It's still raining!

Huang Laohan had just come back from a round outside, and when he heard that the soybeans were sober, he didn't bother to eat, so he came to see the soybeans first.

In this disaster, the old man even believed that Huang Dou was the little lucky star of the Huang family.

If it weren't for Huang Dou's proposal to buy a house for her fourth uncle in the town to do business, their family would have to build a shed in the field outside the town this time. The wind and rain outside are non-stop, and there are already several families with young children and children who have died, and the elderly can't afford to get sick and have no money to get medicine, so they can only wait to die!

In the town, the places where shacks can be built are almost full, and the temporary shacks outside the town are more and more, and more and more refugees are flocking to this small town.

I don't know what the situation is outside, but the area around Nanshan Town is a land of fish and rice, and it has always belonged to an area with relatively rich economic conditions.

This rainstorm brought everything back to the prototype.

Huang Laohan walked back alone, and when he passed by a shack outside the town, he heard an irrepressible cry inside.

Another life was lost, and the people in the surrounding shacks and the passers-by were almost indifferent.

They have no compassion left, and humanity becomes more selfish and indifferent in the face of disaster.

The difference between inside and outside the town is more than just a wall to support. Most of the people in the town are villagers from the surrounding areas, and they don't dare to go back for the time being because they came here from the mountains.

They were the first group of people to come, and the materials were not scarce, and the shacks were mostly built with sturdy wooden sticks and woven bamboo mats and reed mats, which could block the wind and rain when the wind and rain were not very strong.

Outside the town, most of the villagers are from a relatively distant place, who have migrated here on foot because of floods elsewhere. By the time they arrived, there wasn't much left to use.

And these shacks, which are barely built with everything at their disposal, can only be said to be slightly better than being completely exposed to the rain.

Seeing the desolation all over the ground, Huang Laohan felt very uncomfortable, he had traveled to many places with the big ship, and had a broader vision than ordinary farmers, but this did not bring him more wealth.

In front of nature, everyone is an ant!

Huang Dou listened to his grandfather's description, and he didn't need to go out, but he also knew what the situation was outside: "Grandpa, we want to buy grain." ”

Huang Laohan shook his head: "No, your fourth uncle has food here, and it happened that the extra grain from the family this year was sent to your fourth uncle last month." Your fourth uncle has purchased another batch of grain in the store, and it will be no problem to hold on carefully for two or three months. ”

"Grandpa, what about in two or three months?" Soybean asked.

"When the weather is good, we will go back and build a shack and tidy up the land first. Now that autumn has just begun, it will be harvested after next spring. In the field, I don't know if I can harvest some of the rice. Speaking of this, Huang Laohan's voice deepened.

Seeing a bumper harvest in sight, a heavy rain has caused the grain to be gone, the crops in the fields to be gone, and the home to be gone!

"Grandpa, we want to buy grain, and we have to buy more grain." Soybeans clung to Grandpa's sleeve.

"Grandpa, this rainstorm, there are several places near us that have walked the mountains, and there are more flooded places in other places. Buy it now, the price of food has just risen, and it's still too late. ”

"With such a lot of rain this year, there is a possibility of drought in the second half of the year, and when the real famine comes, we will not be able to buy food even if we have money. Also, even if there is too much food to eat, we can still sell it, and we won't lose too much in short. However, without food, how can our family of more than 20 people live? ”

"Moreover, the fourth uncle is open to eat, and now the price of grain is not inflated, it is better to buy grain at this time than to wait until it rises before buying, even if it can be collected in the field at that time, the grain bought is not wasted in the fourth uncle's store."

"Grandpa, look, are there a lot of people buying food in the store these days? When everyone escaped, it was good to escape for their lives, how could anyone carry food on their backs. I always have to eat, and most of the people who don't have a stove can only rely on buying food to survive. ”

Huang Laohan looked at his third granddaughter in a daze: "Then, how much do you say to buy?" ”

"We buy as much as we have."

Huang Laohan looked at Huang Dou's firm little eyes, and only felt that his head was big. This kid, how is his heart long, and his courage is too big, right? ”

Huang Laohan didn't agree, turned around and walked out of the room, and asked Huang Tao to stew an egg custard for soybeans to make up for it.

The five brothers of the Huang family went to Huangjiagou with their sons and nephews early in the morning, and even if the rice could not be harvested, the water in the field still had to be drained in a corresponding way.

And now the soybeans and corn are ripe, although they are lodging, they can still be eaten when they are brought back, otherwise they will only rot in the ground when the weather is clear.

Huang Guigui and Huang Delei groped in the water to pull up the bean stalks, stacked them like this first, and then picked them off and brought them back, some of the beans had been sprouted by the blisters.

The four brothers Huang Ronggui were busy in the cornfield, breaking off the corn one by one and putting it into their pockets, Huang Deguang and Huang Deming took the brothers to brave the rain one by one, wading through the stagnant water and stacking the corn on the higher ridges.

Some of the old corn has also begun to sprout, and some of the corn that is still tender has also been broken, and there is no longer so much to care about at this time.

