The rules were set at the beginning that we would not give up on anyone around us, and we could not sell our children just to make a living.
If someone is willing to do anything to survive, Lin Jinyue cannot be at ease working with such a person.
One of them stopped, and the others who didn't faint were not in much better condition either. They all sat on the ground weakly, their lips cracked and white.
They hadn't found a water source for seven days, so they stored water and finally found some wild fruits, which they had to share with the livestock.
Not only are the horses dying of thirst, there's no way they can haul away such a large pile of stuff.
This was all thanks to Lin Jinyue who got up in the middle of the night to secretly feed the horses, otherwise these four horses would not have survived until today.
It's a strange thing to say.
I don’t know what’s going on, but the closer we get to Runan County, the more desolate it becomes. There are several deserted villages and no one has left them for a long time.
Not only were there fewer villages, but there were also fewer fruits. Even the sour fruits that they usually disliked were basically nowhere to be found, even though the mountains were full of fruit trees.
The fainted woman was the daughter-in-law of Liu the butcher and also the wife of Liu Dazhuang. For a moment, several men in the Liu family hurriedly looked for the water bag, but found that there was not a drop of water in it.
Lin Jinyue handed her her water bag and asked her to take a sip. It didn't take long for her to recover.
After a while, the man woke up.
Liu Dazhuang was anxious: "Why don't you drink water?"
Da Zhuang's wife also felt wronged: "Niu Niu is thirsty..."
Liu Dazhuang slapped his son on the forehead, making the child cry out: "I told you to be thirsty, but you couldn't bear it. You know your mother loves you, so you just cry to her. If you are so capable, why don't you come to me and your grandfather?"
Da Zhuang's wife hurried to stop him, but she was weak.
Niu Niu is only a seven-year-old kid, how could he know so much?
Lin Jinyue's family were all time travelers from modern times. Seeing Liu Dazhuang's brutal attack, the skinny boy curled up into a ball and was about to die, Lin Shucheng hurried over to stop him.
Lin Jinyue brought out her own water bag and said, "Uncle Dazhuang, don't be angry. I still have some water at home. You guys take this water bag first. My father and I will think of a solution."
In fact, Lin Jinyue couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to take out the farm waste, but its source was unknown and it was not convenient to take it out for fear of arousing suspicion.
You can only drink less and eat more fruits.
Lin Jinyue also wanted to filter the water. Logically, after filtering out the impurities, the water could be drunk after boiling, and it looked clear. But for some reason, every time she took it out, the system said it was not drinkable because the harmful substances exceeded the standard.
This made the family feel guilty every time they went to the farm to drink water.
Her family had clearly held many meetings, and had tried to help these villagers whenever possible. Even when it came to the last resort, they couldn't just be kind.
After all, there is a system for monitoring. If someone finds out that something is wrong with their family, they will be given three red card warnings and their golden finger will be gone.
Lin Jinyue didn't dare to think about how miserable her family would be in this world without the golden finger.
Even more terrifying, if someone finds out that something is wrong with his family, they can conjure food out of thin air, break their limbs, control them, and force them to spit out the golden finger. It's a bit scary to think about it.
No matter what, Lin Jinyue should not take water from the farm for them to drink.
However, after living together for so many days, these people were so tired at night that their eyelids were fighting, the soles of their shoes were worn out, and the soles of their feet began to bleed. Although these people were so miserable, they still wanted to express their gratitude to his family and took advantage of the free time before dark to pick mushrooms, fruits and herbs for his family.
They watched Lin Jinyue doing things for them, and the villagers stuffed whatever food they could save into her arms.
People are all made of flesh and blood. The villagers treated them sincerely, and they couldn't bear to see this group of people die of thirst on the road.
Lin Jinyue looked in the direction of Runan County and whispered to her father: "How about we change clothes and go to Runan County to find out what the current situation is and buy some supplies."
Although they did not have much silver, she had a box of silk brocade, as well as several rolls of silk and coarse cloth, which could be exchanged for some silver.
These were the ones they exchanged with someone in Nan'an County last time. That family was very kind. In exchange for just a few eggs, they not only gave small change but also a box of cloth. At that time, Lin Jinyue and the others thought it was just a box of coarse cloth, but they didn't expect that there were three rolls of silk cloth and two rolls of fine cloth underneath the coarse cloth.
If they had no money to purchase supplies, they could exchange silk and fine cloth for money.
Lin Jinyue said to them, "Brother, you stay here and have a good rest. Mom and Dad and I will go take a look and buy you anything you want."
Lin Jinyue wanted to take him with her, but all her belongings were here, and if anything happened, Lin Xueqing would have to stay.
Lin Xueqing thought for a moment and said, "Let's get back a few knives, both big and small, and some carpentry tools."
These are basically for self-defense.
Lin Jinyue agreed, "As long as I can find it, I will definitely bring it back to you without missing anything."
Lin Xueqing whispered: "Make room."
Lin Jinyue nodded: "Okay."
The next moment, Lin Jinyue was carried onto the horse's back.
Lin Shucheng said in a hurry: "Hurry up, it will be noon soon if you delay any longer. The sun is scorching hot. Don't waste any more time."
Lin Jinyue sat on the horse, Lin Shucheng led the horse in front, and the family of three walked slowly back the way they came.
When the villagers were out of sight, Lin Shucheng quickly stuffed the water bag into Lin Jinyue's arms: "Come on, Yueyue, drink more. It won't be good to drink if they see you later."
Jiang Yun also fed the horse some juicy apples. The horse looked very thirsty after the journey.
In just half an hour, they could already see the gate of Runan County.
Lin Jinyue was not in a hurry to go into the city, but remembered that her family was wearing fleeing clothes, which were tattered and had many patches on them. They were obviously refugees, and the guards guarding the city would definitely question them.
Lin Jinyue brought her parents into the space to change clothes.
Jiang Yun made clothes whenever she had free time these days. She used dyed fine cotton cloth to make clothes. Each of the four members of the family had a set of fine cotton clothes, but the journey to escape the famine was too difficult, and they were reluctant to have the clothes they made with great effort to be torn, so they never had the chance to wear them.
It comes in handy now.
Lin Jinyue and the others walked to the city gate, but did not dare to get too close. They could only watch from a distance to see how other people entered the city.
This is shocking. Now you don’t even need a pass to enter the city!
Where can they find it?
Lin Jinyue also wondered if she could sneak in, but when they saw refugees trying to sneak in, they were immediately discovered, pulled out, and had their hands chopped off on the spot.
The skinny hand was covered in blood and looked very scary. The city guard kicked the remaining limb away, and it was taken away by a roadside dog.
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