Chapter 95: Couple Doubles
The victims were silent for a moment before they began to speak.
"I think there must be deaths, just not as many as us."
"They're actually planting crops. I don't know what they're thinking. How can anything grow in this weather? And it's such a waste of water."
During the dry season, water is so precious that it is not enough for people to drink, let alone grow crops.
One disaster victim savored the food and said sourly, "I heard the bone soup they just made for us was made with wolf bones. Ugh... We run when we encounter wild beasts, but they can even kill wolves. There's really no comparison between humans."
"I only regret not listening to the rumors that the people of Yunlu Village were hoarding grain. My family has saved a dozen or so taels of silver. If we had exchanged it for food, it would have been enough to get through the drought."
"Oh, who would have thought it was true."
"Anyway, they're very generous in helping us. With the rations Village Chief Li gave us, if we save, we'll have enough to eat for ten days to half a month."
"Generous? I think it's stingy!" When most of the victims were grateful, Lei Shan couldn't help but speak loudly with resentment.
"Don't you think about it? If they didn't have so much food stored that they couldn't eat it all, why would they be willing to make such a big pot of bone soup? They gave us the bones, but they kept the meat for themselves."
Lei Shan said angrily, "If you're really generous, you should stew a pot of meat for us! You only gave us a pot of bones. Do you think you're feeding the dogs?"
The other victims couldn't help but frown and feel a little uncomfortable.
It's your business if you feel you're being treated like a dog, don't bother with other people's business.
Someone who couldn't stand it reminded them, "Of course, their own meat should be eaten by their own people. They're quite generous enough to make bone soup for us in this year of disaster. If you want some meat, you can go find it yourself."
But the people in Yunlu Village can even beat wolves, can you?
Lei Shan's expression choked and he glared fiercely at the person who spoke.
"They're just taking advantage of the fact that they entered the mountains earlier than us to enjoy the delicious food. Now that I'm here too, I'll be able to eat meat every meal and never have to worry about food!"
The other victims curled their lips and disagreed.
Everyone can brag.
Lei Shan spoke with full confidence, but in fact, rather than working hard to find a way to hunt, what he wanted most was to get more food from Lei Yan and the Lu family.
Uncle Xu and Fang Dahe's families had similar ideas to Lei Shan's.
The three families each formed a pair, all thinking about how to get something for nothing.
The other victims didn't have any extra thoughts for the time being. They just wanted to have a good sleep today and start familiarizing themselves with the surrounding environment tomorrow and find ways to become self-reliant.
There are also a few widows or young girls who are left alone and know that their abilities are limited. They are wondering if there is any work they can do in Yunlu Village to help them earn some food.
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"One tael of silver only gets me five kilograms of brown rice. What a bunch of black-hearted people!" Uncle Xu returned to the cave where he was staying temporarily, holding a bag of food in his arms and cursing, his face ashen.
The disaster victims in the cave, who were too hot to move, perked up a little when they heard the word "brown rice".
Someone craned their necks curiously to look at Uncle Xu and asked, "Did you go to Yunlu Village to buy food? They were actually willing to sell it to you?"
Uncle Xu snorted coldly, "I bought it with real money, why wouldn't I sell it?"
He gritted his teeth and said, "Not only did they sell it to me, they also took advantage of the situation and ripped me off!"
The Xu family was one of the most affluent families in Wangshan Village. After the second son and his wife died, he became even richer with the inheritance they left behind.
Even though he lost some silver in the earthquake, he still had more than 30 taels left. No matter how hard and tiring the journey into the mountains was, he was reluctant to throw away the silver.
He thought that this amount of silver would be enough to buy food for the entire dry season, but he didn't expect that the people in Yunlu Village would ask for exorbitant prices, and the price increased by dozens of times!
In the end, thirty taels of silver only exchanged for about a hundred kilograms of grain, and he had to ask several villagers to gather the enough. As for the few dozen kilograms of grain that were missing, he exchanged them for some meat, dried mushrooms, bamboo shoots, sweet fruits and other supplies.
It was too hot so I didn't dare to change too much meat, only enough for one meal.
Aunt Xu was also angry: "Before the disaster, a pound of brown rice was only five coins a pound, and they are asking for hundreds of coins a pound. Why don't you just rob it?"
The other victims were shocked and couldn't help muttering in their hearts.
It’s good enough that people are willing to sell.
Today's drought is unprecedented. Except for the villages near them, the county town and even the provincial capital are probably in chaos. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food.
The people in the cave looked at the packages held in the arms of the Xu couple and the Xu son who was following behind them, with envy glints in their eyes.
Why.
Unfortunately, they had little money in their pockets, whether before or after the disaster. If they wanted to get food, they had to find it themselves or try to sell their labor to the people in Yunlu Village.
After a good night's sleep, the victims felt much better. They cooked a bowl of very thin brown rice porridge, wiped their mouths, and took advantage of the fact that the sun outside was not as scorching as it was at noon to look for the people living in Yunlu Village.
Lei Shan asked Zhao to stay and look after the child and then left the cave.
Seeing this, Fang Dahe, who was limping, hurriedly asked Zhou to support him and help him catch up.
The Xu couple looked at each other, asked their son to look at the supplies, and then quickly followed.
Yesterday they were busy drinking bone soup, and it was too dark to see the surroundings clearly, so they had no idea where the people in Yunlu Village were living now. Today was the perfect time to take a closer look.
