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

"Oh, my aunt! What are you doing?"

Lieutenant General Lin's mouth trembled with anxiety.

"Brother Shu's shoulder injury hasn't healed yet, how could he withstand such a beating?"

Su Nianying felt aggrieved, and Lieutenant General Lin felt extremely helpless.

"Sister-in-law is so sick that even if she hits me a few times, she won't have much strength. How could she really hurt Big Brother?"

There was something else in his mind that he hadn't said: "Besides, that's their business, why are you trying to interfere?" The eldest brother didn't even hide, obviously willing to accept it!

Su Nianying was so aggrieved that she burst into tears.

"She's only concerned about her own suffering. Why doesn't she think about how Brother Shu crawled out of the dead over the past ten years and how he rose from a small pawn to a general?"

"Brother Shu has experienced countless life and death situations. How hard and difficult could it be for her to hide in a mountain village? And she still has the nerve to complain!"

These words made Lieutenant General Lin not know how to respond.

How can we compare like this?

It was indeed not easy for my eldest brother, but my sister-in-law raised four children alone, and later encountered the White Turban Army massacring the village. She had to flee from Jizhou to Huizhou. The hardship of this journey of thousands of miles can be imagined.

Miss Su was really overwhelmed by her momentary emotions.

Seeing Deputy General Lin's silence, Su Nianying felt bored.

She had been through life and death with everyone countless times, but when that woman came, everyone called her sister-in-law.

What a heartless and ungrateful thing!

Su Nianying felt that staying here would only make her bored, so she turned and ran away.

Lieutenant General Lin sighed again and muttered, "What the hell is going on here..."

On the other side, Sun Wan and Shu Yan hugged each other and cried for half an hour before stopping.

After crying her heart out, Sun Wan couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when she thought about her age.

She wiped her face but accidentally touched her cheek and gasped in pain.

Only then did I realize that my entire face was numb from the pain.

Sun Wan's face changed slightly. She wanted to find a mirror, but she found that there was not even a clean basin in the room, let alone a mirror.

"Where's the mirror?"

She turned to Shu Yan, but Shu Yan avoided her gaze. "Your injuries haven't healed yet, so get some rest first. I heard the best doctor in Huizhou City is Doctor Qinglu, and I've just sent someone to invite him."

How could Sun Wan not understand Shu Yan's reaction?

But if he didn't want to say it, she wouldn't ask.

Sun Wan pretended not to notice anything unusual, and just took Shu Yan's hand and looked him up and down carefully.

He has lost weight, but looks more capable.

Back in his remote hometown, Shu Yan has always been one of the strongest men in the village. Although he is much thinner now, his muscles are tight and hard as rocks.

There was also a hint of sharpness and murderousness in his eyes.

Looking around at Sun Zhao, Sun Wan finally asked, "What's wrong with you now?"

Seeing that Sun Wan didn't insist on looking in the mirror, Shu Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing her question, he straightened his back unconsciously, and his words unconsciously carried a bit of pride that he himself did not even realize.

"I am now a mighty general personally appointed by His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty ordered me to garrison Huizhou to resist the White Turban Army, and I also served as a military officer in Huizhou!"

Looking at the pride on Shu Yan's face, Sun Wan felt as if she was in another world, as if she saw the man who had returned from hunting that year, full of joy and pride in front of her.

As she fell asleep, Sun Wan's mouth corners unconsciously raised: "That's great."

"I knew you were always the best. Even if you joined the army, you would be able to make a name for yourself."

These words made Shu Yan's smile freeze slightly.

His arrogance instantly subsided, and his tall body hunched slightly: "I'm not as good as you think..."

"I'm incapable. If I were stronger, I could return to Jizhou earlier to save you. I wouldn't have let you..."

Shu Yan's voice choked: "Suffering like this..."

Sun Wan sighed softly.

For ten years, at first I was worried, then I was looking forward to the war ending soon and him returning home soon.

Gradually, life became more difficult and expectations turned into resentment.

He blamed the court, blamed fate, and finally even blamed Shu Yan.

As I kept complaining, everything turned into empty wishes.

I just want to stay alive, even if I come back incomplete, as long as I am alive.

Now, seeing Shu Yan, a general, crying like a child beside the bed, Sun Wan felt mixed emotions.

She stroked Shu Yan's head gently: "It's all over."

"To become a general in the army, one must have suffered a lot and endured a lot."

"The fact that we can still be together is a gift from God. Let's not talk about the past. From now on, let's live a good life together."

Listening to Sun Wan's tender words, Shu Yan's tears flowed even more violently.

He hugged Sun Wan tightly, tears streaming down her neck.

Soon, Sun Wan's neck was soaked with tears.

Sun Wan was a little helpless.

This habit of crying seems to have not changed at all in decades.

Sun Wan forced herself to stay awake for a while and cried with Shu Yan for more than two hours, but then she fell asleep again due to unbearable pain in her body.

Shu Yan was extremely anxious. He asked Lieutenant General Lin to find a doctor quickly while he carefully changed Sun Wan's dressing.

Looking at those shocking wounds, he felt heartbroken and angry.

I accidentally crushed the medicine bottle.

Seeing this, the soldiers outside the door began to feel weak in the knees.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Lin hurried back.

As soon as he entered the door, his expression was extremely serious: "Brother, the Qingshui Town County Magistrate is here."

"I've already found out that the county magistrate's surname is Ren, and that abominable Liu Zijing is his disciple!"

"Hey, I'm ashamed to say that I have a dirty past!"

Lieutenant General Lin became angry when he mentioned this matter, and in a few words he told Shu Yan all the bad things that Liu Zijing had done in Zuixianlou, forcing women of good character into prostitution.

"No wonder that shrew was so anxious to throw dirty water on my sister-in-law. It turns out it's a new grudge compounded by an old one!"

Shu Yan listened with a look so cold it could freeze a person.

He snorted and laughed, a hint of ruthlessness and arrogance flashing across his righteous face: "He really has the guts to come to me."

"Let the man wait in the front hall."

"Order!"

Lieutenant General Lin was quick and agile. In a short while, he mobilized dozens of soldiers to tightly surround the front hall of the military mansion.

County Magistrate Ren had been sitting peacefully in the front hall, but when he opened the door he saw a crowd of people, all holding swords and with gloomy faces. He was so frightened that he jumped up immediately.

But before he could even find his feet, Shu Yan strode in with a cold look on his face.

Seeing Shu Yan coming like a god of war, the little spark of hope in County Magistrate Ren's heart was completely extinguished.

Just by being glanced at by Shu Yan, he felt as if he was being stared at by a wild beast in the mountains, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

"I pay my respects to General Shu!"

County Magistrate Ren bowed quickly and respectfully.

Shu Yan didn't even raise his eyelids, but sat directly on the upper seat, pouring himself tea and drinking it slowly.

Today, the Military Affairs Office finally has the look of a master. Although there is not even a servant to serve, Shu Yan seems to be doing it himself as a matter of course, with a unique style of dominance.