Chapter 239 Drought
Lingxi vaguely heard Pei Yanning's voice and was a little bit unbelievable, but soon the door opened and Pei Yanning entered the yard.

As soon as Lingxi poked her head out, she saw that it was really her biological father who walked in.

She couldn't stay any longer and went out to greet him.

"dad……"

Her eyes were red.

Pei Yanning was originally a little tense, and when he saw this, he instantly felt distressed. He took three or two steps forward, embraced her and walked back, coaxing her: "Daddy is back, he is here, leave everything to him, be good!"

Lingxi nodded, and suddenly felt at ease.

She noticed that Pei Yanning looked exhausted and didn't care about anything else.

"I'll go cook you some dumplings. I made them yesterday. You can fill your stomach first. I'll make you something delicious tonight."

Pei Yanning's eyes were gentle, "Go ahead, let Dad talk to your fourth brother."

It was not difficult to cook dumplings at home since there was a stove on the stove, so Pei Yanning did not stop Lingxi from doing it.

Pei Yanning drove for several hours and only had a bun for lunch. Now he really wanted to eat something hot.

Gu Si sat on the sofa, leisurely watching the sticky father and daughter. Seeing that they finally finished talking and their eyes were reluctant to fall on him, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said to Pei Yanning: "Did you rush back? Yesterday, Director Zheng came over and said that he couldn't find you anywhere."

Pei Yanning sat down next to Gu Si, glanced at him and saw that he didn't look like he was suffering any pain, then replied to him.

"Things in Country S are more complicated. We went a bit far away for the meeting. That place is very closed and ordinary people can't contact it."

The base he went to was completely closed to the outside world.

It's normal that Zheng Bing can't be contacted.

He heard some rumors in the base that investigation teams had been sent to check in all the factories where there were experts from Country S.

He realized at that time that his family might be affected. After leaving the base this morning, he called the factory. When he heard the news, he ignored everything else and rushed home.

Gu Si thought about it and agreed.

In a few words, he simply narrated what happened yesterday. Of course, he did not hide the fact that he had tricked the investigation team.

Pei Yanning: “…”

Ok!

You really are worthy of being my fourth brother Gu!

However, everyone was the same and had no bottom line. Pei Yanning simply skipped the three who were in solitary confinement and went back to the study to take a look.

The study was still a mess, not cleaned up at all, and it was obvious that this was done to preserve the 'crime scene'.

Pei Yanning held his forehead with his hand.

This matter also needs to be dealt with.

Pei Yanning's mission was confidential, and the investigation team was responsible for the investigation, but their level was not high enough. When they were carrying out the task, they overlooked the particularity of Pei Yanning's side, which caused trouble.

But this is easy to deal with. If the investigation team is not strong enough, there will always be someone who is.

For example, the Special Operations Group...

Let them come over to help and stand as witnesses, so that there can be an explanation for the pile of things in the study.

As for the others, all they have to do is wait. Once the issue of Country S’s withdrawal is over, there will naturally be no problem for the others.

Pei Yanning's return was a stabilizing force for Lingxi. With him around, Lingxi felt safe no matter whether she was in solitary confinement or in a small dark room. The ups and downs outside did not hinder Lingxi at all.

She eats and drinks as usual and lives her life as usual.
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There was little snow in winter, and it was dry and cold in spring, with no rain.

Anyone with a little experience knows that there will probably be a drought this year.

Now is a time of food shortage and the country has reduced food supplies.

Pei Yanning brought this month's food home. Lingxi was shocked. Last time, 80% of it was given out, but now it's reduced again? !

A baby weighs three pounds, a child weighs six pounds, a child weighs eight pounds, and an adult weighs twenty-one pounds.

An adult weighs 21 jin, which is an average of 7 liang a day. What is that enough for? Lingxi herself has the smallest appetite in the family, but she definitely eats more than this amount a day.

Let’s be more specific!
A steamed bun weighs two taels. Gu Si and Pei Yanning can eat about three or four steamed buns in one meal. They can eat a day's worth of steamed buns in one meal. And this is just the steamed buns. If you add some side dishes, it will definitely be more than enough.

And the child weighing eight kilograms is even more terrifying!
Seven or eight years old are children, and teenagers are also children.

They received eight kilograms of food per month, an average of two and a half ounces per day, which was just a little more than a steamed bun.

The little boy ate my father out of money. A child of about ten years old could eat two or three steamed buns at one meal. Even if he didn't eat as much as he wanted, he could eat one steamed bun at one meal if he didn't want to starve. That would be six taels of food a day, and eighteen kilograms of food a month.

This is definitely not enough!

then what should we do?

The children no longer have any extracurricular activities. The older ones take the younger ones out to dig wild vegetables. Those who have yards at home have already cultivated the land densely with sweet potatoes, lots of sweet potatoes.

The small yard is not big, but it still has four or five acres of land.

If we plant all sweet potatoes, we can harvest several hundred or a thousand kilograms a year, and the lives of our entire family will be saved.

As for those who lived in tube-shaped buildings without a yard, they also had a solution. They filled large woven baskets with soil and planted sweet potatoes in them. They also divided the open space in the factory into areas and planted them densely.

Everyone just hopes that the sweet potatoes will grow quickly.

At that time, the sweet potato leaves can be eaten, the sweet potato roots can be eaten, and the sweet potatoes buried underneath are even more edible. In short, the whole sweet potato is a treasure.

but--

I've been waiting and looking forward to it, but it hasn't grown yet!

Now is the time when there is a shortage of food.

Their belts were getting tighter and tighter as they were hungry. They picked flowers, grass and leaves all over the mountains and brought home anything edible. Many families crushed the leaves and cooked them into a paste, which they drank to fill their stomachs, making a clanging sound.

Some families have connections with the farm next door and can get alfalfa that is grown to feed livestock. Wash it and chop it into small pieces. Those who are better off can add some salt and a little flour to make vegetable dumplings and steam them. Those who are not so well off can just cook it into vegetable paste. Anyway, it can be eaten by livestock and humans alike.

Lingxi also heard that some families stole wheat seedlings to eat, and some picked poplar and willow leaves to eat.

Lingxi's backyard continued to grow whatever vegetables she wanted. In the front yard, Gu Si and Pei Yanning also got a lot of large baskets to fill with soil and followed the crowd to plant two rows of sixteen baskets of sweet potatoes, which they placed on both sides of the short bluestone path from the screen wall to the main door.

As the days passed, the drought became obvious before the sweet potatoes started to grow, and the amount of water that could be pumped out of the well became less and less.

Recently, many beggars have come to the factory, and they sneak into the factory without anyone noticing. The guys in the security department don’t have enough to eat, so they also have to find food. When they take turns to work, it’s a bit difficult to keep up.

Pei Yanning and Gu Si no longer allow Lingxi to go out.

At this time when everyone is hungry, looking pale and skinny, and their steps are unsteady, the fair and tender young wife is so eye-catching.

The drought is getting worse, and some wells are about to run out of water...