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

He took his wife back to the house to pack their luggage. He looked determined on the outside, but he was actually very nervous inside. He was just hoping that Sun Wan would call out to him and ask him to stay.

But he was carrying his luggage and moving out, looking back every few steps. Sun Wan didn't even look at him.

At this moment, Su Duanxu was really panicked, but if he bowed his head and went back to admit his mistake, wouldn't that just give the old lady a chance to take advantage of his weakness?

The old lady was probably just confused for a moment. When he went over to act out a sad scene, she loved her grandson so much that her heart would soften, right?

After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and pulled his wife out.

If it really doesn't work, just go back to your mother-in-law's house to hide and make plans later!

Sun Wan didn't care about his little thoughts. She looked at the third brother who was still standing there in front of her, his face as pale as a fossil, and rolled her eyes. "What are you still standing here for? Do you want to split up and leave the family too?"

Su Chongsong suddenly realized it and was so scared that his face almost turned pale!

He doesn't want to be kicked out!

"No, that's not the case. I'm going back to school."

He spoke sullenly, and without mentioning the money, he quickly slipped back to his room.

Sun Wan snorted coldly and walked into the kitchen, memories of her past life beginning to surge in her mind.

If I remember correctly, the war broke out more than a month after the second brother proposed to separate the family.

Before that, she had to prepare for a rainy day, including food, clothes, and everything she might need on the road.

Just as she was thinking about what to prepare, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside: "Mom!"

Sun Wan turned around and saw her eldest son Su Rongze running back with a full basket of firewood on his back.

"Rongze, slow down!"

Seeing her son like this, Sun Wan felt distressed and quickly stepped forward to wipe the sweat off his face. "Come sit down and rest. I'll pour you a glass of water. We'll have dinner soon!"

Su Rongze was stunned.

As far as he could remember, he had never seen his mother treat him so gently. His mother always emphasized that he was the eldest son in the family and must take care of his younger siblings and be filial to her.

This sudden warmth almost made him forget what he was going to say.

When Sun Wanzhen handed the cup of water to him, he took it uncomfortably: "Thank you, mother..."

Sun Wan looked at his helpless look and felt even more sad.

In her previous life, she did owe her eldest son too much, but to her second and third sons, they took it for granted, even serving tea and water.

Just as she was about to speak, Su Rongze had already gulped down his water and said sternly, "Mom, I just passed by the village entrance and heard that the Western Zhao army is about to reach Xuancheng!"

Sun Wan immediately frowned.

Their village was close to Xuancheng. In their previous life, the Western Zhao army had raided Xuancheng, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of bad things along the way. In less than two days, their village was in turmoil.

Overnight, most of the villagers suffered. If Rongze hadn't carried her into the mountains, she would have been doomed too!

But according to the timeline of the previous life, the Western Zhao army should have attacked earlier.

She clenched her fists and said, "Come on, accompany your mother to see it."

Su Rongze followed her out the door.

Several uncles and aunts at the entrance of the village were chatting with great interest, and they didn't seem to think the matter was serious.

"In my opinion, the Western Zhao army is definitely heading for Liaocheng. They're just passing through Xuancheng. It's rumored that the Western Zhao army recently reconciled with the Jizhou governor and promised not to attack cities under Jizhou's jurisdiction."

"Then why should we worry about it? They can't get here anyway!"

Sun Wan's face became uglier and uglier!

Are the peace talks also brought forward?

Now the princes in Western Qin are divided into different factions, and the governor of Jizhou is their emperor.

In the previous life, the Western Zhao army attacked because that pervert raped the wife and daughter of a general in the Western Zhao army during the peace talks.

If peace talks took place, then the news of the impending arrival of the Western Zhao Army would most likely be true!

Seeing the villagers about to disperse, she quickly stood in front of them and said, "Wait! Word has spread here. Everyone needs to make plans early. Hurry back and pack up your belongings and prepare to flee! Otherwise, by the time the war breaks out, it will be too late!"

When the villagers heard her words, they looked at her as if she had gone crazy.

"Sister-in-law Sun, you really believe those rumors? If the Western Zhao army really were to attack, how could the men in the city remain silent?"

"Stop spreading panic here and go back. Women, you don't understand what chaos and turmoil are all about."

Sun Wan clenched her fists!

She could have just given up and taken the child for a walk by herself, but these people were from the same village after all!

After calming herself down, she pretended to be mysterious and said, "You don't know, I sneaked into the city a few days ago! Everyone in the city is gossiping, saying that our governor bullied the wife and daughter of a general in the Western Zhao army!"

"This matter has become a big deal. The Western Zhao army will definitely come to demand an explanation. They might even come to kill us in the next few days!"

After hearing this, the villagers who had been indifferent suddenly turned pale.

"What should we do now? The Western Zhao army is very fierce! I heard they eat human flesh!"

"If this is true, we need to pack up and run for our lives!"

Seeing that everyone believed it, Sun Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was thinking about asking the village chief to lead the villagers to evacuate together, he heard a sarcastic remark: "Mom, how come I didn't know you were going into the city?"

The third son, Su Chongsong, hadn't noticed when he came closer, and began to scold him righteously, "Mom, have you lost your mind? It was all fine before, but you didn't even give me money to go to school, and you chased my second brother and his wife away. Now you're making up stories again. What on earth are you up to?"

Those who were originally skeptical about Sun Wan all looked a little strange after hearing this.

"Wasn't Sister-in-law Sun very nice before? Why is she lying like this?"

"Her third son wouldn't lie, right? Besides, he's studying in the city, and I haven't heard him mention it at all..."

The villagers were whispering to each other, and Sun Wan's face darkened and looked cold.

This stupid boy!

Seeing that Sun Wan remained silent, Su Chongsong thought he had the upper hand and said triumphantly, "Slandering the governor is a capital crime! Even if you were my mother, I would never defend you!"

"For the sake of our mother-son relationship, let's split up! You pay me a year's tuition, and from now on, we'll sever all ties and have nothing to do with each other! Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to kill my own family for the sake of justice!"

Sun Wan laughed out of anger, staring coldly at Su Chongsong: "You mean you don't even recognize your own mother? Not only that, but you want to sacrifice your own family for the sake of justice. I have to pay for your education?"

Su Chongsong was speechless for a moment.

He originally thought that with his mother's personality, she would be very scared when she heard this, but who would have thought that she was so calm at this moment?

"You're my mother! Isn't it natural for you to support my education? I should also have a share in the family division! All that money was earned by my father and elder brother with great effort!"

He argued confidently, "Besides, studying is the right path. You don't let me go to school because you don't want me to be educated and sensible. You just want me to be like you, a fool in the mountains!"