As soon as the population grows, there will be a shortage of food, and now the south is only enough to maintain its daily operations, and when the northerners arrive, it will inevitably bring about a food panic, which will definitely add fuel to the fire and increase the price of food.

And there are a lot of profiteers now, maybe they will hoard grain and wait for it to rise, and if they don't starve everywhere, presumably the government will not take action.

In these years, no one knows that the government is colluding with profiteers.

Therefore, it is better to rely on the sky, the earth, and the emperor than on yourself.

If the people from the north start to move here now, it will take a month or two for the first wave of refugees to arrive here after they have traveled more than ten or twenty miles a day.

Thanks to the fact that there is no developed means of transportation now, she still has a month or two to prepare supplies.

Liu Wan looked at the seemingly prosperous scene in front of her and couldn't help sighing.

The current information of people is too closed, except for those landlords and officials, it is estimated that they do not know the information about the great drought in the north, and there are not many people who can start to prepare.

In order to save money, Liu Wan chose cheap and seasonal fruits and vegetables.

She hoarded 1,000 catties of radishes, because now one penny can buy two catties of radishes, and 1,000 catties of radishes are only 500 yuan.

Most of the vegetables are also two catties a penny, Liu Wan bought a full 300 catties of vegetables, and she felt that she was about to expose her target before she stopped.

As for the preserved fish and bacon sold on the market, Liu Wan picked up the cheap and bought no less than 200 catties.

After shopping around the market in the morning, she saw that her locker was finally full of small corners, and Liu Wan felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart.

If the famine really comes, now she is slowly storing enough food and grass for her family to eat for 4 or 5 months.

But this is not enough, there are no pesticides, no fertilizers, low food production, and insufficient capacity to deal with natural disasters such as insect pests.

If you have been affected by the disaster for several years in a row, and you only have a few months of reserves, you will definitely not be able to eat.

Liu Wan doesn't believe in the ability of the government here to help the people, not to mention others, just look at this Wu County order, it will only be given to ordinary people.

This time he tricked Wang Xiao into catching tigers, and this incident is very revealing.

Of course, it is always the people who have no money who suffer in the troubled times, and the rich people must still be rich, and they have 10,000 ways to keep their wealth from depreciating.

Liu Wan made a big purchase and was in a happy mood.

She went to Zhou's butcher to get the ordered pork belly, cut a leg of leg meat, and a pig's head, all of which she wanted to take back for the New Year.

Then, when I saw the kidneys and pig hearts, I simply brought up one pair of each and returned to the store with a smile.

Wang Xiao knew that his mother was making reserves for the New Year, and he also had an old fatherly smile on his face and said:

"Mother, let's have a big fat year this year!"

"Yes, Ming'er, you will open the store by yourself, I want to steam cakes and radish kueh at home, and I don't have time to come." Liu Wan said.

"Okay, wait for the year 29, I'll close the store too, at this time everyone will go back for the New Year, and there will be no business." Wang Xiaodao.

After doing business here for a period of time, Wang Xiao summed up some rules.

During the New Year's Festival, everyone will stock up on meat and food at home, and there will be fewer people who come to the market to satisfy their hunger.

And there are more things to buy during the Chinese New Year, and there is less change in your pocket, so you are naturally reluctant to spend more money on other expenses.

"Okay, when the time comes, everyone will be busy together, we can also make pig blood sausage, fried meatballs, fried pork ribs, braised pig scalp, and braised pig's feet.

By the way, I also bought a rooster, and I will use it when the time comes. ”

When Wang Xiao heard the list of these New Year's foods listed by his mother, he felt a sense of joy and comfort all over his body.

That's right, it's a big fat year!

Since he was a child, he has never had such a fat year at home.

When I was a child, if I had a bowl of braised pork to eat during the New Year, it would already be beautiful.

Wang Xiao is not a stingy person, but his poor life in the past has developed his habit of frugality.

"Mother, our family can also have a fat year."

"Yes, it is to have a fat year, so that everyone feels that there is a rush in life!"

Liu Wan's mother and son closed the shop and went home.

Halfway through, the grass was green, and when she passed a field that had not yet been cultivated, Liu Wan said:

"Wait, there's a lot of motherwort here, let's pick some more and go back, just for Qingming Kueh."

"Okay." Wang Xiao tied the ox cart to the side of the road, and then got off the car with his mother and went to the edge of the ridge to pick motherwort.

Motherwort sprouts in the spring, with thick green leaves with a hint of white fluff that looks fresh and inviting.

Qingming kueh was when she used to go to the farmhouse to play, and the boss now made it for them to eat, and the taste is delicious and attractive.

After picking almost all the motherwort in this piece, Liu Wan and Wang Xiao returned with a full load.

After returning home, Wang Xiao brought all the meat bought by Liu Wan to the food court for processing.

The food court is clean and spacious, and even the water is connected to the sink in front of the door with a bamboo pipe, which is very convenient for washing.

Now she likes to cook big dishes, and Liu Wan likes to cook them here.

As soon as Wang Lian saw this whole basket of meat, she knew that there was something delicious, so she hurriedly came up to help, pestered Liu Wan and asked:

"Mother, how to arrange it when you buy so much meat?"

Liu Wan reported the names of a few dishes, and Wang Lian couldn't close her mouth when she heard it, and said:

"Mother, there are so many delicious foods, are we not the same from the first day of junior high school to the fifteenth year?"

"Of course." Liu Wanle said happily.

It's just that some meat and vegetables can't be stored for that long, but she will find a way to secretly put them in her locker and take them out as if they were fresh.

She buys so much meat that it can be replaced in the locker at any time, without being suspected, and when she wants to eat it, she can take it out of the locker.

Wang Lian wanted to help cut the meat, and Liu Wan said:

"I can do this, if you are free, you can learn from your sister-in-law and learn how to make clothes, shoes and socks."

In these years, girls must know how to do some needlework, otherwise they will be looked down upon by their in-laws when they marry in the future.

Although the countryside is not so strict, Liu Wan knows that her little padded jacket will definitely not marry in the countryside in the future.

She will work hard to find a good family for her and ensure that she has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.

Liu Wan's goal is ambitious, but it is still just an idea, and it has not yet taken shape.

But no matter what, it is still necessary to cultivate Wang Lian's basic skills to gain a foothold in the world since she was a child, whether it is literacy or female popularity, which is a plus for her to choose her in-laws in the future.

As soon as Liu Wan said this, Wang Lian couldn't help but smile bitterly and said:

"Mother, I just want to learn to cook and learn medicine, I don't want to learn female popularity, I can't learn."

"How do you know if you don't try? Isn't my sister-in-law making a little doll's jacket? You go and help, if you really can't talk about it. ”

Liu Wan also knows that everyone's talent is different, although she wants to give Wang Lian some capital to gain a foothold, but if Wang Lian really can't be a female celebrity, she won't force it.

Because, she also agrees that to do important things, you must start from interest, if there is no interest, it is difficult to do well, even if you try to do it, you will not be happy.