In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 111 Outrageous

Li Feng stared at the nearly empty rice jar, looking distressed, while his wife Luo Xiu also sighed repeatedly.

They've been trying their best to eat sparingly, but their food reserves are almost gone.

"I told you before, don't give your sister too much financial support."

Luo Xiu couldn't help but grumble, "Now look what's happened! We're almost out of food!"

"Xiaoping is my own sister, how can I abandon her?"

Li Feng retorted, "If I don't even care about my own sister, what kind of person am I?"

"Yes, yes, yes! You're so kind. Now that we're out of food, why don't you go find some?"

"Where am I supposed to find food?"

"You're so generous even though you can't find food?"

"..."

Watching her parents bickering, Li Jin remained expressionless. She was probably used to it. Her mother was a kind-hearted person with a sharp tongue. Every time her father took food to help her aunt, her mother would say a few words, but despite her words, her mother never stopped her father.

The father knew this, so he would always give in to the mother when they argued, letting her gain the upper hand verbally.

"Dong dong dong."

Just as the couple was arguing fiercely, there was a knock on the front door. They immediately fell silent. It was fine to argue behind closed doors, but arguing in front of outsiders was a bit embarrassing.

"Second brother, open the door. I am Li Dadan."

A familiar voice came from outside the door.

"coming!"

Li Feng hurriedly went out of the house and opened his front door.

As soon as the door opened, Li Feng saw Li Dadan standing outside carrying a bag. He quickly welcomed Li Dadan into the house and asked, "Brother, what brings you here?"

"Sister-in-law, Xiao Jin."

Li Dadan first greeted Luo Xiu and Li Jin with a smile, then said, "I've come to bring you something."

"Send things?"

Li Feng and his two companions exchanged glances. In peaceful times, Li Dadan would often send food to their home. Of course, Li Feng would also occasionally send things to Li Dadan's family.

However, with everyone struggling these days, the two families haven't exchanged gifts for a long time.

"Take a look, what is this?"

Li Dadan put the bag he was carrying on the ground, opened it, and immediately, white flour came into the three people's eyes.

"This is……"

Luo Xiu's eyes widened, and she blurted out, "White flour?"

It's no wonder Luo Xiu was so shocked. In this year, wheat flour is a rare commodity for the villagers. She had heard from villagers who went to the city to buy grain that a pound of wheat flour costs about 20 wen (copper coins) in the city. This bag of wheat flour in front of her weighs at least 40 or 50 pounds, which means it is worth nearly one tael of silver. How could Luo Xiu not be shocked?

Li Jin didn't speak, but stared at the white flour on the ground with shining eyes, and couldn't help but swallow.

At her age, she was growing rapidly and consuming food at the fastest pace. Because she was never full, her craving for white flour was unparalleled.

"Big brother."

Li Feng was also dumbfounded and asked, "Where did you get so much white powder?"

This is dozens of kilograms of flour, something Li Feng couldn't buy even if he used all the money in his family.

"hey-hey!"

Li Dadan scratched his head and said with a big smile, "It was given to us by my little sister! It weighed 100 jin in total, 50 jin each for you and me."

"Was this a gift from your younger sister?"

Li Feng was stunned. Just a moment ago, he and his wife were talking about his younger sister, and in the blink of an eye, he received a message from her.

Luo Xiu was dumbfounded. She had just been criticizing Li Feng for helping Li Ping, and now Li Ping had sent her such a good thing?

But... where did Li Ping get so much white flour?

"Big brother."

Luo Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Where did Pingmei get so much white flour?"

"Don't you understand this?"

Li Dadan's face was full of smug smiles: "I heard from the village chief that my little sister's family is very rich now. Not only do they eat white flour steamed buns every day, but they also help the villagers of Chenjia Village pay their taxes!"

They ate only white flour buns for every meal, yet they still helped the villagers of Chenjia Village pay their taxes?

Li Feng and Luo Xiu were both stunned. They could accept eating plain white flour buns every day, but helping the villagers of Chenjia Village pay their taxes...

That's a bit outrageous!

You should know that this tax increase will require each household to pay 2 taels of silver. There are more than 100 households in Chenjia Village, which means that Li Ping will have to pay more than 200 taels of silver.

This number is truly astonishing!

In the entire Xiahe Village, even the village chief Li Qiang had probably never seen so much money.

"Big brother, you're not kidding us, are you?"

Li Feng asked in a dry voice, finding it hard to believe what Li Dadan had said.

Why would I lie to you?

Li Dadan rolled his eyes at Li Feng: "That's what the village chief told me. Believe it or not, it's up to you. Anyway, I plan to go to Chenjia Village to see Xiaoping tomorrow."

Li Dadan had already planned to set off for Chenjia Village tomorrow to visit Li Ping. It wasn't because he wanted to benefit from Li Ping's good life, but simply to learn more about Li Ping's current situation.

"I'm going too!"

Li Feng blurted out the answer, and Luo Xiu and Li Jin were also eager to know what Li Ping looked like now and why she was so wealthy.

"Then let's go together tomorrow."

Li Dadan stuffed the bag of flour into Li Feng's hand and said, "Second brother, take this grain and use it to nourish Jin'er. Look how thin she is!"

Li Dadan glanced at Li Jin and shook his head. His niece was too thin and frail; it was almost unbearable to look at.

However, Li Dadan also knew that this was not Li Feng's fault. After all, the whole village was struggling these days, and it was already difficult enough for Li Feng to raise Li Jin. As for feeding him...

That's just wishful thinking.

Not long after, Li Dadan left.

Li Feng stared blankly at the grain sack for a long time, then looked up at Luo Xiu and asked, "Wife, will you still mention that I helped Xiaoping in the future?"

"I'm not going to talk about it anymore!"

Luo Xiu shook her head vigorously, and as the fifty catties of flour arrived, her dissatisfaction with Li Feng vanished instantly. She also dared not mention Li Feng's past assistance to Li Ping anymore.

Just kidding, if it weren't for Li Feng helping Li Ping, how would my family have gotten 50 jin of flour?

"father."

But at this moment, Li Jin, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "I want to go with you to visit Auntie tomorrow."

"no problem."

Li Feng readily agreed, saying, "Wife, you should go too. We'll visit your little sister together tomorrow."

"it is good."

Luo Xiu readily agreed, then touched Li Jin's somewhat dry and yellow hair and said, "Jin'er, Mother will go and cook for you!"

Li Jin swallowed hard and nodded hastily.