Rebirth of an Old Farmer: Escape from Famine with Children and Grandchildren

"But I'm no longer that fool who can be fooled by a few nice words!"

Sun Wan shouted harshly, taking a sudden step forward and pointing directly at Old Lady Sun and Song Ping: "I, Sun Wan, swear hereby that from now on, I will never sympathize with anyone who betrays or hurts me!"

"You guys, get out right now!"

Old Madam Sun shrank back in fear from Sun Wan's fierce pressure. Her old face trembled slightly, and her eyes were filled with fear. "How did you know?"

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself." Sun Wan turned her head away, unwilling to look at Old Madam Sun any more. "I was foolish before, thinking that Brother Yan's departure was a done deal. After all, we are all family, so there's no need to make too much of it."

"Thinking about it now, I was so naive. The so-called family was just my wishful thinking."

Sun Wan raised her chin slightly, her thin yet strong profile filled with determination: "Brother Yan's life, I have already repaid all my hard work over the past few decades."

"From now on, our Sun family and I will cut ties!" These words were like a stone thrown into a pond, and the surroundings suddenly became eerily quiet.

Old Mrs. Sun was horrified at first, then she stood there in confusion and disbelief.

Song Ping and Sun Sheng shared the same hatred for the enemy, especially Sun Sheng, whose face flushed red. He was about to scold Sun Wan, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was suddenly pushed from behind.

"Ouch!" Sun Sheng lost his balance and fell towards Song Ping, feeling dizzy and dazed. He covered his forehead with his hands, furious, and turned back to find the culprit: "Who pushed me?!"

But when he looked up, he saw a group of young men staring at him expressionlessly, and he couldn't tell who did it.

Faced with these pairs of cold eyes, Sun Sheng's anger subsided immediately.

Even Aunt Qu, who felt sorry for Sun Zhuo and wanted to say a few good words, sighed and fell silent.

At this time, the Sun family was completely thrown into disarray.

Old Madam Sun didn't care how her daughter knew about how she had forced her son-in-law. She crawled over and tugged at Sun Wan's trouser legs, "My dear! I had no choice back then!"

Tears of fear welled up in her eyes as she cried out, "Your father couldn't move, and your brother hadn't even gotten married yet. If anything happened to him on the battlefield, our Sun family would be left stranded!"

Zhang Daniu really couldn't stand listening to this.

He had grown up following Uncle Su Xu closely, so he had a deep affection for him. He immediately shouted, "Only your son is afraid of something happening, but Uncle Su Xu is incorruptible? He's not afraid?!"

"She has both a son and a daughter, so what is there to be afraid of?"

"My daughter from the Sun family has already given him three sons!"

"you……!"

Zhang Daniu was so angry that he trembled at the old lady's unreasonable words. Although he was not good at speaking, he was impatient. He simply didn't waste time talking to her. He bent down, picked up the old lady Sun, and ran straight out of the cave.

"Ouch! Little brat! Put me down now!"

Old Mrs. Sun struggled on Zhang Daniu's back, waving her arms and legs like a screaming old hen.

"Let go of my mother!"

Sun Sheng followed closely behind, but after running a few steps, the other young men did the same thing and threw the people from the Sun family out of the cave one by one.

"Bang!" Even Song Ping, the strongest of the group, was thrown out. Zhang Daniu blocked the entrance, his face filled with anger: "The rain has stopped, and from now on, you're on your own!"

After saying that, he stood at the entrance of the cave with his hands on his hips, glaring at the Sun family fiercely.

"You! You all!" Old Mrs. Sun trembled all over and sat down on the muddy ground, slapping her thighs and crying loudly: "What a sin, what a sin!"

"What evil have I done in my life! How could I raise such an unfilial daughter!"

The shrill cries made the people in the cave frown, but no one spoke up to plead for them.

Sun Wan looked coldly at the dark environment outside and suddenly said, "The rain has stopped. We will leave at midnight."

"Midnight? Isn't that too hasty?" Sun Wan's words surprised everyone. The village chief spoke first, his face full of confusion.

"It's too late." Sun Wan shook her head, looking at the sky still covered with dark clouds. "The rain has only stopped temporarily. It will fall again, but we can't be trapped on this mountain forever."

"Let's not talk about the heavy rain that may cause flash floods. Just the white-clad soldiers at the foot of the mountain are enough to give us a headache." Sun Wan's words were a little vague. In fact, she remembered clearly in her heart that heavy rain in her previous life had been pouring for half a month. The subsequent flash floods turned the entire valley into a living hell.

Now that the rain has stopped, this may be their only chance to escape.

Although the village chief was hesitant, seeing that Sun Wan was firm and what she said made sense, he nodded and agreed.

The cave suddenly became busy. Everyone didn't carry many items, but the Su family's things were a little heavy, so several young and strong men helped to carry them without saying a word.

At this moment, a villager suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, did you notice where that guy Wang Mazi ran off to?"

"Oh, that's right. Now that you mention it, I realized that Wang Mazi has disappeared." People only then realized that Wang Mazi had disappeared, but there was no worry on their faces. Instead, there was a hint of gloating.

"Could it be that he was dragged away by a wild wolf?"

Wang Mazi was well-known for being annoying in the village, but now that he was gone, everyone felt relieved and a lot quieter.

"Don't worry about him," the village chief interrupted. "He's been thinking about going down the mountain to live with his father-in-law. He might have already slipped away."

"Humph, I knew that guy wouldn't just sit back and endure the hardships with us."

"But even if he went to his father-in-law's house, so what? When the Western Zhao army attacked, I saw him push his wife out to shield him from the sword!"

"Who knew he was such a bad person... Come on, forget about that scoundrel, come and help me carry this firewood!"

The topic about Wang Mazi was like a gust of wind, coming and going quickly, and was forgotten in an instant.

Su Rongze slowly relaxed his clenched fists and let out a long breath.

Sun Wan remained calm and just gently touched Xiao Fuzi's forehead. The fever had subsided, but the person was still unconscious.

"I didn't expect the dosage to be too high, causing the child to sleep so soundly," the village chief murmured, then soothed, "It's okay, he'll definitely wake up tomorrow afternoon."

Sun Wan looked up in surprise, only to see the village chief's eyes were deep in the moonlight. He wasn't looking at anyone, but was just staring quietly at the sky outside the cave. This made Sun Wan's heart inexplicably tight.

After being reborn, she always felt that the village chief seemed to be hiding a lot of secrets.

Outside the cave, the Sun family had been arguing for a long time, but when they saw that no one came out, they had no choice but to hide under a tree in shame.

Late at night, all of them prepared to set off according to the arrangements of the old village chief.

The team had strong laborers leading the way in front, women and children in the middle, and only a few elderly people. After all, not many elderly people could escape from the Western Zhao Army in this chaotic world.