Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Father Lin was also very happy. "Finally it has stopped raining. Let's tidy up and go back to the road to dry up. Then we can catch up with the team from the village."

While hanging clothes to dry, Miao agreed cheerfully, "That's right. Who knows, the eldest girl might be in the front with the village team."

The dazzling sunshine gave everyone infinite hope. Old Man Lin and Mrs. Miao, who had been worried about Lin Daya, no longer had to be bound by the heavy rain and felt that there was hope for the future.

A small grass fire was built to boil water and cook;

The sun was shining, so Lin Zhaodi took Xiao Si and Xiao Wu together to take the mule out for some fresh air.

Lin Xiaoyue did not restrain herself and followed her second sister and two younger sisters, wandering around the cave to see if there were any small animals that could be hunted and brought back. If they did not eat them, they would keep them for the fourth and fifth children to entertain them.

Unfortunately, the rainstorm was so severe that not only did all the small animals on the mountain run away, but even the wild vegetables and mushrooms were nowhere to be seen.

These people have been eating meat for more than half a month. Now they can come out to look for something, hoping to find some wild vegetables and mushrooms to change their appetite. Otherwise, if they continue like this, it will easily lead to constipation.

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After waiting for another two days, the ground was almost dry. Lin Xiaoyue and Lin Zhaodi went out to explore the road and found that there were sporadic carriages and pedestrians passing by on the main road. The two sisters went back to explain the situation to the people in the cave and asked everyone to pack up and get ready to set off.

Even though they said they were picking up some food, there wasn't much to it. Even though Lin Xiaoyue had moved some food out of the space before the rainstorm, the food was consumed every day. After more than ten days of living like trapped beasts, even though Miao pushed wolf meat for every meal and ate less and less food, 1/4 of the food was consumed.

The remaining wolf meat could probably fill a backpack, but when the sun came out and the temperature rose, there was no extra salt to marinate the meat, so it would definitely stink in two days.

Unless you put the meat into the space.

But is it possible?

Definitely not!

Not to mention the little grass who joined them halfway, even Miao was so soft-hearted that she couldn't help but feel sympathy when she saw the poor refugees, which attracted other refugees to rush over. By then, it wouldn't just be the wolf meat that would be divided up, but they might even be skinned alive.

And Father Lin, even though he is worried about his wife and daughter, he has not yet met the group of people in the old house of the Lin family. If he meets them, haha, what will happen next?

God knows.

Therefore, even if she had the idea of ​​going on the journey, she didn't plan to set off immediately. At least, she had to make some arrangements with everyone about some matters that needed to be paid attention to, so as to avoid any unexpected situation that would catch her off guard.

In fact, at this time, there are only three main points that she and her family can emphasize.

First, you must never be soft-hearted and release your kindness that has nowhere to go.

After all, it was a time of turmoil, and the world was in a difficult situation, with refugees everywhere. They had been hiding in the mountains for a while, eating well and wearing warm clothes, which was much better than most refugees outside.

Putting aside other things, just go out for a walk, wear thick and warm clothes, look healthy, have a mule cart and surplus food, and suddenly appear on the road, how can they not attract the refugees' covetousness?

If a skinny refugee suddenly comes to you and begs you for mercy, you will be soft-hearted. If you help this one, you will help that one, one after another, and it will go on and on. How many can you help? If you don't have a kind heart, not only will you lose all your wealth, but you will also be robbed of the person.

Don't challenge human nature. What worries us is not the lack of wealth but the uneven distribution of wealth. Therefore, it is better to cut off the source of the disaster at the beginning than to regret it later.

Lin Xiaoyue said this seriously, without any joke. She didn't care whether Old Man Lin and Miao would get suspicious. How could a 14-year-old girl think more than adults?

From the beginning, she broke off the relationship, hunted to make money, proposed to flee from famine, saved people during the earthquake, parted ways on the road, and killed wolves to protect her relatives. She did everything without trying to hide it. She led and protected the Lin family to let them see her strength, and strength represents the right to speak and the initiative.

Apart from other things, in this family, she wanted all the family members to believe in her and follow her, instead of going out on business at a critical moment and dragging her down.

If Father Lin and Miao were capable of standing up, she could have chosen not to be the first to do so. But the two of them, one was foolishly filial and the other was soft-tempered, and both were easily manipulated. She couldn't let outsiders seize her weaknesses and use them to threaten and control her. Therefore, from the beginning, she had to have the absolute right to speak in this family.

If Father Lin and Miao believed in her, she would be able to protect them even in troubled times. Even if the world was difficult, at most she could take them to hide in the mountains and forests, and they would still be able to live a worry-free life.

But if their saintly fathers and saintly mothers were overwhelmed, Lin Xiaoyue could only try her best to save their lives. As for anything else, she really couldn't afford it.

After her rebirth, she just wanted to live her own life and no longer be controlled by anyone or anything, including the parents and family left to her by the original owner.

The Lin family members and Chen Xiaocao in the cave fell silent after hearing Lin Xiaoyue's first point of precaution, feeling indescribably uncomfortable and heavy in their hearts.

They are all people from the lower class who have experienced hardships, and they know that life is not easy and escaping is difficult. Therefore, when they still have the energy to spare, they will inevitably feel sympathy and compassion for other people in distress.

But they forgot that if it weren't for Lin Xiaoyue, not to mention her kindness, they would have confessed everything on the night of the wolf pack's night attack. How could they have wolf meat, chicken and duck soups every day? They were nourished to have rosy complexions, and even the skinny little four and five had whitened and plumped up their sunken cheeks in a few days.

With such a big change, if it weren't for Lin Xiaoyue, they would have died, or would have been no different from those ragged and skinny refugees.

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Lin Xiaoyue could see that what she said did make everyone feel uncomfortable and distressed, but she still had to say what she needed to say clearly, so as to avoid any unexpected incidents when it would be too late to make amends.

Without waiting for everyone to recover, Lin Xiaoyue continued to talk about two more points.

Second, stay calm when faced with chaos and defeat the enemy.

As time goes by, there will be more and more refugees on the road, and there is a high probability that gangs will appear. After all, if they have no food or water and their lives are in danger, what else can they not risk their lives for?

There will only be more and more robbers, not fewer. Their group has a mule cart and there are many girls, so they are definitely the robbers' first choice target.

If you encounter one, the most terrible thing is to just scream at the top of your lungs. Screaming alone is not enough. Lin Xiaoyue is good at fighting. She is not afraid of wild wolves, let alone refugees who are not as strong as her.