The weather is cold, and everyone is reluctant to go out, and there are naturally very few people in the department store.
Cheng Zhou, Wan Hongfeng and others simply chatted casually around the small stove, and some even came around with a plate of melon seeds to keep warm.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and the topic quickly talked about the recent decrease in the supply of grain stores and non-staple food stores.
Someone said: "How long has it been since the non-staple food store supplied pork? In the past, they could supply pork at least two or three times a month, but last month they only supplied pork once..."
The slightly fat middle-aged woman responded immediately: "Don't mention pork, the non-staple food store can't even supply eggs now. I went to run several times but couldn't buy eggs. I heard a relative who works there say , it is very likely that our food supply will be reduced in the future.”
"Isn't it? True or false? The food supply has been reduced, so aren't we going to starve?"
"Who knows?"
Aunt Zhao laughed disapprovingly, "Don't talk nonsense here, I also have relatives I know in the grain store, and she didn't tell me about such gossip." Alarmist!
The man didn't want to talk to her, "I'll just talk casually, believe it or not."
...
When Qian Dayong came downstairs to inspect, the people around the small stove dispersed like a flock of frightened birds.
Back at the counter, Wan Hongfeng said in a low voice while the two of them were still there: "What Aunt Fat said should be true, and I also think that we may have to reduce our food supply in the future."
Jiang Lili wondered, "How do you know?"
Wan Hongfeng motioned for the two to come closer, and whispered: "I have a high school classmate who works as a salesperson in the Dongfanghong Grain Store. She told me that the number of eggs received has been decreasing recently. There is almost no food to eat."
Cheng Zhou kept silent, he knew about this a long time ago, and everyone in Wangjia Village began to save food carefully.
Chang'an City is considered to be a relatively prosperous provincial capital city, but there is no sign of it yet, and everything seems to be very peaceful and peaceful.
But in some places invisible to the city people, famine is coming quietly.
After work, Cheng Zhou put on his hat, scarf and gloves, fully armed himself, and then left the department store.
"Xiaozhou, wait." Song Zhenzhu ran over and shouted.
"Sister, do you have anything to do with me?" Cheng Zhou was puzzled.
Song Zhenzhu pulled him to an unoccupied corner and said in a low voice, "You'd better stock up on more food, stock up as much as you can, you know?"
She is a person who has lived again, so she naturally knows what will happen in the future.
The famine in the provincial capital here is not serious, and the famine in Shannan Province in Hedong Province is much more serious than that in Chang'an City.
In Chang’an City, everyone can’t get enough to eat, and those who are hungry and malnourished are good. Many people suffer from diseases such as gastric ulcer, gastritis, edema, and emaciation. Most of us survive the hardest days...
In the last life, she didn't have a deep relationship with Cheng Zhou, and she didn't know how Cheng Zhou and the others survived?
Cheng Zhou nodded in doubt, "I know, elder sister, why did you suddenly ask me to stock up on food?"
Huo Yueze knew the general direction of history, and had stockpiled a lot of food for the two of them in private, but how did Sister Song know that it would be bad in the future?
Song Zhenzhu seemed to have prepared her speech in advance, and explained with a smile: "I also heard from others that everyone is worried that there will be no food in the future. No matter whether the rumors of reducing the food supply are true or not, let's stock up on more food now. Be prepared, don't you think?"
"Yes," Cheng Zhou's eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't quite believe the words. I'm afraid that Sister Song also has her own little secret.
But he wasn't that curious about it. After talking to Song Zhenzhu, he was about to leave on his bicycle.
Song Zhenzhu hesitated for a moment, then stopped Cheng Zhou again, with an unnatural tone, "Have you and him had any trouble recently?"
Counting the time, Huo Yueze's child probably came out at this time. Unfortunately, she didn't know who the child's biological mother was, otherwise she would have quietly reminded Cheng Zhou to be careful of that woman's sneaking in.
Song Zhenzhu later heard that Cheng Zhou actually liked that child very much, and the family of three lived happily and harmoniously, but she felt a little worthless for Cheng Zhou...
Cheng Zhou lowered his eyes in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "No, we're fine."
A few months ago, Song Zhenzhu euphemistically reminded her that Cheng Zhou didn't dare to look at Song Zhenzhu for several days, and Cheng Zhou couldn't help but burn when people saw that he was greedy for pleasure. Panic.
Song Zhenzhu looked around, and reminded him with a suppressed voice, "I know you two have a good relationship, you should keep an eye on him, don't let some women take advantage of the loopholes, so as not to leave something behind, which will make you feel bad for the rest of your life for no reason. .”
