It was as if a flame was burning in her belly, scorching her internal organs. It was as if someone was stirring it with a sharp blade in his stomach. Death, it turned out, was not liberation, but more painful torture.

Gu Ye endured the unbearable hunger in his stomach and slowly opened his eyes. What catches your eye is the giant trees that are like monsters in the night, and the starlight that shines through the cracks in the leaves.

She didn't have time to think about how she was here, when a wolf howl sounded in her ears. Turning his head, a pair of blue eyes flashed fiercely in the night.

Veterinary repellent powder! When this noun flashed in her mind, a transparent bottle appeared in Gu Ye's hand. She sprinkled the powder inside on her body, and the approaching wolves stopped, and turned around and disappeared into the mountains and forests under the leadership of the head wolf.

"Sister...... Sister—" The familiar voice instinctively gave birth to a hint of joy in this body. It's my brother! The older brother of this body. In just a split second, she judged the person's identity.

"Wang ...... "A skinny yellow dog stopped not far in front ......of her, barking at her, not daring to approach.

"Found it! Got it! Gu Ming, your sister is here! The young man who appeared in Gu Ye's sight with a torch was Li Hao, the youngest grandson of the village chief's family, who had a good relationship with the original owner's brother on weekdays.

"Sister ......" a young man in shabby clothes stumbled over and hugged her thin body in his arms. A hot teardrop fell on Gu Ye's neck, and this little boy, who had always been strong, howled and cried, like a helpless child.

After crying for a while, Gu Ming checked her sister's body up and down, and found that she was safe and sound, so she completely relieved herself: "It's all my brother's fault, I shouldn't leave your side." Who would have thought that the poisonous woman's heart would be so cruel that she would throw you alive on the mountain, and quibble that you have lost your breath. ”

"Ming'er, how do you speak? What poisonous woman? That's your mother! You are a great rebel, and you are going to be thundered by the sky! Gu Qiao, the scumbag father of the two, frowned and scolded.

"If she dares to do it, why don't I dare to say it? She's not our mother! Who is a mother who can ruthlessly throw her daughter up the mountain to feed the wolves? God wants to split, and he will also split her, a poisonous woman, which turn can I win? Gu Ming was completely disappointed in her father.

Mother is stepmother, father is father! When Liu treated their siblings harshly, he pretended to be deaf and dumb. Now he just scolded the Liu family as a "poisonous woman", but he reprimanded him with raised eyebrows. Is there still a place for him and his sister in this home?

"Smack!" A heavy slap slapped him in the face, Gu Ming suddenly felt a fishy saltiness melt in his mouth, his ears buzzed, and after a period of dizziness, he sat down beside his sister.

"Gu Qiao, the child is at fault, teach it slowly. What are you doing with such a heavy hand, don't beat the child out of a bad way. It was the patriarch in his fifties who spoke, and there was a hint of disapproval in his tone.

"Patriarch, how can anyone insult the elders when he is a junior? This kid can't be beaten or won't be able to fight, and if he doesn't teach him a lesson, he won't even be a father like me in his eyes! Gu Qiao glared at his son angrily, and he didn't glance at Gu Ye from beginning to end.

"Daddy!" Gu Ming covered the rapidly swollen left side of her face, with tears in her eyes, "You only blame us, don't you, can't you see how she treated me and my sister?" ”

Gu Ming pointed to a woman with high cheekbones and thin lips and a mean face, and gritted her teeth and said, "When my mother was alive before, she raised my sister to be white and fat, lively and cute. But now? Why is my sister the way she is now? That's starved alive! ”

The Gu clan people who came to help find people looked at Gu Ye'er, who was thin and skeletal, with only a layer of skin wrapped around bones left, and looked away a little reluctantly.

"Liu didn't let his sister eat on the table, and he didn't leave food for his sister, my sister was so hungry that she had no choice, so she had to pull wild vegetables to satisfy her hunger, and she didn't dare to take them home to cook, so she could only eat them raw. My sister was young, and at first she couldn't recognize wild vegetables, and often ate poisonous wild vegetables by mistake, vomiting and diarrhea. ”

"Look at my sister's body, is there a good place? If you don't eat, you don't have the energy to do activities, and if you do it slowly, you will be beaten badly. Not to mention that Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang beat her, kicked her, and hit her with sticks and stones...... Dad, my sister is also your daughter, and she also has your blood and bones on her body, so you can't bear to watch her starve to death and be beaten to death? ”

Gu Ye's sleeves were rolled up, and there were bruises and wounds on them, as if he was complaining about the harsh rebuke his master.

"Stinky boy, don't talk nonsense! Who saw me hit the child? You unfamiliar rabbit cub, you don't have a word of truth in your mouth! Folks, think about it, she made her own food every day, and when we came back from work, we thought she had eaten it! Why didn't she say it herself if she didn't eat? How do I know? As for the injuries on her body, she was naughty herself, and she didn't know where she hit it, but it has nothing to do with me! "Liu's mouth is not an ornament, he can say that the dead are alive.

