Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

It can be said that every day she lived in the old house before the separation made her miserable and suffocated with despair.

Old Lady Lin suppressed and cursed them endlessly; the first wife seemed kind on the surface, but secretly despised and belittled them; the third wife was sarcastic and humiliated them to the utmost, wishing she could trample them into the mud to highlight their lofty status second only to the first wife...

In her memory, every unbearable scene was like a sharp knife, stabbing Lin Zhaodi's heart, stirring slowly, making her feel so painful that she couldn't breathe. When she thought she was on the verge of death, the knife was pulled out neatly, leaving a trail of blood..., and when she took a deep breath, the knife stabbed again mercilessly.

This repeated torture, like lingchi, tormented her for more than ten years.

At one point, she couldn't help but have self-doubt, thinking that she had committed too many sins in her previous life, and that was why she had to be thrown into the suffocating Lin family, which was like a devil's den, to suffer retribution and punishment in this life. This might be what people call karma...

Just when she was ready to accept her fate, Old Man Lin finally showed some strength and gritted his teeth to move away from the old house with their three children.

She had never thought that one day she would be able to escape from that hell, so after the separation, even though they were unable to take a single needle or thread with them, she felt happy and relieved in her heart.

I have never seen such a blue sky, such white clouds, and the free air is so sweet and beautiful.

However,...she was wrong.

It's not that they can find relief by leaving the old house.

It was because she failed to recognize the reality. How could the jackals let their family go so easily and let them escape from the control of the old house? She was too naive and too careless.

The devil has always been following them, never giving them a chance to breathe.

So, when she returned home that day and saw her third sister lying in a pool of blood with a soundless face and a bruised purple face, all her hopes turned into despair in that instant. The bright red blood pierced her eyes like steel needles and kept churning in her brain.

At that moment, all her rationality turned to ashes, and there was only one voice in her head that kept clamoring and shouting, hoping to die together with the demons in the old house.

Even if I were to go to the eighteen levels of hell, I would be determined to kill all of those so-called blood relatives without leaving a single one behind. I would drag them all down and make them suffer in the deepest part of hell forever until they all completely disappeared...

However, when her world fell into darkness and she completely gave up any hope and allowed herself to fall into an endless abyss, God finally had mercy on her and gave her a ray of light, a light that broke through the darkness and saved her from despair.

"Second sister, let's go and stop looking." Lin Xiaoyue noticed that Lin Zhaodi was emotionally broken and called her back to her senses.

Lin Zhaodi turned around and met San Ya's concerned gaze.

Yes, she knew San Ya had changed. In other words, San Ya was no longer the timid little girl who would only follow her and sob and ask "what should I do?". Instead, she was a completely new, completely different, braver and more decisive little girl.

Lin Zhaodi didn’t know where the original San Ya had gone. Was the new San Ya still her third sister?

But the new San Ya really saved her and saved this home that was on the verge of breaking up.

So, from that day on, in Lin Zhaodi's heart, this unique little girl was her sister, her San Ya.

Do not accept rebuttal.

"Okay, there's nothing here. Let's go back and have a look. Who knows, maybe elder sister will come back to find us." Lin Zhaodi looked into Lin Xiaoyue's clear eyes, where her own figure was clearly reflected. She was no longer shrouded in malice, and she stood with her back straight, facing the light.

"Well, let's go back and take a look." The two sisters looked at each other, said nothing extra, and left together.

The setting sun shone on them, stretching their shadows very long. In the light and shadow, the two sisters walked side by side, their hands tightly clasped together.

However, sometimes the more you hope for a miracle to happen, the more reality will slap you in the face, waking you up from your unrealistic fantasy and making you realize what cruelty is.

When the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the dilapidated courtyard where I had briefly lived, the place was in a mess. Broken bricks and tiles, wood chips were mixed under the thick dust. The cold wind blew past, making it desolate and bleak, and even more silent and desolate.

The two sisters reminisced for a moment in front of the old house where they once lived, and then went to several places where the eldest sister used to pick wild vegetables, catch small fish, and pick fruits.

The two of them even refused to give up and went to Hexi Village again. They saw wild beasts coming down the mountain to eat the dead villagers and no one to collect their bodies. The bodies were shattered...

But in the end, nothing was gained.

Lin Zhaodi couldn't help but droop her shoulders dejectedly, and her whole body exuded an aura of helplessness and sadness.

Lin Xiaoyue patted her on the shoulder to encourage her and advised her to cheer up, otherwise if Old Man Lin and Miao saw her distraught look, they would only become more panicked and worried.

Old Man Lin and Mrs. Miao are not in good health. They have been worried enough these past two days. As children, they have to think more about their parents.

Besides, not finding the person is not necessarily a bad thing. It is possible that he has survived the disaster and escaped earlier than them, or even walked ahead of them.

Besides, they are not leaving immediately. They have to stay here for two days. There is still time for them to look around. Don't jump to conclusions too early. Anything is possible.

……

Before they knew it, night fell and the two sisters, exhausted, rode their bicycles back to the cave where they were hiding.

Compared to the clear view during the day, the road in the mountains at night is much more difficult to travel, with potholes and bumps. Even riding a bicycle, it is inevitable to feel nauseous.

When they were still some distance away from the cave, Lin Xiaoyue put the bicycle into the storage bag, took out two baskets and some rice, flour, grain and oil from the space, and she and Lin Zhaodi each carried a basket and walked back.

From afar, they saw Miao, Xiaocao and two little carrot heads standing not far from the cave entrance, waiting for them anxiously.

Waiting for them to return, Miao took Xiao Si and Xiao Wu and trotted to greet them. When she saw that there was no Lin Dahua behind them, the hope in her eyes instantly disappeared, leaving only disappointment and sorrow.

The fourth and fifth children were still at an age where they did not know worry. They could not understand the worrying of their parents and older sisters. When they saw their older sisters coming back, they turned into two little cannonballs and rushed into their arms.

Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi were knocked off balance by the fierce attack from the two little brats and had to take two steps back before they could steady themselves.

After learning that the two little kids had cried for a long time after they left, Miao and Xiaocao took turns to coax them again and again, and finally managed to calm them down.