An Shuyi had just sat down, and before the clan chief could even ask what was going on, the village chief had already entered.
“Sister-in-law, are you going to expel those children from the clan? That won’t do. They’re still young. With some more teaching, they might change.”
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When did she decide to expel those rebellious sons from the clan? How come she didn't know? Could it be that this old man has misunderstood?
“Mrs. Lin, you want to expel those children from the clan. This is absolutely unacceptable. I know those children are disobedient, but if you expel them from the clan, they will be truly finished.”
After they finished speaking, An Shuyi said, "Clan chief, village chief, when did I ever say that I wanted to expel several children from the clan? I never thought of that. I came here today to talk about the drought."
"However, the other elders haven't arrived yet. Let's wait a bit and talk about it later."
If this person hasn't arrived yet, we'll have to say it twice, which is too tiring. Let's just wait and meet up!
"It's not about exterminating the clan!" The clan chief and the village chief exchanged an awkward glance.
"Little Wood, why are you talking nonsense? Get things straight before you speak. Look at the mess you've made." The clan chief, having lived for decades longer than the village chief, immediately shifted the blame onto the village chief.
The village chief realized he had made a mistake. "Hehe, I just heard Liu say that my sister-in-law was looking for me. I didn't think there was anything else, so I assumed she wanted to expel the children from the clan."
"But sister-in-law, do you have any good solutions for this drought? It's already June, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the land is cracking, and the crops have long since turned into withered grass. Oh, what can we do!"
Now, apart from some green grass on the mountain, the rest of the land is dry. If it doesn't rain soon, they will have no choice but to flee.
Looking at the elderly people who came in, he said, "I came here today to talk about this. Tomorrow, my family will leave here and head south. While we still have some food and water, we should hurry up and escape. Maybe we can still find a way out."
But if we stay here and wait until the food and water run out, there will truly be no way to survive. You should discuss whether to stay or leave.”
After An Shuyi finished speaking, she sat there without moving! Anyway, it wasn't her decision to make the decision now.
The village chief sat there helplessly. He wanted to say, "Let's wait a little longer," but he was afraid that, as his sister-in-law had said, if they ran out of food and water, how would they escape to another place? They might die before they could even escape.
The clan chief slammed his hand on the table and said, "Listen to Lin Anshi, escape! Little Wood, go and tell the villagers now. Those who want to go can go, and those who don't, we don't care about them. We old folks are getting old, this is our root, we'll stay here."
"If you survive, just come back and kowtow to us." These old folks won't follow the children and become a burden to them; this way, their chances of escaping will be greater.
"No!" The village chief shook his head. "Chieftain, you should escape with us. We have many children at home, and we can take good care of you. If anything happens, at least you'll still have your children with you."
An Shuyi stood up. "Just like the village chief said, you should all escape together. Even if we escape from here, we might not be able to come back for several years, or we might never come back."
"If you stay here, you only have one option, but if you escape, you might be able to survive. So let's make that decision. Have the children pack their things, and make sure to bring plenty of water. Don't take anything that's not useful."
"I'm going back to pack my things. You all hurry up and meet at the village chief's house at 5:00 AM tomorrow. If you're there on time, you're leaving; if you're not, you're not leaving." With that, he hurriedly left.
The oldest clan leader in the village is only sixty years old, and the other elders are only in their fifties. Their families must not want to leave them here to fend for themselves.
An Shuyi didn't go home, but went to find Xia Hua. Even from a distance, she could hear Xia Hua's loud voice. This idiot, isn't she afraid of ruining her voice by shouting like that? She's forty years old, and she still doesn't know any better.
"Flower!"
"Shushu, what brings you here?" Xia Hua quickly told her sons to pack their things, and her daughter-in-law was also sent away. "Let me turn this off first. Shushu, what brings you here?"
“Let’s talk inside,” An Shuyi said, pulling her inside. “Huahua, do you have any buckets there, the really big kind, preferably cheap ones?”
If all the members of the Lin clan were to flee the famine together, they would certainly need a lot of water and food along the way. Although it wasn't her responsibility, she couldn't bear to see them just watching her have food and drink while they were helping her in the past.
When the original owner was still alive, they not only often helped persuade her rebellious sons, but also helped her with the work in the fields. When the original owner's husband died, the clan chief and his people took care of those things, so the original owner didn't have to worry about them.
If she didn't have the ability, she could ignore such tribesmen. But now that she has a trading system, and there's nothing in the warehouse, she can put more water in it so she can take it out when she runs out of water later.
As for food, they can only eat their own. When everyone runs out, they'll just wait to die together!
“Yes,” Xia Hua nodded, tapped her fingers in the air a few times, and suddenly a large white bucket appeared. “This is the biggest one, it’s 1.2 meters tall.”
An Shuyi looked at the bucket, a white plastic bucket, shaped like a big belly, with a lid on top, and asked, "How much does one of these buckets cost?"
"Five yuan each, isn't that cheap!" Xia Hua said playfully.
If a young woman said something so witty, she would be considered cute, but when an old woman says it, it just feels awful.
“It’s really cheap,” An Shuyi nodded. “Prepare fifty for me. As for the money, talking about it is all just empty talk. Once you’re settled, I’ll make you a dress with embroidery.”
Talking about money between the two of them would hurt their feelings, but she couldn't just take it from her for nothing. She would compensate her later. As for making clothes, she didn't know how, but the original owner did. Making clothes was a piece of cake; embroidering on clothes was the real skill.
"Okay, it's decided then. I'll wait for the clothes you make to wear." Xia Hua said, while frantically tapping the screen in the air.
"Shushu, I've already bought them!" As she spoke, many buckets appeared in the room. "Put these in your storeroom, and I'll take the rest."
Her room is too small; there's not enough room to hold fifty buckets.
“Okay,” An Shuyi quickly placed her hands on the buckets, and then the buckets disappeared. Only after all fifty buckets were placed in the warehouse did she tap the screen.
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