Zhao Xiangyun returned to her room and put the 12 kilograms of meals and 22 eggs from the damaged bowl into an enormous fabric bag and the bag into an enormous basket.

He took one other twenty {dollars} and put it in his pocket.

After considering for some time and feeling apprehensive, he took his damaged bowl and positioned it below the fabric bag.

Simply as she was about to go away with the basket on her again, Chen Wuyue gave her two boiled eggs and two corn bread.

“Take it and eat it on the street. In case you’re hungry, purchase some steamed buns. Keep in mind to purchase meat stuffing.” Chen Wuyue mentioned.

“I do know, Mother!” Zhao Xiangyun grinned and smiled at him.

“Is it heavy? “Why do not I carry it for you!” Chen Wuyue appeared on the basket on Zhao Xiangyun’s again that was coated with a fabric. Though she didn’t know what was inside, she nonetheless felt that it was heavy.

Zhao Xiangyun checked out Chen Wuyue’s skinny physique, then at her personal sturdy arms, and firmly shook her head, “Mother, I can transfer my again, it is getting late, I will be going now!”

Zhao Xiangyun rejected Chen Wuyue’s good intentions of sending him to the county metropolis.

Following the trail that Chen Wuyue identified, she first exited the Manufacturing Group, after which walked nonstop for half an hour. When she reached one other fork within the street, she would immediately be capable to attain the county metropolis.

Alongside the way in which, Zhao Xiangyun spent shut to 2 hours, panting from exhaustion whereas sweating profusely.

This physique of his was under no circumstances good. Just some steps and his lungs felt like they had been going to blow up.

After strolling and stopping for some time, they lastly arrived on the entrance of the county city.

After resting for some time, Zhao Xiangyun raised her head and appeared on the metropolis.

When he noticed it, he was dumbfounded.

The so-called county metropolis was fully completely different from the one she had seen in her earlier life.

There have been no high-rise buildings in any respect.

There have been low homes and slender streets. Sometimes, there can be one or two buildings, however they weren’t that tall. It was estimated that they did not exceed 5 storeys in peak.

This was the county metropolis of this period?

That is too… Too poor?

Zhao Xiangyun sighed for a very long time earlier than she might settle for this actuality.

There weren’t many individuals on the streets after coming into the county metropolis. Sometimes, he would meet one, however they had been all skinny and sallow, with weak steps and a weak physique.

Zhao Xiangyun noticed the garments of these folks within the metropolis. In comparison with these with Manufacturing Group, they weren’t a lot completely different.

They had been all earth-blue in coloration and wore black overalls with patches of assorted sizes. Taking a look at them from afar, they gave off a quite simple and unadorned feeling.

As Zhao Xiangyun walked, her abdomen started to growl with starvation.

After discovering a nook the place she might sit, Zhao Xiangyun took a boiled egg out of the water and smashed the egg shell to items. She stuffed the egg into her mouth, however earlier than she completed consuming the egg, a shadow immediately appeared in entrance of him.

A 3 or 4 yr outdated skinny boy stared at Zhao Xiangyun and virtually drooled.

His gaze was fixated on the egg in Zhao Xiangyun’s hand, inflicting his scalp to go numb. He shortly stuffed the egg into his mouth, virtually choking to dying.

Nonetheless, she got here out in a rush and did not deliver any water, so she might solely pat her chest and look ahead to the egg to swallow. She struggled for a very long time earlier than forcefully swallowing the meals in her mouth.

At this second, a skinny outdated woman wearing easy garments walked as much as him.

“Hu Zi, what are you doing?”

The little boy checked out Zhao Xiangyun with a wronged expression, “Grandmother, she has eaten an egg, even Hu Zi desires to eat it!”

It was solely then that the Previous Granny observed Zhao Xiangyun. After coughing for a bit, Zhao Xiangyun’s face turned crimson.

On this period, there weren’t many individuals who might develop so fats. There have been sure to be some leftover meals of their houses.

