Chapter 10 She is Poor

In the end times, no one will save a person who is seeking death, because everyone knows that no one is willing to die unless they are at their wits' end.

Only when living becomes more difficult than dying will people choose to die!

Lin Qi looked at Xu Hexiao, the landlord's kid in Jian Yitong's mouth. He was obviously sixteen years old, but at this moment he was almost as tall as her, just over 1.5 meters. His clothes were tattered, with no good spots. The exposed skin was bruised and purple, with new and old wounds piled up, looking very creepy.

How did he get these injuries? Was he beaten by someone else, or did he injure himself?

She remembered that when she went into the river to rescue people that day, he did not have these new wounds on his body.

Lin Qi's empty eyes slowly focused, and when they met Xu Hexiao's eyes, Xu Hexiao lowered his head, "I'll ask grandpa when he wakes up. If you caused him to roll down the slope, I won't let you go."

"Ask if you want, we are not afraid of you!" San Ya said toughly, but her body hid behind Lin Qi, not even daring to look into Xu Henian's eyes.

Xu Hexiao ignored San Ya and Lin Qi. He untied the straw rope on Old Man Xu's feet and originally wanted to carry the man away. But he thought of something and did not move. Instead, he went to the side and broke off a branch with dense leaves to cover the old man.

The scene became quiet. Neither San Ya nor Lin Qi left. The former did not leave because she wanted to stay and wait for Old Man Xu to wake up to avoid being slandered; the latter did not leave because she was tired.

Today, I used my supernatural powers a lot in the morning, and walked all the way with a backpack weighing nearly 70 kilograms at noon. My body had already reached its limit, and with that blow just now—

At this moment, her body felt like a balloon that had been forcibly injected with a large amount of water. She felt sore and painful, and every breath was painful, let alone walking away.

"Tired." Lin Qi said, and sat down on the spot the next second.

Aunt Tao was very fast and returned in less than twenty minutes. A group of people returned with her, including team leader Luo Feng and barefoot doctor Lao Ma, both of whom Lin Qi knew.

"The person is there." Aunt Tao pointed in the direction of Xu Hexiao.

"Fell down the hillside?" asked Lao Ma.

"Yes, he fell down, and he almost fell into the bamboo that was just cut down the day before yesterday. If San Ya and the others hadn't stopped him with a straw rope, there would be no need to rescue him now. I'm afraid he would have been pierced through the intestines and stomach and died on the spot." Aunt Tao sighed.

At this time, everyone noticed Lin Qi and San Ya who were sitting on the ground. The two little girls were wilted by the sun, their little faces were red, and their sweaty hair stuck to their faces, making them look a little pitiful.

"Now the person didn't fall in, so he couldn't be pretending to faint, right?"

When Lao Ma was about to squat down to check on Old Man Xu, a frivolous voice sounded in the crowd.

"Luo Da, shut up. My grandpa won't pretend to be unconscious!" Xu Hexiao shouted at Luo Da angrily. His eyes, which were darker than those of ordinary people, were filled with flames, and he looked as if he was going to pounce on Luo Da in the next second.

"If you say you won't do it, then it won't happen. The weather is so hot now, you bad guys would like to get sick on purpose so that you don't have to go to work." Luo Da said with contempt.

"You're right, your grandfather was just pretending. Otherwise, he would just have fallen down, so how could he not be able to get up?" The young man next to Luo Da echoed.

"He is Luo Fei, Luo Da's follower." San Ya leaned close to Lin Qi's ear and whispered.

Luo Da and Luo Fei were teenagers in their teens and 17s, with wheat-colored skin and slender bodies like bamboo poles. They were thin, but their muscles were tight and they looked strong. On the other hand, Xu Henian, who was standing opposite them, was skinny and even thinner and shorter than Luo Da and Luo Fei. The two were at a disadvantage in comparison.

"Old man Xu's face is blue and purple, it doesn't look like he's pretending." Old Ma frowned and looked at Luo Feng. Whether to save the man or not, Luo Feng had to give the final say.

Before Luo Feng could speak, Luo Da sneered and said, "What bruises? I can't tell. He's a bad guy. Saving him is a waste of people's resources. It's not worth it."

As soon as he said this, some team members who were originally inclined to save people suddenly fell silent.

Boom!

