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

The young and old in Darong Village worked hard to pile food, supplies, and dried rabbit meat onto the carts. Each of them was wrapped up as round as a rabbit and bid farewell to the dilapidated temple in a lively manner.

Among the crowd, Yan Senyue was the only one walking lightly with empty hands.

But everyone knew that most of the food on the car was collected by Yan Senyue from the temple cellar.

Looking at his body that looks like it would be blown away by the wind, no one wants to provoke this hero.

As soon as the people from Darong Village set off, Old Lady Sun and her family hurriedly followed the group.

Thanks to the abundance of wild animals in the mountains, this family of four, although not as lucky as others, managed to avoid starving.

The person has lost a lot of weight.

The most conspicuous one was Song Ping. When she stood there, it seemed that she had lost dozens of pounds. Even her eyes, which were narrowed into slits, looked bigger.

They also learned from him and roughly tanned a few rabbit skins. The workmanship was very rough, and the skins were thin and had an indelible fishy smell.

Sun Zhuo was extremely disgusted. The hard days these days had made the Sun family's darling more and more irritable.

He kicked Song Ping: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"

"It stinks! Fat pig!"

Sun Zhuo hit and scolded Song Ping without any scruples, but Song Ping just smiled and took out a small piece of rabbit meat from her bosom with a smug look: "Little ancestor, don't be angry, mother will give you meat!"

"Who cares?"

Sun Zhuo angrily knocked the dried rabbit meat away and suddenly began to scream and twist his body hysterically: "No! I don't want it! Wuu ...

He shouted and waved his arms, hitting Song Ping all over the face.

The scream immediately attracted everyone's attention. Sun Wan turned around and saw Sun Zhuo punching and kicking Song Ping with his hands and feet.

But Song Ping just covered her face and smiled apologetically, picked up the dried meat, and apologized humbly.

Old Mrs. Sun and Sun Sheng standing by seemed to have seen nothing and just kept their heads down as they walked.

"The Sun family is finished this time."

Someone muttered something, which immediately attracted a chorus of agreement.

Zhu Xiuqin's face was filled with mixed emotions. She turned around, wrinkled her nose and sighed, "Three adults, can't even take care of a child? It's really a sin."

"If I ever meet this bastard, I'll beat his ass till it blooms!"

Zhu Xiuqin muttered quietly to vent her dissatisfaction. Everyone watched for a while, then could only shake their heads and sigh, and continue on their own way.

Every family has its own problems, not to mention that they have long since separated themselves from the Sun family.

The noise behind continued for a long time. Finally, Sun Sheng couldn't stand it anymore. He kicked Sun Zhuo on the butt and scolded him loudly. Only then did Sun Zhuo calm down.

The mountain road was winding and the group walked from early morning to nightfall, and only climbed over two peaks.

As night fell, everyone once again found a cave to shelter in.

Returning to the cave, everyone felt a sense of nostalgia for some unknown reason.

After sprinkling quicklime for disinfection, everyone began to busy themselves with chopping wood, making fire and cooking. Sun Wan looked at the mountains of vegetables in the space, her brows furrowed, full of worry.

Although the vegetables in the space will not rot, it is a waste to leave them idle. Unfortunately, there are no domesticated vegetables in the mountains, so she cannot take them out and use them.

What's worse is that the chickens and ducks in the space have hatched a new batch of chicks and ducklings!

In desperation, Sun Wan could only sneak into the space at night, expand the original chicken coop and duck coop, and in order not to pollute the spring water and food, she buried the feces far away and deep.

This made the space seem even more crowded.

“It would be great if we could expand the space.”

Sun Wan pondered secretly in her heart, trying to let her consciousness explore along the edge of space.

Unfortunately, she fumbled for half an hour but still had no clue.

After walking and stopping for about half a month, Sun Wan and her group finally crossed this endless mountain range.

Little Fuzi was the most agile. He carefully explored the situation at the foot of the mountain and returned with a gloomy face, saying, "Lushui County has been completely engulfed in flames!"

"Everywhere was pitch black, the houses were dilapidated and no one cared about them. Occasionally I saw a few people, but they were starving and staggering. They looked scary, so I didn't dare to approach them to ask questions."

After hearing this, everyone looked at the village chief with horror.

The village chief pondered for a moment and said, "If we want to go to Huizhou, we must pass through the county town and then go to Jizhou City. If we take the wilderness trail, it will not only take an extra month, but it is also probably not safe."

"But we're packed with stuff, so won't we be spotted the moment we show up?"

Zhu Xiuqin asked the question worriedly.

"There's no other way. We can't just hide in the mountains and live forever on this food. Once the food runs out, we'll be doomed!"

"Let's go. According to what Xiao Fuzi said, those people are probably starving to death. We are all strong and have weapons in our hands. I believe they will not dare to attack us easily!"

After the village chief spoke, Sun Wan nodded in agreement, so everyone gritted their teeth and continued on their way.

But this time, except for the three people pushing the cart, the rations of the rest of the men were distributed to women, children and the elderly to carry on their backs.

The men, armed with swords and spears, vigilantly guarded the periphery of the team.

Everyone went down the mountain carefully, and what they saw before them was the ruins of Lushui County.

The air was still filled with the pungent smell of burning, and everyone's heart was filled with unspeakable sadness.

Once we entered the county town, the scene became even more desolate...

Along the way, charred mummies were everywhere, and the occasional living people were like soulless zombies, crawling on the ground, searching hungrily for leftovers.

The people of Darong Village were holding sharp knives. This scene made the survivors look terrified, and they disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Sun Wan knew that they were not far away. The feeling of being followed by invisible eyes had been with them every step of the way from the beginning to the end when they left Lushui.

As they stepped onto the official road, the road gradually became flatter and everyone's hearts relaxed a little.

"Oh my god, I was so scared just now that I thought they were going to pounce on us!"

Er Quezi was still frightened and patted his chest.

Zhu Xiuqin was also afraid, but she didn't forget to tease him: "Look at your courage!"

When Erquezi heard this, he immediately started arguing with Zhu Xiuqin.

As everyone listened to the familiar quarrel between the two, the atmosphere inexplicably eased, and someone even made a joke, making everyone laugh out loud.

Sun Wan looked at the official road in the distance, and there was no one in sight.

Amid the howling cold wind, Yan Senyue suddenly stopped.

She stared sideways, her expression suddenly changing: "Someone is coming!"

"What? Who?"

Zhu Xiuqin, who was arguing, was completely bewildered. Yan Senyue's expression grew increasingly stern. "The enemy not only has horses but also armor, and they're moving incredibly fast. I'm afraid they're the Western Zhao army!"

"Hurry, run to the hill next to you!"

After saying that, Yan Senyue took the lead and ran towards the hill.