After the Black Death conquered the cities, it soon after spread to the villages and farms. By killing agricultural workers, the Black Death left crops unharvested, causing a shortage of food supplies and causing people to starve. Due to mortality and labor shortages, commodity prices plummeted while wages rose. The landowners were so desperate that they tried everything to keep the farmers working for them. This gave the perfect opportunity for workers to demand higher wages as they were appreciated. During the epidemic, European societies found their own ways to survive the Black Death. Some people thought that God created the plague so he could punish people for their sins. Other people tried to enjoy the last moments of their lives as much as possible because they knew that sooner or later they would die. Day and night people got drunk, moved from one tavern to another and fulfilled every last wish. A long-term social consequence of the Black Death was that people lost faith and opposed God because He could not save them from the epidemic. Another consequence concerns the economic change of middle and lower class people. In the 14th century, peasants were at the bottom of the story, but thanks to the Black Death, their lives changed radically. After the end of the epidemic, there were a lot of them