"What?" Cheng Zhou was stunned, why didn't he understand the meaning of these words?
"In short, pay more attention, don't be so stupid all the time, I'm leaving, Dayong is still waiting for me over there, don't let my words fall on your ears, you know?" Song Zhenzhu asked worriedly.
Cheng Zhou nodded in confusion.
Huo Yueze had no idea that he was splashed with dirty water.
At night, Cheng Zhou sat cross-legged on the bed, drinking milk while holding the enamel jug, and he never forgot to glance at the busy people next to him.
He thought silently, Huo Yueze could never give him a cuckold, right?
This kind of inexplicable thing is simply too mysterious, it is absolutely impossible!
Cheng Zhou stopped thinking about what Sister Song reminded him, shook his head to suppress a bunch of messy thoughts, and focused on drinking milk with his head down.
Huo Yueze noticed his sneaky glances before, and controlled the water in the bathtub to flow into the sink quickly, and after cleaning up the mess, he slowly climbed onto the bed.
"Sneaked at me for a long time, what the hell are you thinking in your little head?"
Cheng Zhou immediately denied it and said, "How can I have it?"
There is no silver three hundred taels here.
Huo Yueze glanced at him lightly, took the enamel jar from Cheng Zhou's hand, put it on the bedside and said, "A cup of hot milk every night, are the two buckets I bought for you almost finished?"
"No, there's still one bucket left untouched." Cheng Zhou said.
Huo Yueze leaned over and kissed his lips, tasted the sweet milk flavor as expected, couldn't help but smile, why did he feel that he raised Cheng Zhou more and more childish?
Cheng Zhou kissed him for a while, finally pushed his head away, panting and said, "I still have something to talk to you about."
Huo Yueze hugged him to his body, and said concisely: "Tell me."
"Where are the grains you hoarded?"
"Some of them were placed in uninhabited broken yards, or in some cellars that were not easy to be found, and some were moved to the deep mountains and old forests on the outskirts of the city."
Cheng Zhou was angry, "When did you run over there? Why don't you take me to play?"
Huo Yueze glanced at him, "It's just that I usually take the time to go."
With strong mental power, he can go wherever he wants now, without any scruples, and he doesn't have to be as restrained as before.
Taking this careless little naughty bastard with him, he may not be able to completely move the food in a short time...
"Okay," Cheng Zhou patted his arm displeased, and continued to ask: "Do you have enough food? Is it enough for us to eat?"
"Don't worry, you will never be hungry." Huo Yueze smiled.
"I want to send some food to my aunt, but I don't dare to send too much. If I send them ten catties of sweet potatoes every month, is that much?"
auzw.com "Do you think it's too much?" Huo Yueze asked back, he is not short of this food, but sending food so frequently, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of many caring people.
Cheng Zhou frowned, "But I can't just watch my aunt and her family go hungry."
"They may not necessarily be hungry," Wang Fengshou and his son were not vegetarians.
Huo Yueze thought for a while, "I'll take some time later and go to Wangjia Village to have a look in person, and help you deliver some food by the way. Don't send it by mail. There are too many people handling the food, so it may be troublesome."
It was as if they had completely paid off their kindness to Zhou Zhou.
"Okay," Cheng Zhou hugged him happily, "You don't need to send too much, just a dozen catties of sweet potatoes is enough."
He is not a fool, too much food is too straightforward, but it will attract unnecessary suspicion, which is not good.
Two days later, Huo Yueze went to Huaishan County, and sent Cheng Zhou to Brother Huo's house before leaving, so that he would not always be worried.
The next day happened to be Sunday.
Cheng Zhou ostentatiously occupied the wicker chair in the room first, lay down comfortably on it and continued to sleep late.
Brother Huo, who was robbed of the rattan chair again by the little bastard: "..."
Fang Xiaoting held back her laughter, and dragged him to accompany the boy, and the two were talking in the living room.
"Is Xiang Lan coming back soon? Yue Ze's birthday is coming soon, so she should come back early too?" Fang Xiaoting asked while doing needlework.
Huo Xianglan was studying at university in Shanghai, and now counting the time, it's time to go home for vacation.
"Yes, I received a telegram from her, and I should be back in the few days at the end of the month." Brother Huo said.
At this moment, someone knocked on the gate of the yard.
Before Fang Xiaoting got up, Brother Huo ran to open the door first.
"Why did you come here again?" Brother Huo glanced back nervously.
There was a little bastard sleeping in the room, and he couldn't hold Cheng Zhou to make a fuss when these two came together.
