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Chapter 34: Panic on the Eve of Fleeing
That day, just after breakfast, Lin Qingchu came to the Lin family and asked the Lin family to send a representative to his home for a meeting, and then went to meet other villagers in the village.
"Dad, it seems that my cousin has decided to flee the famine with the entire village," said Uncle Lin with a worried look on his face. It had only been a few days, and they had already reached the point where they had to flee the famine.
"Don't think too much, Boss. You and your father should go to the village chief's house for a meeting. The rest of you should stay home and pack your things."
Old man Lin knocked on the pipe. He hadn't smoked a pipe for a long time. He would only take a puff or two when he really couldn't help it.
"Yes! Boss, you should go early and come back early," Mrs. Lin also said, looking at Li Yanniang and the others.
He added, "Eldest Wife, take your two younger sisters-in-law and quickly prepare some dry food for us on the road. The rest of you should pack up your luggage that's out in the open and put it all in baskets. Leave only one wooden box outside for food. Give the rest of the wooden boxes to Qingxue girl to keep for later use."
"I understand, grandma," everyone agreed after hearing what Mrs. Lin said and started to get busy.
Lin Qingxue asked her two daughters to sit under the eaves to rest and went back to the house. She folded the clothes of the three of them and wrapped them in a bundle.
Then he folded the quilts for the three people and put them in the basket, then put the bundle on top, followed by the toiletries and towels for the three people.
After Lin Qingxue finished packing and came out, everyone in the Lin family came out of the house carrying a basket, and everyone went to the backyard tacitly.
Looking at the three empty donkey carts, Lin Qingxue said, "Big brother, second brother, and third brother will each take charge of one donkey cart. Big brother will take grandma and grandpa, and Xiaoshan and the other brothers will take turns riding in the donkey carts! Each cart will be loaded with your own luggage. I will take Xiaoya and Xiaowan in third brother's donkey cart, and the food will be placed in our cart. The rest of us will take turns riding in the donkey carts like the children. What do you think?"
After hearing Lin Qingxue's words, no one objected. They knew the reason for her arrangement. Except for Old Man Lin and Mrs. Lin who were too old to ride in a donkey cart, everyone else took turns.
As for putting the food on the donkey cart that Lin Qingxue was riding, that was easier to understand. If she really encountered a robbery, she could put the food in her treasure.
"Okay, let's do as Qingxue said," Lin Qingbai looked at everyone and agreed without thinking.
As soon as Lin Qingbai finished speaking, he saw Lin Qingmin and Lin Qingyue coming over with three bundles of hemp ropes. Following behind them were Aunt Lin and Lin Xiaoshan, each holding an empty wooden box. They put the wooden boxes down on the donkey cart.
"Second brother, you take Xiaoshan and the other brothers to move the grain. My younger brother and I will use hemp ropes to secure these baskets and wooden boxes," Lin Qingran said, looking up at Lin Qingbai. After these are secured with hemp ropes, they will not be easily stolen.
"Okay, remember to tie it tightly. I'll take them to move the food," Lin Qingbai nodded and took Lin Xiaoshan and others to the cellar to move the food.
Lin Qingran and Lin Qingmin skillfully tied two wooden boxes together with thick ropes, and then tied the two ends of the ropes to the donkey cart.
As for the baskets, small straw ropes are used to tie the basket straps and thick ropes together to ensure that the baskets will not shake or fall.
There were three to four baskets on each donkey cart, which were filled with everyone's spare clothes and thin quilts in case of emergency.
Just as Lin Qingran and Lin Qingmin completed their task, they saw Lin Qingbai and others coming over carrying food.
"Second brother, the food is in these two boxes," Lin Qingran said, pointing to the two wooden boxes on the ground.
Lin Qingbai and others carefully put the food into wooden boxes, making sure nothing was left out.
When they finished placing the food, Li Yanniang quickly took out a lock and locked the wooden box tightly to protect the safety of the food.
Just then, Lin Qingbai and Lin Qingxiaoshan, uncle and nephew, came over carrying a large vat.
"Second brother, put the vegetable jar here!" Li Yan's mother hurriedly said to Lin Qingbai. The things at home had been almost packed up, with only some small items left.
After Lin Qingbai and Lin Xiaoshan put down the jars, he took the hemp rope next to him and tied the jars to the donkey cart to secure them. He turned to look at Li Yanniang and the others and said, "Everyone's almost done packing their luggage. Go check if there's anything left behind. Leave one set of bowls and chopsticks for each person, two wooden basins and two wooden buckets, and have Qingxue collect the rest."
"Don't worry, we've already taken care of all this. The bowls and chopsticks and the wooden barrel are placed in the kitchen in a wooden barrel, and the extra bowls and chopsticks are put away. There are two large iron pots and two small iron pots in the house. One is placed outside, and the rest are also put away."
Li Yanniang looked at Lin Qingbai and said with a smile that what the men could think of, they, the women, naturally thought of as well. As long as the things at home were still useful, they packed them up and asked Lin Qingxue to put them away.
"Okay, then let's go and see if anything is left behind," Lin Qingbai said, and pulled Lin Xiaoshan to carry the water tank from home.
These days, the villagers go to the pond to fetch water every day, and the Lin family is no exception.
Therefore, Lin Qingming also had to put the water tank in the open, and the rest would naturally be stored in Lin Qingxue's space.
Just as the group finished their work, Uncle Lin and his son Lin Qingming came back. They both looked very unhappy. When everyone saw their expressions, they knew that the content of the meeting was not good.
"Uncle, brother, what did you say in the meeting?" Seeing that the two of them looked unhappy, Lin Qingran asked bravely, and the others also looked at the father and son.
"It's already chaotic outside. The village chief asked us to pack our luggage and set off in the middle of the night. We would be too conspicuous during the day and would easily attract attention," Lin Qingming shook his head and said in a heavy tone.
"Yes! Several nearby villages were robbed," Uncle Lin looked at his family, the fear in his heart increasing instead of decreasing.
"Mother Qingming, take Yanniang and the other two to the kitchen to prepare some dry food for the journey. The others can check if everything at home is complete."
Mrs. Lin looked up at her little great-grandchildren and was extremely scared. They were already very old, and if they died, they would be dead.
But these great-grandchildren, the oldest is only in his teens and the youngest is only a few years old. What should they do?
"Bring everything up here, big brother. I've prepared weapons for you. Put them where you can easily get them. When we're on our way, grandma and grandpa will ride on the donkey cart, and the children and my sister-in-law will ride in the middle."
Lin Qingxue felt a headache when she looked at the whole family. Although she had some skills, she could only fight ten people at most, not a hundred!
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