The Previous Granny hesitated and requested Zhao Xiangyun, “Lady, you … Do you continue to have eggs in your arms? Different grains are additionally superb, I’ll use cash to alternate for them with you! “

Zhao Xiangyun was startled, earlier than she might react, she heard the outdated woman say, “If it wasn’t for my grandson’s pitiful urge for food, I’d not have requested you! “There’s actually no different means.”

Meals was his life.

Unusual folks wouldn’t simply promote meals to others.

Zhao Xiangyun appeared on the outdated woman, and a way of sympathy rose from the underside of her coronary heart.

To not point out the outdated woman in entrance of him, even the remainder of his household was brief on meals and drinks.

All of the provides in the home had been used on the unique proprietor.

The unique proprietor had turn into fats, whereas the others had turn into very skinny and weak.

Even the face of the Captain Zhao Zhiyuan turned yellow.

In the whole Manufacturing Group, the unique proprietor was the one fats man so far as the attention might see.

Everybody was having a tough time. She had this physique stuffed with fats proper now, though it wasn’t what she needed.

There was additionally a treasure-gathering basin. With meals that might develop constantly, one’s days would at all times be higher than others.

“Previous granny, I’ve eggs, however they have been boiled and had been cooked yesterday!”

Zhao Xiangyun instructed the reality. It doesn’t matter what, she didn’t wish to lie.

“What number of do you may have?” The outdated woman’s eyes lit up.

“About twenty-two!”

There was nonetheless one in his pocket, which Zhao Xiangyun didn’t plan to take out. If she didn’t have any meals to eat later, she might put it right into a damaged bowl, and one would be capable to come out in quarter-hour.

“There’s nonetheless some black rice, flour, and wheat bran, however I do not know the way a lot they weigh.”

When she got here out, it was solely round twelve kilograms, however Zhao Xiangyun positioned the damaged bowl on the backside. When she walked, she found that the basket was getting heavier and heavier, and it was getting tougher for folks to hold.

“I did! I’ve introduced it! “

The outdated woman waved a fabric bag in her hand. Contained in the bag was a pole scale.

She got here out to purchase some meals.

Earlier than he might even purchase it, he met Zhao Xiangyun.

“Then let’s discover a place with out folks?” Zhao Xiangyun mentioned.

It was her first time doing this sort of enterprise, and he or she at all times felt that the extra cautious she was, the higher.

“Sure, I do know!”

The outdated woman was very accustomed to the route as she accompanied Zhao Xiangyun, searching for a distant place to speak in regards to the value with him.

“My daughter, within the black market, the coarse grains are two {dollars} a catty and the superb grains are 4 {dollars} and 5 yuan. As for the standard, I’ll give it to you in line with the value on the black market. I’ll completely not benefit from you.”

Black market?

It sounds a bit like a spot to commerce in secret.

Zhao Xiangyun thought again to it, as if Chen Wuyue and Zhao Zhiyuan had talked about it earlier than.

Zhao Xiangyun couldn’t assist however guess, did the superb grains she ate additionally come from the black market?

Even after dozens of years, 4 to 5 catties of superb grains weren’t low-cost.

Zhao Xiangyun had heard that on this period, staff usually solely earned twenty-one months.

If he purchased a number of kilograms of meals, how would he survive?

Whereas considering, the outdated woman introduced Zhao Xiangyun to a nook, the place there was nobody round. A bit boy known as Hu Zi was standing guard close by.

After confirming that nobody was trying, the outdated woman requested Zhao Xiangyun to take the merchandise out.

Zhao Xiangyun positioned the basket on the bottom.

He first took out the rice from the fabric bag.

Three fabric luggage. When he got here out, there was nonetheless fairly a little bit of house. It was already crammed to the brim and overflowing.

The outdated woman’s eyes instantly lit up when she noticed the black masks, the superb flour, and the wheat bran.