There were also those who were too heartbroken to continue walking, so the village chief gathered so young and strong n to help them back ho.
This situation was not only occurring in Qingshan Village, but similar scenes were unfolding across most of North China District.
After returning ho, Gu Decang’s face looked very grim.
The old man and Chen Hong couldn’t eat after hearing the news.
The atmosphere at ho was very depressing in the following days.
For more than half a month now, the family had plenty to eat, as everything in the cellar had been brought out and it had already been flooded by rainwater.
There was still at, rice, flour, and so dried mushrooms at ho.
The Gu Family was relatively well off; many in Qingshan Village couldn’t fill their stomachs.
It was already spring famine, and they were counting on the harvest in a month to get through the tough tis, but the heavy rain for more than half a month had completely blocked their way to survival.
Gu Jin knew that among villages facing disasters, Qingshan Village was doing relatively well, thanks to being backed by Qingluan Mountain.
Though vague mories from the previous life had beco blurry, she still knew that the cruel scenes in her dreams never took place in Qingshan Village.
Ti flew by and another ten days passed.
Gu Jin sat by the bedside, leaning forward at the window, looking at the fine rain outside the door.
The end of the heavy rain was coming.
"Knock, knock, knock!!"
The door of the Gu Family was knocked.
"Who is it?"
The voice of the uncle ca from the main room.
"It’s , Liu Pingyuan, I’m looking for Jiajie!"
Liu Pingyuan’s voice ca from outside the door.
Gu Jin, leaning at the window, soon saw a figure rush out of the courtyard.
It was her cousin Gu Jiajie rushing towards the gate in a raincoat.
"Why did you co?"
Besides Liu Pingyuan, Wu Zhiren was also here; both wore raincoats and carried a bag of sothing unknown in their hands.
They walked into the small courtyard, heading for the area under the eaves to shelter from the rain.
"Oh! Don’t ntion it! It’s been raining for nearly a month; people are going mad!"
Gu Jiajie closed the gate, walked towards them, looking puzzled. "What’s the matter?"
Wu Zhiren looked visibly thinner than the last ti they parted.
He spoke on behalf of Liu Pingyuan, his voice full of grievance: "There’s no food at ho. I was just discussing with Yuanzi about buying so from the supply and marketing cooperative, even if the price is high, it’s better than going hungry, but who knew the cooperative was closed!"
"After raining for so long, isn’t it normal for the cooperative to be closed?" Gu Jiajie expressed understanding.
Wu Zhiren continued, "So Yuanzi and I made a trip to the county..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jiajie got anxious: "You guys went to the county without informing ?!"
Liu Pingyuan: "Don’t make trouble. We first went to the town, couldn’t buy anything, then walked to the county. Do you know how difficult the road was?"
Learning they walked there, Gu Jiajie touched the tip of his nose and said nothing.
"Where were we?" Wu Zhiren was a bit confused.
"You were talking about going to the county." Gu Jiajie reminded.
"Right, right, Yuanzi and I went to the county. Do you know how expensive things are sold at the black market there?!" Wu Zhiren’s face pained: "Rice reached one yuan per jin, at five yuan! Five yuan! It almost doubled!"
Hearing these prices, Gu Jiajie’s brow furrowed.
This price surge was sowhat outrageous.
But considering the crops were ruined in the field this year, the rise in prices seed understandable.
It’s just unknown whether the prices would be similarly outrageous when the cooperative opens.
Seeing the emotions on his good brother’s face, Liu Pingyuan seed aware of his thoughts, "The county’s cooperative is still open and its prices aren’t much cheaper than the black market. Considering the trend, food prices at the black market might continue to rise."
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