wang Guangbei picked up a bun and sat on the ground to eat it.
Gu Wenxuan asked Wang Guangbei: "You have been suffering from floods for a while. Why didn't you run away? Aren't you waiting to die here?"
Gu Wenxuan was indeed right. If these people did not run away from this place, they would be waiting to die.
Gu Wenxuan also saw that there was nothing in his tent, just some broken furniture.
There is no pity in losing these things.
Wang Guangbei said while eating a bun: "My parents wanted to take us out of this place to escape the famine, but my grandfather was ill and my parents were afraid that he couldn't stand the hardship on the road!"
Gu Wenxuan nodded after listening to this. He also looked at the old man who had just died and saw that he was very skinny. If he had been ill, he must have died on the way to escape the famine.
According to traditional Chinese thought, one should return to one's roots. If one dies in the wilderness, one would die with regrets.
Wang Guangbei continued:
"But I didn't expect that my parents, who looked strong, would be infected with the plague not long after. They both left my grandfather and us brothers and sisters one after another!
My grandfather became mentally ill because of what happened to my parents, so he couldn't get up last night. He could only hold on until today, which was his limit, and he passed away.
Now we don’t know what to do with these things! I have no money, no food, and even no coffin to bury my grandfather. ”
As the big boy Wang Guangbei said this, tears fell on his meat buns.
In fact, Gu Wenxuan, who traveled through time, knew about this situation. He watched a movie in later life, and it seemed that the story took place around 1942. It was only 1940 for him. Could it be that this event happened earlier?
Gu Wenxuan casually took out a handful of silver dollars from the space. He pretended to take them out from his pocket. He couldn't let these children see him taking out so much money out of thin air, otherwise they would think he was a weirdo.
He then took out a small bag of silver dollars, about 200 in it. He believed that these 200 silver dollars would be able to solve the family's urgent needs.
These 200 dollars weigh about 10 kilograms.
Wenxuan poured the silver dollars into a bamboo winnowing basket.
There was a rustling sound, and several children's attention was attracted by the glittering silver oceans in the winnowing basket.
Although Wang Guangbei was older, he was still a child after all. He looked at Gu Wenxuan in surprise: "Sir, what are you doing?"
Gu Wenxuan smiled and said, "Look, you six children, big and small, have nothing, how are you going to send your grandfather away?
You have to ask someone to take Grandpa to the mountain. Even if you don't want to pay them, you have to treat them to a good meal. These silver dollars are given to you by big brother for household expenses, but you have to keep them safe!"
After hearing what Gu Wenxuan said, the eldest boy, Wang Guangbei, was so excited that he knelt down in front of Gu Wenxuan.
Then he said to his brothers and sisters behind him: "Come on, brothers and sisters, kneel down to thank you for helping our family!"
The other five children quickly ran over and knelt in front of Gu Wenxuan and said together: "Thank you, benefactor!"
Gu Wenxuan felt a little embarrassed when he heard the little kid calling him that. How could he be called a benefactor?
Feeling like a white-haired old man, he quickly helped the oldest child up:
"I said don't call me that, just call me big brother. When you call me that, I feel like an old man, and I haven't even got married yet!"
Several children laughed when they heard it.
They stood up and surrounded Gu Wenxuan, talking and laughing, as if the previous sad atmosphere had improved a lot.
The youngest sister said to her brother in a baby voice: "Brother, you must hide the money well, otherwise those bandits will come and rob us again!"
After hearing what the little sister said, Gu Wenxuan frowned and asked Wang Guangbei: "Are the bandits rampant here?"
Wang Guangbei explained to Gu Wenxuan: "My sister is young and can't explain it clearly. The bandits he mentioned actually refer to the Imperial Army and the Japanese army!"
Gu Wenxuan: "Are these people from the Imperial Army still coming here to rob you? You are so poor, and they still have the heart to rob you.
Not only will I not rescue you, this is too unreasonable, isn't it?"
Wang Guangbei said: "We have been suffering from famine for several years and have no income, so even if the imperial army wants to collect taxes, they cannot.
So they would just go out and rob whenever they saw a family with some surplus food, because they mostly robbed people for food.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have much to eat, because the Japanese didn't supply them with any food, so they had to accompany them out to rob. Of course, if they robbed a lot, they had to pay tribute to the Japanese army!"
Gu Wenxuan asked again: "Are the bases of the Imperial Army and the Japanese Army far from you? When do they usually come out to rob?"
Wang Guangbei said: "Their base is in the Heping Town ahead, where there is a gun tower, which is basically full of Japanese soldiers.
The Imperial Army lived in the bungalows outside, and they often came out to rob food from us ordinary people.
Sometimes we get a little money, but they mainly steal food. After all, poor people like us don’t have much money, just a little food to save our lives.”
"That Japanese artillery tower should have stored a lot of food, right?"
Gu Wenxuan asked. His current goal was to steal some food from the Japanese to help the victims.
He didn't care about the money. Instead of robbing the Japanese soldiers' money, he might as well secretly rob their banks, which would be more convenient.
Wang Guangbei said: "Yes, there are four watchtowers in our town, located in four directions. There are a lot of food and winter clothes in the yard behind their watchtowers!"
"That's good!"