A pot of snake meat soup was finally served.

Each child was given three pieces of snake meat. Zhou Cui carefully placed two bowls of snake meat soup in front of Su Xiaolan and Su Xiaoqiang. As for himself, he only served a piece of snake meat, most of which were wild vegetables.

Seeing this, Su Wu grabbed a few pieces of snake meat for Zhou Cui and said, "Madam, you are so thin, eat more."

"My husband, I'm not hungry, but you have to eat more. Oh, now there is a mess outside and the land is gone. If you fall down, our whole family will not know what to do."

"Don't worry, I'm in a tough state. Madam, you eat more, and you have to take care of two children. Without you, I can't survive alone."

Su Wu said, and even put a few pieces of snake meat on it for Zhou Cui to eat.

"Dad, you guys eat together." Su Xiaolan raised her head sensibly and said.

Su Xiaolan is now six years old. Although she is young at this age, her poor children have long been in the family. At a young age, she already knows how to reassure her parents and make a small contribution to the poor family.

"Xiaolan is still sensible." Zhou Cui smiled, said no more, and started eating the snake soup in the bowl.

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At the entrance of the cave, the mother rat couldn't help swallowing. After hearing several rat babies calling, it returned to the cave.

"Mom, why haven't dad been back yet?" an older baby rat couldn't help asking.

"Hey, I don't know either."

"What should I do with my younger brothers and sisters?" Baby Rat touched a cub next to Wang Chong and became anxious: "It seems that it is not moving anymore."

"What?"

Mother Mouse was shocked and hurried over to take a look. Sure enough, the weakest pup was stiff and stopped moving.

"Child, my child..."

The mother rat was very sad, but the rat could not be resurrected after death, so it could only whistle a few sad sounds.

Until late at night, Dad Rat still didn't go home.

At this point, the mouse mother was already desperate: "The child's father must be dead, he must be dead..."

Wang Chong felt helpless when he heard this. This is Rat. He almost starved to death at the beginning, even his father died.

"Mom, what should I do now?" a little mouse started to squeak.

"Shh, let's say a little bit, this family has snake meat left over, let's go and eat it now."

"But on the table."

"I'll climb up."

Mother Mom was agile and climbed up.

In the darkness, the mouse's eyes can also gather light, and many things can be seen clearly.

Wang Chong was hungry at this moment and his chest was pressed against his back, his eyes were open, and he wanted to find something to eat.

Squeak squeak...

Squeak squeak...

Suddenly, other rats were shouting and scolding from outside.

"Oh no, my mother and the big rat started fighting." A slightly older mouse said nervously.

"This big rat bullies us again."

“We’ll get on…”

"Yes, go and save my mother."

There are more than a dozen mice in this litter, three of which can be used to act on their own, and they are about to become adults.

The three mice made up their minds and rushed out of the mouse hole.

"Mom, we're here to save you..."

I saw a huge mouse in front of the mother rat. This is the rat bully nearby. Because he is big, the rats nearby call him a big mouse.

"Children, go quickly..."

The mother rat cried out, but at this time, the rats rushed to a mouse one by one and started biting it.

Although Wang Chong could not see it, his keen hearing made him know what was going on outside.

"The mouse can still fight, it's really a good idea." Wang Zhong murmured in his heart. Now he can't help at all, so he can only pray in his heart that Mother Mouse can beat the other party.

"Oh, there are rats at home."

At this time, Zhou Cui's voice came from the inner room.

"My mother, there is no food at home, these mice are not giving up." Su Wu got up cursingly.

When the big rat heard this voice, he spoke harshly and said, "You can wait, so you can't afford to eat."

Of course, this is a rat language, only rats can understand it. To humans, the words of a rat are "squeak squeak".

"Child, my poor child."

Mother Mom looked at the child lying on the ground and shed tears.

In the battle just now, all three children were bitten to death.

The mother rat staggered back to the hole and watched Su Wu peel three dead mice and prepare to eat them.

"Hey, these humans are so hungry that even we mice have eaten. How many taels of meat can we mice have on them? It's so cruel." The mouse mother couldn't help but say.

Regarding the words of Mom Mom, Wang Chong could only respond with a few slight "squeaks".

"This kid is quite well-behaved." Mother Mouse glanced at Wang Chong and muttered.

After the mouse mother stole a lot of food, she also had milk. Wang Chong drank it and burped it hard.

After eating and drinking, a feeling of fatigue came and Wang Chong fell asleep deeply.

Although I was full of food, a few days later, there was nothing left at home.

In addition, he had a grudge against the big rat family, and the mother rat is now alone and can't beat them at all.

Fortunately, the big Rat family didn't know that the Rat's father was dead, otherwise they would have come here to cause trouble long ago.

"What should I do now? If this continues, our family will starve to death sooner or later! It seems that I can only go out and try my luck."

Mother Mouse sighed and quietly went out late one night.

Wang Chong had already opened his eyes a little at this moment, and he could finally see the world clearly.

This is a poor family with no food except weeds and bark.

A while ago, because of snake meat, the family spent several days of stable life, but for several consecutive days, every time Su Wu came back from home, he would return empty-handed and could only bring back some tender bark and weeds.

Even the weeds are getting worse every day now, and most of them are left withered.

"My husband, what should we do now? My younger son is still young and can't eat these things. I have no breasts now."

In the darkness, the crying of women came from the inner room.

"It's all useless. I can't get any wild animals in the mountains. Oh... I'll go to the county town tomorrow to see if there are any kind-hearted people to give us some food."

"Well, that's all."

After hearing this, Wang Chong couldn't help but sigh that the family was living a miserable life, but all of this was due to the fact that the productivity in ancient times was too weak, and it really relied on the gods to make a living.

At this time, Wang Chong noticed a huge mouse climbing the mountain on the stove with his sharp eyes. "Such a big mouse, can it be a big rat?"

In addition to this big rat, there were a few ordinary mice following it. Several mice were obviously hungry and were rummaging through boxes and cabinets on the stove.

If they had done anything before, their actions were destined to be futile, because nothing was eaten here.

But Wang Chong noticed that there were actually a few drops of oil and a piece of meat on the stove. The aroma of the slices of meat and the oil attracted these little mice and all surrounded them.

‘Strange, this family obviously has nothing to eat, why would they put a piece of meat there?’

Wang Zhong was suspicious. Suddenly, he noticed that there was a bamboo basket on the sliced ​​meat. The bamboo basket was supported by a chopstick, and a rope was tied to the other end of the chopsticks.

He immediately realized that the family was preparing to catch mice.

Several mice were all hungry and were carefully preparing to eat sliced ​​meat.

They are not worried about any conspiracy, because they often climbed up to steal food in the past, and never had any problems.

At this moment, the chopsticks under the bamboo basket were pulled away, and the bamboo basket was suddenly depressed.

"Squeak squeak squeak..."

There were three mice in total, constantly ramming, but the bamboo basket was buckled and they couldn't run out at all.

What disappointed Wang Chong was that although the big rat was big, he was extremely agile and he was actually taken away by it at the last moment and ran away.

"Wife, we've caught a mouse!"

Su Wu in the inner room ran out excitedly, opened the door, and with the moonlight outside, the three mice in the bamboo basket screamed in horror.

The next step was simple. Su Wu reached in, grabbed one with one hand, and pinched it gently, and the mouse was pinched to death.

At this moment, the big rat hid in the corner tremblingly. At this time, it noticed a black shadow running in at the door.
To be continued...