Nanyue Kingdom, the 56th year of Jinghe.
In the scorching summer, the sun is high in the sky and the air is filled with heat waves. People keep fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans, trying to find a little coolness.
However, Qing'an County has been experiencing drought for a whole year since May of last year. The wind blowing out is always hot and stuffy.
At this time, Lin Jiuyue was lying in a small dilapidated house in Lijia Village.
"Have you packed everything? Tomorrow morning, the villagers will leave to escape the famine, and we have to follow them."
"Boss, you said it hasn't rained since last year. It's been dry for so long, but no one in the capital knows about it?"
Other villages had already begun fleeing the famine a month ago. Lijia Village was only beginning to do so now because there was a spring on the hill behind the village. While the water wasn't much, it was constantly bubbling out, providing enough food and water for the villagers.
But in recent days, the springs in the village have stopped gushing water, and the people of Lijia Village have had to start fleeing famine.
Lin Jiuyue heard the conversation between a man and a woman in a daze. She wanted to open her eyes to see who was talking, but she couldn't.
"Who knows? We are just ordinary people. There is no point in worrying so much. Let's pack up quickly."
Soon, the sound of someone packing things up was heard in the house.
Lin Jiuyue's brain felt like it was about to explode, and she felt a piercing pain. Her memory was in disarray.
I traveled through time!
No way! I haven't even avenged my great vengeance yet? How did I travel through time? Did God think my death was too unfair, so he gave me a chance to be reborn?
After a long while, Lin Jiuyue finally received all of the original owner's memories.
The original owner was also called Lin Jiuyue, sixteen years old. I heard that because the original owner was born in September, he was named Lin Jiuyue.
Lin Jiuyue has a ten-year-old brother named Lin Qiye. When Lin Qiye was born, there was a newly planted pear tree in the yard that had exactly seven leaves. So, he was named Lin Qiye.
Although the names of the two siblings were chosen somewhat casually, the original owner's parents doted on them just as much.
The original owner's father and uncle were brothers. They had fled to Lijia Village and had no other relatives. Later, both brothers married and settled down in Lijia Village.
When the original owner was fourteen years old, his parents were killed by passing bandits on their way back to the village from the market. The original owner's mother was an orphan with few relatives, let alone grandparents.
Lin Jiuyue and Lin Qiye, a brother and sister who lost both their parents, became poor little creatures living under the care of others.
Lin Jiuyue just heard the voices of a man and a woman, who were the original owner's uncle and aunt.
The reason why Lin Jiuyue had been lying in bed for so long was because she went up the mountain to look for food. She accidentally rolled down the mountain and hit her head on a rock. That was why she had been lying in bed for so long.
Who knew that as soon as I woke up, I heard the original owner's uncle and aunt say that the villagers in the village would start fleeing famine tomorrow.
This made Lin Jiuyue, who had just woken up, curse in her heart!
"Boss, when we're fleeing this time, what are we going to do with that money-losing guy lying on the bed?"
The aunt nodded towards the room where Lin Jiuyue was.
"What else can we do? We can't even protect ourselves now, do we have to take her with us to escape the famine? If it were in the past, we could have taken her with us, but now she is still injured, we can't let her hold us back."
Lin Jiuyue, lying on the bed, frowned.
The original owner's uncle and aunt don't look like good people.
"Alas, what a pity! I don't know when that money-losing bastard will wake up. If he were a good person, maybe he could be exchanged for a bag of food."
The two thought that Lin Jiuyue had not woken up yet, and were whispering in the room about where Lin Jiuyue and her brother should go next.
"That money-loser is hopeless, but doesn't the second brother still have a son? What about that little bastard? If we abandon him, the villagers will definitely look at us strangely."
"You know, the village head said back then that if we don't raise those two siblings to adulthood, we won't get the house."
"Oh, it's my fault too. I agreed to it because I wanted this little advantage. Now there's a drought and everyone is fleeing the famine. No one wants this house even if I give it away."
"Take that little bastard with you first. We're going to escape famine anyway, and there are all kinds of dangers along the way. Who knows when that little bastard will disappear? The village head won't be able to find anything to say then."
Lin Dongming said with gritted teeth.
In order to get his brother's house, he had to agree to the village head's request to raise his brother's two children.
Who knew we'd have to flee after just over two years of living here, before we even felt comfortable in the house? If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't have agreed. Whoever wants this house can have it!
"Boss, you are really smart. Why didn't I think of this?"
Liu Xiaohua grinned, revealing her big yellow teeth, and flattered with a smile.
"That's right, otherwise why would I be your man?"
The two were discussing how to get rid of Lin Jiuyue and Lin Qiye, the two encumbrances. As they were discussing, a gloomy face was staring at them from the doorway.
"Uncle, aunt, are you going to abandon us two siblings? Don't forget what you promised the village head. If you do this, will the village head let you go? Will the villagers stab you in the back?"
When Lin Dongming heard the sound, he turned around and saw Lin Jiuyue standing at the door with a gloomy face. He was caught off guard and was frightened.
Liu Xiaohua patted her chest in fear.
"Oh, Lin Jiuyue, you're such a money-loser. You have such a gloomy face. Do you want to scare people to death?"
Lin Dongming, sitting on the stool, looked at Lin Jiuyue, who was standing at the door, with a guilty conscience.
Lin Jiuyue used to be so well-behaved. Maybe it was because she knew she was living under someone else's roof or something else? She never talked back to me and my wife.
How come after falling down, he was in a bad mood after waking up? Not only that, his temperament and expression were like a completely different person.
How strange, how strange!
"Heh~ If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. Aunt, you've done too many wrong things, haven't you?"
When Liu Xiaohua heard this, she started to stutter.
"Who, who did something wrong? I, your aunt, didn't do anything wrong."
Lin Jiuyue sneered.
"Whether you have done something wrong or not, there is no need for me to tell you. My aunt knows it all too well."
Lin Dongming, who had not spoken, stood up at this moment.
"Jiuyue, it's not that your uncle and aunt don't want to take you two with them. You know, we've been suffering from drought for so long, and we're in the midst of a famine. You fell and fell unconscious before, and we don't have the money to treat you. Time is too tight, and we don't have time to arrange for you."
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