The two of them searched around in the dark for a long time and finally found a rat hole.
Lin Qiye's face was almost broken from laughing.
No matter whether there are seeds in the mouse hole, being able to find the mouse hole is a good start.
"Sister, there's a rat hole here. Come here quickly."
Approaching Lin Qiye, the two began digging at the entrance of the cave.
As soon as they dug the hole, a mouse ran away. The two men ignored the escaped mouse and were only concerned about whether there were seeds and food in the hole.
After a while, Lin Qiye's hand touched the soft rat's nest.
"Don't be fooled by the fact that this rat lives in a dark nest. This nest is really well made."
At least it's better than the refugees we have now.
The refugees slept in the open air, but the rats at least had a soft nest.
"Stop talking nonsense. Is there any food in there? If not, let's find something else to avoid wasting time."
"Wait, let me touch it."
Ten-year-old Lin Qiye's hands were not big to begin with, and with his parents gone and living under someone else's roof and not having enough to eat, his hands became even smaller.
Lin Qiye felt around in the mouse hole, not worrying about touching mouse droppings.
"Sister, it seems so."
After he finished speaking, he opened his hand and saw that there was actually a handful of rice in it.
However, some of the rice husks were empty, probably because mice had eaten the rice inside, leaving only the husks.
"Sister, will this work?"
Lin Qiye held his breath and blew towards the rice in his hand, and the empty shells flew out.
"I don't know, let's try it out first, and plant it first."
After returning the rice they had found to the space and instructing Bubble to take good care of it, they leaned against a tree to rest, hoping that the rice they had found would grow.
As the sky brightened, the refugees who had been resting began to move out in a rustling manner.
Lin Jiuyue and her brother also followed the refugee group.
"Lin Jiuyue!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Lin Jiuyue frowned.
"What bad luck! How could I run into them?"
Lin Qiye spat, ignored it, and pulled his sister to go into the refugee group.
There are refugees all around, and it's not easy to squeeze in.
"Hey, Lin Qiye, you little bastard, why are you running? Are we going to eat you?"
The original owner's eldest cousin Lin Jinshan chased to Lin Qiye, pulled Lin Qiye's arm, and looked him up and down.
"Where's your food?"
Lin Qiye was stunned for a moment.
So these people came here to steal food?
"Hey, Lin Jinshan, are you planning to steal the food? You've made a wrong calculation this time. We've already eaten all the food you gave us."
"By the way, eldest cousin, do you have any food left? Please lend us some. The journey is quite long. How can we, my sister and I, walk to the capital without food?"
After hearing this, Lin Jinshan raised his eyebrows.
"That's your business. We agreed at the beginning that if you two siblings take the food, it will have nothing to do with our eldest family."
Lin Qiye sneered.
"Brother, the little food you gave me is only enough for my sister and me to eat for two days. Now that we have no food, we will starve to death on the road of escape."
Lin Jinshan glanced at Lin Qiye.
"What does it have to do with us, the eldest family? Anyway, the food has been given to you. Whether you die of starvation or thirst, it has nothing to do with us."
The two of them argued until their faces turned red, and the people around them were whispering.
"Only two days' worth of food? Oh my god, aren't they starving people to death?"
"Alas, these two siblings are also pitiful."
"Lin Dongming is too cruel..."
Some of the disaster victims here are from the neighboring village and know Lin Dongming.
The village chief brought the villagers of Lijia Village and gathered around. Listening to people around him pointing fingers at Lin Jinshan, he felt ashamed.
"Lin Jinshan, what are you doing?"
"Uncle Village Chief, my eldest cousin wanted to steal our food the moment he arrived. You know, when we were fleeing the famine, my uncle and his family only gave us two days' worth of food, and now we've almost eaten it all, yet they still want to steal our food. It's like they don't want us to survive."
Lin Jiuyue stood beside Lin Qiye, listening to Lin Qiye's "crying", and couldn't help but twitching the corners of her mouth.
"Village Chief, I, I didn't..."
"Shut up!"
The village chief glared at Lin Jinshan.
"Go call your father."
The people around were all villagers from the nearby village. The village chief felt that Lin Jinshan had brought shame to him and was not at all friendly to Lin Jinshan.
Lin Jinshan was a little unconvinced.
Then he thought about it and remembered that his father had told him that they were fleeing from famine and could not offend anyone. If they offended the village chief, it would be bad if the village chief kicked them out of the group.
Not long after, Lin Jinshan came with Lin Dongming and his family.
"Village Chief, are you looking for me?"
The village chief has been the head of Lijia Village for twenty years and still has some authority.
"Lin Dongming, look at what your son has done."
After listening to this, Lin Dongming turned to look at Lin Jiuyue and her brother.
The two of them were lowering their heads at the moment, as if they had really suffered some great injustice.
"Village Chief, this..."
The village chief was angry and flicked his sleeves.
"Hmph, no matter what, the Jiuyue siblings are still your nephews and nieces. Are you being worthy of your dead brother by treating them like this?"
After being scolded by the village chief, Lin Dongming immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake. His attitude was as sincere as it could be.
"Alright, alright, stop saying so much useless stuff. There's still some food at home, right? Give some to Jiuyue and her brother."
Lin Dongming: ...
When Lin Jinshan heard what the village chief said, he immediately refuted it.
"Village chief, we don't have much food left at home, and we don't know where we can get it. If we give this to the siblings, what will happen to our family?"
The village chief was already angry, and when he heard Lin Dongming's words, he frowned.
"Lin Dongming, don't forget where your family's food comes from! Jiuyue and her brother should also have a share of that food!"
The first and second wives had separated, but after Lin Dongyang's death, the house was given to Lin Dongming's family to live in temporarily. The fields were also given to Lin Dongming's family to farm.
It is reasonable and moral to give some food to Lin Jiuyue and her brother.
"Village Chief, look at what you said. Although our family is farming the fields in Dongyang, you know that there has been a drought in the past two years. Nothing can be grown in the fields. We haven't harvested two grains of grain, and we're almost going to lose all the seeds..."
The village chief saw that Lin Dongming was so ungrateful.
"Lin Dongming, will you give us the food? If not, you can find a way out on your own. Don't follow our villagers. There are no ungrateful people like you in our Lijia Village."
Lin Dongming: ...
"This old man, does he really think he's that important? If he wasn't the village chief, I'd punch him in the head right now!"
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