Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 19 019 Get Brown Rice
The next day, Mu Yu brought thirty weeds and Fatty Cui to meet his uncle.

On the way, Cui Pang briefly told Mu Yu the story of their family.

When Cui's family fled last year, there were more than a dozen members, including his grandparents, uncle's family, Fatty Cui's family, third uncle's family, younger uncle's family, and two close neighbors. They planned to go south to join relatives and find a way out.

But as soon as they fled to Huangsha City, the number of people was almost halved. Two people died of illness, a few were killed by bandits, and a few were separated.

This is not over, their food and money are not enough to support so many of them to continue going south.

At that time, Fatty Cui’s grandfather had two choices. One was the choice of most of the deserters. They dismissed the people and let them find their own way of life. In fact, they abandoned some people and continued to go south after streamlining the team.

In this way, those who have enough money and food to continue to go south, but most of the people who have been sent away have only a dead end, either starving to death directly, or becoming a beggar for a while and then starving to death.

Fatty Cui’s grandfather didn’t choose that way. He didn’t send everyone away. Instead, he decided that everyone should bear the burden together. He selected two people from the crowd, gave them money and food, let them go south, bring back the situation in the south, and then make a decision. Before that , the family stopped in Huangsha City to wait for news.

As for the result...

"My father and uncle have been away for almost a year, and there is no news at all. During this period, both my grandfather and my mother died of illness, and now my uncle is taking care of us."

Fatty Cui was silent for a while, then continued,

"Although no one said it, I know that they are probably gone."

Mu Yu lightly patted the half-grown boy on the shoulder to show comfort.

The original owner was the same age as Cui Pang, so there was not much difference in physique, and Cui Pang was a little shorter than their peers, so she did this movement very easily.

"Do not be sad."

"I'm not sad anymore."

When you are sad, you become numb. Now is not the saddest time.

Fatty Cui shook his head, just at this time the two had already arrived in the ruined temple, so they did not continue this topic.

Fatty Cui led Mu Yu to his uncle, and his family lived in another shabby house in the shabby temple.

Mu Yu took a quick look at the corner where Uncle Fatty Cui was. It was similar to Zhao Cong's house, but larger. Judging from the scattered bowls, mats and straw used as beds, there should be at least six people living here, but right now Only saw four.

That is, Uncle Cui and his wife, Fatty Cui, and a ten-year-old girl lying in Mrs. Cui's arms with pale face and breathless breath.

The atmosphere is very bad.

But when Mu Yu thought about it, in fact, the ruined temple was full of desolation and there was no place with a good atmosphere, so he relaxed a little.

Fatty Cui has already stepped forward to talk to the woman,

"Auntie, this is Sister Muyu, she wants to come and exchange some brown rice with us...

well?What about the brown rice in our house? "

The woman's expression was dull, her face was miserable, she looked at Fatty Cui for a while, then looked at Mu Yu, and finally her eyes fell on the girl in her arms, and she remained motionless again.

Fatty Cui was a little anxious. It’s not very cost-effective to exchange a grain of rice for a blade of grass. Even ten grains of rice for a blade of grass is still a good deal.

He is in a hurry, where is the brown rice?He obviously saw it when he came back yesterday, why did it disappear in less than a day?
Suddenly he thought of something, and hurried to the side of the uncle who had been facing away from him, and he saw his uncle cleaning the brown rice.

At the same time he was relieved, he was also a little puzzled, these brown rice was brought out from home at the beginning, and then there was only this handful left, and it hadn't been touched for more than half a year, why do you suddenly want to touch these now?

His eyes returned to the sluggish aunt, and then to the sleepy cousin, and finally realized something was wrong.

Although the aunt has always looked like this since the death of her cousin, and even though her cousin has been sick all the time, but this time, something seems different.

But Fatty Cui has lost too many relatives. Uncles, brothers, grandfathers, mothers, and fathers all died one after another within a year or two, and his heart has become numb.

"Uncle, Sister Muyu wants to trade weeds for a few grains of rice..."

Uncle Cui raised his head to look at Fatty Cui, then looked at Mu Yu, without saying a word.

Mu Yu saw that the situation was not good, and knew that it was time to take the initiative to fight for it, otherwise she might not be able to get the brown rice. Judging from the current situation, they were going to cook the rice and eat it.

She couldn't bear to have a cooked duck fly away from her mouth.

"I want to exchange a few grains of rice with you so that you can cook porridge and eat. I brought a lot of weeds."

As he said that, he took out all the thirty weeds. This large handful of green and juicy weeds still has a great visual impact. Uncle Cui's original numb expression was replaced by surprise.

Mu Yu heaved a sigh of relief. If there is a door, it is estimated that it will be successful, but it may not be too much. After all, it seems that there are not many rice being washed.

"I just want to exchange a dozen grains of rice, and I can give you half of the weeds."

A dozen or so grains of rice are not enough to look at, and you can't even hold it, but half of the weeds are quite a lot.

Uncle Cui looked back and forth between the rice in the pot and the weeds in Mu Yu's hands, and finally looked at Fatty Cui who was anxious, and finally shook his hands, saying,

"Only change a little, my daughter wants to eat rice porridge."

It's done.

Both Mu Yu and Cui Pang showed joy on their faces. The difference was that Cui Pang was a little nervous about the exchange price, but soon he was relieved.

Uncle Cui said,
"A dozen grains of rice are not enough to eat, and we can't exchange for so many weeds. I can give you [-]% of the rice, and you can give me [-]% of the grass."

At the end of the transaction, Mu Yu exchanged ten stalks of grass for a small pile of rice grains, and both parties were very satisfied.

Mu Yu is very satisfied. According to her estimate, there are more than 100 of these rices. Even if only half of them germinate, there are more than 50 rice plants. After a crop is harvested, this number will be multiplied by a hundred times...

In this way, it is estimated that it will take less than three times of ripening, and she can have a lot of food after only two ripenings. How can she not be happy?
Fatty Cui was satisfied, the transaction price was much lower than he thought, and he had a lot of weeds to claim afterwards.

Uncle Cui was also satisfied, especially when he got the weeds in his hands, the rice was eaten in one or two mouthfuls, and he was not full, but these weeds could make everyone in the family eat two mouthfuls, and he thought he was taking advantage of it.

Moreover, when it is said, [-]% is exchanged for [-]%, which is obviously more than [-]%.

Even the most unpretentious person is happy to get a small profit, especially the small profit offered by the other party.

When Mu Yu reached the goal, seeing that it was getting late, he bid farewell to Cui Pang's family and returned to his own residence in the dilapidated house next door.

She quietly collected the brown rice into the Mustard Seed Space, soaked it in a bowl, and planted it when the time came.

(End of this chapter)