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

Clean them one by one to prevent the tracker from finding any clues.

Just as everyone was running towards the pile of rocks in panic, a burst of hurried horse hooves sounded from a distance - more than a dozen cavalrymen in official uniforms were galloping on the road.

These soldiers were indeed under the command of King Jin. They happened to pass by this place while carrying out a secret mission and accidentally discovered a group of wanderers who seemed to be related to the second son of the Su family.

An official in charge politely dismounted and asked the homeless people if they knew of a place called Sujia Village nearby and the whereabouts of the villagers.

Because the situation was chaotic and Old Man Zhou mistakenly thought that the other party was just an ordinary passerby with no ill intentions, he told the exact location of the villagers' possible hiding place without much caution.

Although this action seemed unintentional, it indirectly led to a dangerous situation in which the entire team was almost arrested.

Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly at the critical moment, successfully escaped the pursuit and met the real villagers. However, the two sides almost had unnecessary misunderstandings and conflicts without knowing the truth.

Due to poor visibility and dense crowds on both sides of the road ahead, the soldiers did not notice that the fleeing target had left the main road, but turned to a rocky area with more complex terrain and difficult to search.

This sudden change gave the villagers precious breathing time, allowing them to hide their positions more deeply and temporarily avoid the pursuers behind them.

This group of men, women, young and old from Sujiazhuang, led by an experienced leader, crossed one huge rock after another of various shapes and narrow gaps.

Some of these natural obstacles are so tall that they seem to reach the sky; others are so short and delicate that people need to bend down to pass through.

After they had walked for about half a mile with difficulty, a steep hill appeared before them, blocking their way forward.

In desperation, everyone had to choose to move along the edge of the hillside, trying to find a more hidden path that could go around to the back of the mountain.

The lagging team was still Su Zhong's family and the people from Zhouzhuang who followed behind.

The long-term torture of hunger and lack of sufficient rest have made the residents of Zhouzhuang feel extremely tired and almost exhausted.

Some of them who were physically weaker could only take heavy steps with difficulty, and would fall from time to time due to lack of strength.

At such times, Su Zhong and his family are needed to lend a helping hand, helping these people who can barely stand to move slowly forward.

At this moment, the village chief's second son and his family were in an extremely nervous state and were trying their best to get on the road.

In order to reduce the burden on the two children, Aunt Huaihua arranged them to sit on a cart and then pushed and pulled it forward herself.

However, at such a critical moment, Zhou, the mother-in-law of the village chief's second son, suddenly lost control of her emotions, cried and shouted, and insisted on sitting in the cart that had been occupied by the children and let Su Shunde push her forward.

Faced with this sudden request, Su Shunde was obviously dissatisfied and annoyed.

He rolled his eyes and quickened his pace, obviously not wanting to respond to this ridiculous request.

Seeing this, his wife Liu Daidi hurried forward and grabbed Zhou, who was in a bad mood, and forcibly dragged her body to follow the team.

During this time, she continued to scold us in a stern voice, "Auntie, can you please calm down? If you keep crying like this, I'm afraid you'll attract the enemy soon! You brought our brother, whom we worked so hard to raise, to the capital to enjoy a good life. Why is he fleeing with us now? What's even more outrageous is that we were once a big family, but in the end, there are only a few dozen people left... Look at our current situation. There's nothing left of our former prosperity. Everyone is as miserable as a beggar. Few even have the most basic backpacks. If this continues, we'll starve to death before we even escape!"

While she was pulling Zhou, she kept walking and muttering.

This scene is commonplace in the village, and everyone knows that this is her specialty.

Aunt Huaihua couldn't help laughing in her heart: My family has to be taken care of by my eldest daughter-in-law.

Every time she sees the interaction between the eldest daughter-in-law and her in-laws, she is always delighted, because only the eldest daughter-in-law can make the in-laws who love to stir up trouble helpless.

In Sujia Village, the autumn harvest begins as soon as autumn arrives.

During this period, the villagers will be busy preparing to turn a year's hard work into actual harvest.

However, at this time of year, some frustrating things happen.

Every time he said he was starving and wanted to bring something back from home.

Zhou always complained about the difficult living conditions at home, as if they would go hungry at any time.

The second son's wife was soft-hearted and always listened to her mother, secretly sending the family's food back to her parents' home.

This has happened more than once or twice. Every time, after her mother subtly hinted or explicitly asked, the second son's wife never dared to refuse and secretly took the food back.

Once, the eldest daughter-in-law saw this and snatched a pound of cornmeal from Zhou's arms.

Just when Zhou was about to throw a tantrum, her eldest daughter-in-law took the initiative.

She immediately sat on the ground and cried loudly: "Everyone come and see, this is my in-laws bullying me, they don't want us to live anymore~~ Our family has worked hard for a year, and just when we have a little harvest, the second son's family is sending food to my mother's house. Look, the arms of my in-laws are filled with our food~~ We can't live anymore~~" She slapped the ground with her hands while shouting, as if she had really suffered a great injustice.

The eldest daughter-in-law's performance directly stole all the lines from her in-laws.

Zhou stood by and kept saying "you, you, you" for a long time, but couldn't say a word. Finally, she had to pat her butt and turned away angrily.

The eldest daughter-in-law entered the yard, closed the door, and directly lectured the second daughter-in-law, "Zhou Mingyan, I'm telling you. If you dare to send food from our family back to your parents' home again, we will split the family. Once we split the family, we will see if you still move all your wealth back to your parents' home. We won't do anything about it!"

There was a seriousness and unquestionable determination in her voice.

The second son was so angry that he wanted to shake his fist, but was stopped by Aunt Huaihua. "We don't have the habit of hitting women in our family, but my dear second son, I have to say this today. If you do this again, you will go home."

Aunt Huaihua spoke in a stern tone and with a sharp gaze, leaving no chance for anyone to retreat.

After saying that, she rolled her eyes at her husband next to her, as if blaming him for not being able to better manage his family.

I asked you to marry a beautiful girl, but you end up listening to her mother all day long. Can good looks alone be enough to make a living?

He is such a person without any opinion of his own. He is like a piece of dough, obeying his mother-in-law's orders every day.