Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

As soon as they returned to their camp, they saw their two precious children running over happily, each carrying a pheasant.

"Mom, look, a pheasant."

"Where did it come from?"

"It was my maternal grandfather who took us to get it."

"It was Xiao Jin who took us to fight."

Erbao: Dabao, this idiot is going to get scolded!

The two children were even lying, so Zhang Xixi put on a stern face. "What exactly happened?"

Seeing his mother's serious expression, Erbao immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "We went to play with Xiaojin for a while and then brought back two pheasants."

"Mother, we were wrong!"

"What's wrong?"

“We shouldn’t go out alone,” Erbao replied immediately.

"anything else!"

Looking at her two sons' bewildered eyes, Zhang Xixi shook her head. "Also, you lied to your mother. Didn't I always say that I should be an honest and good child?"

"Mother, we understand. We won't lie to you anymore!"

"Alright, good kids! Go play!" Zhang Xixi took the pheasant, planning to stew it for dinner.

"Sister-in-law, take one home with you!"

"No need, Father and the others have already hunted." Little Chen smiled and gestured for her to look ahead.

Zhang Xixi looked over and saw that her second brother, her father, and her uncle were all carrying pheasants; there was a whole bunch of pheasants.

"Little sister, come here quickly, we're having chicken tonight."

Zhang Xixi, carrying the pheasant and Xiao Chenshi, walked up to them and said, "Second Brother, could you kill these two for me too?"

She wants to stew one and make beggar's chicken with the other; just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

"Sister-in-law, I also caught two," Zhou Yujie said, showing off as he carried the pheasants.

"Yu Jie is awesome!" Zhou Yu Jie touched his forehead and chuckled.

"Yujie, take those two to your eldest cousin's and second cousin's houses respectively."

"it is good!"

"Sister-in-law, let's put our things down and go do the laundry!" Zhang Xixi put down the basket she was carrying and took out all the clothes she had brought, intending to wash them all.

"Second brother, remember to chop up one of the chickens for me, and just kill the other one and leave it."

"Okay, go ahead!"

When they arrived at the riverbank, there were indeed fewer people. Zhang Xixi and Xiao Chenshi found a spot with rocks and squatted down. She watched as Xiao Chenshi simply placed the clothes on the washboard, added a little wood ash, and began to wash them.

Will this wood ash clean enough? No, she'll have to buy some soap or something. She remembers that scented soap existed in this era, but it was very expensive and ordinary people couldn't afford it, so it shouldn't seem strange for her to take it out.

"Sister-in-law, you go ahead and wash up. I'll go back and get something."

Before Xiao Chen could reply, she ran back to a secluded spot and said, "System, I need a toiletries gift pack!"

"Okay, host!"

Zhang Xixi took out the soap and shampoo packets from the toiletries kit, and stored the rest in the system's storage space. She went back and gave half of the soap to Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen didn't use it and put it away. Zhang Xixi pretended not to see it, as she wanted to focus on washing clothes.

Because Zhou Dashan's family gave them some yams for dinner, they cooked a huge pot of stewed yams and pheasant. So Zhang Xixi didn't even cook sweet potatoes for dinner. This big pot was enough for the whole family. Sure enough, after eating this pot of chicken, everyone's belly was round and full. They were so full and satisfied!

After catching her breath, Zhang Xixi went over and dug the beggar's chicken out of the fire, intending to eat it tomorrow. Unexpectedly, a chubby boy saw her doing this. She didn't pay it any mind and continued digging at the fire, little did she know that a chicken would cause such a commotion.

"Sister-in-law, let's give this chicken to our family!"

"How do I change it!" Zhang Xixi looked at the old woman in front of her with a wrinkled face and a mean appearance. This person seemed to be the old woman from Zhou Dashi's family who didn't treat her daughter-in-law and granddaughter like human beings.

Old Wang handed over the wild vegetables in her hand, saying, "Sister-in-law, look how fresh these wild vegetables are. It's not a bad deal to trade them for a chicken, is it?"

Zhang Xixi was speechless! How could this person be so shameless! Taking advantage of others and acting so entitled.

"Sister-in-law, do I look like a sucker to you?"

"This sister-in-law is too stingy," Old Wang continued righteously, "Sister-in-law, you can't possibly eat that chicken anyway, giving it back to us is for your own good!"

"No trade!" Zhang Xixi rolled her eyes, wrapped the chicken up, and put it into her basket.

Old Mrs. Wang stepped forward and pressed down on the basket on his back, feigning pitifulness, "No, sister-in-law, our Fubao hasn't eaten meat in a long time, please have pity on your grand-nephew!"

"Let go!" Zhang Xixi shouted sharply, pried the man's hand off, and picked up the basket.

Old Mrs. Wang suddenly fell to the ground, pinched her thigh, and cried out, "This is outrageous! My sister-in-law hit my sister-in-law! She hit me!"

Damn, this is blatant staged accident fraud! Zhang Xixi laughed in anger.

Upon hearing the noise, Chen immediately ran over, "Grandma Wang, what are you doing? Are you bullying my daughter?"

"This is outrageous! The younger one beat someone up, and now the older one is bullying them too."

Zhang Xixi was just about to go up and slap her a few times. How dare she try to extort money from her mother! She's got a death wish!

She suffered too much because she couldn't speak well in her past life, so although she's still not very good at speaking in this life, she's decided to let her fists do the talking.

"Zhou Dashi, quickly pull your wife up. Don't embarrass yourself here. Do you think everyone doesn't know her? You dare to extort money from our family." Zhou Dashan and the others came over and saw this scene, and immediately scolded an old man in gray clothes with a bitter face next to them.

Seeing the undisguised disgust on the clan chief's face, Zhou Dashi had no choice but to go over and help Granny Wang up.

"Old woman, stop making a scene!"

"What did I do wrong? It was clearly Yuhao's wife who pushed me. You're all siding with her, just because she's young and pretty!"

"Shut up, Granny Wang! If you keep making noise, your whole family will be kicked out of the clan!" Zhou Dashan said angrily as the woman's words became increasingly inappropriate.

When Zhou Dashi's three sons heard that the clan was to be exterminated, they panicked. They rushed over, lifted Granny Wang up, and strode towards their camp as if being chased by wolves. "Mother, don't say anymore."

"What are you doing? Put me down right now!"

"Zhou Dashi, keep your wife in check. If this happens again, I will not tolerate it!"

"I understand, Brother Dashan. I'll have a good talk with her when I get back."

Zhou Dashan was furious at his cousin's cowardly appearance. That Wang family member was like a rotten apple, ruining the reputation of their Zhou clan.

Zhang Xixi thought it was resolved so easily, and without even asking her a question. Could that old woman Wang be a repeat offender?

As everyone watched, this farce came to an end. Apart from Zhou Dashan and his wife and the Zhang family, everyone else went home.

"Sister-in-law, are you alright?"

"What could have happened to me, sister-in-law? Why aren't you all asking me what happened?"

"No need to ask, it must be that old woman Wang trying to take advantage of your family and stage an accident! She's done this many times, what a short-sighted wretch!" In her opinion, old woman Wang should be taught a good lesson.

Okay! The truth is out!