After finally sending the people away, Chen Li simply drove the mule cart to the town to take a look and see how high the current grain prices were.
It hasn't rained for such a long time that the crops in many fields have dried up, especially the rice.
There are also some diligent farmers who can hold on for a while, but if it doesn't rain, the river will dry up, the crops in the fields will be doomed, and the price of food will rise sharply. They will not be able to hold on for long and chaos will come.
Chen Li was driving a mule cart and passed by the grain shop and took a look at the prices. The price of brown rice had risen to 15 wen per catty, millet was originally two wen, but now it has risen to 6 wen, and old rice was 100 wen per stone.
The price of food has increased, and there are many people in front of every food store, with worried looks on their faces.
Even if it rains now, this year's crop yield is bound to be low, not to mention that the weather doesn't look like it's going to rain.
There is no grain harvest and the price of grain is so high. There is no choice but to buy it. The price may go up again in a while.
Everyone had the same expression on their face, looking sad.
Chen Li drove away in a mule cart. In the private room of Ruyi Tower, Pei Yu looked out the window and was listening to Tian Qing's report when he saw Chen Li driving by.
Tianqing also saw it. He had been with his master for a few days and knew that Miss Shen was a capable girl with some skills.
He also knew what the Shen family did in the mountains every day. After all, his master lived in the Shen family's house, so he had to find out.
"Master, shall we return to Beijing now?"
"Um."
Chen Li returned to the village and just stopped at the door of her house when she saw a lot of people on the distant mountain.
Chen Li was obviously no longer surprised. Seeing that their crops were doomed, the villagers had to find a way to survive.
As a result, the wild vegetables on the mountain suffered. In just a dozen days, the villagers had almost stripped the skin off the small peaks on the outskirts.
Of course, no villagers dare to go to Wuling Mountain now.
Even if it came to that, they would not dare to go in rashly. They still had a chance of survival outside, but entering Wuling Mountain would be a matter of life and death.
Not long after Chen Li returned home, Lin Cuicui and Xu Taohua came in carrying a basket of wild vegetables.
According to Lin Cuicui, many families went to pick the fruits, so wouldn’t it be very conspicuous if their family didn’t go?
Chen Li understood what her mother meant and went with her and her sister-in-law.
After the family split up, he bought a mule cart. The villagers were all wondering whether his family had become rich.
That's why my mother took my sister-in-law out to pick some wild vegetables every day.
Now, all the wild vegetables on the hills beside the fields have been pulled out.
If this continues, even the leaves of the trees will be spared.
Everyone still has food reserves, but the food will be used up one day. If they continue to eat like this, they will only end up with nothing. As long as it doesn't rain, they can't feel at ease.
After Wei Zian left, there was no change at home. For the Shen family, it was the same whether he was there or not.
You have to be extra careful when you are here, but now that he is gone, you can do whatever you want.
Chen Li collected the herbs in the yard, then picked and chose some of them.
Put it into the stone mortar and grind it into powder, then put it into a cloth bag beside it.
This was a recipe she had seen in her previous life, which could repel mosquitoes, insects, snakes, ants, and the like.
It was very useful on the road of fleeing from the famine. After Chen Li was done with it, she put everything into a cloth bag and carried it into the room and put it away, which was actually putting it into the space.
The medicinal effects can be well preserved in the space.
Chen Li brought out a plate of spiritual fruits. The fruits looked a bit like green pears and had a crisp texture. Chen Li could eat one in one bite. She could eat more than a dozen of them.
As for the other members of the Shen family, Shen Li only gave them two at most each time and then stopped.
They worry that if they eat too much, their bodies won’t be able to handle it.
The spiritual energy in the space was still very weak, and seemed to remain that way. Chen Li would absorb the spiritual energy from it every night, and when she went in the next day, the spiritual energy had returned to its original state.
"Mom, sister-in-law, take a break."
Chen Li handed the spiritual fruit over, and Lin Cuicui and Xu Taohua each picked up one and started eating.
When Chen Li took it out, he made an excuse that the fruit was found in the deep mountains, and the Shen family stopped asking questions.
"It's already so late, why haven't your father and the others come back yet?"
There is no hope for the crops recently, so my father and uncle have been spending longer hours in the mountains every day.
The prey hunted by each family belonged to each family. When my uncles and others learned about the food, they bought a lot and kept it at home.
After all, the four half-grown boys in the family are now old enough to eat.
Lin Cuicui had just mentioned this person when she saw the father and son walking in from outside with pheasants and rabbits in their hands.
Chen Li took a look and saw live pheasants and rabbits. It seemed that there had been a lot of progress.
The villagers have already learned that when Shen Changshan and his men were training in the mountains, many young boys joined them.
Shen Changshan didn't teach them specifically, but the boys followed suit in training and they didn't stop them.
Although some people are jealous of the prey they get, it is useless to be jealous if they get it by their own ability.
Now there are fewer prey in the mountains and more villagers, so they have moved a lot to the outskirts of Wuling Mountain.
"Little sister, mother, sister-in-law, we are back!"
“What a great harvest today!”
Shen Yuanzhou held two lively rabbits in his hands and handed them to Shen Li.
"Ali, how about braising one and stir-frying the other?"
"Third brother, if you want to eat, I'll make it for you!"
Shen Yuanzhou remembered his little sister's cooking skills and silently carried the rabbit back behind him.
He didn't understand, he really didn't understand. When his mother was cooking, his younger sister was clearly explaining everything in a reasonable way. Why did the food she cooked turn out like that?
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