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

"What should we do? We can't just watch these villagers starve to death on the road!" Zeng's mother was extremely anxious.

Pan Yang's eyes also fell on Zeng Zhengen, obviously hoping that she could come up with a solution. Zeng Zhengen pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Village chief, why don't you ask everyone to wait here for a while, and I will go to other places in the city to see if I can find food."

Since there was a shortage of food in the city, she decided to buy some from the system mall and then sell it to the villagers at the market price. This would not only earn system points, but also solve the villagers' urgent needs.

Pan Yang hesitated after hearing this: "But, Zeng girl, it's too dangerous for you to go alone."

Zeng Zhengen was just a woman. If she was found by the refugees with a large amount of food, the consequences would be disastrous. Zeng's mother was also worried, so she suggested: "Zeng'er, let your elder brother go with you this time!"

However, Zeng Zhengen immediately refused: "Mom, village chief, it's really not necessary. I can do it alone. Too many people on the road will easily attract attention. Don't worry, I will be back soon."

She knew clearly that if someone followed her, she would not be able to take out food from the system mall.

"Mom, don't worry, I can do it by myself, just wait and see!" Zeng Zhengen said firmly, and without waiting for his mother to say anything more, he pushed the wheelbarrow away quickly.

She ran for a while and came to an empty alley. She carefully checked the surroundings to make sure no one was following her. Then, Zeng Zhengen quickly bought 400 kilograms of brown rice from the system mall.

She deliberately chose brown rice instead of rice. Because in the current countryside, people usually don't want to eat fine rice every meal. The market price of brown rice is six coins per catty, but in the system mall, only one system coin is needed per catty. Zeng Zhengen only spent 400 system coins for 400 catties of brown rice.

The food seemed particularly heavy on the wheelbarrow, but she had learned internal strength, so it was not difficult to push it. In addition to brown rice, she also bought dozens of kilograms of flour, which made the wheelbarrow look even fuller.

When she returned with a cart full of food, Zeng's family and villagers were already waiting impatiently. Zeng Siyuan was even more anxious and was ready to go to the city to look for her.

When Zeng Zhengen came back, Zeng Siyuan was the first to rush to greet her. "Zeng'er, let me help you push the cart!" He hurried forward and pushed the cart with her.

Seeing that Zeng Zhengen had been delayed for so long to buy food for everyone, the other villagers also came over spontaneously to help, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.

"Village chief, here are a total of 400 kilograms of brown rice and 60 kilograms of flour. I'm selling brown rice at the price of 4 cents per kilogram and flour at 12 cents per kilogram according to the prices in previous years. Please tell everyone later and ask those who need to buy food to come over," Zeng Zhengen said.

Although she didn't intend to give away food for free like the Virgin Mary, she also didn't want to raise the price like those grain merchants. She chose to sell it at the price before the famine. She bought the food in the system mall for only fifty copper coins in total. Even so, she still received gratitude from the villagers.

When Pan Yang heard the price, he was very happy, but then he frowned: "Girl Zeng, won't you lose money this way?"

Everyone knows how precious food is nowadays. Zeng Yatou has worked so hard to get food for everyone, so how can she be allowed to lose money?

"Uncle Pan, we are all from the same village and we should help each other. This is what we should do. There is no such thing as losing or not." Zeng Zhengen responded with a smile.

"We should help each other, but we can't let you lose money. The price of food should still be calculated according to the market price." Pan Yang insisted.

At his insistence, it was finally decided that the grain would be sold at the current market price. After the agreement was reached, Pan Yang went to explain the situation to the villagers.

Seeing Zeng Zhengen pulling a large cart of grain back, the villagers were delighted. After learning that the grain was sold at the market price, they hurriedly grabbed their bags and ran to Zeng Zhengen to buy it.

Pan Yang brought a scale from home to help her weigh the food. There are about a hundred households in Dapo Village, and almost half of the villagers came to buy food. Four hundred kilograms of food were quickly sold out, and the villagers who were almost out of food finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they could at least hold on for a few days.

"Since everyone has food, let's get ready to set off!" Pan Yang said.

Although the food could sustain them for a few days, they had to get to the next town as soon as possible. They packed their bags quickly and set off again.

Zhang Jiajun and his two brothers felt very distressed when they saw Zeng Zhengen pushing so much food by herself. "Mom, let us push this wheelbarrow! You should take a rest first, or you will be exhausted in a while."

Before he finished speaking, the three brothers grabbed the wheelbarrow and followed the team. Seeing them pushing the wheelbarrow with great effort, Zeng Zhengen felt a pang of sadness in her heart. Although the children were young, they cared about her like little adults, which touched her deeply.

Zeng Sicheng and Zeng Sirui saw this and immediately stepped forward to help. Seeing this scene, Zeng's mother felt very relieved.

The team passed through Bijie and continued to travel south. This time they took the official road, which was much smoother. After leaving Bijie, Zeng Zhengen saw that the three children were already exhausted and panting, so he decided to replace them.

The brothers knew that this was not the time to show off their strength, so they returned the wheelbarrow to Zeng Zhengen. Continuing forward, after Bijie is Qiannan, and a little further south, they enter the southern territory.

However, Bijie is still several hundred miles away from Qiannan. If the team moves faster, they can arrive there in more than 20 days.

The further south we went, the more refugees we encountered on the road, and most of them were starving to the point of skin and bones.

Some refugees were so hungry that they had started eating Guanyin soil. Zeng Zhengen felt very uncomfortable when he saw those refugees with bloated stomachs.

Pan Yang looked at the increasing number of refugees and quickened his pace to avoid any unnecessary trouble.

A few days later, the team finally arrived at a small town.

The town is not very big, but the shops inside are still open.

After Pan Yangzheng led his team into the town, he found a grain store and wanted to buy some food.

But when Pan Yang went in and asked about the price of grain, he was immediately shocked by the price.

"Brown rice is 12 wen a jin, bran is 10 wen a jin, old rice is 18 wen a jin, and fine flour is 20 wen a jin."

The owner of the grain shop listed all the prices of grain in one breath.

"This...the brown rice in Bijie is only six cents per pound!" Pan Yang said in a low voice.

The grain shop owner sneered and then spoke arrogantly.

"Our grain prices are like this. If you want to buy, hurry up. Otherwise, there will be nothing left."

Pan Yang was silent for a while, then said embarrassedly.

"I'd better go to other stores and ask first."

The grain store owner snorted coldly and said, "The prices of grain stores in this town are all set by Mr. Wang himself. Even if you look up everything, it will still be this price."

After listening to this, Pan Yangzheng's face became even uglier.

After leaving the grain shop, the villagers immediately surrounded him and started asking questions.

Pan Yang had a gloomy face, then walked past the villagers and went straight to Zeng Zhengen.

"Girl Zeng... I'm afraid we can't buy this food."