Candide in Chronology is on strike

Tang Ying was not very sure whether the bus would run as usual. After all, she just went to the town to watch the excitement and would not spend her time and energy on things that she thought were irrelevant to her.

At that time, little did she know that she would want to go to the county town to buy food later!

"I don't know, but you can wait in town tomorrow and ask. If it doesn't come after 08:30, the car probably won't come."

"Continuous days of heavy rain have caused the creek in the village to swell with water. We do not rule out the possibility that the creek will swell and overflow on the road from Qingyu County to Yongxin County, affecting the normal operation of the bus."

"Even if it's more serious, it's not impossible for the bridge across the river to be washed away."

After all, the heavy rain in recent days has begun to show its power. The yellow and clear river water, wrapped in sediment, is like a galloping horse, driving quickly and powerfully towards the front.

It is normal for some old bridges that cannot withstand the erosion of time to be washed away.

At this time, Tang Ying couldn't help but feel lucky that there were no big rivers around Yinpen Town. Otherwise, what she should be worried about now would be floods. This is a serious matter and is much more serious than worrying about the grain harvest.

After all, it is summer now. Although I don’t eat food and my stomach feels uncomfortable, there are still a lot of wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains and forests. There is no shortage of food. It’s just that it can’t meet the various nutrients needed by the human body. Wild vegetables are eaten. The person's face is sallow and sallow, and his complexion is not good at first sight.

Qin Xi nodded: "Okay, let's go tomorrow. I'll tell my big brother, and you go back and tell He Yuan."

The last time she and her elder brother went to the black market to buy food, they went secretly without telling anyone. When they returned, they took a detour and took the path in the woods behind them.

The price of food in the black market now is [-] cents more expensive than the last time she went there with Tang Ying. Coarse grains are five cents more expensive, and fine grains are [-] cents more expensive. The people selling the grains are very pushy. Do you want it or not? The price will increase anyway. Some people are rushing to get it, which is called being confident.

After all, the summer harvest has been delayed. This can be seen with the naked eye. Whether the autumn harvest can be carried out normally depends on whether God is willing to give food to the people.

"That's it! Tomorrow, after you and your brother have finished packing, you can go to the educated youth center to find us. Then, we can go together so that we can take care of you."

Later, Tang Ying teased Xiao Wanyu again and left soon after. She had to go back and tell He Yuan about this.

Although the two of them are not married yet, everything else is the same as if they were married.

We have common money and food, we put all the food together, we eat together, and every time we go to the county seat, we buy something together.

If it weren't for the fact that they didn't have a house of their own in the village, the two might have gotten married long ago.

Early the next morning, Qin Xi and Qin Jiang took their equipment and went to the educated youth spot to find Tang Ying and the others.

Tang Ying and He Yuan didn't hesitate, picked up their things and followed.

They did not have rubber shoes. Although it did not rain today, the road was still slippery and muddy, making it extremely difficult for them to walk. Even if the shoes under their feet were tied with thin straw ropes made of straw to prevent slipping, it would still be difficult to stabilize them. Living and walking are very difficult.

When they arrived in town, they asked someone and found out that the bus, which was always running every day, had actually been out of service for several days. It seemed that the bridge over the Rixi River had been washed down by the raging water. Now, There is no way to fix this situation, so the car is naturally out of service.

Although there is a bridge a mile or two away, it is a small bridge and a wooden bridge. It is no problem to cross a pedestrian or an oxcart, but it is impossible to cross a bus full of passengers.Upon hearing the news, the four of them discussed it and decided to go to the county seat and walk.

It finally stopped raining today, so they had to go to the county town to buy some food and come back, even if they had to walk back and forth.

It was not that they had never thought about building an ox cart in the village, but they gave up the idea when they thought about the ox cart that was stuck in the mud more than half a month ago and had to be pushed out by four or five big men in the village.

With the current road conditions, let alone the slippage of the oxcart, if the wheels of the cart got stuck in the mud once for a long distance, it would be better to just walk on your own feet, which would not be troublesome enough.

The usual two or three hour journey was stretched to nearly four hours today. By the time they reached the county seat, it was almost eleven o'clock.

The four of them found a small ditch and washed the mud off their shoes, then went to the black market and went straight to the small restaurant.

After the long journey, there was nothing left of what we had eaten in the morning. If we didn’t eat something, we would be starving.

The four of them are not the kind of people who feel uncomfortable with their stomachs. A bowl of hot noodle soup and two big fragrant steamed buns will make you feel full. Of course, you will feel distressed when you pay.

When she arrived at the stall selling grain, Tang Ying saw the price of grain marked on it. It was heartbreaking. The cheapest whole grain, that is, shaved and dried sweet potatoes, cost [-] cents per pound. At this time, she only An adjective comes to mind: soaring food prices.

In just a short time, the weight of coarse grains has increased to [-] pounds, let alone fine grains. She can't afford it, she can't afford it at all, and she is not willing to eat such expensive fine grains.

The lofty ambitions before going out were immediately deflated like a balloon being popped in the face of the exaggerated black market food prices.

Before, she thought she had brought 15 yuan, which was enough to buy a lot of food. But now it seems that she was too naive and underestimated the evil intentions of the people in charge of the black market.

"Qin Xi, what should we do with the price of food?"

"Before, I thought I could bring a lot of food back, but now it seems that I have overthought it. I can't afford fine grains, so I just bought some coarse grains and went back."

Qin Xi squinted his eyes when he saw the price marked on it. In less than half a month, another penny had been added to the food on the black market. It became too fast.

"Yes! It's too expensive, and it's becoming too fast, but I have a hunch that it will be increased later."

Tang Ying bought 12 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes for [-] yuan and [-] yuan. Of the money she brought, she still had [-] yuan and [-] left. With this little money, she bought all the brown sugar.

In the past, this money could buy more than a kilogram of brown sugar, but now it can only buy less than a kilogram of brown sugar. It has shrunk drastically.

But now it's a seller's market. The supply and marketing cooperative sells brown sugar, and it's cheap, only [-] cents a pound, but there's no ticket!

If you still want to eat brown sugar without a ticket, you really have no choice but to go to the black market and buy high-priced brown sugar.

Qin Xi bought [-] kilograms of grain this time, [-] kilograms of coarse grains, and [-] kilograms of fine grains. After this time, she may not come to the county for a long time, so in addition to grain, she also bought a lot of other products. Things like brown sugar flashlight batteries and the like.