All around, there were sounds of people swallowing hard. Lin Zhaozhao took half a chicken, and after she withdrew from the encirclement, everyone rushed over enthusiastically. It smelled amazing.
Those who get to eat it have their mouths greasy, while those who don't get to eat it have drooled until they can't even taste a drop of oil.
"The Lin family is really capable of doing this. It wasn't our fault that Lin Dan was forcibly conscripted. Blame the village chief and Lin Jinxiu. Everyone knows that Lin Yuanzhi is Lin Jinxiu's lackey, doing whatever he's told."
"That's right. They can't control their own family members, so they take it out on us. We're the ones who should be crying foul."
"I originally thought that given Li Xiujuan's personality, she should at least return some of the grain. Now look what happened, it's like throwing good money after bad."
"In the entire Linjia Village, only the Lin Fusheng and Lin Tiedan families' grains were spared from the locusts. They clearly have their own grain, yet they still want ours. This isn't sincere."
"And Li Xiujuan's brothers, before fleeing the famine, hunted a wild boar weighing two or three hundred catties. With that, how could her family lack food?"
"Isn't she afraid of being targeted? Does she think she can take on ten or a hundred people by herself?"
"Shh..."
"It's all that old slut Liu Rugui's fault. She wanted to get some benefits but failed, and now she's dragging us down with her and making us suffer the consequences."
In short, they felt guilty and couldn't bring themselves to lose face, yet they were reluctant to give up the food, wanting to have it both ways, but they couldn't win against the powerful.
The woman's complaints faded into the distance, and in the darkness, a short man roughly wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, his snake-like eyes gleaming with deep malice.
The kiln-roasted chicken tasted delicious. Lin Zhaozhao specially broke off a chicken leg for Li Xiujuan. Li Xiujuan's eyes were red as she hugged Lin Zhaozhao and whispered, "My Zhaobao has grown up."
"But you can't be so willful next time. Wealth can be blinding, and so can food."
"I'm just angry."
"There is plenty of time ahead, so don't act rashly."
"Um."
"You're just letting it go in one ear and out the other." Li Xiujuan tapped Lin Zhaozhao's forehead, noticing her daughter's surprised look, and laughed, "You're the daughter I've raised since you were little. I can tell whether you're pooping or peeing just by looking at you sticking your butt out."
"Mother." Lin Zhaozhao concealed her shock with shyness, and with a sigh, she involuntarily buried herself in Li Xiujuan's arms.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Our Zhao Niang is going to be a mother now, so we have to save face for her, hahaha." The gloom that had been hanging over Li Xiujuan's heart was dispelled, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then, Lin Zhaozhao, who was embarrassed and angry, stuffed a chicken leg into her mouth.
Li Xiujuan: ...
There's a touch of warmth, but not much.
All was quiet, except for the steady breathing sounds coming from inside and outside the mule cart.
Under the bright moonlight, several shadows moved through the darkness, approaching the mule cart.
The mule cart that Lin Zhaozhao bought was rather simple, with open front and back, covered only by a curtain. When the night wind blew, only a corner of the interior was exposed, and everything inside could be seen.
The shadowy figure outside the car made a hand gesture, and a flash of silver light appeared. Lin Zhaozhao quickly grabbed the sleeping old lady Lin and Li Xiujuan, and kicked the shadowy figure while lying down. The gesture was off-target, and the dagger grazed Li Xiujuan's arm and pierced the car floor.
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