Lin Xueqing and Lin Shucheng were also sleepy, but they couldn't sleep yet. They had to wait until they had set up the tent later.

Lin Xueqing took out the knife again, picked up a wooden stick and started to sharpen the arrowhead, while Lin Shucheng followed to help.

But he couldn't help much, and Lin Xueqing had to process it again. Seeing that his wife and daughter were sleeping soundly, he simply set up two fires in the open space nearby, one for cooking porridge and the other for making ginger soup.

The villagers were so busy that they couldn't weave the vines properly, so they simply threw them all over the vines, at least to block some of the rain.

The weather at the beginning of July was not too cold. When they left in the afternoon, they were sweating. Now it was raining and the temperature dropped sharply. They were still wet and a little cold.

No one knew how long the rain would last, and some families didn't even have bedding.

After the ginger soup was ready, Lin Jinyue woke up from her nap.

She saw her father was about to invite everyone to come over for ginger soup, so she quickly pushed him aside and said, "I'll make soup for them."

As soon as Lin Jinyue woke up, she saw her grandfather and his family peeking towards them. They probably wanted to take advantage of them but were afraid to come over.

The villagers came over with bowls and expressed their gratitude profusely.

Lin Jinyue scooped a sip for everyone. Lin Youliang's family waited last. Other families came with one person each, scooped up the ginger soup, and went back to share it with others to drink a few sips. Lin Youliang's family was different. The whole family came with bowls, even the baby who couldn't walk yet held a small bowl in his hand.

She didn't let her father share because she was on guard against her grandfather's family.

Even though they have severed their relationship, it would be unreasonable not to give her any money due to the blood relationship. But she is different. Lin Youliang's family almost sold her to others as food reserve. Her body is still that of a child, so no one would say anything even if she was not given any money.

Lin Jinyue looked at the nine people of Lin Youliang's family, young and old, who lined up in a row and held their bowls in front of her. She rolled her eyes and took away all the remaining ginger soup.

Lin Youliang was not happy, but he was concerned about the village chief, so he lowered his voice and cursed: "You damn girl, why do others give it but your own grandfather doesn't?"

Lin Jinyue continued, "What did you say? Speak louder, I'm calling the village chief!"

Lin Youliang choked, feeling so angry that this damn girl dared to ride on his head!

Wang Chunmei took a step forward and wanted to say something, but her man glared at her and she immediately dared not speak.

With such a burning fire in their stomach, do they dare to take action?

It turned out that their family was not liked by the villagers and could be driven away at any time. If they quarreled again, the village chief would probably drive them away on the spot.

The whole family didn't dare to vent their anger, and they were so angry that they almost got internal injuries.

Especially this kind of differential treatment among villagers.

Now they dare not occupy the good position in the middle and can only squeeze on the edge.

The family was whispering to each other, and no one knew what bad things they were planning.

Lin Youcai was still shouting: "Hurry up, collect more water while it's raining."

After Lin Youcai gave his instructions, he walked around holding his tattered umbrella, and when he saw that Lin Jinyue's family was not moving, he walked over.

Lin Jinyue said hurriedly: "Grandpa Village Chief, please come in. You are old, so don't worry too much. It will be bad if you catch a cold."

As he spoke, he handed over another bowl of ginger soup.

Lin Jinyue still likes Lin Youcai very much. He is reasonable and has prestige in the village.

Lin Youcai took the ginger soup and took two big gulps. It was very spicy.

He paused for a while before saying, "Third brother, why don't you collect some rainwater at home? There's not much left in this jar. When you wash the porridge jar later, remember to collect some."

Lin Shucheng was puzzled and asked, "Why? What are you collecting rainwater for?"

Lin Youcai sighed, "Hey, you don't know, not all water here is drinkable. Ten days ago, not long after you left, the villagers took the wrong road and couldn't find clean water. They were almost dying of thirst, so they drank the water from the pond. Not long after, they vomited and had diarrhea, and died that night..."

Lin Jinyue shuddered. No wonder there were one-third fewer people when she saw them at the gate of Nan'an County. It was not just because they drank unclean water.

Lin Youcai continued: "This rainwater is clean. Let's collect more water quickly, in case we can't find a clean water source later."

Lin Jinyue seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

I think rainwater is not clean either.

When I think about it, there will probably be some dust in the rainwater. But compared with the rainwater polluted by various heavy industries in later generations, it is still much cleaner.

Lin Jinyue nodded: "Okay, we will take it."

The water they drink is from the farm. The water is clear and meets drinking water standards, so they don't have this worry.

Lin Jinyue still obediently took the earthenware jar to fetch water to avoid arousing suspicion.

At this time, Lin Youcai noticed the sharpened arrowhead in Lin Xueqing's hand and said hurriedly, "Tiezhu, don't be too tired. You didn't sleep much yesterday and you were busy on the road early in the morning. Don't you want to sleep for a while?"

Lin Xueqing shook her head: "No, Yueyue said that the journey is dangerous and we need to make more weapons to protect ourselves."

Lin Youcai's heart was filled with alarm, and he turned to look at Lin Jinyue: "Erya, please tell me quickly, how come this journey is dangerous?!"

Lin Jinyue's expression was serious: "I'm not scaring you, it's true. I just figured it out not long ago. We are probably not far from Song'an County, which is the territory of Prince Jing. If we walk for another ten days, we will reach Songlin County near Yangzhou. Do you think our journey will not be dangerous?"

"The main reason is that we're afraid they'll go into the mountains to look for food. If we run into them, we'll all be finished."

"Who is Prince Jing? He can capture refugees to serve in the army and store food. If we are discovered by his men, can we get away with it? Even if we are not discovered, if we encounter people running from the south to the north, can these dozens of people defeat hundreds of people? If they just want to steal some food, it's fine. But if they want to eat people..."

After hearing this, several people shuddered.

This is really a bit scary.

But when people are hungry to a certain extent, they can do anything.

Lin Youcai's legs softened and he sat back down. "Then...are these weapons of any use?"

Lin Jinyue shook her head: "It's hard to say. None of us have practiced it before, and this crossbow arrow is sometimes effective and sometimes not."

Thinking of this, Lin Jinyue felt a headache. Sometimes the killing power was not strong enough, and it would be difficult to encounter ferocious beasts, let alone encountering soldiers wearing armor, which would definitely be unacceptable.

Lin Youcai took a deep breath.

Seeing that the rain was easing, he shouted loudly: "Come here, if you want to survive, come here and squeeze in. I have something to say."

The villagers were still somewhat unhappy.

"Sit a little closer. Half of my body is outside and it's all wet."

"What are you arguing about? It's leaking here too!"

"Village chief, why did you call us here in the rain? I'm so tired and hungry, I really can't stand it."

Lin Youcai yelled again, "If you want to live, don't make any noise. Listen to me."

When everyone saw how serious the village chief's face was, no matter how many complaints they had in their hearts, they dared not say anything.

After all, whenever anyone encountered any problems along the way, they would ask the village chief's family for help in solving them.

Lin Youcai then repeated Lin Jinyue's words to the villagers.

They were immediately frightened and their faces turned pale.