Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Miao's face was pale with tears streaming down her face, her lips were trembling, and she looked at the collapsed Old Man Lin, unable to speak.

Obviously, even if Lin Xiaoyue didn’t say it, they seemed to have thought of the worst outcome. Everyone in Linjia Village...

An atmosphere of panic and fear hung over the Lin family. Faced with such a tragic, catastrophic tragedy, Lin Xiaoyue didn't know how to comfort everyone.

They sighed silently, countless thoughts racing through their minds. Now that things had come to this, they had no choice but to accept the reality and plan their next steps.

"Dad, Mom, don't be sad for now. Things may not be as hopeless as we think."

Old Man Lin and the others were filled with despair, their heads in a mess, and were suddenly interrupted by her words. They all raised their heads abruptly and looked at her in disbelief.

Perhaps it was because Lin Xiaoyue had died once and the hot blood in her body had cooled down, or perhaps it was because she had little contact with the people in Linjia Village, so she was able to remain rational and calm enough under great stimulation and look at the situation from the perspective of an observer.

"Dad, Mom, and everyone else, calm down and listen to me. I know that everyone is worried about whether the Linjia Village team has encountered this landslide... the huge danger of a mountain collapse. To be honest, if this landslide is caused by an earthquake, then it will not have much to do with all of us in Linjia Village.

It’s just that there had been heavy rains for more than half a month, and landslides occurred. We cannot rule out the possibility that the villagers in our village were unlucky enough to be hit by the disaster and suffered losses.

But I believe that with hundreds of people in our village marching, the team must be very long. The road ahead is blocked by the collapsed area for more than 100 meters. If we encounter the danger of a landslide, the worst that can happen is that only some people will be killed, and the whole village will not be buried under the sliding rock. "

When the Lin family members heard this, the flame of hope rekindled in their gloomy eyes. Their hands and feet trembled slightly as they looked at her in disbelief.

Lin Xiaoyue couldn't bear to see everyone's distraught looks, so she nodded.

Father Lin swallowed and asked carefully, "Then you think your grandfather, mother, uncle and aunt should be okay, right?"

Lin Xiaoyue: ...

Miao and the other sisters of the Lin family: ...

Everyone felt complicated. Old Man Lin was indeed still worried about everyone in the Lin family's old house!

You really can't expect a foolishly filial person to change easily overnight.

Xiaocao didn't know about the troubles in the Lin family yet. Seeing that everyone looked unhappy, she just kept silent and listened to what they said.

Seeing that his wife and daughter both had gloomy faces and gave him resentful looks, Old Man Lin realized what he had just said and shrank his neck hesitantly, but his hopeful gaze still fell on his third daughter.

Lin Xiaoyue was really helpless with her father. It was fine if she didn't mention it, but she would get angry when she did. Once things were related to the old house, it was as if Lin's father lost his mind. Chunchun was the most filial son in the world, no doubt about it.

She really wanted to grab Old Man Lin’s shoulders and shake him hard to question him. Are his wife and daughter not as worthy of his attention as those jackals in the old house who only knew how to suck blood and marrow?

But once some things are deeply ingrained in one's bones, it is really difficult to change them overnight. One can only work hard and slowly make them change.

Lin Xiaoyue tried her best to calm down, pulled the corners of her lips, and replied maliciously, "Dad, there is a saying that goes, good people don't live long, but evil people live for thousands of years. I wonder if Dad has heard of it."

"How can you talk like that, kid? Those are your grandparents..."

"Stop, they are only Dad's parents and relatives. We have no connection with the old house. Dad, you are too old to forget it again."

Lin Xiaoyue impatiently stopped Father Lin from bringing up his long-winded speech about filial piety, skipped this annoying topic, and continued to talk to everyone, "No matter what, the disaster that is going to happen will not stop happening just because we don't want it to happen. It's too early to say whether the villagers of Linjia Village are dead or alive. There is only one way before us, and that is to take a detour."

"detour??"

"Yes, I just heard someone say that if we take a detour to the state capital, we have to go through at least four more counties. According to the route we discussed before, it would take almost half a month to get to the state capital. Now if we take a detour, it will take at least more than a month to reach the state capital." This is the case if the journey is smooth and there are no accidents.

Miao's eyes widened, "It takes that long?"

"Well, that's if everything goes well."

Everyone was stunned. The world was in chaos and the weather was unusually hot. Walking for more than ten days would almost cost a person's life. If they had to walk for more than a month...

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were inevitably a little panicked when they saw that everyone was in such a state of disarray. They grabbed Lin Xiaoyue's hand hoping that the third sister could say something.

Lin Xiaoyue was also helpless. She could still hold on for one or two days, or seven or eight days, and she regarded it as physical exercise. However, she had to walk for more than a month... more than a month, and the road was not flat, but an uneven, bumpy dirt road.

The most uncomfortable thing was that she had to endure the scorching heat of the extreme weather... She felt that she might also be skinned alive.

Moreover, reaching the state capital was only the first step. She didn't know what to do next. If she followed the earlier agreement with the village head to go to the emperor's feet to avoid risks, she would have to go with the villagers. If she went alone, without a pass or a guarantor, she would definitely be sold out and become a slave or an illegal resident...

Lin Xiaoyue had a severe headache. The current situation was beyond her expectations.

If her parents agreed, it would be fine for the whole family to hide in the mountains. But her eldest sister hadn't found a place to stay yet, and not only her parents, but even her second sister Lin Zhaodi would not agree with her idea.

Alas, at this time, she really missed the head of the village very much and hoped that he was safe and sound.

……

And this time.

Under the same sky, the headman was almost so angry with the troublemaker in the village that he was about to give birth to a Buddha and ascend to heaven. He didn't know that on the other side of the mountains and rivers, there was a little person who was thinking about him.

Let’s not talk about the headache of the village head for now. On Lin Xiaoyue’s side, the family rarely did anything. They just sat quietly by the mountain path, thinking about what to do next.

Until the second half of the night, no one had come up with an idea. Finally, Lin Xiaoyue made the decision to follow the refugees' route. As for where they would end up, she believed that there would always be a way.

In fact, she didn't know what to do. Seeing that the Lin family was all depressed and depressed, she could only take one step at a time. It was better than standing still and waiting to die.

Having made the decision, everyone gathered themselves together and followed the few who had decided to take a detour and continued on their way.