Doomsday foresight

Jinxi Jinyang went to pick up the family according to the time, and inquired about it by the way. Many families in their village planted yellow rice, some of them did not sell last year, and the family had a lot of leftovers.

Jinxi asked that person to help him ask if it was possible to change.I'm really happy.But it has to be replaced with rice flour.

Jinxi's family has a lot of rice and white noodles. The second uncle sold some of the corn and bought it. The price he bought was the normal price, and it has increased many times now.

White flour is exchanged for one catty for one catty. Speaking of which, yellow rice noodles are delicious, and I am always hungry, but I can’t stand this kind of food often, and I don’t like to digest it. Relatively speaking, it is not as popular as white noodles.There are not as many practices as white noodles.So don't look at the fact that yellow rice noodles sold more expensive than white noodles in the past, and now it's not easy to change them. Who told them not to grow wheat here?

When Jin Xi went home, he negotiated with each other, one catty for one catty.The old man made a decision directly and exchanged two thousand catties.The scene in my grandson's dream and the sudden premonition all prove that the disaster will not end soon. Wheat and rice are the main grains, and they will definitely be grown in the future. It may be difficult to sell, but it is not impossible.

It is foreseeable that when the weather gets worse tomorrow, people with land on their side will choose to grow corn or sweet potatoes that produce more food.There will be no human race for rhubarb rice.

One reason for choosing to store yellow noodles is that yellow rice bread into yellow rice noodle bean buns is a very good food in winter, and the most important thing is that it is not hungry.

Grandpa still decides the family affairs, Jinxi and Jinyang took advantage of getting out of the car, and quietly exchanged two thousand catties of yellow rice noodles, and then bought five hundred catties of red beans, plus the red kidney beans at home, it was enough.Except for the ones used this year, the rest were carefully put into new large boxes, and then some charcoal was added to prevent moisture.

A few days after the yellow rice noodles were replaced, it suddenly snowed. Grandpa took a look at the sky and decided to start making sticky bean buns. This year, he used [-] catties of sticky noodles and added [-] catties of them. The cornmeal is reconciled in advance and put on the kang to let it ferment.

The next morning, the whole family went out to cook the small beans soaked overnight in a pot, put sugar into it to make red bean stuffing, and then opened the bag. This is a family activity that is done every year.Wrap a curtain and cook on the pot. After boiling for about 15 minutes, it’s almost done. It’s easy to open and the sticky bean buns should be flat.

It was sent outside with the curtains to freeze it. It was snowing heavily outside. The second uncle had put two baskets at the door, and made a shelf on top of the baskets to prevent the snow from getting on them.It's freezing cold for a while.

Just pack and boil the jelly like this, and it was finished at three o’clock in the afternoon. The frozen sticky bean buns were put into a bag and sent to the big tank in the warehouse. The top was pressed with a thick board and the top was covered with stones.In this way, there is no fear of mice stealing it.

In the evening, everyone eats the newly baked sticky bean buns and puts some sugar. Jinxi likes to sandwich the sugar and sticky bean buns into small pieces. The sugar is melted before eating. The taste of the sugar is mixed with the sticky noodles and bean filling. The taste is sweet and sticky, very delicious.

When the sticky bean buns were finished, Jinxi carried half a bag of frozen sticky bean buns under an umbrella to Zhang Cheng and the others.

For so long, Zhang Cheng and the others have adapted to life here very well, because the medical skills of Cao Erxian, Zhang Zhong and Zheng Yuan made them easier to be accepted by the villagers.

Zhang Zhong and Zheng Yuan are talented young people. They drove a few times to the city and the countryside, and exchanged a lot of food. You must know that gasoline and diesel are scarce now, and you can’t buy them if you have money. There are very few cars going back and forth. In more remote places, there is a lack of supplies, and they also have some food in their hands.

Zhang Zhong and Zheng Yuan saved some gasoline when they came back from the capital, and later found a way to get some in the city. After running a few times like this, their newly dug cellar could store enough food for next year.

Because of the relationship between Zhang Cheng and Jinxi, they were very close to Jinxi's family. They went to a big lake a few days ago, got some fish and gave them five fish, each of which weighed seven or eight catties.The big fish is stewed, and then a circle of pancakes is pasted on the side of the big pot.Jinxi is still drooling thinking about it now.

It's a pity that the fish is not easy to handle now, and the rest should be eaten slowly.

"What about eating?" Jin Xi saw four people sitting in the main room eating as soon as he entered the room.

"Have you eaten? Let's have some together. The sausage and dried beans made by my brother." Zhang Cheng said as he ate the sausage in his mouth. Zhang Zhong and the others can still get some things like bacon that can be stored for a long time in the city. .

