Lin Jinyue was awakened by the cold.
Upon opening my eyes, I was greeted by an unfamiliar environment. The surrounding area was a forest, and there were many ragged people lying on haystacks under the open sky. They were all emaciated and their faces were numb.
She remembered that before she fell into a coma, she was traveling with her parents and brother. In an attempt to avoid a boulder rolling down the mountain, her father's hand slipped, and he drove the car off a cliff.
She thought her whole family was doomed, but to her surprise, she was still alive.
Seeing the tattered clothes of the people around her, like the coarse linen of ancient times, Lin Jinyue thought she had been rescued by a crew of some period drama and looked around for her parents and brother.
Just as Lin Jinyue was about to ask something, a splitting headache struck her, and a memory that didn't belong to her entered her mind. She immediately realized that she had probably transmigrated.
And to make matters worse, he was transported to a chaotic era.
The rebels were utterly depraved; wherever they went, they burned, killed, and looted. Men were taken as slaves, and women were forced into prostitution.
To escape the rebel army, the entire village of Linjia Village fled north to escape famine.
They have been on the move for a month and are now completely out of ammunition and food.
Lin Jinyue belatedly smelled a foul odor from someone who hadn't bathed in a long time, and she almost fainted from the smell.
Lin Jinyue's head was spinning, and she heard the voices of the people around her.
"Third brother, don't waste any more time. The whole village is waiting for you. There's a county town ahead. If we sell Erya now, we can get some grain and go to town to get Tiezhu medical treatment."
"She's just a little girl. Now that Master Xu is willing to spend twenty taels of silver, once our family gets through this difficult time, we'll find you a wife, and then you can have as many children as you want."
"Give me a definite answer, whether you're selling or not. My master is in a hurry to go to Nan'an County."
Finally, an aged voice made the final decision: "Alright, it's settled then. We'll sell Er Ya to Master Xu for twenty taels of silver, enough for our family to survive."
Lin Jinyue shuddered upon hearing these voices.
According to the original owner's memories, this wasn't like selling her to Master Xu as a maid or servant; at least that would have given her a way out.
Master Xu was a wealthy man in the village, but on the road to escape famine, money was useless; he couldn't buy food, so it was all for nothing.
So the Xu family offered a high price to buy the child as food.
In times of famine, it was common for people to exchange children for food. Selling a child could earn them twenty taels of silver, enough to live comfortably for several years. The Lin family then had this idea.
The thought of such a disgusting way to die sent chills down Lin Jinyue's spine; it would have been better to just die in a car accident.
Lin Jinyue looked up at Lin Laosan, who was the original owner's biological father.
Their eyes met, and both of them were momentarily taken aback.
—This skinny farmer looks about seven or eight parts like her father!
—This pale and thin little girl looks exactly like his daughter when she was little!
Lin Laosan, or rather Lin Shucheng who had been replaced, looked at the little girl who looked exactly like his daughter. Ignoring his current dangerous situation, he picked up a shovel and stood in front of Lin Jinyue.
He roared at the crowd, "Anyone who dares to sell my daughter, I'll fight them to the death!"
The Lin family members looked astonished.
Clearly, no one expected that the usually honest and quiet Lin Laosan would actually go against them for the sake of a little girl!
Lin Jinyue's grandfather, Lin Youliang, said angrily, "Third son, how dare you talk like that? Your son and daughter-in-law have high fevers, and you can bury your daughter-in-law directly, but are you willing to bury Tiezhu? What nonsense are you spouting? Quickly take Erya to Master Xu's place! If you delay any longer, Master Xu will be leaving!"
Lin Youliang spoke forcefully, and everyone in the Lin family looked at him with reproachful eyes.
Lin Shucheng was not intimidated at all. He raised his shovel and was about to swing it. His face was fierce: "Anyone who dares to lay a finger on my daughter, I will take you all with me even if I die!"
Lin Shucheng's ruthlessness frightened the whole family, and the villagers who wanted to mediate did not dare to step forward.
The Lin family couldn't bear to see their twenty taels of silver slip away so easily.
Enraged, Lin Youliang immediately kicked Lin Shucheng out of the Lin family home, leaving them not a single grain or water.
Lin Jinyue was slapped away by Boss Lin, who pulled away the dirty, smelly bedding from under her.
The original owner was weak, and Lin Jinyue fell to the ground immediately.
How could Lin Shucheng bear to see his daughter being bullied?
He kicked Boss Lin in the butt, sending him sprawling face-first into the mud.
Lin Shucheng stood guard beside Lin Jinyue with a shovel, looking as if he would kill anyone who dared to approach.
Lin Youliang spat, "What bad luck! How could I have given birth to such an unfilial son? You disobey your own father for a little girl."
The Lin family, grumbling and cursing, moved their belongings to an open space a dozen meters away from them.
Seeing Lin Laosan's fierce appearance, Lin Jinyue felt a chill in her heart. She had originally thought that if she could time travel, maybe her parents and brother could too.
But her father is usually gentle and tactful, definitely not the reckless man who was about to start a fight with a shovel just now.
The two looked at each other, but neither spoke.
Lin Jinyue looked at the two people lying on the ground. The woman looked somewhat like her mother, while the boy looked exactly like her brother when he was a child.
Finally, clinging to a sliver of hope, Lin Jinyue tentatively asked, "Dad?"
Lin Shucheng's body stiffened, and he looked at the little girl, "Yueyue?"
The father and daughter exchanged the secret signal and breathed a sigh of relief.
The man who had just been so fierce now had tears in his eyes and was holding his daughter, completely losing control of his emotions.
He kept muttering, "Thank goodness I came too, thank goodness, thank goodness, these beasts..."
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