Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Unexpectedly, I heard the lame man sitting on the cart comforting his wife, and I felt relieved.

Sure enough, these people are all stupid, otherwise why would they easily follow a stranger?

How could I have thought that they had discovered something? Really, I was too cautious.

Soon, the man brought everyone to a brick house and stopped. Through the mottled courtyard wall that had collapsed for the most part, and in the moonlight, they could vaguely see the incomplete houses in the courtyard. In the family in front of them, only the west room and half of the kitchen had collapsed, and the other houses were still preserved.

Everyone looked at each other and communicated silently. It seemed that the scholar who led them was indeed from a wealthy and lucky family. No wonder he could invite everyone to his home to rest.

During the break, the man pushed open the half-closed gate and shouted inside, "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

The room was almost immediately lit up by candlelight. Then, an old woman opened the door to the inner room and came out, trotting and shouting, "Son, why did you come back so late? I was so worried... Oh, what happened to you? Why are you still holding a cane?" Then, the woman shouted into the room, "Dad, come out and take a look. Sangui is injured."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "crackling" sound of things being knocked over in the house, and a white-haired old man stumbled out. Seeing that the man was leaning on a walking stick just as his mother said, his eyes immediately turned red with distress. He hurried over and carefully supported his son, trembling, and asked him with concern, "Son, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say you were going to find food? Why did you get yourself into this state?"

The man called Sangui smiled, and with the help of his father, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, Dad. I just sprained my ankle by a rock. It's not a big deal. You see, it's a good thing that these benefactors happened to pass by and helped me. And the walking stick in my hand was also given to me by this kind-hearted auntie. You must thank these benefactors for me."

The man thought his words were appropriate and inconspicuous, but when Lin Xiaoyue heard them, she heard the words "thank you very much", which he said with gritted teeth and slightly heavier tone.

Look, these so-called well-educated and knowledgeable people seem to hate them?

Haha, it’s really interesting that I helped people but ended up helping them in the wrong way.

At this time, the woman and the old man seemed to realize that there were quite a few people outside the door. With the dim candlelight, they looked around and saw the people who came back with their son. They slapped their thighs with joy, rubbed their hands on their clothes, and walked forward quickly, "Dear benefactors, come in quickly, come in quickly. Thank you for saving my Sangui, please come into the main hall and have a seat."

Turning around, the woman called out to the old man, "Dad, go and boil some water for the benefactors to moisten their throats. Boil some more so they can wash up properly. They are exhausted from the long journey. They will feel much better after washing up."

As she spoke, the woman tried to pull the mule's reins and lead the animal into the yard.

However, Xiao Cao was cautious. He held the reins firmly in his hand and quickly squeezed in between the woman and the mule, separating the people and preventing the woman from getting close to the animal.

The woman obviously didn't expect that the skinny girl in front of her would move so quickly. Her face froze for a moment, but soon she put on a friendly smile again. "Hey, the girl is quite clever, and she's so quick. I'm an old woman, and I just want to lead the animals into the yard, not to take them to other places, don't worry. We are all honest people, and we won't do anything that would harm others or cause harm to others."

Besides, you will all go into the main room to drink water later. If you leave the animals outside, not only will there be no place to tie them up, but it will also make you feel uneasy. Bring them in and put them in the front yard or the shed at the back. I will ask the children's father to feed the two animals more hay and water. When you set off, the animals will be well fed and have strong legs and feet, so they can walk farther, right?"

The woman kept talking, and when she saw Xiao Cao still didn't move, she couldn't help but feel annoyed. She simply walked past the others and spoke to Miao on the cart, "Sister, come on, get down quickly, and help your husband down. Let's go inside and chat, and have a good rest, or you'll get too tired."

This time, Miao didn't dare to make the mistake of being easily influenced by others and quickly turned around to look at her daughter behind her.

After seeing Lin Xiaoyue curl her lips and nod, she felt relieved and carefully helped Old Man Lin get off the cart.

Lin Xiaoyue didn't let Old Man Lin get down from the ground. She handed the shopping cart to Ergouzi who wanted to come forward to help. She quickly stepped forward, put Old Man Lin's hand on her shoulder, and helped him up with all her strength.

To outsiders, this action seemed to indicate that Old Man Lin had difficulty walking and was relying on the girl's strength to half-support himself and stand up.

In fact, Lin Xiaoyue put one hand around Lin Lao's waist and held him upright. If you don't look carefully, no one can find that Lin Lao's feet are actually two fingers wide from the ground, floating, and his feet don't touch the ground at all.

When Lin Xiaoyue was supporting Old Man Lin as they passed by the woman, she smelled a faint sour and stinky smell with her sharp nose. It was...

Lin Xiaoyue guessed something, and a sharp light flashed across her eyes. In order not to be noticed by the other party, she lowered her head and walked over quickly.

"Oh, this little girl is really strong, she must be a good worker. Big sister, you have a good daughter!" The woman saw the little girl taking her mother's place and helping old man Lin up. Although she praised him, she secretly cursed in her heart: This family is really unrespectable. Such a big girl is still so close to the old man, without any rule of "a girl should avoid her father when she grows up". While she was disdainful in her heart, she also showed it on her face unconsciously.

Sangui knew his mother's personality too well. They were both ordinary country people, but they were always particular about rules and etiquette. She would go to the town to hang out from time to time, listen to the gossips of the town's gossiping women, and learn the rules by patching them together.

Those nagging old women were just servants in the rich families, responsible for cleaning and cooking. How could they have learned the rules? It was just that they watched the ladies and wives of the rich families speak in a pretentious manner, and after seeing so many times, they had some ideas in their minds. Then, they showed off what they had learned halfway. Unfortunately, his mother fell for it, and after a while, she learned a lot.

It's just that most of the villagers were ignorant, and the village women were easily fooled by his mother's pretentious and eloquent words, and they also added some inappropriate words of praise.

However, his mother couldn't hear any of this and was only feeling smug.