Xu Hexiao fell heavily to his knees, his eyes red, "I beg the captain and Doctor Ma to save my grandfather."

As he said this, Xu Hexiao bowed his head and knelt on the ground.

The atmosphere at the scene stagnated, no one expected the young man to kneel like this. He was the eldest grandson of the Xu family, the famous landlords in Jiahe. They were such noble people in the past, but now they were kneeling before their former tenants!

Everyone sighed in their hearts, but couldn't help but feel a secret sense of pleasure.

"Old Ma, check him." Luo Feng said in a deep voice.

Old man Xu had no external injuries. After Old Ma examined him, he had him carried back to the straw shed.

"Let's go and take a look." San Ya stood up and took two steps before she realized that Lin Qi hadn't moved. "You're not going?"

"No." Lin Qi replied. She didn't want to go and wasn't interested.

"Then I'll go get some information and tell you when I'm cutting grass for the pigs tomorrow." San Ya said again.

Lin Qi did not comment. She watched San Ya walk away and rested for about five minutes before she slowly stood up, supporting herself with her hands.

When we slowly returned to the educated youth camp, the sun had already moved slightly to the west. The educated youth camp was very quiet, with faint snoring coming from the room.

Lin Qi didn't go back to her room, but went straight to the kitchen.

On the stove there was a wild vegetable and multi-grain cake and a bowl of wild vegetable soup.

Is it left for her?

Lin Qi, who was so hungry that her eyes were blurry, didn't ask. She picked up the soup and drank it directly. After drinking half a bowl, she put the bowl down and went to get the cake.

The pancake was cold and a bit hard to the touch, and it took Lin Qi a lot of effort to take a bite.

"The wild vegetables in the pancake are a bit old, and the miscellaneous grains are mixed with wheat bran, which hurts the throat." Lin Qi commented in her heart.

The food here is not as good as what she had at the Lin family.

"Oh, you still remember to come back for food. It seems you are not stupid." Ma Guizhi leaned against the door frame at the door and said sarcastically.

Lin Qi turned her head to look at her, still chewing the biscuit in her mouth, and did not respond.

At this time, the sound of a gong was heard outside.

"It's time to go to work, let's go." Gan Tian came out of the room, looking listless, and didn't even look at Lin Qi.

"I'm so tired and don't want to cook dinner. Lin Qi, can you cook?" Zhao Yi asked.

"She is a fool. Aren't you afraid that she will set the educated youth on fire?" Ma Guizhi frowned.

"One person cooks for a day and we all use it. Doesn't she need it?" Mo Mingyang was dissatisfied.

Ma Guizhi looked conflicted. "I'm worried that she'll waste the food."

"If she wastes food, make her pay for it. Each person is responsible for one day, and no one can shirk responsibility. Now we buy food together, and when the work points come out, she only has two work points a day, so the food will definitely not be enough. Let her pay for it then." In just one day, Lin Qi, who was eating silently in the kitchen, provoked Zhao Yi's inexplicable anger.

Probably because I just can't stand it.

As fellow educated youth, why did they have to work so hard to weed while she had to follow a bunch of kids to cut grass for pigs?

No one present refuted Zhao Yi's words.

"I can cook." Lin Qi said. Actually, if possible, she would rather go out alone and cook for herself. But in the current situation, she couldn't go out alone.

She had no pot, no knife, no oil, no salt or other seasonings, she lacked everything.

"It's good that you can cook." Ming Kangjian breathed a sigh of relief. He sympathized with Lin Qi, but he couldn't go against everyone for her. "We can't afford a bed, so we plan to buy a few stools to make a bed. Do you want one? We also need to buy a mat. If you want one, prepare two dollars for me in the evening."

"No, thanks." Lin Qi said.

She paid two yuan the second day after she came here, and then paid another two yuan to buy various furniture. Now she is penniless and only has a few one- or two-cent bills left.

poverty!

The autumn harvest will be here soon, but she only gets two work points a day, so it would be good enough if she could get a few kilograms of grain from the harvest.

She has no money, no tickets, and no food. What does she eat?

Rely on others' charity?

Judging from my personal reactions today, it is clear that giving alms is not an option.

Lin Qi was worried. She didn't expect that even in a new world, she still couldn't escape the fate of starvation.