In addition, their room had the most belongings, and the flatbed cart was already full, leaving no room for the little one.
"Nephew, hurry up and get on, let your uncle drag you along."
Although the little one didn't walk for long, he was already exhausted.
I heard there's a car available, though it's from the aunt who usually dislikes me.
Since his third uncle had called him, the little boy immediately took a few quick steps and climbed onto the flatbed to sit down.
"Go sit in bed and get some sleep. When you wake up, we can have lunch!"
Lin Xue took a steamed bun from the flatbed cart and put some pickled vegetables inside.
He didn't stand on ceremony with anyone, not even the little one, and started eating as he walked.
Everyone was already used to Lin Xue's stingy behavior.
Even if Lin Xue really wanted to give it to Xiao Douding, Wang Shi didn't want her son to take it.
Because if anyone takes advantage of her third brother's wife even the slightest bit, she will demand double the amount back.
As the group walked along, a commotion suddenly broke out ahead, as if something by the roadside had caught their attention.
Lin Xue curiously craned her neck to look ahead, but unfortunately there were too many people in front of her, and she couldn't see what exactly was going on.
When they arrived at the location, they discovered that there were two corpses, an old man and a child, lying on the roadside.
"Heavens have it, they starved to death on the road!"
Grandma Sun glanced at it once and then turned her head away.
She's too old to watch this kind of thing.
Lin Xue glanced at them and found that the grandfather and grandson were skin and bones from hunger.
Aside from his patched-up clothes, he had no luggage at all, which might mean that the things he brought had already been taken away.
"Let's get out of here quickly, this is too unlucky!"
There were all sorts of comments around, but no one stopped to collect the bodies of the grandfather and grandson.
Since no one else was moving, Lin Xue was even less likely to cause trouble for herself.
She walked past the two corpses without glancing at them, continuing forward without the slightest hesitation.
"Everyone, give it your all! The village chief said we should rest in the woods ahead!"
Someone shouted, and the villagers, who were exhausted, immediately became energetic, rushing towards the grove of trees ahead.
Liu Qing had been pulling the flatbed cart all morning and was feeling a bit tired.
This is even though he doesn't have many things at home.
One can only imagine the inhuman torture that the eldest brother, Liu Ping, endured.
After finally making their way into the woods, each household found a spot to start a fire and cook.
Although I prepared dry food last night, I need to save it for when I don't have time to rest.
Now that there are places to cook, everyone wants to eat something hot.
"Honey, what are we having for lunch?"
The three Liu brothers built their stoves and pots next to each other, but they didn't eat together; each family cooked for themselves.
"Cut some salted pork and stir-fry some cabbage. You've worked hard all morning, if you don't eat some meat, you probably won't be able to hold on this afternoon!"
Lin Xue rummaged through her flatbed cart, found a small piece of cured meat, and picked out a cabbage for Liu Qing.
She then took out a few more sweet potatoes and roasted them under the campfire.
Because many families had brought chickens and ducks with them when they first fled the famine, his family wasn't the only one eating meat, so it wasn't particularly noticeable.
After all, if these chickens and ducks aren't eaten soon, they'll only get hungrier and thinner.
Everyone was busy cooking. The adults were also quite tired from walking all that way, and those who didn't have any work to do took the opportunity to rest.
Liu Ping was slumped to the side, unable to even help with cooking.
Wang and her mother-in-law had to take on the cooking duties, while Old Liu went to the village chief to inquire about the next route.
"This can't go on. We need to get an oxcart or a donkey cart!"
Lin Xue glanced at the mental state of the three families. Apart from her, even the youngest child seemed somewhat mentally unstable.
"Ox carts aren't so easy to buy."
“Look, in our village, only three households have oxcarts, and the other one has a lame donkey that can't pull much.”
"But if we could really get a large animal, our family could save some effort!"
Who wouldn't want an oxcart? But those things are really hard to come by.
Especially during times of famine, who would be willing to sell their oxcart?
"Let's look back. If we pass a market, we can go in and take a look."
While ordinary families certainly wouldn't sell their cattle or horses, there might be culled cattle or mules at the market.
After all, ordinary people won't sell these kinds of livestock, but they also won't buy them at this time.
"Honey, keep an eye on our things. I think I see another group coming!"
When Liu Qing looked up, he saw people from another village walking this way.
"It seems these people also want to rest in the woods. Hurry up and cook, then we'll eat and rest as soon as possible. Who knows how long we'll be walking this afternoon!"
Lin Xue also glanced at the person who had arrived.
Isn't this what it's like to flee famine?
Wave after wave, one after another.
"Oh my God, this is going to kill me! Why don't you open your eyes and see what kind of lives your people are living..."
Not far from where Lin Xue and the others were cooking, there was a family living in another village.
At this moment, the old lady of the family was kneeling on the ground, crying and wiping away tears.
Her sons and daughters-in-law surrounded her, crying sadly along with her.
What's wrong with them?
Lin Xue glanced at it, took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket, and walked over to her second sister-in-law, Zhou Shi.
"What else could it be? I heard that the family's only livestock, the old ox, is sick!"
"Look, it's the one lying on the ground!"
After explaining to Lin Xue, Zhou Ersao couldn't resist taking a small handful of sunflower seeds from her sister-in-law's hand when she heard her sister-in-law cracking sunflower seeds.
"Third sister-in-law, where did you get these sunflower seeds?"
“I knew your third son would be more caring. My son wouldn’t even buy me sunflower seeds.”
He glanced enviously at Liu Qing, who was cooking over a fire, and then turned his gaze to Liu Qing, who was resting on the ground.
Why are there such big differences between two people who come from the same mother's womb?
"Second sister-in-law, here are all these melon seeds for you. Go and call our father over."
Lin Xue looked at the big yellow ox lying on the ground. Although it was quite old, it was not yet time for it to die of old age.
Judging from the ox's nostrils, mouth, and rear end, one can guess that the ox has caught a cold and is also suffering from dysentery.
If it were a regular veterinarian, they probably wouldn't be able to cure this cow.
After all, they were on the road fleeing famine, lacking medical care and medicine, and unable to get rest.
However, while others might be helpless, she was capable of healing this cow.
It's getting old, but as long as the feed is adequate, it should be able to be used for another year or two without any problem.
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