Yang Ruoqing nodded, "It's better to stay in the house. It's a mess outside now, and there will be a lot of trouble when you go out."

Zhao Liu'er also nodded, "I send the cooked meals to my mother-in-law's house every day, and then pick them up after they finish eating. My mother-in-law doesn't need to do anything. She can just concentrate on being with Fu'er. I have to take care of Hong here."

Son, Yongzhi has to earn money to support his family, so he has no time to spare."

Yang Ruoqing asked Zhao Liuer: "How much rice do you still have? How long can it last?"

Zhao Liuer thought for a moment and said: "We still have about forty or fifty kilograms of rice in our hands, and we also have forty or fifty kilograms of wheat flour."

"Now we eat two meals a day, one hard and one soft."

"We are a family of three. My mother-in-law and Fuer's rations are shared by my eldest brother and my second brother. Based on this calculation, the rice on hand is enough to last two months."

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "That's good. If you don't have enough rice, just tell me and I will help you think of something."

Zhao Liuer smiled gratefully: "Two months is enough for us to take care of ourselves. What we are most afraid of is that after two months, although Yongzhi has been making money, we still have a few taels of money in our hands."

"In normal times, it's okay to buy rice with money, but now I heard that the price of rice outside has increased. It used to be more than two hundred yuan to buy a bucket of rice, but now I heard it costs five to six hundred.

arts."

"I was discussing with your third brother last night. From now on, the price of rice will probably be the same every day. Do you want us to quickly exchange the money we have for rice?"

Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "Don't, it's such a loss!"

Zhao Liuer said: "It's only doubled now. The higher you go, the bigger the loss will be. Last time in the twelfth lunar month, it was said that there was going to be a war in the north and prices were speculated. In the end, everyone was holding money in their hands.

I can’t even buy a few grains of rice…”

Yang Ruoqing said: "Don't be anxious. Tell my third brother, don't be in a hurry to buy rice."

"There is chaos outside now. Rice, grain and other supplies have been maliciously hoarded by some businessmen. The prices will rise day by day. The rice you have on hand can only last two months. After two months, there will definitely be

A turning point."

…

Yang Ruoqing came to Yang Huazhong's house and saw two women from the village leaving Yang Huazhong's house together. Both women were carrying bags in their hands. The bags were bulging, and they looked like they contained rice, wheat flour, potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Yang Ruoqing frowned and quickly entered the yard.

In the main room, Mrs. Sun was nowhere to be seen. She hurried to the warehouse in the backyard and found Mrs. Sun and Xiao Hua Xiaoduo here.

Mrs. Sun was tying the seals on the rice and grain bags, and Xiao Hua Xiaoduo was helping.

Seeing Yang Ruoqing come in, Xiaohua said: "Sister, you came just in time. I was just telling my mother that we can't be too nice and borrow money from anyone. Our family is running out of rice and food..."

Yang Ruoqing was startled for a moment, then said: "Earlier, I saw two more people leaving our house at the gate of the yard. Are they here to borrow rice again?"

Xiaohua nodded, "This is the third wave this morning. In the past few days, there have been several groups of people borrowing rice and food almost every day."

"My mother has never refused once. When she comes, she can borrow as much as she wants. I can't persuade her. Look, the big bag of rice grains and wheat flour over there has bottomed out. This

This is the second bag I opened today..."

After hearing Xiaohua's words, Yang Ruoqing's eyes fell on the two rice bags she was talking about.

I'll give it a try, it's true.

Then, she came to Mr. Sun, who blushed and stood there with an embarrassed smile.

"They are all from the village. If you don't borrow, you can't get rid of that face. It's also unjust if you borrow from the employer but not the west..." Sun explained weakly.

"I heard them crying with runny noses and tears, saying how hungry the elderly and children at home were, and my heart softened. I had to replenish the amount they borrowed, otherwise I would not feel at ease..."

Yang Ruoqing rolled her eyes depressedly, "My dear mother, you have to be a good person. You can't let them come over and make you cry. Our family is not that rich yet.

It can feed the whole village!"

"Besides, there is a saying that if you give too much, it will be bad." Yang Ruoqing said.

Mrs. Sun looked embarrassed, "What should we do, Qing'er? It doesn't make sense if we don't borrow a grain of rice, especially since many of the people who come to borrow rice are related to each other..."

Yang Ruoqing said: "If you really think about it, every household in our village is related to one another."

"Changping Village is a large village with eight villages in ten miles. There are more than a hundred households in our village. If every household comes to take care of our borrowed rice, if one family borrows ten kilograms, more than one hundred households will have more than a thousand kilograms of rice. Our family will

The granaries are almost empty."

"What's more, the famine has just begun. It's only the beginning of June. New rice won't be available for at least a year. Can you lend them ten kilograms of rice?"

"After we finish eating, do we have to come over and borrow it? Can we take it out? We can't!" Yang Ruoqing said truthfully.

Mrs. Sun looked embarrassed, "What should we do?"

Yang Ruoqing thought for a moment and said, "Let's not make a fool of ourselves. Let's do this. From now on, if you come over to borrow rice, you can tell me the truth."

"Just say that this rice is exclusively for the restaurant. You and my father have borrowed all the food at home. If you want to borrow the rice, let them go to me. I will be the evil person!" she said.

"If you can't lose the face to be such a villain, mother, you can just hide in the backyard and not see guests."

"Someone comes to borrow rice. You give it to Xiaohua and Xiaoduo. Yes, give it to Xiaohua. Xiaohua is now our daughter-in-law-to-be. Xiaohua, you will be the villain!" Yang Ruoqing said.

Xiaohua nodded, "Sister You, support me. I'm not afraid of being such a bad person."

…

During lunch, Tuoba Xian came over and called Yang Ruoqing.

"Two wives from the village came over, holding rice bags, saying they wanted to borrow some rice from you for cooking." Tuoba Xian said.

Yang Ruoqing wiped her hands on the apron around her waist a few times, asked the kitchen to be handed over to Tuoba Xian, and went to the front yard.

Two women from the village were already sitting on the stools in the front yard.

These two women, one is from the Watson family and the other is from the Fire Winner.

The two families live together, so we came over to borrow it together.

The relationship between these two families and Yang Ruoqing's family is very shallow. They usually just say hello to each other when they meet in the village, celebrate weddings, etc., and everyone just hangs out together, lightly.

"Are the two aunts here? Let's have some tea."

Yang Ruoqing came over with a smile and poured tea for the two of them.

The Huosheng family member was a bit shy, held a tea bowl and said thank you and sat there without saying anything, while the Watson family member looked at the main room of Yang Ruoqing's house and praised it inside and out.

Then he praised Luo Baobao and Dazhi again.

Finally, Watson's wife brought the topic to borrowing rice.
Chapter completed!