Lin Rui discovered that the original owner's father was staring at the big blue ox behind them that was snorting through its nostrils without blinking.

"Dad, let me go home first. We can talk about it when we get home." The supplies pulled by two ox carts were too eye-catching, so it was better to go home and hide away.

Lin Changxi hurriedly welcomed his son into the house. Feng Zhenniang watched San Liang pull two ox carts piled high like a mountain back home, and she kept patting her chest, looking unacceptable.

After Sanliang came in, Feng Zhenniang immediately stuck her head out to see if anyone was watching her yard. When there was no one around, she closed the gate.

"Rui'er, this ox cart!" Lin Changxi had never seen such a high-end thing in his life. The big blue ox was only owned by the village chief and head of the same clan. Usually, everyone was envious of it when they plowed the land, but they just didn't have the ability like the head of the village to have enough money to buy a cow.

But now his son brought back two of them directly and put an ox cart behind them, which was even more luxurious than the village headman's.

Lin Rui naturally knew what his father was surprised about and nodded: "Don't worry, Dad, I bought these with the money I earned from doing business in town."

Feng Zhenniang stood at the door, looking extremely happy, her eyes never leaving the two cows.

At this time, Lu Sufen, who heard the noise in the yard, also came out of the house. Lu Sufen was Lin Rui's sister-in-law. Ever since her eldest brother was conscripted to fight in the war, she has been living with the Lin family with her children. In the past, a lot of the money Lin Rui made from his "business" was earned by this sister-in-law from sewing and mending.

Seeing the two ox carts in the yard and the things on them, he was so stunned that his eyes widened. It took him a long while to understand his own language. He hurriedly asked his mother-in-law Feng Zhenniang: "Mom, this ox, this ox!"

The cow was clearly not there before she fell asleep, how come it is now there!

Feng Zhenniang glared at her and signaled her to speak more quietly: "You are so short-sighted, why are you making such a fuss! The ox and the things on the ox cart were all bought by your brother-in-law!"

Lu Sufen was stunned, and said in disbelief: "Did Lin Rui buy all these?"

Didn't this brat just go to town to drink after getting the money? He was talking about doing business, but he was just trying to trick his parents. She didn't believe a word he said.

"If it's not Rui'er, which Bodhisattva do you think gave it to you?"

Lin Rui looked at Lin Changxi and Feng Zhenniang with complicated expressions. He never expected that the original owner's parents looked exactly like his modern parents, except that they were a little older because they worked in the fields all day long to make a living.

He looked almost exactly like his original self, which made him wonder whether this was his previous life, or the unruly self from another time and space.

Lin Changxi was overjoyed looking at the two green cows in the yard. He secretly thought that after harvesting the rice this year, he would use the two cows to plow the fields, so that the villagers could see that his son, Lin Changxi, was not a coward.

The son rushed back overnight, and the first thing he said was, "Dad, let's run away! The emperor of Linjing has been frightened by the barbarians and has fled the palace. The barbarian cavalry will soon trample the capital!"

Lin Changxi's ecstasy over the two cows immediately cooled down as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him: "Rui'er, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Of course I know, Dad. I do business with merchants in Linjing, so I know so much. If I had been any later, it would have been too late. Now it's not just the barbarians who are in danger. The refugees outside have started killing and eating people. It's relatively quiet here, but outside there are piles of corpses."

Thinking of how Miss Jiao, who had given some food to the refugees out of kindness, ended up in trouble, being raped and left dead in the wilderness, and also thinking of what Sanliang said about being watched by the hungry mob who had turned into vicious and ferocious people, all kinds of evils such as natural disasters, man-made disasters and foreign invasions began to radiate to the entire Lin Dynasty, and even the emperor's capital like Linjing was not spared.

Kindness in troubled times is like a weapon that can kill you, a death warrant. After seeing Miss Jiao's end, he realized very clearly that this is a troubled time.

"But if we leave, we will be no different from refugees!" Linjia Village is their ancestral land, and they still have several acres of high-quality paddy fields. Even if they sell them to gentry, they can sell them for more than ten taels of silver. If they leave now, all these things will be wasted.

Lin Rui also became anxious: "Dad, land is more important or people are more important!"

"This, this!" Lin Changxi was also at a loss as to what to do after hearing what his son said. He sat on the stool in the main hall and thought about it.

Feng Zhenniang and her daughter-in-law Lu Sufen were also worried after hearing the conversation between the two people in the room. Feng Zhenniang looked at Lin Changxi and gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go! We have to go!"

Lin Changxi looked at her with red eyes: "You woman, you know nothing!"

Feng Zhenniang glared at him. "You're a man, but how come you're not even half as sensible as Rui'er? A tree that doesn't move dies, but a person who moves lives! Just look at the stuff on these two ox carts and you'll know Rui'er is a big businessman. Now our Rui'er has even given up his business and is trying to make a living with his parents, and you, as his father, are still complaining. Are you still a man?"

Lin Changxi was provoked by his wife, his face flushed, and he murmured: "I didn't say I wouldn't leave!"

Lin Rui frowned, now he was racing against time. The refugees' route was almost reaching Longting County. Thinking of the mob that was very skilled in killing and looting, they might become warlords and bring disaster to the village in the future. The important thing was to leave as soon as possible.

"Mom, you and your sister-in-law should pack up the things at home. There's also some rice, flour, and coarse grains on the ox cart that I bought in the county. Make them into pancakes and take them with you on the road. Dad and I will go find the village head and explain this to him. Hurry! The faster we move, the better our chances of survival!"

Lin Rui urged, and Feng Zhenniang nodded repeatedly: "Hey, your sister-in-law and I will be here soon."

Feng Zhenniang looked at her daughter-in-law and said, "Sufen, let's not sleep yet. Let's get busy first."

Lu Sufen nodded: "I'll listen to you, mother."

Lin Changxi looked at his son in confusion as they walked along the road. "Rui'er, can't we just leave as a family? Why do we need to notify the head of the village? What if he doesn't believe us?"

Lin Rui walked forward. "We have to try, Dad. The road to escape the famine is more dangerous than we imagined. If you're alone and your money and food are robbed, your body will become food for other refugees. There are cases of selling daughters and children for food all the time. Only when the villagers stick together can they have a higher survival rate."

Lin Changxi grew up in Linjia Village. The greatest hardship he had ever experienced was that there was not enough food to fill his stomach. He often went hungry. He had never seen the tragic scene of refugees crossing the border.

Hearing his son say this, he couldn't help but feel sad.

The yard of the village head's house was much larger than Lin Changxi's. There was a cowshed under the elm tree in front of the door, and a big blue cow was sleeping inside.

"Knock, knock, knock!" On a quiet night, the village head Lin Pingmao was awakened by the sound of knocking on the door.