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

49. Discuss

With the help of Jin Gui and a few others, Su Jinru and her daughter were able to avert a riot.

They returned home still shaken, and Su Jinru discovered that her clothes were soaked.

In the afternoon, Jin Gui arrived at Su Jinru's house.

Because he was Jin Gui, Su Jinru didn't treat him like an outsider, so she didn't bother to disguise herself. She simply wore her usual comfortable cotton loungewear and didn't smear yellow dirt or soot on her face.

So when Jin Gui first saw her, he was so amazed that he was at a loss for words.

However, he quickly lowered his head, pretending nothing was wrong.

"Aru, I've come to see you today because there's something I want to discuss with you."

"Brother Jin Gui, what's the matter?"

“The team leaders of other production teams would keep asking me where our production team bought our rice from.”

"Of course, no matter how they ask or pressure me, I insist that I don't know the person's background, that it was a one-time transaction, and that I can't find him."

"But as you saw today, these villagers are really hungry! People are starving to death every day, it's heartbreaking."

Su Jinru: "Brother Jingui, I understand how you feel, but I don't know where that person is either. I found out by chance that he had grain. It takes him more than a month to travel to the north and back. This time, the grain he brought was sold out quickly. I don't know when he will come again, or if I will even be able to run into him."

Su Jinru was increasingly impressed with her own storytelling ability.

Fortunately, I read many novels in my previous life, so I have some potential to make up stories.

Jin Gui asked, "Will you be able to run into him again next time?"

Su Jinru shook her head. "I don't know."

Jin Gui: "If you can, could you help me find out if you can help other production teams buy grain? That could save more lives."

"Let me give it a try!"

“If we can get in touch with him, we’ll take whatever grain he has. All twelve production teams in Daben Township can handle over 10,000 jin of rice.”

Su Jinru: "I'll do my best! I'll let you know if I get in touch with him."

Jin Gui's furrowed brows relaxed as he sensed that Su Jinru was starting to soften her stance.

"Thank you, Aru. This thousand kilograms of rice has saved many lives. If all the villagers in Daben Township could have a bowl of porridge every day, how many more lives could be saved!"

"Brother Jingui, thank you for saving my mother and me at noon."

Jin Gui sighed, "We were all on tenterhooks at noon today! So many people were watching us expectantly, and we were both scared and terrified that they would try to take the porridge. If they did, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

“Even now, those people haven’t dispersed, and our militia doesn’t dare to leave either. If the militia didn’t have guns, the rice porridge would probably have been stolen long ago.”

"Now they think our production team only bought a few dozen kilograms of rice. Otherwise, even if we were armed and guarding it, they would still risk their lives to steal the grain."

“Aru, have you ever seen a wolf? Those people’s eyes are like wolves’ eyes, it’s creepy.”

"They are all pitiful people. They were forced into this state just for a bite to eat. It's both pitiful and terrifying."

Jin Gui took his leave, saying one last thing.

“If other production teams can also buy grain, our production team will be under less pressure. It’s very dangerous to get porridge every day at noon.”

The next day at noon, the large pot of rice porridge was placed inside the public housing and no one dared to take it out again.

Ten armed militiamen stood at the entrance of the public housing.

Except for members of the third production team, no one else was allowed to enter the public housing.

All commune members who received porridge had to finish their porridge inside the communal room before they could leave.

People from other production teams could only watch longingly from outside the communal housing.

Su Jinru also took her two children to get porridge. After getting the porridge, they had to drink it in the public room before they could come out.

Naturally, Su Jinru also smeared her homemade yellow mud mixed with the paint from the bottom of a pot on the two children's pink faces, instantly transforming the two pretty and adorable children into refugees fleeing famine.

Even Qi Zhengyang frowned when he saw it.

He took Anran's hand.

"Anran, are you all starving?"

The clever Anran looked around at the people coming and going and said, "Dad, at this time, no one has enough to eat."

"You must be starving! You're so pitiful, so dark and thin."

An Ran thought to herself, "He is indeed a bit dark-skinned, but where has he lost weight?"

Qi Zhengyang reached out to touch his son's face, but An Ran avoided him.

Qi Zhengyang felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Son, come home with Daddy, stay with Daddy, okay?"

"No, I want to stay with my mom and sister."

As An Ran spoke, she ran to Su Jinru's side.

Su Jinru glanced at Qi Zhengyang, then took the two children and left.

A gasp came from behind.

"Someone fainted. Someone fainted."

Su Jinru turned around and saw a commotion in the crowd.

Someone fainted from hunger.

Jin Gui instructed someone to bring out a bowl of porridge from the public room for the person who had fainted.

Someone else has fainted.

Another disturbance ensued.

The person who fainted later was definitely faking it; fainting means getting food, and everyone wants to faint.

Su Jinru didn't want to watch this farce, so she took her two children and headed home.

When they arrived at her doorstep, Cao Yunhua stood at the entrance.

"Miss!"

Cao Yunhua's expression was complicated when he saw Su Jinru and her two children dressed like this.

The mother and her two children turned dark and yellowish; their lives must have been difficult!

Su Jinru opened the courtyard gate and warmly invited him in, then locked the gate.

"It's been a long time. How are you and the children, Second Sister?"

"They are all doing well. Thanks to you for bringing us food from time to time, we haven't starved. I was just passing by today, so I thought I'd drop by to see you."

"Please sit down for a moment, I'll get you something to eat."

Su Jinru entered the house and took out a bowl of rice, rice soaked in chicken soup, a chicken leg, and a poached egg from her spatial storage.

Cao Yunhua looked at the bowl that Su Jinru handed him in surprise.

How long had it been since he had eaten rice, how long since he had eaten any meat, and even a golden-brown poached egg? It felt like a dream.

"Eat up, Yunhua. This is your first time visiting our home. When this house was being built, you voluntarily contributed forty yuan to help me. I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life. You are a distinguished guest, so I will treat you to the best food in our house."

Cao Yunhua wanted to ask Su Jinru why she had so many good things, but he knew that at this time, these things must have come from special channels, so it was not convenient to answer.

Asking would only put the other party in a difficult position.

I'd rather just say nothing.

Cao Yunhua couldn't resist the temptation of the food in front of her, so she lowered her head to eat, and tears streamed down her face as she ate.

These are tears of happiness.

For someone who has been chronically hungry, the happiness of being able to enjoy a delicious meal is indescribable.