The waiter came over with an embarrassed look on his face, and said apologetically: "My dear friends, our boss said that these seeds are all priced reasonably. However, I have obtained some gifts for you two."
After he said that, he did not forget to open the bag in his hand.
Lu Yan and Yu Nian looked at each other, then moved closer to the bag.
Then, the two of them quickly saw what was inside the bag.
It turned out to be corn seeds.
Logically speaking, Xiaohe Village should be able to eat a high-yield crop like corn, right? However, after observing for the past few days, Lu Yan discovered that not only was there no corn, but even sweet potatoes and potatoes were missing.
People eat a lot of black flour and wheat bran.
Black noodles are difficult to swallow, and are also the most common food in the Gu family.
Then there is wheat bran. Don’t be fooled by the fact that many people say wheat bran is used to feed chickens.
In this day and age, many families cannot even afford wheat bran.
"I won't hide it from you two either."
The waiter said this, feeling a little embarrassed.
He scratched his head, approached Lu Yan and Yu Nian, and said, "Our shopkeeper originally collected these seeds for the purpose of experimenting with planting them. But this thing is difficult to grow, otherwise he wouldn't be willing to give it away..."
Before the waiter could finish his words, Lu Yan had already imagined the image of Grandet in his mind.
It seems that the owner of this kind of seed shop is even worse than Grandet.
After all, the things you are given as gifts cannot be grown by yourself.
It's really funny.
But Lu Yan and Yu Nian were quite satisfied with this gift.
How happy it would be to have boiled corn to eat while fleeing from famine.
"It's okay. Thank you, boss." Lu Yan patted the waiter's shoulder and raised his voice meaningfully to speak to the shopkeeper over there.
The shopkeeper was counting beads on an abacus. Upon hearing this, he looked up and glanced in the direction of Lu Yan and Yu Nian.
When the shopkeeper saw the waiter and the two men sneaking together, his face immediately darkened: "Shuangxi, are you saying bad things about me to others again?"
Shuangxi was as frightened as an eggplant hit by frost when he saw that he had been caught, but he still tried to please her with a hint of flattery: "Boss, please stop joking."
"How dare I?"
Hearing the waiter's words of despair, Lu Yan and Yu Nian quickly turned around and left the seed shop, continuing on their way.
Going further, Lu Yan saw a dental clinic.
Thinking of his original intention of borrowing the blacksmith's yard, Lu Yan walked directly up the steps of the shop.
"You two, is this from selling yourself?"
As soon as I entered the door, I heard the voice of the broker.
The corners of Lu Yan's mouth twitched.
Sure enough, wherever I go, people always look at my clothes first.
The people who bought the seeds earlier were all farmers, so it was easy to talk to them. But now, it really makes people speechless.
"No, we came here to rent a small courtyard."
The most important thing for Lu Yan and his friends when they go to the city this time is to buy food.
Although the current grain price is still unknown, if nothing unexpected happens, Lu Yan should buy as much as he can.
"Haha, sorry, sorry." The broker realized that his words were inappropriate and immediately smiled twice and said, "You two follow me."
The two followed the broker into the shop and saw sheds on both sides of the yard.
Inside the shed, there were people sitting or lying with dull eyes.
Yu Nian came close to Lu Yan and whispered, "This dental shop has quite a few people under its wing."
In the last days, there are people who are willing to sell themselves for two kilograms of food.
But they are a minority after all.
But it’s different here. Look at the sheds on both sides, there are quite a few people locked up.
Lu Yan glanced around, but before she could explain, the human trafficker got there first.
"You two don't know, last year there was a cold disaster in the north, and countless people froze to death. These..." The broker sighed, his face full of helplessness: "Most of the men sold themselves, and most of the women were sold by their families."
As he was speaking, the broker had already walked behind the door of the main house.
She reached out and took down a bunch of keys. "Come on, I'll take you two to look at houses. But let's make it clear that this year is not good, and the houses here are rented from January onwards. Do you think this is acceptable to you two?"
Lu Yan and Yu Nian don't care about these.
The two of them readily agreed: "Okay."
The broker then took the two of them to see the house.
"We just want to rent a place closer to the main street. You can just take the key nearby."
After Lu Yan finished speaking, she turned and looked at Yu Nian again.
At this moment, Yu Nian was following behind her and giving her a thumbs up.
Lu Yan knew that Yu Nian knew everything she was planning. It was such a joy to be out with such a sympathetic sister.
At this moment, Gu Linbei, who was far away at Gu's house, had no idea that his wife's first step in escaping the famine was to kill her lover.
In the Gu family's yard, Wang Zhaodi, Yang Cuihua and Wan Mei all returned.
The three sisters-in-law looked disheveled, with their hair hanging loosely.
"What's wrong with you guys?" When old lady Gu saw their miserable appearance, she was immediately furious.
Old Mrs. Gu gave birth to six sons in her lifetime, a record that is quite impressive in the surrounding area.
Because she has no daughter, she cannot empathize with her daughter-in-law.
He spent the whole day finding different ways to torture his daughter-in-law.
"Mom, my second sister-in-law accidentally slipped... My fourth sister-in-law was holding my second sister-in-law up, but she fell straight down the hill."
Wang Zhaodi answered in a low voice.
When Old Lady Gu heard this, her fierce eyes swept across Wang Zhaodi's face.
"What about you?"
None of these three people looked intact.
Old Mrs. Gu knew immediately that the cunning Wang Zhaodi was trying to pass the blame.
"I……"
Wang Zhaodi lowered her head and remained silent.
Yang Cuihua glanced at Wang Zhaodi, clearly unable to swallow her anger. "Mom, don't listen to what my eldest sister-in-law said. She saw that my fourth sister-in-law and I had so many wild vegetables in our baskets that she wanted to steal them."
It hasn't rained in a long time.
The wild vegetables in the mountains are becoming less and less.
The outer edge of the mountain had been stripped bare almost early in the morning.
Wang Zhaodi and Yang Cuihua went up the mountain today and found almost nothing from the start. However, Wanmei was lucky enough to find a patch of wild vegetables.
So, Wang Zhaodi and Yang Cuihua set their sights on the wild vegetables in Wanmei's basket.
The three sisters-in-law started fighting.
Even though Wan Mei doesn't like to talk on weekdays, she doesn't hold back when she fights. The three of them fought, and in the end, they all rolled down the hillside, covered in wounds.
"It's not like that..." Wan Mei hesitated to speak.
She usually speaks haltingly.
In the past few years since she married into the Gu family, she has only given birth to one child, the little mute.
Therefore, there are some rumors about Wanmei in the village.
Everyone said Wan Mei was a bad luck star. She was a stutterer and gave birth to a mute child. This was bound to bring disaster to the Gu family.
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