Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

But for the whole afternoon, the two little ones sat in front of the cave, staring outside the cave, looking depressed, and their hearts and eyes were full of anticipation for their sisters to come back soon.

Lin Xiaoyue held the little boy helplessly in her arms, and kept nudging his round little head against her little Wu. She rubbed her dry hair with amusement, and pretended to take out a candy from her inner bag and put it into the little guy's mouth.

Xiao Wu's misty eyes immediately sparkled, his heart was flying, he covered his mouth with his little hands, his happy almond eyes narrowed into crescents, looking adorable no matter how you looked at him.

Lin Xiaoyue took the opportunity to hug Xiaowu's soft little body and rubbed it, making Xiaowu giggle in her arms and couldn't stop.

Xiao Si saw that the third sister quietly stuffed a very beautiful round bead into Xiao Wu's mouth. After Xiao Wu put it in his mouth, he felt like he had gotten a great bargain and was very happy. So he pursed his lips and looked at Lin Zhaodi with resentment. His big eyes flickered as if he was silently accusing her, "Why does Xiao Wu have it, but she doesn't?"

Lin Zhaodi: ...

Unable to withstand Xiao Si's innocent gaze, Lin Zhaodi raised her hands in surrender, and decisively chose to betray her "comrade-in-arms", passing the blame to Lin Xiaoyue, then quickly took Miao's arm and went into the cave to check on Old Man Lin's condition.

Lin Xiaoyue, who was suddenly stuffed with a huge treasure, was stunned for a moment, then looked into Xiao Si's eyes. She felt inexplicably guilty at the deep resentment in his eyes.

Lin Xiaoyue bared her teeth and quickly stuffed a candy into the little guy's mouth, and asked him with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

Xiao Si, who got the advantage, immediately smiled happily, with the same expression as Xiao Wu, and gave her a sweet and wet kiss in satisfaction.

Lin Xiaoyue was so happy that she took out a handful of individually wrapped red candies from the space and gave them to the two little ones, letting them hide and eat them themselves.

The two little kids who had no resistance to sweets immediately started dancing with joy and happily lay in Lin Xiaoyue's arms, giving her several sweet kisses in a row. Lin Xiaoyue was so happy that she held the two little guys tightly in her arms and rubbed them for a while.

The three sisters laughed together, and in an instant, the cold cave was filled with a warm and sweet atmosphere.

Even Old Man Lin and Mrs. Miao, who were worried and unhappy after hearing Lin Zhaodi's story that she had searched several places this afternoon and had not found Lin Dahua, were affected by the laughter of the three people, and the huge stone weighing on their hearts was slightly relieved.

In the evening, a group of people sat around the fire and ate the stone rice they had at noon. None of the rice, flour, grain and oil that Lin Xiaoyue took out from the space were used.

Lin Xiaoyue, whose teeth were hurting, protested. As expected, she was ruthlessly slapped back by the head of the Lin family, Old Man Lin, as soon as she opened her mouth.

In addition, even Miao, Lin Zhaodi, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu all disagreed with her wasting food.

Father Lin sighed and spoke earnestly to Lin Xiaoyue, "San Ya, we don't like wasting food. In the past, we could only eat bran and vegetables in the old house. Almost every meal was rotten and disgusting. But didn't our family eat well? Now we are still fleeing from the famine. No one knows how long we will have to bump around on the road, and no one knows when it will end. We should save every mouthful of food. We can't just throw away food mixed with stones. It's a waste."

Everyone in the Lin family was in collusion with each other, looking at Lin Xiaoyue with expressions of 'you prodigal son' and 'what you did was wrong'.

Even the most silent Chen Xiaocao licked the rice grains on her lips, looked at Lin Xiaoyue, and then looked at the others. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but the cave seemed to be divided into two distinct sides by an invisible force. The subtle and solemn atmosphere made her swallow silently, bury her head in the bowl, shoveled rice in big mouthfuls, pretending that she heard nothing.

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Lin Xiaoyue who was “isolated”: …I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense….

As someone who has experienced the end of the world, how could I possibly waste food?

Wasting food is like wasting life, it will bring you a miserable fate.

However, there is really a lot of stock stored in the space. If we have a choice, shouldn’t we treat ourselves better?

Besides, the road to escape from famine is long and difficult. How can one travel thousands of miles without a healthy body? ...

However, when it comes to the issue of food, everyone disagrees with Lin Xiaoyue's statement. They all hold the pedantic idea that "if it can be eaten, don't waste it. Even if it is rotten, spoiled, or hairy, it can still be eaten." They severely criticize Lin Xiaoyue's "wasteful" behavior.

In the end, after a good meal with everyone talking and chattering one after another, Lin Xiaoyue finally gave in.

She didn't want to say anything, just eat.

As for whether it will hurt your teeth, don't think about it, just let it be.

After dinner, Chen Xiaocao quickly collected everyone's dishes and put them in a wooden barrel, then took it to a nearby stream to wash.

Yes.

In the afternoon, Miao and Xiaocao wandered around the cave and finally found a clear stream.

Miao tasted it and it still tasted like the sweet mountain spring water. So at night, the family boiled several pots of hot water, not only for drinking, but also for washing everyone.

Miao took a piece of cloth that had not yet been cut, tied it with a thin rope, and put a torn straw mat on it to make a partition curtain. She asked the women to stand behind the curtain one by one and wash themselves from head to toe.

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It was deep in the night and the earth seemed to be shrouded by a huge black curtain. There was no moonlight and no starlight. The sky was as dark as a bottomless black hole.

The forest was completely silent, with only the occasional chirping of insects or birds, leaving behind faint traces.

Just as everyone was sleeping soundly, a low howl broke the silence of the night sky.

Lin Xiaoyue suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed the bone-chopping knife beside her, and said, "Keep an eye on them." Immediately, her figure rushed towards the cave entrance at lightning speed.

Lin Zhaodi, who was sleeping next to Lin Xiaoyue, was slow to react. She only heard a short sentence and before her eyes flashed, she saw her third sister beside her rushing out of the cave.

At this time, a group of wolves outside the cave were quietly surrounding the cave entrance, staring at the prey in front of them with their blood-red eyes, and making low howls that seemed to be intimidation with their big mouths dripping with fishy saliva.

Lin Xiaoyue held a boning knife in hand, and her thin body blocked the entrance of the cave as she confronted the pack of wolves. She glanced coldly at the wolves that were approaching her step by step, and took a step sideways, ready to meet the enemy.

She suspected that these wolves did not appear here for no reason. Perhaps they had accidentally spotted her and Arya when they went to Hexi Village during the day, and they had followed them all the way to the cave where they were staying.