After being lectured by his sister's fierce words, Lin Qiye successfully avoided a beating and thanked Ji Liangchuan gratefully.
"Brother Ji, I'm lucky to have you. Otherwise, I would have been beaten to death by my sister today."
Lin Qiye looked like he had survived a disaster, which made Ji Liangchuan's mouth twitch.
Even if I wasn't there, Lin Qiye wouldn't have been beaten to death. The acting skills of this brother and sister were good enough to fool the villagers.
"Don't worry, your sister won't beat you to death. You are her only brother."
Lin Qiye smiled awkwardly.
Although the lie was not exposed, Lin Qiye knew that Brother Ji in front of him was not deceived at all.
"Haha, you'll have to get a beating too..."
In this way, with the brother and sister's hard work in their "performance", they successfully hid it from everyone and raised the six little wild boars in the space.
When the villagers saw Lin Jiuyue and her brother and Ji Liangchuan returning with two adult wild boars and a little wild boar, their eyes lit up with envy.
Some villagers couldn't help but think of the tiger meat that Lin Jiuyue and Ji Liangchuan had shared with their families before. Then, looking at the two adult wild boars, they hoped that they could also get some meat this time.
The smarter villagers have already spoken.
"Jiuyue girl, Ji family boy, do you want to deal with this wild boar? If you need help, just tell us, and we will all come to help you."
Lin Jiuyue and Ji Liangchuan looked at each other and agreed immediately.
When everyone flees together, distributing some good things among them can win people's hearts.
If you eat alone, the villagers will definitely gossip about you.
It’s not that I’m afraid that these villagers will do something weird, but I feel that there is no need for that at all.
We are all refugees. Although I am not a saint, I grew up under the red flag and the education I received does not allow me to do this.
The little bit of meat that I gave away was nothing to me, but to these villagers, that little bit of meat might be life-saving.
"Okay, everyone come and help, and everyone will have a share of the wild boar."
There is no basin big enough in the wild to burn pig hair, and the skin of this wild boar is thick, so Lin Jiuyue doesn't plan to use it.
Just let Ji Liangchuan peel off the wild boar skin and discard the fur.
The villagers helped together and the two adult wild boars were dealt with in a short time.
In accordance with previous practice, Lin Jiuyue distributed a pound of meat to each villager. After the two adult wild boars were divided, there was still a lot of meat left, which was collected by Lin Jiuyue and Ji Liangchuan.
The weather was too hot, and Lin Jiuyue had salted the tiger meat, fearing it would spoil. Now, the wild boar meat was pickled as well.
Lin Jiuyue looked at the hanging meat and felt very satisfied.
There was so much meat that if it was placed on a cart, even if it was marinated with salt, Lin Jiuyue was still worried that it would go bad.
At night, Lin Jiuyue placed the wild boar meat over the fire and smoked it, so that the pickled meat became smoked meat.
The meat has been marinated with salt and then smoked for two nights, so the moisture has dried out a lot and it is unlikely to go bad in a short period of time.
Of course, Lin Jiuyue also secretly placed some meat in the space. The space has a fresh-keeping function, so she can take out fresh meat when she wants to eat it in the future.
But I can only eat it secretly.
During the two days of his stay, Ji Liangchuan taught Lin Jiuyue and Lin Qiye how to practice kung fu whenever he had time, starting from the very basics.
I don’t know if it’s because the brother and sister are so quick to understand or what, but in just two days, they made amazing progress.
Time passed quickly, and Lin Jiuyue and others had stayed for two days.
night.
"Jiuyue girl, Ji family boy, we have to hurry on our journey tomorrow. We don't know what the future holds."
The village chief sat in front of the fire with a sad look on his face.
After staying here for two days, every family had meat and wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. Everyone ate better than when they were in the village. Many people felt that it would be better to just live here.
When the village chief learned of the villagers' thoughts, he sighed in his heart.
Why wouldn't I want that? Here we have water and vegetables, and even meat from time to time.
But the meat didn't come for free. It was brought by Jiuyue Girl and the Ji Family Boy. If it weren't for them, some of these villagers might have starved to death.
You can rely on others' help for a day or two, but what about the long term? It's impossible to live on help forever, right?
"Village Chief, why worry so much? Just take it one step at a time."
Lin Jiuyue didn’t know what the future would hold, but given the current situation, it was probably not very good.
Ji Liangchuan was looking at the fire, not knowing what he was thinking.
The village chief sighed again.
“It would be nice if I could live here.”
Lin Jiuyue: ...
Let’s not talk about whether the villagers can deal with the wild beasts in the mountains. Even if they can, it is impossible for them to survive here.
Although this group of people were refugees fleeing famine, the imperial court could not just leave them alone.
In the feudal ancient times, when natural disasters occurred, the imperial court could pretend not to see them, but if you did not submit to the imperial court, the imperial court would not be so easy to deal with.
"Village chief, as the village chief, you know this is impossible. The court cannot allow so many people to live here."
If we set up camp here and live here, we will definitely be regarded as rebels or bandits by the imperial court. When the imperial court sends troops, how can we resist with just a bunch of old, weak and sick people? Isn't it just a dead end?
"Oh, that's what I thought."
Lin Jiuyue didn't respond.
Speaking of the imperial court, it's really disgusting.
The drought had been over for so long, and the imperial court had only allocated two relief grains, each time only a tiny amount. They didn't care about the lives of the victims at all.
Now they have even issued an edict asking the victims to go to their respective resettlement sites on their own. Isn’t this tantamount to abandoning these victims?
There is no food, but people are still required to travel such a long distance. Who knows how many people will die along the way.
Lin Jiuyue sighed and shook her head.
"September girl, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just feel the road ahead is uncertain."
"Who says it's not true? When can we finally live a truly peaceful and prosperous life?"
The village chief shook his head and returned to the cave.
It's so hot sitting by the fire. I don't know how September girl and the boy from the Ji family managed to sit there for so long.
After the village chief left, Lin Jiuyue stared at Ji Liangchuan.
Perhaps feeling that Lin Jiuyue was staring at him, Ji Liangchuan raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jiuyue.
"What's the matter?"
"Ji Liangchuan, I know you're not an ordinary person. Could you please tell me why the imperial court didn't provide food relief? Is it true that the treasury is empty, as the imperial edict says?"
Lin Jiuyue couldn't believe that the treasury was empty.
Before the drought, Lijia Village had a good harvest and paid a lot of taxes every year.
This is the case in Lijia Village, and it must be the same in other places.
Since so much tax is paid, how can the treasury be empty?
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