As long as there's something to eat, you can still survive. If you want to survive, you must eat something. As long as you're alive, everything can come again. As long as you can get food, everything else can be discarded.
So, even when faced with high prices, as long as there's a mouthful to eat, people often accept it. But having already lost their income, they will eventually consume their resources. The little money and food they have will eventually run out—so the former merchants took out their savings, former scholars sold their brushes and ink, former craftsmen sold their tools, and even the old farmers sold their hoes and shovels.
As long as it can be exchanged for a mouthful of food, these sacrifices are acceptable.
"Why not sell the coffin lid, too?"
A few refugees surrounded Shan Bing and Jiang Wenyuan, having been watching them for a long time.
"Although that thing isn't worth much, it's still wood. Take it to burn, and it can warm you up..."
"Get lost."
