Chapter 21 Hurry! You go and protect Ran Ran!

The old village chief also knew that everyone had little money, so he pondered for a while and said: "Then let's discuss it and see if we can send a few people in to buy food."

Everyone discussed for a while, and some families with more money sent one or two people into the city instead of going with them.

The Qiao family decided that Qiao Erhe and Qiao Ran would go into the city together.

The old village chief collected the money that the remaining dozens of families had prepared to buy grain, and gave it to Qiao Erhe and a few men who were going to the city, and asked them to act as representatives to help everyone buy grain.

Qiao Ran followed a few people into the city. She quietly pulled her second uncle aside and said, "Second uncle, you go with them to buy food. I will buy our own food. I will leave the city by myself when the time comes, so you don't have to wait. I."

"Ran Ran, aren't you coming with us? We are not familiar with each other in this city. Don't let anything happen to you. I won't be able to explain to your grandma and your mother."

Qiao Ran smiled and said: "Second uncle, what accident can happen to me? I am very strong. No one can bully me."

Qiao Erhe remembered the way his eldest niece easily lifted a big stone that even he couldn't move, so he could only warn her: "Then be careful and get out of the city as soon as possible. We will meet outside the city."

Qiao Ran nodded and separated from the others.

"Erhe, where is Ran Yatou going? Why don't you look at her? Aren't you afraid of something happening to her?"

Li Daqiang from the village asked in surprise.

No one in the village knew that Qiao Ran had regained consciousness.

Qiao Erhe didn't explain much, just said: "It's okay, she will leave the city by herself. Let's go buy food quickly. There are so many victims, I'm afraid the food in the food shop will be sold out."

After everyone heard this, they no longer cared about where Qiao Ran was going and hurriedly strode to the grain store.

When they arrived at the first grain store, they saw a sign on the door saying that the grain was sold out, so they had no choice but to rush to the second one.

I went to three grain stores in a row and only bought three bags of grain, which was far from the amount everyone wanted to buy.

Finally, after asking several residents in the city, we found an inconspicuous small grain shop in a remote alley, and we all carried out more than a dozen bags of grain.

On the other side, after Qiao Ran separated from her second uncle, she first bought a pair of cloth shoes for each family member, and she took out the ones her grandfather had made for her directly from the space.

A dozen pairs of cloth shoes cost two or three coins.

Then I found a shop that sold steamed buns and bought a dozen hot, big meat buns, which cost me more than 30 yuan.

After thinking about it, she went to the grain store and bought a few empty sacks.

The grain shop was all sold out and was about to close. When someone wanted to buy empty sacks, the shopkeeper asked the waiter to bring her some sacks and only charged her fifteen cents.

Qiao Ran saw a semi-old push cart in the corner of the grain store and asked the shopkeeper: "Boss, are you selling this cart?"

The shopkeeper glanced suspiciously at the little girl, who was dressed in rags and looked like a refugee, and asked, "You have no food. Why did you buy linen bags and carts? Are you going to rob a wealthy family?"

Qiao Ran pointed at her nose in a funny way and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, you really praise me so much! Look at who with my small body can I beat? I just want to buy this trolley and push me A few brothers and sisters are just on their way. As for this sack, it is for them to sit on, so that their buttocks will not be sore and numb. "

The shopkeeper listened to her explanation, reluctantly accepted it, waved his hand and said: "Business in this city is not easy now. I have sold out all the food. I am going to pack up and go back to my hometown. If you want this cart, take it. Five Do you want a hundred cents?"

"want!"

Five hundred cents could not usually buy a cart. Qiao Ran knew that the shopkeeper had half sold and half given it to her, so she readily took out the five hundred cents.

After thanking the shopkeeper, he threw the sack on the cart and pushed the cart out the door.

Qiao Ran pushed the trolley to a very secluded alley, concentrated on the space, moved two bags of rice and one bag of flour from the underground warehouse, and replaced the packaging with the sackcloth bags she just bought.

I found two more small clay pots and filled them with a can of oil and a small can of salt.

She really wanted to take out all the spices in the kitchen so that she could have delicious meals.

However, now on the road to escape from famine, having food to eat is already very enviable. If I use seasonings to make the food too delicious and fragrant, I am afraid that it will attract the jealousy and covetousness of others, so I have to give up.

After thinking about it, I took another twenty eggs and duck eggs, wrapped them in empty sacks and put them in the car.

Qiao Ran just pushed a cart with three large bags of grain out of the city without spending a penny to buy grain.

As soon as she left the city gate, the refugees who were outside were staring at the people coming out of the city like hungry wolves looking at the three bags of food piled high on her cart, their eyes glowing green. .

Qiao Ran looked at the crowd that was about to gather around her, and pushed the cart quickly with all her strength.

Over there, several men from Qingshui Village who went to the city have also returned. Everyone is looking at the grain they bought. They are all very disappointed. The dozens of bags of grain shared by dozens of families are not enough!

At this time, everyone also noticed the movement at the gate of the city. When they looked up, they saw Qiao Ran striding over pushing a cart. The surrounding refugees were already planning to riot. Many people turned towards Qiao Ran. surrounded the past.

Mrs. Qiao didn't expect her eldest granddaughter to come back with so much food. Seeing those people coming to grab the food, she quickly said to her sons and grandsons: "Quick! Go and protect Ran Ran!"

Before she could finish her words, the three Qiao brothers and Qiao Dong Qiao Nan who saw this situation had already started running towards Qiao Ran.

The old village chief also made a decisive decision and said to the surrounding villagers: "Fuck you guys, go and help Ran Yatou!"

The men didn't care about anything else. They grabbed carrying poles, hoes, machetes, etc. and rushed over.

The refugees who had already squeezed in front of Qiao Ran quickly took a few steps back when they saw this group of people coming in a menacing manner.

"What are you doing? What do you want to do? Want to rob? First ask the guy in my hand if he agrees!"

Qiao Erhe and others glared at the refugees with fierce looks. The men from Qingshui Village who came over also surrounded the cart, driving away the refugees who came around and preventing them from getting closer.

Some refugees were so greedy for the food that was so close at hand that they completely ignored the armed people from Qingshui Village. They raised their feet to squeeze towards the side of the cart, while stretching out their hands to grab the food.

"Do you really think we are dead? Break your thief's hand!"

When the men in Qingshui Village saw a few people insisting on grabbing food regardless of any obstruction, they were so angry that they swung their hoes and poles and smashed those people's hands.