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

83. Transporting grain

Let's not repeat what happened last time, which caused an uproar throughout the entire county, making our grain a target of public criticism and expending so much manpower every day just for defense.

"Okay, these are all issues I've been considering. We've already failed once, and we absolutely cannot afford to make the same mistake again this time."

"Okay, I'll give you an address now. You can arrange for someone to come over, and around what time?"

"About an hour later!"

"There's no need to rush. It's best to load the grain onto the truck before dark and enter the village after dark. It's best to use people from our third production team to move the grain. The less other people know, the better."

Jingui: "It usually gets dark around seven o'clock, so we go there around five o'clock to move the grain."

"Then it's settled. Be there at five o'clock, not too early and not too late."

Minister Ye listened to the entire conversation between Su Jinru and Jin Gui.

The more he listened, the more he admired the woman in front of him who was dressed like a beggar but whose words and actions were graceful and poised.

Could an ordinary peasant woman possess such ability, vision, breadth of mind, and courage?

At a time when food was as precious as gold, she was able to secure such a huge quantity of grain at a reasonable price.

He was still able to plan and arrange things so calmly and methodically, analyzing every problem thoroughly and patching up every loophole.

She also experimented with high-yield, early-maturing crops.

In such a chaotic world, she, a small woman, disregarded the dangers and braved the elements to travel and work in the public eye, all because of her compassionate heart and desire to save the people from suffering.

This is not something an ordinary peasant woman could do.

It was nearly 4:30 when Su Jinru finally went to the house over there in two military trucks.

When Su Jinru arrived at the secluded house, she got out of the car and asked the driver to find a place to park both cars.

Su Jinru unlocked the door, entered the yard, and closed the door. The yard was spacious. While the two drivers were reversing and parking, she teleported out the five tons of sweet potatoes and five tons of potatoes from her spatial storage.

She had promised to give the armed forces department 100 kilograms of rice, and that was indeed moved out.

Su Jinru walked out of the courtyard and saw the two drivers park the car. Jin Gui arrived with Township Chief Wang, Sanbao, and six young and strong men from the production team.

Before arriving, Jingui asked the county government canteen to cook some rice porridge for the villagers who hadn't eaten for many days, so that they would have some strength after drinking it.

After all, carrying ten tons of grain up and down requires a certain amount of physical strength.

These were all children aged eighteen to twenty. After being starving for several days, their legs were weak from walking. But after a bowl of porridge, and hearing that they were carrying grain, their bodies felt like they were instantly recharged and revived.

When they opened the courtyard, they were excited to see the mountain of grain piled up inside.

Everyone rolled up their sleeves and started loading the grain onto the truck.

Everyone remained silent, as if by unspoken agreement.

They knew that if the nearby disaster victims knew there was so much food here, they would swarm in like locusts and loot it all in an instant. They had to try their best to avoid making a commotion and attracting attention.

Because he was in a hurry, he sped up his work and in an hour, he had moved all ten tons of grain onto two large trucks.

There was also a hundred kilograms of rice, which Su Jinru had promised to give to the Armed Forces Department, so she put it at the bottom.

The grain was packed in burlap sacks, and since the trucks had roofs, the sacks were completely covered after the grain was loaded, so you couldn't tell what was inside the truck at all.

Only then did everyone relax.

Since it was still early and not yet dark, they planned to stay there until it got dark before continuing their journey.

Su Jinru bowed to the house, silently saying in her heart, "I'm sorry for disturbing you."

Jin Gui: "Choosing this place to temporarily store grain is a wise move. There are no neighbors nearby, and the location is remote, so it is not easy to be discovered."

Sanbao looked around and asked, "Whose house is this?"

Su Jinru: "The family of five in this house all starved to death."

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing this.

Jin Gui: "In order to prevent such a tragic thing from happening again, we must succeed this time."

Township Head Wang: "Yes! Our township is considered to be in relatively good condition, yet so many people still starved to death. Even more people starved to death in other townships."

Sanbao: "I heard that in some villages, half of the houses are empty, and people have either starved to death or gone to other places to beg for food."

Jin Gui: "Aru, I've already shared your suggestions with Township Chief Wang and Sanbao. They all think you're right. Tonight, we'll quietly transport the grain to the Third Production Team's public housing. Tomorrow, we'll quietly notify every household, and the grain will be distributed to each household tomorrow night. We'll resume work the day after tomorrow, building the wall and planting grain."

Township Head Wang: "Su Jinru, have you really researched a high-yield, early-maturing grain?"

Su Jinru: "Yes! These grains are the ones I researched and then planted in other places."

In fact, these new varieties of grain were cultivated in her own yard and then mass-produced in her space.

Township Head Wang: "Why won't you let us plant them?"

Su Jinru: "Several hundred kilograms of seeds, are we going to plant them? Can we even wait for them to mature?"

Everyone remembered the previous failed planting attempt and fell silent.

Su Jinru: "If we fail again this time, no one will believe in us or help us anymore."

"So no matter what the cost, we must succeed this time, and failure is not an option."

They waited until after seven o'clock before it got dark.

Jin Gui said, "Let's wait a little longer and set off at 8:30."

They waited in the cold wind for another hour and a half before setting off.

When we arrived at Daben Village, the village was pitch black and quiet, with only the cold night wind howling.

As soon as it got dark, the villagers went to bed early. Because of the cold, hunger, and lack of electricity, they wanted to make themselves more comfortable in their warm blankets and temporarily forget about their hunger in their sleep.

The car drove slowly along the narrow, uneven village road.

Finally, the car stopped in front of the public housing of the Third Production Team.

The group quietly and quickly unloaded the grain from the truck and carried it into the public housing.

Su Jinru said to the two drivers, "Comrades, thank you. There are 100 jin of rice in the truck. You can take it back to the canteen to eat. I have already spoken to your Minister Ye about this."

The two drivers had worked hard for most of the day, and receiving 100 kilograms of rice was a pleasant surprise.

For the past few weeks, their workplace cafeteria has been serving rice mixed with cornmeal. Although their conditions are much better than those workplaces that have no food at all, there is little rice and a lot of cornmeal, which makes it difficult to swallow.

With this 100 jin of rice, we can improve our meals a bit.