Rebirth of an Old Farmer: Escape from Famine with Children and Grandchildren
Chapter 16: Encountering a tough challenge
Everyone responded and took action. Sun Wan led a few young and strong men to stand guard at the front and back doors, while the others rushed straight to the granary and armory.
After a while, several young men came over to take over the shift.
They were all beaming with joy, their backs were bulging with food, and they held brand new, sharp swords in their hands.
Sun Wan checked their packages and found them to be of moderate size, so she nodded and signaled the remaining people to go in and continue moving the food.
Another half hour passed, and the village chief returned with most of the villagers.
He found a grain-carrying wagon in the granary, and immediately moved three large wagons to fill them. Then everyone worked together to push the granary out.
Everything went according to plan. Sun Wan assisted everyone in quietly moving the grain carts to the alley outside the county government office. Everyone drew their swords and guarded both sides of the grain carts.
Even though they had moved a lot of food, everyone still felt a sense of regret: "There's still a lot of good stuff hidden deep in the warehouse! What a shame, with only twenty or so people like us, we can't move it all."
"Be content. These are enough to last us a month. If we have more, not only will we be unable to move them, but we might even become fat meat in the eyes of others!"
"I just mentioned it casually, why are you so anxious? Aren't you just imitating Aunt Sun's tone and yelling there?!"
"That's better than you, even if you yell, it won't work!"
Sun Wan listened to their bickering with a smile, and only after she was sure that everyone had evacuated did she finally step into the granary.
With so many people involved and so many hands tied, even though everyone was extremely careful, the granary was still a mess, and a lot of food was scattered on the ground and wasted.
Sun Wan first carefully put the good food into the space and sorted it according to the new and old, and then carefully picked up every grain of rice on the ground.
If this batch of food is eaten up in the future and no new supplies are found, these rice will be the key to survival!
At first, Sun Wan could still barely carry the food one handful at a time, but soon she felt overwhelmed. She stood up, holding her waist, looking at the food all over the ground and thought: How nice it would be if the space could absorb it directly.
As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, the pile of food closest to her feet disappeared in an instant!
Sun Wan was startled and looked around the doors and windows hurriedly. After confirming that there was no one there, she hurriedly patted her chest to comfort herself.
A feeling of ecstasy instantly surged into her heart. She tried to look at the rice pile a little further away. In the blink of an eye, the rice pile disappeared as if it was blown away by the wind!
Sun Wan hurriedly checked the space and saw that the pile of dirty rice had grown one level higher.
Now Sun Wan completely let go, stood still, and cleared the entire granary with just her gaze.
After cleaning the granary, Sun Wan did not stop. She went straight to the armory and even set foot in the county magistrate's backyard. All useful things, whether it was bedding and clothes, four treasures of the study, or pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil and salt, and even the cleaned toilet in the backyard, were put into the space.
When fleeing, who knows when these things will come in handy.
It doesn't require any effort anyway, just take a look.
Only when the space was almost full did Sun Wan finally stop with satisfaction.
She came out with a full load, and suddenly remembered something. She hurriedly took out a cloth bag from the space, filled it with dry food, put it on her back, and then hurried to meet up with everyone.
Seeing that Sun Wan was safe and sound, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Unknowingly, Sun Wan has become the core pillar of the team.
Living up to everyone's expectations, Sun Wan counted the number of people and decisively ordered: "Go!"
The night was dark as this group of more than 20 people, carrying all the food and weapons of the county government, slowly but firmly stepped into the vast mountains and forests.
Less than a meal's time after they left, a dozen burly men quietly approached the silent county government office.
They climbed over the wall silently and smelled a pungent odor when they landed.
"stop!"
The leader's face changed, and he immediately shouted to stop his men, then tiptoed into the county government office.
The scene before my eyes was shocking, with blood all over the ground.
The men who followed him were all horrified when they saw this, not daring to breathe: "Boss, this..."
The boss looked serious, but suddenly something came to his mind and he rushed to the granary...
When the door opened, it was empty inside, with nothing left.
Zhu Zhennan, a well-known gangster leader in Lushui County, suddenly turned pale.
Damn it, he was intercepted!
In his previous life, he led his brothers to the county government office at midnight, intending to get some food so that he could join the Western Zhao Army. However, when they arrived, all the people in the county government office had disappeared, and he got a huge bargain for nothing.
But this time, he deliberately came an hour early and arrived at midnight, but the food seemed to have grown wings and flew away!
Zhu Zhennan kicked open the door of the armory with a dark face, and it was just as empty inside.
The brothers were stunned and went out to look for it separately. They came back one by one with heavy expressions on their faces: "Forget about food, even the chamber pot in the backyard is gone!"
"Oh my god, could it be that we've encountered a foodie monster!?"
"Even monsters don't eat so cleanly. I'm afraid it's the reincarnation of the God of Food!"
"That officer named Xie must have been dealt with by this thing. He's quite ruthless. We've run into a tough nut this time."
"There must be quite a few of them. Damn it, Boss, our trip here is all for nothing."
The big men grumbled in dissatisfaction, but the stone in Zhu Zhennan's heart was heavier than theirs.
He understood that the people in the county government office were definitely not gangsters who did it.
But the background of that group of people must be extraordinary, maybe...
Just like me, they died in the previous life and came back to life in this one!
When Zhu Zhennan thought of this possibility, he felt as if he had eaten bitter herbs and was extremely miserable.
In his previous life, he failed to join the Western Zhao Army and was stabbed in the back by his brothers. He ended up among the refugees and was eaten clean.
I thought that living again was a gift from God, but it turned out to be a huge joke!
A fierce look flashed across Zhu Zhennan's eyes, and he grinned grimly, "No matter what monsters, if you dare to touch my cheese, prepare to die!"
The murderous aura from the boss made the brothers shudder.
I don't know why the boss has been much more aggressive these days than before. He even killed a brother with his own hands two days ago.
Now, hearing what Zhu Zhennan said, everyone unconsciously pulled their necks into their collars.
Zhu Zhennan didn't care about other people's fear and even enjoyed it a little.
He strode out the door and soon found a few grains of rice and traces of wheels in an alley.
Fortunately, he arrived an hour earlier, otherwise the trace would have been washed away by the heavy rain.
"They've swallowed so much, they can't run far. Chase them!"
At a command, the men quickly chased after them along the wheel tracks.
The county government office fell into silence again.
Two hours later, the sky was already turning pale, and in the pouring rain, a sound came from the well in the backyard of the county government office.
A pale and thin hand tightly grasped the well rope, and then a figure with disheveled hair slowly climbed out of the well.
Like a wronged soul in the water.
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