After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 306, Episode 0328: Hearing Zhao Yishu Again

Li Dayou still feels lingering fear when he recalls that rainstorm from back then. "The rain came in the middle of the night, and it came down on us like someone was pouring a basin over our heads."

"Many houses in the village couldn't withstand such heavy rain. In less than half an hour, several houses collapsed. I saw that the situation was not good. The rain showed no signs of letting up. On the contrary, it seemed to be getting heavier. I quickly knocked on the door and told everyone to take shelter in the mountains overnight."

There are many caves of various sizes, some naturally formed and others carved out by people, on the back mountain to the west of the village. When the Japanese invaders entered the village, the villagers relied on those caves to avoid being wiped out.

That night the rain was so heavy that the mountain roads became extremely difficult to navigate.

At first, no one knew how many days they would be hiding in the mountains, so they brought everything they could from home. But the more they brought, the more burdensome it became, and after more than half an hour, they still hadn't left the village.

The water was already above their ankles; if they dragged it any longer, the river would overflow and cause a huge problem.

Li Dayou had no choice but to harden his heart and tell everyone to pack lightly and bring only what is necessary for each household, instead of having everyone carrying heavy loads on their backs and hanging them in front.

Fortunately, the people of Hero Village listened to advice and, having experienced the situation firsthand, realized that this approach was not feasible. They obediently took all the non-essential items back home and hid them away. Only the men carried some trousers and grain, while the women supported the elderly or carried the babies.

This time they were much faster, only climbing halfway up the mountain. It used to take them about an hour, but back then it took them almost five hours, and it was already dawn.

Then they saw that their village was flooded, and most of the houses were just rooftops.

The rain was still falling, showing no signs of letting up.

“We hid in the mountains for more than half a month. None of us brought much food, and it ran out in a few days. With such heavy rain, all the animals in the mountains hid, so there was nothing to hunt. We couldn’t go too far out of the caves either. We ate all the wild grass nearby, and when we came down the mountain, it was all lush and green.”

One thing that made him, the brigade leader, quite proud was that everyone in their village was obedient and united. Even when there were petty squabbles, they would help each other and there had never been any violent incidents. Although everyone came down the mountain looking green and more like refugees than refugees, not a single one of them was missing from their village.

I heard that the Fourth Brigade started fighting over food after only a few days. When they ran out of food, things might have been even worse if Ningyuan hadn't brought a gun up the mountain.

When the Fourth Brigade came down the mountain, there were twenty fewer people than when they came up the mountain.

The third brigade also lost seven men;

The Second Brigade had quite a few people on the mountain, but they went up too late. In addition, the terrain in the Second Brigade's area was relatively low, and the road up the mountain was narrow, steep, and sloping. They were also reluctant to leave their belongings behind. By the time they reached the foot of the mountain, the water had already reached the adults' waists, causing many elderly people and children to be unable to successfully climb the mountain.

"Before the rain had completely stopped, I went to find the leaders of other brigades who were hiding nearby and advised them not to wait for the water to recede completely, but to send people to the black market to buy grain as soon as it was almost out of reach."

Like a child who had been holding back his frustrations for a long time, Li Dayou couldn't help but start complaining when his parents finally returned.

As he spoke, the man, whose hair was already gray, had red eyes.

"The water is so deep that the crops in the fields are definitely doomed. Our area is on higher ground, and the water has almost reached halfway up the mountain. We don't know if other places are also flooded, but it's better to be prepared."

"What if? What if the whole commune is hit by a disaster? If there's no food on the black market, that's fine. We can only wait for relief grain. But if there is food on the black market, it's first come, first served. It's a matter of who's first to get it and who's first to lose it."

Li Dayou advised others in the same way. Some listened and immediately mobilized the villagers to buy grain, arranging for people to go and buy it. Many others thought he was exaggerating, believing that the authorities would not abandon them and there was no need to waste money on black market grain; they just needed to wait for relief grain. Some even thought the people of Hero Village were just throwing money away, showing off their little bit of wealth.

The people in teams two, three, and four were the worst offenders, because many of their mountain goods had been returned, and they had long been resentful of team one. Now, Li Dayou was even urging everyone to buy grain on the black market. At this time, grain on the black market was by no means cheap; it was considered a good deal if it wasn't multiplied several times over.

Moreover, the terrain of Hongqi Commune is not high, and the altitude is about the same as that of the First Brigade. The water here has flooded up to the mountainside. If the Hongqi Commune also had such a long period of heavy rain, wouldn't it also be flooded? How could the grain be stored?
If the commune was not affected by the disaster, it means that only a small area of ​​them was affected, so there is no need to worry about food at all.

They never imagined that this flood would not be a problem for a few villages or communes, but for two and a half provinces.

We must thank Mr. Cui for this. After the successful trial planting of No. 1 You, through publicity from all sides, the newly developed No. 2 You was popularized in various places last year. The total national grain output last year reached eleven times that of the previous year.

This is why the country can provide relief food when disaster strikes.

However, the high-yield grain crop was only planted for one year, and we still owe E a debt that the bastard wants us to repay with grain.

For many reasons, the distribution of relief food was very difficult.

Compared to future similar disasters where people only worry about the epidemic, this disaster is like a watershed moment, showing a clear difference between the two.

Before this, including this time, people always starved to death during major disasters, but since this time, no one has starved to death except for personal reasons.

We've digressed, let's get back to the point.

"The black market grain was flooded anyway, but Zhao Yishu is a capable kid. He was already collecting grain in unaffected areas when the water started to recede, and he had already transported the grain back here as soon as the water receded."

Zhao Yishu?
Lin Yuexi was a little dazed; she hadn't heard that name in a long time.

It was only when she heard the name again that she remembered that this world was a world within a book.

Zhao Yishu is one of the male leads.

So, what about the female lead?
Are there many concubines in the imperial harem now?

Suddenly, Lin Yuexi's thoughts began to wander.

However, she still heard what Li Dayou said.

"Everyone in the commune was out of food. As soon as Zhao Yishu's grain was delivered, it was snapped up. At that time, no one cared about the black market anymore. Even the committee members were grabbing grain."

"When the villagers arrived, there wasn't much grain left. People who wanted to buy grain were still crowding around us in layers. If it weren't for Zhao Yishu's kindness in letting us buy first, we would have been too late when we arrived."

Because Zhao Yishu brought back grain later; that was the first and last opportunity to buy grain.

Therefore, those who didn't go with the brigade to buy grain at that time could only wait for relief grain even if they regretted it later.