This world is peaceful, why is Luo Cheng just wearing a retired military uniform, Qin Xiaoli pleaded like that when she learned that he went to roughly the same place.

In the city, at least there are people from the street office who patrol the streets, and when there are many people gathered together, they will come forward to ask, and if there is no suitable reason, they will disperse.

But in the towns and villages, there are now many people fleeing from other cities, and there are continuous droughts in the north. Begging for countless food, I can't live anymore, I won't care about anything anymore, and I'm not afraid of death for a bite to eat.

It was at this time that Luo Cheng discovered that there was not even grass in many fields, and the bark on the trees had been gnawed away, leaving only the trunks that were about to wither.

It's only November, and autumn can't be so desolate. Driving away the beggars who fled the famine is something that many villages do, but outside the village confines, it's different. Every village has a border, and it is enough to cross the border, and there is no need to rush to exterminate.

In the fields on the road, many people lie directly on the ground, and many people are reluctant to stand up in order to save physical strength. Whenever someone passes by, there are many eyes probing.

The military uniform on Luo Cheng's body did deter many people, and everyone could see Qin Lan holding a backpack tightly, and it was clear that there were no three hundred taels of silver here.

But looking at Luo Cheng's physique, ruddy improvement, this clearly does not look like a starving person. So at the first glance at him, I felt that he should be a soldier who was not easy to mess with.

Qin Lan's village is called Qinlingkou, and after entering the boundary of the village, he feels much better. After all, Nghe An is in the south, and the drought is not as severe as in the north, but even so, it is very difficult for the people to survive. Those beggars basically came from the north, because the information is not developed, many people in the north simply think that the south should not be so drought and should be able to stutter.

Therefore, many people in the north either run to the big cities or directly to the southern cities. Some of the old, weak, sick and disabled on the road are gone when they walk.

But I didn't expect that it would be difficult for this person to survive in the south. The south is just as arid, but slightly better than the north. Food production has also been greatly reduced, and it is good to be alive, how can there be excess to others.

It's been a chaotic year, but it's not chaotic. There will be nothing wrong with going out alone, Qin Lan's little girl just goes out alone, and she still walks to the city alone. That is, before going out, I ate a wild vegetable dumpling.

But when you go out alone, don't bring anything with you, if it's not food, it's fine. If you encounter something with bad intentions, you can show the package to others, and if there is no food, no one will toss this year. But if you go out alone and bring something to eat, you have to be careful. Some people are hungry these days, and they really do everything.

Luo Cheng didn't stay when he sent the people, and came back directly. The people in Qin Lan's family are all the same thin and unpresentable, and he is not entertained there, nor is he entertained. The main thing is that there is nothing to take out to entertain.

On the way, Qin Lan also said that the village would distribute grain in a few days. But after paying the public rations, there was not much left at all. This winter will be very difficult, even if it is the beginning of spring next year, it will still have to survive until the spring sowing and then harvesting.

It's just that in the spring, there are wild vegetables to dig, but it is really not possible to have grass roots to eat. And the above will give some relief food. In which two years will no one starve to death?

Luo Cheng really doesn't know about the hardships of this era, even if it is the plot of this era played in the TV series, he eats and drinks a little. will not starve to death, and give Luo Cheng such a feeling, also because TV series are TV series after all, and many actors cannot have the image of people of this era.

In this era, most people are yellow and thin, and those actors in TV dramas, even if they wear makeup, it is impossible to have no flesh on their bodies.

"Lanzi, it's good to be back, you have to remember your cousin's kindness. Now it is not easy for people in the city to do the same, and the ration has decreased. ”

Qin Lan's father said with some shame that Qin Xiaoli was not his daughter, but the daughter of his third brother. His third brother's family needs help, and he, as an uncle, would not have been like this if there was no way.

A woman who marries outside will be gossiped about when she helps her mother's family, not to mention that she is still a relative of her mother's family. Although it is only a stick noodle of less than ten catties, it is really expensive in these years.

