Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

When we arrived at the city gate, there were still crowds of people, but on one side it was obvious that someone was holding up small flags of different colors.

It was like a tour guide for a modern tourist group, with the names of the nine counties and 72 towns to be visited written in small letters on the flags.

The leader holding the flag is wearing a uniform official uniform and is obviously the leader. Each leader is accompanied by two officers and soldiers with red ribbons tied on their arms.

When Lin Xiaoyue left the city, a lot of people had already gathered in the team that was arranged to lead the refugees to various places.

They searched for a while before they found the team heading to Wanbao Town.

At a rough glance, it seems that there are more than 200 people. I don’t know whether all of them are going to Wanbao Town, or some are going to the villages under Wanbao Town.

The village head took the lead to report with the team leader, and showed the household registration certificate and nameplate to the team leader, and reported the number of people at the same time.

Perhaps the governor had specially informed the leaders of his group in advance. Therefore, the leaders and the soldiers in charge of security were inexplicably polite to the village head and his group. This caused the other refugees who were scolded by the leaders and soldiers to shrink their necks and dare not act rashly to look at them sideways.

The leading official kindly asked the head of the village and his group to rest for a while in the shade under the wall, and the team could only set out when it was close to noon.

He also said that if they did not bring lunch, they could communicate with the officers and soldiers and get them some food at the porridge shed.

Such courtesy was obviously a blatant preferential treatment for them. Everyone knew that this was due to the two doctors' admission to Black Wind Ridge.

But the more polite others were, the more embarrassed the village head and others felt. Even though they had initially thought of getting a bowl of porridge to fill their stomachs before leaving, when they saw that no one around them had such treatment, they naturally felt even more embarrassed to eat alone.

Moreover, compared to the other refugees who were starving, they all had rosy faces and plump complexions. Among those skinny refugees, they stood out from the crowd.

Even so, they didn't have the nerve to openly compete with other refugees for the limited porridge.

Didn’t you see that when the refugees appeared, they all looked at the nine animals in their team with gleaming eyes?

If they still dared to go and get porridge, they would probably be attacked by thousands of refugees in front of them, and the result would be more trouble than gain.

After thinking about it, I decided to listen to the official and take the animals to the shade under the wall to cool off.

"Er Gou? Is it Er Gou?"

"Village head, Ergou is here. Ergou is fine. He is still alive."

"Ergou, where's your mom? Why can't I see her?"

"Which village have you been assigned to? Aren't you going to come back and live with us?" In the crowd, the villagers from Ergou's former village recognized him and shouted loudly for the head of Ergou village to come over.

Lin Xiaoyue had seen the village head from a distance. He was an old man about the same age as the village head.

When Lao Li saw Er Gou, he was very excited. He stepped forward and grabbed his arm. He was so excited that he choked up and said, "Okay, okay, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive. Er Gou, where is your mother? Why can't I see your mother?"

As the old man was speaking, his head was still looking around, searching for Ergou's mother among Lin Xiaoyue and her group.

Unfortunately, to his disappointment, no matter how he looked around, he never saw Ergou's mother. Moreover, the dejected look on Ergou's face made the village head realize that Ergou's mother might have met with misfortune.

“Ergouzi, your mother she..., your mother she...” The head of the village thought of something and couldn’t finish the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Ergou hugged the bulging bundle tied in front of him tightly, and stroked it with his rough big hands, his lips trembling, "My mother...is gone, Lizheng, my mother is gone, I..."

The villagers who came with Lao Li Zheng saw that Ergou's face was full of tears. They couldn't help but think of Ergou's mother, who used to be very powerful in the village and was quick and decisive in her words and deeds. Their eyes also became red.

It is said that when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, his eyes well up with tears.

Ergou finally reunited with his former villager, and he probably had a lot to talk about. After Lin Xiaoyue and the others looked at each other, they tactfully led the animals and quietly retreated to the shadows at the foot of the wall, not disturbing them.

Because the distance was too far, I didn't know what they talked about. I saw them go from being excited about seeing each other after a long separation to crying and hugging each other. Later, the villagers and the head of Ergou Village frequently looked at Lin Xiaoyue...

There was curiosity, scrutiny, envy, questioning, as well as disbelief and astonishment in their eyes.

But no matter which one it was, Lin Xiaoyue completely ignored it.

But just because she doesn't look for trouble doesn't mean trouble won't look for her.

"The head of the village? The head of the village! It's the head of the village... It's really the head of the village here, come quickly, the head of the village is fine, everything is fine, Lin Laosan's family is here, and so are Dashan's family and Niu Laogen's family. Hey, everyone, come quickly, I found the head of the village."

"It's really the headmaster. He's fine. Oh my god, that's great. Hey, come on, everyone. The headmaster is here."

Suddenly, the crowd exploded, and several high-pitched and excited voices rang out one after another. Then a large group of people pushed through the flow of people and rushed to the foot of the city wall like a tide, surrounding Lin Xiaoyue and her group tightly.

"Li Zheng, I finally found you. That's great, that's great."

"Wow, Li Zheng, you are so clean."

"Yes, yes, there are also cows, mules, and donkeys. My God, Li Zheng, are these all yours?"

"Great! What a good animal! It's all meat. It will be enough for many meals."

At first it was just excited greetings of reunion, but as the crowd grew larger, discordant voices began to circulate.

It seemed as if these animals were about to become meat in their mouths. They were all very happy and excited.

"What are you talking about? How can this be mine? And even if it is mine, why should you eat it?"

The head of the village thought that everyone was like him, full of joy at meeting an old friend in a foreign land. However, upon hearing these increasingly incongruous words, the hometown love that was almost overflowing in his heart was instantly cooled down by the cold water.

"Li Zheng, you are the head of our village. Everyone relies on you. You can't just ignore us."

"That's right, look at us. We finally got here, and our kids are all skinny. You are the boss of our village, the head of the family, you can't just ignore us."

Lin Xiaoyue still remembers the person who said this. It was Yang Tuizui who once spread rumors about the head of the village and also said something bad about their family [I forgot to go back and read Chapter 55].

As this man was talking, his eyes were rolling around cunningly, and it was obvious that he was not an easy person to deal with.