Chapter 716: Escape from Famine 21
A few days later, a large group of people fleeing famine returned to the village.

Geng Dalin, who was weaving baskets in the yard, heard the noise and thought that someone had come into the village to steal things. He quietly climbed up the wooden ladder, stuck his head out of the courtyard wall and looked outside.

Seeing that it was the villagers who had returned, he shouted excitedly, "Mom, mom, the village chief and his people are back, the villagers are back."

"Boss, are the villagers really back?"

Sun Chunfeng threw down the half-woven basket in his hands, opened the gate eagerly and ran out.

Soon, she came back, shouting, "Mom, mom, the villagers are back, all back."

"I know. It's just the villagers who have returned. Why are they shouting and yelling?" Yuanchun came out of the house, and just then, the old Zhu family who lived to the west of Geng's house passed by the door.

Yuanchun shouted, "Dahua sister, didn't you go to escape the famine? Why are you all back?"

Only then did the Zhu family realize that the Geng family’s courtyard gate was open.

Old lady Zhu said, "Sister Geng, the commune is going to distribute relief grain, so we are going back to the village. You...you are back so early?"

"We have been back for almost half a month. My legs and feet are not good and I can't walk long distances. My second son and his wife and five children are all filial, so they came back to accompany me, an old man."

Yuanchun paused, then asked in bewilderment, "Dahua sister, what did you just say about the commune distributing relief food?"

Old Lady Zhu excitedly told her, "Sister Geng, it's a pity that you came back too early and missed a good thing. We found a water source halfway through our escape. The lake was full of clear water. The young men in our village who were good at swimming jumped into the water as soon as they saw it. They washed themselves and drank the water without any complaints."

"Later, we went to the next county, and the officials there told us that the state had distributed relief grain and asked us to return to the village to collect it."

"Look, we're all back." "Sister Geng, you've been living in the village for these days, haven't you heard any news?" Old Lady Zhu asked.

Yuanchun shook her head. "We didn't go anywhere, didn't leave the house. Even if there was any news, we wouldn't be able to hear it."

"It's great to have relief food distributed. I haven't moved much these days to conserve my energy. I'm so hungry..."

Yuanchun rubbed her bloated stomach and said, "Dahua sister, you have been away from home for so long, you must have a lot of things to do, I won't waste your time."

Sun Chunfeng also hurried forward and slammed the gate shut, blocking the Zhu family from looking at them.

In fact, these days, we have been eating meat and rice every day, and everyone in the family, young and old, has a rosy face and has gained a lot of weight. They don’t look like hungry people at all.

Old Mrs. Zhu opened her mouth and wanted to tell Sister Geng that her eldest son and daughter-in-law were killed by lightning, but when she saw that the gate of Geng's courtyard was closed, she swallowed the words back.

"Forget it. Let's let others tell the Geng family about such an unlucky thing." Old Mrs. Zhu muttered, and took the Zhu family back to the next yard.

When Yuanchun returned home, she told Sun Chunfeng, "Let's cook some rice porridge tonight. Don't cook any vegetables. Just make some garlic and black fungus to go with the porridge."

Fried dishes have smells. If people smelled that the Geng family had fried dishes to eat during the famine, the Geng family would definitely become the target of public criticism.

What we worry about is not the scarcity of wealth, but the inequality of wealth.

The Geng family was able to eat well during the famine, which was simply a hateful thing.

The less trouble, the better.