More than half of the journey was over, and everyone was eager to return. Except for using the restroom and eating lunch, all other time was spent on the road.
The closer they got to Kaiyang County, the more refugees there were.
Among these refugees, about two or three out of ten were local residents who had failed to harvest food during spring.
Now, in Kaiyang County, the price of coarse grain had soared to fifty cents per pound, medium grain to 150 cents, and refined grain to 300 cents.
The money shops and pawnshops were set up directly at the refugee gathering places outside the city. People lined up from morning till night to borrow money to buy food. Business was so brisk that the shopkeeper's smile never faded.
A large number of refugees from other regions gathered in Kaiyang County territory, but the government had yet to issue any document to solve the problem. The situation in Kaiyang County could only be described as chaotic.
