Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Li Qingfeng woke up early the next morning before daybreak. He was full of energy now. After practicing the "Refining Technique", no matter what his level was, he only needed to sleep three hours a day.

After getting up, I closed my eyes and used my mental power to take a look behind my brother's house. My brother was still sleeping so I didn't wake him up.

I walked out of the house and looked into my yard. It was a very ordinary and common farmhouse courtyard with earthen walls.

Li Qingfeng looked towards the village again. It was quiet and there was no one in sight. They must have all gone to escape the famine. There was no other way! Without water or food, they would starve to death! They all went out to find a way to survive.

Anyang City is bordered by Shanxi to the west, Shandong to the east, and Hebei to the north. They are all not far away, so you can find a job anywhere.

Why didn't the brothers Li Qingfeng and Li Qingshan follow the villagers to escape the famine? The brothers wanted to follow, but the villagers left quietly two nights before leaving.

When they left, the villagers didn't know whether they thought of the two brothers or not, so they all left.

These two brothers were really carefree. In order to save some energy for their journey the next morning, they went to bed hastily that night. However, after they got up early the next morning and packed their bags, they felt the village was quiet when they walked in it. The brothers did not think much about it and thought that everyone was gathering at the village entrance!

But when they arrived at the village entrance, they didn't see a single person. The two brothers immediately panicked and ran back to the village, shouting from house to house, but no one responded.

The landlord's door was also closed. They left early, at the end of July, and never came back. No one knew where they went.

The two brothers walked back home in a daze, and less than a week passed. The last bit of food was given to the younger brother, and Li Qingfeng starved to death. This led to the arrival of the modern Li Qingfeng.

After coming to his senses, Li Qingfeng went into his brother's room, patted his brother's chest and shouted, "Qingshan, wake up!"

Li Qingshan opened his eyes dazedly and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Li Qingfeng said softly: "Qingshan, wait for me at home. I'm going to go out and see if I can find something useful in the homes of the villagers or the landlords."

Li Qingshan responded: "Brother, do you want me to go with you?"

Li Qingfeng: "No need, just take a nap at home! I'll be back soon."

Li Qingshan: "I understand, brother." After saying that, he closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

Li Qingfeng watched his brother fall asleep in seconds, then he smiled and shook his head, picked up the backpack and left the house.

Li Qingfeng walked on the road in the village, inspecting each house with his mental power. There was nothing worth taking from ordinary villagers, and Li Qingfeng would also pick some good things that could be used, such as camphor wood boxes and vegetable baskets.

Li Qingfeng would even take the little food from the rat holes and plant it in the space to see if he could grow it to life.

Li Qingfeng walked all the way to the landlord's door and sat on the steps at the gate. He entered the space with his consciousness and calculated. He collected more than 10 camphor wood boxes, more than 20 vegetable baskets, and several vegetable jars that looked like antiques into the space.

Li Qingfeng really knows nothing about antiques. After arriving in Beijing, he will find some books or learn systematically from this master. After all, during the Anti-Japanese War era, there are quite a lot of real antiques, and it would be convenient to store them if there is space. They cannot be taken advantage of by the Japanese devils, GMD, and traitors.

The food we got from the rat hole was not much, just three or four taels of wheat grains and a small handful of corn kernels. The rest, like potatoes and sweet potatoes, had no oil at all.

He also found some wilted vegetable seeds in the villagers' homes, including: cabbage, pepper, cucumber, eggplant, tomato, beans, pumpkin, winter melon, loofah and other seeds. Li Qingfeng didn't know whether the seeds were dead or not, so he found some broken bowls, soaked them in spiritual spring water and left them there.

He also collected some rags, two broken axes, and torn bedding that the villagers had not taken away and put them in the backpack.

Money or something? Li Qingfeng found a few forgotten Yuan Datou coins and some scraps of legal tender on the beams, about 35 yuan. At that time, ordinary people still preferred silver dollars. The legal tender is now relatively strong, but it will fall in the future. However, the significance of the legal tender is indelible. The legal tender reform promoted the modernization of China's currency value and prompted China to improve its banking system.

Moreover, because it adapted to the semi-feudal and semi-colonial economic development at that time, it also brought about significant changes in China's economy in a certain period of time.

(Now let's look at the purchasing power of 100 fiat dollars.

In 1937, you could buy two yellow cattle

In 1938, you could buy a yellow cow.

In 1939, you could buy a pig

In 1941, you could buy a bag of flour.

In 1943, you could buy a chicken

In 1945, you could buy an egg

In 1946, you could buy 1/6 soap

1947 can buy a coal briquette)

We will start issuing other currencies in the future, so I will tell readers about them when they appear. Please forgive me.

After finishing, Li Qingfeng realized that he had left the space, put the backpack aside, stood up and looked at the vermilion door in front of him, with a copper lock hanging on it.

Without saying a word, Li Qingshan took the hatchet from his backpack and smashed the copper lock with the back of the hatchet. Unexpectedly, the copper lock was quite strong and it took several hits to break it open. Seeing that the broken lock could still be sold for some money, he threw it directly into the backpack, then pushed the door and walked in.

This landlord had a three-entry house with a rather large courtyard. It was difficult for Li Qingfeng to fully explore it using his mental power, so he simply broke the lock and entered the yard to search.

The first courtyard was for the landlord's sons to live in, the second courtyard in the middle was for the landlord and his mistress to live in, and the last courtyard was for the landlord's female relatives, such as the landlord's daughters and concubines. There was also a small garden inside, but now there is a great famine, and the garden has become a wasteland.

There are two yards next to it, one is for raising livestock, and the other is for horse-drawn carriages, ox carts, etc.

As soon as you enter the door, there are two back rooms and a gatehouse. These are the houses for the gatekeepers and servants to live in. Li Qingfeng walked straight over without looking around.

After entering the first courtyard, he began to search every room, including the beams, the basement, and the entire house. After searching the first courtyard, Li Qingfeng really found a lot of things, including more than 20 silver dollars, more than 200 French francs, and several better clothes and beddings without many patches. The wood used for the furniture was also relatively good, so he put them all into the space. Even the blue bricks paving the house were all taken away. The beams and pillars were also good wood, which he would collect at the end.

The second courtyard is the key place. Landlords usually build secret rooms in their study or main house, so Li Qingfeng is looking forward to seeing if he can find big yellow croaker or small yellow croaker in this yard.

Li Qingfeng walked towards the second courtyard excitedly with cheerful steps.