"Father, Mother, you should take my eldest brother and the others to pack up the things in the house first."
"We only need to put our daily necessities on the donkey cart. Pack everything else up, and I'll ask a friend to help us take it to the south!"
"Don't ask me the specifics, Dad. You know who I'm talking about, right?"
They don't know when they'll be able to return after this trip.
After everyone in the village leaves, even if every household locks its doors, they will likely still be harassed by pickpockets.
Rather than doing that, it's better to take everything you can with you.
As for the house, there's nothing that can be done; she can't just dig up the foundation too, can she?
Do you think that person will come?
Old Man Lin, who was initially a little flustered, immediately realized who his son was talking about when Lin Xue mentioned his friend.
If that person were to intervene, it wouldn't be difficult to take all the belongings from the house.
"By the way, Father, later you can have my eldest brother and third brother go to our sisters' houses and tell them about our plan to flee!"
"If they're willing to go, just like our family, they should bring whatever they need for the journey, and pack up everything else. Tonight, I'll have my friend go and help them all pack!"
"Remember to keep this a secret. My friend has a strange personality. If we offend him, it'll be troublesome if he refuses to help us bring it!"
Grandma Lin looked at her second son, then at her husband, and felt that the two of them were hiding something from her.
If she hadn't been frightened by the news of the war, the old lady would definitely have asked her questions thoroughly.
"Old woman, have our eldest and third sons visit their three sisters, and I'll take my second son to the village chief's house!"
The Lin family village where they lived was mostly in the same clan, except for a few families with different surnames.
Others might not know that a foreign tribe is about to attack, but the village chief and clan chief certainly do.
However, the two of them might not have understood that clearly. Now that their family was going to flee south, they would definitely have to tell the village.
Whether the villagers want to leave or not is their business!
The Lin family had worked so hard to produce a scholar, they wouldn't dare gamble with their own lives.
After enduring hardship and suffering for over 10 years, it's almost time to enjoy life, and I can't let anything happen to my family.
“Zhongyi, we’ve heard a bit about what you’re saying, and we’ve also heard that several villages nearby are planning to flee south.”
"It is said that they will not go far, but will wait in the next city. If the war does not reach us, they will come back. If the war really reaches us, we will have to continue to retreat to the rear!"
The village chief stroked his gray beard, never expecting that at his age he would have to go through the life of fleeing again.
During his decades as village chief, he fled twice, both times due to war.
Despite the fact that their region enjoys favorable weather and abundant harvests, they are plagued by war.
Alas, God is not letting us live a peaceful life!
“Your village chief is right. We two old folks are just discussing which way to escape this time. Since your teacher said to go south, then let’s go south!”
"We don't know when the war in the north will break out. We must prepare as soon as possible!"
"Alright, village chief, have someone gather all the villagers together so we can have a meeting and discuss when to set off!"
The clan chief is now over 50 years old, and logically he should not want to go out anymore.
But war came, and there was no way to stay.
"Now that you two, Uncle Village Chief and Uncle Clan Chief, have made your decision, we won't linger here any longer. We need to go home and pack our bags!"
Having said everything she needed to say, Lin Xue decided to go home and pack her belongings.
He didn't have many possessions; most of them were books.
These books were extremely valuable in ancient times, and no one else in the family dared to touch them easily.
When Lin Xue and Old Man Lin returned home, the eldest brother and the third brother had not yet returned from their three younger sisters' house.
The eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law were at home tidying up their respective small homes.
As the old lady suggested, we took out the items we could use on the way and put them together.
After all, their family only had one donkey cart. If they had too much stuff, the cart wouldn't be able to hold it all, so they had to carry it on their backs.
It's always better to travel light when you're on a journey. I'm really grateful to my second brother's friend; otherwise, it would have been a real shame to leave with so much stuff.
It is said that even a broken home is worth a fortune. You don't realize it in ordinary times, but when it comes time to leave, everyone will feel reluctant to part with it.
That evening, Lin Xue had everyone in her family return to their respective rooms.
He waited until no one was paying attention to the yard before putting all the things in the yard into his spatial storage.
As for my three younger sisters' belongings, I'll have to go collect them tomorrow night.
Fortunately, the old man covered for him, and even the old man thought it was the work of the fictitious master that Lin Xue had made up.
The family members initially had many doubts, but the old man dismissed them.
While he was alright with others, the old man eventually couldn't hold back when questioned by his own wife and confessed everything.
"You old geezer, how could you tell me something so important?"
"Didn't I tell you that you absolutely couldn't tell anyone about our second son? Why did you tell me anyway!"
Although the old man dared not hide anything from him because of his secure position.
But at the same time, she felt that her old man was too useless, because he confessed everything when she questioned him casually.
If someone else asked this question, would he also be so unscrupulous?
So after Mr. Lin explained the matter, he was scolded by Mrs. Lin.
"Didn't you insist that I say that?"
"I told you from the beginning that our second son doesn't want us to talk about it, but you still insisted on finding out!"
"Now that you know what happened, you have to keep this a secret from our son with me. Our family is just a small one; we can't afford to offend such a reclusive master!"
The old man felt very wronged. He was allowed to talk about his wife, but he was also forbidden from talking about his wife.
Whether he says it or not, he's wrong!
Sigh, women are indeed difficult to deal with.
The next day, the village asked each household to come to a meeting. Old Lin's family was represented by Old Man Lin and Old Man Lin.
Lin Xue then went with the third brother, Lin Zhongping, to visit his three younger sisters.
The news of the decision to flee reached the villages of the three younger sisters.
They were originally considering whether to stay with their own village or go back to their parents' home and leave with their parents and younger brother.
In the end, it was Lin Xue's three younger sisters who said that their second brother was at least a scholar, and he would receive preferential treatment wherever he went.
The three grandmothers then decided to go with Old Lin's family.
Last night and this morning, the families had packed up most of their belongings.
The rest were all piled up in a room, to be collected later by Lin Zhongyi and his friends.
Knowing that their belongings wouldn't be lost during the escape, these families weren't as downcast as the others.
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