60s: I have a store

Chapter 218 Daniel Returns Home
On the hillsides, in the fields, and by the river, there were people digging wild vegetables everywhere. At first, shepherd's purse, clover sprouts, sorghum seedlings, bean plants, etc. became the food that people relied on to fill their stomachs. However, since every family dug them, the wild vegetables did not grow as fast as they could be dug, and they became less and less.

People who couldn't dig up wild vegetables started eating leaves. Toona sinensis leaves, locust leaves, elm leaves, and even elm leaves were all excellent food.

By now, even the tree bark has been eaten up, and there is basically nothing else to eat.

Daniu looked around and didn't see his father, so he asked, "Mom, where is Dad?"

Now in order to prevent myself from getting hungry so quickly, I basically stay in bed and reduce activities, so that I won’t get hungry so quickly.

If there were crops in the village's farmland, everyone would not have to lie in bed. But now there is nothing to harvest, so there is no need to work in vain, so save your energy!

"Your father went out to find food and hasn't come back yet." Da Niu's mother replied.

Si Niu couldn't wait any longer and said, "Mom and Third Brother, can you please stop chatting and make something to eat!"

I'm almost starving. If I don't interrupt, I don't know how long this conversation will end.

The big bull said, "Wait a minute, I'll go grind the corn into flour and eat corn paste."

After saying that, he took out a large bowl of corn kernels from the bag and turned around to go about his business.

He was the only one in the family who still had the strength.

The women struggled to hide the remaining corn kernels.

Then, she said to her son, "Daniu, you don't have to cook everything. You have to save some food. There are still many days ahead!"

After this experience where I almost starved to death, it’s rare that we have food now, so of course we have to eat it sparingly.

If I save a little bit of the 50 kilograms, it should be able to last for two or three months.

Daniu said, “Mom, you don’t have to be so frugal.

The reason why my second sister was able to lend us so much food was because my father-in-law sold the family heirloom and exchanged it for 500 kilograms of corn.

She asked me to bring back 50 kilograms of corn and exchange the family heirlooms for food. That way, we could survive until the next harvest."

Da Niu's mother and Siniu looked at each other in bewilderment. What kind of heirloom could be exchanged for 500 kilograms of corn?
Although the current market price of corn is not high, food is simply not available now, even if you have money.

On the black market, 500 kilograms of corn is worth at least 100 yuan.

"Is this true?" Si Niu asked impatiently?
If this is true, then I won’t have to go hungry in the future. You know, the feeling of being hungry is really uncomfortable.

When Danniu's mother heard this, she did not stop Danniu from eating the whole bowl of corn.

I was afraid that there would be nothing left after I ate it, but now that I heard that I could exchange it for heirlooms, I felt relieved. It seems that the capital is the capital, and there is still food to be exchanged.

Before, they only ate wild vegetables and tree bark, and had not eaten proper food for a long time.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a skinny middle-aged man walked in. When he saw Daniu coming back, he immediately asked, "Daniu, did you borrow some food?"

I worked hard all day but couldn't find anything to eat, not even some wild vegetable roots. I had wasted so much energy in vain. I regretted it when I thought about it. If I hadn't cooked all the food, the family could have survived for at least another day.

I just went out with people from the same village to find food, and then I heard that someone had starved to death. I could only do nothing because it would soon be my family's turn.

After he finished speaking, he saw the corn in Daniu's hand and was pleasantly surprised. At the same time, he was also a little worried that his daughter would not have enough food.

"Danniu, go make the corn paste, I'll talk to your dad." said Daniu's mother.

Everyone hadn't eaten anything for two days. When they were hungry, they drank water. There was nothing in their stomachs except water.

When Daniu heard what his mother said, he didn't say anything and continued with his work.

Da Niu's mother explained, "Old Chen! My second sister's father-in-law used our family heirloom to exchange for 500 kilograms of corn. My second sister asked Da Niu to bring back 50 kilograms, and then took our family heirloom to exchange for food."

"So that's how it is. Then take it and exchange it!" Lao Chen replied.

Although I am reluctant to do so, if I don't exchange it, my whole family may starve to death. My ancestors will probably forgive me.

He is not a miser. If he is gone, then everything is really gone.

As the aroma of cooked corn continued to waft into the house, the three people, who were already starving, could no longer hold back.

Daniu's mother suddenly said, "Fortunately, there are not many people near our kitchen, otherwise, once the fragrance spreads out, I don't know how many people will come to borrow food."

"Borrowing food is good enough, but I'm afraid they will come and rob us," said Lao Chen.

As long as they hear that your family has food and is almost starving to death, no matter you lend it to them or not, probably the whole village will come to "borrow food" and will not care whether you agree or not.

Si Niu was a little unconvinced and said, "Dad, that shouldn't be the case, right?"

She was not very old and thought that the people in the village were generally nice and did not look like that kind of people.

"We're almost starving to death, why bother about reason? In ancient times, cannibalism happened, not to mention that now people are just coming here to rob." Old Chen retorted.

After another ten minutes, Da Niu cooked the corn porridge and distributed a bowl to each person.

After Erniu took the corn, she didn't care whether it was hot or not. She took a sip. It was so hot that she kept opening her mouth to breathe out. After it cooled down, she couldn't wait to eat it. She didn't care about the shape of the corn and just wanted to eat it with relish.

The remaining three people were almost the same and finished the bowl of corn porridge in less than two minutes.

After Erniu finished eating, she looked at the corn in the bag with a reluctant look and asked in a low voice: "Third brother, can we have some more..."

After eating this bowl of corn porridge, I didn't feel full at all.

Before Daniu could agree, Lao Chen said directly: "Si Niu, we have finished today's food. If you are not full, drink more water."

It was good to have a bowl of corn paste a day. You know, some people in the village may only have a little food for two or three days, so as long as they don’t starve to death, it’s fine.

When Si Niu heard what her father said, she knew there was no hope, so she ran to the kitchen, added water to the pot that was used to cook corn porridge, and ate some of the water.

Old Chen saw this scene but did not stop it, as long as they did not continue to waste the food.

"Daniu, take a rest tonight. Tomorrow morning, take the family heirlooms to your second sister and ask her to help deal with them. Don't worry about anything. Just take them back if you can exchange them for food." Old Chen said to Daniu.

In fact, he didn't want to be so anxious. But he was worried that the price of food would change every day. If he was late, he would not be able to exchange it, or he would exchange less, which would be a big loss.

(End of this chapter)