After saying that, Lin Jinyue didn't try to persuade him further; whether or not to go together was entirely up to Li the blacksmith.
After Lin Jinyue left, she planned to buy several water bags before it got dark to prepare for emergencies.
Lin Shucheng left through the back door of Li the blacksmith's shop and arrived at a secluded corner. He collapsed, "Ugh, I'm exhausted. I should have called your brother over."
Seeing that no one was around, Lin Jinyue quickly packed all the items into the warehouse.
Fortunately, the farm has been upgraded to level three, and the farm warehouse has been expanded; otherwise, there really wouldn't be enough room for all these things.
After the group bought water pouches, Lin Jinyue found a secluded spot and put her parents into her spatial storage. She then went into her spatial storage to change into a dirty set of clothes and smeared some mud on her face, making her look like an ordinary poor child.
Buying so many water bags at once would definitely attract attention, and Lin Jinyue, always cautious, would never put herself in danger.
She left the city gate and slipped into the woods, running towards the villagers.
Once they reached the deep mountains, she made sure no one was around before letting her parents and the horse out.
Before Lin Jinyue could react, a piece of broad bean was stuffed into her mouth. It was freshly fried and bought in town earlier.
Lin Jinyue stuffed a few more into her mouth, eating with great relish.
After the two were released, Lin Jinyue looked left and right and asked, "Father, where are the forty water bags? Are they all full of water?"
After buying forty water bags, they only had six taels of silver left.
However, the water bag is large enough, and if she drinks a little sparingly and finds other ways to get clean water, she will definitely be able to make it to a place with a clean water source.
Lin Shucheng: "The water tank is full and stored in the warehouse. You can take it out when we get there, so the horse won't get too tired."
As he spoke, he lifted Lin Jinyue onto the horse's back.
It was already evening when Lin Jinyue and the others returned.
She distributed the water pouches and said to everyone, "Drink the water first, but be careful with it. From now on, we'll eat dry rations and try not to wash vegetables or cook rice until we get past this side."
Everyone was incredibly thirsty, but remembering the miserable state of things over the past few days, they didn't dare drink much water, and they didn't know how far they had to go before it ended.
Each household received two to three water bags, distributed according to the number of people. Even the Lin Youliang family received several bowls of water.
Lin Jinyue also left a few water pouches for emergencies, in case they drank too much and ran out of water later.
After everyone had quenched their thirst, Butcher Liu belatedly asked, "Er Ya, how much did you... spend on water and water bags? We're all down to just a few copper coins left, is that enough?"
Wang's daughter-in-law also said, "These water bags are big, they must be expensive. I think they must cost at least one or two hundred coins each."
The village chief was stunned. "Er Ya, where did your family get so much silver?"
The villagers also asked all at once:
"Did you pay for the water? Er Ya, how much is this water bag? I didn't want to buy it before, but now I realize how important it is. Just tell me how much it costs, and our family will definitely chip in."
“Yes, Er Ya, your whole family has worked so hard, how can we let you lose money again? We’ll find a way to get the money, however much it is.”
"Er Ya, how's the situation in town?"
In short, with everyone asking questions at once, Lin Jinyue was completely overwhelmed.
Moreover, the villagers no longer ask about her father; they ask her directly.
Lin Jinyue shouted loudly, "Stop arguing, listen to me."
Lin Jinyue explained to them one by one: "Keep the water bags. Each household has two, but some people have more and some have less. If we run out of water again, we have to help each other out. Don't worry about who benefits or who suffers. Right now, we're all in the same boat, and no one is allowed to abandon anyone else."
"You don't need to pay for the water pouches and water. These days, everyone has been helping to collect herbs. We only just found out that the price of herbs outside is higher than we expected. So we kept some herbs and sold the rest to exchange for some medicinal herbs that we didn't have, as well as some food and water. At least we can survive. I also got some money by trading a dead rabbit I found on the roadside."
Lin Jinyue didn't want to explain the source of his money too much; the most important thing right now was to let the villagers know about their current predicament.
As a result, the villagers started gossiping again, interrupting Lin Jinyue's words:
"I always knew Er Ya was a lucky star; she could even find dead rabbits on the roadside."
"Hey, we're only able to survive thanks to Er Ya. We need to treat Er Ya better from now on. Without her, we wouldn't have been so lucky."
"..."
Lin Jinyue:......
She didn't know what to say. This wasn't luck; it was all thanks to the research she needed to do when writing novels in her previous life, and her cheat system.
Everyone in the village was praising Lin Jinyue, but Lin Youliang's family was filled with regret.
They each received less water than the others.
They didn't gain anything from this famine escape; in fact, they separated the third son's family. If they hadn't separated the family, how could Er Ya, a girl, have been able to ride on a cart or horse every day?
Even though Lin Youliang was unhappy, he could only keep it to himself.
At this point, he realized that if his family left the group fleeing the famine, they would surely die.
The group was unhappy, but none of them dared to say anything.
*
In the evening, Lin Jinyue inquired about the water situation. Sure enough, they were extremely thirsty. Even though they had been trying their best to restrain themselves, they still had less than half of the water left, even with the extra water bags her family had prepared.
Originally, Lin Jinyue bought more water bags, which would only cause more trouble. She didn't plan to go up Xifeng Mountain, fearing it would cause trouble.
But now we have to go to Xifeng Mountain to buy some water, at least enough to last them until they get out of this area.
They were in a hurry to get to Xifeng Mountain, so they traveled in the dark without even eating dinner. When they were hungry, they would just nibble on some dry rations. Under the cover of night, they soon arrived at the foot of Xifeng Mountain.
Lin Jinyue planned to let the villagers go ahead and wait for her to wait for Li the blacksmith behind them.
I don't know if the Li family will come.
However, just as they were about to leave, Gou Dan, the grandson of the village chief Lin Youcai, collapsed to the ground clutching his stomach.
Lin Youcai was extremely anxious: "Goudan, Goudan, what's wrong with you?"
Dog Egg clutched his stomach, crying pitifully, "I, I... I was so thirsty, I couldn't resist, I drank some water from the pool, it looked like clean water..."
He had felt a dull ache in his stomach for about half an hour, but he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was nothing serious and he could just find a place to poop during his rest.
That's how we got here all along.
Who would have thought that after all this hard work, he was on the verge of death, feeling as if a knife was twisting inside his stomach.
A group of people were in a great hurry.
In another hour, it will be dawn, and soon many people from the city will come to fetch water.
Lin Jinyue hurriedly said, "You all go first. My mother will stay to treat his illness. Has anyone else secretly drunk the water? Hurry up and stay to help with the treatment."
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