Chapter 16: There is an RV and a refrigerator

Chapter 16: There is an RV and a refrigerator

"They have come a long way, spending a lot of money, food and manpower to fight here. Would they care about the lives of the people in the conquered place? If they fail to capture the place after a long siege, fighting will break out and villages and cities will be massacred. It is not uncommon. War requires food, cloth, money, and soldiers. Where do these come from? As the old saying goes, soldiers and bandits are one family. How can they be polite to you after fighting all the way here? Do you still want to hide in the corners and wait for peace to come out? Do your families have enough food to eat for several years? What's more, there are no corners for you to hide. We are all flat land!" Lin Youcai was too lazy to argue. He took the water handed to him by his wife, drank the water and took a breath.

He continued, "Let's take a step back and put the other things aside. At least when the war reaches us, the outcome of their war must not have been decided yet! If it hasn't been decided yet, we have to keep fighting! Many people will die in a war. It's impossible to stop fighting halfway through with many deaths! We must continue fighting! The dead must be replaced by living people, and then we must capture able-bodied men and send them to the army! Our family..." Lin Youcai counted on his fingers, "There are 4 adult men in our family, and 10 boys who are in their early teens, a total of 7. Who do you think can escape being sent to the army? Even if I am a scholar, I can't escape during the war! Don't think that every family can have one or two people sent to the army! The people in the upper echelons only want to win the war, and they don't care about the lives of the people!"

Lin Zisu thought to herself, the imperial power of all dynasties would never care about the lives of the people! The lives of the people are not as important as the imperial power! As long as the people don't die, there will always be people, just like leeks, which grow again after being cut, and are very tenacious. Oh, what a hellish start, my head is buzzing...

"Not even one of them will do! If any of them goes to exile, it will cost me my life!!!" When Old Lady Wang heard that her children and grandchildren were going to be exiled, her voice immediately rose and she even shouted out loud!

"Shh! Shh! Oh my god! Keep your voice down! Although everyone knows it, they only say it in secret. When those people in the city leave, they still give plausible reasons to the outside world, such as something happened in their hometown, their elders are sick, they have to go out of town to visit relatives, they have business in other places, etc. After all, the soldiers haven't reached the door yet! Our village is not far from the city. What if someone with a mental disorder runs to the government office and accuses us of spreading rumors and inciting the people? What will happen then?"

Mrs. Lu grabbed her husband Lin Youfu's arm and sobbed, "Wuwuwuwu... Let's listen to Fourth Brother! If you and your sons are taken away and sent to the army!!! I won't live either!"

"Dad! Let's run away with our whole family! I haven't heard of many people who were captured and sent to exile coming back alive! Oh, God! My child! Wuuuuuuu~" Feng leaned against Lin Youxiang, covering her face, and her tears wet the back of her husband's clothes.

Yang raised her hand to wipe her tears, standing beside her husband Lin Yougui in fear, looking at her fourth brother, then at her parents-in-law. Thinking about her family, and worrying that her husband and son would really be taken away and sent to exile, the more she wiped her tears, the more she cried.

Old man Lin's hunched back became even more hunched in just half an hour. He picked up the pipe, put it in his mouth, and took it down again. He didn't light it, but just puffed it out of habit. "Alas, this is forcing the people to live a miserable life!"

Old Lady Wang stood up and said anxiously, "What are you talking about? Pack up! Go! Wait for the knife to be put to your neck!"

"Mom, mom, please sit down first! My sisters-in-law, go and kill the poultry first, we can't take them on the road!" Lin Youcai helped Old Lady Wang sit down.

Old Lady Wang stroked her chest, thinking of the old hens, ducks, and geese at home. Her heart ached. She gritted her teeth and said, "You guys go boil some water and clean up the chickens and ducks!"

Lin Youcai glanced at his wife.

Shen Xianglan noticed the look and said, "Sisters-in-law, let's go. Let's go and clean up the poultry!" Then she opened the door to the main room and pulled out the three sisters-in-law whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.

After the door of the main room was closed again, only Lin Youcai's four brothers, Old Man Lin, Old Lady Wang, and Lin Zisu and her sister were left in the room.

Lin Youcai looked at his parents and brothers and said, "On the road not far from the city, we met the two siblings and returned to the city together. We packed up the things at home and bought some things for the road. I told my father-in-law and his family about their move south, and they will go with us. I also told my sister's family, and the Shi family will go with us."

Lin Youfu: "I will definitely tell them if I can. My wife's family is too far away. There is no other way. When are we leaving?"

"My wife's parents' home is in the next village. I'll go there when the time comes." After Lin Yougui said this, he was glared at by Old Lady Wang.

Lin Youxiang: "My wife's family is far away too... Yeah, so when are we leaving? Should we tell the villagers?"

"I must tell the villagers. It's safer to flee together! Tomorrow morning, let's tell the elders, the head of the tribe, the relatives, and the people we know!" Lin Youcai thought for a while, "When should we set out... the day after tomorrow! It's better to leave early than late. It's safer to walk in front. Pack the food, pack up the poultry and livestock and take them away. Are the millet and beans in the fields ready to be harvested?"

Old Man Lin sighed, "It is possible to harvest, but it will take some time. They are all green crops."

Lin Youxiang immediately said: "No matter what kind of food it is, if we can take it away, it's ours, and if we can't take it away, it belongs to others."

