Seeing that they didn't take it seriously, Lin Shiyu didn't say anything more.
Everything she did was based on the plot in the novel.
But novels are novels, and reality is reality.
Things described in novels may not necessarily happen as described in reality.
The heroines in the novel are all dead, so it’s not surprising that the plot may have collapsed long ago.
The patients were almost fully recovered, so Lin Shiyu and Liu followed the group out to pick wild vegetables.
The two natural disasters left the villagers with no food left. Although everyone tried hard to remedy the situation after the typhoon, the effect was not great.
They didn't even have to wait until the autumn harvest to foresee that there would be almost no harvest.
The pressure of taxes is no longer the main concern of the people. What they are most worried about right now is whether they will starve to death.
In the face of life and death, those things are not important.
Lin Shiyu really didn't understand their contradictory mentality.
When illness or injury threatens their lives, they just give up.
But because they could starve to death, they thought their lives became precious.
"Have you heard? Rice is now selling for two hundred coins per pound."
During the break, one of the women started a conversation.
"You're out of touch. My husband went to the market today and sold it for three hundred coins."
The other woman puffed out her chest and told her the latest news.
"hiss!"
The conversation between the two made the rest of the team gasp.
Three hundred coins!
One pound!
Wouldn't that mean I could earn three taels of silver by selling ten kilograms?
Three taels of silver was a year's income for an ordinary family like theirs.
"Where are they selling it? I'll ask my husband to go check it out." Someone in the team became interested after hearing the news.
"Aunt Li Si, do you have any food left? Sell some to me at a lower price."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Li Si knew she had said something wrong and denied it repeatedly: "There is no food left. If there was food, why would I need to go out and look for wild vegetables?"
No one believed what she said.
But the other women echoed, "That's true. If there's still food at home, who would want to eat these bitter wild vegetables?"
"That's right, that's right."
Aunt Li Si breathed a sigh of relief when everyone responded in agreement, fearing that her words would bring trouble to her family.
After they had rested enough, they decided to go home.
The main reason they picked wild vegetables was to survive this period. After all, no matter how big the vegetables were in the family garden, if there was no staple food every day, no amount of vegetables would be enough for the family to eat.
After a while, when the vegetables in the field grow, they won’t have to come anymore.
In order to reduce losses, the fields that were ravaged by the typhoon were salvaged if possible, and those that could not be salvaged were planted with other crops or fruits and vegetables.
Lin Shiyu was also tired, so she simply went home with Liu.
The truth was that she was hungry and wanted to go home for lunch.
People here don't have the habit of eating lunch. If the group of people just now hadn't asked to go home, she would really feel embarrassed to mention it, especially since they went home to have lunch.
After lunch, Liu went to rest. She hadn't been outside for such a long time in a long time. She couldn't bear it for a while, so she lay down on the bed.
Lin Shiyu returned to her room. Since there were no new herbs for her to prepare, she had plenty of time, which was just right for her to make some medicine to carry with her.
"Little sister, the village chief is looking for you."
Just as she sat down, Lin Boyu came and knocked on the door looking for her.
Originally he wanted to call Liu, but Liu was sleeping too soundly. The village chief said it would be the same if he called Lin Shiyu.
The two arrived at the lobby, where the village chief was already waiting.
"Is it time to distribute food now?"
Many families in the village have run out of food, and eating those vegetables every day is not enough to fill their stomachs.
It's okay for adults, but not for children. As soon as the village chief goes out, he sees everyone's living conditions and feels pity for them.
It would be fine if everyone had no food, but the village had already prepared food but didn't use it, causing everyone to suffer. Village chief Duoduo always felt uncomfortable.
"Wait a little longer."
"How long do we have to wait? If we wait any longer, everyone will starve to death." The village chief's tone was not very good.
He knew that the Lin family had food stored and could eat three meals a day.
A full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man. She said "wait a little longer", but the villagers were living a year in a day.
Lin Shiyu was startled by the village chief's sudden temper, but thinking about the burden on him, she thought he was just under too much pressure, so she didn't mind his sudden anger. Instead, she talked to him about the casual conversation they had while picking wild vegetables today.
"The price of food is alarming right now. Some people are already thinking about exchanging it for silver. If you distribute food now, are you sure they're more likely to use it to fill their stomachs or to sell it for silver?"
Money can move people’s hearts!
Especially the villagers who have never been rich, how can they resist such temptation?
"Which idiot wants to sell food? I'm so angry!"
The village chief left angrily. It was obvious that he was going to hold a mobilization meeting and do ideological work with the villagers again.
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For several days in a row, Lin Shiyu dragged Liu outside to look for wild vegetables.
Storing food is secondary, exercising is the main reason.
I originally wanted to bring Lin Boyu along, but he refused.
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