Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Miao and Lin were surrounded by people who were giving their opinions. They were confused. What could they say? They couldn't let the children get divorced, could they?

If Lin Xiaoyue were present, she would probably just say "divorce" and just get a divorce. Would you still want to keep a man like that for the New Year?

Unfortunately, the people in the front hall were all serious ancient people with very conservative ideas. They all wanted to reconcile the conflict, or beat up the Chen family to vent Yao Dahua's anger, and then let them make a clear statement on the fate of the concubine, and basically the matter would be over.

Just as everyone was racking their brains for a countermeasure, Lin Xiaoyue quietly left the manor and quickly flew towards Wanbao Town.

The night is falling and the temperature is cool. After the heavy rain, the earth seems to have completely gotten rid of the high temperature and returned to normal seasonal temperature.

The moonlight shines on the earth, adding a sense of eerie mystery to the quiet and hazy night.

The huge shadow of the city gate cast a dark area on the ground, like the backbone of a giant beast, stretching across the night. With a heavy creaking sound, the city gate slowly closed, isolating the outside world.

An hour later, a dark shadow quietly appeared outside the city gate.

At that time, Lin Xiaoyue had changed into the black clothes in the space, blending into the night.

With her nimble hands, she quickly moved closer to the base of the city wall, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes. The guards on the wall lazily stood or leaned on their posts, chatting and laughing, unaware of the lurking aura below.

Lin Xiaoyue found a location with weak patrols, took a deep breath, took out a modern crossbow from the space, strung the arrow, and shot it out.

With a "whoosh", the arrow, like a javelin, with huge penetrating power, was firmly nailed into the city wall.

Lin Xiaoyue pulled the rope tied at the end, and sent the crossbow into the space with her backhand. She held the rope tightly with both hands, and her body was as taut as a string. Then, using the strength of the rope, she stepped on the vertical wall with both feet. Her light body was like a black cheetah, and she quickly jumped over the towering wall and entered.

The swift and smooth movements seemed to have been practiced countless times and reached perfection.

With one leap and one flip, he seemed to be in an empty space.

Even when landing, he twisted his body slightly in mid-air and landed steadily on the ground. The whole process was silent, as if a gust of wind had blown by.

In the darkness of the night, the thin and nimble figure was like a ghost, moving through the shadows of the city wall and quietly moving towards the city. Every step was taken in the dark without alarming any patrolling guards.

The layout of the town, 'rich in the east, noble in the west, poor in the south, and desolate in the north', was not difficult to figure out. In addition, there was a hunter named Lin who was following Chen Youtian and his group. Now, according to the approximate direction described by the hunter, after many twists and turns, Lin Xiaoyue found the Chen family's residence in Wanbao Town without much effort.

Although the Chen family had a son, they also had a hundred acres of fertile land in Hexi Village, so they were considered a relatively wealthy family in the village.

However, the natural disaster struck suddenly and people fled in all directions, leaving them no chance to cash in their land in advance.

When Chen Youtian fled in a hurry, he took with him no more than a hundred taels of silver, plus the silver bracelet carried by his mother and the longevity lock on Dabao. After converting all of them into cash and paying the silver for settling in Wanbao Town, he could not even afford the smallest and worst house in Wanbao Town.

They could only rent a house in the north of the town, in a slum filled with all kinds of people.

Even so, considering Chen Youtian's status as a student, his mother wanted him to continue studying and take the imperial examination. So she asked a distant relative to help him get registered in the town.

Otherwise, based on the current actual situation of the Chen family, they would have to settle down in the village below.

As Lin Xiaoyue groped her way over, in the north of the town, except for the stage and the brothel which were still bustling with business, all other shops that should have been closed were closed, and the candles in the residents' homes were almost all extinguished. It was time for everyone to go to bed and rest.

So she didn't attract anyone's attention along the way, and her journey was very smooth.

The Chen family now lives in a small shabby courtyard with mud walls and thatched roof, three bright rooms and two dark rooms, and two storage rooms on each side.

Not only does a family of four rent here, but there is also another family of seven living in the same yard.

There is a palm-sized yard with more than ten people living close together. They would quarrel over the smallest things.

The most important thing is that the Chen family relied on Chen Youtian's status as a student, and they were arrogant and looked down on this and that. They always looked down on their neighbors with contempt and spoke in a sarcastic tone. It would be strange if the two families living in the same courtyard had a good relationship.

When Lin Xiaoyue reached over there, the Chen family had already gone back to their rooms to sleep. She tiptoed onto the roof of their house and searched around, first finding the room of Chen's father and mother.

Looking down from above, I found that Dabao and Chen's father and mother were sleeping together in the same room.

Perhaps because what happened in the afternoon was too upsetting, Mother Chen was not asleep at the moment. She just lowered her voice and chattered with Father Chen, complaining about what happened when she met the Lin family in front of the grain store in the afternoon.

"The sisters in that family look just like their eldest sister, none of them are good people. They are always talking nonsense, and they can beat up my mother. They are really uneducated and infuriating. I don't know how they are taught in their family. They are really a bunch of beasts who have a mother but no mother to raise them."

"Okay, stop talking. It doesn't hurt or itch when a little girl hits you. Is it necessary for you to keep nagging me since dinner?"

"What do you mean it doesn't hurt? I'm all bruised. If it wasn't for saving money on medicine, I'd have to go to the clinic to have a good look."

"Look, what are you looking at? You're still going to the clinic. Don't you know what's going on at home? You're just wasting money."

"Hey, you old ghost, how can you be so mean to your wife? I have been married to your Chen family for decades, and in the end I have worked hard to manage the housework, give birth to children for your Chen family, and expand the family. In the end, I have an illness, but you don't even let me go to the clinic. Don't you feel guilty?"

"Hey, what's wrong with you, bitch? Just tell me, why did you hit me? Okay, okay, if you want to go to the clinic, then go ahead, then go ahead."

"Bah. I don't even look at the little things in your Chen family." Mother Chen spat at Father Chen, gnashing her teeth unwillingly and continued to curse, "Do you think I was so angry this afternoon that I rushed over without any plan in mind? It was because I saw that the clothes worn by the two girls of the Lin family were brand new, and they came out of the grain store. It was obvious that they had just bought rice, flour, grain and oil."