Chapter 260: Is it true that refugees have selfish motives?
Lin Xiaoyue said with some relief: "Brother Liang, I almost impulsively went to find that little brat just now. Fortunately, my father stopped me, otherwise your plan would have been ruined."
Liang Jingyao gave Lin Xiaoyue a relaxed smile and said, "It's okay if you go find him. If that guy dares not give you face, I will make him suffer for a few more days!"
Lin Xiaoyue covered her mouth and laughed. Suddenly, she remembered something and quickly reminded him, "Brother Liang, people can only survive three to seven days without food and water. It's okay for adults, but children definitely can't last that long. If they are still useful, Brother Liang, why don't you teach them a lesson in a different way?"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Of course. I plan to starve them for two days. If they still insist on staying together on the third day, I will talk to them. Otherwise, if they appear in front of me again, they will die!"
Lin Xiaoyue felt that this method was feasible, but it was highly likely that Zhao Shuyi and his son would persist to the end. After all, Grand Tutor Zhao was obviously going to die on this expedition, and it was only a matter of time before the Zhao family was exterminated. So unless Zhao Shuyi and his son were desperate, they would have to fight here no matter what.
After lunch, Lin Xiaoyue went to the teahouse alone. Liang Jingyao wanted to go with her, but Lin Xiaoyue decisively refused Liang Jingyao, saying that she needed a quiet and independent space.
After returning to the teahouse, Lin Xiaoyue first changed the water for her grape seedlings and then prepared some fertilizer. Otherwise, water alone wouldn't produce any grapes. She went to the kitchen and got some soybeans to make soy milk. Then she placed the soybean dregs in a ceramic pot, poured some water into it, sealed it, and waited for it to ferment until it turned black so that she could use it as nitrogen fertilizer.
Then, Lin Xiaoyue fished out a few fish from the water tank, killed the fish and took out the fish intestines, then washed the intestines and put them in a ceramic jar, soaked them in clean water, and finally sealed it, waiting for it to ferment into phosphate fertilizer.
After finishing all this, Lin Xiaoyue took the killed fish to find Chen Yunyun.
"Yunyun, I went back to the teahouse and saw that there were still a few fish, so I just killed them to add some food to everyone." Lin Xiaoyue put the fish on the chopping board with a smile, and her eyes were looking for kitchen waste, because rotten leaves and bones could be fermented together to make potassium fertilizer.
Chen Yunyun had been stir-frying vegetables or stewing meat these days, but these few fish really caught her eye. She said happily, "This is great! I don't know how long it's been since I've seen fish. Everyday, the non-vegetarian dishes are just meat and bones. It's nice to have some fish instead!"
Lin Xiaoyue didn't see any kitchen waste and asked curiously, "Yunyun, you cleaned up really well. Where did you throw away all the unwanted vegetable leaves?"
Chen Yunyun smiled and said, "I didn't clean it up. Brother Liang found a few hardworking women from the refugees. They helped and took the garbage away, saying they were going home to feed the chickens or something."
When Lin Xiaoyue heard about feeding chickens, she was very puzzled and asked curiously, "Chickens? Did Brother Liang give chickens to every household? That's not right. Brother Liang has never brought so many chickens. Where did they come from?"
Chen Yunyun replied, "I was also shocked when I first heard it. Now I dare not put too much meat in my cooking. How could they have chickens? Later, the older women told me that their men caught pheasants in the mountains. They also caught rabbits and other things. Now we provide them with food, so they keep the wild animals they catch in captivity."
Lin Xiaoyue felt somewhat uncomfortable after hearing this. These refugees knew that because they came to Yangming Town, Brother Liang had made the originally abundant food supply tight in order to prevent them from going hungry. However, they caught wild animals in the mountains and kept them in captivity, with no intention of reducing the food burden for Brother Liang.
"I understand. Have you seen Brother Liang? I have something to ask Brother Liang." Lin Xiaoyue asked.
Chen Yunyun pointed to the city wall not far away and said, "Just now I saw Brother Liang and Zhan Hu go up to the city wall. They should not have come down yet."
Lin Xiaoyue nodded and walked straight towards the city wall.
As soon as she stepped onto the city wall, Lin Xiaoyue saw Liang Jingyao talking to Zhan Hu, so she stood aside and listened, waiting for them to finish talking first.
In fact, Liang Jingyao didn't say anything. He mainly asked Zhan Hu to keep a close eye on the city defense issue, so when Liang Jingyao saw Lin Xiaoyue coming, he quickly ended the conversation.
"Yue'er, aren't you drawing illustrations? How come it ended so quickly today?" Liang Jingyao asked with a smile.
Lin Xiaoyue whispered, "Brother Liang, are you free? Let's go for a walk in the mountains."
Liang Jingyao rarely received an invitation from Lin Xiaoyue, and he agreed enthusiastically: "Of course, let's go."
Lin Xiaoyue had a clear goal. After getting off the city wall, she went straight to the area where the refugees lived.
Liang Jingyao saw that the route was familiar and asked in surprise: "Yue'er, why did you bring me here? I thought you were bored and wanted to relax."
Lin Xiaoyue was afraid that someone would hear her, so she moved very close to Liang Jingyao and whispered, "It's like this. When I was chatting with Yunyun just now, she heard her say that the refugees in the mountains kept the pheasants and rabbits they hunted in captivity because we usually shared the food with them. Don't they know that we are also short of food because of their arrival? Shouldn't we help each other to get through this difficult time?"
Liang Jingyao wasn't surprised to hear that the refugees hunted. He stopped Lin Xiaoyue, who was still walking forward, and said, "Yue'er, I understand how you feel, but these refugees don't feel a sense of belonging to us yet, so it's normal for them to be unwilling. Besides, they're starving and afraid they'll run out of food again. Leave some food for yourselves. Let's give them a little more time."
Lin Xiaoyue obviously didn't listen to Liang Jingyao's words. She knew that Liang Jingyao's words were like water spilled on the ground, and Liang Jingyao must do what he said. But Lin Xiaoyue now knew very well how much food was left in Chen Yunyun's place and how much was left in her own space.
When the refugees first arrived, Lin Xiaoyue thought about organizing a team to go hunting in the mountains, but the able-bodied men among the refugees had all gone to build houses in the mountains, and the Silver Slash Guards were too busy guarding the mountains every day to have time for hunting. In addition, the training of the Cheetah Army was very intense, especially the training of new recruits, so hunting had to be postponed again and again.
"Do we have to wait until spring? I think since they can hunt, they can be self-reliant. How about this, we give each family some rice and flour so they can cook at home. That way we don't have to prepare large meals every day. Right now, we're mainly short of vegetables, eggs, and fish. The people in Yangming Town won't set up stalls, and we can't force them to buy. They're getting less food every day, and it's even a question whether they can survive spring."
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