Unlike the cheerful atmosphere in Qian Chunhua's home, the atmosphere in the homes of the villagers that Huang Hualing rushed to the county town on the same day was, without exception, very heavy.

What they saw and heard in the county town made them realize that the situation outside was more serious than what the village chief said, even though the current county magistrate of Nanzhou County had already issued an order prohibiting the spread of such news.

But people were talking about it in various teahouses, restaurants, and even on the streets. Some people who had personally been to the scene and escaped were telling everyone about it.

Because no one brought their household registration card with them in the morning, no one was able to buy any food.

At Granny Xu's house, Jiang He, Hai Tao and her four sons gathered together.

Xu Jiang had a worried look on his face. There were more than a dozen people in their family. As they had not separated, all the food in the house was put together.

Even though the cellar is piled with food, the whole family can only survive for three months if they eat as much as they want. Even if they eat porridge for every meal, they can only last for half a year at most.

The cost of the autumn harvest was not high, and after paying the land tax, half of the grain was sold. I thought I could plant a crop of potatoes and sweet potatoes after the New Year to just make up for the famine.

I just didn’t expect a sudden drought. It’s hard to say whether we can still plant crops after the New Year.

Xu Jiang and his four younger brothers had planned to go to the county town to look for something, hoping to exchange the corn and maize in their home for the cheapest black flour so that they could have food for a longer period of time.

Unexpectedly, not only was there no one in the county changing noodles, but even the purchase of black noodles was restricted.

He spent money to buy food at the grain store, but there was only 18 taels of silver in the family.

After a while of contemplation, Granny Xu said, "I'll go buy some anyway and use up all the money on the account card."

This old man, who is over 60 years old, always believes that as long as people are still alive, everything will be there. The Xu family has overcome many difficulties many times, and they rely on strength in numbers.

Granny Xu took out her savings from the room and handed it to her eldest son.

Xu Jiang: "Mom, I'll take my brothers there again this afternoon and try to bring all the food here."

Granny Xu nodded and said, "When you come, stay away from people."

The rivers, lakes, seas and waves all nodded and indicated that they understood.

This scene happened not only in the Xu family, but also in many families in Huanghualing. What they saw and heard in the county town in the morning made them realize that what the village chief said was not alarmist, and the actual situation might be more serious than what the village chief said.

The far-sighted families immediately made a decision and rushed to the county town in the afternoon to buy as much grain as they could.

There were also some people who, like Cuihong, thought it was completely unnecessary. Not only was it unnecessary, they also laughed at those people in the village who rushed to stock up on food.

Cuihong and her gang were gathered under the old locust tree, laughing at the people who were pushing wheelbarrows towards the county town.

But all this had nothing to do with Qian Chunhua. After lunch, Qian Chunhua decided to go to Lion Rock while Qian Xingshan could still help her for an afternoon.

Qian Chunhua wants to fill the ten ton barrels in the space with spring water from the top of the mountain.

There is also firewood, which Qian Chunhua also needs to stockpile in large quantities.

Qian Chunhua and her three children walked towards Lion Rock together.

Originally in the Zhao family, he was busy cooking and doing housework for the whole family all year round. He was not as familiar with the terrain of Lion Mountain as Qingsong.

Qingsong enthusiastically led Qian Chunhua and introduced her to his mother as they walked.

"Mom, we used to go in from here to cut grass for pigs." After walking for about half an hour, Zhao Qingsong pointed to a small path beside the mountain road and said.

After he finished speaking, Zhao Qingsong still looked regretful, "It's a pity that there is no pig grass here anymore."

Qian Chunhua knew that it had not rained for almost half a year, and the growth of wild grass and vegetables was greatly affected. The entire Huanghualing population depended on this mountain for their livelihood, so it was normal for there to be no wild grass.

The mother and her two children talked as they walked. Below the halfway point of the mountain, there were no wild vegetables, weeds or firewood left.

As they walked halfway up the mountain, Qingsong stopped and said, "Mom, let's go in from here. There's still firewood. We picked it up here this morning."

The three children were still young, and they could only pick up fallen branches. They didn't have tools like axes.

Qian Chunhua still has to go to the top of the mountain and cannot bring her three children with her.