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

The man covered his aching elbow, glared at Zhu Xiuqin resentfully, and winked behind him.

Several men with ill intentions suddenly approached. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Xiuqin quickly protected her backpack and squeezed into the crowd.

Zhu Xiuqin's experience is not an isolated case. Since being separated in the refugee crisis, everyone has attracted attention from others to varying degrees.

In particular, Sun Wan and her group who were pushing a grain cart were the first to suffer.

Su Rongze kicked out, breaking a hand that was trying to approach, and kept waving the sharp blade in his hand, intimidating the surrounding refugees.

Sun Wan was quick to replace the grain on the grain cart with straw.

Unfortunately, the other two grain trucks were too far away to help for the time being.

When chaos was already breaking out outside Lucheng, waves of terrified cries for help were heard from the direction of the city gate.

"Help me—"

"Something happened! Something big happened in the city!"

The heart-wrenching cries were terrifying. As figures continued to fall at the city gate and blood splattered everywhere, a tragic scene clearly appeared before our eyes.

Hundreds of soldiers rode on horses, brandishing swords and charging forward, hacking at anyone they met, blood splattering everywhere, it was an extremely tragic scene.

Whether civilians or city gate guards, no one escaped the disaster, and their bodies were trampled beyond recognition by horses' hooves.

The entire Lucheng instantly turned into a hell on earth.

No one was spared, regardless of gender, age or status, they were either trampled to death by horses' hooves or beheaded by the gleaming cold swords.

After a brief silence, screams of fear broke out all around and people scrambled to flee the city.

But it was too late.

The war horses were as fast as the wind, and the rebel generals could enter and exit the city gates in the blink of an eye, slaughtering innocent people.

Sun Wan suddenly shouted, "Stop running! Get down!"

Thanks to Yan Senyue's early warning, the villagers of Darong Village were located on the periphery of the refugee group. Sun Wan also discovered that the soldiers specifically targeted those who were running away and shouting.

Upon hearing the sound, although people were afraid, they instinctively obeyed the instructions and those who were close to the cart hid directly under the cart.

Soon, a soldier with a fanatical look on his face and blood all over his body appeared in front of everyone.

"Ok?"

The leader rode his horse around the crowd with interest, and suddenly raised his knife and stabbed it into Zhang Daniu's shoulder, and blood gushed out immediately.

"These little common people are quite clever."

Everyone lay on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, not even daring to look up.

"What's in the car?" Seeing that the man was about to pierce the bag on the car, in order to hide the truth, Sun Wan shouted:

"Master, these are all food, specially given to you by our village!"

Hearing this, the man was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Good! Good! You're a woman who knows how to talk!"

Everyone felt relieved, but the next moment, the man's expression suddenly changed. He whipped out a whip and lashed it hard at Zhou Derong's face: "Who told you to talk so much!"

"Can't I see that it's food?"

"Damn it! These days, ordinary people can't even get enough to eat, but you lowly people have so much food. There must be something fishy going on!"

He grabbed Sun Wan, and Su Rongze, who was standing next to him, instinctively tried to stand up and resist, but was stopped by a soldier who said, "Don't move!"

Su Rongze was shocked and tried his best to dodge. The blade just grazed his ribs and did not hit any vital parts.

Sun Wan looked at her son and shook her head violently, signaling him not to act rashly.

Su Rongze understood Sun Wan's hint and clenched his fists so tightly that he could almost squeeze blood.

After a while, he slowly relaxed, his body limply lying on the ground, his head buried deep in the soil.

Sun Wan and the villagers of Darong Village finally felt relieved.

Sun Wan forced a smile and said, "Sir, we are all law-abiding common people. This grain doesn't belong to us, it belongs to the county magistrate!"

"The county magistrate ran away with his family, but asked us to transport this batch of grain for him. We finally arrived in Lucheng and were just looking for a break when we unexpectedly met you."

Sun Wan's expression changed, and she said anxiously, "That corrupt county magistrate sent us here to deliver food, but he didn't allow us to eat a single grain. He even took away several thousand taels of silver. Rather than letting that corrupt official profit, we should give it to you, sir!"

After hearing this, the leader's expression softened a lot.

With an ambiguous smile on his face, he stared at Sun Wan and said, "You are quite clever, woman."

Sun Wan smiled apologetically, bowed and nodded as she untied a package from her body. "Here are some coarse grains for us to eat. If you don't mind, please accept them, sir."

The leader let go, and Sun Wan fell back to the ground, shaking violently, with an unpleasant taste in her throat.

She suppressed her discomfort, no longer looking up, and prostrated herself on the ground in a humble manner.

The chief impatiently tore open the package, and the next moment, rough rice mixed with hay and bark scattered all over the ground.

"Cough cough cough! Damn, what the hell is this!"

Dust flew in the air, and the leader coughed violently a few times, then angrily waved his whip to the side.

Unfortunately, the whip fell on Su Guiying.

She was caught off guard and screamed, "Ah!"

When Sun Wan heard the clear and tender female voice, she knew something was wrong. Something bad had happened!

Sure enough, all the soldiers' attention was instantly focused on Su Guiying.

The leader uttered an "ah," and then he became interested. Then he picked up Su Guiying with his big hands like iron pliers and asked, "There's a little girl here?"

Su Guiying looked up and met the leader's murderous face. She smelled the suffocating smell and the bloodstained sword nearby, and was immediately frightened out of her wits.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Su Guiying struggled desperately and accidentally scratched the leader's face with her hand.

"Damn it, how dare you touch me!"

The leader was furious and slapped Su Guiying in the face like a storm, hitting her twenty or thirty times in a row.

Su Guiying's cries turned from sharp to hoarse, and finally to silent.

Sun Wan's body trembled like a leaf in the wind.

After the leader vented his anger, he threw Su Guiying to the ground.

"boom!"

Dust was flying, and tiny particles were stuck on Su Guiying's swollen and bruised face. The face that should have been as delicate as a flower was now distorted horribly.

Everyone was pressed against the ground, their palms clenched involuntarily, their eyes filled with deep hatred.

Sun Wan's eyes were bloodshot, and she stared at her daughter who had fainted not far away without blinking.

After venting his anger, the leader seemed to be in a much better mood. Seeing that the group of people were lying down obediently, he said in a slightly relaxed tone:

"You bunch of untouchables are smart, I'll spare your lives today."

"Tie up these people and send them to the front lines of the battlefield!"

At the command, dozens of soldiers pounced on them like hungry wolves, pointing their knives at the crowd and driving them deep into Lucheng.

Sun Wan did not dare to delay and seized the opportunity to pick up Su Guiying. Zhang Daniu supported the weak Su Rongze and staggered to catch up with the team.

Seeing this, the escorting soldier frowned slightly, but said nothing.

All the baggage and grain carts on the ground were taken over and managed by the remaining soldiers.

Everyone had tears on their faces and despair in their eyes, and they were forced to move forward like driven animals.