One of the refugees gave Lin Youliang a silver ingot, asking him to help steal some food and weapons. If he succeeded, the silver ingot would be Lin Youliang's.

How could Lin Youliang resist such temptation?

Lin Youliang immediately agreed. He already knew where these people were, and he took advantage of their inattention to steal their belongings.

Lin Jinyue reassured them again, "Don't worry, they've run away, so they won't cause us any more trouble."

Seeing how calm he was, Liu Dazhuang breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still uneasy.

I was very anxious all morning.

A short while later, a thin, small figure stumbled over.

Lin Daya was covered in blood, carrying a large bag of things in her arms. Her clothes were torn and tattered, and her pretty face was covered in wounds.

She also shouted at Lin Shucheng, "Third Uncle, quick, run! My grandfather..."

Da Ya wanted to say something more, but she lost her balance and fainted.

Looking at the thing in her arms, wasn't that the crossbow bolt that Lin Gou Dan had lost?

There was also a small bag of grain and some loose silver.

The Lin family may not be good at anything else, but they're quite adept at petty theft.

Da Ya brought them all back.

Jiang Yun rushed out to help the girl. She was really in a bad situation, having to deal with such a family. She didn't hold a grudge against the child for the disgusting things the Lin family had done. She took some ointment and applied it to the girl. Seeing that there were too many bleeding wounds on her body, she used clean cotton cloth to bandage the wounds.

He's covered in injuries; he looks terrible.

As soon as she came out, she saw Liu Dazhuang and Lin Gou Dan holding the crossbow bolt and crying their eyes out.

Liu Dazhuang was genuinely scared.

They had witnessed the power of crossbow bolts; one arrow could be fatal. Although Lin Gou Dan's crossbow bolts were unreliable, when they were, their lethality was not to be underestimated.

Liu Dazhuang wiped away his tears and said to Jiang Yun, "Sister-in-law, please don't laugh at me. I'm really scared. One wrong look from me could harm the whole village..."

The word "death" was considered unlucky, so Liu Dazhuang didn't finish his sentence.

Lin Jinyue comforted him, "Uncle, it's not your fault. I didn't think it through. I should have arranged for more people and prepared more firewood tonight. Otherwise, how could that old man have taken advantage of the situation?"

The journey involved traversing mountains and valleys, and Liu Dazhuang and his men had a particularly arduous time. Lin Jinyue still felt that more people should be assigned to night watch in the future.

Looking at the unconscious Er Ya, Liu Dazhuang asked Jiang Yun, "Well, Da Ya definitely can't be with Boss Lin anymore. Do you want to raise this child? If not, why not let Da Ya be my daughter? I'll definitely treat her like my own daughter, and even prepare a dowry for her so she can get married in style!"

Jiang Yun nodded and made the decision directly.

She was a transmigrator and had no feelings for the original owner's family. Although the little girl was pitiful, she didn't want to cause any more trouble.

She could go with them, but she wouldn't adopt Lin Daya just because they were related. Lin Shucheng listened to his wife; if she didn't mean it, he certainly couldn't agree.

Jiang Yun felt that apart from her own daughter, other people's children were all trouble.

Instead of wasting time, she should make more clothes for her family. On this journey of fleeing famine, there's no time to wash or dry clothes, so she needs to prepare several sets. She really can't stand clothes mixed with mud; it always makes her feel itchy and uncomfortable.

But if someone is willing to adopt Daya, Jiang Yun is naturally willing.

Although the group was fleeing famine, the proper rules still had to be followed. The village chief and head of the Lin family, Lin Youcai, had certainly made his decision and had Lin Xueqing, the only scholar in the village, write a contract. They were just waiting for Daya to wake up and agree to be adopted by Liu Dazhuang, and then the deal would be done.

However, Daya has been through a lot these past few days. She was tied up and had to travel with everyone. In slightly better places, Lin Youliang would arrange for her to stay with his grandsons. The little girl has really been through a lot these past few days.

Everyone in the village knows that Lin Daya is a good girl.

But no one mentioned untying her first; she was tied up like that the whole way, only being given extra food on weekdays.

After all, Lin Daya is Lin Youliang's granddaughter. If we untie her, what if her parents and grandfather force her to untie her?

Let's just tie them all up together.

But for some reason, Lin Daya, who had always been timid and submissive, actually outmaneuvered Lin Youliang this time.

Judging from the things she brought back, they certainly weren't carried out by someone else's child who took time out of their busy schedule.

I guess the rest of the family was too lazy to carry things, so they let the eldest daughter carry them.

Previously, Lin Youliang's family used to be at the beck and call of Lin Laosan's family, but now that Lin Laosan's family is taking a hard line, they can't be used anymore, and Lin Daya is the one who's going to suffer.

The twelve-year-old girl chopped wood, carried water, and cooked along the way, and was about the same height as Lin Jinyue.

However, Da Ya was used to being timid and submissive, so no one dared to interfere in other people's family affairs.

Jiang Yun fed Lin Daya some water, and she slowly woke up.

Everyone was a little surprised that Lin Daya had suddenly become so assertive.

Someone then asked, "Why did you come back?"

Lin Daya's tears streamed down her face instantly. "My grandfather... he wants to use me to exchange for money."

Lin Daya was beautiful with lovely features. The refugees had money, but they couldn't buy food, and famine was rampant everywhere.

Ke Lin Youliang is a man who only cares about money.

The group said they would give her a silver bean for every time she slept with them, and Lin Youliang was about to push Daya out without saying a word.

Lin Jinyue cursed "beast" and angrily said to the villagers, "From now on, if anyone dares to mistreat our daughter, we won't take them with us. Don't blame me for turning against them. I hate this kind of thing the most."

Lin Youcai chimed in, "If you don't treat your own daughter like a human being, are you even human? We don't have that kind of people in Linjia Village."

Everyone's making guarantees there.

The group of refugees opposite, I don't know who it was, let out a sneer.

What kind of time is this? There's nowhere to eat, we're lucky to have any money at all, and yet you're still thinking about protecting your wife and daughter's reputation.

If it can be exchanged for food, what are those other things?

The worthless woman and her wife should be taken away to be exchanged for grain or silver. If someone is willing to do it, then what's there to be coy about?

Lin Jinyue glared back when she heard the sneers.

Seeing that the men around her were all tall and strong, those people immediately stopped trying to do anything inappropriate in front of her.

By evening, the rain had gradually subsided.

Lin Jinyue glanced at the weather forecast and found that the next few days would be sunny.

During the day, Lin Jinyue made a simple torch by binding charcoal powder and sawdust to a stick, wrapping it in white cloth, and secretly buying a small jar of oil from the system store, then immersing the torch head in the oil.

We cannot skimp on these funds.

As evening approached and the sky outside grew dim, Lin Jinyue said to the group, "Let's go, let's keep walking and find an open space to rest."

Lin Shucheng asked, puzzled, "Girl, why the rush?"

Lin Jinyue: "Are you not in a hurry?"

She lowered her voice: "What if that old man Lin Youliang comes back again?"