On the Xiangyang Brigade side, they stubbornly refused to follow the commune's requirements and insisted on reporting grain yields based on actual yields per mu.
This immediately displeased the higher-ups, who were eager to find fault with them. As a result, the village was unusually united, and whenever a stranger arrived, someone would quickly inform them.
Fan Xiaofan was still panting heavily when Li Dafu, the village chief of Xiangyang Brigade, realized that it wasn't one of those scoundrels with darting eyes, but a little girl.
However, we must not let our guard down.
"Little girl, what brings you to our village?"
Li Dafu exhaled a puff of smoke and tentatively asked.
Fan Xiaofan also observed the villagers who had followed Li Dafu out of curiosity. She found that their condition was similar to what she had seen in the small county town. They were all emaciated and hunched over, clutching their stomachs with one hand, trying to relieve their hunger.
She was stunned. Was this really a famously auspicious day?
Fan Xiaofan was unaware that Xiangyang Brigade was already doing extremely well. At least in the past few years, no one in their village had starved to death. The small county town had a grain supply, and with a city household registration, one could receive a share of grain. That was how they managed to have a few mouthfuls of food. Otherwise, everyone would have wanted to squeeze into the city, but where would they find such a good opportunity...
As a result, Xiangyang Brigade, which was able to keep people from starving, became a highly sought-after village in the surrounding area.
"I, I..."
When it reaches your lips, it's even more bitter than the bitterest bitter herb.
She came from a very wealthy family. Although she spent most of her time in a scientific research lab in her previous life, her parents and family doted on her. Whenever she mentioned food, no matter how precious the delicacies were, they would be served to her the next day. She had never seen anyone worry about not having enough to eat.
When she arrived in this era, she experienced hunger for the first time and saw people so hungry that they were staggering. Forget about eating a full stomach; even having something to eat to fill their stomachs was a luxury.
In the small county town, Xiangyang Brigade was rumored to be the two places where people lived the best. However, a middle-aged woman from a well-off family in the small county town, upon hearing that the compressed biscuits contained some oil, flour, and milk, kept rubbing her hands together, thinking that these were the best things in the world. She treasured the two compressed biscuits and hid them away very carefully.
The family she settled in with last night also gave her a small piece of coarse grain cornbread because she had given them food coupons. She took a bite and almost choked on it, her throat hurting terribly.
I originally thought compressed biscuits would be dry and unpalatable, but they are so much better than these cornbread buns.
She now had that cornbread lying in the mall's warehouse, and it was really hard to swallow.
She should be thankful; if it weren't for the portable Taobao system, she wouldn't even have a single cornbread she couldn't eat, and would have starved to death.
Fan Xiaofan took a deep breath and explained his purpose.
After listening, the village chief looked at Fan Xiaofan and said, "Little girl, it's not that you can't settle in our village, but we can't give you any grain, otherwise the villagers probably won't be willing."
The others did not object to what the village chief said, as long as they did not have to share the grain.
The village chief had a cold and hard exterior, but he also had a soft spot in his heart. Seeing the little girl all alone and helpless, he must have had no other choice but to come to their village. He looked Fan Xiaofan up and down for a few moments, and then said, "Of course, if you marry a man from our village in the future, that's another story."
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