Jin Xi shook her head, "It's over, I made bean buns today, and I brought some for you, it's frozen, put it away and be careful not to be knocked by mice."

Zhang Zhong put down his chopsticks after hearing this, took them from Jinxi's hand, opened them, took out one of the yellow and orange ones, and gnawed on it, but it wasn't frozen solid, and a lot of them were gnawed off, like most of them gnawed raw when they were young Had sticky bean buns, "It's delicious, let's steam some tomorrow morning. Where did you get your yellow noodles? We want to make some too."

"I exchanged it for noodles. There are many stores in the yellow collar. You can exchange a catty for a catty. You can also make some for yourself. This kind of food will make you hungry even in winter."

"Brother, give me one." Zhang Cheng's legs haven't recovered yet, and he doesn't like to move when he sits there.

"Come on, just eat this, don't wait for indigestion, Zhang Zhong went to the kitchen and took a knife and cut the sticky bean bun into four pieces, Zhang Cheng, Zheng Yuan, and Cao Erxian all shared a piece, and the rice was almost eaten, and the stomach should eat again It's hard.

"You eat it. I'll eat it tomorrow morning. It's so hard that I can't bite my teeth." Cao Erxian waved his hand and didn't answer it. "Come to Jinxi to eat some bacon."

Jin Xi shook her head, "I don't like it, it's sweet."

Cao Erxian nodded, "That's right, it's a pity that the meat is gone." When they eat meat here, they like the salty meat, and they don't like it if it's too sweet.

"I think it's delicious." Zhang Cheng said with a full mouth.

"You feel good about everything." Cao Erxian looked at him with a smile.There is the love of the elders for the younger in the eyes.

Jinxi felt that they got along well and were quite harmonious.

"Come on, eat it, I'm going back, it's snowing a lot outside."

"That's fine. When I come back with a different face, I have to ask Second Aunt to help us. We don't know how to do it. We need to find someone to guide us."

"Okay. Let's go" Jinxi said as she went out and opened her umbrella. It was already dark, but it was not yet five o'clock.Now every household has two meals a day.

The snow fell for three whole days before it stopped. After a sunny day, the weather became even colder, like the weather in the twelfth lunar month every year, but it is clearly only October now.When the weather cleared, the old man took his son and grandson and continued to cut branches up the mountain.This time, not only they but also other people in the village did the same thing. The corn was confiscated last year, and naturally there were no corn stalks. Burning firewood became a big problem.

The village head was afraid that people in the village would go straight up the mountain to cut trees, so he went door-to-door to inform them that they could only cut branches but not trees.Most of them still listened, only a very small part secretly cut down the tree.In fact, this is not as easy as cutting branches.

Zhang Zhong and Zheng Yuan went to exchange yellow rice noodles and glutinous rice, and came back to make bean buns. Originally, they wanted their second aunt to help guide them, but in the end all the women from the Ye family went and helped make more than half of the buns.

Finally, Zhang Zhong also brought over a bag of red bean paste buns, made of glutinous rice noodles.One bag was more than what Jinxi sent over last time.Grandpa saw it and was satisfied. These children are not stingy, they understand the principles of socializing, and they don't want to take advantage of each other. They interact with each other. You give me something and I will give you something. It's hard to say who is taking advantage of who. Everyone helps each other He wants to live a good life. If he has the intention of taking advantage, everyone will not be in contact with each other in a short time. He is so satisfied because of Zhang Zhong's attitude. If he can do this at this time, if it is really a matter of life and death, everyone It is also a dependence.

After the heavy snow that day, the temperature dropped to minus 25 degrees. After this, the temperature may be even lower in the twelfth lunar month.Jinxi and the others didn't go out anymore.There are several large piles of firewood on the open space surrounded by trees outside, and the kang in the house has to be burned every day, otherwise the temperature in the house is too low, and people will get sick.

That night when Jinxi crawled into bed, the TV had no picture, and she couldn't watch it when there was electricity, so Jinxi wanted to go to bed early, and Dabao had already sounded asleep.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhong came over.

"Brother Zhang, what's the matter?" Jin Xi thought there was something wrong, so he quickly got up from the kang.

"Don't get up, that's what happened, Zheng Yuan and I are going to drive to the city tomorrow, do you want to bring anything?"

Jinxi shook her head, "I have nothing to bring, things are too expensive now, and I have nothing to buy." After thinking for a while, she walked over to Dabao, took out a bag from the kang cabinet, and took out 1 yuan from it. . "Hey, I don't know if money is still useful. I don't care if I can buy anything with money, and I don't care about it. It would be great if I could buy fabrics, but I don't think I can buy anything with this 1 yuan. "Jin Xi pursed her lips as she spoke, feeling very helpless.

