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

"I saw it with my own eyes!"

Su Chongsong shouted without giving in: "If you don't want others to know, then you must have never done it!"

"Let me ask you, when I was eight years old, in the back mountains, did you give all your silver to a man?"

That guy has delicate skin and tender flesh, what else could he be but a heart-stealing guy!"

"Also, what about the one hundred taels of silver the old man left behind? Do you think it could have disappeared without a trace?"

"How heartless!"

Sun Wan was furious, and with a backhand, she slapped Su Chongsong on the cheek again!

"That man is the son of an old master from the city's academy. I gave him the money, yes, but if I hadn't, with your grades back then, which were as bad as dirt, how could you still hope to enter the academy?"

"You're lying! Where did the old man get his son?"

"Idiot! When you were studying so hard, the old man had already become the dean of the academy, and his son, with the money your mother had worked so hard to earn, had already gone to the capital to take the imperial examination!"

Su Chongsong's expression froze for a moment, then was replaced by anger: "Now that the people in the academy are dead or scattered, you can say whatever you want!"

Sun Wan was so angry that she almost passed out.

She took a sharp breath and held on to the worn table with one hand, barely managing to avoid falling.

Sun Wan was so angry that she couldn't breathe and couldn't even stand steadily, but there was no pity in Su Chongsong's eyes, only indifference.

Looking at his expression, Sun Wan's heart completely sank.

Once her heart died, she finally regained some of her sanity.

"Well, if you don't believe me, then I won't bother to talk to you anymore."

Sun Wan pounded her chest hard, trying to vent her anger: "In your eyes, I've already been a sinner."

"Whether you believe it or not is your own choice. Whether I tell it or not is my business."

Sun Wan stared at Su Chongsong coldly: "When your father left, he did leave behind that one hundred taels of silver."

"That's because he was worried that my mother and I would have a hard time, so he hunted in the mountains day and night."

"But after he left, I had to work in the fields, and you kids kept running to the Sun family's house all day long. I was worried that you would suffer any injustice there."

"Of the one hundred taels of silver, I'll give two taels to your maternal grandparents every month. You can calculate the remaining amount carefully and see how many years it will last."

Su Chongsong snorted disdainfully: "Don't treat me as a fool, my grandmother told us a long time ago that she never took a penny from you!"

"Oh? I didn't know that my own daughter was such a generous person."

Sun Wan sneered: "I just said it, whether you believe it or not is up to you."

"Besides the money I gave to my grandparents, there was also your second brother's apprenticeship in the city, your sister's embroidery training, and the money you paid for your studies in the city to buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstone. Did all that money just come from the wind?"

"Su Chongsong, it's okay that you didn't understand when you were little, but you're already 23 years old, how could you not understand?"

"That's not even counting the money you spend on food, clothing, and other necessities. It's like I'm such a slut that I have to tighten my belt to support you."

"If you still care about the one hundred taels of silver, why not divide it among the four of you brothers and sisters? That's a total of twenty taels. How many years can you live?"

Looking at Su Chongsong, whose face turned pale and blue, Sun Wan straightened her back and looked at him coldly.

Although her chest hurt badly, her words were unusually calm: "I also have to thank you."

"Thank you for finally giving up your pretense today and letting me go. You told me not to humiliate myself anymore."

After saying that, Sun Wan walked out of the room without looking back.

The sunlight outside the door stung her eyes a little, and Sun Wan couldn't help but burst into tears.

With tears in his eyes, Yan Senyue leaned against the door frame and looked at her quietly.

"Mrs. Sun, it seems that you are not very good at raising children."

Sun Wan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After laughing, she let out a long sigh, and her heart inexplicably felt a lot more relaxed, as if the worry that had been bothering her for many years had disappeared overnight.

She smiled lightly, a little self-deprecatingly: "Maybe, I really don't know how to teach children."

Yan Senyue looked at Sun Wan, and a smile suddenly curled up at the corner of his mouth. She usually had a cold face and rarely smiled, but now her smile was as dazzling as a spring flower, brightening people's eyes.

"What's the big deal? There are people in this world who don't know how to be children, and naturally there are also people who don't know how to be parents."

"Madam Sun, it's getting late. We should set off."

Sun Wan smiled and nodded in agreement. The two of them ignored the mess in the yard and left side by side.

In the room, Su Chongsong waited until the figures dispersed before he reluctantly moved.

His face was red and swollen from the slap Sun Wan had given him, and the bruises on his neck were even more shocking, as if he had just been through the gates of hell.

He struggled to the yard and saw that the medicine pot was still on the fire, which made him feel relieved.

Looking at the unconscious Lu Zhenxin and his wife, his expression darkened.

He wrapped the medicine jar with a cloth, poured out a full bowl of hot medicine, and drank it all in one gulp before it could cool down.

Then he poured another bowl, hobbled into the house, helped the unconscious Wan Niang up, and fed her bit by bit.

Throughout the entire process, Su Chongsong remained extremely calm, and his hands did not tremble at all.

Facing Wanniang's tightly closed lips, he patiently pried them open and slowly poured the medicine in.

He would lick up any medicine that occasionally spilled out, not wasting a single drop.

Finally, he boiled the remaining medicinal residue again with water, let it cool and set aside, ready to give it to the two people in the evening.

The Lu couple were still unconscious, but Su Chongsong had recovered a lot of strength, at least he no longer staggered when walking.

He dragged the two of them with great effort, step by step, to the street, and then left without looking back.

Several ragged and skinny beggars took the opportunity to come out and dragged the Lu couple to a secluded place.

……

Thanks to the efforts of the village chief, all the villagers in Darong Village have recovered quickly. Except for a few who feel slightly weak, most people have regained their vitality.

Everyone gathered in the reed marsh and saw the grain carts and horses in front of them. Although they had heard about them before, they were still surprised and delighted!

Zhang Daniu excitedly ran towards the horse and reached out to touch it in disbelief: "Is this... really our horse?"

Xiao Fuzi excitedly rushed towards the modified grain cart: "Wow! We really have a car!"

The joy is beyond words.

Madam Chi reported to the village chief and Madam Sun: "In the past few days, we have equipped two carriages with horses, and the simple carriage has taken shape."

“And pickled fish.”

"Unfortunately, there wasn't enough salt in the food. I didn't want to waste it, so I only pickled about a hundred of them."

"Oh, by the way, this time we stuffed their clothes with reed fluff and wolf skins to make a cotton-padded jacket for each person!"

"I won't be afraid of the cold on the road ahead!"

"Well done everyone!"

Sun Wan was amazed at their achievements, and her joy reached its peak when she put on the bulging and warm new clothes.

As night fell, the people of Darong Village sat around the campfire for the first time in a long time and enjoyed a feast.

In the afternoon, Zhang Daniu and Su Rongze returned to Jizhou City with a few people and collected a lot of pots and pans. Even more fortunately, they found leeks in a cellar!