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

So he led the two children beside him and continued along the planned route for a distance, then turned into an alley in a hidden corner.

After passing through the narrow and winding path that was only wide enough for one person, a long-abandoned and dilapidated courtyard appeared in front of them. The weeds were so high that they were waist-high and blocked the view of most areas.

The three of them carefully crawled into the yard through the hole in the small wall.

I found a shady corner and took a rest.

This place is relatively secluded and hardly receives any sunlight, making it a perfect place for them to temporarily avoid the spotlight.

"You two should lie down and rest for a while. We will take action in the evening."

Sun Wan spoke gently to the two children.

She knew that the two children had been running all the way and now they finally had a chance to have a good rest.

When the two children heard this, they immediately fell on the soft grass, closed their eyes and fell asleep.

From the time they came down the mountain until now, they have been following Sun Wan closely and have hardly had any rest.

Sun Wan leaned against the wall, lost in thought.

She was thinking about a rescue plan. At the moment, it seemed that the most ideal option was still to attack the enemy with gunpowder bombs.

However, there were only three double-barreled fireworks left, and the power of the other fireworks was obviously not strong enough.

Sun Wan was seriously considering whether there were other supplies that could be used to exchange with merchants for more gunpowder shells.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes and looked around, carefully examining the long-abandoned complex.

The yard is very large and was obviously once the residence of a high-ranking official. For some reason, it has been idle for a long time.

There might be some useful tool hidden in the house. Just as Sun Wan looked up inside, she suddenly felt something piercing her eyes.

She closed her eyes and opened them again, only to see the tiles on the roof.

These tiles are not ordinary tiles, but glazed tiles.

They look particularly dazzling under the sunlight.

Oh, it was so easy!

She stood up and planned to find a way to climb up to the roof and take down the precious tiles to see if she could exchange them for something useful.

Sun Wan walked around the house but couldn't find a place to climb up.

There was no obvious ladder or support on the wall, not even a ledge for her to hold onto.

In desperation, she had to turn to the system for help.

"System, how can I get those tiles? Please show me the way."

After a moment of silence, the system responded, "Idiot! Put your hand on the wall and silently say 'collect tiles'. Try it."

"Is this okay? Why didn't you ever tell me I could hold things this way?"

Sun Wan was a little surprised.

The system fell silent again and ignored her.

Sun Wan didn't have time to argue with it because she had a lot of other things to do.

She found a wall close to the roof, pressed her hands against it, and silently chanted in her heart, "Collect the tiles, put them all into the space."

There was no movement, and Sun Wan was about to give up when suddenly, there was a loud "bang" and dust flew all over the roof.

She was stunned for a moment, and quickly looked towards the top of her head, only to see that the glazed tiles that were intact just now had disappeared. She then looked down at her own space, and sure enough, the disappeared glazed tiles were lying quietly inside.

Sun Wan was delighted and quickly put away the glazed tiles. She then quickly returned to the corner where she had been sitting before and began to think about how to use these glazed tiles.

She thought for a while and felt that these glazed tiles might be used to exchange for something she urgently needed.

So, she put some glazed tiles on the online trading platform, made a detailed list of material requirements, and then waited quietly for someone to come and trade.

It didn't take long before someone delivered the necessary items.

When Sun Wan opened it, she saw two large boxes of firecrackers neatly placed there, with about two hundred of them. In addition, there were many different kinds of fireworks and firecrackers, and more importantly, there were many kinds of cooked food.

These things are exactly the daily necessities they urgently need.

In this transaction, in addition to a large number of firecrackers, Sun Wan also particularly emphasized the need for food: pancakes, steamed buns, dry noodles, dumplings, fried dough sticks, and even bought a few boxes of instant noodles. Everything was neatly packed.

After checking it, she felt that the quantity was enough to meet her needs for the next few days.

First, I took out some firecrackers from the box and looked at them carefully. The quantity should be enough.

Since we have decided to rescue people, we must rescue all the people in Sujia Village, and then try our best to help those who are fleeing.

Next, Sun Wan checked the lighter in another box.

After confirming that there was no problem, he took out five and gave one to each of the two children as spare tools. The remaining three were prepared for Zhang Kun and Su Yousheng.

Her plan was to have these three people attract the attention of the officers and soldiers from different directions, while she would go in personally to rescue Zhang Kun and Su Yousheng, and then they would continue to work hard to rescue the other trapped people.

Finally, to ensure that everyone had enough equipment for the rescue operation, Sun Wan prepared two packages, each containing 20 double-kick firecrackers and other types of firecrackers, which would later be handed over to Zhang Kun and Su Yousheng respectively.

In this way, no matter what happens, at least they will have enough response measures to save themselves or each other.

Once they are rescued, the rest of the mission will depend entirely on the two of them.

As for myself, huh!

Since it is a rare opportunity to come to the government office, if we don’t plunder more property and leave, it would be too easy for the evil official, Magistrate Wu.

At night, the two children finally woke up.

Sun Wan patiently taught them how to use a lighter to light firecrackers.

"Remember? After lighting the fuse, throw the firecracker immediately, and be sure to throw it in the direction of the enemy. This thing is very powerful, and we must not let it explode on our own people."

The children nodded seriously, indicating that they understood: "Don't worry, Auntie, there will be no mistake. You can rest assured!"

After arranging the action plan, the three of them slowly and cautiously moved towards the government office.

The journey was safe and sound, and we arrived at the government office smoothly. We saw that the gate was closed and there were two soldiers guarding outside.

"Are you two ready? When I count to three, light the firecrackers and throw them at those two soldiers."

Sun Wan took out two bundles of three homemade shells tied together, lit the fuse, and started shouting according to the command agreed upon before.

In an instant, the originally quiet Ankang City Government Office suddenly became lively, and a series of ping-pong and rumbling sounds broke the tranquility of the night.

Then came the screams of soldiers and the sound of chaotic footsteps, mixed with the voices of people shouting to prepare for battle...

"Auntie!"

"mom!"