Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Lin Xiaoyue politely greeted Aunt Baotian, who was slightly plump and had gentle eyes and eyebrows, and then put the wild boar and bear meat on the cart. She turned around and lifted the two little kids by the back of their collars and placed them next to Aunt Baotian.

She and Lin Zhaodi squeezed onto the back of the ox cart together, doing it in one smooth and efficient move.

There was no other way, no other way. There were already so many people on the ox cart, and the wild boar was big and took up too much space, so the few people could only squeeze together.

Fortunately, it was freezing cold this morning, so everyone gathered together to gather some crowds and not be too cold.

Lin Baotian stood there in amazement. It took him a long while to react. He chuckled twice, turned around and got on the cart swiftly. He turned back and told everyone to sit down, then cracked the whip. Driven by Lin Baotian, the ox cart slowly headed towards the town.

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The sky gradually brightened. When the oxcart arrived at the entrance of the village, we saw several people standing under a big tree at the entrance, waiting for the oxcart to go to the town.

Inevitably, the big wild boar in Lin Baotian's car naturally caught everyone's attention.

There is no way. Linjia Village is located in a remote area, with high mountains and long roads away from the town. It is not easy to go to the town.

People usually go to town to buy things or sell things, and they must carry a lot of things with them, so they have to hire a bullock cart. But in these days, not every household can afford a bullock cart.

There are nearly a hundred households in Linjia Village, and those that own ox carts can be counted on the palm of one hand.

Today is the day when the market opens every ten days. Naturally, many villagers gather at the entrance of the village to take ox carts. Most of them are women, and there are also a few young wives and girls. Men rarely do work that requires going out to buy things.

Just then, a sharp-eyed woman with a long face and wearing a linen-gray dress was the first to ask, "Hey, Baotian boy, where did you get such a big wild boar? Are you planning to take it to the town to sell it for money?"

Lin Xiaoyue glanced at the long-faced woman. As far as she could remember, this was Yang, the wife of Li Guizi at the entrance of the village. She was famous for being a gossip. Whenever she heard something in the village, it would be known to the whole village within a day.

This person's popularity is not good, but compared with the old lady Lin in the village, everyone is much more tolerant of her. After all, the rude and aggressive old lady Lin is the one who is hated by people in the whole village, and she is the first on the list. Her position is so solid that no one can shake it.

Compared with Old Lady Lin, other people who are sarcastic, gossipy and mischievous are nothing but trivial and can be completely tolerated.

Although Lin Baotian didn't like dealing with these gossipy women, as the eldest son of the village chief, he had his own way of dealing with these women who liked to gossip about family matters. "Aunt Yang, are you waiting for the bus to go to the market? There are too many people and things on my bus today, and I can't fit them in. I'll leave first. Uncle Datian's ox cart should be here soon!"

As he said this, he whipped the cow's butt and rode away.

Yang had never expected Lin Baotian to be so rude, driving his ox cart past her without a care. After a moment of hesitation, she gritted her teeth unwillingly and turned around to gossip among the women nearby.

Don’t think that she didn’t see it because of her old eyesight. There was also the third daughter of Lin Laosan, who is as strong as an ox, on the ox cart. Maybe the wild boar was shot down by that girl!

Lin Xiaoyue, who was as strong as an ox and had already gone away: You have revealed the truth, Holmes Yang Chatterbox.

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After leaving the village, there was no shelter on both sides of the road. The mountain road was rugged and open, and the cool breeze blew cheerfully in gusts.

Aunt Baotian saw that the two little radishes were about to curl up into a ball due to the cold, so she quickly opened the quilt wrapped around her and wrapped them both in. Seeing this, Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi gave her a grateful look.

The quilt that Aunt Baotian brought was not big, just enough to wrap herself and the two little ones. Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi were not the kind of people who would take advantage of anything.

The two sisters simply huddled together, leaning against the wild boar to somewhat block the wind.

In the cold wind, Lin Xiaoyue was thinking that after arriving in town, she would need to sell the wild boar to buy food and some clothes for her family.

Uncle Baotian was sitting in the front, driving the car leisurely. Although he was not wearing much, he did not seem to be shaking. Maybe men are born with hot blood and are not afraid of cold!

Perhaps driving a car was a boring thing, so he took the initiative to tell Aunt Baotian the reason why he took her to the town.

It turned out that Aunt Baotian had been feeling a little unwell recently, so Uncle Baotian wanted to take Aunt Baotian to the town's clinic for a checkup.

The ox cart was originally borrowed from Uncle Baotian, so who he wanted to take was naturally his own will. Lin Xiaoyue didn't have such a long arm to reach into other people's homes and meddle in other people's affairs.

But she still asked Uncle Baotian which restaurant in town would be best to sell the wild boar. After all, Uncle Baotian often walked around the town, and if she asked him about these things, she would always be able to find some clues, which was better than running around the town like a headless fly.

Uncle Baotian originally wanted to take the two girls to sell the wild boar first, and then accompany his wife to the clinic, but Lin Xiaoyue remembered that she had many more things to buy at home, and she was unwilling to delay Uncle Baotian's time. According to what Aunt Baotian said just now, it was estimated that Aunt Baotian was most likely pregnant with her second child, and it was not good for pregnant women to go back and forth.

Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue insisted, Lin Baotian generously introduced two restaurants in the town that were doing well: one was Ruyilou, which had good business, fair prices, and a very kind owner. The other was Jucailou, where Lin Xiaoyue's uncle's son worked.

Lin Xiaoyue knew that her uncle's son had married the only daughter of a restaurant owner, but she had only just learned that the restaurant's name was Jucailou.

Since there were only options AB, and one of them didn't need to be considered at all, Lin Xiaoyue immediately decided to go to Ruyilou and asked Uncle Baotian to tell her the general location of the restaurant.

Humph, she hasn't forgotten that the idea of ​​selling her was instigated by the eldest wife behind the scenes, and for this, the eldest uncle even beat the original owner over the head. She will get this account back sooner or later!

The ox cart swayed for more than an hour before arriving at Wuyue Town, and it was almost noon.

It was the first time in three lifetimes for Lin Xiaoyue to ride in a bullock cart. The shaking made her whole body bones feel like they were about to fall apart. She felt more tired than walking a hundred miles on foot.

If she knew the way, Lin Xiaoyue would have wanted to run to the town carrying the wild boar on her back.

After getting off the ox cart, they quickly stretched their muscles and did a few simple stretching exercises. Then the Lin sisters agreed on a meeting time with Lin Baotian and his wife and went their separate ways.