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

As soon as I entered the cool cave, I felt much more comfortable all over, as if even the air had become fresher.

Sun Wan shouted to the people busying around, "Hey, Zhang Ni, Tonghua, and Sanya, come over and give us a hand! We need to cook a lot of food today so everyone can have enough to eat, because tomorrow we're going to be crossing this vast desert!"

As she spoke, she fished out the little remaining coarse flour from her bag. "I'll make that thick porridge as usual. Also, I need to quickly heat up these dry vegetable cakes so they won't be too chewy when the time comes."

After hearing this, several women quickly divided the work, prepared firewood and started cooking.

After searching everywhere, I couldn't find anything to start a fire. I thought I could just pull up some weeds to use as kindling, but I didn't expect there was no grass at all here!

Everyone was stunned, with expressions of confusion and helplessness written all over their faces.

Sun Wan said that it was okay if there was no firewood.

She looked up at the dazzling sun in the sky, touched the hot stone with her hand, and suddenly an idea came to her.

"Come on, let's make something with what's on hand. Look how warm these stones are. Just put the vegetable pancakes on this flat stone slab and bake them."

After saying that, she began to look for a stone suitable for making pancakes.

After finding a relatively flat large rock, she took a piece of cloth and carefully wiped off the loose dust on the surface, and then carefully spread out the wild vegetable pancakes one by one.

After seeing Sun Wan do this, other families followed suit. They all began looking for suitable flat stones and tried to place the food they had prepared on them.

Zhang Ni took out an iron pot from her luggage and tried to use the gaps between several small stones stacked around it as support points to heat it.

Sun Wan smiled slightly when she saw this. "I'm afraid the water won't boil. The temperature isn't high enough."

Zhang Ni replied, "Mom, it's okay. The water has already been boiled. It will be the same if we heat it up a little longer."

At this moment, Sun Wan suddenly recalled that she had seen a kind of steamed bun baked by stone in the supermarket in the past, and a good idea suddenly flashed in her mind.

"Nizi, how about we mix it with water to make a paste and spread it directly on the hot stone to make vegetable pancakes?"

Zhang Ni immediately responded happily after hearing this, "Mom, you're such a smart person! The stone surface is so hot, as long as you spread the pancake thinly and put it on it, both sides will be cooked in an instant!"

So everyone started trying new methods, busying themselves with mixing thin batter and spreading vegetable pancakes on the hot rock surface.

Considering that it is impossible to boil water quickly in this way, everyone decided to eat more wild vegetable pancakes made on the spot, at least to fill their stomachs on the road.

While everyone was busy with this activity, Zhang Yueniang, who was not far away, slowly walked towards Sun Wan, holding her slightly bulging belly. She pulled her mother's sleeve and whispered, "Mom, I just heard the sound of running water in the cave."

Hearing this, Sun Wan was so surprised that she couldn't help but raise her voice and shout, "What! What did you say?!!"

Her sudden exclamation scared her daughter beside her.

Zhang Yueniang was startled and stammered as she explained, "I...I just followed your instructions and didn't go out to work. I was lying on the bed resting. When I was lying on my side, I accidentally put my ear to the edge of the kang, and I vaguely heard a splashing sound below, like the sound of water flowing."

When the people around heard what Zhang Yue Niang said, they all showed happy expressions and hurriedly went into the cave one after another to check.

Everyone seemed very excited, as if the news gave them new hope.

Sun Wan followed him in.

As soon as they entered the cave, they immediately lay on the ground, put their ears close to the ground, and listened carefully to as much sound as possible.

Everyone held their breath, afraid of missing any slight sound.

Sure enough, after listening carefully, Sun Wan vaguely heard the faint but clear sound of flowing water.

Although the voice was small, it was enough to ignite new hope in people's hearts.

Su Yousheng couldn't contain his excitement. He jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Mom! Mom, we have hope! There's water underground!"

His voice was full of surprise and expectation, as if the whole world was lit up by this shout.

Su Yaozong frowned and raised a practical question: "What should we do? Should we dig a well here? Draw out the water?"

His question made everyone fall into deep thought again.

Indeed, if there is only this well and nothing around, how can we survive in this place?

Sun Wan lowered her head and thought about it, and then she had an idea. Since there was water underground, the water should flow down the hillside. Perhaps she could continue exploring in this direction and find a lower place, where she might find more water resources.

At this time, Zhang Kun also hurried over.

Seeing his aunt trying to move forward, he stepped forward to stop her and said, "Aunt, let us young people go, you wait here."

His words were full of firmness and a sense of responsibility, which made everyone feel at ease.

Goudan, Su Yinan and Su Chen, three young men, rushed to the front, rubbing their hands, and couldn't wait to explore together.

Young people's enthusiasm and impulse are particularly valuable at this time.

So, Zhang Kun led these young people and resolutely left their original place and headed towards the unknown area ahead.

Their hearts are full of courage and hope, and their steps are firm and powerful.

Sun Wan was no longer impatient, but began to arrange the next things.

She asked the women to bake wild vegetable pancakes on the stones, making sure that everyone would not feel anxious while they were busy.

Her movements were skillful and orderly, revealing her daily life experience.

She had a piece of cloth on her head to block the direct sunlight and was concentrating on flipping and baking the wild vegetable cakes on the stone.

In the sunlight, her figure exudes tenacity and indomitable spirit.

Suddenly, a black hand reached out and tried to grab the wild vegetable cake on the stone.

Sun Wan reacted quickly, grabbed the hand and shook it off.

She turned around and saw that it was Zhou, looking at her with cunning eyes, as if she was thinking about something.

Zhou rubbed her wrist that was pinched by Sun Wan and cursed in her heart: This old woman is so strong, I don’t know how much food she eats every day, she almost pinched my hand off.

Her eyes were filled with resentment and resentment, but she had to restrain herself and temporarily step aside.

But he still had a flattering expression on his face, and he smiled at Sun Wan and said, "I'm talking to this old lady, oh, no, I mean Aunt Li, could you please be merciful and give me a piece of bread? You may not know, I'm really hungry. I haven't had a good meal since I escaped from the village."