Chapter 35: First Time in the Sea (I)
"The family is out of money. This is something we adults should consider. Don't take any more risks. If the other party has assassins, you won't be able to escape. You are lucky this time. This is just a small stronghold of Prince Jing, and there is no military equipment.
Prince Jing is a narrow-minded person. Knowing that the stronghold he has managed for twenty years has been destroyed and the people he trained have been killed by you, he will definitely be furious and will send people to investigate.
If they catch us, our Lin family might live in dire straits. Think carefully about whether there will be any consequences."
"I don't know if the county magistrate will search our village for people. After all, I've been to the county seat before, so some people should have a deep impression of me. But I haven't revealed any of my information. How about I disguise myself?
But the Feng and Li families in the village all know that I'm leaving. Will they figure me out when the officials come?"
Lin Yue was a little worried when she said this, and only then did she realize that she was indeed reckless.
At that time, I clearly planned to discuss it with my family after returning home before taking any action, but I don't know how I ended up acting alone. I must have gotten used to being alone in the apocalypse. Even though we had lived together for three months, my independence in my bones still made me used to being alone.
The banknotes in her hand were a little hot at this moment. If she implicated other members of the Lin family, she would definitely be tormented, because she did not have the ability to protect them in this world. The heart that originally wanted to just lie down and take it easy now had the urge to become stronger.
At this moment, she suddenly realized that no matter what world she was in, strength was very important. With strength, she could protect the people she cared about, whether they were in exile before or facing the threat that Prince Jing might send now.
If she had enough strength, she wouldn't have had to be exiled before, and she wouldn't be so timid and afraid of this and that now, but now that she realizes it, it's not too late to work hard to increase her strength.
"Don't worry about that. These two families are exiled people. As long as they need to live in Baixiang Village, they will not expose your shortcomings. Besides, they don't know where you went yesterday. Even if they want to sue us, they don't have a formality. They dare not offend us.
But just in case, we should conceal our appearance for the next few days, so that no one can find evidence against us and give Prince Jing a reason to deal with us."
Lin Hongyuan was both surprised and worried about his niece's performance. He was surprised by her ability to survive in such a harsh environment, but he was worried that his niece would act rashly and that bad news would come one day.
But judging by her regretful look, she should have learned something from this incident. Her brothers were still teasing the teacher in school when they were her age. How could they be so sensible?
"Give these letters and jade pendants to me first. Prince Jing must have spies in Lingnan, but he will definitely not destroy his spies in Lingnan for us ants. Therefore, this time it may be a big thunder but little rain, and it will not affect our lives.
Take the children and pick more conchs. The soup we made yesterday was delicious."
When Lin Yue saw the slightly old figure and the laughing children, her belief in becoming stronger grew little by little.
"Auntie, come here quickly, look what I found?"
Lin Dachan was holding a particularly large starfish and smiling foolishly. His innocent smile also infected Lin Yue, who was feeling a little heavy.
Instead of worrying about Prince Jing, who is thousands of miles away, causing trouble for them at any time, it is better to focus on the present and make his family health better. Today, Lin Yue decided to go to the sea to catch more seafood, as she didn't eat enough yesterday.
"That's a starfish. It's edible. It has the same yellow inside as crabs. It's really delicious. The shell can also be dried and used as decoration, like cat's eye snails. The nice ones can be kept as decorations."
Lin Yue hummed as she cut down two small trees and made a simple raft. Using vines, she put a lot of vines on the raft so that it would be stable when it reached the sea and would not be overturned by the waves or blown over by the sea breeze. It would also be able to wrap around the seaweed under the seabed and return.
"Auntie, auntie, what are you going to do?"
When everyone saw Lin Yue mysteriously putting the raft she had been sitting on for half a day into the water, they gathered around, puzzled and curious.
She used to always tell everyone that the sea was dangerous and told them not to get close to the water. Now is she going into the water herself?
"Right! Lin Yue, I see you spent a long time making this raft. Why didn't you ask us to help? Even the vines on it would take a long time to wrap around it!
Why are you putting it in the sea now? Are you going to jump in the water? The waves are so big, I’m afraid this raft won’t be able to hold on for long!
Cheng Hui had done all kinds of things with some of his friends before. He once went down the river on a bamboo raft with others, but they only lasted a quarter of an hour before disbanding. They even fell into the river and became drowned. Besides, the sea looked endless. Once they went there, what would they do when they got back?
"It's winter now, and the sea water is a bit cold. It's easy to get sick if you swim in the sea. This time I won't go far. I'll just look around to see if there are any bigger fish. These fish I pick up are only enough for lunch. The adults have been tired all day, so they still need to eat something better at night.
I've picked out a few strong vines and tied them up. When I return, you can pull the vines. I won't do anything dangerous."
In order to conceal his special abilities, Lin Yue took great pains and put in a lot of effort, but it was worth it in order to be able to go out to sea.
Lin Lang touched the water and found it was indeed icy cold. Not to mention that everyone was a landlubber and couldn't swim, even if they could, it would be very easy to catch a cold in this weather.
"I'm going to give this vine to you. Tie it to the tree now. When I wave this red cloth later, you have to pull me back."
In order to avoid suspicion, Lin Yue also brought some animal viscera as bait, several bamboo houses woven with bamboo, and a long bayonet.
"Auntie, this vine is so thin, what if it breaks?"
Lin Lang wanted to think more. Although his aunt was well prepared and he vaguely felt that she had some special abilities, this was the ocean, a completely new field that they did not understand. If something really happened, it would be too late to regret.
"This vine is very strong. Even if you use a knife, it will take a while to cut it. What's more, I have tied five such vines to the raft. The raft will not fall apart, and the vines will not break. Don't worry. Your aunt has never done anything without confidence.
I won't go far. This vine is only this long. How far can I run? Even if the vine breaks, I will jump into the sea and swim back. Don't worry.
It's been so long, and you've only collected a little bit of food today. You need to speed up."
Lin Yue didn't wait for them to stop her. She pushed the raft directly into the sea and stood on it herself.
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