Don't panic when the end of the world comes, the boss of the group has a system

After the little girls left and the adults in the main room calmed down, grandpa, uncle and second uncle talked to the family about the big event that happened in Taoyuan Town last night.

“More than 10 days ago, when we came back from Linshui County, there were refugees from the other three states on the road.

Linshui County has been providing porridge since the arrival of refugees. After arriving in Linshui County, the refugees not only have something to eat, but can also buy limited amounts of coarse grains after entering the county town. There have been almost no major disturbances during this period.

Yesterday, the grain store in the county town suddenly closed down. Not only could we not buy grain, but we couldn’t get porridge either.

Thousands of refugees in Linshui County were bewitched by someone and took up sticks, kitchen knives and stones to attack the county gate. Fortunately, Anping Prefecture sent a thousand garrison troops to Linshui County, which suppressed the riot and dispersed the refugees.

The scattered refugees rushed towards several towns near Linshui County like a swarm of locusts.

Taoyuan Town was completely looted by these refugees last night.

These days, several of us, father and son, have been working for the town's largest restaurant, Hongfulou. Hongfulou was the first restaurant in Taoyuan Town to be attacked, smashed, and robbed.

Fortunately, the second brother had some skills, and we, father and son, didn't have time to pack up our things. We climbed over the wall at the backyard of the restaurant and ran out, and hid in a dry well in a rotten yard in the town.

When it was daybreak, we secretly climbed out of the well, took a detour out of the town, dodged the refugees all the way and ran back to Linjia Village. "

After Lin Youtian finished speaking, his body trembled with lingering fear, and he took a few puffs of cigarette to calm himself down.

"When we left Taoyuan Town, it was completely silent. We didn't know whether the people who were robbed had escaped or were hiding somewhere. We also didn't know where the refugees had gone."

After listening to what Grandpa Lin said, Uncle Lin continued speaking.

"A group of refugees can easily number in the hundreds. What if they come for our Linjia Village?"

Uncle Lin frowned and said with a worried look on his face.

"The second son is right to worry. Old man, you should take your sons to discuss this with your uncle. There are less than 100 people in Linjia Village, young and old. If hundreds of refugees come to Linjia Village, we won't even be able to fill their gaps!"

After saying this, Grandma Lin thought about it for a while and then said, "We must find a way to hide the food and important things at home!"

"Why don't we dig a cellar quickly!"

My aunt interjected.

"Little ones, from today on, you are not allowed to leave the courtyard without an adult. The second and the eldest are at home now, so you two uncles and nephews should go to the mountain to fetch water. Yun and the third daughter-in-law should not go there these days!"

"Mom, I got it!"

After making arrangements for a while, Grandma Lin listened to the eldest daughter-in-law and took a few daughters-in-law to the backyard to find a place to dig a cellar...

Old Master Lin took his sons and Dalang and hurried to the home of the clan leader Lin Youcai.

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The exit of Linjia Village is due north. The houses of the villagers are built at the foot of the mountain surrounded by mountains on the east, south and west.

The houses of every household in the village are built with blue bricks and black tiles, but the sizes of the houses vary.

There is a gravel road more than 3 meters wide along the villagers' yards.

Go out of Lin Baoer’s house and turn right along the gravel road. After a few hundred meters, you will reach "You'ran Ju" at the foot of Nanshan Mountain.

"You'ran Ju" is adjacent to the "Lin Family Ancestral Hall" on the east side.

The "Lin Family Ancestral Hall" at the foot of Nanshan Mountain faces south and north, is made of blue bricks and black tiles, and covers an area of ​​about 3 acres.

There is a large drying yard opposite the gravel road in front of the ancestral hall.

The large drying yard is paved with bluestone slabs and is about 5 acres in size.

Next to the Lin Family Ancestral Hall to the east is the "Lin Family School". After passing the family school and walking more than 100 meters along the gravel road is the home of the Lin clan leader.

The Lin Family Ancestral Hall, the Lin Family School, the Youran Residence and this long gravel road were all built by Prime Minister Lin with money donated to the clan 15 years ago.