As long as you bring it home, you can eat it, whether it is boiled or baked or ground into a pulp with a stone mill to make cakes.

No one dares to waste food at this time, and no one knows what awaits them in the future.

In the distance, the villagers could be faintly seen in the field, and everyone was trying to grab what they could eat.

At noon, they had nowhere to cook, and the outside of the bread wrapped in oiled paper had been soaked by the rain, so everyone casually sat down on the muddy ridge and bowed their heads and silently chewed the bread that was no longer delicious.

In the distance, more people did not bring food or drinking water, so they broke a relatively tender corn and nibbled it directly, or went to the field to cut a few sweet potatoes.

However, because the season has not yet arrived, the sweet potato is still very small, most people will not touch it, and a small number of people will only change the taste to taste fresh.

When I came back in the evening, it was still dark, and I saw from a distance that the water in the river had risen again, and there were not only dead branches and rotten leaves, but also swollen corpses soaked in the water.

Everyone was silent, bowing their heads and trying to carry their own things, walking.

The rain is still falling, the body is wet, and the human heart is also wet!

When I entered the town, I saw the lights at home from a distance, which was very dim, but I felt that the whole person suddenly came to life, and it was good to have a home!

The grain was put in the stove room in the east chamber, and Aunt Huang and a few of them were left to tidy up in the dark.

Several men in the family first drank a bowl of ginger soup that was not too strong, and took turns to rinse it with hot water under the eaves of the stove house before eating.

After eating, Huang Laohan asked them to go to bed quickly, and talk about it tomorrow.

Huang Dou and Huang Pear and Xiao Brother had already slept first, while Huang Da Niang and Huang Huang were still sorting out the grain that had just been recovered.

Soybeans barely slept all night, and this era was different from the era she was in before.

If floods or droughts continue in the second half of the year, and there is no food at home, the whole family will have more than 20 people up and down, what will they eat?

Waiting for the country's relief food? You don't have to think about it, you also know that there is little hope, and even if there is, there is not enough to eat, so you can only say that you are barely starving to death.

When I woke up early the next morning, a blister broke out at the corner of Soybean's mouth.

When the soybeans were eating breakfast, they told the fourth aunt to make less fried buns or something during this time, and to make more steamed multigrain steamed buns to sell.

Now the grains are not expensive, most people don't bring a pot stove to buy food, eating raw fried buns is a bit of a luxury, and multigrain steamed buns are definitely the best to sell.

The corn harvested at home can also be ground into a paste and mixed with flour to make pancakes to sell, although the quality is not good, but it is cheap, and someone must want it.

Some of the soybeans that have just been harvested are used for cooking, and some of them are fried with salt to make salt beans, which can be stored for a little longer.

Aunt Huang felt justified when she heard this, and hurriedly asked her sister-in-law to peel corn, grind corn, and make paste to make pancakes.

The steamed multigrain steamed buns at home are indeed not enough to sell every day, so simply steam a few more pots of multigrain steamed buns in the afternoon.

"Fourth aunt, the price should be mentioned, every day the price of grain rises, and the price of food will rise." Huang Dou was not at ease and commanded again.

Aunt Huang Si was stunned, and Huang Laohan walked over: "Listen to Doudou, we are businessmen." ”

Huang Dou felt that she was not wrong, she didn't want to make a fortune in the country, and a snack restaurant couldn't make any money, but in this era, she had to take care of herself first, and then she could think about others.

Huang Dou followed Huang Laohan all day long, and she tried to convince her grandfather with her limited knowledge.

Huang Dou felt that people like him would definitely not be able to endure hardship, and if there was no food, the first person in the family would starve to death was himself.

In the evening, the Huang family held another family meeting to discuss whether to buy food.

Surprisingly, most people are in favor of buying grain, but it is too unrealistic to spend all their money on buying grain.

After the flood, the family has to build a house, the fields need to be organized, and money is needed everywhere, and if they all take it out to buy food, there will be no place for the family to stay, and the whole family will not be able to squeeze into this house.

Huang Dou can only agree, she is still a child, all she can do is give advice, and it is already very good for adults to respect her opinion.

The Huang family began to buy grain, no matter who went out, they would definitely carry half a bag of grain on their backs when they came back. Rice, corn, beans...... Huang Laohan even instructed his sons to go to the next town to buy them.

vacated half of the West House for grain, Huang Laohan took a few grandsons from the bed to the ground, moved the bed to the East House, and built a Chase Shop for the East House.

The Huang family's family moved in three smaller girls to live in the east house, there is really no way, after all, the children are too young, sleeping in the shed outside, it is easy to die.

The first to feel that something was wrong was Aunt Zhao, who secretly pulled her eldest son at night and asked, "Why does your Grandpa Huang's family buy food every day." ”

Zhao Dashan disagreed: "His family has a large population, and the food eats quickly. ”

Aunt Zhao shook her head: "No, their family bought too much grain." ”

The two discussed for a while, and decided to take a look first, and after two days, the price of grain in the town rose more and more day by day.