"Chief! Are you abandoning us? We'll eat less from now on! We finally found you! You can't just leave us like this!"
Lin Ru pushed away that handsome face that looked aggrieved!
"Speak freely, but don't get so close to me! I didn't say I didn't want you! Forget it! Eat whatever you want, as long as you behave, I promise I won't let you starve!"
Wu Ling was overjoyed to hear this. Sure enough, Wu Juan was right. The clan leader looked like a cold-faced but soft-hearted person. As long as he acted coquettishly and pretended to be wronged, she would soften her heart!
It was worth it for him to spend the whole night learning how to act cute from Wu Juan!
Lin Ru didn't want to see Wu Ling, who was 1.86 meters tall, acting coy and affected, so she left with her three younger brothers!
On the way back, Lin Qing said admiringly, "Elder sister! They're amazing! Look at that big basin of theirs, it looks like it can hold four pounds!"
"I can only eat a little over a pound in one meal!"
"I want to be like them in the future, not only with the highest martial arts skills, but also with the most food!"
Lin Bai rolled her eyes at Lin Qing, "No one can afford to feed you! That's all white rice, polished rice! We're lucky to have potatoes to eat now! Eating white rice is just too extravagant!"
Hearing this, Lin Ru smiled and patted the heads of the three of them!
"Thinking so much at such a young age won't make you grow tall. Don't worry! Your eldest sister will definitely be able to support you all and make sure you eat white rice every day, at every meal!"
"If we find any unconquered towns along the way, let's go in and buy some more grain! With Wu Ling and the others with us, the journey will be safer!"
The three little ones nodded in agreement, and the four siblings happily went to eat. This time, the rice was cooked, and the dishes were pickled radishes, salted cucumbers, stir-fried wild vegetables, and stewed potatoes with dried radishes!
Although there was no meat this time, these few dishes were still very appetizing!
The Bai family members ate until they were stuffed again!
Lin Qing rubbed her belly and muttered softly, "Bellis, oh belly! I've eaten so much this time, can you hold out for a few more days before I get hungry again?"
"Otherwise, I would have eaten all this for nothing!"
Bai Yongkang, who was standing to the side, burst out laughing when he heard Lin Qing's words!
"Cousin! I bet your stomach won't listen to you. You'll have all that food in your stomach by tonight!"
Lin Qing turned around angrily, indicating her disbelief!
"I don't believe it! My tummy listens to me the most!"
Bai Yongkang laughed even harder when he heard this, and even raised his hand to pinch Lin Qing's puffed-up cheeks!
But Lin Qing dodged it!
"Cousin! Don't pinch me with your oily hands, it'll get all over me!"
"My eldest sister gave me these new clothes, and she also washed my face this morning!"
"I'm very clean, unlike you who looks like a little kitten!"
"My eldest sister won't let me play with dirty kids!"
Hearing this, the adults nearby looked at Bai Yongkang's blushing face and burst into laughter!
Bai Yongkang quickly stood up and ran to wash his hands and face, feeling extremely embarrassed!
Lin Qing even made a face at his back!
Lin Ru patted his head affectionately, "Alright! Let's go! We should pack our things and leave!"
About half an hour later!
Everyone had finished packing up, but fearing they wouldn't find a place to drink water later, they were lining up at the well to drink their fill before leaving!
Several people almost threw up from drinking it, but they kept drinking it!
In the end, it was Bai Chengen who stepped in and explained to them that drinking too much water could also be harmful to their health, and only then did these people give up!
Lin Ru distributed the knives that Master Huang's men were holding to the able-bodied men in Shili Village!
The carts and horses that they no longer needed were also distributed, because of the precedent set by Old Man Xu! They were afraid of following in Old Man Xu's footsteps, so no one had any objections to this distribution.
Moreover, those carts were also for their public use, with buckets and anything else that could hold water on them!
By the time they left the village, it was almost the end of the 11 PM!
Lin Ru looked at the sky and urged the Bai family members leading the way to quicken their pace!
They need to find their next place to stay before dark!
The Bai family is now leading the way!
Lin Ru's family and the Wu clan members were there to clean up the mess!
Everyone walked so fast that they didn't stop at all, even at noon!
Along their journey, they encountered many refugees just like themselves!
They looked at the villagers of Shili Village, all carrying several large bundles on their backs, with carts behind them loaded with what appeared to be sacks of grain! The cart in the middle was swaying, leaking a lot of water!
They licked their cracked, bleeding lips, their eyes gleaming with greed!
However, the group from Shili Village not only had a large number of members, but most of them were young and strong men carrying long knives.
In fact, when the villagers in Shili Village discovered that there were refugees ahead, the able-bodied men who had been given knives walked out to the outer perimeter in perfect unison and took out their long knives!
Seeing this, the group of refugees dared not step forward and cause trouble!
However, those eyes, as sharp as a venomous snake, still made the hairs stand on end in everyone in the ten-mile village!
The crowd quickened their pace!
Lin Ru asked them to take out their oilcloths and cover the water buckets. She also took out her own oilcloth and covered the grain cart behind them!
Wu Ling asked, somewhat puzzled, "Clan leader! What are we afraid of them for? If they dare to rob us, we'll kill them all with one strike!"
Lin Ru glared at him, "Kill, kill, kill! All you ever do is kill! Don't deliberately expose problems that can be avoided and waste your energy!"
"And another thing! You can just call me by my full name! You don't have to call me clan leader! It sounds awkward to me when you call me that. Or you can follow their lead and call me Miss Lin or Young Lady Lin!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Ling's face flushed red again!
Then, quite shyly, she called out, "Lin Ru!"
Lin Ru was speechless at how this tall, handsome man blushed every time he spoke to her!
Just as she was about to say something more, she heard a very quiet grumbling behind her.
"Look at the young clan leader, he just called the clan leader by name, and look at him with that worthless grin!"
"Honestly! Why is he blushing like that? I've never seen him blush in the clan. He always has a cold face like someone owes him money. How come he's like this as soon as we come out?"
"This is so embarrassing!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ru cautiously glanced at Wu Ling beside her, only to see that his smile had frozen at the corner of his mouth, and his face was growing increasingly dark.
And the complaints continued!
"Although the clan leader is indeed handsome, he's too young. He hasn't even developed the features he should have yet. Why are you blushing so much because of him? You're so pathetic! Look at my breasts! My butt! My face! They're not bad either!"
Now it was Lin Ru's turn to be embarrassed! Lin Ru and Wu Ling both looked down at Lin Ru's flat chest!
Lin Ru noticed the gaze from the side, looked up and glared at him fiercely!
This made Wu Ling blush again!
The owner of that voice had no idea that her clan leader and young clan leader were so embarrassed by her words that they were practically crawling on the ground with their toes!
She kept talking!
"Wu Fei! Why is this young clan leader acting like he's never met a woman before?"
"Every day, he wants to eat more, but he's afraid the clan leader will get angry! He even needs me to come up with ideas for him! He actually spent the whole night learning how to act cute!"
"It's so embarrassing, I don't even want to say I know him!"
"Wu Fei! Say something! Isn't that right?"
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