Chapter 86 Human Life Is Worthless

At night, the whole family slept in the common bed of the inn.

The old lady went to bed early, and Uncle Ma wandered off somewhere. Gu Fei took out the remaining sheepskin, and several women sewed sheepskin coats under the oil lamp.

The weather was getting colder day by day, and the coat would be used soon.

While sewing, Gu Fei secretly took out some broken silver and asked Chen and the others to sew it to the corner of the coat, "I see that the road is getting more and more unsafe. If something happens and someone in the family gets separated, it's better to have some silver than nothing. If we really get separated, we can find a way to meet up in Ping'an City."

Gu Sanlang came over and smiled, "Then sew more silver in my coat."

Chen patted him, "This is just in case, our family must be together anyway."

At the middle of the night watch, Chen blew out the oil lamp and let them sleep.

In the morning, everyone was planning to cook in the yard again. The shopkeeper was a particular person and didn't allow them to cook in the front yard, so he drove everyone to the back yard.

While making breakfast, two waiters from the inn came to the backyard to chop firewood and chatted.

One waiter said, "Someone died on the corner, did you know? I just went to see it."

The other shook his head and chopped down with an axe, "It's not surprising. I heard that an old man died outside the town a few days ago. It was said that he starved to death."

The waiter waved his hand, "These two did not starve to death. A woman and a boy, probably a mother and son. I heard that they were beaten to death, as if to grab food. There was a broken pot on the ground, and there was blood on the woman's head!"

As the two talked, everyone who was making breakfast in the backyard also heard it. Lian'er, who was burning the fire, suddenly threw down the firewood in her hand and ran out like crazy.

Qian cursed from behind, "Dead girl, where are you going, you crazy!"

Gu Fei was startled and ran out as well.

At this time, several men also reacted, looked at each other, and walked out at the same time.

Gu Fei followed Lian'er to the corner of the street and saw a broken iron pot on the ground. The iron pot was clean.

Two people were lying at the foot of the wall.

The woman was lying on her back with a blood hole on her forehead. The blood had already coagulated.

The boy was leaning against the wall, his neck tilted to one side, his face purple.

The two people's bags were scattered on the ground, and several tattered cotton jackets were exposed.

There were some scattered yellow on the bluestone floor, which looked like cornmeal.

Lian'er rushed over and burst into a heart-wrenching scream, "Mother——"

"Brother——"

Gu Fei bit her lip, tears silently flowing down.

The two people who were still alive yesterday fell here in this posture today.

I thought that cornmeal could keep me alive, but I didn't know that cornmeal became a death warrant.

Several men also came here and watched silently.

A family next door opened the door, and a woman stood at the door, "Is this someone you know?"

"Take him away and bury him quickly. It's unlucky to die here!"

Everyone was silent.

Lian'er lay on her mother and cried for a while, then crawled to her brother's side, hugged her brother's body and shook him, "Xiaosong, wake up, wake up, sister is here, sister will take you home."

The boy's head drooped weakly on one side, shaking with Lian'er's movements.

The village chief's wife, Aunt Liu, also followed, sighed, walked forward, and put her hand on Lian'er's shoulder, "My daughter, your mother and brother are gone, there's nothing we can do about it. In this world, human life is worthless."

"Bury them quickly, don't let wild dogs eat them."