Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

The wrinkles on the village chief's face were much deeper, and his pipe made a smacking sound as he sucked on it.

Lin Dashan and Niu Laogen saw the obvious embarrassment on his face and did not want the three families to become the target of public criticism. They decisively stated that the three families' safety would be their own responsibility, and the village team would not be delayed because of their personal affairs. After they picked up the people, they would immediately catch up with the team.

After expressing their opinions, the two looked at each other, and without making things difficult for the head of the village, they turned around and left quickly.

Looking at the two people's receding backs, many people felt relieved, while others were so anxious that they jumped up and down.

He ignored the crowd around him who were pushing and blaming each other, and tried his best to squeeze in the direction the two men were leaving, trying to catch up with them and go back with them.

Many people in the crowd followed suit and had the same idea. When they heard Lin Dashan and Niu Laogen say they were going back to look for someone, they thought someone was willing to take the lead, so they were tempted. When the team stopped, they could take the opportunity to go back and look for someone.

Who would have thought that the two of them would leave a message saying that the three families were responsible for their own lives, and told the team not to wait for them, and then ran away...

Ran…….

Already….

How?

What should they do?

Before those who had the same idea could shout out, Lin Dashan and Niu Laogen ran away and disappeared.

Fortunately, the two ran fast and didn't see them. After they left, the team became a mess, some shouted to stay, some shouted to leave, and some cried and begged to go back to look for them.

As one wave of troubles subsides, another wave of troubles arises. A good whole seems to be torn apart all of a sudden. Everyone has their own thoughts and ideas. They all want to convince others, but none of them can listen to different voices.

In the end, the village head could only lead a group of people who were determined to hurry on their way, while those who wanted to find someone went in groups, and then caught up with the group as soon as possible after finding someone.

The village head has a difficult life. If he pleases his brother, he will lose the favor of his sister-in-law. No matter what he does, someone will be dissatisfied. He is really torn and has a headache.

As a result, the village head could not help but feel dissatisfied with Lin Dashan and Niu Laogen who had provoked the incident. But on second thought, it was human nature for them to do so. If someone from his family was left behind, he would do the same as them and go back to look for him without hesitation.

In desperation, the village head shook his head, patted the ashes, turned around and called the team to continue on their way.

……

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Here, Lin Xiaoyue and Erya Lin Zhaodi were desperately running back along the way they came. When they came to a fork in the road near the entrance of the village, Erya turned to Lin Xiaoyue in time and reminded her to take a shortcut and go through the mountain.

This path is rarely walked on weekdays. Only occasionally snake catchers or some playful children will hide here when playing hide-and-seek.

On weekdays, unless one is in a hurry, almost no one would deliberately pass by this mountain road.

Roads are made by people walking on them. With less walking, the rotten mud and fallen leaves on the ground will naturally be thicker.

Time was running out, and the two sisters could only hear their rapid breathing and the slippery and sticky mud under their feet. Sometimes they lost their balance and almost slipped. Or they would step on dry and withered leaves, making a creaking sound that made their teeth ache. This sound would ring in their ears from time to time, making the two people running in the dark forest feel frightened for no reason.

In the mountains and forests, the creatures that women are most afraid of are probably the soft-bodied creatures without legs - snakes. In fact, almost all women are afraid of these soft and cold creatures.

If they were not in a hurry, the two sisters would not have taken the shortcut without any other choice. The two naive girls gritted their teeth, suppressed their fear of snakes, and rushed forward without stopping, trying to hypnotize themselves to rush out of the path as soon as possible and rush to the next village.

After running for more than an hour, the two sisters finally stood on the hillside and looked down at the shadow of the Hexi Village next door.

Before the two could breathe a sigh of relief, there was a sudden loud rumbling sound coming from far away, and the earth shook for a while, causing the two to stagger to and fro. One of them lost his balance and fell to the side.

After a few breaths, this wave of earthquakes gradually weakened and stopped.

Lin Zhaodi was still in shock. With her head and body covered in rotten leaves and mud that gave off a pungent stench, she climbed out of the slippery mud and rushed to Lin Xiaoyue's side to check if she was injured. She brushed the dust and mud off her body and kept complaining, "Why is there another earthquake? It happened last night and now there's another one. God is leaving us ordinary people no way to live."

Lin Xiaoyue was stunned by Erya's extremely fierce reaction, and was stunned for a moment after being pulled up.

Seeing Erya not caring about herself and only thinking about her, her heart softened. Seeing Erya's hands and feet were intact and not injured, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and helped Lin Zhaodi clean up the gray-brown mud on her head.

The wet, sticky and slippery feeling is so disgusting.

The two sisters helped each other to tidy up so that they would not be covered in mud and dirt, looking like ghosts, running around and scaring people to death when they looked back.

I have to say that the two of them were just overthinking it. People were already struggling to escape at this moment, so who would care about seeing a ghost in broad daylight? This wasn't Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

Maybe it was because of the earthquake, but the animals were all disturbed and ran out to check the situation. The two sisters were lucky enough to run down the mountain when they ran face to face with a python that was out for a stroll.

A pair of green eyes met the two sisters' frightened eyes, and the hair on their heads stood up.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck, that's a plant.

The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road.

The two sisters didn't care about their heads and could not suppress the fear gushing out of their hearts. They shouted at the same time, closed their eyes, and rushed down the mountain without stopping.

As luck would have it, the python that was blocked in the middle of the road had no time to make an attacking gesture before it was run over by two feet of different sizes.

Python: ...

Oh my god, where did this wild girl come from? She has no moral ethics at all.

He didn't even say hello before making a move. How tasteless~~

I just came out to check out the situation. Why are you two reckless girls stepping on me? I haven't even attacked you yet...

Thus, a strange scene took place on the hillside road on one side of Hexi Village: two black little clay figures rolled out of the mud, screaming all the way, and crawled down the hillside, with a thick and sturdy python hissing and spitting out its sharp tongue behind them and chasing them.

I don't know how long the chase lasted, but the snake that was stepped on twice finally gave up its revenge and bit back with anger, then went back to its nest to complain to its family with a huff.