Let's put it this way, now to ask for a yellow flower girl, in the countryside, a bag of grain is enough. And it's still coarse grains, so no one wants to do it yet. This daughter-in-law begged for it, which means that she still has to eat your family, and many people may not be able to afford to marry now.

"Lanzi, who is that soldier, how could he escort you back."

It was Qin Lan's mother who asked, and Qin Lan didn't hide anything, she and Luo Cheng only met in Pingshui. I told me what I had learned, and took out the instant noodles that I didn't want to eat. When she came back, Qin Lan wanted to return the instant noodles to Luo Cheng, they were too valuable. But Luo Cheng didn't ask for it, and after pushing it back and forth a few times, Qin Lan accepted it, thinking in his heart that he would definitely repay him if he had a better life in the future.

"This is Luo Cheng's face in the army, he gave me half of it, and there are a few packets of things in it, he said it was a seasoning bag. Mom, boil a pot of water, let's boil this noodle, even if we go to the mountains this season, we won't find anything to eat. ”

Instant noodles look like fine grains, although there is only such a little, but I still hope to eat fine grains as rice. Now drinking porridge is clear to the bottom. There is such a piece of noodles, it is enough to cook a soup, isn't there a seasoning package?

Today, the girl borrowed grain from the city and came back, so she would be extravagant for a while, and the fine grain would be cooked.

A piece of fine grain is indeed luxurious enough in this year, but even more extravagant is the seasoning packet. Only those who have soaked instant noodles know. In later generations, many people may be tired of eating instant noodles and feel that they have no taste, but as soon as the seasoning package of this instant noodles is put away, the fragrance is absolutely top.

It's normal for people in the countryside to not be able to eat a piece of meat all year round, so it's normal to have no oil. And the seasoning package not only contains oil, but also beef cubes. Although there is no packaging, Luo Cheng can see that this instant noodle should be spicy beef noodle.

As soon as this seasoning package is cooked, the neighbors near Qin Lan's house will smell it. This thing is an absolute luxury in this era.

Regarding the affairs of Qin Lan's family, Luo Cheng, who went home, was naturally unclear. He was now struggling with how to face his home.

In such an adobe house, my parents and grandmother lived in one room, two younger sisters who didn't have anything in the future lived in one room, and a younger brother who just slipped away. When I came back, my mother directly arranged the problem of housing, as if she was not worried about not living enough.

Without a reference of time, Luo Cheng only felt that a lot of time had been delayed back and forth. The main reason is that he has no foot strength, even Qin Lan's little girl is not as good. It's good that he was discharged directly from the army at the beginning, and if he stayed in the army, with his physical fitness, it would be a real joke.

Before going home, in fact, several people in Luo Cheng's family were also suffering. Luo Shishi helped Luo Cheng put the bag, as Luo Cheng's sister, she was very curious about what was in the bag of her brother who had not returned from the army for a few years. I secretly opened it and looked at it, and then my eyes couldn't move.

Steamed buns, large white flour steamed buns, so that the white steamed buns know at a glance that they are made of very good flour, and flour is fine grain.

It's been a long time since I've eaten steamed buns, Luo Shishi kept swallowing her saliva. And after Luo Xiaoyu found out that her sister was in a wrong state, she helped Luo Cheng lay out the quilt and came over to ask her what was wrong.

Then I also saw the steamed buns in Luo Cheng's backpack, this is the eldest brother's steamed buns, as a younger sister, there should be her own share in it. Like Luo Shishi, she kept swallowing saliva in her throat. But they all know the preciousness of food, which Luo Cheng brought back from the army, and they don't dare to eat it secretly.

After trying to restrain their inner impulses, the two ran to their parents' room and said that the eldest brother Luo Cheng had a lot of white-flour steamed buns in his backpack. The eldest brother is back, don't you have to worry about starving to death this winter?