On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

Chapter 240 Emergency Situation

Village chief Lin was suddenly taken away by the police. The villagers were terrified, fearing that the county magistrate would want to exploit them just like the county magistrate next door, Yang.

The only solution the worried villagers could think of was to pack up their belongings and flee. Their lives now were just a matter of eating watery porridge every day. If they were exploited like this again, they would not be able to survive.

Village Chief Lin listened to what everyone said and said helplessly: "I think you are just idle. You stay at home all day and daydream about nothing. Do you think life outside is so easy?"

Some villagers murmured quietly: "At least we can survive if we get out."

Village chief Lin knew that if he didn't explain it clearly to everyone today, he would not be able to dispel the villagers' concerns.

"Okay, it's dark here and not a place to talk. Let's talk about it when we get home." After saying that, he stopped arguing with the villagers and walked towards home first.

The villagers also realized that they were too hasty and silently followed Village Chief Lin back home.

Soon, the main hall of Village Chief Lin's house was filled with villagers who had rushed over after hearing the news. There were so many people that some even stood outside the door.

Under the dim light, Patriarch Lin sat in the middle of the main hall. He had been rushing all day and didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, so he answered the villagers' worries.

He told the villagers everything he had seen and heard in Songjia Village today, no matter how big or small.

When the villagers present heard such good news, they even thought they were dreaming.

Someone even pinched his thigh, cried out in pain, and then said happily: "It's true, it's true, I'm not dreaming!"

Some women even secretly wiped away tears when they heard such good news, which meant that they would not have to leave their hometown.

During a break in the villagers' heated discussion, Village Chief Lin finally found a moment to drink a bowl of water in one breath, and only then did he feel better.

He knocked on the table and waited for the villagers to quiet down before continuing, "On the way back, I thought about this. This disaster year is different from previous years. I'm thinking, let's take the seeds of thirty acres of land back in the name of the village. When the time comes, we will do the same as Songjia Village and concentrate on planting near the water source. Everyone will work together to take care of and patrol. What do you think?"

When the villagers heard this, they also thought that this method was better. It would definitely be more secure if they concentrated the strength of the entire village to plant and care for crops.

"Village chief, we will listen to you!" After hearing the arrangements made by Chief Lin, the villagers expressed their opinions one after another.

Village Chief Lin stood up and said to the villagers, "In this case, let's go back and have some rest. We need to set off early tomorrow."

Until this moment, the villagers, who had been hanging on the ground for a whole day, finally felt relieved and everyone got up to go home. In fact, the villagers were so excited that they didn't feel sleepy at all.

But they also knew that the village chief had worked hard all day and might not even have a bite of food at this moment, so the villagers didn't want to disturb him again.

They left the village chief's house in groups of three or four and gathered under a large locust tree not far away to discuss where to plant the seeds after they got them back.

The excited villagers chatted until the moon was mid-rise. Considering that they had to get up early the next day, they went home and went to bed reluctantly.

But no one would have thought that the accident would come so suddenly.

Late in the night, the small mountain village had just returned to peace when suddenly a rapid knock on the door broke the silence of the night sky.

Village chief Lin, who had just laid down for a short while, was called out by the anxious villagers.

Village Chief Lin rubbed his eyes, which were too sleepy to open, and said with some dissatisfaction: "It's still two hours before dawn, you are too anxious!"

A villager stepped forward with a worried look on his face and said, "Village chief, it's bad, something big has happened!"

Village Chief Lin's face darkened and he scolded, "Talk properly, why are you so flustered?"

The villager swallowed nervously, "Something bad has happened to the village chief. Someone from my family said...the neighboring county town was breached by disaster victims, and it was said that County Magistrate Yang was also killed by angry disaster victims!"

Village Chief Lin was sobered up instantly after being frightened. He stepped forward and grabbed the other person's hand, and asked urgently, "How did you know this?"

"My daughter is married to Nanyang County. Today, my son-in-law hunted a few wild rabbits in the mountains. He traveled for most of the day and originally planned to sell the prey in the county and exchange it for some food to bring back."

"Just when he was carrying his prey to the city and looking for a restaurant to sell it, a fight broke out in the county town, and a large group of victims rushed to the county government office."

"He said that when he was running out of the city, he heard someone clamoring behind him that the county magistrate had been captured by the victims and they wanted to hang him on the city wall to vent their anger!"

"Village head, our village is adjacent to Nanyang County. Do you think we should flee? What if the disaster victims come to our place to rob us?"

After hearing the news, the villager was very frightened. He was at a loss and went to find the village chief overnight.

Village chief Lin also knew that this matter was of great importance, so he immediately sent someone to call everyone in the village to discuss it.

Everyone gathered at the village chief's house in high spirits. The villagers who didn't understand what was going on were still in the mood to tease, "Village chief, you are too anxious. It's still a while before dawn!"

Someone couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Lin Laosan, what do you know? We are far away from Songjia Village. If you don't go earlier, if the things are divided up by others, you won't have a place to cry."

"That's right! I wonder how many people are eyeing these high-yield pumpkin seeds. I think we should go now. The sooner the better!"

Village Chief Lin saw that everyone was arguing, and he knocked on the table with a bit of exhaustion, "Okay, everyone, be quiet and listen to me."

After Village Chief Lin finished speaking, the villagers' faces were no longer as relaxed as before.

"What...what should we do? Should we leave as well?" a villager suggested.

"Why are you leaving? Our home is right here. Where else can we go?"

"We are going to the city. We can't stay here. Our village is so close to Nanyang County. What if the disaster victims come to our village to rob us?"

"You go if you want to go. We don't dare to go. Nanyang County is in such a mess right now. Do you dare to pass through Nanyang County?"

"Besides, if we leave now, we won't need the beans in the field? And the high-yield pumpkin seeds that the county magistrate promised us?"

The villagers were very confused for a moment and didn't know what to do.

Everyone looked at Village Chief Lin, hoping that he could give them some advice.

As an old man in the village, Village Chief Lin is well aware of the fact that people are valued when they leave their hometown. If there is really no way to make a living in the village, few villagers are willing to leave their hometown.

Besides, their lives had just begun to look forward to something, so how could Village Chief Lin bear to leave?

After this departure, when the disaster is over, I wonder how many people will be left alive.

Village Chief Lin was silent for a moment, then said firmly: "We can't leave now!"