How long has it been since anyone lived here?

However, it was precisely because of this that Lin Jinyue was able to move in with peace of mind.

Looking at Liu Dazhuang's injuries, she felt that he might have to stay here for at least half a month.

Liu Dazhuang was on the cart. He had woken up by now. He could talk and eat, but his whole body ached and he couldn't move. Lying on the cart, he had been jostled all the way here, and he felt pain all over his body. Blood was seeping out of his body.

Liu Dazhuang felt a warm glow inside when he heard that he would be staying here for a long time, but reason told him that he couldn't stay here for long.

We've all come this far, how can you delay us for so long because of me?

Liu Dazhuang said to Lin Jinyue, "Er Ya, you should take everyone and leave first. It's not worth staying here for me alone."

He didn't go to the village chief or Lin Jinyue's father, but went directly to ask Lin Jinyue.

Along the way, everyone gained more and more trust in her and no longer treated her like an eight-year-old child.

Lin Jinyue's attitude: "We agreed back then that if we didn't lose a single person, then we couldn't lose a single person. Besides, don't think about those irrelevant things. It's not all for you. We've been fleeing for so long, and we're out of food and medicine. If we continue fleeing, it will probably be even more difficult. It's better to stay in this village for a while."

Liu Dazhuang's eyes welled up with tears. He knew perfectly well that Lin Jinyue had stayed longer for his sake. Her original plan was to leave in two days, rest for a while, and then depart immediately.

Seeing that his eyes were red again, Lin Jinyue didn't know what to say. How could a tall man of 1.8 meters get red so easily?

She didn't cry this much when she was a child.

Lin Jinyue quickly said, "Second Uncle Zhuang, hurry up and move Big Uncle Zhuang inside. Don't take too long, we have other things to do later."

Erzhuang was also tormented. He had grown up with his older brother and certainly didn't want to see him die. He wanted to take him with him, but if he did, it would be a burden on the villagers. If they stayed behind alone, their family would have no way to survive. They couldn't just abandon Liu Dazhuang.

Upon hearing Lin Jinyue's words, he hurriedly tried to take Dazhuang away.

Liu Erzhuang felt grateful to Lin Jinyue; if it weren't for her words, his elder brother would definitely have been abandoned.

At this moment, Lin Shucheng tidied up a decent house, which had three rooms, two of which had south-facing windows.

He struggled to carry his son to the bed, telling him to lie still and rest.

Lin Jinyue and Jiang Yun went to see Liu Dazhuang again.

Lin Jinyue looked at the wounds and felt shocked. She also said, "Uncle Dazhuang, we have to be more careful when we go up the trees in the future. If we encounter this situation again, our own lives are the most important. If we lose the binoculars, we can think of other ways."

As she spoke, she reapplied the medicine and bandaged him. The wound was really deep. It was just a shame there wasn't any clean needle and thread available; otherwise, it would have needed to be stitched up.

Lin Jinyue then understood why her mother had insisted on sending her away when she was bandaging Liu Dazhuang.

Seeing that she was in pain, Liu Dazhuang smiled and said, "Er Ya, Uncle isn't in pain. Once Uncle's injuries heal, I'll hunt rabbits for you to eat."

Lin Jinyue spoke a few more words to him before preparing to leave.

Each family was allocated a decent house, and after cleaning it up, it really looked quite presentable.

She watched everyone bustling about, and for a moment, she thought they were all settled in, with each household busy cooking, creating a vibrant atmosphere of daily life.

Lin Jinyue couldn't help but sigh, "If it weren't for the terrible location, I would really like to settle down here."

Lin Youcai quickly stepped forward and asked, "Er Ya, isn't this place good? I think the soil in this woodland is fertile, which is great for growing crops. And with some repairs, people can live here too. Didn't they just say this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack?"

As he spoke, Lin Youcai looked over with hopeful eyes.

He really wants to settle down here.

The group from Linjia Village had been on the road for too long. Lingnan was too far away, and none of them felt safe. They figured it would be better to settle down here.

Seeing that many people had put down their work and looked over, Lin Jinyue explained, "That's not it. It's not necessarily safe here. Besides, the roads are difficult to travel, and the cost of repairing them is too high. It's not like Lingnan. In Lingnan, we can find a place by the sea and take the sea route. We can not only go to the capital and Yangzhou, but also go abroad and exchange for precious gems and gold with them."

By then, she was incredibly wealthy, perhaps even richer than a country.

Lin Jinyue, a transmigrator, has a cheat code; becoming incredibly wealthy is not difficult for her.

However, she doesn't have such lofty ambitions. Right now, she feels that it's good enough that her family is together, safe and sound, and living a comfortable life.

There's no need to keep making and spending money. Having so much money is a waste if you can't use it all.

Even if she didn't care about wealth, she wouldn't choose such a godforsaken and unsafe place.

Lost in thought, Lin Jinyue's mind returned to the present moment when she heard someone ask why it wasn't safe here.

Lin Jinyue then explained, "There are wars everywhere, with refugees and rebel armies. The worst off are ordinary people like us who just want a peaceful life."

Lin Fugui interjected, "But this place... is deep in the mountains."

Lin Jinyue then reminded him, "Don't you all cook? Even if you eat dry rations every day, you still need to boil water to drink, right? Otherwise, you'll be drinking this unclean water every day, which is bad for your health even if it cures you. When the smoke rises from the chimney, we'll know there are people in the mountains."

Lin Fugui slapped his thigh: "Hey, how come I didn't think of that? Er Ya is the most thoughtful."

At this moment, Lin Fugui looked at Lin Jinyue with eyes full of admiration, and the other villagers also looked at Lin Jinyue with complete trust.

From then on, they realized that they should always listen to Er Ya.

Lin Jinyue originally wanted to go to the city, but she had to make arrangements for everyone in the village a couple of days ago, so she couldn't waste these few days.

Lin Jinyue asked the Wang family to help improve the crossbow and make the delicate parts.

In the past, there weren't enough tools, so we made quite a few, but none of them could be used properly. Now it's much easier, though. Li the blacksmith is skilled, and he can make any kind of tool the Wang family wants.

Lin Jinyue also made arrangements for the others.

Besides searching for medicinal herbs in the forest every day, men, women, and children all had to learn simple fighting skills from Lin Xueqing. This was to improve their physical fitness and, in the future, if they encountered refugees again, even women and children would have the strength to fight.

As for the ten girls, they also have time to learn medicine from Jiang Yun. The more they learn, the more commonly used herbs they can prepare, so they won't have to worry about running out of medicinal materials in the future.

Lin Jinyue counted the silver in her hand; she had more than six taels. After thinking it over, she decided that she would have to go to the nearby city to buy some things when she had some free time.

The nearby towns are quite large; perhaps we can buy some raw materials for making glass.