Chapter 246 When will hunger end?
Except for a few families in Shanshui Village who have enough food, most families are still not rich in food.
I think it's because the family is too poor.
Although I picked mushrooms and peeled chicken head rice to exchange for rice with Shuiqing's family last year, I used part of the family's savings to buy gray tiles for building a house, and the other part was exchanged with rice.
However, if I didn't exchange rice, I'm afraid I couldn't build a house with tiles, let alone avoid this year's heavy rain.
And the remaining part of the rice was all exchanged for black noodles.
Fortunately, it was exchanged for black noodles. One catty of rice can be exchanged for three or four catties of black noodles. Two or three catties of black noodles and vegetables can be cooked into a big pot of porridge, even a large family of 10 to 20 people can get a big bowl for each person.
These black noodles were more than enough to last until the new grain was harvested this year, but a flood destroyed the new grain, and all the corn flour stored at home was exchanged for potato seeds, so most people could only tighten their belts and live frugally.
The most food-rich families in the village are the six or seven families who planted potatoes in the first half of the year and Zhang Tuzi's family.
Unlike other families who got rich through hard work, Zhang Tuzi's family relied on exchanging land.
And what they got in exchange was corn flour, which tasted better than black flour, and their life was better than before the flood.
The family with the least acres of potato planting was Wang Guifen's mother's family, which had only five acres of land, and it was the five acres of land with the worst fertility, but they still harvested six or seven thousand kilograms of potatoes. This made the Wang family happy and said that they were lucky to listen to their daughter and plant potatoes!
They secretly regretted not listening to them, otherwise they would not have harvested more than six or seven thousand kilograms.
Later, the daughter's family firmly followed Shuiqing's family, and they firmly followed the daughter's family - if they didn't know how to do it, they would follow those who knew how to do it.
In the yard, Mr. Wang smiled and made a decision: "My dear relatives, whatever you say is fine!"
The house was spacious and the food was sufficient. Last month, the two sons helped Mr. Bai transport potatoes and earned three or four taels of silver. He was not particularly anxious about selling rabbits.
Mr. Wang was not anxious, but other families with less food were not so calm.
"My rabbits are so big and fat that they can be sold. Old village chief, why don't you sell them first?"
"I won't sell the females. I don't need that many male rabbits. Food is expensive in the city now. Rabbits are also food, and they are meat. Let's try to sell them now. If the market is good, it would be nice to exchange some food for them, right?"
"Yes, last time I went to the city, my head thought the food was expensive and didn't buy much. This time, even if it's expensive, I have to buy some.
A big family needs to eat, and there is not much food at home. I'm worried."
The voices of many people were noisy, and they were persuading them urgently.
After the wall was built, there was no problem with safety for the time being, and everyone was more concerned about whether they were hungry.
It happened that the rabbits at home were almost grown up. Like potatoes, they were their hope!
Life is easier with hope.
Wang Guifen said with a bright smile: "We have no experience in doing business. We don't know how to sell the rabbits, to whom, and at what price.
So last month my father-in-law asked us to ask Shuiqing for his opinion. His family used to sell rice wine, and they sold it very well. Shuiqing said that she would let her brother go with her, so everyone can rest assured."
In the past, even if the people in the village knew that Hu Shuiqing had a younger brother, they didn't know who he was.
But after going out to deliver goods, every household in the village knew this person!
I heard it from my own man, and all the words were praise.
They said that he was young, mature and steady, and no matter what he saw or encountered on the road, he was not panicked, and he was calmer than those of them who were older.
They said that he had a rough appearance and a sturdy physique, but on the contrary, he was very thoughtful and considered everything along the way.
And said...it was all good words, and it couldn't be praised anymore!
Now when Wang Guifen said that Hu Wenhua was following, I was really relieved immediately.
The old village chief looked at the crowd and said the reason for gathering everyone together today: "Today, the main reason for asking everyone to come here is to ask for their opinions: Since we have invited Hu Wenhua to lead, we must listen to him;
No matter where to sell or the price, you cannot have any opinions. If you are not satisfied, just wait until you come back and don't go next time. You can't make a scene outside and lose face."
The old village chief used the word "please", which shows respect.
Everyone also understood that if they agree, they must follow the other person's style of doing things and listen to his arrangements.
If you don't agree, make it clear now, don't agree now and regret it when you go to the capital city.
And if you go with him, even if it's really bad, you have to endure it! If there is anything, you can talk about it when you come back.
"My family is fine!" Anyway, they don't know how to sell when they go to the capital city.
"We are the same!" I haven't been to the capital city a few times in total. I can't tell the east, south, west and north when I get in, let alone where to sell and what to do if I can't sell it.
"It's good to have someone leading, I will definitely listen." I won't be like a headless fly, it's good.
Besides, if it was someone like Dazhu and Erzhu, it would definitely not work! But Hu Wenhua could! He believed that he could lead the team well.
Seeing that everyone had basically expressed their opinions, the old village chief continued, "Okay, then everyone go home and count the number of rabbits to be sold and the people to be sent, and set off early tomorrow morning."
The rabbits were going to be sold, and the rabbit-raising families were very excited. They dispersed and went home to prepare.
In the crowd, Zhang Baldy didn't care. He had plenty of cornmeal at home, enough to eat, and he didn't want to live like them, working so hard, what was the point.
Besides, he didn't raise rabbits. He came here just to watch the fun. He couldn't lie down all the time. His back hurt.
Fan Qian was at the back of the crowd. His family didn't raise rabbits either.
But the food at home was even less. His mother was trying hard not to sell the land at home, so he asked him to think of other ways.
What other ways could he think of?
He could only go to the capital to ask Fan Damu for directions. Dazhu and Erzhu said that it was very chaotic outside, so it was safest to travel with people in the village.
As soon as he got home, he heard a quarrel coming from inside. Fan Qian frowned and didn't want to go home, but he finally walked in.
"Grandma, look at how well Zhang Baldy has sold dozens of acres of land! Why can't we sell it?"
While they were working, they heard Zhang Chunhua say that her family had cornmeal for every meal, and they lived better than before the flood.
Fan's mother glared at them with her triangular eyes, "No! How can you four get married if you sell the land again?"
Hearing that her son was getting married, Sun Jinhua stammered and didn't say anything.
The four pillars pouted at the same time. Why marry a wife when they can't even fill their stomachs?
Are you going to starve together with her?
"Grandma, you could sell the land when you had problems, and life would be easy. Now we can't eat enough and you won't allow us to sell it." Fan Sanzhu muttered in a low voice.
Fan Erzhu was also dissatisfied: "If we don't sell the land, how will we live in the future? When will we stop being hungry!"