Although Chen Yongxing was a bit lazier and less decisive than the other two, he was actually quite decisive when it came to important matters, and he was also good to his wife.
Even when Li Chongniang grabbed his ear, his first reaction was not to resist, but to beg for mercy.
But the saying "a man's words are deceitful" is absolutely true. Chen Yongxing was still lazy when he went up the mountain the next day, but at least he still dug up some wild vegetables to take back.
Wild vegetables on the mountain are becoming increasingly scarce, yet more and more people are going up the mountain, causing increasing anxiety among the people.
Wan Qiqi suspected that the plague had not yet fully broken out, and that these people would fall ill due to excessive worry.
Because of the scarcity of wild vegetables, Wan Qiqi had to save more crabs to use, and she prepared them in various ways, such as steamed crabs, braised crabs, and crab porridge...
Li Chongniang was eating less and less, so Wan Qiqi had no choice but to buy a few more kilograms of flour at the mall and make her various kinds of pasta dishes. Fortunately, no one in the family suspected anything.
With less food available in the village, the plague worsened!
As people grew increasingly uneasy, more and more people began clamoring to leave, making control increasingly difficult. Chen Lizheng had no choice but to transfer a few people from within the village to keep watch on the way out of the village, including Chen Yongnian.
The villagers strongly disapproved of Chen Lizheng's actions. They worried that if someone inside got sick, wouldn't that infect others?
However, people who are transferred out can only move around in a certain area. As long as you don't think about escaping, you won't encounter them at all, and the possibility of infection is reduced.
Wan Qiqi understood that Chen Lizheng was taking a risky approach to ensure stability, using this method to make everyone give up the idea of leaving.
But this can only stabilize the situation temporarily; someone will always come up with other solutions.
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