On the north bank of the Yellow River in Kaifeng, outside the Wu army camp by the pontoon bridge. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Sir, can we go south?" Holding a baby in his arms, Liu Dabao, who was ragged and looked honest, took the newly received wooden plaque and excitedly asked an officer sitting in front of him, wearing a red and white-edged military uniform and a copper-yellow six-petal bright light helmet.

"That's right! You can go! The officer replied.

Liu Dabao put the child in his arms aside, knelt on the ground excitedly and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Thank you, Master Jun! The son of the grass man has been saved! ”

"This old brother, don't do it!" Several soldiers on the side hurriedly stepped forward and helped Liu Dabao up.

The officer said, "This old man, you can go over!" After crossing the pontoon bridge, you come to the opposite side and walk to a large camp with a wooden sign on it, and you can go in with the wooden sign. ”

Liu Dabao said with a frustrated face: "Sir, but the grass people are illiterate!" ”

"Illiterate? How do you know how to sign? Everyone else is drawing a seal, pressing a handprint, and you sign it. The officer asked.

Liu Dabao replied: "The grass people can write their own names, and they don't know other words. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't know each other, you can follow others, there are a few who are also scholars, and they know how to do it. I really don't understand, ask the soldier, and they will tell you. The officer replied.

"Thank you, Master Jun!" Liu Dabao kowtowed again.

Liu Dabao hugged his son, followed the people who received the wooden plaque, crossed the Yellow River pontoon bridge, and walked to the opposite bank. The son in his arms is his only relative. Liu Dabao is a native of Liangshan in Luxi, and the once 800 miles of Liangshan Mountain and Water were completely dried up and turned into land in the sixth year of Jingtai. But this is low-lying land, and once the Yellow River bursts, this area will immediately become a country of Qianli Ze.

The Qing army dug the embankment of the Yellow River, and the water of the Yellow River flowed into Shawan, and his old mother and younger brother were swept away by the flood, leaving his father, daughter-in-law, sister and a pair of children. But when the flood receded, they faced famine. Hearing that there were people in the south who were rescuing the victims, the family headed south. But there was nothing to eat on the road, and in order to save himself and his only son, the old father, sister, daughter and daughter-in-law starved to death one after another, leaving only himself and his only son.

Because there was nothing to eat, the daughter-in-law had no water to supply her son, so she finally fed her own blood to her son.

After the death of his daughter-in-law, Liu Dabao boiled the only little coarse grain and wild vegetables into a paste, and he was reluctant to eat it, so he fed it to his son.

After walking for more than a month, it was easy to come to the Wu army camp, and Liu Dabao could receive porridge twice a day. He fed his son some of the porridge he had received. Here, there are also some kind women who also feed his son a few sips of nai water. In this way, Liu Dabao and his son survived.

The victims walked to the pontoon bridge, a barracks were set up in front of the pontoon bridge, a wooden fence blocked the road to the pontoon bridge, and there was a soldier Wu standing guard at the gate of the village, and the outside was crowded with people.

Sergeant Wu checked the wooden card, and the people who had the wooden card in their hands were all let go. Liu Dabao saw with his own eyes that a guy with a splashy appearance went to grab a little girl's wooden card because he didn't have a wooden card, but he was cut down by Wu Jun on the spot, and his head was hung on the flagpole outside the gate of the village.

"Keep order! Someone who dares to snatch someone else's wooden card, slash! A Wu Army officer shouted from the gate standing.

Liu Dabao tremblingly took out the wooden card and handed it to the Wu soldier at the door.

"Alright, you can go!" Sergeant Wu moved out of the way.

The little girl who had just been robbed of the wooden card by Splash Pi also followed behind, and after Splash was beheaded, Sergeant Wu snatched the wooden card back and returned it to the little girl.

Liu Dabao turned his head and glanced at the little girl, only to see that the little girl was about eight to ten years old, her eyes were very bright and big, but because of her tattered clothes, yellow face and thin muscles, unkempt hair, and skinny, she didn't look good. This little girl Liu Dabao has seen it before, she followed her all the way from Lunan, and it seems that she has no other relatives, just her. It's lucky, the victims haven't reached the point of cannibalism, otherwise she wouldn't have survived.

After crossing the Yellow River pontoon bridge, there were several people who looked like scholars in front of me to lead the way. Liu Dabao followed everyone to the gate of a large camp with three big characters written on it.

There were several Qiongzhou sergeants standing at the door, wearing white and red military uniforms, looking very kind, not as fierce as Wu Jun.

"New arrivals, line up, register inside, register inside, register after registration, arrange a place to live, and receive rations and silver!" A man who looked like a petty officer stood in the doorway and shouted at the top of his voice.

Liu Dabao hugged his son, walked into the gate of the camp, and came to the registration office according to the guidance of the soldiers. After registering, the officer looked at the baby in Liu Dabao's arms and said, "You two, one of you will receive ten catties of rice, twenty catties of sweet potatoes, and the other will have a silver dollar bill." ”

"My son too?" Liu Dabao was taken aback, "Such a young child can also receive food and silver?" ”

"Of course!" The officer nodded, "As long as it's a born child!" But your child is too young, and we are converting the grain into milk for you. ”

Before the words fell, a woman with a big belly in the back asked, "Excuse me, is my child counted?" ”

"Those who haven't been born yet don't count." The officer glanced at the woman, "Only those who are born count." ”

The woman immediately wailed and cried, "My son! Why don't you come a few days early? If you come early, you can get food! ”

Everyone burst into laughter, even Liu Dabao.

The officer said again: "Liu Dabao, you are holding a son, you will not let you immigrate overseas, we will arrange something for you to do, you wait here for a few days, and when everyone is ready, we will make unified arrangements." ”

"Is it my turn?" The little girl who followed behind asked timidly.

Liu Dabao hurriedly hugged the child and stepped aside, making way for the little girl: "Little girl, it's your turn." ”

The officer looked at the little girl and asked, "Little sister, where is your family?" ”

The little girl's eyes immediately turned red: "Master Jun, there is no one in my family, and I am the only one left." ”

"Poor boy! But you're too young to immigrate overseas, so I'll send you to study first. The officer looked at the poor little girl lovingly and said.

"Reading? Can I read too? The little girl's eyes widened.

"Why not?" The officer smiled and said, "Now girls can also read!" ”

Someone in the back asked puzzledly: "What's the use of reading to girls?" ”

"Why didn't it work?" The officer said, "You can be a doctor, you can enlist as a female soldier, even if you go to a textile factory to be a weaver, you must be educated!" ”