The person who came was Yu Jiajia, with delicate features, and raised the satchel in her hand with a smile, "Sister-in-law must be a little bored recently, I'll give her two books to relieve boredom, and talk to her by the way."
"..." Brother Huo had no choice but to let this unyielding little girl into the house.
Fang Xiaoting was also shocked, and subconsciously closed the door of the room where Cheng Zhou slept, and said with a dry smile, "You sit first, I don't have any good things here, only boiled water, don't dislike it."
It's better not to waste the good tea at home, can she not know what kind of idea this little girl is up to?
Yu Jiajia smiled, "It's okay, sister-in-law, isn't Yue Ze here? I just went to knock on the door in his small yard, and there seemed to be no one inside?"
Brother Huo: "..." How did you know the address of that small courtyard? Really let you go to the door?
Fang Xiaoting put her arms around the cub, and responded, "Yue Ze went out to relax with his friends. It's a big Sunday, and he's definitely not at home."
"Forget about him, I brought you two books to relieve boredom," Yu Jiajia took out the books from the satchel, and then took out the white cake.
"Does Mingyu want to eat white cake?" Yu Jiajia asked temptingly.
The little boy swallowed visibly.
Seeing this, Big Brother Huo immediately picked up his little boy, opened his eyes and said nonsense and refused: "Mingyu ate a lot in the morning, he must not be able to eat the white cake, and you also take those two books back."
Yu Jiajia didn't change her face, and said with a smile: "This is not an expensive book, the content inside is quite interesting—"
Fang Xiaoting looked at her fake smiling face and said impatiently, "Do you have anything else to do? Our family has other things to do, so I won't entertain you."
With a creak, Cheng Zhou rubbed his eyes and pushed open the door, "Sister-in-law, are there any guests?"
Yu Jiajia glanced at Cheng Zhou. The last time she saw this man in the mining area, she seemed to be familiar with Huo Yueze. She didn't know what his relationship was with the Huo family?
Brother Huo was so anxious that he blocked his sight, "Why did you come out? Go back and sleep for a while, and I will wake you up during dinner in the afternoon."
Little brat, you don't wake up early or late, why did you wake up at this time?
"No," Cheng Zhou angrily pushed the person away, he had already seen that woman! It's still the woman who pestered Huo Yueze that I saw in the mining area!
Cheng Zhou is not stupid, he gets angry when he gets angry, so how could he make a fuss on the spot? Isn't this asking for trouble?
He frowned, skipped over Yu Jiajia, and took Fang Xiaoting's hand to act coquettishly: "Sister-in-law, I want to eat sauerkraut noodles, can I go to the kitchen to cook now? But the sauerkraut soup I made is not as good as yours... ..."
Fang Xiaoting laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll help you."
Brother Huo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that he had entered the kitchen with his wife in peace.
Yu Jiajia was a little embarrassed to be ignored, and said with a dry smile: "Brother, who is he? I don't think I've seen him in Huo's house before."
Big brother Huo smiled, "Don't call me big brother, our family doesn't know you very well, it's alright, it's alright, you should go quickly, and don't come to the door in the future."
Before Yu Jiajia could speak, Brother Huo said seriously: "I'll explain what I said to you today. Yue Ze is obviously not interested in you, and you are not welcome in our family. You should give up as soon as possible, or if you continue to entangle like this, I will kill you." You need to talk to your parents."
Yu Jiajia pursed her lips unwillingly, and had no choice but to leave Huo's courtyard full of depression and aggrieved by Brother Huo.
Cui Jiaqi happened to see her enter the door of the next yard before, and stood waiting for Yu Jiajia at the door of his house, and laughed, "Hey, I was kicked out so soon, I guess it won't be long."
"you--"
"What are you? It's Sunday, how comfortable it is to stay at home and sleep," Cui Jiaqi stretched, and closed the door with a bang.
He just had nothing to do, waiting for the annoying Yu Jiajia to come out and laugh.
In the evening, Huo Yueze hurried back.
As soon as he entered the door, Cheng Zhou couldn't wait to jump up, kissed him and said, "Why did you come back?"
Huo Yueze held his butt up and hugged him, "I'm going to do something else."
Cheng Zhou said: "I'm a little angry today." He put on a posture to start a complaint.
Huo Yueze: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Zhou clarified what happened during the day, Brother Huo's teeth ached, and he couldn't bear to watch their intimacy as if no one else was around, and threw the two careless people out of the door in minutes.
"Go away, you two had better not dawdle in front of my eyes." Brother Huo said with a dark face.