Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

The two chatted for a while, and inevitably talked about the drought and future events. Lu Chuan also said the same thing he said to Uncle Li.

As for whether Uncle Zhang heard it or not, or whether he would take any action, that was his business, and I had no right to interfere.

The two chatted for a while, and then Lu Chuan said goodbye. He definitely couldn't go home today, and there was no way he could travel at night. He could only stay overnight and set off for home early tomorrow morning.

I found an inn to rest for a night, and when I checked into the inn, I found that the price was now twice as expensive as before.

But he had to stay there. There was no other way. Lu Chuan didn't want to live in someone else's house and cause trouble for them, so he could only pay the rent with great reluctance.

It was still early! He couldn't sleep now, so Lu Chuan prepared to go out for a walk on the street to see what was going on.

As I walked along, there were few people on the street. I don't know when the originally bustling night market had stopped, and even few shops on both sides were open.

Only some daily necessities are still being sold, and most of the food businesses are closed, with only a small number still open.

As they walked, they came to the grain store. After thinking about it, Lu Chuan just went in.

"What would you like to order, sir?" asked the shop assistant.

"I'll just take a look around first." Lu Chuan said and started walking around.

The waiter stopped responding. Recently, many people only looked but did not buy, and the waiter was used to it. The consequence was that the next time I came, I found that the price had increased a lot...

After taking a look around, Lu Chuan discovered that the price of grain had doubled or tripled compared to before. Not only had the prices of white flour and white rice increased, but even the prices of miscellaneous grains had increased. The price that originally could buy a pound of white flour could now only buy a pound of black flour. And this was the result of the county magistrate's order.

I really don’t know how outrageous the food prices in other cities are. In this era, it is so difficult for ordinary people to survive.

After walking around, Lu Chuan returned to the inn and ordered the cheapest meal. It didn’t taste good at all, but he couldn’t waste it, so he had to force himself to eat it.

At this moment, Lu Chuan really misses the delicious meals cooked by his wife!

Fortunately, fortunately, I can go home tomorrow and hug my soft and sweet little wife.

It was getting late, and in order to be able to travel better tomorrow, Lu Chuan chose to rest early so that he could go home quickly after the city gates opened tomorrow morning.

Xu Han here was still repeating the same work. When she went to bed at night, she thought about how Lu Chuan who was out was doing, while fanning herself with a cattail leaf fan.

The two of us have not been apart for more than half a year, and I really missed each other a lot when we suddenly separated.

I don’t know how Lu Chuan is doing. Are things going smoothly? Can he come back tomorrow? As I was thinking about this, I fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, after getting up, Xu Han began to clean the house and feed the livestock in the backyard as usual. Everything was as usual.

By the evening, it was already dark, but there was no sign of Lu Chuan. The county town was quite far from home, and it was inconvenient to travel by land. I didn't know if I could get home today.

Xu Han waited until about ten o'clock but Lu Chuan didn't come back, so she had no choice but to go to bed. Maybe it was too late and it was inconvenient to travel, so she decided to come back tomorrow!

Xu Han did not sleep well that night, and kept thinking about Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan also had trouble sleeping because there were too many mosquitoes in the cave, and the buzzing noise made it impossible to sleep.

After lighting a fire to drive away the mosquitoes, it was too hot and it was really difficult.

After sleeping in a daze all night, I set out for home at dawn the next day.

When I got home, Xu Han had just finished breakfast and was picking vegetables in the backyard!

Hearing the dogs barking non-stop, Xu Han was so scared that she thought something had happened!

I hurriedly ran over from the backyard, only to find Lu Chuan knocking on the door outside.

Xu Han quickly opened the door from the inside and said, "I heard the dogs barking and thought something had happened! I was so scared."

Lu Chuan said with a smile, "It's all my fault. I scared my wife. You can do whatever you want with me tonight."

"No, I thought you would come back last night!"

Lu Chuan hugged Xu Han and said, "I didn't make it back yesterday, so I rushed home early this morning."

"Hey, it stinks, don't touch me." Xu Han said with disgust.

Lu Chuan smelled himself. Well, it was indeed quite smelly. It was no wonder that his wife disliked it. He himself couldn't stand the smell of it.

Then he said, "I'm going to take a shower first. It really stinks."

After saying that, he carried the dried water and went into the bathroom.

"Hand me your clothes and I'll wash them for you first." Xu Han shouted outside.

"Come and get it yourself! I'm washing my hair!" Xu Han didn't hesitate and went in to get the clothes.

The joke is that they are an old married couple, and everyone knows what each other looks like! What is there to be shy about?

After Xu Han got the clothes, she went to the backyard and started soaking Lu Chuan's clothes. Then she went back to the main room to get clean clothes for Lu Chuan.

By the way, he put the food away so that Lu Chuan could eat it right after taking a shower. He then went back to the backyard to wash his clothes.

After Xu Han finished washing the clothes, she hung them out to dry. Meanwhile, Lu Chuan had finished his breakfast.

"How is it? Is the situation at the foot of the mountain okay?" Xu Han asked.

"The current situation is not particularly bad, but it is hard to say what will happen in the future. The grain production in the mountains has decreased by 40%, which is more than our grain production reduction!" said Lu Chuan.

"Originally we thought we would reduce production by 20%, and at worst 30% would be enough for the people down the mountain. We didn't expect a full 40% reduction!" Xu Han said.

"We water the plants every day and never have a water shortage, which is why the yield has dropped by 20%. The water resources down the mountain are definitely not as good as here. I heard from an old man selling persimmons last time that some places have lost 60% of their yields due to insufficient water!"

"Ah! So many? What's the situation at the foot of the mountain now? Is the water flowing dry? It can't be so fast!" Xu Han asked in surprise.

Then Lu Chuan told Xu Han in detail about his trip down the mountain.

After listening to this, Xu Han didn't say anything else. In fact, everyone had some idea in their hearts. The situation in the mountains was like this, and the situation down the mountain would only be worse than here.

But life still has to go on, you can't just give up completely! That will only make you die faster.

After chatting for a while, it was time for lunch. After lunch, they went to sleep immediately.

Xu Han and Lu Chuan didn't sleep well last night, so they should go to bed early! They still have to water the vegetables in the afternoon!