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The group of disaster victims soon found the land of Yunlu Village, and were all dumbfounded.
It is not the season to plant crops now, especially in such hot temperatures.
But what did they see?
Those fields that looked like real ones in front of them were actually growing lush half-high rice and wheat. Upon closer inspection, they were growing better than the fields in the village!
What’s even more surprising is that judging by the size of these crops, it’s clear they’ve been grown for at least two months.
But how is this possible?
It's impossible that the people of Yunlu Village went into the mountains to reclaim land and grow crops more than two months ago?
People were even more shocked when they noticed that there were some strange plants growing sporadically in the field, some more than two meters tall, some completely black, and some completely purple.
"Oh my god, what a weird thing!"
"Just look at the color and you know it's poisonous! If you don't pull it out quickly, what will happen if it ruins our crops?"
The victims shouted at the people of Yunlu Village, their faces full of tension.
The villagers of Yunlu Village explained proudly, "They've just undergone some mutations. Don't worry, they're not poisonous. Not only are they not poisonous, the grains inside are even larger than normal."
The victims became even more skeptical after hearing what they heard.
What is mutation? The colors of those crops are obviously wrong, how can they not be poisonous?
The villagers knew that the matter of the magic could not be concealed, and people in the surrounding villages had heard the news before the disaster. So they did not deliberately conceal it at this time and took the opportunity to tell them that Lu Xuan knew the magic and helped them grow crops.
The victims were stunned.
Is there really such a thing as magic?
Isn't that just bragging?
The people of Yunlu Village were unhappy and said, "Who's bragging? Don't you see all the crops in the fields? In five or six days, the first batch of grain will be ripe. Then you can open your eyes and see clearly."
Not only the crops in the fields, but also some of the victims soon discovered the Lu family's villa.
When people in Yunlu Village heard that it was a fairy palace bestowed upon the Lu family by an immortal, there was an uproar.
"impossible!"
Lei Shan's face was twisted with jealousy. "How could the Lu family deserve to be granted a fairy palace by an immortal? I think you have been deceived by the monsters in the mountains. The fairy palace is just an illusion!"
Lei Yan, Lu Qing and Lu Chen, who heard the noise outside, frowned at the same time and looked at Lei Shan unhappily.
Lu Chen couldn't stand hearing people say bad things about his brother, so he shouted, "It's my brother who got the Immortal Palace! You're the monster! The bad guy!"
Zhao was also shocked by the magnificent building in front of her, which she didn't know whether it was a fairy palace or an illusion. But when she noticed the large vegetables growing in the yard, she didn't care about anything else.
She looked greedily at them and said, "Sister-in-law, your family has grown so many vegetables, how can you all eat them? Why don't you let me in and pick some? You won't be so stingy as to not even give me these few vegetables." As she said that, she wanted to climb over the fence and get in without even waiting for their consent.
Lei Shan also perked up after hearing this.
He said, "Is it the real Immortal Palace or a fake one? Let me go in and see for myself." He walked quickly towards the gate, as if preparing to force his way in.
If he feels comfortable living there, he can move in with his wife and children.
As long as he doesn't want to leave, what can Lei Yan do to him?
Even if Lei Yan is unwilling to give them supplies, he can still get them with his own strength!
The villagers were shocked by Lei Shan's shamelessness.
Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao and others who had a good relationship with Lu Xuan and rushed over after hearing the news looked even more gloomy.
Xiong Mao had a bad temper to begin with, and seeing a man from another village being so arrogant, he simply couldn't stand it, so he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to give the other person a beating.
"I think you just owe—"
Before he could finish his words, Lei Yan and Lu Qing, who were also fed up with it, had already stopped the Lei Shan couple one by one.
Xiong Mao paused.
Lu Qing quickly walked up to Zhao, who had already climbed halfway over the fence. Amidst the other person's exclamations, she picked him up with one hand and threw him outside with force.
"Ah!" Zhao fell hard on her butt, howling in pain and cursing, "Lu Qing! What are you doing! How dare you throw me—!"
Lu Qing sneered, "I'm going to throw it away on you! Why should I let you pick the vegetables from my house?"
Do you really think that she and Lei Yan are made of clay and will let them take advantage of you?
Lu Qing waved her fist and said fiercely, "If you dare to come in without permission again, I will not only throw you away, but I will also beat you up, believe it or not."
Zhao's face flushed with anger, "You——"
Similarly, Lei Shan was also stopped by Lei Yan.
Lei Shan could vaguely see the luxurious living room on the first floor of the villa through the half-open door. He was anxious and angry: "Get out of the way! You live in such a big house, but you make us live in a cave. Do you have any conscience? You are such a heartless person!"
Lei Yan said with a cold face: "This is Ah Xuan's house. No one can live here without his permission!"
Lei Shan's eyes were blazing with fire: "What can you do to me if I insist on staying here? Do you want to hit me? Hit your own brother!? Just try it."
Lei Shan pointed at his own face and said arrogantly: "Come on, if you have the guts, try it, hit me here!"
Lei Yan looked at him with a sullen face and said nothing.
Lei Shan sneered.
I knew he didn't dare to do anything. How could he not know what kind of person his brother was?
Lei Shan stretched out his hand to push him aside and continue walking forward, but before his hand touched Lei Yan, the latter raised his arm and, under Lei Shan's astonished gaze, swung a punch hard, knocking him out.
The surrounding villagers: Wow!
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