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

Sun Wan stared at him for a while, then suddenly kicked him away: "Who is your mother!"

"I have only given birth to three sons in my life, and one of them is here."

She pointed at Su Rongze and said, "The other one is waiting for news outside. As for the remaining one, he died in the war a long time ago."

"What the hell are you?"

Su Chongsong was completely confused by his mother's words.

Thinking that she was too disheveled, her mother didn't recognize her. She quickly brushed away her greasy, messy hair, revealing a pretty face: "Mom, it's me!"

"I am your most beloved youngest son, Su Chongsong!"

"Really?" Sun Wan sneered, "If my youngest son was still alive, why would he come to Jizhou City instead of looking for his mother?"

Su Chongsong was speechless for a moment.

He forced a smile and said, "Mom, this is all God's will."

"That day, the Western Zhao army attacked, and I got separated from my second brother and his wife. Fearing we might run into the Western Zhao army, I ran into the city without thinking, and ran into a family I used to know."

"It just so happened that they were planning to flee, and they insisted on taking me with them to protect them. Mom, you don't know, there's only one girl in that family, and it's so dangerous for her to go out alone."

How could Sun Wan not know this? She chuckled and said, "Yes, with only one daughter, it's natural to find a young man like you to protect the family."

Su Chongsong's eyes were horrified, and he looked at Sun Wan in disbelief: "Mom, you...how do you know..."

Sun Wan responded with a sneer.

Su Chongsong's forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat.

Su Chongsong lowered his head in embarrassment. He was dressed in rags and exuded an unpleasant smell. It was obvious that he was living a very hard life.

Even so, he still raised his head stubbornly and said with pleading eyes: "Mother, I am really helpless."

"The Western Zhao army was incredibly fierce. When they attacked, the villagers scattered like headless flies. By the time I finally escaped danger, I had lost track of where I was going."

"With nowhere else to go, I had no choice but to follow the main road. In a daze... I got separated from you all."

Sun Wan, who had memories of her past life, had no intention of listening to his explanation and directly asked the key question: "Then let me ask you, did you become a live-in son-in-law?"

Su Chongsong's words suddenly got stuck in his throat.

When Sun Wan saw this, she understood what was going on.

She sneered, "Since you've become a live-in son-in-law for another family, how could you have fallen to this point?"

"Could it be that he was kicked out by the Yue family again?"

"That's not the case...it's just that they fled here and caught a cold a few days ago. They're now recuperating in an abandoned house in the city."

"I came out to look for food, but I unexpectedly met my mother, so I mustered up the courage to follow me."

"Wind chill?"

Suspicion flashed in Sun Wan's eyes, while the expression of the village chief next to her suddenly changed.

The village chief stretched out his arms to block the others and stared at Su Chongsong warily: "Su Laosan, are you saying they have caught a cold? What are the symptoms?"

Su Chongsong was confused: "Isn't a cold just a fever and a cough?"

"Oh, my father-in-law has been coughing badly lately, and even coughing up green phlegm. I came out this time to look for some herbs."

He looked at Sun Wan shamelessly: "Mom, you brought my big brother and little sister out. You should have some leftover food or herbs, right?"

Before Sun Wan could reply, the village chief gasped and pointed at Su Chongsong angrily, "You, you bastard!"

"That's not a cold at all! Continuous high fever, abnormal phlegm color, and constant coughing and wheezing—it's clearly the plague!"

"You rascal!"

The village chief was so angry that he almost fainted. After hearing what the villagers said, their faces turned pale and they retreated in panic, away from Su Chongsong.

In a blink of an eye, a large area around Su Chongsong was cleared.

He blinked, looking bewildered. "What plague? No, Uncle Li, my father-in-law's family just has a common cold!"

"If it really is a plague, then how can I be fine?"

Su Chongsong hurriedly got up from the ground and opened his arms to prove that he was in good health.

But just when he was halfway standing, his body suddenly shook, his chest felt stuffy, and he suddenly spit out a mouthful of black blood.

The blood exuded an ominous smell.

Su Chongsong covered his aching chest and looked up in confusion: "I...it must not be that. Believe me, it really is a cold..."

But at this time, no one believed him anymore.

Everyone suppressed the screams in their throats, covered their noses, turned around, and quickly fled the rockery.

Su Chongsong was in a state of panic and subconsciously wanted to chase after him. However, as soon as he took a step forward, his legs went weak and he fell forward.

At the critical moment, a pair of big hands caught him steadily.

Soon, the owner of these hands helped him sit down, massaging his thin back hard.

Su Chongsong raised his head, his eyes red: "Brother..."

Su Rongze's response was to cover his mouth and nose tightly with his other hand and shook his head at him.

Su Chongsong was holding back his strength, his face twisted into a bitter gourd shape.

"..." Su Chongsong felt so aggrieved in his heart, and the pain in his body added fuel to the fire. He was fine before, but now he felt like all the joints in his body were in rebellion.

Su Chongsong was not a tough guy to begin with, but now he couldn't help but groan and scream.

"It's your own fault!"

Sun Wan glared at the third brother unhappily, remembering how this guy had taken over most of the family's property and even shut her out in her previous life. She couldn't muster any sympathy in her heart.

Seeing the others disperse, Sun Wan waved to Su Rongze and said, "Let's go. Don't worry about this rebellious son."

"Since he's so eager to be someone else's son, there's no need for us to worry about it."

Compared with his younger brother, Su Rongze obviously listened to Sun Wan more. He said "Oh" obediently and stood up to leave.

"Brother! Mother!"

Su Chongsong was really scared this time. He hugged Su Rongze's trouser legs tightly and cried bitterly: "Mom, I was really wrong, I really know I was wrong!"

"We're family, blood is thicker than water!"

"Pooh!"

Sun Wan showed no mercy and spat at him, "I've never raised an ungrateful person like you!"

"Boss, ignore him, follow me, take off all your clothes and burn them!"

After saying that, Sun Wan strode out of the rockery. Su Rongze hesitated for a moment, but finally pried Su Chongsong's hands apart little by little and followed closely behind.

Su Chongsong lay helplessly on the damp and cold ground of the rockery, and finally burst into tears.

When Sun Wan came out of the cave, she saw the village chief arranging the villagers to wash their hands and faces.

She followed suit.

Hearing Su Chongsong's crying in the cave, the village chief was a little worried: "Sister-in-law Sun, what should we do next?"

After all, Su Chongsong was Sun Wan's biological son and was placed with high hopes. He was the only child in the village who went to a private school in the city.

Although I have been studying for almost twenty years, I have not made any achievements.

Sun Wan was also a little confused: "Village Chief, do you think the plague on the third brother is serious? Can it be cured?"

The village chief frowned and said, "It's hard to say."

"Sister-in-law Sun, although we all call these diseases plague, they are actually very different."