"Lanhua, I don't allow you to go and see, come back quickly!" Lin Changfa glared, but watched helplessly as Yu Lanhua still ran towards her mother's home.

The situation of Yu Lanhua's family was much worse than her own. The Yu family had a large population and a lot of labor, but they also needed to eat a lot. The farmers were crushed by the heavy taxes and levies of the current dynasty, and every household was very poor, including the Yu family.

When they fled, they did not have the foresight of Lin Rui and others. They used the water field and real estate to go to the village to exchange for some food, taro, and tools such as wheelbarrows and carts. Then they packed up the useful things at home and took away everything they could. When they passed through Lianshan in the early stage, it was not like fleeing from famine, but more like traveling and surviving in the wild. Except for the bad weather such as heavy rain, they were not hungry at all when they were in the deep mountains.

The Yu family was in a miserable situation. They only took action when they heard that everyone in the village was planning to move away. When they left, the wheat seedlings in the fields had no time to sprout, so they had to abandon them in a hurry. They were reluctant to even throw away the roots of the vegetables in the vegetable garden, so they dried them as they went along. Even though they were dried up, they could still barely fill their stomachs when they didn't have any food.

The chickens, ducks and geese at home were also slaughtered and pickled. However, because we didn't add enough salt and they were left to sit for the entire journey, they were already smelly and inedible when we opened them. We had no choice but to throw them away with great regret.

They walked in a hurry and had insufficient food. They survived by relying on wild vegetables, roots, barks, wheat bran and husks. When they were the hungriest, they even ate some Guanyin soil. Knowing that this thing could kill people, they didn't dare to eat too much, just a little to fill their stomachs. Even so, they almost died when they defecated, and they had to use a wooden stick to dig it out.

Fortunately, the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and others dug up enough wheat bran and wild vegetables when they passed by the foot of Lianshan Mountain. Although they were not tasty when mixed with wheat bran and wild vegetables, they could fill their stomachs, so they were able to persevere until here.

When Yu Lao Niang, Yu Silang and Yu Liulang heard Shun Kangbo say that their daughter and son-in-law had food, could eat their fill and grew up like human beings, they cried with joy. It was pitiful for them that their family was so thin that only bones were left. Several great-grandchildren were so hungry that their bones were light. They could not even sit still and kept lying down.

Seeing the dead children along the way, they all felt pain in their eyes. Now that they knew their daughter's family was doing better, they were not relieved, at least they could help them get a bite to eat.

Old Lady Yu looked at her daughter who was running towards her and hit her hard, but Old Lady Yu had not eaten enough for a long time, so her punches on Yu Lanhua were light.

"You child, I'm worried to death. I thought you... Woo woo woo, my life is so miserable!" Old Mother Yu cried and laughed. Just now, her fist hit her daughter's fleshy body. What does this mean? Her daughter and son-in-law have food at home, so they can have enough to eat along the way. The flesh on Lanhua's body is the best proof. Otherwise, she would be as skinny as them, and you could hear the bones creaking while they were on the road.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly. Yu Lanhua looked up and surveyed the surroundings. She looked at her mother and asked, "Mom, where is my dad?"

Yu Silang and Yu Liulang wiped their tears and said, "Sister, our father saved all the food at home for Liang'er and Dao'er. Before we even left the mountain, he...he starved to death!"

The two sisters-in-law also sobbed and cried: "Sister, please help us quickly, look at your nephews and grandchildren, they are all lying on the carts and can't get up, they are so hungry that they are just skins left. Daya Fang'er, why don't you come and beg Auntie to give us some food to survive!"

The two nephews and their wives knelt down in front of Yu Lanhua and said, "Aunt, please save them. We may not eat them, but Liang'er and Dao'er are the incense of your Yu family. You can't just watch your Yu family die out!"

Speaking of food, Yu Lanhua thought of her son's words of advice to her: "Mom, Silang and Liulang, our family's food reserves are running low, and there are so many people in our family!"

Yu Silang rolled his eyes and said, "Sister, we are not trying to save our own lives by not letting you take care of your family. Can you go back and ask your brother-in-law for mercy? I won't ask for too much, just enough for one meal, okay?"

"One meal?" Yu Lanhua was somewhat tempted. It was definitely not possible to bear the burden of food for her mother's family for a long time, but saving enough for one meal didn't seem too difficult.

But how could she convince her husband? He had a bad impression of his mother's family. Moreover, her son and daughter-in-law also disagreed with giving the grain to her in-laws. Yu Lanhua walked back with heavy steps.

After returning home, Lin Changfa's expression towards her was extremely unpleasant. He asked her sarcastically, "You're back? How much food do your parents and brothers want you to take back?"

Yu Lanhua's face turned ugly: "What are you talking about? My family is so unbearable in your eyes?"

Lin Changfa sneered: "If you are unbearable, then tell me whether they asked you to come back for food."

Yu Lanhua was choked by her husband's words. There was no way to refute this point. No matter whether they wanted the amount for one meal or for several meals, it was her parents' family asking for food from their family.

"Tell me how much you want to borrow?" Lin Changfa asked again.

Yu Lanhua stumbled a little: "Borrow... borrow?"

Lin Changfa seemed even more surprised when he saw her: "What, you don't want to lend it? Just ask for it directly?"

Yu Lanhua was silent again. As for her family, they all knew what was going on, so they just agreed to it.

Lin Zizheng glanced at his mother with a puzzled look, "Mom, we only have two bags of food left. This is enough to feed such a large family. What will we eat if we give it to my in-laws? We can even count the grains of rice these days. If you want to give it to us, we will just drink water to fill our stomachs."

"Shut up!" Yu Lanhua shouted, looking at Lin Changfa: "Boss, I also planted seedlings and removed weeds in our fields, so I should have a share. I can give my share to my parents!"

"What about you? Will you starve to death without food or water?" Lin Changfa frowned at her: "Can we watch you starve to death? Lanhua, let me ask you, do you care more about your mother's family or your sons and grandchildren?"

"My mother and my brother just need one meal to eat, and then they can leave me alone when they have enough energy to find something else to eat. How could you be so ruthless?"

"I'm ruthless. I'm afraid you've lost your mind. Why haven't you considered that even the grass roots along the way have been pulled up and eaten by refugees? If food were so easy to find, how could there be so many people starving to death? When we went down the mountain, we saw the mass graves. The mothers were so hungry that they killed their babies who had just crawled and ate their flesh. We saw people picking up the bodies and eating the flesh as soon as they fell. Tell me, if they had any way, would they do this?"

"Lin Changfa, you just want to see my mother and her brothers starve to death, right?"

"I don't care if they starve to death or not. As long as my sons, grandsons, and my family are alive, that's all that matters. There are so many poor people out there. How can I save them all?"

Seeing that Lin Changfa was determined not to give her food, Yu Lanhua started to complain about Lin Rui: "Didn't our clan leader also raise Cao'er and her son, who are not related by blood? Why can't I send some food to my mother's family?"