Chapter 448: Set off for Feng City
"Feng City?" Gu Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, and then the broadcast of the branch secretary today sounded.
He frowned and said, "Feng City is in such a mess. If you can avoid going, then don't go. We still have enough food at home."
Gu Xihuai rolled his eyes. "Dad, you can't say that. Prepare for a rainy day, don't you understand? There is enough food now, but who can predict what the situation will be like this year? We have so many mouths to feed. If something goes wrong and we run out of food, we won't be able to buy any. I see that the grain street in Feng City won't be able to sell grain for long. We can't hold on."
Gu Yuehuai raised an eyebrow and glanced at him: "Why did Third Brother say that?"
Gu Xihuai laughed: "Isn't this nonsense? Our Qing'an County is so far away from Feng City. If a small brigade gets the news, you can imagine how many people will flock here. The stall is so big, how much food can it consume?"
After he finished speaking, he paused, with some admiration in his tone: "However, I still think that the person who opened the grain street is a good person. At this juncture, even if he really sells black market grain at a high price, there will be many people buying it. But the price he sells is the same as the grain station. The people can have enough food, which is more important than anything else. Just wait and see, the leaders will commend him."
Gu Yuehuai glanced at him lightly with a strange look on his face.
Gu Zhifeng was silent for a moment, then said, "Then how about this, Third Brother, you and your eldest brother go, buy some food and come back as soon as possible."
He also felt that the situation this year would not necessarily be better than last year. As for the common people, they would not be worried as long as they had food in their hands.
Gu Yuehuai said resolutely and firmly: "Dad, I'll go. My eldest and third brothers have never been far away. If they are kidnapped by human traffickers, you will lose all your sons. The appearance of my third brother is exactly what kidnappers like."
Hearing this, Gu Xihuai was slightly surprised: "Nannan, is it really so dangerous outside?"
Gu Yuehuai ignored him, and Gu Zhifeng also frowned and refused to give in. It was fine to go to Zhoulan City, but Feng City was a chaotic place that everyone was afraid of, with all kinds of people mixed together. There were robberies and murders reported in the newspapers every few days, and he was worried.
Gu Xihuai said: "Nannan, I will go to Feng City with you. I want to see what kind of person the boss of Feng City Grain Street is like."
He had already made plans. Even if Gu Yuehuai didn't go, he was prepared to go to Feng City with the team.
Gu Yuehuai smiled leisurely and thought to himself, then you probably won’t be able to see it.
She saw the sign of relaxation between Gu Zhifeng's brows, and said, "Dad, let Third Brother accompany me."
Gu Zhifeng sighed softly, raised her hand and patted Gu Xihuai on the head: "Protect your sister well, understand?"
Gu Xihuai had a smile on his face: "Do you need to tell me that? Okay, why don't we go tomorrow?"
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With the results of yesterday's discussion, Gu Yuehuai and Gu Xihuai set out for Feng City early the next morning.
The news about Fengshi Grain Street had almost become known to everyone. The train was packed with people, and the carriage was filled with people buying standing tickets. Gu Xihuai protected Gu Yuehuai all the way until he sat down in his seat, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Although the train smelled bad, it did not affect Gu Xihuai's good mood. This was his first time traveling far away. He looked around along the way, as if he wanted to imprint the world he saw in the book in his mind.
However, more people means more trouble.
Along the way, things were either lost in the car, or someone's child was snatched away, or a fight broke out over a minor argument. The car was a mess, and Gu Xihuai's originally good mood gradually turned into anxiety and heaviness.
Gu Yuehuai sat steadily, with his eyes slightly closed, with no expression on his face, as if he was used to it.
"Nannan, has this happened to you before when you were on a train?" Gu Xihuai felt a little uneasy listening to the noise and crying in the carriage. He moved closer to Gu Yuehuai, and his voice no longer had the ease he had when he first got on the train.
Gu Yuehuai opened his eyes, looked around, and said calmly: "It's obvious."
Gu Xihuai nodded heavily, then moved closer to Gu Yuehuai and said earnestly: "It's so scary. Fortunately, I came with you, otherwise you would definitely not be safe by yourself."
Hearing this, Gu Yuehuai glanced at him with a half-smile on his face.
Although Gu Xihuai was young, he was not a fool. He did not take the initiative to meddle in other people's business. Nothing happened along the way. The two of them ate some cold pancakes in the evening. After a night, they arrived in Feng City early in the morning.
After the conductor used the loudspeaker to announce everyone to get off the train, Gu Xihuai pulled Gu Yuehuai and escaped from the "horrible" carriage.
This first experience of taking a train was not a good one.
However, after getting off the train, he realized that the real horror was not on the train.
Just as the two men stood firm, a middle-aged man appeared in front of them, pulling a tourist's bag with a grin, then turned around and squeezed into the crowd and disappeared. He was so fast that it was obvious at a glance that he was a veteran who often hung out at the train station.
Gu Yuehuai remained calm and left the train station with Gu Xihuai.
The urban area of Fengshi seems to be more normal, and the criminals are not as rampant as those near the train station.
Along the way, you don't need to ask around, just follow the flow of people and you will find the popular Fengshi Grain Street.
It's called Grain Street, but it's actually just a very inconspicuous curb. But there are so many people, shoulder to shoulder, that it took a lot of effort for the two to squeeze into the crowd. Looking around, Gu Xihuai couldn't help but exclaimed: "Hiss - it really is Grain Street."
Gu Yuehuai looked at him for a few seconds, his eyes flickered slightly, and his expression was quite strange.
Xing Jian obviously had a talent for business. On one street, there was a man standing every three to five meters. In front of him was a backpack half a person's height filled with raw grain and eggs. Behind the people selling grain stood a big man with a knife, staring at them hungrily.
Under such circumstances, anyone with ill intentions would probably not dare to act.
The grain street was harmonious, there was no robbery, and everyone just bought grain and left. It was no different from buying grain at the grain station.
Gu Xihuai clutched fifty yuan and followed the crowd to the grain seller: "Fifty yuan for raw grain."
After hearing this, the grain seller said without even looking up, "There is a limit on each person. You can only buy ten yuan worth of grain."
"Restrictions? You don't even want to make money?" Gu Xihuai had a headache. He came all the way here, and they imposed purchase restrictions on him. What could he do with ten yuan of food? The whole family would have nothing to eat in a few days.
The grain seller sneered, "Not happy? If you're not happy, just move aside and don't block the people behind you."
Gu Xihuai handed over ten yuan with a dark face. After receiving the raw grain, he moved in front of Gu Yuehuai and said angrily: "I take back what I said before. What kind of people are they? They actually restrict us from spending money to buy grain. And you haven't seen the attitude of these people!"
Gu Yuehuai was slightly surprised: "Purchase restrictions?"
She really didn't know this, but on second thought, she felt that what Xing Jian did was very reasonable.
If there is no purchase limit, wealthy people will buy all the food at once and then sell it at a high price, then the purpose of this black market street to help ordinary people will not be achieved. Besides, limiting purchases can also allow the food she has left to last for two more months.
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