这会林平茂站起身来，用竹棍敲了敲碗沿，轻咳了两声：“咳咳，大家先安静一下听我说。”
老里正这话一说，其他人吃饭咀嚼的动静都小了不少。
"I know that after leaving Linjia Village, everyone complained about the decision made by Lin Rui and me. They also complained a lot along the way, thinking that we were making a big deal out of nothing and deliberately exaggerating the situation to make everyone lose their livelihoods."
Zhang Dacui and Yu Lanhua immediately blushed and lowered their heads. After all, they were the ones who said this kind of thing the most along the way, and sometimes they didn't shy away from it.
Now that the village head has brought this up, these two people feel like thorns in their sides.
"The news brought by Shuanzi makes us feel lucky, and we are also thankful for Lin Rui's foresight. As the head of the village, I would like to make a suggestion to use tea instead of wine to thank Lin Rui for saving our lives." The old head of the village raised the soup bowl respectfully towards Lin Rui, and the others immediately followed suit.
Lin Changtai and Lin Changshou muttered, "Nephew, your uncle is a layman, and can't speak the same profound principles as our father, but the lives of our entire family are all given by you, nephew. If you need anything in the future, just let us know. If you say east, we won't go west!"
Lin Changhe and Lin Changfa also nodded in succession: "Yes, that's right, Rui Ge'er, what Changtai said is what we want to say."
Lin Pingmao added, "Lin Rui, from now on you will be the new patriarch of our Lin Family Village!"
The word "clan leader" seems so insignificant compared to the dignitaries in ancient times, but in a large village or clan with poor information access, it is a position of final decision. Haven't you seen in those TV dramas shot in the Republic of China that women were often drowned in ponds? The person who gave such an order was usually the clan leader, the kind who would take human life lightly?
But now the clan leader Lin Rui is different. Not only does he not have the majesty that a clan leader should have, he also has to worry about the survival of his clan members.
What is this picture!
He wasn't happy to be given this kind of responsibility, suddenly shouldering the heavy burden of over thirty people in Linjia Village. He needed to be able to take care of his family before he could consider these matters. The village chief couldn't shirk responsibility. Lin Rui was very moved, but he refused, his hands waving in the air. "No, no, no, Grandpa, I'm still young and only a little clever. I'm really not up to the job of clan leader."
Lin Changxi was also startled: "Uncle, please stop flattering Lin Rui. How can he be the clan leader? Don't we have Changtai and Changshou?"
Lin Changtai and Lin Changshou looked at each other. The two brothers had no intention of succeeding the position of clan leader and village head. Now they were not in the asset-rich Linjia Village, but on the road of escape with little food and clothing. It was difficult enough to support the food and drink of a whole family, and now they had to support three more families. Wouldn't that be a headache?
The two brothers insisted: "Dad, how can we compare to our nephew Lin Rui? He was the one who made the decisions and led us forward all the way, and he never let us go hungry. He is the most suitable person to be the clan leader!"
After a lot of shirking, several people were very reluctant to take the position of clan leader. In the end, the result of their shirking was that Lin Pingmao was still the head of the Lin family's village.
"Rui'er, if it's sunny tomorrow, shall we set off tomorrow?" Although Lin Rui declined the position of clan leader, Lin Pingmao still had the habit of asking him for decisions.
Lin Rui stepped on the slippery and soft ground and shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work. The ground is so soft that the oxcart can't move. The wheels will sink into the ground and it will be troublesome to reverse it."
"That......"
"Let's wait a couple of days, let the sun shine for a couple of days, that's a good time for everyone to put their things away and wait until the road gets a little firmer before we go."
"Okay, Rui'er, we'll listen to you."
After dinner, everyone chatted for a while, and the topic inevitably returned to Linjia Village. Thinking of Linjia Village, they thought of the heavy topic of the village massacre that Shuanzi had mentioned. Everyone's eyes were red, and the women had already started sobbing softly.
In the end, the matter was left unresolved. Everyone went back to lie down on the padded wooden beds, staring blankly at the awning above.
Lin Susu sleeps next to Lin Zaozao. Niu Niu has grown up and sleeps very well at night, so Lin Susu usually helps her second sister take care of the child at night.
When she came back, Lin Zao Zao looked at her red eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Susu wiped her eyes: "Nothing, Qingqing, how is it? Is she behaving well today?"
Lin Zao Zao gently stroked her daughter's face and said, "She's very obedient. She goes to sleep after eating."
"He is really a child who has come to repay his mother's gratitude." A child who does not trouble his mother is a lucky star.
Lin Susu hadn't praised her much yet when Qingqing suddenly started crying. Lin Zao Zao thought she was hungry, so she quickly unbuttoned her clothes and prepared to feed her. However, after she finished feeding, Qingqing continued to cry. The crying was particularly irritating in the quiet night, and it made everyone in the rain shelter unable to sleep well.
Lin Zao Zao was a little panicked: "Sister, what happened to Qingqing?"
Lin Susu shook her head, not understanding the situation: "How about you hold him up and comfort him?"
Lin got up early and held the child in his arms and walked at both ends of the shed. There were many people and things in the shed. The food of Lin Changhe and Lin Changfa's family had not been completely moved away, so the range of movement was only three or five steps.
Qingqing might be too young and had intestinal gas, so her little face turned red from crying. Lin Zaozao was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.
Feng Zhenniang, who had just laid down, was also disturbed by Qingqing's fuss. As a result, she wanted to change her daughter's hands to the child in her arms, but Qingqing cried even harder, and her voice was split.
Lin Rui did learn a little bit from attending his brother's child's hundred-day party, for example, when the child has flatulence, it would be more effective to let him lie on his stomach or hold him in an airplane position.
Such a fragile life, her hands and feet were almost transparent. Lin Rui didn't even dare to touch her, for fear of hurting her.
"Second sister, can you let Qingqing lie down for a while and see if that's okay?"
"Lie down? Like this?" Lin Zao Zao followed Lin Rui's instructions.
As a result, Qingqing's crying did not subside at all. Lin Rui had no choice but to bite the bullet and try the second method. He carefully held her in his arms, then adjusted his posture and fixed her in his arms in an airplane hold position.
As a result, the little girl's crying really subsided and she slowly fell asleep again.
When Lin Zao Zao wanted to pick her up, she showed signs of getting more and more aggressive, so he had no choice but to give up.
Lin Rui sat on the wooden bed like a log, not daring to move. A doll that was not even half his arm was lying on his arm, completely controlling his movements.
Lin Susu and Lin Zao Zao laughed immediately: "It seems that our little Qingqing has been very close to her uncle since she was born."
About half an hour later, after making sure Qingqing was asleep, Lin Rui returned her to Lin Zaozao.
As a result, Qingqing was still crying heart-wrenchingly after waking up in the middle of the night and finishing her feeding. Lin Zaozao had no choice but to stuff this difficult little girl into the arms of the sleepy Lin Rui again.
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