"Damn it! These people are crazy! At this rate, we’ll be left with nothing to eat but the northwest wind!" Wu Zhiren touched his hungry stomach, his face full of grievance.
Gu Jiajie glanced at the two of them, staring at the bag sheltered by the raincoat at their feet: "What did you buy?"
Liu Pingyuan swallowed: "We bought rice and white flour, and so at." He hadn’t had at for a long ti.
Wu Zhiren chid in: "This little bit cost a whole bill! A big one!"
Even as composed as he was, Gu Jiajie couldn’t help but show a look of astonishnt.
"A hundred bucks?!"
What the hell did they buy that cost a hundred bucks!
In the past, a hundred bucks could buy three or four bags of rice, thirty or so pounds of pork.
But looking at the things at their feet, not even a single bag was full.
"Are there a lot of people at the black market?"
Suddenly, a light, lodious voice interjected.
The three standing under the eaves looked in the direction of the voice and saw Gu Jin lying by the window, with the little kid studying at the table behind her.
Liu Pingyuan: "A lot, many people buying, but those selling are fewer than half of what there used to be."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jin was not surprised at all.
Wu Zhiren bent down and pulled out a piece of what looked like five or six pounds of at, wrapped in the gray paper of the era.
"Jiajie, take this at for your uncle and aunt to eat, we didn’t buy much, too many people buying at, by the ti Yuan and I got there, this was all that was left, so you take it first."
Gu Jiajie didn’t show an ounce of politeness, taking the at without even a word of thanks.
They were brothers who had bled together, saying thanks would be too distant.
He asked: "When are you going next ti?"
"In a couple of days, looks like the rain should stop soon, we’ll wait for the rain to clear so the road is easier to travel."
This was said by Liu Pingyuan.
He took out rice and flour from the bag again.
Gu Jiajie quickly stopped him: "We still have rice and flour at ho, take this back ho to eat."
"Really enough?" "Enough to eat?"
Liu Pingyuan and Wu Zhiren spoke in unison.
It wasn’t that they didn’t believe it, with this month’s rain, nobody had gone out, supplies were already scarce, nearly a month now, surely it should all be gone.
"We do, before the rain, Xiao Jin bought more from the county, we still have plenty."
"Alright then, Wu and I will take this back and share it."
Liu Pingyuan shouldered the bag from the ground, turned to greet Gu Jin: "We’re off."
"Go ahead."
Gu Jiajie placed the at on the windowsill and went to see off the two brothers.
When he returned to get the at, the furrowed brow lines hadn’t relaxed a bit.
Gu Jin watched his troubled and irritated look and said: "We’re having at tonight."
The at at ho had long been eaten days ago, the at Liu Pingyuan and Wu Zhiren brought was just in ti.
Hearing her words, Gu Jiajie looked up, showing a slight smile: "I’ll leave the at to you today, you make it taste great."
"No problem!"
Gu Jin naturally took it on without hesitation.
That evening, the Gu Family had the rare treat of braised pork again, the tempting aroma wafted even through the light rain indoors, reaching several households living near the family.
"Mom, it slls so good! The sll of at!"
The child nad Xiaoqi, living two households away from the Gu Family, bit his finger, swallowing continuously.
The adults from his family ca out and also caught the aroma of the mouthwatering braised pork.
They followed the scent, looking towards the Liu and Gu Families, guessing it was one of these two houses.
Not only did their family catch the at aroma, even the Liu Family living next to the Gu Family did.
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