Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

As the weather gets colder, people are less willing to go out and stay at home all the time. The people in Linjia Village are no exception, not to mention that they have endless work to do.

Unlike modern times, there were no electronic devices or the Internet in ancient times, so farmers had even less entertainment in their lives.

While the Lin family was slowly stockpiling supplies for the winter, they were also moving all the work in the backyard into the empty house. It was so cold outside that they didn't need to stay there for long; they were freezing cold when they entered the house.

But at least the house had floor-to-ceiling walls on all four sides to block the wind, and there were two rows of stoves, with five large pots burning in each row. At the same time, the steam from the pots continued to burn, making the temperature in the whole room remain high. Everyone was sweating profusely and didn't even need to wear thin jackets.

Also, because the Lin family lived on a farm with their own door and yard, no one else knew what they wanted to do.

While everyone was working busily, they were talking and laughing as they reminisced about the past. They said that when they were still in the village, they gossiped about other people's affairs all the time. If something happened in someone's family, it would surely spread throughout the village the next day.

Compared to the life we ​​live now, everyone is cooking from the same pot and there are no more trivial matters. Although there are fewer gossips, the relationship between everyone is much better than before when everyone lived their own lives.

I couldn't help but think of the people from my fellow villagers I met when the teams were divided into various counties and villages in Yongzhou City. I wondered how those people were living now.

Some things really cannot stand being talked about, and once you start talking about them you just can't stop.

Some people said that when they were in Wanbao Town before, they occasionally met a few families who were assigned to the villages under Wanbao Town. They seemed to be living a very tight life, and they did not stick together, and were ostracized by the indigenous people in the village.

There were some people who were picky and stubborn and liked to gossip about other people in our Linjia Village. When they arrived at the new place, they still did not change their bad habit of talking nonsense. As a result, they accidentally offended the tough guys in the village and were blocked at their doorsteps and severely punished.

Like Aunt Da Kang.

When her husband arrived at the new place, he tried to fit in with the group, but ended up making a stupid move and got involved with the land grabbers in the village.

He was addicted to gambling in Linjia Village and owed a lot of high-interest loan sharks. He was chased by creditors and forced to sell his wife and daughter to pay off the debts. If Grandpa Lin had not brought several strong men from the village to help stop them, his family would have been destroyed.

But this scoundrel didn't learn his lesson, and he relapsed and took the gamble again.

As a result, their daughter was dragged to a brothel by the debt collectors to pay off the debt. Aunt Dakang tried her best to stop them, but failed. Neighbors around did not lend a hand and only looked in to watch the fun. Finally, she ran into a wall and died in front of Uncle Dakang.

When they saw Uncle Dakang in the town, he was huddled in a corner with a few beggars, looking unkempt, skinny, and almost unrecognizable.

Lin Baotian went up to talk to him, only to find that he was in a daze and confusion, muttering over and over, "It's gone, how could it be gone? It's like this every time, why is it gone this time?" It was obvious that he was not in his right mind.

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Then there is Aunt Youguo.

It is said that their family is one of the few that survived the entire journey of fleeing famine.

The couple, Youguo and his wife, and their two children.

The family fled all the way here, hoping to seek refuge with distant relatives in the village below Wanbao Town, but they didn't expect that a girl from the relative's family who had been rejected for marriage had somehow hooked up with Uncle Youguo. Afterwards, Uncle Youguo divorced Aunt Youguo for the sake of that girl, citing the seven grounds for divorce.

Aunt Youguo was also very stubborn and took the two girls with her. She knew that her parents-in-law and husband had long wanted to divorce her because she had only given birth to two girls in all the years since she married into her husband's family. In this era where men were valued more than women, it was normal for her to suffer a lot in her husband's family without a boy.

However, in Linjia Village, there was pressure from the neighbors and the head of the village. Aunt Youguo had not committed any serious crime, so they wanted to divorce her. The reasons given by Youguo's family were untenable, and they were afraid of causing gossip in the village, so they could only plan secretly.

Now, I have moved to a new place and there is no one I know around me, so I can just divorce him immediately and abandon the two money-losing people at home. At worst, I can just marry a new wife and have another life.

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There are countless examples of how it is easy to share hardships but difficult to share happiness. People can't help but sigh for the neighbors who used to live in the same village and now have to endure the injustice.

The villagers that Ergou knew from his previous village were quite united. Almost all of them were seven or eight or five or six families living together in one village. This way, they were not easily bullied by the local aboriginals, and when they encountered difficulties in their daily lives, they could get someone to lend a hand and help them through the difficulties together.

In this way, both villages fled famine and took root in unfamiliar places. Whether they are united or not really determines to a large extent how well they live.

When Grandpa Lin heard this, he felt very sad.

What happened? Linjia Village was considered a big village in the past. Although everyone has gone their separate ways now, after all, they have decades of fellow-townsmanship. He hopes that everyone can live a good and smooth life, but the result is...

When everyone saw that Grandpa Lin was in a low mood, they knew that it was because of his sense of responsibility. He felt that he was partly responsible for the poor lives of those people, and he felt guilty.

However, it was never Grandpa Lin who first proposed to go their separate ways. No matter how difficult the journey was, Grandpa Lin always wanted to keep everyone together.

But people were impetuous and their words did not agree with their hearts. As they walked, they each had their own ideas and were unwilling to listen to Grandpa Lin, so they naturally dispersed.

Nowadays, whether life is good or bad is all personal choice. It cannot be blamed on God or others, and it has nothing to do with Grandpa Lin. There is no need for him to take everything on himself.

If Lin Xiaoyue were present, she would definitely say: Let go of the desire to help others and respect their fate.

Unfortunately, at this moment, Lin Xiaoyue was on her own farm, working hard in the iron smelting room, sweating profusely.

Yes, it has been more than ten days since Lin Xiaoyue moved out. She didn't completely leave here, but stayed in her own farm most of the time. She would only run back to the farm to eat with everyone when she was extremely hungry.

There's nothing she can do about it, since she only knows how to make instant noodles. Although there are other foods in the space, the key point is that she is too lazy.

And everyone was happy to spoil her and didn't mind adding an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks.

It is said that when Zhou Yu fought Huang Gai, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to be beaten.

Lin Xiaoyue and everyone else in the Lin family farm are basically in such a harmonious state.

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The wind was howling coldly, and there were hardly two people walking on the road, it was completely empty.

The Lin Family Manor was peaceful and tranquil, but suddenly a loud voice called out from outside, "I'm back, open the door, open the door."