Zhang Zhong also understood what he meant, even if there was nothing to buy, it was useless to keep 1 yuan, and it would be best to spend it to get benefits.

After Zhang Zhong left, Jinxi lay back down. Now the 1 yuan is not as good as the previous 100 yuan. This is the money Jiang Chen mailed to him. He doesn’t know if it’s in the card. It’s still time to drive to the county seat I wanted to see if the bank card can still be used. I found out that when I went to the bank, it was quiet and there was no one at all. There were only two employees waiting to deposit and withdraw money. It looked like it was going to close down.

Supplies are scarce now, and shops in the city are closed, leaving only a few state-controlled places.Necessities are becoming more expensive, especially food. If you have money, there is nowhere to buy them. Electronic products are rotten. He heard that laptops that cost tens of thousands of dollars can now be exchanged for ten catties of rice.No way, the electricity is gone, and these things don't work at all.

The state's control over the localities is no longer strong. I heard that some localities have become independent and will not listen to transfers.Of course, this is just hearsay, the TV and computer cannot be used, and the flow of information is also not working.So now the money is gone, and maybe I can buy something now, and it is estimated that next year, the money will be completely useless.

Jin Xi sighed, if his dream was a foresight, then he might not see spring next year.

The next day, Zhang Zhong and Zheng Yuan went to the city. Zhang Cheng came to Jinxi's house with a cane and was supported by Cao Erxian, "This kid has to come here."

"This road is so hard to walk. What are you doing here?" Jin Xi said to Zhang Cheng a little reproachfully, the snow on the road outside is thick, even if you sweep it, there is still a layer underneath, what if you fall down.

"Jinxi, let's go into your room and talk." Zhang Cheng said to Jinxi with an unnatural face.

Jin Xi felt that there might be something wrong with him, so he helped him to the West Room, and closed the door behind him.

"What's the matter?" Jinxi asked.

Zhang Cheng sat on the kang, and after a while, he choked out a sentence, "My brother and Zheng brother are going to take revenge."

"Ah?" Jinxi opened his mouth wide, and then said with a suppressed voice, "You mean they went to find that winter melon?"

Zhang Cheng nodded, "Well, we don't have much fuel savings. Before, my brother and the others went to the city a few times to find out the way to the winter melon. Now the road is almost blocked by heavy snow. If we don't go this time, we will have to wait until next year. .”

Jin Xi frowned, "Can I do it? That person is a bastard, don't let anyone catch him." Zhang Zhong might have thought this way when he came here, he always felt that Zhang Zhong was the kind of person who must repay his kindness , and at the beginning Zhang Cheng told him that they did not call the police because they were afraid of insufficient police force. Thinking about it now, Zhang Zhong might want to take revenge at that time, and take revenge himself.

"The situation in the city is not good now, and the heating can only supply part of it. Some heating pipes have accumulated water, and the temperature suddenly dropped, and the heating pipes were frozen and burst. Now there is no way to heat many places. In the heating place, thousands of people live together, so that they will not die of hunger or cold." Zhang Cheng said with a sense of desolation, if they hadn't defected to Jinxi, they might have gone somewhere.

"I heard that there is not enough police force in the city at this time, and many people formed gangs. Many vacant houses in the city were stolen and robbed. These people also have their own territory, occupying good places, and occupying mountains for King. That winter melon defected to a boss, took seven or eight people who followed him before as a small leader, and came out to search every few days. My brother heard the news that the winter melon will come out in two days. They can always found a way."

Jin Xi frowned silently, the situation in the city was obviously worse than what he had heard, "Is it really out of control?"

"They'll just show their prestige at this time, and they will be cleaned up sooner or later." Zhang Cheng smiled ironically.

"Don't laugh so ugly." Jin Xi stretched out his hand to touch him.

"Hey, my brother and the others heard that the military control of our provincial capital city has already begun, and now we are connecting the passage from our city to the provincial capital. When the road is opened, our city will also be under military control. It will be the time for these people to be unlucky."

"What should we do under military control?" Jin Xi was a little worried.

"It has nothing to do with us. Didn't we redistribute the fields when we came? It seems to be a preparation in advance. The land we came from many places will be under their management again. The personnel in the city will also be assigned by the army. The same is true for the people in the land. We may have to pay some grain. It depends on the situation of the grain harvest. It seems that this is all."

Jinxi thinks that if this is the case, it really won't affect them much.