Lin Jinyue immediately became alert. Lin Shucheng and Lin Xueqing walked in front, and both of them picked up their weapons.
Lin Jinyue said to everyone, "Go in first."
She didn't expect there would be so many refugees here.
At this time, the refugees all had haggard faces and were as thin as dry tree bark. The clothes they wore were tattered and could barely cover their bodies. The children were howling with hunger and were already gnawing on the soil.
Everyone in Linjia Village just took a look and turned their heads away.
After all, Lin Jinyue had told them these past few days that if they encountered refugees in the future, they must not be soft-hearted.
If you can run, run. If you can't, be ruthless and pick up your weapons to fight them.
The refugees were so hungry that they even resorted to cannibalism. The more ruthless ones even cooked and ate their own children. There was not a trace of humanity in them.
Lin Fugui, Liu Dazhuang and Liu Erzhuang looked at Lin Xueqing holding the hoe tightly. The blacksmith Li's family was even more exaggerated. Several strong men had knives in their hands. They were fat and strong and looked like bandits.
The refugees, whose eyes were shining green, all focused their thoughts.
They were so skinny, how could they be a match for this group of people? They might as well be beaten to death by the hoes before they even rushed forward.
Lin Jinyue also felt uneasy, especially when she saw these people with green eyes, looking at them as if they were looking at food.
Lin Jinyue couldn't tell whether these refugees were attracted by their food or treated them as food.
It makes me shudder just thinking about it.
Lin Jinyue stood up and looked at these people. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "We saw some black beans nearby. When the rain stops, you can go find some. Eat the black beans with pine needles and drink some cold water. It will satisfy your hunger."
Everyone looked over, and there was hesitation in the eyes of the other group of refugees.
As soon as they saw the people in Linjia Village eating pine needle black beans, the young and strong refugees didn't care that it was raining heavily outside and rushed out to look for black beans.
It’s not that Lin Jinyue is too kind.
Telling these people that there is food outside is giving them a way out.
If everyone had no way to retreat, the explosive power in the last-ditch battle would be too great. Lin Jinyue roughly calculated the combat power and it was not that she could not win, but she felt that there would be injuries and it was not cost-effective.
Half an hour later, Lin Jinyue saw that they brought back a lot of black beans and pine nuts, and she felt relieved.
With a way out, everything will be fine once the rain stops.
Lin Jinyue was so frightened that she didn't dare to eat anything delicious. Her mother stuffed a copper coin-sized meat pie into her mouth. She took a bite and her mouth was full of the taste of meat.
She chewed a few bites and swallowed them quickly, for fear that others would smell the meaty taste in her mouth.
During this period, her mother's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. She can even wrap such a small pancake with a thin layer of flour, and the meat filling inside is even more delicious.
Unfortunately, they couldn't enter the space to cook at night and burn firewood. The fire was very bright. No matter how thrifty the villagers were, they couldn't bear to save firewood. Their clothes were all wet. The dilapidated temple was leaking everywhere. If they saved firewood, they would freeze to death tomorrow and waste medicinal materials.
Lin Jinyue didn't bring much stuff with her, and she stuffed it all into her space, mainly because she was afraid of getting tired carrying them. Now it's okay, and she will probably eat black beans and pine needles for the next two days.
That night, the villagers did not dare to sleep well.
Liu Dazhuang, Liu Erzhuang and several other tall and strong men took turns to keep watch at night, staring at the group of refugees opposite, with hoes in their hands, as if they would teach anyone who dared to come over a lesson.
However, none of them noticed that in the corner, Lin Youliang's family was taking advantage of the chaos to cut the rope with broken porcelain pieces!
A few days ago, Boss Lin accidentally broke a piece of pottery while eating. He immediately hid a piece of the porcelain and put it on his body.
But, I never found a chance to escape.
In the second half of the night, all the bonfires went out, mainly because Liu Dazhuang and his friends couldn't find dry firewood. Everyone was asleep, and it was pitch black, so they could hear clearly any movement on the other side.
But all they could hear were snoring, rustling sounds and the sound of someone turning over.
There was no light, and the two people on guard were drowsy.
Everyone was exhausted these past few days, and it was really a tough battle when they were on night watch.
Everyone was a little overwhelmed, so Liu Dazhuang just took a nap and no one noticed that a few people were missing in the corner.
The next morning, at daybreak, they woke up one after another.
The women went to pack up and prepare some breakfast.
As a result, when I looked again, Lin Youliang and his family were gone!
Moreover, the crossbow arrows left with Lin Goudan were also missing!
Lin Shucheng began to look for Lin Youliang, but he couldn't find him anywhere.
Logically speaking, there were several people in Lin Youliang's group, two boys, Lin Youliang and Lin Laoer, and they were all injured, so they basically couldn't run far.
But Lin Shucheng looked in several directions, but couldn't find Lin Youliang's family, and it was raining heavily outside.
How did they run?!
Lin Shucheng and the others had no choice but to give up.
Lin Goudan was almost crying: "Uncle San gave me a crossbow, but..., but... "
That was the love and trust that Erya and Third Uncle had for him, and they stole it just like that!
Lin Fugui slapped him on the forehead, "Stop yelling, your grandfather has no money left! You're still making a fuss."
When these words were spoken, everyone became anxious.
Because of the missing things, it was not just Lin Fugui's family, almost everyone's family had something missing, especially the Wang family and Lin Youcai's family who had money.
Not to mention that silver is worthless in these troubled times and cannot be exchanged for food, which are their lives.
Lin Goudan didn't care about the money, he was just worried that Lin Jinyue would give him a crossbow.
Although the crossbow arrow was not very effective when used at the time, it could still kill people. Lin Goudan was now afraid that Lin Youliang's family would use the crossbow arrow to do whatever they wanted. If someone was injured, and he failed to take good care of the crossbow arrow, he would be the sinner in the village.
Not only Lin Goudan was worried, but also the night watchmen Liu Dazhuang and Liu Erzhuang. Everyone entrusted their lives to them, and they couldn't help but fall asleep for a while.
It’s just that they were too tired from fleeing the famine along the way, and neither of them had a full night’s sleep, so it was normal that they couldn’t hold on any longer.
Lin Jinyue said, "It's okay. They may not use it. Besides, did he steal the arrowhead?"
Lin Goudan was searching everywhere, and everyone was counting the arrows. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, as the number of arrows had not decreased. He didn't know what they stole the crossbow arrows for.
Lin Youliang and his family stole the crossbows with the intention of selling them for money.
The main thing was that Lin Youliang's family was too conspicuous. Among a group of refugees, only a few of them were tied up. It would have been fine if they were just tied up, but they were also eaten.
Where had those refugees ever seen such a scene?
Most of the refugees have the will but not the courage to commit crimes, but there are a few who are smart and have evil intentions.
So, when Lin Youliang was yelling that he wanted to go to the toilet, the people in Linjia Village didn't really treat Lin Youcai as a prisoner. Seeing that his son and grandson were in there, they let him go out and find a place to solve the problem by himself.
Doesn't this put Lin Youliang in cahoots with the refugees?
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