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

In such an emergency, she actually prevented us from putting out the fire and forced us to jump into the fire to save her daughter from danger."

Hearing this, Zhang Kun, who was eating his meal, also joined in the complaints: "Aunt, you really should teach this child a lesson. The situation at that time was really too dangerous. Her willfulness almost got my brother-in-law hurt."

After hearing this description, Zhang Nizi's face immediately became extremely ugly. In anger, she picked up a thick wooden stick next to her and rushed out of the door, ready to teach this ignorant girl a lesson.

Seeing his sister running out of the door angrily, Zhang Kun hurriedly followed behind her, trying to persuade and comfort her; and Su Yousheng saw that his wife was very happy to stand up for him, so he smiled knowingly and then quickened his pace to catch up.

Sun Wan didn't care about them, as she wouldn't suffer any loss anyway.

She watched Linglong and the other children fall asleep again after having eaten their fill, and gently covered them with clothes, fearing that they would accidentally catch a cold.

Zhang Nizi rushed directly into the cave and saw Su Yanyan kneeling on the ground crying and begging the old village chief: "Dad, please, send someone to save my daughter."

Aunt Huaihua was furious. She rushed forward and kicked him. "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? The water is so fast, how can you expect others to go down and save people? Isn't this just sending people to die in vain?"

Su Yanyan yelled at the top of her lungs, "Don't they have a rope? Use the rope to lower her down and fish her out! Hurry and find my daughter! I'm willing to give anything to get her out!"

Zhang Ni heard this the moment she entered. She was furious and rushed forward, grabbing Su Yanyan, who was kneeling on the ground, and slapping her twice. "Su Yanyan, you've only known how to bring trouble to your parents all day long. Now you want to drag my man down with you? You still want my man to save your unfilial daughter? You're truly heartless!"

Su Yanyan was also desperate at this time. She wrestled with Zhang Ni without hesitation, shouting at the top of her lungs, "I'm going to push him down! I'm going to push him down! Who made his mother build a broken bridge? If there wasn't that bridge, how could my daughter have walked onto it and fallen down and been washed away by the flood?"

Her voice echoed through the cave, filled with anger and despair.

Zhang Ni grabbed her hair and pulled it back hard. "You knew your daughter was washed away, but you still wanted to push my man into the flood to find her? How are you going to find her? You're crazy!"

She cursed with gritted teeth, pushed Su Yanyan to the ground and beat her severely, making Su Yanyan cry and scream, and curled up into a ball.

The old village chief and Aunt Huaihua were unable to intervene and could only sit on the straw mat, staring blankly ahead, not knowing what they were thinking.

Their eyes revealed deep helplessness and confusion, as if everything before them was beyond their understanding and left them helpless.

Li Fangfang's sister, Gu Yushi, hid in the corner with her big, frightened eyes, clinging to the wall of the cave, not knowing what to do.

Her breathing was rapid and short, and her heartbeat was almost loud in her ears.

She felt that her sister was wrong, but her sister had always protected her since she was a child.

Their family was full of misfortune and hardship: their father always beat them for no reason, while their mother seemed to turn a blind eye to it and often did not even have enough food to eat.

Only the strong sister would sneak into the kitchen in the dark and steal some of the limited food for her.

Gu Yushi thought that without her sister, she would have starved to death long ago.

Thinking of this now, tears can't stop rolling down my cheeks.

But now that her sister is gone, there is no one to support her anymore.

The only warm existence in the world that was warm to her disappeared.

She didn't know who to blame. It didn't seem reasonable to say it was the wet nurse Sun Wan's fault. Grandma Lan Zhen said that she wanted everyone to get out of this place, but the reality was not as she wished.

But if Sun Wan had not built the bridge, perhaps none of this would have happened; my sister would not have stepped onto that dangerous bridge, let alone fallen into the rolling flood.

All these assumptions pierced her fragile heart like needles.

She was equally disappointed with the situation on her mother's side - even though she saw her mother being punished, she still didn't dare to go up and stop it; because in her limited memory, whenever disaster struck her two weak daughters, the nominal protector had never provided any substantial assistance.

Gu Yushi only felt the real warmth and care when she lived at her grandmother's house. The old lady always cared about her daily needs and ensured that she had enough food and clothing and was kept warm.

Therefore, deep in her heart, she silently made a decision: to stay with her grandmother no matter what, and never leave this precious emotional support in her heart easily again.

Zhang Ni finally had enough, and an inexplicable complex emotion appeared on her face as she gasped.

She stood up, straightened her hair, which had become disheveled from the fight, and gave Su Yanyan, who lay sprawled on the ground like a dead dog, a hard kick. "You need to have some self-awareness! You should take better care of your parents. This long journey of fleeing famine is already incredibly difficult, not to mention having three elders dragging you and your daughter along."

After saying this, she glanced at the old village chief who was still in a daze, then turned and left the small, dim cave.

When we returned to the hut, the atmosphere inside seemed a little quiet. Most people had already eaten dinner and were resting quietly or chatting in low voices.

At this time, Sun Wan was sitting together with several other responsible persons, nervously discussing the bridge crossing plan. Obviously, everyone's expression was full of anxiety and uncertainty.

Zhang Lao Hu said, "I don't think it's a good time to cross the bridge. The rain is so heavy that the bridge is very slippery and it's easy to fall. The heavy rain will blind you and you won't be able to see the road clearly. It's really dangerous to cross the bridge like this."

Su Shunde also nodded in agreement. "That's true. Why don't we wait and see. When the rain subsides a little, we can set off again."

Sun Wan nodded in agreement. "Let's wait and see how the rain develops. As soon as it abates a bit, we'll leave. Don't count on it stopping completely. We don't know when the rain will stop, or what kind of weather changes will happen next. Look at the mountain we're on now. To the east and west, there are flooded valleys. No one can predict what tomorrow will bring, so it's best to leave as soon as possible."

Ever since Li Fangfang fell off the bridge, Sun Wan has been very anxious.

She always wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, thinking it would be safer to take the main road.

Thinking of this, Lan Zhen said to everyone, "We need to make it clear to everyone and ask them to prepare some dry food. It would be best if they could make it into wild vegetable cakes. Once we hit the main road, we may not see other places to replenish our food."