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

Seeing this, the Sun family wanted to stop them but did not dare to act rashly, and finally could only follow the tail of the team.

Sun Wan glanced at them and ignored them, and the others pretended not to see anything.

The ground in the forest was slippery after the rain. In order not to disturb the Western Zhao army, no one dared to light a fire. They could only move forward slowly in the dim light, and their speed was extremely slow.

It was not until dawn that they finally managed to climb over a mountain.

At this point, everyone was exhausted, especially the children, who were almost lying on the adults' backs.

Sun Wan ran to a small hillside, looked around, and then returned to the crowd: "The surrounding vegetation is lush, it's safe for now."

"Everyone, take a break here!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd cheered softly and couldn't wait to find a place to sit down and rest.

Su Rongze put the little Fuzi down from his back. The village chief came over to thank him. Su Rongze quickly waved his hands and said with a smile, "It's okay. This child is very light. Carrying him is like carrying a ball of cotton!"

While everyone was resting, Sun Wan sat down next to the village chief and started to discuss: "We need to think about getting more food."

Upon hearing this, the village chief's brows knitted together. "The Xizhao army is making such a commotion that most of the food down at the foot of the mountain has been destroyed. Where can we find it?"

Sun Wan had an idea in her mind. Although she had some little secrets that could make things happen, her family fortune was not enough to support such a large group of people.

Besides, in troubled times, people's hearts are hidden, so she dare not show her cards easily.

"I know a place where there's food."

As she spoke, Sun Wan pointed to the south.

The village chief was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on and blurted out, "Mrs. Sun, you are not joking!"

Sun Wan's lips curled up. "Those officials in Jizhou, from the chief to the soldiers, are all utterly corrupt!"

"The cost of collecting taxes has been poor over the past two years, and they've been finding ways to increase taxes. For example, at the beginning of this spring, they've almost taken away all the people's surplus grain from last year!"

"Why are the Western Zhao troops attacking us? It's because the officials are bullying us too much, bullying their leader's daughter. We're taking back our food, there's nothing wrong with that!"

Sun Wan's words were neither deliberately suppressed nor exaggerated. When the people around her heard them, many of them nodded silently.

"That's right! It's only natural to take back our own food!"

The village chief never expected that Sun Wan, who looked calm and composed, could be so bold. He shook his head repeatedly: "Nonsense, nonsense!"

"Not to mention the granaries in the big cities, even the granaries in the towns are heavily guarded. Just a few of us ordinary people can be taken care of with just a flick of the finger!"

"By then, not to mention food, even our lives will be at stake!"

The village chief's words were like cold water, cooling everyone's enthusiasm.

"What if there's no one guarding the granary?"

"How is that possible..." The village chief's words were on the tip of his tongue, but when he met Sun Wan's eyes, his words were stuck.

A fragment of her past life emerged in Sun Wan's mind.

At that time, she and her elder brother were fleeing, and by chance, they joined the villagers and headed towards the capital. They suffered from hunger along the way and had to rely on tree bark and wild fruits to fill their stomachs.

Later, they met another group of people who were also fleeing on the way.

Compared with this group of listless people, the other group all had rosy complexions and brisk feet, obviously they had eaten well and slept well.

The key point is that those people have weapons in their hands!

Because of this, no one dared to provoke them, and they went around with their weapons to rob other refugees of their food and belongings.

Fortunately, their village was conspicuously poor, so they barely escaped the disaster, but even so, some people still suffered.

It was the old village chief from the previous life who saw through the clue and recognized that those things were used by the yamen runners in the county government office. He also accidentally heard the conversation of that group of people and uncovered the truth - that batch of food and weapons were actually stolen from the county government office!

It was said that something had happened in the county government office and everyone was gone. They rushed in and saw the floor in a mess, and that's how they got a great bargain.

Now, Sun Wan plans to get the food and weapons before others.

The village chief stared at Sun Wan with wide eyes: "How did you know?"

Sun Wan blinked and continued with the same words: "Didn't I tell you that I heard it from the city?"

Her words were ambiguous, which made everyone's hearts lean towards belief.

Then he remembered that the third child of Sun Wan's family was attending a private school in the city. Could it be that he really had some kind of adventure?

Thinking back to what Sun Wan had just said, everyone present was getting excited.

"Aunt Sun, what do you think we should do next?"

The impatient Zhang Daniu came forward and asked anxiously.

Sun Wan looked up at the sky and said, "It looks like it's going to rain soon. There's a shortcut over the two hills ahead that will allow us to sneak into the city."

"Even though the county government office is deserted, we're strolling out carrying food and weapons. The neighbors around here aren't blind or deaf, so how could they not notice us?"

"So, we have to act on a rainy night, and we have to be nimble. We can't bite off more than we can chew, or we might get caught lagging behind. Come on, come on, gather around, I'll explain everything to you."

Sun Wan called out and everyone gathered together, and all the thoughts in her mind poured out all at once.

The more everyone listened, the more excited they became. Zhang Daniu slammed his thigh and said, "Okay! Auntie, we'll listen to you!"

Sun Wan smiled calmly. Just when everyone was excited, Aunt Qu suddenly lowered her voice and nodded at Old Lady Sun and her family.

"They...are going too?"

As soon as the words fell, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and countless eyes were cast on Sun Wan.

Sun Wan's face was calm: "Of course not."

"The path is clear. It's their business where they want to go. They can't take advantage of me or ruin my work!"

She paused briefly and said, "You guys take a break first. I'll definitely find a way to deal with them."

After hearing what Sun Wan said, everyone stopped asking questions, but every time they saw the Sun family following behind, they always felt uncomfortable.

The human heart is so subtle.

After a short rest, everyone set off again. Thanks to Sun Wan's strategy, everyone was in high spirits on this journey.

By the afternoon, it really started to rain. Fortunately, we were well prepared and everyone took out their oilcloth raincoats.

This oilcloth was, of course, made by Sun Wan.

Since they decided to stick together, she would not be stingy with these little things.

And little Fuzi also woke up slowly in the pouring rain.

"grandfather?"

A childish, slightly hoarse voice called out. Su Rongze paused, then turned and ran towards the village chief, a look of surprise on his face: "Uncle Li, Xiao Fuzi is awake!"

A smile immediately broke out on the village chief's face. He walked forward with his crutches tremblingly in his hand and saw the tired-looking little Fuzi with his own eyes.

"It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up..."

The village chief stroked Xiao Fuzi's thin back again and again, secretly wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Grandpa, don't cry..."