Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

After much thought, Aunt Baotian held her breath and decided to turn a blind eye to it. She walked aside and said nothing.

Lin Shuqin noticed that the atmosphere between his parents was somewhat tense, and knew that his mother was feeling sullen.

Dad had just lost his mother, and even if grandma was wrong, she had just passed away, so he naturally wouldn't be in the mood to comfort his mother. So he looked to the left, then to the right, feeling very torn.

Finally, it was the village head who patted Lin Shuqin on the shoulder and asked him to go over and accompany his mother to comfort her.

Thinking of the scene where his wife pushed his daughter-in-law and grandson into a pack of wild dogs, it was indeed extremely dangerous. Even if this incident was over, he still felt uncomfortable, not to mention that his daughter-in-law was still feeling uncomfortable.

Just as the village head and Lin Baotian were collecting Chen's ashes in tears, everyone else was sighing.

"Oh my god, I almost thought I was going to lose my life this time. It was so terrible." Aunt Niu was so tired that she was out of breath. She stumbled and fell heavily to the ground. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, her tone full of relief for surviving the disaster.

Even though the women and children later mustered up the courage to confront the wild dogs head-on, they had never seen such a large number of ferocious wild dogs. They were inevitably frightened to the point of breaking out in cold sweats and their legs going weak.

"Yeah, I almost thought I couldn't get out of this mountain. It was so terrifying." Aunt Dashan patted her heaving chest fearfully and gasped in agreement.

"Alas, I don't know when this disaster will end." Even Miao put his hands together and bowed towards the four directions again and again.

Life and death are unpredictable on the road of fleeing famine. Death may not be painful, and life may not be happy.

Sometimes, living is more painful than death, but even ants are greedy for life, let alone humans. Since you are alive, don't complain about the world, you must always find ways to fight for a way to survive.

Everyone expressed their feelings about escaping death, while Lin Xiaoyue sat aside holding Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, comforting the two frightened people.

The two little guys were indeed scared. Last time in the cave, they had a fever and did not face the terrible scene of being surrounded by wolves. Now, the two little kids were awake and were being chased by a pack of wild dogs. How could they not feel a chill down their spines?

It was not known whether the two little ones were too frightened or not. They did not cry or make a fuss. They just hugged Lin Xiaoyue's neck and curled up in her arms. Even when Miao and Lin Zhaodi wanted to hug them, they refused to let go and insisted on sticking to Lin Xiaoyue.

Lin Xiaoyue: ...Okay, just hang on if you want. It's not that heavy anyway. It's OK as long as you don't feel hot.

Miao: I gave birth to the baby in vain... I feel like the baby doesn’t stick to me anymore, and I feel bad.

Lin Zhaodi: ...Just follow your sisters’ wishes.

After everyone had rested for a while and recovered, someone asked what to do with all the stray dogs. In fact, the underlying question was how to divide them.

No one was whispering to each other, but instead came to ask Lin Xiaoyue for her opinion and see what she thought.

There was no other way. Lin Xiaoyue had put in a lot of effort to chop off at least half of the 29 dog carcasses. The remaining pieces were taken by the group of them working together. Therefore, when dividing the meat, everyone wanted to come over and ask Lin Xiaoyue for her opinion.

In fact, in Lin Xiaoyue's opinion, there is really nothing to ask. After all, everyone is eating together from the same pot, and she is not an individualist, so it is unnecessary for everyone to ask this question.

Besides, it was easy to tell what these wild dogs had eaten to become so fat and strong. But even if they saved on food, they could only last for two days.

If other prey appear during this period, it would be great to have more choices.

However, given the current situation, everyone still needs to prepare for food shortages in advance.

Even though wild dog meat has a very strong smell, its skin is thick and tough, making it difficult to chew, and there are bacteria in its skin and flesh, the group is running out of food.

Lin Xiaoyue knew what everyone was thinking, so the most she could do was to persuade them to cook the food before eating.

Wild dogs run all over the mountains and plains, and everything they eat goes through their internal organs. No matter how regrettable the internal organs are, don't keep them. Just throw them away. The meat is enough, so you don't have to eat something unclean and get sick easily.

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.

Turning around, I saw everyone rushing to deal with the corpses on the ground.

After all, if they didn't clean it up, roast it over a fire on the spot, remove the blood and smell, and carry it in a backpack, it would be nauseating to carry the bloody corpse along the way, and the mosquitoes, rats and ants in the mountains would be enough to make everyone suffer.

Seeing how excited everyone was, Lin Xiaoyue kept frowning. If the space hadn't been disconnected, she really wanted to persuade everyone to not have the meat.

By the time everyone had finished processing the meat in their hands, it was already past noon.

Everyone's face was red and their necks were thick because of the barbecue. Lin Xiaoyue was really worried that everyone would get heatstroke from being exposed to the scorching sun that was constantly releasing heat.

Fortunately, everyone had put everything in order, and before they had time to take a breath, Dr. Qiao waved his hand and asked everyone to continue on their journey.

None of the people, who had just experienced a life-and-death fight not long ago, uttered a word of complaint at this moment.

They had just killed a lot of people here, and the smell of blood had not yet dissipated. If it weren't for the need to process the meat, they would have wanted to run away long ago.

Who knows if we stay in this place for a while longer, what kind of dangerous creatures will come closer smelling the blood.

Cherish life and stay away from dangerous places.

Whether you are tired or not is not worth mentioning when it comes to saving your life.

Because they were worried about running out of water, everyone wanted to reach the foot of the mountain before dark, so they hurried along the way.

But it is easier to climb up the mountain than to go down, and the forest is full of rocks, so people and animals have to be very careful, lest they slip out if they are not careful.

Just when everyone thought the worst was over, God seemed to think it was not enough and a heavy rain poured down on their heads.

Looking at the drizzle that was quietly falling, everyone felt mixed emotions.

The good news is that it has not rained for nearly a month since the extremely warm weather. Now God has finally opened his eyes and is willing to send down the sweet dew. I think more wild vegetables, mushrooms and other plants will grow in the mountains and forests after the rain.

This way, their lives in the mountains will be better.

What worried them was that they had only descended less than half of the mountain, and now it was raining, which obstructed their vision and made the mountain road even more difficult to travel on.

Not to mention anything else, just the mules, cows, and a few families carrying people on their backs must have had a harder time walking on the muddy mountain road.

At first, no one noticed anything unusual and thought it was just ordinary rain. However, as time went on, the smell of rain began to become pungent, and the cold rain hitting the skin was like countless tiny needles piercing into it, making people frown.