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"Cousin, how many people are there in our village now? How should we divide the banknotes and silver?" Lin Qingxue looked down at the silver and banknotes and asked thoughtfully.

"There used to be 1,318 people in the village. About ten died before, and more than 300 died tonight. Now there are 968 people alive. Several horses ran away last night, and more than 20 were killed by bandits. The villagers' original donkey carts and horse carts are safe and sound."

Lin spoke clearly, word by word, in a low voice. After hearing the death toll of villagers, the others couldn't help but feel depressed.

"Keep the silver and banknotes! Once we're settled in the imperial city, use the silver to buy food and build houses. Cousin, take your men to deal with the dead horses and save the meat for everyone. We've had some food robbed recently, and this meat can just make up for it."

Lin Qingxue said expressionlessly that although none of the dead villagers were from the Lin family, she had known them for a long time and they usually got along well.

"I understand," Lin Qingchu nodded to show that he understood. Although the others did not speak, they also nodded in agreement.

Lin Qingxun took the silver and after the matter was settled, he took his men to deal with the dead horse. The others lit torches nearby, left some people to patrol, and the others went to help.

Lin Qingxue, who was extremely tired, returned to the donkey cart, said something to Lin Qingyue, and then fell asleep with her two daughters in her arms. The noise in the second half of the night did not wake Lin Qingxue up, and everyone felt sorry for her.

Shortly after dawn, aunts and sisters-in-law from every household in the village got up to prepare dinner. They had to set off again today, so everyone was in a hurry.

When Lin Qingxue woke up, Li Yanniang and her three sisters-in-law had already prepared breakfast. The other members of the Lin family were also awake and were sitting at the dining table eating.

Seeing that she woke up, the Lin family hurriedly told her to wash up and have breakfast. By the time she finished washing up and sat down to eat, everyone else had already finished.

Lin Qingxue ate while looking around. After she finished her assessment, everyone in the village got up and finished eating. She was the last one to get up and the last one to eat.

Although she was very embarrassed, Lin Qingxue was thick-skinned. She calmly finished her breakfast. Liu Jiali immediately took the dishes to wash them, and the others began to tidy up the bedding.

After everything was ready, the main group set off. Village chief Lin's family still led the way, and old man Lin's family was at the end.

Lin Qingxue put her two daughters on the donkey cart and asked Lin Qingyue to look after them while she rode a horse beside the donkey cart.

"Third brother, Qingmin, Xiaoshan, the three of you come with me to scout the way ahead." Looking at the road ahead, Lin Qingxue thought of the dozens of bandits who ran away yesterday, and the dead villagers, and an idea came to her mind.

The three of them didn't ask, but just responded, followed Lin Qingxue, rode their horses to the front, and told Village Chief Lin to explore the way first. The four of them rode their horses and ran forward.

The four of them galloped straight to the bandits' lair. The reason they found the bandits' lair was because of the passers-by who saved them last night. Those people raided the bandits' lair. The ground was covered with the bodies of bandits and blood flowed like a river.

Lin Qingxue smelled blood and followed the direction to find the bandits' lair. The ground was littered with corpses, which made Lin Qingxue feel sick.

"Third brother, you three search here to see if there are any survivors. I'll go look around." Lin Qingxue looked around. The bandit's lair was in a village, but the location was very remote.

"Okay, be careful," Lin Qingran nodded and whispered.

Lin Qingxue waved to the three of them and began to search every house. Almost every household had a cellar, and there was more or less some food stored in the cellar.

Adhering to the principle of leaving nothing behind when a locust swarm passes through, Lin Qingxue searched out everything that could be used from every household and stored them in the space.

This is not the time to talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality. These bandits robbed others of their things, which can be said to be taking from the people and using them for the people.

However, Lin Qingxue would take out most of the grain and distribute it to the villagers of Linjia Village. As for the silver and other things, her Lin family would gladly accept them.

An hour later, Lin Qingxue found Lin Qingran and the other two in the innermost part of the bandit's den, which was also the residence of the leader of the bandit's den.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Qingxue walked over and saw three people sitting on the chairs next to her, chatting leisurely, as if they were waiting for her arrival.

"Qingxue, we are waiting for you. When we searched here, we found a lot of gold, silver and jewelry hidden in the cellar," Lin Qingran said as he looked around cautiously, his tone a little nervous.

"Then I'll go collect them," Lin Qingxue's eyes lit up. She had collected some food and bedding along the way, but this was the first time she saw gold, silver and jewelry.

Lin Qingran nodded, opened the entrance to the cellar, and went down into the cellar with Lin Qingxue, leaving Lin Qingmin and Lin Xiaoshan, the uncle and nephew, to guard it upstairs.

When the brother and sister went down to the cellar, they were dazzled by the boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in front of them. The gold and silver were packed in wooden boxes with the lids opened, which was very dazzling.

Lin Qingxue didn't hesitate at all. In front of Lin Qingran, she put all the gold, silver, jewelry and food into the space, and then the two of them left the cellar.

After coming up, Lin Qingxue brought the three of them into the space. As soon as they entered, they saw food and gold, silver and jewelry piled on the ground. The three of them were very shocked. This was the first time they had seen so much food and gold, silver and jewelry.

"Are these what you just found?" Lin Qingming couldn't help swallowing and said in disbelief.

The other two also looked at the pile of grain with green eyes. There were at least 100,000 kilograms of grain, including coarse grains and fine grains, as well as some bacon and salted pork. They were all greedy at the sight.

"Yes, I plan to give one-third of the food to the villagers and say we found it in the bandit's lair. We won't divide the gold, silver, and jewelry, but will split it equally among the six of us brothers and sisters. What do you think?"

Lin Qingxue said seriously that the six brothers and sisters she mentioned were the two brothers from the first house and the four brothers and sisters from the second house. Once they arrived in the imperial city, they would have more places to spend money. With this money, everyone would not have to worry about the future, and the younger ones could also be sent to school.

"There's no need to split it equally. Big brother and second brother won't want it either." Lin Qingming shook his head and said firmly, "You take half, and the other half can be divided among the five of us."