Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

33. Food shortage (1)

The food supplies in the communal canteen were dwindling, but the relief food had yet to arrive.

Other villages have reportedly been without food for several days.

The nearby fields, wild vegetables, and some green plants on the mountains were all taken by the hungry people to fill their stomachs.

In order to save food, the canteen of the third production team only serves one meal a day, and the portion is small, such as a sweet potato, a potato, or a little corn porridge.

Later, everyone had a bowl of clear porridge every day.

Everyone was so hungry they were weak and listless because the rice seeds hadn't been harvested yet. The land was lying fallow without any seeds to plant, and the production team hadn't organized any work for many days. Without seeds, nothing could be planted, and with their stomachs empty, they had no strength to work.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes that were planted earlier had just sprouted when people from other villages secretly dug them up and ate them.

This means that they will still have no income in the second half of the year.

So what's even more despairing than hunger is that they have no way out, no hope of relying on their own farming for sustenance.

Finally, the third production team ran out of grain, not even a bowl of clear porridge.

The team leader announced at a meeting that food supplies had run out and relief supplies from above had not yet arrived. From now on, everyone should find their own food. As long as they can find food and survive, it doesn't matter what it is. There are no restrictions on each family making their own fire. For example, if they can find some wild vegetables, they can cook them at home.

Even if the team leader hadn't said anything, some people would have already gone up the mountain to find food during this time, because the only meal the team had was not filling at all, and many people were so hungry that they saw stars.

The pots, pans, and utensils that had been confiscated were returned to each household.

Many people cried their eyes out when they heard that food supplies had been completely cut off.

Without food, their lives are in danger.

On the night the captain announced the food shortage and returned the pots and pans to everyone, Su Jinru, under the cover of darkness, packed a bag of sweet potatoes and potatoes in a cloth bag and delivered it to her mother's house.

Before this, she would secretly give them cooked sweet potatoes and potatoes to eat.

Because she can use electrical appliances to cook food in the space, she cooks it directly before sending it to her mother and the others.

Su Jinru's space has been harvested three times with sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the storage room is already full of them.

Fortunately, the storage room was infinitely large and could store a lot of food.

The rice in the space was also harvested. Just three days after the harvest, the production team announced that they had run out of food. Each household had to solve their own food problem. Since they could cook for themselves, Su Jinru sent them some sweet potatoes and potatoes so that they could cook them at home. This was more convenient, and they could cook and eat whenever they wanted.

Su Jinru originally wanted to give them some rice to eat.

Fearing that it would arouse their suspicion, they gave up on the idea.

At this time, even if you have money, you can't buy rice. Su Jinru's rice is not only new rice, but it is also especially fragrant because it is grown with spiritual water from the space. It is even more fragrant than the new rice they ate before.

If I send rice to my mom and her family, the aroma will inevitably waft out when they cook it. At a time when everyone is starving, the smell of this food could cause unnecessary trouble.

Su Jinru cooked the rice inside her own space before bringing it outside for her two children to eat.

Su Jinru not only planted fruits, vegetables, rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in her space, but also secretly bought some eggs and used the incubator in her space to hatch some chicks. She let these chicks roam freely and find their own food in the space.

Therefore, Su Jinru's family's dining table not only had a variety of staple foods and vegetables, but also eggs and chicken. Of course, she didn't dare to take out all of these foods at once, but rather took them out one at a time, even though she repeatedly told her two children not to tell outsiders that there was food at home.

Su Jinru was even afraid that the children would tell others, so she wouldn't let them go out to play and locked them at home every day.

All you need to do at home is buy some salt; the space can produce all the other food items.

Even in that stream with its sacred water, there are fish.

If it weren't for the fear of people smelling the food and discovering that she had grain in her house, causing trouble, Su Jinru would have liked to have some barbecue.

To avoid the aroma of her food being detected by the hungry villagers, Su Jinru only cooked steamed or boiled foods in her space. She avoided stir-frying and grilling. Even if she did cook, she didn't dare give it to her two children. She would secretly eat it alone in her space before coming out.

Anyway, barbecue and similar foods have little nutritional value. Kids only eat them to satisfy their cravings. In these special times, not letting them eat them won't have much of an impact on their health.

Because both teachers and students were so hungry that they felt dizzy and lightheaded, and some even fainted from hunger, the school had already announced that classes would no longer be held.

Su Jinru asked her son to ask Qi Zhengyang for a complete set of textbooks for the entire primary school stage, and also borrowed some books from the school library.

Famine struck, lasting for three whole years. Everyone was preoccupied with finding something to eat to fill their stomachs, and had no time or energy to think about anything else. Su Jinru planned to let her son and daughter study hard at home during the three-year famine.

Because they don't have to worry about food, and staying at home all day doing nothing is not good either; children have to do something!

Make good use of this time to study hard.

This time, Qi Zhengyang was very supportive, not only sending his son a complete set of elementary school textbooks, but also many books, notebooks, pencils, and other items.

Su Jinru was afraid that others would discover that she still had grain in her house, so she usually locked the gate from the inside, especially when eating.

Even though she had already prepared the food in her space, she only dared to take it out after the aroma of the food had dissipated somewhat.

However, she tries to avoid having visitors while eating, including her parents and younger siblings, because she can't explain to them where all this delicious food came from.

Even in extraordinary times, we must be mindful of our relationships with our loved ones.

As for her family, she just tries her best to make sure they don't go hungry; as for making them eat better, she'll make it up to them later.

In her previous life, Su Jinru experienced famine, hunger, and even came close to death.

She had heard that someone bought some rice on the black market to cook porridge, and the aroma of the rice attracted neighbors who broke into their house to steal the food. They even killed all four members of the family to steal the remaining two pounds of rice.

When people are extremely hungry, they will do anything for a bite to eat.

Therefore, Su Jinru dared not give her parents and younger siblings more good food in order to protect them.