Escape from famine: Daddy stands up, Dali girl lies down

Naturally, there was no portion for Lin Erzhuang's family at dinner.

The family was so exhausted both physically and mentally that they no longer had the desire to fight for food.

Lin Erzhuang knew that his mother would not let him go so easily, and the most important thing right now was to comfort his wife and children.

Wu's attempt to commit suicide almost scared Lin Erzhuang to death. He didn't even dare to think about the consequences of losing Wu.

The two were a young couple. Although poor, they were very loving and had never had any quarrels.

Lin Erzhuang was sitting on the kang. He saw that Wu had bandaged her wound and was leaning weakly against the wall without saying a word.

"Layue, why are you so stupid? Didn't we agree that I would take care of everything?"

Lin Erzhuang held Wu's hand and said self-reproachfully.

"I'll take you back to your parents' house tomorrow, and then pick you up after things are settled."

"I disagree."

Wu broke free, looked at Lin Erzhuang seriously and whispered.

"I am also at fault. I shouldn't have kept silent and let the children suffer.

My performance just now was pretty good, wasn't it? Who wouldn't cry, make a scene, and then hang themselves..."

Shocked...admired...

Lin Shu gave a thumbs up and praised in a low voice.

"Mom, you are so awesome. We want to learn from you."

"Shu'er, I am sorry for you.

When you were still a baby, you were so strong that you could break the kang cabinet with one kick.

Mother was afraid that others would find out, so she only let you eat half full, which caused you to not be able to walk at the age of six..." Wu covered her face and cried.

"..."

The whole family looked at Wu in shock, no one expected the root of the problem to be here.

"Mom, why?" Lin Shu said speechlessly.

Mrs. Wu smiled bitterly and whispered to her family who cared about her.

"Shu'er inherited the divine power of the Wu family's ancestors. Our family is not well-received. I'm afraid Shu'er will be regarded as a monster..."

"You are confused!"

Lin Erzhuang was so angry that he was spinning around. He knew that he was the one who had the least right to blame.

The family is in the current situation because of his foolish filial piety.

"Mom and Dad, let's not talk about the past. The most important thing right now is food and drink," Lin Shu reminded.

"The front yard won't let us off easily. We can't wait to be beaten."

"Shu'er is right. Starting tomorrow we have to find our own food, so..."

Lin Erzhuang asked the twins to collect the clothes that were drying in the sun and to keep an eye on the front yard. He then told the family about his plan.

"Dad Lin, there are a lot of clams by the river. We can dry them and store them as meat." Lin Shu suggested.

Although she had no shortage of food, many things in the space could not be traced back to their origins, and she could not allow them to develop the idea that they were lazy and gluttonous.

"Okay, let's go into the mountains early tomorrow morning and pick up river clams in the afternoon." Lin Erzhuang clapped his hands at last.

...

The family lay in a row, touching their empty bellies. They opened their eyes and heard snoring sounds coming from the front yard.

"Dad Lin, get up and eat."

Lin Shu took out two trays of steamed buns, handed out one and started eating without saying a word.

The aroma of steaming wheat immediately attracts hungry people to get up.

Each person held two steamed buns and swallowed them in big mouthfuls, and no one asked where the steamed buns came from.

"No one is allowed to tell others what we eat at home. Remember that." Lin Erzhuang warned.

"Dad, we remember this." Lin Hongyi took the lead.

He would keep an eye on his three younger brothers and prevent them from talking about family matters.

"Dad, we don't even have wild vegetable porridge to eat. Where can we get the food?" Lin Hongqing said smartly.

"Yes, that's what we should say." Lin Erzhuang agreed.

...

After eating a tray of steamed buns and drinking a box of milk, Lin Shu rinsed her mouth and lay down in satisfaction.

Because she needed to supplement her nutrition and there was limited milk in the space, Lin Shu could only eat alone.

Only after feeding the bun left in the space did Lin Shu take it out.

Lin Hongyi drove the second child and the twins to the kang, and picked up Lin Shu and Baozi to fan them.

...

midnight.

Baozi opened his eyes suddenly, jumped off the bed silently, and crawled out through the broken door.

The chubby little creature slipped along the wall into the front yard.

After a while, the little guy quietly slipped back to the backyard, jumped onto the bed and lay beside Lin Shu.

He opened his mouth and spat out two gray purses, two small ingots, and a pair of solid gold bracelets.

Lin Shu, who was sleeping, smelled the rotten smell of money and opened her eyes quickly.

"Woo~"

Baozi pushed the thing forward, and she reached out and quickly put it away.

Lin Shu hugged the bun and was secretly delighted, her consciousness sank into the space to count the silver.

"Hua~la~", pouring out the silver and money in the two purses.

One hundred and twenty copper coins, thirty-one taels of silver, plus two ten-tael silver ingots, a total of fifty-one taels and one hundred and twenty copper coins.

The gold bracelet is old in style, weighs about twenty grams, and is worth twenty taels of silver.

Lin Shu didn't expect that Mrs. Lin had such a wealthy family. They were considered a well-off family in Linjia Village.

With this income, I can make up for half of my daytime expenses.

[Not bad, not bad! ]

Lin Shu gave Baozi a heavy kiss on the forehead. This unexpected fortune came at the right time, guaranteed to make old lady Lin so angry that she would vomit three liters of blood.

...

"God damn it, why don't you go fetch water to irrigate the fields..."

Lin Shu woke up to the sound of sharp curses. She was so angry that she wanted to beat the old woman to death with two sticks.

[It's like moaning every day, so annoying! 】

The second wife was indifferent to this because they were used to hearing the scolding from old lady Lin.

The family doesn’t even have food to eat, so how can they have the energy to fetch water to irrigate the fields?

Even an old ox needs to eat grass, let alone seven mouths.

"gone!"

Lin Erzhuang carried an old bow and arrow on his back and an axe on his waist.

The whole family followed without washing their faces, holding their only two backpacks.

"Mom, take the torn sheets and needle money with you." Lin Shu reminded from the backpack.

Mrs. Wu was stunned, turned back to the house and picked up the torn clothes and bed sheets.

She took a look at the hard, torn cotton wool, sighed, closed the door and left.

Old Lady Lin had been shouting in the front yard for a long time, but there was no movement at all. She tiptoed over angrily to take a look.

There was no one in the half-open house.

She went into the house unwillingly and turned everything upside down, but couldn't find even a piece of good cloth the size of a palm.

"Pah, you poor bastards, you deserve to starve to death."

Old lady Lin stepped hard on the rags on the ground, spat out some thick phlegm, and then left angrily.

...

The family that went into the mountains had no idea what was happening at home.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, a ray of golden light appeared in the east.

A red sun shines on the earth, and the outskirts of the Daqing Mountain are all withered and yellow.

depression.

These two words suddenly popped up in Lin Shu's mind, because there were very few birds foraging in the forest in the early morning.

On the way into the mountains, we caught five snakes enjoying the cool air, and didn't even see any pheasants or hares.

After about half an hour, the family stopped in front of a cave.

Lin Erzhuang pulled out some dry grass, lit it, and threw it into the cave.

“I used to stop here when I went hunting in the mountains.

The boss and I will go inside in a while, and you women will wait for us in this cave.

In the twelfth month, clean up this place, and it will soon become our place of residence."

After the smoke cleared, the family went in with torches.

The cave is about 15 square meters and about two meters high. It is really low and cramped.

Lin Hongyi placed Lin Shu at the entrance of the cave and consciously went to clear the weeds at the entrance.