Chapter 98: Food Is Missing

Xiaohong responded and followed the water fetcher with the bucket.

Gu Qing built the stove, and Uncle Ma looked for Gu Fei, "Where's the rabbit meat?"

Gu Fei shook her head, "Uncle Ma, I'm afraid we can't eat it today, look around."

Uncle Ma knew that there were disaster victims all around without looking, and he slapped his head, "Look at me, I forget everything when I get greedy, eat it another day, eat it another day."

Chen instructed Lian'er to cook a pot of porridge, put some dried vegetables in it, and distributed steamed buns to everyone.

While eating, Xiaohong's voice came from Qian's side, "Auntie, you forgot to give me steamed bread."

Qian's face was stern, "What steamed bread? No!"

"My family is running out of food, and I can't afford to support you. You should find another family. I have also supported you for so long, and I am worthy of you."

Everyone understood when they heard it. Qian was reluctant to take the three hundred coins into the city.

Xiaohong bit her lip and glanced at Gu Fei's house. Everyone in the Gu family lowered their heads and looked at the sky to avoid accidentally making eye contact.

Xiaohong lowered her head, and raised it after a long while, looking at Qian Shi pleadingly, "Auntie, I don't want to eat steamed bread anymore, so let me sleep for a night before leaving. It's cold tonight and I don't have a blanket."

Seeing the girl begging softly, Qian Shi softened her heart for a moment, "Okay, you sleep for a night, don't follow us tomorrow."

After dinner, everyone discussed whether to pay the money tomorrow.

Gu Zhang didn't say anything. He was thinking now that if Xiao Fei didn't go home, he didn't know what kind of life his family would live.

The village chief sighed, "Pay it, there's nothing we can do about it."

Zhang's family is relatively well-off, otherwise they can't afford a carriage. The cheapest horse costs about thirty taels of silver.

He sighed and didn't say anything. Pay it. What else can we do if we don't pay it?

Although the eldest uncle's family lives in the mountains, he and his two sons are good hunters. He can also nitrate leather. In a year, at least ten taels of silver can be saved.

But his family is used to saving money and is reluctant to eat fine grains, so they still have a lot of silver.

Gu Zhong still has his mother's pension in his hand, two taels a year, and he has saved ten or twenty taels over the years.

The only one who really has no money is Gu Rong. He only has a few coins in his hand, which is really not enough.

He grabbed his hair and was about to speak, but Gu Zhang touched him, and Gu Rong did not say anything.

Shanzi's mother did not say a word from beginning to end. There are only two people in her family anyway, so this little money can be taken out.

Seeing that no one said they would not go to the city, Uncle Ma said: "Then everyone should rest early. Go to the city tomorrow and buy what you need, especially food and water. Everyone must prepare enough. Meet at the East Gate at noon and set off."

Everyone rested.

Gu Fei was getting dressed when she suddenly heard Qian's scream, "Where is my millet? Where is most of my bag of millet?"

Everyone panicked when they heard it and hurried to check their own food. Fortunately, it was all there.

Gu Zhong said impatiently, "Look for it again. You put that little food here and there all day long. Who knows where you put it?"

Qian turned over everything in the car frantically and sat on the ground, "It's gone, it's really gone."

She suddenly got up, "Who were the night watchers yesterday? What were you watching for? Didn't you see anyone stealing my things?"

The uncle stood up and frowned, "I watched with Dalang in the first half of the night yesterday, and didn't see anyone approaching the car."

"Your husband watched in the second half of the night, ask him!"