Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

And last night, Shopkeeper Luo tried to get information from Uncle Niu and found out the direction of their trip, which turned out to be to seek shelter at the foot of the emperor in the imperial city.

In this way, we can travel together for a while and take care of each other on the way.

Therefore, when Lin Xiaoyue asked Shopkeeper Luo about his thoughts, Shopkeeper Luo expressed his deep gratitude to Uncle Niu for helping them escape from the town. If Uncle Niu and his family agreed, then the Luo family would like to go along with Uncle Niu and his family and advance and retreat together.

The answer from the Luo family was exactly what everyone expected, so Lin Xiaoyue had nothing to say.

On the other hand, Lin Chunhua didn't need to ask about the people rescued from Hexi Village. Their parents and brothers were there, so they must have gone with their parents.

As for the seven or eight-year-old girl, her name was Chen Xiaocao. It was said that her father went hunting in the mountains three years ago and encountered a wild beast. When he died, he didn't even leave a complete body. Her mother couldn't bear the shock and became insane within two days. Not long after, she was taken back by her brother from her mother's family.

Originally, the maternal grandparents intended to take Xiaocao back to raise him, but were stopped by Xiaocao's eldest uncle, who claimed that Xiaocao was a member of the Chen family and the only blood of his younger brother, and could not live with someone from another family.

At that time, Uncle Chen made a grand speech in front of the whole village, saying that he would take Xiaocao into his home to take care of her, treat her as his own daughter, and raise her with care. He would also find a good family for her to marry off after she reached the age of marriage, and would give her a generous dowry so that she could have a grand wedding.

However, within three years.

The uncle not only occupied the house and land left by Xiaocao's father, but also took away all the money in her family. After that, he drove Xiaocao to live in the pigpen, only gave her a small amount of thin porridge every day, and made Xiaocao take care of all the cleaning and chores for the whole family.

The villagers of Hexi Village all knew about Xiaocao's family situation, but no one helped, leaving Xiaocao to live in dire straits, suffering from hunger and cold under the care of her uncle's family.

Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi rescued her and helped her escape from the cage where she had been imprisoned for many years.

Therefore, when Lin Xiaoyue asked her, Xiaocao knelt down without saying a word and begged them to take her in. She expressed her willingness to sell herself as a slave, to be a slave for the rest of her life, and to serve the Lin family wholeheartedly in return for saving her life.

Before everyone had time to react, he kowtowed several times in succession.

The honest sound of the collision gave people a headache.

Lin Xiaoyue was impatient with the ancient people's habit of kneeling and kowtowing, so she grabbed her clothes and neck and lifted her up from the ground.

Hey!

Good guy.

Just a few hits and the skin on my forehead was broken.

Miao felt sorry for Chen Xiaocao's experience, and seeing that she was a sincere person who knew how to repay kindness, she couldn't help but hug her in her arms and coax her softly, "You don't need to repay me, you don't need to sell yourself into slavery, I just saved her, and I don't expect anything in return from her."

Chen Xiaocao's eyes turned redder when she heard that, and tears started to flow down. She struggled to break free from Miao's embrace and pretended to kneel down again, but Lin Xiaoyue grabbed her by the back of her neck with a cold face and warned her harshly, "Don't do that in front of her. You can stay if you want, but you must always stay with Miao and Old Man Lin and take good care of them."

Lin Zhaodi was puzzled. She could clearly feel that her third sister didn't like to be too close to outsiders. Whether it was Uncle Niu or Uncle Dashan's family, she always kept a proper balance, not too close, nor too distant, just politely getting along with them.

But, unexpectedly, Lin Xiaoyue actually accepted Chen Xiaocao, the orphan whom she rescued reluctantly after being urged by her several times.

Chen Xiaocao herself was also surprised.

In her opinion, although Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi saved her, one of them was cold to others, as if her body was covered with thorns, always keeping people at a distance; the other was carefree, quick-witted and kind-hearted, but also very defensive. No matter how you look at it, neither of them is easy to get close to.

Therefore, when she knelt down to pray, she mainly hoped to impress Miao, who seemed to be the most soft-hearted person in the Lin family.

And when Lin Xiaoyue agreed to let her stay and just asked her to take good care of Lin's father and mother, she was shocked.

Finally, it was the turn of the woman with a broken leg, Ye Qiuling, and her two children, named Bai Yaozu and Bai Lianhua.

In fact, Lin Xiaoyue didn't have a good impression of this woman from the very beginning.

Don't ask her why, just ask her sixth sense.

As soon as Ye Qiuling opened her mouth, her bizarre remarks really confirmed Lin Xiaoyue's bad premonition. However, Lin Xiaoyue had prepared herself mentally in advance, so after hearing Ye Qiuling's words, she was not too upset.

On the contrary, Lin Zhaodi, who had been trying to save the man with good intentions, was so enraged by her shameless and specious remarks that her chest heaved violently and she almost collapsed on the spot.

What did they say? "Since you saved us, you must be responsible for us to the end and not abandon us halfway. Otherwise, if I, a wounded woman, were left in the wilderness, wouldn't I end up being eaten by a wild beast and my body would be torn to pieces?"

"You can't be so cold-blooded. The children are still so young. How can you let them live? How can you be so cruel and let them become rootless at such a young age? Where is your conscience? Has it been eaten by dogs? You are totally heartless and have no humanity."

"If you abandon us, mother and two of us, and let us die tragically in the wilderness, you will be murderers and you will not die a good death. You will go to the eighteen levels of hell and suffer all kinds of torture," and other disgusting words.

The boy, Bai Yaozu, was probably spoiled by his family. If others agreed with his wishes, it would be fine. But once they disapproved of him, he would start to act like a woman and yell, "My mother is right. Since you saved us, you must be responsible for us. What's the point of abandoning us? If we encounter wild animals or bad guys, get bullied or get hurt, you will be the culprits. You are so bad, you will definitely be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."

The girl, Bai Lianhua, was not as rude and arrogant as her brother and mother. A shrewd calculation flashed across her eyes, but it disappeared in a flash. Her face was full of pity and helplessness, which moved soft-hearted people.

Lin Xiaoyue didn't want to get entangled with the three of them too much. She regarded the obscene words that were disgusting to the ears as their incompetent rage and turned around to ignore them completely.

But some people overestimate their own abilities and think that they can just use the same tricks they used in Hexi Village to get away with it wherever they go.

Taking advantage of Lin Zhaodi's unpreparedness, the boy Bai Yaozu rushed over to hit her, but before he got close, he was kicked away by Lin Xiaoyue.