Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Lin Xiaoyue looked at her steadily, with no sadness or joy on her face, and just stared at Miao calmly.

Just when everyone was worried that Miao would scold Lin Xiaoyue again without any reason, Miao's eyes suddenly turned red, tears streamed down her face, and she hugged Lin Xiaoyue tightly and cried breathlessly, "You damn girl, you scared me to death, if... if something happened to you... how can I live?"

Lin Xiaoyue was held tightly in Miao's arms, and she was almost breathless. But she felt Miao's whole body trembling unconsciously and her heart was pounding. She tried to break free from Miao's hand, but she turned in mid-air and patted her back to help her calm down.

"San Ya, promise me that you won't do such a risky thing next time, okay? I can't stand the fear. I'm too scared."

Watching her third daughter leap up, Miao's heart almost jumped out of her throat.

At that moment, she felt as if her heart was being tightly grasped by a pair of invisible hands, with such force that she almost lost her body and returned to heaven.

Lin Xiaoyue pursed her lips and said, "Mom, I'm fine, don't be afraid." Lin Xiaoyue felt Miao's worry. Regardless of whether it was out of good intentions or not, she could not make a promise she could not keep.

On the road to escape famine, any disaster could happen at any time, and no one could predict it, so how could she make guarantees in advance?

She didn't want to deceive Miao, nor could she deceive herself. What she wanted from beginning to end was to live well, so she would not let anything happen to herself easily.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried for a long time, which caused all the younger sisters of the Lin family to rush over and hug their mother and the third sister tightly. They didn't want to be separated, and not even death could separate their family.

They will definitely make it to the state capital alive and well, and live well forever.

Father Lin who was placed in the rear: ...I am still here, I am still here, don’t forget me.

The people around who were previously extremely excited, now had tears in their eyes when they saw the Lin family members hugging each other tightly.

Yes, if possible, they would rather be dogs in peace than people in chaos.

The troubled times were really terrible. People were displaced, their families were broken up, and the hardships and pain they experienced were unimaginable. Under the catastrophe, everyone had to struggle to survive. How many people could be like the Lin family, and still be together without a single missing person?

It's really too difficult.

Everyone experienced the thrilling "high-altitude flight" and the feeling of being an "airman", which made them physically and mentally tense. At this moment, everyone, including the two animals who were still "swearing", were already exhausted.

But they couldn't stop, they still had half a day left, and if they could walk a little further, they would be closer to the state capital.

Doctor Qiao greeted the head of the village, waved his hand, and shouted for everyone to move quickly and continue on their journey.

The two animals, which were still grinning non-stop, stopped abruptly when they saw Lin Xiaoyue. They instantly turned into quails and dared not make a sound anymore.

When Lin Xiaoyue passed by them, she glanced at them indifferently and snorted coldly, which scared them so much that their legs went weak and they almost fell to their knees.

This cruel and crazy two-legged beast is so scary. Don’t get involved with it.

……

Without the weight of their bags, everyone felt much more relaxed when going down the mountain. However, as they had not had a drop of water for two days and two nights, and the scorching sun continued to release unprecedented heat, everyone felt dizzy and their steps were unsteady. If this continued, no one knew how long they could hold out.

Old Man Lin leaned on Lin Xiaoyue's backpack, with his third daughter back to back, silently shedding tears. Suddenly, his eyes became wet, and tears slid down his cheeks and sank into his clothes.

Lin Xiaoyue felt that Father Lin on the back rack was twitching, and thought he was feeling unwell, so she asked hurriedly, "Dad, what's wrong with you? I'll take you to see Doctor Qiao."

"It's okay, my daughter. Daddy is fine, I just feel sad." Father Lin clenched his trouser legs into fists and almost tore the fabric.

"My daughter, you'd better put me down. I can walk by myself. Really, look, I was walking fine just now." Father Lin thought of the scene when his daughter jumped off the cliff just now. His heart felt like it was cut by a blade and it hurt so much.

All his daughters are excellent, but he lived a miserable life in the past, which dragged down his wife and harmed his daughters. They were tortured by him in the old house day after day and lived in a hopeless life.

After finally escaping from that place and fleeing famine, he had to suffer from his leg injury... Thinking of the scene where his daughter jumped off the cliff, his heart was lifted up, and he kept praying to God to bless his daughter to be safe. If he could exchange it for his daughter's safety, he would be willing to shorten his life by 30 years.

"Dad, please sit still. Your daughter can still carry you. Please take good care of your legs. Don't let your daughter waste all the time raising them."

Lin Xiaoyue thought that his father was just complaining without any reason. He didn't see other people walking on an empty stomach, exhausted, but his father suddenly had this thought in his mind. Oh my god, if you don't exercise, you won't burn any energy. It's a pity that his father can still be sad on the back rack.

He felt that his father was always thinking about his injured leg, and he muttered out of frustration, "Mom just cried, now it's Dad's turn, you really deserve to be a couple. But don't learn from my mom, who is so sissy and always thinking nonsense."

Father Lin, who was originally immersed in his daughter's self-improvement and filial piety, suddenly felt like he was stabbed in the back. He...he...how could he, a grown man, be equated with a woman from the Miao family? And my daughter, I'm not being sissy, I'm just worried and lamenting that you're a burden.

As there was no need to stop to cook, everyone dragged their tired bodies and walked until the hour of Hai (a little after ten o'clock in the evening). When they could no longer see the mountain road clearly, they stopped to rest.

It's not that we don't want to walk anymore, but once it gets dark, the road in the mountains is more difficult to walk on than during the day. Some people take deep steps and some take shallow steps. Several people were tripped several times by the potholes and dry grass under their feet while walking.

Even the fourth and fifth children could not bear the tiredness and had Miao, Lin Zhaodi and Chun Xing take turns carrying them several times.

Besides, I don’t know if it’s because it’s nighttime, but it feels like there are more mosquitoes. Although everyone is wearing the herbal bags distributed by Chun Xing to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants, they are still buzzing around. They don’t bite, but they are very noisy.

As they walked, they waved their hands to drive them away, but it had almost no effect, and their heavy hearts became more and more irritable and uneasy.

Doctor Qiao and the head of the village thought that they had walked twice as far today as usual. They were all panting with exhaustion and their physical strength had been squeezed to the limit. If they continued to toss and turn, they would probably be exhausted. If they turned around and couldn't get up and continue their journey, it would be a waste of time.