Chapter 122: Asking for a bite to eat

Su Xinguang cried and said, “Dad, brother must have fainted from hunger.”

Su Xiaozhong also thought of this and rushed to Old Man Su and Mrs. Su with his child in his arms, “Father, mother, please save Ayang.”

Mrs. Lu looked at this scene with joy in her eyes.

Retribution, this is the retribution of their family.

Old Man Su said nothing and looked to one side.

Mrs. Su snorted coldly, “I wasn’t given anything to eat in the morning, so you gave me a show in the afternoon.

Are you guys deliberately acting for me, an old woman?”

“Mom, no. Ayang really can’t stand it. I’m so hungry. Just give him a sip of water. Please, my son.”

Looking at the pale face and chapped lips of the child in his arms, Su Xiaozhong knelt on the ground with a thud, holding the child close and kowtowing to the old couple.

“Mom and Dad, my son is begging you.”

The people around him saw him, only glancing at him a few times, and then looking away indifferently.

Along the way, they had witnessed scenes even more cold-blooded than this. They had seen families exchange their wives and children for survival, taking others’ loved ones to stay alive.

He knocked his head on the uneven stone road, blood quickly overflowing and covering his face, but his appearance did not soften the hearts of the elder couple of the Su family.

Su Xinguang knelt down and begged, crying, “Grandpa and grandma, please save my brother.

From now on, Aguang will definitely listen to you and never dare to make you angry again. I beg you.”

The father and son kept pleading. Perhaps their voices or actions stirred something in the comatose Su Xinyang, who regained a slight consciousness. His eyelids fluttered, and though he was too weak to open his eyes, he could hear the desperate pleas of his father and brother.

The cold voices of the old couple brought tears to the corners of his eyes.

“There are so many people who can go without food for several days, but you are just being hypocritical.

Yesterday, you were lively, running, jumping, and talking back. Why did you end up hungry and risk your life for me, an old woman?”

“You guys be careful; don’t think I don’t know. If you want food, there is no way.”

Su Xiaozhong listened to his mother’s cold words, and a long crack in his heart of loyalty and filial piety widened and deepened.

With red eyes, he raised his gaze to the old couple of the Su family, “Mom and Dad, are you trying to force us to death?”

That look made the Su family present feel inexplicably nervous.

At this moment, the third son of the Su family, known for his foolishness and filial piety, frightened the Su family.

“W-what are you talking about?” Mrs. Su did not relent, but her tone had lost some of its earlier strength.

Finally, Old Man Su spoke up, “Give them something to eat and drink.” When Su Xiaozhong heard his father say this, his resentment dissipated somewhat, but Old Man Su’s next words made his gratitude vanish in an instant.

“Third brother, what happened yesterday was all because of you. Today you are being punished with small penalties and big warnings, but now…”

Old Man Su sighed, “Whether A Yang fainted or not, as a grandfather, I won’t just ignore it, but this is the only time.

If you find something to eat and drink today, you must repay double the amount.”

A lot of the food he had now was taken from him that day, and now he only gets to keep it for himself. His son saved his life, but he had to pay back twice as much.

Su Xiaozhong felt uncomfortable in his heart. The unfair treatment that had been suppressed for so long felt like a volcano ready to explode.

“I understand.” He responded, his head lowered.

After Old Man Su intervened, Old Mrs. Su reluctantly took out half a steamed bun from the package and poured a little bit of water into the bamboo tube, carefully picking and searching the whole time for fear of pouring an extra drop of water.

After getting food and water, Su Xiaozhong immediately fed Su Xinyang.

“Ayang, there is water to drink and food to eat.”

Su Xiaozhong gently patted his son’s cheek to wake him up. Su Xinyang tried his best to open his eyes and moved his mouth slightly.

Seeing his son’s reaction, he quickly brought the bamboo tube to his lips.

“Just eat it.”

Su Xinyang opened his mouth with difficulty, and the cold water flowed down his chapped lips and into his parched throat.

After giving him a sip of water, he tore the steamed bun into pieces and placed it in his mouth, “Eat slowly.”

After eating half of the steamed bun and drinking all the water in the bamboo tube, Su Xinyang was still weak.

Su Xiaozhong carried him forward directly.

He looked down at his youngest son beside him, “Aguang, you must tell dad if you feel uncomfortable, you know?”

Su Xinguang nodded, “I know.”

The Su family was already far away from them, and the father and son could only speed up their pace to catch up.

Before they could reach the Su family, there was a commotion ahead.

“There is water ahead.”

That shout made the eyes of the people behind who were short of water glow with a terrifying green light.

The people who were stumbling around suddenly became ‘energetic’ and rushed forward one by one desperately.

The Su family rushed forward, but halfway through, they found that the front was crowded with people, and the people at the front had been blocked, preventing those behind from moving forward.

The people blocking the foot of the mountain, holding knives in their hands, sternly shouted at everyone: “The water on the mountain is gone. You hurry up and find another way.”

“We don’t believe it unless we see it with our own eyes.” Standing at the front one of the men shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, the knife in the hand of the big man blocking him at the foot of the mountain pierced his abdomen directly.

The man did not expect that the other party would take action, and he was killed without any precautions.

The person fell straight down.

The others were a little scared when they saw this scene, and subconsciously took a few steps back.

The man who did it was very satisfied with the result. He pulled out the bloody knife and said, “If you don’t want to die, get out of here.”

The crowd gathered at the foot of the mountain did not move. They were scared but unwilling to leave just now.

Many people hadn’t had a sip of water for days. Without water, they would die.

Now, the water on this mountain wasn’t just water, it was their lives.

Someone from the back of the crowd shouted, “If we can’t drink water, we’ll only die anyway.

We might as well fight these people. There are only a dozen of them, and we have more people than them.”

“Four or five of us can beat one of them. They definitely can’t stand it.”

“You can’t survive without water. If you try hard, there might be a way out. Not for yourself, but for your wife and children.”

The voice from the crowd behind seemed to come from everywhere. Rumors spread from all directions.

The surrounding men glared angrily behind them, trying to find the person who was inciting the trouble, but they couldn’t find them.

“Who, who is talking nonsense there?”

That person seemed to be standing in all directions.

“Follow me and rush over together to kill these evil people who don’t give us a way to live.”

The man’s words were extremely inflammatory. Those who originally wanted to retreat slowly became determined.

When Su Xiaozhong arrived with his son on his back, the Su family hurriedly pulled him over and ordered, “Third brother, no matter what, you have to find a way to get water.”