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

Looking at Sun Wan's receding figure, Old Lady Sun snorted, then turned and nudged Sun Sheng, "Quick! While your naive daughter is away, go ask the village chief if we can borrow some fire to roast the rabbit!"

Sun Sheng nodded quickly, but soon came back dejectedly and shook his head at Old Lady Sun.

Old Madam Sun immediately gnashed her teeth and said, "I raised you in vain. I thought you would be successful, but in the end you were still being led around by the nose by that disobedient daughter!"

There was no other way, so Mrs. Sun had to go to the village chief to negotiate herself. In the end, she was willing to give up half of the rabbit and finally got the village chief's consent.

Even so, Zhu Xiuqin kept her eyes on them while roasting the rabbit.

Song Ping, who was in charge of roasting the rabbit, was the first to get unhappy: "Why are you staring at me? Have you never seen a roasted rabbit before?"

Zhu Xiuqin fought back without showing any weakness: "Who cares about your lousy rabbit? Can't you see we're cooking porridge? We're just worried you'll get itchy and want to steal some!"

Song Ping, whose thoughts were exposed, immediately became angry: "Who stole the food? Who are you accusing?"

"Who else but you! Didn't you steal Sun's sister-in-law's salt stone before? Oh, right, we have to hide our own salt stone tightly, so that you won't steal it again!"

"you……"

Song Ping was so angry at Zhu Xiuqin that her stomach was bloated. She turned around and deliberately turned her back to Zhu Xiuqin.

If she hadn't been so hungry these past few days, she would have farted a few loud times to make Zhu Xiuqin faint.

Zhu Xiuqin snorted disdainfully. No matter how unhappy Song Ping was, she refused to take her eyes off her.

When the rabbit was roasted to golden and crispy, Song Ping picked up the rabbit and ran away without saying a word.

On the other side, Zhang Daniu and his friends were absolutely thrilled.

There are so many rabbits on Lushui Mountain that they are simply too numerous to count!

You can’t catch them all, you really can’t catch them all!

In just one hour, Zhang Daniu and his team caught more than sixty rabbits!

At first, when we caught three or five, everyone was quite happy; when we caught more than ten, we started to get excited; and later, when we caught dozens, everyone was almost crazy.

Despite the drizzle, everyone didn't care. They wiped the rain off their faces and immediately assigned a few people to send the rabbit back to the cave first, while the rest of the people continued to stay in the woods to search for the rabbit.

Finally, even the village chief and Sun Wan were alarmed and came out wearing rainproof oilskin coats to check the situation.

Looking at the rabbits piled up like a hill at the entrance of the cave, the two were surprised and shocked. They hurried forward to stop Zhang Daniu, who was blushing and still wanted to continue.

"Da Zhuang, that's enough, that's enough! Stop grabbing!"

Sun Wan then said, "The cave is almost full. After all, in this weather, the rabbit meat is not easy to preserve, and the rabbit skins are also easy to rot. Catching too many would be a waste!"

After these words were spoken, the excited crowd calmed down, looked at each other, and finally decided to let go of the group of trembling rabbits in front of them.

Zhang Daniu walked at the end of the team reluctantly, looking back almost every few steps, his eyes fixed on the fat hares.

Seeing this, Su Rongze walked up to Zhang Daniu and patted him on the shoulder, feeling both angry and amused. "The mountain is still there, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Zhang Daniu sighed and finally withdrew his gaze.

Back in the cave, the women and children had already begun to process the rabbit meat under the guidance of the village chief.

The rabbit skins were peeled off as completely as possible, and the internal organs were thrown onto another mountain top to avoid the smell and attracting larger wild animals.

Of the remaining rabbit meat, a small portion is dried and used to make oil, while most of it is pickled and stored.

When it comes to pickling, salt stone is naturally the most important thing, and it will be used up very quickly.

"Mrs. Sun, Village Chief, please take a look at this..."

Zhu Xiuqin held the salt shaker, her brow furrowed. "We wouldn't want to waste all our precious salt on rabbit meat just to satisfy our greed, would we?"

"If we don't pickle it, the rabbit meat won't keep well. It will go bad in three days at most."

The village chief's brow furrowed when he heard this. Although Sun Wan still had a few salt stones hidden away, it was clearly a drop in the bucket for dealing with this pile of rabbits.

"Besides, there aren't many people in the village who know how to tan leather. It's a waste to just throw it away, and the smell is unbearable!"

After Zhu Xiuqin said this, everyone in the crowd was in a dilemma.

Zhang Daniu and a few others who had been very excited before were now stunned and were helpless in the face of the hill of rabbits.

"I... I know where to find salt rock..."

Suddenly, a faint sound came from the depths of the cave. Everyone was startled and looked in the direction of the sound. It turned out that the girl who was rescued today had woken up!

She had woken up without knowing when, her face was pale, and she struggled to sit up.

Her eyes were calm and indifferent, and she did not show any fear or worry about her situation.

Most people have not noticed this, but Sun Wan is one of them.

She raised an eyebrow and took over the conversation: "Excuse me, young lady, what is your name? And what about the salt stone you mentioned?"

The girl gasped weakly, her voice as thin as a mosquito: "Just call me Sen Yue."

She didn't mention her last name, and this detail had an unusual meaning.

"Since you can catch so many rabbits, this must be Lushui Mountain, right?"

"There is a temple built by our ancestors in the mountains. It contains not only a large amount of salt rocks, but also some dry food."

Sen Yue's words were like a ray of light, illuminating everyone's hearts, and what he said next was even more exciting: "I can lead you to that temple."

There was a commotion in the cave and everyone started whispering to each other, but Sun Wan was the only one who was staring at Sen Yue quietly.

"Ms. Moriyue, what are the conditions for you to take us there?"

When Sun Wan said this, everyone was stunned and looked at Sen Yue in unison.

The fire crackled, raindrops brushed outside the cave, and the dim candlelight flickered on Sen Yue's pale skin.

"I want you to find a way to send me to Huizhou."

Zhu Xiuqin blinked and was about to speak when she quickly covered her mouth.

A hint of surprise also flashed across Sun Wan's eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that they never mentioned their destination, this would be a huge coincidence.

"Okay, I promise you."

After Sun Wan agreed, Sen Yue seemed to have used up all his strength and instantly collapsed on the straw mat.

"It's getting late. I'll show you the way tomorrow."

Seeing that she was about to fall asleep, Sun Wan asked curiously, "Miss Senyue, aren't you afraid that we will break our promise?"

Sen Yue smiled lightly: "If you were really that kind of person, you wouldn't have tried to save me."

Her breath gradually weakened, and her eyes slowly closed: "Thank you all for your kindness. Sen Yue will definitely repay you handsomely when he returns to Huizhou one day."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sen Yue completely lost consciousness.

The old village chief stepped forward and felt his pulse: "He's fine, just too weak. His foundation is slowly recovering."

"Is that pot of rabbit soup still there? Serve a bowl for Miss Moriyue."

Zhu Xiuqin immediately brought a bowl and fed it to Senyue carefully.

With Senyue's promise, everyone was no longer in a hurry to process all the rabbit meat overnight. The remaining ones were hung near the cave entrance and slowly dried with the help of natural wind.

With the pungent smell of dampness in the night air, everyone soon fell asleep.

Before falling asleep, Sun Wan secretly fed Sen Yue a drop of clear spring water...