Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

Not long after, the shopkeeper reopened the shop. Zeng Zhengen entered the shop and bought some necessary salt and oilcloth paper. After paying the bill, she did not stop but went straight to another blacksmith shop that was still open and bought a few sickles and kitchen knives.

Everyone in the Zeng family was confused and didn't understand why she wanted to buy these items at this time.

"Mr. Zeng, what are you going to use these for now?" Zeng's mother couldn't help but ask, with confusion written all over her face.

Zeng Zhengen explained with a serious look, "Mom, there are more and more refugees now, especially for a famine-fighting team like ours, we are bound to run into hungry refugees. At that time, they can do anything. We must prepare weapons for self-defense in advance and not leave ourselves defenseless."

Zeng's mother suddenly understood and nodded. Indeed, the situation is chaotic now, and hungry people are likely to do anything. Preparing more weapons can also be regarded as an extra protection for her group.

Then, Zeng Zhengen bought some tools and supplies that might be useful on the road. When everything was almost ready, she took the Zeng family to a fur shop. After entering the shop, Zeng Zhengen walked straight to the shopkeeper and took out a few high-quality furs from her backpack.

"Shopkeeper, are you still going to accept these furs?" she asked bluntly.

When the shopkeeper saw the furs Zeng Zhengen took out, his eyes lit up immediately. These furs were of excellent quality in terms of texture and color. The shopkeeper was secretly glad that his business had been slow recently, and he did not expect to come across such high-quality furs.

"Of course I will." The shopkeeper immediately nodded with a smile, his attitude seeming particularly enthusiastic.

"Look how much these furs are worth?" Zeng Zhengen was extremely anxious and wanted to sell the furs urgently and return to the team.

After looking at the furs, the shopkeeper looked embarrassed and said, "Sir, as you know, the harvest is bad now and many people have fled. Although these furs are of high quality, the price cannot be compared with previous years."

Zeng Zhengen lost his patience and interrupted him: "Okay, just tell me the price!"

Seeing her straightforwardness, the shopkeeper stopped wasting time and directly quoted the price: "These furs are worth fifty taels of silver in total."

In previous years, this batch of furs could be sold for at least 70 or 80 taels. However, this year, due to the drought, the people have problems even with their basic living. Where can they find the spare money to buy these furs? Zeng Zhengen's heart tightened and he frowned, "I thought I could sell it for 100 taels, but I didn't expect it to be only 50 taels. It's too little."

Zeng Zhengen did not hesitate and sold the furs directly to the shopkeeper. After the transaction, she said to Zeng's mother and others, "Mom, you go gather first, I'll go buy some food."

She planned to take the food out of the system mall, so she needed to avoid the Zeng family. Zeng's mother and father were uneasy about her going alone, and Zeng's mother suggested: "Zeng girl, why don't you let your elder brother go with you?"

Zeng Zhengen immediately refused: "Mom, no, I can do it alone. Let my eldest brother go with you. I will be back soon."

After saying that, she turned and left, not stopping until she came to a secluded alley. After checking around to make sure no one was following her, she quickly took out more than 100 kilograms of rice and flour from the system mall. Then, she took a few packs of instant noodles rewarded by the system, removed the outer packaging, took out only the noodles, and wrapped them in oil paper.

After everything was ready, Zeng Zhengen walked towards the gathering place.

Many villagers had gathered at the gathering place, but since the shops were closed, most people were unable to buy food. Seeing that almost all the villagers had returned, Zeng's mother became more and more uneasy, so she called Zeng Siyuan and said, "Big brother, Zeng has been gone for so long, I really don't know how she is doing, go and look for her."

Zeng Siyuan was worried about his sister, so he turned around and went to look for her after hearing what his mother said. However, at this moment, he saw Zeng Zhengen walking towards him, carrying a bag of food.

He hurried forward and took the bag from her hand: "Zeng'er, where did you buy the food? My mother and I are almost worried to death."

Zeng Zhengen had already thought of an excuse, so he said, "The grain store I found is in a remote location and a long way away."

Zeng Siyuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. The brother and sister quickly came to the team. Zeng's mother saw this and hurried over to check Zeng Zhengen's condition carefully. She confirmed that she was not injured and was relieved.

"I'm glad you're back." The three little guys also ran over to show their concern.

"Mom, you're finally back. We've been worried about you!" Zhang Jiaqi said with concern. Zeng Zhengen smiled and rubbed his hair, feeling warm in her heart.

At this time, Pan Yang came over, looked at the food she brought back, and asked, "Zeng girl, where did you buy this food from?"

They had searched the city before, but couldn't find any other grain stores. Zeng Zhengen smiled and explained, "Village Chief, I happened to meet a grain store owner who was about to close down. I saw that he still had a lot of grain, so I begged him for a long time before he agreed to sell me some."

After hearing this, Pan Yang looked a little disappointed, and his eyes showed hesitation, but he never spoke. Zeng Zhengen noticed his hesitation and immediately asked, "Uncle Pan, do you have anything to say? Just tell me, if I can help, I will definitely not refuse."

Pan Yang sighed helplessly and finally told the villagers that many villagers were unable to buy food.

After listening to this, Zeng Zhengen frowned.

We thought we would be able to buy food once we arrived in Bijie, but we didn't expect that food in Bijie was so scarce.

Just then, Zeng's mother suddenly spoke.

"Zeng'er, why don't we sell some of this food to the villagers!"

She made this suggestion because she saw that Zeng Zhengen brought back a lot of food.

Zeng Zhengen looked at the food and shook his head to refuse.

"Mom, even if we sell all this food, it won't be enough for so many villagers to eat."

What's more, these are all fine grains, and Zeng Zhengen has no plan to sell them.

Zeng's mother didn't expect her daughter to refuse, but when she thought about it, it seemed that what her daughter said was right.