Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 348 - 346: The Greatest Treasure Is the Human Heart
"Why didn’t you say so earlier? When guests arrive, it’s better to greet them. Old lady, let’s go greet them ourselves! Guirong, go cook some wild vegetable porridge to send over! How can we not feed the guests!" Mr. Qi beckoned to his wife and instructed his daughter-in-law to cook porridge.
"But Dad, there’s just a little millet left at home... and it’s for Little Bao..." Qian Guirong, despite fearing her in-laws’ anger, still tried to advocate for her son.
"Just go cook it! I won’t let our son go hungry!" Qi Lei patted his wife on the shoulder, but his eyes didn’t show much confidence.
"Understood!" Qian Guirong regretted keeping people at home; now they were going to consume her son’s food supply.
Relief grain hadn’t arrived, and the family’s money had already been spent on food; now, let alone money, even if they had it, without ration tickets, they couldn’t buy food at all.
The situation was the same in every household in the village! No one could think of borrowing money or food from others.
"Sister-in-law, if it comes to the worst, I’ll get married; I absolutely won’t let my nephew starve! Don’t worry!" Qi Fei lifted her head from the buckwheat husk, her gaze firm.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You’re still so young!" Qi Lei scolded his younger sister with one sentence, pushing his wife into the house.
"Feifei! Grandma still has a golden bracelet here! Could we sell it for money?" The blind grandmother was fumbling to look for the golden bracelet in the kang cabinet.
"Grandma, save it! If you take that bracelet out, never mind selling it, it’d be lucky not to get caught! That’s from the past, with such old patterns on it; hurry and hide it, lest the whole family ends up in jail." Qi Fei was so scared that she spoke without thinking.
"Alright, alright, Grandma won’t take it out! Won’t take it out!" The old lady was so frightened that she quickly shut the cabinet door.
Lin Xue waited until people had returned to their room and couldn’t hear anything, so she simply sat back on the kang.
"Do you think we should help them?" She asked Zhang Yuan, deep in thought.
"Wife, it’s your call! If you want to help, I’ll come up with a plan!" Zhang Yuan had an attitude that his wife is his world, embracing her and taking a satisfied deep breath.
"Help!" A single word from Lin Xue decided the prosperity of this family, "For the sake of blessing the baby in my belly, we have to help!"
"Alright! I’ll listen to you!" Zhang Yuan nodded, "So, how should we help?"
Lin Xue was a bit troubled again; she wanted to help, but the two of them had just so much stuff in their car! If they took out too much, no one would believe them; how should they help?
"Wasn’t it just mentioned that food could be bought at the grain station? If not, we could take out more money!" Lin Xue thought of such a solution.
"Wife, the grain station requires ration tickets!" Zhang Yuan poured cold water on her idea.
"Then we just... take out some grain. Anyway, I don’t care; you have to find a way to get the grain out!" Lin Xue acted spoiled.
The two of them fell into a state of frowning contemplation.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door; it was Mr. Qi and his wife.
Zhang Yuan opened the door.
"Comrade, we’re really sorry, we just found out about the guests at home when we got back! Please forgive us for any lack of hospitality!" Mr. Qi immediately apologized once the door was opened.
"You’re too kind! We’re just staying for one night, you don’t have to entertain us!" Zhang Yuan was a bit at a loss, waving his hand.
Seeing this, Lin Xue quickly came over, "Uncle, Aunt, you’re too courteous. We’re the ones staying at your house, and we haven’t even brought any gifts! We were just thinking of getting some snacks and candy for the children; you take them to the kids!"
With that, she turned around and handed a packet of snacks and an old-fashioned paper bag of candy that she had taken from her space to Mrs. Qi.
"This won’t do! It’s too precious! We can’t accept! It’s just one night; it doesn’t cost much at all! How can we accept such valuable gifts from you?" Mrs. Qi waved her hand, unwilling to accept.
"It’s just small snacks, nothing much! Something sweet for the kids! Take it, Aunt!" Lin Xue insisted, placing the two packets of snacks and the packet of candy in Mrs. Qi’s hands.
"By the way, Aunt, I wanted to ask, what kind of natural disaster did you experience here? Why is there a famine?" Lin Xue directly asked, "I heard you talking just now..."
Mrs. Qi, unable to decline, held the snacks and the pound of candy to her chest; these were lifesavers now, and she planned to give everyone a piece of candy later to stave off hunger.
"Ah! There was a pest disaster last year, and during the autumn harvest, we had more than a fifty percent reduction. Even before spring came, every household’s granary was empty! The authorities said they’d send relief grain, but we’ve been waiting endlessly for it to arrive! Our family is doing alright; some families have already been swollen with edema from hunger."
Only after hearing this did Lin Xue understand; indeed, it had been a disaster.
"Isn’t that the case! At this time, when the old grain is gone and the new hasn’t come in, you can’t even find wild vegetables to eat! It’s truly difficult," Mr. Qi added.
Being severely affected by the famine, having someone to vent to, he started to complain.
"Uncle, Aunt, please come in and sit!" Lin Xue invited the two inside.
The two followed her into the house and sat on the kang, chatting with them.
"Kids, where are you traveling from?" Mrs. Qi asked as soon as she sat down.
"We’re returning to the Capital City from our hometown! We passed by here, and it was getting dark, so we didn’t continue on our journey," Lin Xue said.
As Zhang Yuan entered the room, he sat beside his wife; although the two seemed kind, he couldn’t let his guard down.
"Yes, it’s unsafe when it’s dark!" Mr. Qi also chimed in.
While the four of them were chatting, Lin Xue also inquired about the situation there, wanting to understand better how to help them.
Cooking wild vegetable porridge was relatively simple, and since there wasn’t much, it was just enough for two small bowls.
Qi Lei and his wife brought it over.
"There’s nothing much good at home; please make do and have a bite to fill your stomach," Mrs. Qi took it and set it on the only table in the room for them.
"No need, we brought dry food ourselves. Now that grain is tight for you, it’s better for you to keep it for yourselves! Don’t feel the need to give it to us," Lin Xue waved her hand, her heart warm nevertheless, owing to the kindness of more good people.
Though Qian Guirong felt distressed, having already cooked it, she didn’t have much emotion left. Her husband was right; when guests come, how can you not feed them?
"Kids, this is our situation; don’t disdain it, do eat something at least! Don’t go hungry!" Mr. Qi added.
Lin Xue gave Zhang Yuan a glance, they exchanged a knowing smile, and quickly agreed, but then turned around and brought out the white flour oil cakes her grandmother made for them and handed them to Qian Guirong. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
"These are our dry provisions; since sister-in-law has cooked the children’s food for us, we can’t not reciprocate; please take these to eat! Although it’s just dry food, they taste pretty good reheated!" Lin Xue didn’t deliberately conceal her identity.
Letting the other party know she was well-off was fine since she had already thought about helping; sooner or later, they’d know her identity.
Knowing earlier, they could find a way to seek help themselves more effectively, saving her the trouble of racking her brain for a solution.
"Ah... this! White flour cakes! Such valuable items..." Qian Guirong was already somewhat stammering; it was white flour cakes, and they just gave them to them like that.
"Cakes are just food; the human heart is the most precious! Take them!" Lin Xue pushed them back into her hands.
