Chapter 397 - 0397: Reaping the Consequences 1_1
Wang Zhengguo squatted outside, waiting while Li Dazhu went looking for Wang Zhengjun.
Whenever he encountered someone, he would ask where Wang Zhengjun was. People are naturally curious, so when they asked him why he was looking for Wang Zhengjun, he replied cheerfully, "Wang Zhengjun has a good brother indeed. When Wang Zhengjun went home to borrow grain reserves, he was busy and didn’t immediately agree. But once free, he quickly collected his family’s food and brought it here by mule cart. He didn’t know where Wang Zhengjun’s house was, so he came here."
When anyone would ask the same question, he gave the same answer.
Hence, the entire mining bureau, except for the head cook in the canteen who was still cooking, and the office leaders, nearly everyone else knew Wang Zhengjun’s elder brother from the countryside had brought him food, which originated from Wang Zhengjun’s request to borrow grain reserves.
After Old Li left, those who got the answer immediately began to gossip.
"Life in the countryside is certainly more difficult than ours, why did he go home for food?"
"Exactly, the majority of the food is supplied to the city, how much can the countryside have? More than 10,000 people in Wang Zhengjun’s home county have starved to death, mostly the farmers; one can only imagine how tragic the situation is."
"In my hometown, there were originally over 30,000 people, now there are only over 10,000 left."
"Ah, nearly everyone from the production brigade in my mother-in-law’s hometown has starved to death."