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

Su Guiying's teeth chattered as she looked at Sun Wan in disbelief.

"Guiying, Aunt Zhang is usually kind to everyone, and few people in the village really hate her, but what happened?"

"But that girl Sen Yue is even worse off than her! She's not even familiar with anyone in our village. Who can stand up and say something fair, saying that she's so honest that she would never do something like that?"

"Now you know how hurtful a few casual words can be."

Su Guiying burst into tears, and her small body couldn't stop shaking: "I... I don't know..."

I just don't like her...

Sun Wan hugged her daughter and patted her back gently: "Mom knows that you are still young and didn't mean to hurt Sen Yue."

"But you have to remember one thing: rumors are terrifying! Especially rumors about women, they can be fatal!"

"From now on, you can't say things like this anymore. Not only that, you have to stop others from saying it, and you can't believe it yourself. Do you understand?"

Su Guiying nodded heavily, her voice hoarse: "Mom, I understand."

After a long time, Su Guiying sobbed again: "Mom, will you forgive me?"

"I'm not a bad person. I just don't know what's wrong with me. Whenever I see those men talking to her, I feel uncomfortable."

"Mom, am I sick..."

Sun Wan was stunned when she heard this: "Silly child, you are confused!"

"The world is so big, why is your mind so narrow?"

"Could it be that you have fallen in love with some young man?"

Su Guiying shook her head, her eyes full of confusion: "It would be fine if I really fell in love with them, but I'm obviously not interested in them. I just don't like Sen Yue."

Sun Wan's brows furrowed even deeper.

She looked at her daughter again, as if she saw a barren and desolate heart.

Since she was a child, she has seen her daughter as the youngest, who has never had a father to love her since she was born, and happened to have to deal with the most difficult situation in the family, and she couldn't even get enough milk to feed her.

So when her life became a little easier, she would think about compensating her daughter and ended up spoiling her into a dainty little princess.

She is a country girl, but she has never done any farm work. Her hands are as tender as tofu freshly out of the pot.

Later, the girl was fooled by someone and became so stupid that she even refused to recognize her own mother!

Sun Wan thought that her daughter must have been spoiled and had never seen the world, which was why she fell into the trap of that man.

From then on, she changed her ways and was determined to train her daughter.

But what happened today made her realize how wrong she was.

Her daughter was not deceived because she was spoiled, but because she was stupid and fell into the trap of others!

Only if one is ignorant will he think that being beaten and scolded is love, and only if he sees other girls being cared for will he become jealous and can't help but do bad things.

Not to mention doing bad things and not understanding why they did it.

At this moment, Sun Wan vaguely realized that something was wrong.

She patted Su Guiying on the back and said, "I don't blame you for thinking this way."

"It's your inner demon that's haunting you. I haven't fulfilled my responsibility to teach you."

Sun Wan thought for a moment and said, "From now on, you can't say anything bad about Sen Yue anymore. If I hear you say anything, I'll really hit you!"

"Have you remembered it?"

Su Guiying nodded timidly.

Sun Wan was thinking about how to teach her daughter, but she knew she couldn't be impatient, so she could only prevent her daughter from getting into trouble again.

It's a pity that I can't read a single word. Even if I have thousands of words in my heart, I don't know how to convey them to this confused girl.

When we get to Huizhou, we must hire a female teacher to teach us!

Sun Wan secretly made up her mind. Seeing that Su Guiying had calmed down a lot, she packed up the dishes and left, telling Su Guiying to wash up before going to bed.

Su Guiying nodded obediently.

As soon as Sun Wan left, Su Guiying quickly washed her face and feet and climbed into bed.

He looked around and reluctantly moved to the window.

Not long after, the door creaked open.

The person who walked in this time was Yan Senyue.

When Su Guiying saw that it was him, she quickly buried her head in the quilt like a frightened little quail.

Yan Senyue didn't bother with her. He just washed up and went to bed.

When Sun Wan came back, the room was quiet.

She touched Su Guiying, dipped some spiritual spring water with her fingertips, and gently applied it on her daughter's face.

A soft sigh was heard in the darkness.

No sleep for one night.

On the third day, the rain finally stopped.

After more than half a month of long-awaited sunny days, Madam Chi immediately made a decision and led everyone to start tanning leather.

Hundreds of rabbit skins were hung outside the ancient temple. People chanted "Amitabha" or "Don't be offended, Buddha" and, following Madam Chi's instructions, threw the skins into the pit that had been dug in advance.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of pots of gray wood ash and boiled and crushed saltpeter powder were dumped in.

For a moment, dust rose outside the temple.

When the dust settled, Madam Chi, covering her face with a cloth, was the first to jump into the pit and stomp hard, and the others followed suit.

Normally, there wouldn't be a need for such a big fuss, but there were too many skins this time and the weather wasn't helping, so we had to cut the Gordian knot in one go.

So everyone jumped into the pit one after another, stomping and stirring hard, and worked until the sun was setting. Then Mrs. Chi pulled the tanned leather and announced loudly: "It's done!" She stretched out her hand, and Chi Dong quickly helped his mother out of the pit.

"The rabbit skin is almost flexible. All that's left is for it to dry slowly. There's no need to rush." ​​Everyone nodded in agreement, and then the outside of the ancient temple was filled with newly tanned rabbit skins.

Inside the temple, Yan Senyue watched with a cold eye as the people busied themselves with sweat. It wasn't until Sun Wan approached that her gaze warmed up and a smile curled up at the corner of her mouth: "Madam Sun."

For a moment, her cold face became kind and friendly.

Sun Wan hadn't noticed and said apologetically, "Most of the refugees have never been to school, so using this ancient temple as a last resort is a helpless move."

"Ms. Moriyue, we'll leave when the rain stops."

Yan Senyue smiled gently: "It's okay, except for the old ancestor, no one else in the family believes in Buddhism."

"Otherwise, how could this ancient temple be so desolate?"

Sun Wan was suspicious, remembering the mountains of grain in the cellar, but since the other party didn't mention it, she didn't want to delve into it.

"Madam Sun, have you ever seen anyone go to the bamboo forest in the backyard?"

Sun Wan was stunned: "I've been there, is there anything wrong?"

Yan Senyue's eyes dimmed slightly, but he appeared calm: "It's okay, it's just that there are poisonous snakes in the bamboo forest, and I'm worried someone might get hurt."

Sun Wan understood what he meant, hesitated for a long time, and finally did not mention the book.

She had an indescribable feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with the girl Sen Yue in front of her, even a little dangerous.

Relying on the vigilance gained from having lived two lives as a human being, Sun Wan left in a hurry without saying much.

Yan Senyue watched her go away, and the gentleness on his face gradually disappeared.

"It can't be her. We've lived together for so long, if there was anything unusual, I should have noticed it long ago..."

She murmured to herself, her eyes turning to the busy and contented people.

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