After finishing a big bowl of fried dry white noodles, old lady Liu also handed Chen Xuanxuan a big bowl of fried rice.

In fact, making fried rice is quite particular.

In old lady Liu's house, they usually use the sand that has been fried for decades and fry it together with white rice.

The thermal conductivity of sand is particularly strong. The white rice or glutinous rice is cooked very quickly in the dry sand after repeated frying. It smells particularly fragrant.

The taste is like potato chips. Crunchy.

If you put some chili powder, pepper, and some other seasonings in it, such as minced garlic and green onions. Then rinse it with boiling hot water. The taste must be very good.

Feeling that she could let her whole family eat like this in the future, Chen Xuanxuan subconsciously felt that she would be much more relaxed in the future.

Chen Xuanxuan originally planned to stay at her parents' house for another day. However, what she didn't expect was that her parents-in-law actually brought the whole family to visit.

At this time, they all had crying faces. Looking at their red eyes, you can tell that they must have cried.

"What's wrong? This is..."

Gu Yu'an heard his son asking, so he hurriedly told him the situation.

"Son, something bad has happened!"

"The land of our family is all cracked, and there is no water."

After hearing this, those present were a little confused.

What does cracked mean? No water?

Farmers who have lived in this area for generations generally know that the swampland in the upper reaches of Xiaoyue River cannot be without water.

Feeling that his father's explanation was not clear enough, Gu Yanzhang patiently asked carefully, "Dad, can you explain the matter more clearly?"

"What happened to our land?"

Gu Yu'an shook his head vigorously, "Son, I don't know either."

"It was early yesterday morning. When I went there, I found that there was no water in the land, and it was dry."

"It's not just our family that is in this situation, but other people are in this situation as well."

Knowing that something big had happened, Gu Yanzhang had to take Chen Xuanxuan and say goodbye to the old lady Liu.

The old lady Liu was also a sober person.

When she heard about this, she took her eldest and youngest sons with her to go and have a look.

When they reached the upper reaches of Xiaoyue River, they found that the situation was worse than they expected.

Because there was really no water here.

The lush and green fields were now cracked.

Old lady Liu looked carefully, and then took her eldest and youngest sons to look at her own land again and again.

Finally, the old lady Liu said with a pale face and trembling lips, "It's a big deal!"

After saying this, the old lady Liu turned her head and said to Chen Daming with a serious face, "Daming, you should go back now. Count all the money we have. Buy food as soon as possible!"

"Otherwise, we won't be able to buy food when the time comes."

Chen Daming also realized at this time that the situation was serious.

If all the fields here were dried up and cracked by the heat, then the water source here might be snatched by people from a hundred miles away.

After Chen Daming left in a hurry, Old Lady Liu pulled Chen Xuanxuan aside and whispered to her, "My dear, the current situation is not right. You have to prepare early."

Old Lady Liu was most afraid of encountering natural disasters or man-made disasters.

She knew very well that for people like them who were at the bottom of society, once they encountered natural disasters or man-made disasters, the first to be abandoned would be women and children.

However, the elderly were also particularly easy to be sacrificed.

Only those strong and powerful men who were in their prime could slowly survive the natural disasters.

"My dear, the current situation is not right. You have to prepare quickly. All the necessary food must be prepared. Otherwise, we will be eaten as sheep on the way of escape."

Chen Xuanxuan felt that she could not keep up with her train of thought when she heard her mother suddenly talking about escape.

Is it that serious?

There is just no water here.

Chen Xuanxuan thinks that there is a high possibility that there is a floor drain in this place. The water on the ground seeps into the ground and merges with the underground river.

This situation is not impossible.

For example, the karst landform in the south.

In those places, the water on the ground often flows into the groundwater.

Chen Xuanxuan is also a discerning person.

Noticing that the old lady Liu was very serious in what she said just now, without any intention of joking, she followed her heart and said, "Mom, don't worry! I'm not that kind of muddle-headed person. I will do everything you ask me to do beautifully."

Smart people can usually see the big picture from the small details. In other words, they can see the whole body from a glimpse of a leopard. They can see the whole world from a single leaf.

After feeling that something was wrong, many families with some savings in the area within a hundred miles ran to the county town and wealthy towns like Tongzhen to buy large amounts of rice and oil.

Chen Xuanxuan was watched by Chen Daming every day. After two days, she had no choice but to obey their wishes and handed all the money she had saved to Gu Yanzhang.

She asked him to buy more rice.

She didn't mind whether it was new rice or old rice, as long as it was edible.

Gu Yanzhang took Gu Dazhu, Gu Sanzhu and Gu Sizhu, and followed Chen Daming to the county town.

After arriving at the county town, they found that it was much more lively than before...

Seeing people buying and selling grain everywhere, Chen Daming urged Gu Yanzhang, "Brother-in-law, time waits for no one. If you want to buy grain, then don't waste time now. Hurry up and follow me."

"Otherwise, there will be nothing left there in a while."

Chen Daming knew a lot of people in the county town.

In just one or two days, the news that a drought would really happen here spread everywhere.

Nowadays, it is not easy to buy food at a favorable price.

Because many grain stores are raising prices because the grain market is good.

But even though the prices are rising, those who are worried still bite the bullet and pay for it.

The grain supply is in short supply, and the waiters who sell grain are almost upset.

However, as soon as Chen Daming and Gu Yanzhang walked into the grain store supported by Captain Huang, they were warmly received by the waiters inside.

"Brother Daming, you are finally here!"

"If you delay any longer, the 200 kilograms of food you ordered will have to be sold by our shopkeeper..."