CHAPTER 801: CHAPTER 764: FAMINE ERA 5 (FIRST UPDATE)

Regardless, Ye Huan had already led the Ye Family to successfully avoid this famine and also prevented the female lead from being sold into a miserable fate.

This was a huge turning point. Moving forward to 1949, she decided to honestly farm locally and think of nothing else, because outside was still too unstable.

Ye Huan was about 1.6 meters tall, her appearance was quite plain, not considered beautiful, just a face that blends into the crowd, with small eyes, single eyelids, a face shape that was neither a cute round face nor the popular oval shape, but the least favorable long face, which could be described unflatteringly as a rural face, not sophisticated, or flatteringly, as relatively safe.

Her sister, Ye Yu, was a bit more attractive. She had bigger eyes, appeared taller, and inherited double eyelids from their father, resembling their mother a bit more.

The Ye Family had fairly good looks, especially the father, who was tall and handsome, with double eyelids, big eyes, and a high nose bridge, so her two brothers were also handsome. It’s just a pity that there has been no news of them until now.

Despite such severe famine happening in their hometown, they hadn’t returned, which clearly showed their struggles as well.

Ye Huan felt that she couldn’t just sit and wait for death; farming wasn’t the result she wanted. She had to find herself a job somehow.

However, in any era, education and connections played a crucial role.

But she had neither. Not only did she lack education and connections, she also had no money.

With no money at all, she thought of going to the county.

The currency in circulation these days was most chaotic, with Legal Currency, liberated area currency, and local government issued paper money, but the real hard currency was still the silver coins.

There were many types of silver coins, including China’s Dragon Coins, Yuan Datou, Founding Memorial Coins, ship coins, and also foreign-made Eagle Coins, standing silver coins, Seated Silver Coins, etc.

Due to the turbulent political situation, especially after the full outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the G people’s government’s income and expenditure didn’t balance. To temporarily relieve the pressure, they randomly issued banknotes, causing the Legal Currency to depreciate quickly.

Moreover, the silver standard had deep roots among the people, who always only acknowledged the silver coins.

Therefore, silver coins continued to circulate, whereas the credibility of Legal Currency was not high.

After the outbreak of the civil war, the G people’s government spent huge financial resources, making the finances even worse, and hence printed banknotes more frantically, ultimately causing the Legal Currency to become worthless paper.

With this analysis, if she wanted to earn money, she could only recognize silver coins, or other jade or antiques, which were good things that could appreciate in value later. In the absence of anything to sell, the fruits in the space became the only consumer goods.

After thinking it over, Ye Huan decided to try going to the county, after all, only with money could she secure a job for her younger siblings in the future.

And wanting to bring the family out, she needed to come forward first. So after spring plowing in 1944, she approached her grandfather and father to explain her intention of finding a job in the county. In fact, if Luoyang weren’t too far from her home, making accommodation a problem, her ideal place would have been Luoyang City, as it was sure to develop faster than this small county.

But before learning how to walk, running wasn’t an option.

Ye Huan was only fourteen this year, not recognizing a single word. If it were before, the Ye Family would never let her out to find work.

After experiencing the famine, they realized that Ye Huan was no longer the same. The little girl in front of them, although still looking like their Ye Huan, her speech and knowledge had clearly surpassed that of an uneducated girl. She was meticulous, having suggested how to avoid and escape during the famine. Thus, deciding to work in the county was certainly her well-considered decision.

But out of concern, the Old Master Ye still said, "Why not let your father go with you?"

Ye Huan shook her head and refused, "Grandpa, I’ve grown up. I don’t need my father to follow me. I’ll walk there in the morning and come back in the evening. Rest assured, I’ll leave after dawn and return before dark. I’ll just look around, take whatever suitable job comes my way, and come back if nothing suits me."

"You going alone, how can I be at ease?" Ye Qiang frowned, clearly not agreeing.

"Dad, rest assured, I can do it." Ye Huan gave Ye Qiang a resolute and persistent look. Though hesitant, he still said.

"Then at least let me take you and bring you back. I won’t follow you or interfere with whatever you do, but I want to take you there."