This time the strong wind and heavy rain lasted for two days.
The villagers on the grassland were fine, as they had the food sent by Su Keke and Grandma Qiao. The village chief also took the villagers in the cave to dig some edible wild vegetables nearby when the wind was a little weak, so they could barely survive for a few days.
The villagers of Niujia Village complained from the very beginning that those girls had attracted the people from Sakura Country, making it impossible for everyone in the village to return home.
Later, by some strange coincidence, we managed to escape a devastating hurricane. We were very excited at that time. Fortunately, we hid in the cave, otherwise we would have died.
Later, there were several days of heavy rain, and the supplies that everyone brought with them were gradually consumed.
We wanted to go down to find something to eat despite the rain, but a strong wind blew again. There were strong winds and heavy rain outside the cave these days, so everyone was discouraged from going out.
In such bad weather, you won't die from hunger in the cave for a day, but if you go out and are blown down the mountain, you will definitely die.
The village chief of Niujia Village was timid to begin with, and his family brought much more supplies than others, so he did not advocate going down the mountain at this time.
Lingzi is a smart girl. From the second day after everyone entered the cave, she noticed that the weather was a little strange.
Therefore, she asked her family members to lie down and rest with their eyes closed when they had nothing to do, and not to chat with others, so as to reduce physical exertion as much as possible.
In this way, they will use relatively less food and water. Now in this cave, besides the village chief's family, Lingzi's family should have the most supplies.
Other families didn’t think so far ahead. In the first two days, everyone was still congratulating themselves for having escaped the disaster.
A lot of people gathered together, eating and chatting, just like they were out camping, and life was really comfortable.
Later, I slowly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the weather. Not only was the rain pouring down endlessly, but there were also terrible strong winds coming from time to time, as if they were trapping everyone in the cave.
A week has passed since then. The people in Niujia Village are hiding in three caves, and almost every family has run out of food.
Look, Lingzi's family still had some food stored, and they were targeted by other families.
"Mother Lingzi! I know you still have rice at home, can you lend me some? Our child is crying because he's hungry!"
Aunt Lin, who lived next door, came to Lingzi's house with an iron pot to borrow rice.
"Mother Lingzi! We have nothing to eat either. If you have any rice, please lend us some!"
Mrs. Zhang, who lived not far away, also came over with a big bowl.
"We are out of food at home. If we run out of rice, I can lend you some flour!"
In a short while, most of the families in the cave gathered at Lingzi's house, scrambling to squeeze in, fearing that if they arrived too late, all the things would have been distributed.
"We are out of rice and flour at home!"
Lingzi's mother did as Lingzi said and said directly that she had no more food. This was all she had saved, and if she lent it to anyone, she would offend that person, so it was better not to lend it to anyone!
"Mother Lingzi! How can you be like this? We are all from the same village, and some of us are even neighbors. You clearly still have rice, so why don't you lend it to me?"
"I saw you cooking porridge this morning, and there was clearly still a lot of rice in that bag. Everyone is having difficulties now, you can't eat alone!"
"No...we really have no food!"
Lingzi's sister-in-law Chen Yao protected her mother-in-law, and the two were forced to retreat by the crowd.
"What's wrong with you? The food is ours. We saved it by living frugally. Why should we lend it to you? Besides, in this weather, when are you going to pay us back if we lend you rice?"
Lingzi was lying there and didn't want to say anything, for fear that the gossips in the village would say that she had a bad temper and didn't know how to behave.
However, his mother and sister-in-law were too weak, and his father and brother could not directly speak harshly to these women, so Lingzi had to come out and drive away these annoying people by herself.
"Lingzi, how can you talk like that? What does it have to do with you that I'm talking to your mother?"
"Yes! We are all neighbors, isn't it just borrowing some rice? Are you afraid that we won't pay it back? You are so petty, tut tut tut! Who would dare to marry a girl like this in the future!"
"Mother Lingzi! Just tell me whether you will lend it to me or not? What's the point of letting your fierce daughter come out?"
Lingzi really didn't expect that these aunts and daughters-in-law in the village, who were always smiling when they saw each other, would show such ugly faces today just for a bite of food.
"Don't bully my mom because she's weak and easy to bully. I have the final say over our family's food! If I say I won't lend it, then I won't lend it!"
"Doesn't the village chief have some food? If you have the guts, go borrow some from him! What's the point of just blocking our door? Are you bullying the weak and afraid of the strong?"
Lingzi pushed away several aunts who were about to stick to her face, and spoke bluntly. Anyway, everyone was shameless, so what was she afraid of?
"You...you little girl..."
Many people who came to borrow rice saw that there was no hope, so they did not dare to go to the village chief's house. Although their village chief was timid, he had a shotgun, which could hit anyone accurately. Anyone who dared to go to the village chief's house would be shot.
"Since you don't want to lend it, don't blame us for being rude. Let's all come together and take it ourselves. We have more people, so who is afraid of who?"
"What are you doing? How can you steal things?"
Lingzi's father and his brother rushed out quickly, wanting the village man to take care of his wife. How could he steal things from other people's homes?
But none of those big men cared. The most important thing now was to fill their stomachs. They had been hungry for a whole day, so who would care whether the food was stolen or not?
Seeing that it was useless to ask those grown men for help, Lingzi and his son ran towards the village chief's house.
"Village chief! Why don't you take care of this matter? They are trying to steal our food."
Lingzi's father saw the village chief sitting by the fire, wrapped in a quilt and with his eyes closed, as if the noise in the cave had nothing to do with him.
"Dad Lingzi! If your family still has food, lend some to other villagers. It's not easy for everyone. After the storm passes, they will definitely pay you back."
The village chief's wife smiled and continued Lingzi's father's words, asking him to lend some food if he had any.
"You...you...Village Chief...you really don't care..."
Lingzi's father was so angry at the village chief's wife that he couldn't say a word.
Brother Lingzi pulled his father behind him and said, "Aunt Ming! You are talking without any pain in your back, right? They are not stealing your food, so you are just making sarcastic remarks here!"
"If that's what you said, then I'll start taking things too. This is rice, right? And that bag, is it flour? My family's food has been robbed, and we have nothing to eat. Can I take some things from you?"
"Don't worry, I'll pay you back when the weather gets better!"
Brother Lingzi said that he was going to carry the bag of rice, and the village chief was so anxious that he jumped up with a quilt wrapped around him.
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