Chapter 750 I finally found you!
Chapter 750 I finally found you!
The heavy snow has been falling for several days in a row and there is no sign of it stopping.
The cold weather is not a big deal, the main problem is that we have no food!
The grain store has not been open for selling grain for five consecutive days!
And the price of the grain sold the last time was twice as much as before!
For a while, everyone in Wumu Town stayed indoors.
Firstly, it was too cold outside, and secondly, there was no food to eat, so everyone had to stay at home to reduce consumption and eat less.
Everyone in Courtyard No. 2 also hid at home and started living in a small space.
But in fact, each of them still has a certain amount of food.
For example, sweet potatoes, taro, wild yam, and the chestnuts picked up in the mountains before can now be taken out and eaten slowly.
Ye Shu had more things in his hands. He could eat whatever he wanted, but he couldn't just steam rice casually.
I could only steam a pot of rice and some white bread while stewing the fish, and hide them in the space bag to eat slowly.
She also distributed the frozen fish that she had previously placed in the empty room to Sister Jin and the others.
Only when every household in their yard stews fish, the fish aroma will be strong enough to cover the fragrance of her family's white rice!
She also found an opportunity to send three pounds of miscellaneous grains and two frozen fish to Meng Mingzhen in the backyard.
Meng Mingzhen was very grateful. Although her husband Peng would also get her meals from the army canteen to ensure that she had adequate nutrition during her pregnancy, this was different from the help given by her neighbors.
Meng Mingzhen knew that they had food and fish in the front yard and they ate well, so it was not surprising that the fragrance wafted from time to time.
But why is it that there is always a fragrance wafting out from Chen Miao’s house next door?
Just by smelling it, she felt that the food at Chen Miao's house was no worse than that in the front yard.
Ye Shu also noticed something was wrong. After all, her sharp five senses were not exaggerated.
That day, the wind that had been blowing for a long time finally stopped, and the snow outside was much lighter.
Ye Shu and the others went out and started to bring snow into the house.
Children were also playing under the eaves, throwing sandbags and jumping rubber bands.
The adults would remind us from time to time: "Be careful! There is snow on the ground, it's slippery!"
Ye Shu would also cook a pot of sweet potatoes or steam a pot of wild yams for the children to share.
In short, although we could no longer buy food, life in the front yard was not very difficult.
It’s nothing more than changing from three meals a day to two meals a day.
Of course, this does not include Ye Shu's family.
All in all, it was a time of great joy.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, and a poor old woman was outside asking, "Is anyone home? Open the door quickly!"
Ye Shu and the others all stopped what they were doing.
Several people looked at each other, as if silently asking, should we open it?
The men in each of their families said that things might not be peaceful recently and asked them not to open the door casually.
Ye Shu thought about it and shook his head.
Mrs. Jin and the others understood that they couldn't open the door.
So everyone started telling their children to go back to their rooms, hide, and pretend they didn’t hear anything!
You can't blame them for being too cruel. At times like this, they can only selectively protect themselves and their children first.
They thought that if they hid themselves, nothing would happen, and the people knocking on the door would leave when they saw that it couldn't be opened.
However, they didn't expect that they had overlooked a family, Chen Miao and her two sons.
Before, her two sons were playing outside. When they came back, they couldn't open the door, so they knocked on it and shouted, "Mom! My brother and I are back, please open the door!"
Ye Shu and the others didn't move, so Chen Miao quickly ran out to open the door.
She actually didn't hear the old lady knocking on the door earlier, so she thought that only her two sons were outside.
Unexpectedly, when the door opened, in addition to her two sons, there were several burly men and an old lady standing outside.
The old lady stepped forward and grabbed her hand, crying and crying: "Miaomiao! I finally found you!"
Chen Miao's face changed instantly, and she subconsciously stepped back to avoid it, but she did not avoid the old woman's hand.
Because this old woman is not a real old woman, she is a young and strong man pretending to be one.
Chen Miao first asked Zhou Hao and Zhou Xiang to go home.
The men tried to stop her, but were stopped by a look from the "old lady".
Chen Miao breathed a sigh of relief. After the children had left, he lowered his voice and asked, "Why did you come here? I told you I'd be there in a couple of days!"
"You know where this is, right? That's the garrison area, and there are quite a few patrolling cavalry teams around. If I shout, someone will come right away, and then you'll be in big trouble!"
The "old lady" held her hand tightly and said, "I can't wait any longer. The market is not good now. I can't wait any longer!"
"I believe you won't shout. If you do, you won't be able to escape even if you call someone over!"
This is a threat!
Chen Miao was filled with resentment, then he raised his chin towards the courtyard across the street and said:
"Hey, those people used to live there, but now they've moved away, and I can't find them! If you don't believe me, you can go find them yourself, right?!"
"Anyway, they've moved out, and the house is empty. If you don't believe me, you can go and search it!"
"They moved everything away, leaving nothing behind! Go see for yourself if you don't believe me!"
Seeing this, the "old lady" narrowed her eyes, grabbed her hand and squeezed hard: "Okay! So, you just want to default on your debt, right?!"
Chen Miao felt pained: "I didn't want to do this either, but I can't find them. I've been deceived! Even if you eat me now, it's useless!"
She was actually a little hesitant about how to deal with this matter!
Now that it’s out in the open, I might as well just go for it!
The old lady narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled: "No, you have another way. You have two sons, right? You can use them to pay off our debts."
Chen Miao's expression changed drastically!
"impossible!"
She subconsciously turned around and ran away, but she was being pulled and she was no match for the other person in terms of strength, so she couldn't escape at all!
Chen Miao was anxious, frightened, and finally realized that these people were not good people, they were a group of desperate criminals!
She quickly begged for mercy: "I will return the money to you! I promise! Give me some time! Please!"
The "old lady" seemed dissatisfied with her attitude and asked, "Okay, I'll give you two days. If you can't pay it back, what will you do? Will you use your son as collateral?"
Chen Miao shook her head repeatedly. Suddenly, she didn't know what she thought of. She lowered her voice and said:
"My family only has sons. It's useless for you to have sons. They eat more, right? It's useless! But I know there are several little girls! Fair, tender and beautiful little girls, really, right here in this courtyard! Please give me some time!"
The "old lady" seemed to be interested and asked, "Little girl, how old are you?"
Chen Miao: "The youngest ones are about four or five years old. No, there's even one that's not even a year old! The older ones are twelve or thirteen, and the oldest is like fourteen or fifteen!"
The "old lady" smiled sinisterly: "Well, teenage girls are indeed useful. They are quite tender! Not bad!"
He then asked, "Are they all from your compound? They're all military families. How are you going to let us succeed?"
Chen Miao couldn't think of anything else, so he could only quickly send them away: "I, I'll find a way!"
"I got so many treasures for you before, right? You should believe me, I have this ability!"
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