Gu Ming couldn't wait to tear up the upside-down Liu family: "What about today?" My little sister was awake in the evening, and she talked to me, why did you throw her away? There are so many beasts in this mountain, you threw her in the mountains, you don't plan to leave a way for your sister to live! ”

"When I came home, this dead girl didn't move, she couldn't wake up no matter how she screamed, and I thought she was dead! This life is hard, who can still have a child who has not died? The house in the family will be given to your brother and wife in the future, how bad luck it is for her to die in it! Liu didn't feel that he was doing anything wrong.

Gu Ming snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I don't know what your idea is!" I heard what you said to Da Zhuang that day, you said that your sister is a loss of money, and raising it is a waste of food, and you can save a dowry when you die...... Today, for a meager dowry, you can throw your sister into the mountains, and tomorrow you can be afraid that I will share the family property with the big and small strong and kill me! Dad, do you continue to sit idly by? ”

"What are you talking nonsense? Your mother is not such a person. Don't say it, it's all a misunderstanding! Now that the people have found it, let's go home quickly. Gu Qiao waved his hand impatiently.

He still has some feelings for his eldest son, but in Liu's pillow wind over the years, there is not much left of this so-called father-son relationship. Gu Ming's words, he didn't pay attention at all, but was annoyed by his alarmist words, and let himself lose face in front of the patriarch and the clansmen.

"No, if she just goes back, she'll find a chance to throw her sister away. Dad, in front of the patriarch's grandfather and the uncle in the clan, make your words clear, let the Liu family make a poisonous oath, never let your sister do heavy work again, and you won't skip your sister's food! ”

Gu Ming's small body was very straight, and the corners of her mouth were stubborn. For the sake of his sister, he let it go, it's a big deal...... It's a big deal that he took his sister to live in a cave and hunted and picked mountain goods to support her.

Regarding the affairs of Gu Qiao's family, the patriarch did not know anything about it. However, it was difficult for the Qing official to cut off family affairs, and if he didn't make trouble in front of him, he turned a blind eye. Today, almost killed someone, he, the patriarch, had to stand up and say a fair word:

"Liu, this matter is indeed what you did! Okay, it's all a family, there is no overnight feud, just say it, don't make any more trouble! Seventh, the two of you will give the child a word today, and calm the child's heart. "Gu Qiao, ranked seventh in the clan.

Liu's face was uncooperative, and he muttered: "What kind of words do you give?" As if I was really abusing them, I don't admit it. ”

"Old Seven, don't think that those small actions behind your back can hide from everyone's eyes. What are you thinking, who doesn't know? Isn't it just to fall in love with Miao's ...... "A sister-in-law who was good with Miao's mother-in-law, who passed away with Gu Ming's two siblings, looked at Liu with a sneer, her gaze was like a knife, as if she wanted to strip off the last fig leaf of Liu.

Liu's face changed greatly, and he stopped the sister-in-law in the clan, and his sharp and abrupt voice startled a few night birds: "Okay! The children are not sensible, and I, as an elder, can still see them in the same way? You should have enough trouble, go back with your parents! I'm a stepmother, your father is my own father, can you still watch others want your life? ”

She said this quite levelly, and seemed to say soft words to the two children. But in and out of the words, she hinted at her grievances to the clansmen.

Gu Ming knew that he was still young now, and a complete break with his family would not do him or his sister any good. He came to his sister's side, touched her little face, smiled and comforted: "Sister, be frightened!" Don't be afraid, with the patriarch and so many uncles testifying, no one will want to throw you away in the future. Brother will protect you. ”

Gu Ye has always been a bystander, coldly looking at the "farce" in front of him. But the young man in front of her who gave her all her heart made a trace of warmth rise in her indifferent heart. In her previous life, she grew up in an orphanage, and family affection was a luxury for her. In this life, her dream finally came true, and she had a brother who loved her unreservedly. Maybe being born again isn't a bad thing for her!

Gu Ming carried his sister up, he was also thin and weak, he didn't take two steps before he was panting like a cow, and on a downhill road, his feet were weak and he almost fell to the ground. Uncle Jiu, who lived next door to them, couldn't stand it anymore, so he took Gu Ye and carried him down the mountain.

Gu Ye was placed on a kang covered with a broken reed mat, and he almost fell asleep. After the clansmen and villagers left, the Liu couple also went back to the house with a snort, Gu Ming covered the bed with a patched quilt for her, came over mysteriously, and said:

"Sister, are you hungry? Today my brother was lucky enough to catch a fish in the ditch. During the day, I secretly cooked soup while there was no one at home. I'll go and heat it up, and you drink it and then go to sleep. ”

When Gu Ming walked out of the room, Gu Ye glanced down at the hands that were as dry as chicken feet. The original owner is eleven years old, but his stature is not as good as that of a child of seven or eight years old, with a matchstick-like body, so thin that he is only skinny and skinny. Under the rough skin, the thin blood vessels look extremely abrupt......