He wanted it too, but such fine items were rare.

The people of Chijia'ao don't even get much, let alone for these outsiders.

Despite the lack of hope, Song Chongjin still planned to go to Chijia'ao in person.

He felt that even if he could get ten or so kilograms for his own family first, it would be acceptable.

He's willing to pay a high price for it!

During this trip down the mountain, he clearly saw how difficult life was for the people living below.

They have only managed to build the house and dig a habitable basement by now.

Then, while having the able-bodied men in the family build the outer city wall, they also had to find a way to stockpile food and water.

They might not be so worried about food.

The reason for stockpiling is simply because we don't know how long the disaster will last, and we're stockpiling in advance as a precaution.

Water, however, is of utmost importance.

Currently, in the county town and surrounding villages, apart from households with their own wells, all other wells are guarded.

Each household can only withdraw a certain amount per day.

As far as he knew, the wells and moat in the county town were now only 65% ​​full.

This means that by April, the river water level might be less than 20% of what it was before.

He didn't even want to think about what would happen if it were May.

Fortunately, they were in Chijia'ao, and although they were also worried about food, they relied on the mountains for sustenance.

In addition, water resources are not so scarce, at least there are still springs in the Beilian Mountains.

That was a place that Lord Fang personally inspected and deemed suitable as a backup water source for the people of the county.

He envied the people of Chijia'ao because they had a pond and fish, so they didn't have to worry about water or even food.

Even more remarkably, while everyone else was worried about how to get by, the people of Chijia'ao had no worries.

They have high-yield crops to grow, and workshops that are about to be operational, so they can work there.

Not only that, Chi Yu's small, inconspicuous general store can also get all sorts of things.

It was difficult for ordinary people in the county town to buy grain.

With her, as long as you have money, you can buy something every few days.

Although, you can only buy five or ten pounds at a time.

Of course, the five-jin one can only belong to the people of Xiechi'ao, while the ten-jin one naturally belongs to the people of Chijia'ao.

The only condition that the people of Xiechi'ao can buy is that families in the village with children under ten years old can only buy one or two kilograms of coarse grains and flour every few days.

If every household wants to be able to buy it, and to buy five jin at a time, they will have to wait until after April.

He didn't feel it was unfair; all he felt was gratitude.

He understood that compared to the people down the mountain who couldn't buy food even with money, the people of Xiechi'ao were actually quite fortunate.

Perhaps it's because of the marriage alliance between the two villages!

As Song Chongjin was thinking these things, he had already walked about twenty meters down the mountain when Su Yu's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Honey, where are you going so late?"

Su Yu followed local customs and called her husband "the head of the household".

At this moment, she looked at the man holding a torch in front of her with a puzzled expression.

Song Chongjin and she had a good relationship, and he never hid anything he knew from his wife.

Hearing this, he walked back, and after stopping in front of his wife, he lowered his voice and said:

“I came back with Chi Ye yesterday, and then I heard that today Chi Yu is going to distribute the high-yield grain seeds to the people of Chijia’ao.”

I know that thing is rare, and it's impossible for us to get any.

But I still want to go and see if I can spend some money to buy some back.

I learned about the grain varieties very clearly from the people in the government office and Chi Ye when I returned from my trip to the county town.