Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Lin Yinan laughed angrily, pushed her away and protected Li Shulan, saying coldly, "If you have the ability, go back and save her yourself."

"Anan, there were some misunderstandings between our two families in the past, but this cannot be an excuse for you to watch my brother die without helping him!"

Lin Qiutou walked out of the crowd, quickly reached out to support her mother, and began to blame Lin Yinan in tears.

Lin Yinan looked coldly at the tea-smelling girl, trying hard to search for memories about the white lotus in his mind.

Lin Qiutao, 15 years old, is from the same village as her.

As for the misunderstanding she mentioned, it was actually Yu Suqin's own wishful thinking and her parents had no connection with her family at all.

Lin Qiutou's mother Yu Suqin liked her father Lin Zheng and had dreamed of marrying Brother Zheng when she grew up since she was a child. However, who knew that it was just a dream in the end.

A dog licks another dog until he ends up with nothing. This is Yu Suqin.

After Lin Zheng passed the imperial examination at the age of 18, he married the daughter of his mentor. Yu Suqin has been resentful of him ever since.

Later, her family arranged for her to marry Lin Boren, the runner-up in Linjia Village who was inferior to Lin Zheng in everything and had bad luck.

After marriage, they also had two sons and three daughters.

The eldest son Lin Chaohui and his original brother Lin Yiheng studied together at Jiancheng Academy.

The second daughter, Lin Qiutao, is the same age as Lin Yinan. Influenced by her mother, she likes to compete with her in everything.

The third daughter is Lin Dongmei and the youngest daughter is Lin Chunfang.

The youngest son, Lin Chaoming, is the same age as his younger brother Lin Yian and studies at Qinglian Academy.

Thinking of this, Lin Yinan rolled his eyes and snorted, "Our family has no connection with you, so where does the misunderstanding come from? Don't put the blame on my family casually."

Lin Qiutao was speechless. Zhao snorted and continued, "Yu Suqin, why don't you tell us in front of everyone what misunderstanding there is between our two families?"

Yu Suqin's face turned pale.

Zhao continued, "It's nothing more than that you, a little whore, fell in love with my Lin Zheng when you were young. Unfortunately, my Lin Zheng didn't like you. You didn't give up and shamelessly married to Linjia Village. Your parents-in-law were also blinded by their greed to marry such a troublesome thing like you."

Some gossipy women started whispering.

"No wonder she always dresses up gorgeously when Lin Zheng comes back, and walks from one end of the village to the other all day long. So that's how it is."

"Yes, yes, I have seen it several times."

Seeing that Zhao had diverted the topic, Lin Qiutao blinked her big innocent eyes.

Pointing at Lu Changqing, he said, "Anan is so good at martial arts that he even saved other children. Why did he only save three children in the village and let my brother and other children in the village die without saving them?"

Just as Lin Yinan was about to speak, her grandmother Zhao stood in front of her.

"What? Just because my granddaughter is good at Kung Fu, she must save your brother and everyone else?"

Yu Suqin was unwilling to accept this and quickly jumped out to accuse him, "We are all from the same village, why didn't you save him? She is so cold-blooded!"

Lin Yinan's eyes were rolling up to the sky as he looked at the mother and daughter jumping around like they were clowns.

"Her aunt, we also escaped from the city with a narrow escape." Li Shulan tried to explain.

The villagers heard the quarrel and gradually gathered around.

Seeing that all the villagers were attracted over, Lin Qiutao's eyes were filled with hatred, and she wished she could cut Lin Yinan into pieces.

"Lin Yinan, you are just watching someone die without helping!"

Almost everyone in Linjia Village is literate. Qinglian Academy was founded by the ancestors of Linjia Village. The tuition fee is cheap, so many children from the city and surrounding villages, in addition to Linjia Village, were sent there to learn to read.

The villagers gathered around and started pointing fingers at Lin Yinan.

A woman cried, "Why didn't you save my son?"

The clan leader hugged his great-grandson and cried. When he heard the noise here getting louder and louder, he and the village chief pushed the crowd away.

"What's going on here?"

Yu Suqin and her daughter sang the same tune, wiping away tears as they told the story of how Lin Yinan had deliberately abandoned her son and other children in the village without rescuing them.

Some villagers were filled with indignation, clenched their fists, and wished they could go up and beat Lin Yinan up.

The clan leader’s great-grandson was rescued by Lin Yinan, so naturally he didn’t believe it.

The villager also didn't believe it. He looked at Lin Yinan and said, "Anan, can you tell me what happened?"

"No matter how much I say, no one will believe me. Why waste my breath? Just ask those three children and you will know." Lin Yinan said calmly.

She and her family lived in the city, so naturally she was not as familiar with the villagers as Yu Suqin's family.

Lin Daoqin was outside the crowd, being held by her mother. When she heard that her sister Anan, who had saved her, was slandered, her little face was puffed up with anger.

He broke free from his mother's arms and nimbly slipped through the crowd.

Standing in front of the village chief, he said in a crisp voice, "The barbarians tied us to the backyard of the government office, saying that they would offer the younger ones of us to their general to eat. Before Sister Anan came, the barbarians killed Lin Chaoming and Lu Changsheng. Changqing was shocked when he saw the barbarians chopping off his brother's head through the crack in the door."

Afterwards, Lin Daoqin eloquently told the villagers how they were rescued by Lin Yinan and how they escaped to the mountain.

When the truth came out, Yu Suqin fell to the ground in embarrassment, stroking her face and crying.

The villagers gathered around Lin Daoqin to inquire about the situation at the academy.

When he recalled the hell-like scene in the academy, no matter how brave he was, Lin Daoqin was still so scared that his face turned pale.

He only murmured, "Blood, so much blood, everyone is dead."

After saying that, he bent over and vomited.

Seeing Lin Daoqin's kindness, his mother, Mrs. Fan, pushed everyone away and said, "Why are you asking? Can't you see how scared my son is? If you want to know, go back and see for yourself."

The clan leader and the village chief waved to the villagers tactfully, "Go away, it's getting dark, go do what you need to do."

Lin Yinan led two horses and went to the simple tent that Lin Shuo had set up with Lu Changqing and Li Shulan, mother and son.

Aunt Zhang and my cousin had already prepared dinner, a pot of fairly thick wild vegetable and corn porridge.

Lin Yinan tied the horse under a nearby tree, carried a bow and arrow, carried two large bags, and led Lu Changqing towards the tent.

Zhang filled a large bowl with wild vegetables for the four of them and had half a bowl for herself.

Lu Changqing and Lin Yian took the bowls, sat obediently on the oilcloth, and started eating with big mouthfuls.

"Mom, what's this?" Li Shulan looked at her own bowl, then looked at the small half bowl of wild vegetable porridge in Zhao's hand, and hurriedly pushed the bowl towards her.

Her mother is the elder, so she feels a little embarrassed to let her eat from only a small bowl.

Zhao pushed the bowl back and said, "You are injured and have been traveling for several days. Eat more."

"Grandma, you can eat mine. I can't eat so much."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pushed and pushed each other back and forth, so Lin Yinan simply poured half of the wild vegetable porridge in the bowl into Zhao's bowl.

There was plenty of food in her space, but she couldn't just take it out, otherwise they would think she was a monster. She ate less and secretly added more food to her meal later.