At this moment, the village chief saw Lin Jinyue and the others come out, so he went up to Lin Shucheng and asked, "Do you want to come with us? We don't know how much longer we can hold out, but if there are more of us, we can at least help each other. We can put personal grudges aside for now."
Lin Shucheng knew the village chief meant well, so he politely declined, saying, "We're not going north. It'll get chaotic there sooner or later, so we won't go together."
Lin Youcai was taken aback. "If we don't go north, where do we go?"
Lin Shucheng: "Our family has discussed it and we're planning to go to Lingnan."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than someone in the crowd said, "Going to Lingnan? There's a lot of miasma and poisonous insects there. One wrong move and you could lose your life!"
Seeing that everyone was trying to dissuade him from going, Lin Shucheng said, "But there's nowhere else to go except Lingnan. Tiezhu said that the current situation is not good, and it would be difficult to survive even if I went to the capital."
Lin Xueqing's lips twitched when she heard the original owner's down-to-earth name, "Tiezhu".
This name is really...
Tiezhu was the only educated person in their village, and everyone in the village thought that being able to read was impressive. After hearing Lin Shucheng say this, the previously chattering villagers immediately quieted down.
Fearing they would go north to their deaths, Lin Xueqing recited what her sister had taught her: "Now, Prince Jing and Prince Ning each occupy a piece of land and are eyeing the capital covetously. Sooner or later, these two will attack the capital. If the current emperor were capable, we could escape to the capital and settle down. But the current emperor is muddleheaded, and treacherous officials are in power, oppressing the people. Prince Jing and Prince Ning will attack sooner or later."
Prince Ning and Prince Jing are no pushovers; wherever they go, they swarm like locusts, burning, killing, and looting... If we're looking for a safe haven, Lingnan is the safest place. It's difficult to attack, has miasma, and is by the sea. If they attack, our family can easily take our money and food and flee to a nearby island for refuge."
These words made some people a little tempted: "Hearing this, Lingnan does seem like a good place to go."
But they still had doubts: "But what about the miasma and those poisonous insects and snakes..."
Having said all that, the Lin family decided not to say anything more.
As Lin Jinyue prepared to leave, she added, "Grandpa Village Chief, no matter where you're going, just take your uncles and elders and leave as soon as possible. Everyone in Nan'an County has already left."
They have done everything they could, explaining both the advantages and disadvantages. What they do next is entirely up to them.
Before the village chief could speak, the original owner's grandfather, Lin Youliang, became displeased, "Since when have you had the right to speak, you brat? What nonsense are you spouting? You want us to go to Lingnan? Are you trying to get us all killed too? Youcai, we can't listen to him, let's go north right now!"
Lin Jinyue rolled her eyes: "We didn't ask you to go. We just asked the village chief and we're giving you an answer."
Lin Youliang had never been treated like this before.
The younger children in the family, not to mention the girls, even the boys wouldn't dare to talk back to him like that. They immediately got angry and were about to come over and hit him with their crutches.
Lin Xueqing and Lin Shucheng immediately shielded Lin Jinyue behind them.
Lin Shucheng even pulled a machete from his luggage, stood in front of Lin Jinyue, and said with a fierce look in his eyes, "Let's see who dares to bully my daughter?"
They've been living comfortably in the system space these past few days, getting enough to eat every meal. They're not people like these who could faint from hunger at any moment.
Lin the Elder pointed at his nose and cursed, "You unfilial son, how dare you show no respect for your elders! I'll break your legs!"
The scene quickly became noisy.
Village chief Lin Youcai quickly stepped in to mediate: "Alright, alright, let's not argue anymore at this critical moment. If we offend the important people in the city, they might kick us out."
Lin Jinyue was too lazy to argue with the Lin family. She asked her brother to put down the basket, which was filled with a large box of mixed grain cakes!
Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the multigrain cake, and Lin Youliang almost grabbed it!
But Lin Shucheng was standing there with a large cleaver, ready to chop off his hand at any moment, so Lin Youliang's family didn't dare to do anything rash.
Lin Jinyue was still a little unaccustomed to her father's fierce appearance.
After a while, she looked at the village chief and the others and said, "My mother found some medicinal herbs in the mountains and traded them for food. Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief and everyone, for the food you gave my family before. These cakes are for you."
A whole grain pancake is quite large; if we use it sparingly, it's enough for one person to eat for two days.
Lin Jinyue distributed them one by one, one for each person.
These cakes aren't expensive; you can buy them from the system shop for just one coin each. Lin Jinyue has some spare silver on hand, so she could give them a few more, but that would be too conspicuous.
Lin Jinyue didn't want to be targeted.
After distributing the cakes to fifty people in Linjia Village, the baskets were empty.
When Lin Youliang's family stared longingly at Lin Jinyue, they became quite angry upon learning that there were no more pancakes.
Lin Youliang asked incredulously, "What about ours? You won't even give us your own grandfather's?"
Lin Jinyue spat, "Your own grandfather who's going to sell me off? You knew he was my grandfather when you were dividing the cakes? If I remember correctly, you've already severed ties with my father, so why are you suddenly trying to claim kinship again?"
These words left no room for saving face.
Lin Jinyue's sarcastic remarks would have gotten her whipped with a bamboo stick by any other child.
That is utterly outrageous.
But Lin Shucheng and the others still indulged Lin Jinyue, as if they would dare to fight back with a knife if they dared to bully Lin Jinyue.
Lin Youliang and the others dared not speak out against their anger, genuinely fearing that Lin Shucheng would take a knife and attack them.
No one dared to step forward.
Seeing that his daughter was about to get angry at these people, Lin Shucheng didn't want to stay any longer and said to the village chief, "We're leaving now."
They had food on them, and they saw quite a bit at the city gate.
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