Linjia Village used to have an old ancestral hall, and the old clan school was located in the hall.

In the past, when the children of Linjia Village went to school in the old clan school, the old clan leader Lin Dahai, who could read a few words, could only give them an introduction.

After the old patriarch's enlightenment, the children in the tribe who were good at studying and had good brains were sent to Taoyuan Town to attend private schools.

Because the old clan leader was old and in poor health, and the clan was now well-off, after the new clan school was built in the village, Linjia Village invited a scholar to teach the children in the village.

In the past few years, the clan school invited Zhou Xiucai from Taoyuan Town to be the teacher. Zhou Xiucai was not in good health, and he resigned after teaching the children of Linjia Village for a few years.

After Mr. Zhou left, the next clan scholar invited was Uncle Lin's father-in-law, Chen Ranzhi.

Chen Ranzhi is now 38 years old and passed the imperial examination six years ago.

After Fourth Uncle Lin passed the imperial examination four years ago, Mr. Chen left Linjia Village and went to Linshui County, where he became a teacher at the Qingyun Academy.

The current teacher in the Lin family school is Uncle Lin.

All the boys and girls in Linjia Village go to the clan school for free. Not only do they not have to pay for tuition, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, they also have a free meal at noon in the clan school.

Now, all the old men and women in Linjia Village have learned to read and write.

The entire clan school expenses were donated to the clan by Prime Minister Lin.

Uncle Lin taught the children in Linjia Village to read and write.

Jiang Heng, the grandson of Hunter Jiang, would go to the clan school to teach these children martial arts whenever he had time.

If there had been no drought, Linjia Village would have been a true paradise.

The entire Linjia Village has less than a hundred people. The villagers have a lot of land, do not pay taxes, and do not perform corvée or military service.

Although everyone is tired, their lives are prosperous and thriving.

The Lin family left their hometown 31 years ago and settled in Linjia Village. After so many years, the population of the Lin family has not increased, but decreased. There are less than people in the whole family.

Compared with those families that have thousands of people, the Lin family is still very small.

The clan is not allowed to favor boys over girls. Although girls do not have to take the imperial examinations, they are still required to be literate.

The Lin family now has nine branches in the "You" generation, and their ancestors have not yet gone beyond the fifth degree of mourning.

The eldest son, Lin Yougui, has passed away, and the current clan leader is the second son, Lin Youcai, who is Lin Youtian’s biological brother.

The clan leader's house is a small two-courtyard house facing south and north. It is not as spacious as Lin Youtian's house. There are three main rooms in the front yard and three east and west wing rooms each. The floor is paved with blue bricks, black tiles, and bluestone slabs.

It was the beginning of the You hour when Lin Youtian and his group left home. (5 p.m.)

When there was no drought in Linjia Village, most villagers were still working in the fields at this time.

The fields in Linjia Village are now dry and cracked. The villagers have difficulty getting water and can no longer farm.

Although they don't farm, it's still very tiring. People in Linjia Village now have to go to the Dripping Cliff to fetch water every day.

It takes an ordinary person nearly three hours to climb the mountain from Dripping Cliff to and from the cliff. Those who are skilled in martial arts can go there and back faster.

You can drive the oxen to carry more water, but it will take longer to go back and forth.

When Lin Youtian and his companions entered the clan leader's yard, the clan leader's son-in-law Yang Daniu and eldest grandson Lin Zhiyong had just returned with Niu Tuoshui and were taking a rest in the yard.

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Several generations of Grandpa Lin went to the clan leader's house at the beginning of the You hour (5pm) and did not return until the middle of the Xu hour (8pm).

After preparing dinner, the daughters-in-law waited for those generations to come back for dinner, but they didn’t come back after the first and second waits. Grandma Lin thought that those generations were drinking at the clan leader’s house.

A few children couldn't wait any longer, so everyone started eating first.

After Lin Baoer had dinner and washed up, she went to bed.

After having dinner and settling the children, Grandma Lin asked Uncle Lin, the eldest daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law to look after the house. She planned to take Tang Qiuhe and Li Xianglan to the clan leader's house to see what the situation was like for Grandpa Lin and his generations.