Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Lu Chuan was about to say something else when he saw the woman bringing over a bowl of noodles.

Lu Chuan took a closer look and found that it was actually noodles made of white flour mixed with a small amount of whole grain flour, and there was a golden poached egg on top.

"This, old man, this is too expensive." Lu Chuan said uneasily.

Although Lu Chuan was used to eating white flour at home, one should know that not many families could eat white flour in that era. Every family would replace white flour with coarse grains so that they could eat it for a longer period of time.

"What are you talking about? The situation is special now and these are the only things we can offer to entertain guests. Don't despise them, and don't feel burdened!" said the old man with a smile.

"Don't mind, don't mind. At this time, being able to eat a bowl of noodles is already a very luxurious meal." Lu Chuan also said.

The two of them were polite to each other. Lu Chuan felt particularly uneasy during this meal. He thought it would just be a simple bowl of wild vegetable porridge, but he didn't expect it to be such a big bowl of noodles.

This bowl of noodles is enough for a family to have two or three meals of wild vegetable porridge.

But Lu Chuan still quickly finished his bowl of noodles and then went to take a shower. After all, he couldn't let other people down, otherwise he would be really ungrateful.

"You and my eldest grandson will share a room tonight. You have to bear with the inconvenience since there are not enough rooms at home." The old man said while pulling Lu Chuan.

"I don't feel wronged, it's much better than sleeping in the wild and getting bitten by mosquitoes." Lu Chuan said with a smile.

In this way, Lu Chuan slept in the same room with the old man's eldest grandson for one night.

Have a good night's sleep...

The next morning, as soon as it was light, Lu Chuan asked to leave.

"Are you leaving so early? Go after breakfast! There's no rush." ​​The old man said kindly.

"No, uncle. If you go to the county town earlier, you can go home earlier. My wife is waiting for you at home!" said Lu Chuan.

I got up so early just to avoid staying at the old man's house for breakfast. How could I possibly agree to the old man's invitation?

If he had to have breakfast, not only would it be troublesome, the old man's family would definitely have to think about how to entertain Lu Chuan properly. The food for guests at home must not be bad, and a lot of food would be needed at that time.

Seeing this, the old man didn't try to keep the boy. He knew his family's situation very well. The bowl of egg noodles he had yesterday was already the limit, so he didn't say anything.

I just filled Lu Chuan's bamboo tube with water so that he could drink some water when he was thirsty.

"This is yesterday's rent, and some homemade beef jerky for the kids to try." Lu Chuan handed the fifty coins and the beef jerky that Xu Han had brought to the old man.

"What are you doing? You can't take it, you can't take it. Hurry up and leave!" the old man urged.

After the two men refused for a while, the old man finally accepted the dried meat because he saw his grandson drooling with greed, but he refused to take the fifty cents.

Lu Chuan had no choice but to give up, and then set off for the county town at daybreak.

Along the way, we saw many people who started fetching water to irrigate the fields at dawn. The adults were responsible for fetching water, and many children followed to help.

The little person was holding a watering can that was bigger than himself and watering the crops in the field little by little.

It is really heartbreaking to see that at this age when they should be lively and playful, they have to start helping their family with work so early just to have a full meal.

This was the scene all the way through, and Lu Chuan couldn't help but feel distressed. The drought hadn't ended for a year yet! This was just the beginning, how would people live in the future!

My ability is limited, even if I want to help them, I can't do anything! The natural disaster lasted too long, it's unknown whether I can survive!

As we walked along, we saw that the riverbeds of many rivers had indeed been exposed. The originally wide river channels now only had a little water in the middle. If this continued, there would not even be water for irrigation.

We also walked across the big river that the old man mentioned yesterday. It was obvious that there was not much water left. The water level, which was originally full, was now only a quarter of it.

As Lu Chuan walked and looked, he saw that the people were having a hard time.

When I came to the county town again, there were even fewer shops that were open before.

Lu Chuan first went to Manxianglou, but when he arrived at the door, he saw that even Manxianglou was closed.

This shows how bad the store’s business is. Ordinary people can barely afford to eat, so how can they have money to buy things?

Life now is not too bad. After all, last autumn was a bumper year, and many families have food at home. Plus with the small harvest from the summer harvest, they can still barely hold on.

Taxes are only collected once a year here, and life becomes really difficult after the autumn harvest!

After all, some families’ harvest this year may not even be enough to pay taxes.

Seeing that there was no one in Manxianglou, Lu Chuan went to the house of Manager Li. It had been quite a while since he had seen Manager Li, so it was reasonable for him to visit him.

"Knock, knock, knock. Is Uncle Li home?" Lu Chuan asked while knocking on the door.

"I'm coming." It was the shopkeeper Xiao Li who came to open the door.

"Oh! It's Brother Lu! Come in quickly. I was just talking about you to my father yesterday! I didn't expect you to come today." Shopkeeper Li said with a smile.

"Brother Li, I see Manxianglou is closed. Did something happen?"

Lu Chuan asked as the two walked into the hall.

"It's okay, it's okay. Business has been bad recently. The money we earn is not enough to pay the employees, and not many people come to eat. We closed the shop a few days ago." Shopkeeper Li said with a smile.

"Is business so bad now?" Lu Chuan asked.

"Who says it's not true? Ever since the summer harvest, the customers who used to come here regularly have stopped coming. Seeing that it still hasn't rained, everyone wants to save as much as possible. Sometimes there may not be a table of customers in a day, so I just closed it.

At least we can save some money on the staff. We can open it after the rain and the situation stabilizes! I can also take this opportunity to have a good rest. "Shopkeeper Li said optimistically.

"That's right. The situation is not stable right now, so let's wait and see! It's better to close it, so we don't have to worry about it."

Lu Chuan had reminded Shopkeeper Li indirectly last time, but he didn't expect that Shopkeeper Li would act so quickly. Lu Chuan thought that he would have to wait until at least after the autumn harvest!

At this time, a servant brought tea and snacks. Lu Chuan was thirsty after walking for a long time, so he picked up the tea and drank it.

"It turns out that kid Lu is here!" A hearty laugh suddenly came from outside the door.

"Hello, Uncle Li. How are you feeling lately?" Seeing that it was Uncle Li, Lu Chuan helped Uncle Li sit on the chair and asked.