Chapter 225 Rapidly Expanding Crisis
In the early morning, in the bakery of Soto City, the fat boss was facing the blazing oven with a worried look on his face.
His eyes were fixed on the bread being baked, hoping to see them turn into golden, crispy and delicious.
However, he knew in his heart that this was impossible.
Because the quality of flour is getting worse and worse, the original white flour is now mixed with sand and impurities.
How can you bake high-quality bread like this?
The boss sighed at the latest batch of flour.
He had to find the gong for sifting flour and slowly sifted the flour.
He sifted and muttered: "This is all caused by those greedy businessmen. In order to make money, they do not hesitate to adulterate and reduce the amount, which makes us ordinary people unable to eat good things."
An hour later, the sun was bright, and housewives went to the streets and began to buy food for today.
"Take a look, freshly baked bread. Hello, madam, would you like some white bread today?"
The boss picked up a large tray filled with bread of various shapes and flavors. He lifted the tray forward vigorously, trying to attract the customers' attention with the aroma of freshly baked wheat.
The housewife hesitated and took out a few copper coins to buy bread. Although the family's finances were stretched after the incident not long ago, it was not so bad that they had to eat black bread.
She picked up a round white bread and pinched it gently. She felt a different feeling between her fingers and frowned.
She thought: "Today's bread is still not as soft as in the past. Life is getting harder and harder."
The bread with a wheat aroma and crispy crust was put into a paper bag and entered the housewife's basket.
With the slow steps of the housewife, she slowly came to his home.
She walked through a street and saw some soldiers in uniform patrolling. She quickly lowered her head to avoid their sharp eyes.
She thought to herself: "Since the lottery incident, this place has become unsafe. Who knows what will happen at any time?"
She finally arrived in front of the small house where she lived. She pushed open the door and walked into the house. She saw that her husband and two children had already gotten up and were sitting at the dining table waiting for her.
She smiled and put the basket in the kitchen, then took out the bread and prepared to make breakfast for them.
With the swing of the knife, the bread was cut into thin slices and placed on the porcelain plate, waiting for the family who had just woken up to taste its deliciousness.
The family was extremely silent during the morning meal, and the aftermath of the previous turmoil was still affecting everyone's lives.
The family should have been looking for something happy, but the warm time of communicating their feelings was as cold as the cold wind in winter.
The head of the family finally couldn't stand the terrible silence and started to find a topic.
"Life is getting worse and worse now. The soft and delicious white bread now has some bran and impurities, and it is no longer as soft as before."
The man picked up the bread knife and carefully cut a small piece of butter and spread it on the bread. The rich fat changed the taste of the bread, making this somewhat rough white bread taste as delicious as before.
He handed the buttered bread to his wife and children. However, he saw the helplessness and disappointment on their faces.
He knew that they all missed the good old days, the days with abundant food and lively atmosphere.
He missed those days too, but he couldn't say it. He could only grit his teeth and continue to work hard to live for this family.
The same thing was happening all over the city. Some smart people had already discovered that something was wrong, but most people were still numb to the cruel reality.
They didn't know that in the near future, a bigger change would happen in the city, which would make all of them fall into deep despair.
The Shrek Academy on the outskirts of the city was as gloomy as the city.
Since the last time the citizens rushed to the gate of Shrek Academy, Flanders cleverly used all kinds of sundries to disguise it as a dilapidated ruin.
Although this could avoid being harassed by angry residents again, Flanders had to find a way to maintain the livelihood of Shrek Academy.
Flanders had to let these students enter the dangerous forest to collect herbs and soul beast resources.
It must be said that Flanders has rich survival experience, and his choice also played an important role in helping Shrek Academy overcome difficulties in the following days.
At lunch time, chef Shao Xin served today's dishes.
Red stewed beast meat, desserts made of roasted fruits, and some cold noodles and gluten sprinkled with spices.
Although Shao Xin is a food-based soul master, his cooking skills are unmatched.
He can turn the most ordinary ingredients into the most delicious delicacies, allowing students to taste a little warmth in a difficult environment.
"Teacher, why is today's lunch cold noodles again?" Fei Jinyue couldn't help but ask after eating cold noodles for several consecutive days.
This girl likes to eat all kinds of food and is tired of monotonous and tasteless things like cold noodles.
"Little girl, if you go to the kitchen to see what kind of flour is in those sacks, you won't ask such a stupid question."
Shao Xin replied impatiently. He knew that Fei Jinyue had no ill intentions, but was just too curious.
But he couldn't let her know the truth, that would only make her more worried and scared.
Shao Xin is indeed a qualified cook. In such a harsh environment, he still has a way to turn flour into delicious food.
The method of making cold noodles uses water, which can wash away the gravel and impurities well, ensure the quality of starch, and also extract delicious gluten from it.
It can be said that the fact that Shrek Academy can support it until now has a lot to do with this top food-based martial arts soul master.
Fei Jinyue was speechless and could only suck the cold noodles silently.
The students were still eating food happily there. They didn't know what happened outside. They only knew that they still had teachers and classmates, and a hot meal.
Their wish was simple, to have a meal, and preferably a meal of meat, and the recent strategy of asking the forest for a living just met all their needs.
Thanks to the gift of the forest, some beast meat and vanilla can always be produced, and those resources can still be exchanged for some poor quality flour from the market after being sold.
But Flanders gradually found that something was wrong. The price of resources is getting lower and lower, but the price of food is strangely rising. It is almost harvest season, which is very abnormal.
Flanders has an ominous premonition in his heart. He feels that this city is about to undergo a major change, and Shrek Academy will not be able to stay out of it.
As the dean of Shrek Academy, he must make some preparations.
"Old Zhao, you should take this money to go to the village outside after a while. This won't work. In a few days, I doubt we can buy food."
Flanders said these words to the sturdy Zhao Wuji with a worried look on his face.
Zhao Wuji folded his hands in front of his chest and nodded without saying much. Even a man with thick nerves like him could feel the crisis hidden under the seemingly calm atmosphere.
Reaching out to take the coin bag ordered by Flanders, he looked at the lonely silver coins inside. Zhao Wuji sighed secretly.
He nodded to Flanders. With rough steps, he walked out of the gate of Shrek Academy and ran towards the village farther away.
Along the way, Zhao Wuji kept seeing those grain merchants pulling carts returning in disappointment, with disappointed looks on their faces.
This made him feel more and more uneasy.
When he came near the village. Zhao Wuji keenly heard the conversation of the villagers, and the content of the conversation surprised this powerful soul master.
Even in the village, which was almost the only source of food for the city, there was no food.