Chapter 268 Family Courtyard
Li Chunfang didn't know what to say. At this critical juncture, Liu Yinyin was still willing to lend out food, which was a very rare thing and not something most people could do.
Moreover, by doing this, she was literally saving the people in the village.
Li Chunfang was extremely grateful: "...Yinyin, I would like to thank you on behalf of the villagers."
Liu Yinyin said quickly: "It's nothing, as long as I can help."
Lend 500 kilograms of corn to the village and you will have to pay it back later.
In this way, not only will Liu Yin not suffer any loss, but it will also help the people in the village, which is a win-win situation.
Li Chunfang said with emotion: "You have done a great favor. Otherwise... I will go to the field to find someone and let your uncle discuss this with you?"
There is no time to lose. Li Chunfang can't wait to tell Liu Changquan the good news.
Liu Yinyin naturally had no objection, but: "Sister-in-law, except for you and the village chief, can you please not tell anyone else in the village about this?"
"Why?" Li Chunfang asked puzzledly, "You did such a good thing, why don't you let other people in the village know? If they knew, they would definitely be grateful to you."
Liu Yinyin didn't want the villagers' gratitude. She explained, "Auntie, you know that I haven't joined the army yet. I live at the end of the village with my children. If other people knew that I had stored food, what if they had bad intentions?"
We must always be on guard against others. Most of the villagers are simple and kind-hearted, but that doesn't mean there are no bad people.
Li Chunfang suddenly realized: "......Yes, you are very thoughtful."
There is famine everywhere now, and people can barely survive. What else can't be done?
However, it would be too unfair to Liu Yinyin if she did a good deed but could not let others know about it. Li Chunfang said, "Why don't we tell the rest of the village about this after you join the army?"
Liu Yinyin considered and said, "That's fine too."
Now that she is gone, no one would think that there is still food in her house.
Li Chunfang smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go to the field to look for your uncle."
Liu Yinyin nodded and said, "You go ahead. I'll go home first. If there's no problem, you can just go to my house and move the food."
She had to go back and clean out the cellar first.
The cellar contained thousands of kilograms of food, most of which were coarse grains.
Liu Yinyin took a careful look and found about 100 kilograms of wheat in shells, about 200 kilograms of corn cobs, and 500 kilograms of cornmeal.
There were also some miscellaneous millet, coarse rice, glutinous rice, dried sweet potatoes, etc., which added up to about 200 kilograms.
After much deliberation, Liu Yinyin kept 200 kilograms of corn cobs.
All other food was sold to the system.
Afterwards, he bought another 300 kilograms of corn seeds from the system.
She and Gu Yanyan don't have to worry about food. The kitchen still has several dozen kilograms of food, which should be enough to last her until she joins the army.
Just after cleaning up, Liu Changquan came alone.
Liu Changquan almost fainted with excitement when he heard Li Chunfang say that Liu Yinyin's family had corn seeds and was willing to lend the seeds to the village.
During this period, he was almost worried about the lack of grain in the village. He never expected that...
There was a big surprise at the end.
People feel refreshed when they are happy. Liu Changquan looked a few years younger.
He coughed lightly and asked, "Yinyin, I heard from your aunt that you have extra corn seeds at home?"
Liu Yinyin nodded: "I have also accumulated a little bit in the past two years, about 500 kilograms, and I can't take it with me when I join the army anyway."
"Isn't the village short of food and seeds now? You can use them first and return them to me after the autumn harvest."
"Five hundred kilograms?" Liu Changquan was slightly surprised. No wonder Liu Yinyin didn't want to let others know about this.
During a famine, the family could still have 500 kilograms of food in reserve, which was definitely a lot, so it was normal that people would be concerned about it.
However, these seeds are now the life-saving food of the village.
Five hundred kilograms of corn seeds can plant about one hundred acres of land...enough to make up for the grain lost due to heavy rain a few days ago.
Liu Changquan suppressed his excitement and said calmly, "Okay, don't worry, Yinyin. When the autumn harvest comes, the village will return double the food to you."
The harvest from hundreds of acres of corn fields...it's not that I can't give Liu Yinyin a thousand kilograms of corn.
Liu Yinyin didn't expect any reward, but she didn't refuse either: "Village Chief, let's talk about this later."
If there is a good harvest this year, it would be no big deal for Liu Yinyin to accept the thousand grains of rice, but if the harvest is not good... forget it then.
Liu Changquan also realized that it was too early to bring this up.
well!
The weather in recent years has been so abnormal that no one can guarantee that there won't be any accidents in the future.
After a moment of silence, Liu Changquan changed the subject and said, "I will secretly bring people to get these 500 kilograms of food when it gets dark, so as to avoid being seen by others."
I also took into consideration that it is not safe for Liu Yinyin to live alone.
In other villages, thefts were common due to famine.
At night, around nine o'clock, Liu Changquan came with his two sons to get corn seeds.
Some of them also pushed a cart.
After the corn was taken out of the cellar, it was completely empty.
This is quite good, as it saves Liu Yinyin from worrying about not finishing the food at home.
The next day, Liu Changquan told the villagers that he had borrowed 500 kilograms of corn seeds from another village.
As for which village...he certainly wouldn't tell it, because if he did he would reveal his true identity.
Although the villagers were confused, they knew that borrowing grain and seeds was a good thing in the end.
For a moment, the villagers were filled with joy.
A few days later, Liu Yinyin received another letter from Gu Cheng. The envelope was quite thick, probably sent from the island.
Liu Yinyin quickly opened the letter, and to her surprise, there were two small envelopes inside...
It was the salary sent back by Brother Liu (Eldest Brother) and Brother Liu (Second Brother).
Liu Yinyin first opened the letter sent back by Gu Cheng. The letter was quite long, spanning several pages.
Liu Yinyin read it quickly and found that in order to save shipping costs, Brother Liu and Brother Liu II sent back their wages for last month all at once.
Brother Liu's current salary is 20 yuan, and he also has a few receipts. However, he has just started there and his expenses are high, and he still owes Liu Yinyin a lot of money.
So, this time he only sent back ten dollars, and had to keep the other ten dollars to pay off his debts.
The same goes for Second Brother Liu. His salary is a little higher than that of First Brother Liu, twenty-five yuan. The two of them should have discussed it.
Brother Liu also left ten yuan and sent back fifteen yuan.
Gu Cheng also said in the letter that he had received the things Liu Yinyin sent.
Moreover, the family compound has almost been built, and Gu Cheng is now looking for someone to make furniture.
After she receives the letter, she can start to prepare for joining the army.