Chapter 90: The Food Crisis
There was a lot of noise in front of the villa, and the villagers gathered around the table to discuss, Chu Guo had eaten French fries before, so he was not surprised this time.
Without hesitation, he picked up the table and stuffed it into his mouth.
Liu Qiao'er held another pot of freshly baked fries on the table, "Everyone come and try it." ”
Under Liu Qiao'er's shouting, the villagers cautiously stepped forward to pick up a small root and put it into their mouths, and after a while, everyone showed a surprised expression and nodded again and again.
"This tastes so good."
"Salty, crunchy, fantastic."
The villagers, who were still hesitating, began to move when they heard this, and at this time, Liu Li was walking out of the crowd with a cane.
He squinted in front of the fries and examined them carefully, "This is the food made from sweet potatoes?" ”
Xu Xiaoxiao put another prepared fries on the table, "Yes, there are other dishes in the back, everyone sit down and try them." ”
Liu Li was smiling and sitting down, and other villagers were also looking for vacant seats one after another.
Xu Xiaoxiao began to make the rest of the dishes, she made mashed potatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, braised potatoes, spicy potato chips, dry pot potatoes, cumin potatoes, and potato cakes.
I also made sweet potato cakes, sweet potato finger cakes, fried sweet potatoes, shredded sweet potatoes, and sweet potato balls.
The main dish is roasted sweet potatoes wrapped in tin foil.
One after another the delicacies were served on the table, Xu Xiaoxiao wiped his hands and looked at everyone with great interest.
The villagers were stunned to look at the food in front of them, no one dared to put down the chopsticks, Liu Lizheng saw this and picked up a piece of braised potatoes with chopsticks, and Ah Shuang, who was sitting next to him, did not hesitate to pick up the hot and sour potato shreds.
The villagers saw that Liu Lizheng and Ah Shuang were tasting with relish, and they couldn't hold back their temperament, and they also picked up chopsticks and scrambled to sweep the food on the table.
Just as everyone was amazed by the food made by Xu Xiaoxiao, there was a commotion outside the villa, and looming torches walked towards them.
Liu Li put down his chopsticks vigilantly and walked towards the torch, and the villagers also left their seats one after another, Liu Qiaoer and Xu Xiaoxiao looked at each other.
"Did Wang Er say that there was trouble tonight?" Xu Xiaoxiao stood up and looked at the crowd.
Liu Qiao'er shook her head, "No." ”
"Let's go, let's see." Xu Xiaoxiao casually picked up a wooden stick with a thick arm. Liu Qiao'er also picked up the shovel and put it on her shoulder, "The people in Wangjia Village are really dog skin plasters, and they can't get rid of them." ”
Liu Lizheng said with a solemn expression, "Wang Lizheng, what's the matter?" ”
The villagers standing behind Liu Lizheng all had fierce eyes and weapons in their hands, while the women stood behind the children, holding iron pots in a posture ready for battle.
Wang Lizheng stepped forward with a torch, looked at the angry villagers of Liujia Village, and coughed lightly, "That..."
He licked his lower lip, scratched his head and said in his mouth without knowing where to start, Wang Er couldn't stand it anymore and stood up.
"Lizheng, let me tell you." Wang Er volunteered to stand up.
Wang Lizheng nodded again and again, "Okay, you come." ”
"That Uncle Liu, we came here smelling the fragrance, so I wanted to ask you, can you also give me something to eat." Out of the corner of Wang Er's eyes, he looked at the long table behind Liu Jiacun.
Liu Lizheng was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "The grain in the city has been sold out?" ”
At the mention of grain, the villagers of Wangjia Village bowed their heads with embarrassment, many women's eyes were moist, and men hammered their thighs indignantly.
"No, it's .... Now the grain has risen to five taels of silver and ten buckets of rice. Wang Erzhi was stunned for a while, but still told the truth.
"What five taels of silver?" Liu Lizheng thought that he had misheard and stepped forward and repeated.
Wang Er nodded, "Yes, you heard it right, it's five taels." ”
"Oh my God, who can afford this ordinary family." After confirming that he had heard correctly, Liu Lizheng tapped his crutches and roared angrily.
"Yes, the price of food is getting more expensive every day."
"And that meat, it's all gold now."
"It's about to be winter now, and I don't know if I can survive until the beginning of spring."
The villagers of Wangjia Village began to discuss, and the villagers of Liujia Village looked at each other in a daze and lowered their heads in unison.
They have been busy cleaning up the weeds in the villa, and rarely go out on the streets, even if they have the opportunity to go out, they dare not go out after Liu Dazhuang and a few people were beaten.
In addition, Xu Xiaoxiao still has the grain he brought back from Shudi, so everyone is not in a hurry to go out to find food.
Now hearing this sudden news, everyone is worried.
Wang Er looked at the silent Liu Lizheng and stepped forward with a smile, "Uncle, is it okay?" I see that you can't finish eating a table full of people behind you, so it's better to give us some points, we don't want more, just give them to the elderly and children. ”
Liu Li was thinking about it with his head down, and after a long time, he raised his head, "These foods are all made by us Xiaoxiao, whether you want it or not, it is up to her." ”
Wang Eryi heard that Xu Xiaoxiao's heart finally fell when he got the idea, and he tiptoed to find Xu Xiaoxiao.
Xu Xiaoxiao walked out of the crowd in a daze, and when he walked in front of the person, he saw Wang Er, who looked like a dog.
"What's wrong?" She wondered.
Wang Er stepped forward quickly, "Little girl, let's eat something." ”
Wang Er and Xu Xiaoxiao are also half-acquainted, so he is not polite, and says bluntly, Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at Liu Lizheng, and Liu Lizheng nodded at her.
"We've prepared a lot, so let's do it together."
The people of Wangjia Village hugged each other when they heard this, but they had not eaten food for three days, and the remaining weed cakes were saved for children and the elderly, and the adults were hungry by drinking water.
Liu Qiaoer led the Wang family into the villa and divided the prepared dishes, the Wang family held the hot food, their eyes were moist, especially Wang Lizheng, he held the roasted sweet potato and did not open it.
Xu Xiaoxiao looked at Wang Lizheng and wondered if he had eaten the sweet potato, "Why didn't Wang Lizheng eat it?" ”
"My grandson is bedridden all year round, and I want to take it back to him to eat." Wang Li was wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes and sighed.
"No, there are a lot of them here, I'll pack a few for you and take them back, you eat first." Xu Xiaoxiao turned his head and went to the back kitchen, picked up the oil paper, and wrapped the sweet potatoes.
Wang Er came to her side with a sweet potato, "Sister, your cooking skills are really good." ”
Xu Xiaoxiao looked around and said in a low voice, "What's going on tonight?" ”
Wang Er showed an innocent expression, "Wronged, sister, we really came here when we smelled the fragrance." ”
"You don't have enough money to eat?" Xu Xiaoxiao was suspicious.
"Now the price of rice is the same every day, I can't afford to eat it, hey, I thought I could live here when I came here, it seems that I can only live one day at a time." Wang Er gnawed on the sweet potato and left.
Liu Qiaoer came to Xu Xiaoxiao's side with a heavy heart, "Xiaoxiao, won't riot?" ”
Riot? Oh no, she didn't think of that.
Xu Xiaoxiao remembered that before the end of the world, there was a riot after the food crisis, and less than one-third of the population could survive after the riot.