Make a lot of money!I got rich in the year of famine

Shen Qing had no choice but to tell her the calculations one by one, "If you always disagree, let's do it ourselves. Let's first tell you where to live after we go back. Let's live at my second uncle's house? Do you think it's okay? We still have food and farm tools. After we finish harvesting, we still have to pay for it." We pick it back, dry it in the sun and then thresh it. It’s just the three of us. We’re exhausted and we can’t finish it. We’ll have to hire someone when the time comes. Instead of doing this, it’s better to outsource it from the beginning and get it done.”

"Qing'er is right, let's take it out!" Shen Hui originally thought about going back to cut wheat, but after listening to her sister's analysis, she also backed down. It's not that she can't endure hardship, but that girls work on the ground. The heavy work here is already difficult, but there are several acres of wheat fields at home!
Granny Shen tried to convince them both, but even though she wanted to do it, she didn't have the strength, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Shen Qing knew that the old lady was feeling aggrieved, so he coaxed: "Except for paying the rent, I will leave the rest to you. Neither of us wants it."

Granny Shen was stunned, "You should keep it, but it is also your father's property, and besides, you also spent a lot of money on your father's funeral!"

Not just a few, but a lot.

Shen Qing shook his head. She didn't look down on this little money. Besides, she had a bad feeling. It's hard to say what it was exactly, but something was really wrong recently.

First, the wild boars in the back mountain forest ran away like crazy. Fortunately, Huo Yunzhou had dug a lot of traps and caught two of them, as well as various animal traps, and finally saved them.

The wild boar rushed out from their side and headed north.

Also, the creek in front of her house suddenly dried up, and water no longer came from it.

She followed the direction of the water flow and looked for it. There was water flowing in the pool above, but the water no longer overflowed.

The area where dendrobium grew was also dry, and all the dendrobium seedlings were dried to death. She shoveled a few trees back and planted them in the vegetable garden, but she didn't know if they would survive.

There is an old well in Huo's courtyard, which is also their current water source.

Shen Qing secretly vowed to dig a well as soon as he got the money.

Finally, and most importantly, her little Huang didn't eat or drink. He just lay at the door of the courtyard with his head hanging down, as if he was waiting for death.

Uncle Huo has experienced a lot, and when he saw these coincidences, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Isn't there going to be a disaster?"

When he first said this, no one took it seriously, but after two days, Mr. Huo said it more and more frequently.

Grandma Shen was also sitting at the door, picking up the soles of her shoes and recalling the famine years she had experienced before.

She lived for decades and experienced no less than ten disasters, large and small.

On average, there is a riot every five years.

Anyway, it seems that God just doesn’t want the people to live in peace.

This year there will be drought, next year there will be floods, there will be another locust plague, or there will be heavy rain for days and nights just in time for harvesting crops, causing all the wheat that has survived the winter to rot in the ground.

He does not mean that.

Shen Qing squatted in front of his home, looking at the two acres of sweet potato fields that had just been plowed, and then at the acres of soybeans, corn, pumpkins, and cabbage.

Home-grown corn is delicious. You can break it off and steam it in a pot. It can be used as a staple food or dry food.

Or throw it under the eaves to dry, grind it into powder, and cook it for pig food.

Her two little piglets are growing very fast, each weighing almost fifty pounds.

The chopped corn stalks can be used as firewood after drying.

No one wants to catch up with the disaster, least of all her.

In years of famine, there are many unscrupulous businessmen, and food prices soar.

The houses are not guaranteed, the fields are not harvested, the people have no food to eat, and they have to pay taxes in full. I don’t know how many people will have to sell their sons and daughters.

Shen Qing threw away the twig in his hand and stood up, his face so gloomy that water dripped from his face.

"Huo Lin! Xiao Linzi, come out quickly. I have something to tell you."

"Ouch, you scared me. Why did you call him?" Granny Shen was shocked by her. "Sister Qing, wait until I finish breaking off this ridge." Huolin was breaking off the corn in the cornfield, and he couldn't get it out for a while.

Uncle Huo noticed something was wrong with her expression, "Girl, what are you thinking of?"

Shen Qing turned around and looked at the two houses. If it was a flood, the rainwater rushing down from the mountain would definitely destroy this place. By then, there would be no need to demolish it, and it would just be torn down and rebuilt.

If there was a drought, it would make no sense for them to guard these two houses.

Because once people from outside find this place, they will be in danger.

"Grandpa Huo, do you think there is a greater chance of a drought or a flood on this day this year?" She doesn't have much life experience and doesn't have any golden fingers, but she has a bad intuition in her head right now. She was flustered and had to do something.

"It's possible! Look, it's hot today, and the creek in front has dried up again. Is there going to be a drought?" He also guessed, after all, no one can say for sure about the weather.

Grandma Shen didn't believe it, "We have a lot of rain here. If you say it's a flood, I'll believe it. But if it's a drought, then that's not possible, right?"

Shen Qing bit his fingers and thought of something, "Grandpa Huo, didn't you say before that Huo Yunzhou used to go hunting in the mountains and he also built a house on the mountains. I want to take a look."

Old Man Huo nodded, "There is a small house, but it happened several years ago. Since he left, no one has gone up there anymore, and I don't know if the house is still there."

Shen Qing thought about it, no matter whether he was there or not, no matter what he looked like, he had to go and see it first.

Huo Lin knew the way. After lunch, the two of them went into the forest with dry food and water.

When Granny Shen came to her senses, she said that the wind was like rain. Shen Hui also advised her that the disasters in her memory were not too severe, at least no one starved to death.

Shen Qing refused to listen and insisted on seeing the mountain hut.

Huo Lin always listened to her. If she said go, she would go.

From where they lived, heading southwest, the path up the mountain disappeared, so Huolin took a machete and opened the way ahead.

"I only remember it was in this direction. I can't remember exactly where it is, but as long as we find a small lake, we're almost there."

Dongshan is a mountain range that stretches for dozens of miles.

The deepest part is still virgin forest, where no one has ever set foot.

The two of them walked for more than an hour and were already far away from home. Huolin was so tired that he was almost dehydrated and finally arrived.

"Look, it's right there. Oh my god, it's such a difficult road."

Shen Qing passed him and ran forward to take a look, "I didn't expect there was a lake here."

The lake is at least ten acres in size. The edge of the lake is washed by rain all year round. There are no weeds or shrubs. There is only a patch of water grass on the west side, and there are also sounds of pheasants and ducks inside.

On the east side of the lake, a roof can be vaguely seen in a tall bush.

Huo Lin ran to the lake to get some water to wash his face, then observed the surrounding environment and sighed: "It is indeed a good place, but the road is not easy to walk."

Shen Qing had already gone to look at the house with a machete. Huo Lin was afraid that she was in danger, so he quickly chased after her.

Who knows if there are venomous snakes and spiders hiding in a house that has been unoccupied all year round.

After clearing the weeds in front of the wooden house, the whole picture of the house can be seen.

The bottom of the house is supported by a dozen thick tree stumps, half a meter above the ground, and there are steps to go up.

There are railings on both sides of the steps, and after going up, there is an open-air balcony.

There were two doors, unlocked but held in place by wooden sticks that showed slight signs of decay.