Ever since he knew that the food supply was insufficient to meet the demand, Gu Yanzhang regretted it deeply.

Hearing that the price of food in the county has changed every day, Gu Yanzhang, who had already bought 200 kilograms of food, couldn't help but complain to Chen Daming, "Brother-in-law, why is the situation changing so fast now?" "It

was fine a few days ago, wasn't it?"

Chen Daming couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "You also know it was a few days ago..."

"Now there is a drought in our place. Many people in other places don't even have water to drink now!"

Gu Yanzhang's eyes widened when he heard the news.

Why is the situation so serious?

Gu Yanzhang followed his brother-in-law and walked around the county town. When he found that some people looked happy and some frowned and looked sad, he turned his head and looked at his brother-in-law seriously and said, "Brother-in-law, has anything happened in the county these days?"

Chen Daming listened and replied with a smile, "Something did happen, and it was all big things."

Without waiting for Gu Yanzhang to ask, Chen Daming said directly, "Early yesterday morning, the county magistrate in our county posted a red sticker in this city."

"Red sticker? What's this for?"

As a native who was born and raised here and has lived here for decades, Chen Daming has always been very clear that as long as the government has any major actions, they will generally post notices.

There are generally three types of notices posted. One is the white list, the second is the red list, and the third is the yellow list.

If there is a yellow list posted in the county government, it means that something big has happened in the court.

Moreover, this big thing is related to the vital interests of everyone in their entire county.

If there is a red list posted in the county government, it means... they are very likely to go to serve.

When he thought about this time, there are still various labor services, military service and so on, which have to be distributed to these old farmers, Gu Yanzhang felt a little bitter in his mouth.

The life of the people in Dicun is not easy!

Especially people like him.

Gu Yanzhang felt that he had just lived a good life for a few years, and now a drought that could break out at any time has brought him back to square one. He was not at peace in his heart. He felt even more bitter when he thought of how his father had "borrowed" all the food and scattered money stored in the house a few days ago.

"Brother-in-law,..."

Chen Daming saw his brother-in-law with a worried look on his face, so he quickly comforted him, "Brother-in-law, it's not a big deal. It's just that our county magistrate wants to make more preparations. He said that each village will send a hundred people to follow some old masters with special skills to find some places with sufficient water sources to dig wells."

"Our county magistrate is generous. He plans to dig another 2,000 wells throughout our county. In this way, even if the water in the river is dried up, we still have well water to drink..."

Gu Yanzhang almost laughed out loud when he heard this.

How can he say this? This statement is at most to fool those young people in the city who have no worries about food and clothing and wealth!

It can't fool an experienced old farmer like him.

Gu Yanzhang knew very well that once the water in the river was dried up by the sun and a real drought occurred, there would not be much water in the well.

Unless the well was dug very deep.

Otherwise, all their work would be in vain.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanzhang opened his mouth and looked at Chen Daming in front of him with hesitation. Seeing this

, Chen Daming quickly raised his hand to stop him from saying anything.

"You don't need to say it, I understand it in my heart, I know what you want to say."

Aren't those... the truths that can be understood if you think about it carefully? !

Why. Do those people in the official uniform like to mess around? They do this and that.

It's nothing more than for profit.

For example, the job of digging wells everywhere, the county magistrate and other bosses in the official uniform, they have something to earn!

Just like the pork in the meat jerky, let anyone pass it on.

As long as they have this hand, they can touch the pork every day, and they can more or less get the smell of pork.

Occasionally, they can take advantage of the situation and secretly put the whole pork into their basket.

Although Chen Daming is a small businessman, he has all the necessary shrewdness.

His slightly raised eyes looked meaningfully at Gu Yanzhang beside him, then he raised his hand and patted him heavily on the shoulder.

"Brother-in-law, after you go back, tell your clan leader and others about this matter. So that they can be mentally prepared. The county magistrate asked us to follow those old teachers to dig wells everywhere. This is actually not an easy job. We have to prepare our own meals."

"However, those who go to work don't have to pay. Those who don't work and stay in the village, everyone has to pay..."

Gu Yanzhang had already prepared himself mentally for the matter of paying money.

He knew that those people in the government basically ran to the village to collect money every once in a while.

Sometimes, they would also collect food.

Of course, if someone in the village finds something rare, they will also take it.

Gu Yanzhang had a headache when he thought about how he had no money to begin with and would have to pay a large sum of money.

For someone like him, survival is actually a difficult thing.

In the middle of the night, Gu Yanzhang led the old donkey and quietly returned home.

Sometimes he felt that his behavior was a bit like a thief, but he suddenly felt that he had to do this.

Because he knew very well in his heart that once the people in the village knew that he had gone to the county town to buy food today, then those people who said they couldn't survive would rush to find his father and cry to borrow food from him.

His father was very proud and loved to feel sorry for others.

When others begged him humbly and he was flattered by them, he would immediately forget everything he had told him.

Thinking of his father's annoying look, Gu Yanzhang felt very annoyed.

After he got home, he did everything very carefully, for fear that he would wake up his father from the bed if he was not careful.

Because he was very careful in his movements, Chen Xuanxuan, who was sleeping in the bed, did not wake up.

The next morning, when Chen Xuanxuan got up, she saw Gu Yanzhang who was cooking.