I'm wearing it, but I'm still suffering.

After Lin Xuan left, several families around who heard their conversation became panicked.

"This is how to do ah!"

At first they didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. They just knew that following the village chief was the right path. But after walking for a few days and not seeing anyone else, they began to doubt their choice.

And those who just followed Liu Laizi here are now even more thankful that they didn't say they wanted to go back.

Looking at the situation, they should speed up their pace. Someone figured it out and said to Liu Yingxiong, "Village Chief, should we speed up now? What if the militia catches up with us? That would be disastrous."

Liu Yingxiong had originally had this idea, and when he heard someone say it, he replied, "You guys go back and have dinner first. I'll go ask Yingcai's family for their opinions. If nothing goes wrong, we'll have to speed up our journey after dinner."

When the villagers heard this, they all shouted, "Yes, yes, let's eat. Let's eat quickly so that we can have the strength to continue our journey." However, when they ran over to take a look, they saw that the families whose meals had not yet been prepared were suddenly in an uproar, followed by another round of lively noise.

Liu Yingxiong didn't have the energy to take care of these things, because he was sitting on the mat with Liu Yingcai and the others, relaying to them the content of his conversation with Lin Xuan, and asking whether he wanted them to follow.

After listening to this, Liu Yingcai looked at Zhufu, meaning: What do you think?

Zhufu thought about it and felt that he could meet them, but whether he should take them with him depended on his character.

Liu Yingxiong also saw the look his second brother gave Zhufu, so he turned and looked at Zhufu.

Seeing them like this, Zhufu said, "You can meet once. As for the rest, we can discuss it when we meet again!"

When Liu Yingxiong heard that it was okay, he was about to get up to inform Lin Xuan, but Liu Yingcai stopped him and said, "There's no need for you to go in person to call people. Just let your nephew go after dinner."

After saying that, he glanced at Liu Jing who was carrying a bowl over. Liu Jing nodded quickly and said, "Yes, just leave this little thing to me. Uncle, just have some home-cooked meals here with us!"

Liu Yingxiong saw that it was time for dinner! He wanted to refuse, but when he smelled the delicious food, his stomach started growling. He scratched his head sheepishly, smiled, and sat down.

After a while, the food was served and everyone ate and chatted. Liu Jing quickly finished his meal and went to find Lin Xuan to pass on a message.

Liu Yingcai and Zhu Fu discussed that if Lin Xuan was trustworthy, they could consider letting them follow behind, but if Lin Xuan had ulterior motives, they would have to find another way out.

Lin Xuan was anxiously waiting for news. When Liu Jing came to inform him to come over for a talk, he knew that they seemed to have agreed.

So when he walked to the place where they were resting, he was all smiling.

After a brief understanding, Zhufu got straight to the point and said, "Brother Xiaolin, if you want to follow us, that's fine. But we won't take care of your food along the way. Also, if you encounter any danger, I hope you'll have to send someone to help. After all, we haven't collected your protection money, so we have no obligation to help you, don't you think?"

As soon as Lin Xuan saw Zhufu speaking, he knew that this person was probably the leader among them. He nodded and said, "Of course, we won't take advantage of you for nothing. But... I wonder what your plans are next?"

"Of course we are hurrying on. Although we have already fled the famine, we are dragging our families along with us, and we are also slow along the way. If we don't move faster, we are afraid that we might be caught up by the militia."

Liu Yingcai also felt that the blessing was right. He turned to Liu Yingxiong and said, "Brother, I'll leave the villagers here to you. By the way, tell them that families with young children and elderly people should try to put them in ox carts. Families without ox carts can put them in other ox carts with empty seats. Now we are a whole team, and we need to help each other to speed up. In addition, our carriage can accommodate one more person. If there are people who can't be arranged, you can ask them to ride in our carriage."

After hearing this, Lin Xuan also said that his own carriage could also accommodate one person.

Seeing that everyone was so supportive of his work, Liu Yingxiong said, "Okay, in that case, I'll go call them to a meeting and discuss this matter."