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"Grandpa, aunt, uncle and aunt, are you still awake?" Seeing Village Chief Lin and his three companions sitting together chatting, Liu Jiali greeted them in a low voice.

"Old Third, why are you here so late? Is there something wrong at home?"

When he saw Liu Jiali from Old Man Lin's family coming over with a basket on her back, Village Chief Lin thought that something had happened to her cousin's family.

After saying that, she took down the basket and handed it to Lin Jinkang's wife, Lin Liu, who was standing next to her.

"Okay, I'll take the gifts. Go back and thank your grandfather and the others for me. It's getting late, so you should go back and get some rest!"

Village chief Lin accepted the things without hesitation. After all, he already owed his cousin's family enough, so this little bit was not a big deal. He could just find a chance to pay it back later.

"Okay, uncle, then you guys should go to bed early. I'll go back first," Liu Jiali nodded, and then she went back without even taking the basket.

Looking at Liu Jiali's back, Village Chief Lin glanced towards Old Man Lin's house and whispered to Lin Jinkang and his wife, "Everyone has worked hard during this period. You two should clean up the pheasants and simmer them over low heat. Make chicken soup dumplings for everyone tomorrow morning, and save the rabbit for stir-frying at noon tomorrow."

"I understand, Dad. Then you and Mom should go to bed early. His father and I will clean up before we go to bed," Lin Liu said in a low voice. She didn't have a strong presence at home. The old man Lin and his wife were the ones who were in charge of the family. They usually just worked hard.

But no one in her family dared to look down on her. Even Village Chief Lin and his wife valued her very much.

"Okay," Village Chief Lin nodded, said nothing, and took his wife to rest.

After Liu Jiali returned, Li Yanniang and the others had already cleaned up and the chicken soup was simmering. Everyone was preparing to rest, but when they saw her come back, they asked in a low voice about the situation at Village Chief Lin's home, and then lay down to rest.

After daybreak, Aunt Lin got up with Li Yanniang and her three sisters-in-law to make breakfast. Thinking that they would go to the city to buy things after breakfast, she indulged herself and took Li Yanniang and the others to make some dough and cook noodles.

When Lin Qingxue got up, the children had already eaten a bowl of noodles each, and even Uncle Lin and the others were squatting beside them with their bowls in hand, eating.

Smelling the aroma of chicken soup in the air, Lin Qingxue quickly washed up and went to have breakfast. She was really too hungry.

After breakfast, Lin Qingxue took an empty basket and carried it on her back, followed the brothers Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran to the village chief Lin, and followed the large group towards Lingyun City.

It turned out that when Old Man Lin went to the meeting last night, he selected the team that would go into the city to purchase.

Among them were Lin Qingming and his two siblings. Others also selected five representatives, including the brothers Lin Qingchu and Lin Qingxun.

After meeting up with the purchasing team, the eight of them walked towards Lingyun City. After walking for almost an hour, they finally arrived at the gate of Lingyun City.

Looking at the tightly blocked city gate, Lin Qingchu frowned and looked back at Lin Qingming and the others.

He whispered, "The city gates are closed. I guess we can't get in. Qingxun and I will go and ask about the specific situation. You guys wait nearby."

"Okay, you go ask," Lin Qingming and the others looked at each other and couldn't think of any other solution, so they could only agree.

Soon, Lin Qingchu and Lin Qingxun came back with pale faces. They looked like wilted eggplants, without any energy at all.

"What happened? Is there any way to get into the city?" Lin Qingxue couldn't help but ask after seeing that Lin Qingchu and Lin Qingxun had come back without saying a word.

"Of course we can, but only three people can enter, and each person has to pay half a tael of silver as an entrance fee," Lin Qingchu said in a depressed tone, and it was obvious that he was hit hard.

"Yes! Our entire village has only managed to scrape together less than two hundred taels of silver. Every household needs to buy food, water, and salt. I just asked, and there is food in the city, but it's almost astronomical in price. Water is even more expensive, and only the rich and powerful can afford it."

Lin Qingxun's face turned even paler after he finished speaking. God simply didn't give ordinary people like them any way to survive!

After hearing this, Lin Qingchu and another person's faces turned even paler. This really meant that ordinary people like them would not be able to survive. Half a tael of silver per person as an entrance fee would be enough to scare away most people from entering the city!

"You guys wait outside, the three of us will go in and take a look," Lin Qingxue thought for a moment and realized that she had plenty of money and could afford the entrance fee. Although she also had food and water, she had no reason to take them out.

So, going into the city is a must.

How can she get the things out without going into the city?

We can’t let the Lin family really go hungry like the villagers, without food or water!

"Okay, then we'll wait for you outside." Seeing that Lin Qingxue insisted on going into the city, Lin Qingchu didn't say anything else.

"I understand. Let's go first," Lin Qingxue nodded, holding Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran in each hand and walking towards the side door.

The three siblings passed through the crowded crowd and came to the side city gate surrounded by officers and soldiers. After paying an entrance fee of one and a half taels of silver, they were allowed to enter the city.

Looking at the still bustling streets in the city, and the vendors and city dwellers still doing business, Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran were shocked. They didn't understand why the countryside was hit by the disaster while the city dwellers were not affected at all.

Lin Qingxue took her two brothers to tour the city, learned about the prices there, and then went to the horse market to buy a donkey.

"Brother, third brother, let's go buy the donkey cart first, and then buy other things," Lin Qingxue and his two siblings said as they walked towards the horse market.

"Okay, we'll listen to you," Lin Qingming nodded and said nothing more.

"Boss, how much is this donkey?" When they arrived at the horse market, the three siblings randomly walked into a shop selling livestock. Lin Qingxue stood nearby, while Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran looked around.

"A donkey costs ten taels of silver, and I'll give you a donkey cart. An ox costs fifteen taels of silver, and a mule costs eight taels of silver. As for horses, it depends on what kind you want. An ordinary one costs fifty taels of silver, a good one costs a hundred taels of silver, and one that can travel a thousand miles a day is more expensive."

Seeing that business had come, the shop owner was very enthusiastic and entertained Lin Qingxue and the other two with a smile on his face.

"Qingxue, let's take this donkey! It's pretty good," Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran looked for a long time and finally found one they liked.

"Okay, boss, we want that one. Please install the donkey cart for us." Lin Qingxue didn't understand this, but she thought the donkey chosen by Lin Qingming looked good, so she agreed.

Seeing that the brothers and sisters were so straightforward and didn't bargain, the shop owner had no choice but to agree and immediately asked the waiter to install the donkey cart.

After asking Lin Qingxue and the others and finding out that they all knew how to drive a carriage, the shopkeeper took the ten taels of silver that Lin Qingxue handed over and let them leave with peace of mind.