"We need to slaughter the pig at home! And there are a bunch of chickens, ducks and geese! We can't eat them all at once. In such hot weather, they will go bad soon! There's no time to make them into bacon!" Lin Yougui said worriedly.

Old Lady Wang frowned and cursed, "You want to eat it all at once! How can we survive? We don't know what will happen along the way! Just make all the meat into jar meat, it can be stored for a long time!"

Lin Youcai nodded: "Mom is right, I really don't know what will happen along the way! Whether I can buy meat, oil, grain and salt later is a problem! You can eat less meat and oil, but you can't eat none at all! Without any oil and meat, you will be weak and can't poop! I even bought two cans of oil and salt!"

Lin Youcai looked at his second brother Lin Yougui who wanted to speak, "It's hot in this weather, and I know food will spoil easily. Even if it's made into jar meat, I'm worried that it will go bad during the journey. First, listen to me, what's going on with that car outside!" Lin Youcai told them the RV story that the family of four had discussed in the RV, and the two siblings added a sentence from time to time.

After saying this, Lin Youcai looked at the shocked crowd with a serious face, "This matter should only be known to our family members! Don't tell anyone! This car is our guarantee for the journey!"

Old Lady Wang glared and lowered her voice to look at everyone in the room, "What kind of house and car is this? Is it really as magical as the fourth son said? That's the car that saves our family's lives! No one can tell anyone!" She pointed at her four sons, "Neither your wives nor your in-laws can tell anyone! If anyone tells anyone, I will tear his mouth to pieces!" She turned to look at the fourth son, Lin Youcai, "Have you two told anyone? And you two siblings, don't let anyone trick you into telling lies! Keep your mouths shut!"

Everyone nodded blankly.

Lin Youxiang said speechlessly: "Mom, we are not stupid!"

"It's really the Bodhisattva's presence! Bodhisattva bless you! The two siblings are back, and they brought back the fairy's car!" Old Mrs. Wang clasped her hands together and muttered to herself.

"Dad, Mom, let's not sleep tonight. We probably won't be able to sleep! Brothers, cover the pig's mouth, kill the pig, and make meat into a jar. We only have one day, so hurry up!"

"How can we cover it up? The whole village will hear the pig's squealing!" Old Man Lin looked at Si'er disapprovingly.

Lin Youcai: "Try your best! It's better than killing pigs in broad daylight. We also need to boil lard and cook jar meat. The aroma will spread all over the village! Everyone is asleep at night, so even if we hear noise, we don't want to come and see. The nearest house to ours is dozens of meters away!"

Lin Youfu: "Yes, Dad! It's not a fire. Someone is shouting for help! It's dark in the middle of the night and we have to work during the day. Who will get up to see it?"

Lin Yougui: "We will hold him down tightly and try to cover his mouth!"

"What I'm thinking is to get rid of these poultry and livestock tonight, and harvest the corn and beans in the field tomorrow. It will be more reassuring if we get it done early. Think about it, is it better to escape in front and walk with a bunch of rich people, or to walk among a bunch of refugees? Even if you fall behind the rich, it's safer than walking among a large group of refugees! The sooner you leave, the better! The brother and sister were able to escape home safely because the car ran fast and they escaped in front!"

"I got it, I got it! Let's go check out the car!" Old Man Lin stood up.

Everyone in the room looked at Lin Youcai, their eyes filled with anticipation and curiosity.

Lin Youcai nodded, "Let's go!"

Everyone walked to the RV. Lin Youcai lifted the reed curtain and tried to pull the door. He pulled it several times, but the door didn't move at all.

Lin Zisu grabbed her father's sleeve, and Lin Youcai instantly understood what he meant and stepped aside.

Lin Zisu reached out and grasped the door handle, the door opened smoothly, she walked into the RV and turned on the lights. The lights that lit up instantly blinded everyone in the Lin family and they closed their eyes for a while before opening them. They looked at the strange and novel house and car in front of them, staring blankly here and there.

Lin Youxiang couldn't help but murmur, "It's really a fairy's car!"

Lin Youcai, Lin Xianwen, and Lin Zisu stood outside the car and asked everyone to go up and see for themselves.

Anything that is particularly eye-catching should be put away during the day.

The three of them waited for a moment, and Lin Youcai went up to open the refrigerator's refrigerator and freezer to introduce them to his parents and brothers.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't stop smiling.

"This fairy stuff is different!" Old Man Lin wanted to reach out and touch it, but then retracted his hand. Lin Youcai grabbed Old Man Lin's hand, reached into the refrigerator, and then touched the freezer to feel it.

"It's so cold! Look, the things in the cabinet are so hard and cold! What a treasure! Taoist priest, no, immortal priest, the car used by immortals can still hold ice in the hot summer!"

"Needless to say, things from the gods must be extraordinary!" Old Lady Wang stretched out her hand with shining eyes, touching here and looking there, "This bed is really nice! It's so soft! The quilt and mattress on this bed are the first time I've seen them!"

"With this cabinet that can freeze things, we have a place to store food during our journey, and we don't have to worry about it going bad." Lin Youfu looked around the refrigerator.

Lin Youxiang squeezed over and said, "Brother, let me see."

"And me." The second brother, Lin Yougui, followed behind the third brother.

There were limited spaces in the RV, and after a while of looking around for a while, the Lin family had already accepted the idea of ​​escaping. They also had confidence in the journey.