Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Lin Xiaoyue saw this and couldn't help but chuckle. It was one thing that everyone was willing to let her family take the lion's share, but she didn't care too much about this little money. She had the ability and means, and the knowledge of five thousand years brought by her time travel, so she didn't have to worry about not being able to make money in this dynasty. Therefore, she only took the whole number of 800 taels, and left the rest for everyone to share.

Naturally, this action of hers won her a lot of praise from everyone. She gave away two hundred taels of silver, which was a huge sum of money that many farmers who worked hard in the fields could not save in their entire lives. How could she not win everyone's praise for being so generous?

As for the two hundred taels distributed to each family, it is only a few dozen taels more, but it is all hard cash after all. Who would complain that it is too little?

The head of the village was also fair. He distributed the money according to the number of people, without regard to whether men worked harder than women. In this way, everyone got more than 40 taels of silver. Everyone was so happy that they could not help but glisten with joy as they held the silver in their hands.

Although it was a year of famine, and even holding silver might not necessarily buy food, but it was actually pure silver, firmly in hand, and the weight was heavy, how could one not be happy?

Besides, you can’t spend it now, but when you move to the provincial capital or settle down in the future, are you afraid that you won’t have the chance to use the money?

Next are tens of thousands of kilograms of rice, flour, whole grains, coarse grains, salt, wine, etc. It is definitely impossible to take them all with you. Even if every family is given livestock and some strong carriers, it is still impossible for them and the livestock to carry so much food.

After going through all the hardships, everyone became more open-minded. If they couldn't take anything with them, then they didn't have to. They only took what they could take with them, and left the rest to the children.

As for the various knives, everyone picked out the good ones and replaced the ones with rolled blades in their hands, but they didn't take too much.

You still need farm tools like hoes and shovels, but you really don't dare to bring too many swords. If you arrive at the state capital, the officials will see that you have a weapon with extremely lethality, and they may even think you are a bandit and arrest you.

Throughout the whole process, everyone silently excluded Xiaoqiao from the spoils. After all, you are a newcomer who didn't work hard. Even cows and mules know to kick the bandits a few times to help them in times of crisis. How can you, who abandoned your teammates at a critical moment, want to share a piece of the spoils?

I want to eat shit.

I don’t know if Xiaoqiao will regret what she has done after she finds out that everyone has excluded her.

Of course, no one cared whether she regretted it or not. They had already separated, so who would care what a stranger thought?

These were only the treasures hidden in the deepest secret cellars. As for the supplies that the bandits had previously placed out in the open for cover, as well as the daily supplies of each household, these were not included. Whichever household found them would own the treasures.

Of course, everyone tacitly agreed not to move from the several rooms used to temporarily confine the children, and even from several nearby houses, which was a way of leaving them some chance to survive.

As for the killed bandits, they were carried to an open space outside the stronghold and burned to prevent them from attracting wild animals or mosquitoes and flies and causing the secondary spread of the disease.

By the time we were almost done with the work, it was already evening. During the evening snack, everyone gathered together to talk about what they had gained in the afternoon and plan their next trip.

According to the village head's suggestion, we stayed in the mountain village for three more days and then set off. Don't ask why we stayed so long, it was to sort out the supplies for each family, and to kill the five pigs in the barn, pickle them, seal them in jars and take them on the road.

Otherwise, there are five pigs and so much meat. If it is not handled properly, it will go bad in a few days.

When it comes to methods of preserving meat, Aunt Dashan generously shared her family's secret with everyone this time.

Normally, if there is too much meat to be eaten in time, people would choose to pickle it with salt particles, so that it can be preserved for a longer period of time, but the meat must be washed with plenty of water before being taken out for eating.

The method shared by Aunt Dashan does not require excessive use of water, but can preserve the food for a year without going bad. Sharing such a magical method, how could everyone not be overjoyed.

You know, five pigs, minus the big bones, can produce at least 33 kilograms of meat. Five pigs together can produce more than kilograms of meat. Roughly speaking, if the people consume kilograms of meat every day, they can at least eat for days. If they add other grains, they can eat for even longer.

With the methods contributed by Aunt Dashan, everyone felt more confident and did things with more courage.

Because it was not suitable to slaughter pigs at night, everyone would collect and organize their harvests first. They would also draw some water from the deep well in the village, wash their livestock, feed them the best grass and clean water, and talk to them a little, in order to build a good relationship with the livestock in advance.

After all, we can count on them to carry goods and people in the future.

Besides, farmers really love their animals to the core, just like modern men love their cars. They can't wait to hug the animals assigned to them and sleep on the kang that very night.

A group of women and children: ...

The Qiao family's Niu is easy to deal with. He has a good temper and is very calm. Seeing so many friends around him all of a sudden, he doesn't have any major emotional ups and downs.

But the Lin family’s mule couldn’t hold on any longer.

There were so many "competitors" all of a sudden. Although they were not competing for its favor directly, the animals would compete with each other just like people. If one of them caught the eye of the ferocious biped, wouldn't its position be in jeopardy?

How can that be possible???

The mule was unhappy. He refused to eat the food given to him and refused to cooperate with the washing. He just kicked his feet randomly, walked around in circles, and whined non-stop.

Just by looking at its enlarged nostrils, the hot air it was breathing, and the impatient look on its face, you could tell that it was about to lose its temper again.

Xiaocao was so annoyed by it that she could only ask Lin Xiaoyue for help. But there was no other way. As there was always someone better, only Lin Xiaoyue could calm Grandpa Mule down when he was angry.

When Lin Xiaoyue saw Xiaocao's messy head and wet body, she knew that the bad mule was making trouble again. She didn't say anything at the moment, but patted Xiaocao's shoulder and told her to go wash up, and to check the backpack prepared for her, and to come back to ask her if she didn't understand.

If there is time, I will work with Miao to make the storage pocket on the outside of the backpack as soon as possible.

After giving his instructions, Lin Xiaoyue strode towards the cattle shed. Her graceful figure attracted many women to follow her to watch the fun.

Yes, after getting along with each other for this period of time, everyone knows that the mule of the Lin family has a very bad temper. Except for Lin Xiaoyue, no one can tame the mule who always thinks about going up to the sky and standing shoulder to shoulder with the sun.

Seeing that there was something fun to watch, the women didn't bother to clean up, they all put down their work, tiptoed, and followed behind, pushing and shoving each other to catch a glimpse of the fun.