When the people queuing here heard the children shouting "murder", their panic was like a boiling pot. Some were panicked, some were horrified, some were flustered, and some were terrified.

They fled in all directions, some hid in corners, and some lay on the ground, not daring to move.

A brave man asked in confusion: "We didn't hear any gunshots or loud noise either?" As he spoke, he looked around, trying to find the source of the sound.

"Oh my god, that guy said he would kill us if we played there!" An older child ran back and hugged an old man's waist tightly, his body shaking constantly and his eyes full of fear.

Jiang Wenming also hugged Jiang Jiyun who ran over, and asked with concern: "Are you scared? Why did that man scare you?" His eyes revealed worry and uneasiness.

"Uncle, we saw them arresting a lot of people, and then that man came over to scare us." Jiang Jiyun told Jiang Wenming everything that had happened.

"Oh! What a sin!" People around sighed.

"Those dog traitors! Little bastards!" someone cursed angrily, expressing strong dissatisfaction and condemnation of these people's behavior.

Although Jiang Jiyun and Jiang Wenming did not understand everything that was said, they could feel the anger and helplessness of the people around them from their expressions and tones.

They watched as some people took their children away without hesitation, while others hesitated, not knowing whether to leave or not. The whole scene was in chaos and people were panicking.

"I won't leave if I can't buy food today. My family can hardly afford to eat." A white-haired old man sat at the door of the grain store, shouting excitedly, as if he had made up his mind.

"I can't leave either! If we can't buy food today, our whole family will only be able to drink water." The middle-aged man next to the old man had a sad face, his eyes full of anxiety and worry.

Jiang Wenming stood aside, thinking silently in his heart: "Yes, there is not much rice and flour left at home. If I don't buy food today, I'm afraid I will go hungry during the New Year." He looked at the long line in front of him, feeling helpless.

"Open! Open!" Suddenly, the door of the grain store slowly opened and the clerks began to get busy.

"Hurry, hurry, buy food!" The crowd suddenly became excited and everyone rushed to the shops, hoping to grab enough food.

Jiang Jiyun got down from Shen Wenming's arms, and he held her hand tightly, and ran into the store with the crowd.

However, when people entered the store, they were surprised to hear: "Oh! Why are food prices rising again?"

"Is this not going to allow people to survive?" someone shouted angrily.

"What should we do?" More people fell into despair.

When Jiang Wenming and his companions heard these words from behind the crowd, their faces instantly turned gloomy. They originally thought that as long as they had enough money, they could buy food, but now it seems that even having money may not solve the problem.

"Uncle Wenming, how much money did you bring? How much food can we buy?"

Hearing Jiang Jiyun's question, Jiang Wenming took out the banknotes from his pocket and counted them. "Seventy-two yuan can only buy a few kilograms of rice."

"What about brown rice?"

Jiang Wenming shook his head and said, "I don't think there will be any brown rice when it's our turn."

Jiang Jiyun watched the sky getting dark and her eyes turned. She gently tugged at the hem of Jiang Wenming's clothes.

"What's wrong? Be careful not to get separated." Jiang Wenming grabbed Jiang Jiyun for fear that she would get lost.

Jiang Jiyun used all his strength to pull Jiang Wenming out of the team. "Uncle, I have a way to get food, and it doesn't cost any money. Do you want to go?"

Jiang Wenming was a little curious when he saw Jiang Jiyun's mysterious look. "Where can I get free food?"

"It's there." Jiang Jiyun pointed to the large courtyard with his eyes.

"Go home! No more food today!" Jiang Wenming followed her gaze and was instantly startled.

I haven't gotten into trouble with her for two months. Today is the first time I took her out alone, and this troublemaker is about to cause trouble again.

Jiang Wenming picked him up, held him under his armpits and ran home.

"Stop! No one is allowed to leave here today!" Jiang Wenming ran a few steps, and suddenly the grain shop was surrounded by a group of Imperial Army.

"Oh! Uncle Wenming, we can't leave! Do you want to listen to me?" Jiang Jiyun said with a smile.

"Fuck it, uncle will go with you, let's make a gamble!" Jiang Wenming hugged his niece and retreated to the alley.

"There is a sewer entrance at the entrance of this alley. Let's go down from there." Jiang Jiyun reminded Jiang Wenming.

Jiang Wenming looked around to see if there was anyone there, and brought Jiang Jiyun to the corner of the alley.

"No one is paying attention here, hurry up." Jiang Jiyun urged.

Jiang Wenming opened the sewer opening, Jiang Jiyun slid down quickly, and Jiang Wenming himself also went down quickly.

"Where are the people? I seemed to see someone coming over just now." Jiang Wenming, who had just closed the lid, heard someone talking.

The uncle and nephew walked slowly forward in the sewer. Jiang Jiyun's height was just right, so Jiang Wenming had to squat to walk.

Jiang Jiyun and Jiang Wenming walked for a while and came to the place where there were vegetable leaves. "Uncle, we are in their kitchen now."

Jiang Wenming came to the sewer entrance and stood up quietly. Seeing that there was no one there, he pushed open the manhole cover and climbed up. After pulling Jiang Jiyun up, he closed the lid and the two of them hid in the woodshed.

"Uncle, there are so many coal briquettes here!" Jiang Jiyun was hiding in the haystack and his eyes widened when he saw the coal briquettes that filled most of the room.

Today her brother and brother Ma Chao spent the whole afternoon making coal briquettes, but there were only about a hundred of them.

"We can't take away any more than that," Jiang Wenming said in a low voice.

After a while they saw someone coming and opening the door to get food to prepare cooking.

Jiang Wenming stared at the room where the grain was stored, and hid in the haystack with Jiang Jiyun.

As night fell, Jiang Wenming quietly watched those people leave the kitchen after finishing their meal.

The two people hiding in the haystack finally had a chance to stand up. Jiang Wenming asked Jiang Jiyun to wait here while he went quietly to steal food.

Taking advantage of Jiang Wenming's absence, Jiang Jiyun quickly ran to the Japanese kitchen and secretly put the medicine into the food and soup, making sure that nothing was missed.

At this moment, Jiang Wenming suddenly heard some noise. He came out and saw someone coming and prepared to run away.

However, when he turned around, he was surprised to find that it was his niece who was fiddling with something beside someone's pot.

He rushed into the kitchen, picked up Jiang Jiyun and hid behind the cupboard.

At this moment, Jiang Wenming's heartbeat quickened rapidly, and he prayed silently for the blessing of his ancestors, hoping that they would not be discovered. Otherwise, the uncle and nephew would be in danger and would definitely be turned into a hornet's nest.

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