Chapter 168 Atom, Wu Ren Arrives

There were also people who were so heartbroken that they could not walk, so the village chief gathered some young and strong people to help them go home.

This situation not only occurs in Qingshan Village, but also in most areas of the northern border.

When Gu Dechang returned home, he looked very unhappy.

When the old man and Chen Hong heard the news, they couldn't eat.

The atmosphere at home was very depressing in the next few days.

Over the past half month, there has been a lot of food at home, and everything in the cellar has been moved out, as it has been flooded by rain.

There is also meat, rice, noodles and some dried mushrooms at home.

The Gu family is relatively well off, as many people in Qingshan Village cannot even fill their stomachs.

It was already a spring famine, and they were waiting for the harvest in a month to get through the crisis. The heavy rains for more than half a month had completely blocked their way to survival.

Gu Jin knew that Qingshan Village was doing relatively well during the famine, after all, it was backed by Qingluan Mountain.

Although the memories from her previous life were a little vague, she was still clear that the cruel scenes in her dream had never happened in Qingshan Village.

Time flies, and another ten days have passed.

Gu Jin sat on the edge of the bed, leaning against the window, looking at the fine drizzle outside the door.

The heavy rain was coming to an end.

“Boom boom boom!!”

There was a knock on the Gu family's door.

"Who is it?"

From the main room came the voice of my uncle.

"It's me, Liu Pingyuan, I'm looking for Jie Zi!"

It was Liu Pingyuan's voice outside the door.

Gu Jin lay in front of the window and soon saw a figure rushing out of the yard.

It was my cousin Gu Jiajie who rushed towards the gate wearing a raincoat.

"Why are you here?"

There was not only Liu Pingyuan but also Wu Zhiren. Both of them were wearing raincoats and holding a bag of something in their hands.

They walked into the courtyard and went under the eaves to shelter from the rain.

"Hey! Don't mention it! It's been raining for almost a month, and people are going crazy!"

Gu Jiajie closed the door and walked towards the two of them, his face full of confusion: "What's wrong?"

Wu Zhiren looked much thinner than the last time they separated.

He spoke up for Liu Pingyuan, his voice full of grievance: "There's no food at home. I discussed with Yuan Zi to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some. A higher price is better than going hungry, but who knew that the supply and marketing cooperative was closed!"

"It's raining for so long, it's not normal for the supply and marketing cooperative to be closed." Gu Jiajie expressed his understanding.

Wu Zhiren continued: "So Yuanzi and I went to the county again..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jiajie became anxious: "You went to the county and didn't even greet me?!"

Liu Pingyuan: "Don't make trouble. We went to the town first, but we didn't buy anything, so we walked to the county town. Do you know how difficult it was to walk on the road?"

Upon learning that the two people had walked there, Gu Jiajie touched the tip of his nose and stopped talking.

"Where were we talking about?" Wu Zhiren was a little confused.

"Speaking of you going to the county." Gu Jiajie reminded.

"Yes, Yuanzi and I went to the county. Do you know how expensive the things in the county market are?!" Wu Zhiren said with a pained look on his face: "Rice is sold for one yuan per catty, and meat is sold for five yuan! That's five yuan! The price has almost doubled!"

Hearing the prices, Gu Jiajie frowned.

This rise is a bit too outrageous.

But considering that all this year's crops were destroyed in the fields, the rise in prices seems understandable.

I wonder if things will be just as outrageous after the supply and marketing cooperative opens.

Liu Pingyuan saw the emotion on his good brother's face and seemed to know what he was thinking: "The county supply and marketing cooperative is still open, and the prices there are not much cheaper than those in Kui City. Judging from this trend, the food sold in Kui City may continue to rise."

(End of this chapter)