Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

The old woman mustered her courage and said, "You—you mustn't do anything reckless! Murder is punishable by death."

"Hahahaha~"

Zhao Lian laughed loudly, a hint of mockery flashing in her big eyes: "What a fine 'a life for a life'! Since you know that murder means paying with your life, why did you still try to kill your own granddaughter just now?"

The old woman was speechless after hearing this. She realized how stupid she was; she had really shot herself in the foot!

Seeing that the old woman remained silent, Zhao Lian smiled and whispered in her ear, "Let me tell you, if I wanted to kill you, it would be as easy as stepping on an ant."

"what!!!"

The old woman looked terrified and covered her mouth with both hands.

I never expected that this pretty young girl, who looked all smiles, would say such vicious things.

She could tell that the girl knew kung fu. She was right; if the girl wanted to kill her, it would be an easy thing to do.

"Don't do anything reckless, it's illegal."

Zhao Lian smiled enigmatically: "Hehe~ If I wanted to kill you all, I believe none of you would object. Besides, in the current situation, who would care about you? Even the government is too lazy to care."

This terrified the old woman, who was trembling all over. In fact, given the current situation, if Zhao Lian really killed them, there would be no way to investigate. Who would care right now?

The government is too busy to take care of itself, and there's so much suffering and death of disaster victims lying in the wilderness with no one caring.

If I were to die, it wouldn't attract anyone's attention.

"Musheng, your mother doesn't want to die yet, sob sob sob~"

The old woman sat on the ground and started crying. Her face was already bruised and swollen, and the tears seeped into her wounds, causing her to wince in pain.

The old man said with a stern face, "Nonsense! Of course we want to live! Tell me, what do you want us to do?"

“Alright, I have a few pills here. If you want to live, each of you can take one.” With that, Zhao Lian took out a porcelain bottle and poured out three pills.

"Could this be poison?" the old woman asked in a trembling voice, her face filled with panic.

Zhao Lian looked impatient: "Are you going to eat it or not? I don't have the patience. In short, if you want to live, you have to take this medicine."

“If you don’t want to eat, that’s fine too.” Zhao Lian drew her knife and slashed at the door panel beside her, instantly slicing off a piece of the panel.

Zhao Lian smiled sinisterly: "You see? My knife is very sharp. Don't worry, it will make you die without any pain."

"I'll eat it, I'll eat it!" The old woman quickly grabbed a pill and swallowed it immediately.

"Hey~" The old man tried to stop her, but it was too late; the old woman had already swallowed it.

The old man glared at him, angrily cursing, "You old woman, you're all talk and no action! You ate it without even asking what happened, be careful someone poisons you!"

Ah, the old woman was dumbfounded. She had no idea whether it was poison or not.

Zhao Lian laughed like a silver bell: "Hehe~ That's right, this is indeed poison. Does it taste a little bitter, and your mouth feels a little numb?"

She hadn't thought much of it at first, but after hearing Zhao Lian say that, the old woman felt her mouth go numb.

The old woman panicked and tried to vomit it out, but she had already swallowed it and couldn't get it out.

"Wow wow wow~"

The old woman's face turned ashen, and she burst into tears, crying, "Didn't you say you wanted him to live? I chose the one who was alive, so why is he still dead?"

"Don't rush me, I haven't finished speaking yet!" Zhao Lian raised an eyebrow: "Anyway, if you don't eat, you're doomed today, but if you eat, you might survive."

"How do you say this?"

The old woman's eyes lit up when she heard that she could still live.

"This medicine is called the Intestine-Breaking Pill. If you don't take the antidote within a month, you will die with your liver and intestines torn apart and blood flowing from your seven orifices. I gave this antidote to your daughter-in-law."

“She will give you an antidote every month to ensure that the poison will not take effect. When she forgives you, she will give you another antidote, and only then will you be completely cured of the poison.”

"In short, if you don't take the antidote, you'll die a horrible death."

"So, are you two going to eat or not?" Zhao Lian started to get impatient, waving the long knife in front of the father and son.

"Dad, let's eat it!" Mu Sheng lowered his head helplessly. If he didn't eat, he would die right now, but if he ate, he could live.

Xiuzhen is a soft-hearted person; a little coaxing will make everything alright. With that thought in mind, Musheng took the medicine without hesitation and swallowed it.

"Ugh!"

The old man saw that he had no other choice. His son and wife had already eaten, so what else could he do but eat as well?

"very good!"

Seeing that the family of three had all taken the medicine, Zhao Lian nodded in satisfaction.

"Wife, how are you feeling now? Let me see the baby." Na Musheng moved closer to Xiuzhen and began to fawn over her.

"Get away!" Xiuzhen frowned unhappily.

"Xiuzhen, please forgive me, I know I was wrong!" Na Musheng pleaded incessantly.

"Xiuzhen, I'm getting senile too. I deserve to die. Don't blame Musheng. It's all because of my loose tongue." The old woman started slapping herself in the face.

“I’ve given all the antidote to Aunt Xiuzhen, so you all have to take good care of her during this time.” After saying that, Zhao Lian said to Li Gang, “Li Gang, you take him with you when you go to fetch water.”

“Okay!” Li Gang readily agreed.

He was worried that no one would take care of Chen Min when he went up the mountain, but now it's good that the two families can look after each other.

Upon hearing that there was water, Mu Sheng was overjoyed, for water meant hope for survival.

"Don't worry, Xiuzhen is my wife, I will definitely treat her well. Besides, my parents know they were wrong." Afraid of upsetting Zhaolian, Musheng repeatedly assured her.

No one saw that Xiuzhen's lips curled up in a smile. In reality, there was no poison at all; it was just a trick to fool them.

I only gave a rough idea, and Zhao Lian had a flash of inspiration and came up with this method.

Unless absolutely necessary, she certainly didn't want her child to lose its father. After all, over the years of their marriage, Mu Sheng hadn't treated her too badly; at least he hadn't hit her.

He listens to his parents in everything and has no opinions of his own.

Now that Zhao Lian has scared them so much, they're probably afraid too, and they definitely won't dare to treat me badly in the future. Besides, I need their care now.

The two men and the other woman were excited when they heard there was water. They didn't care how much, as long as there was water, they would go up the mountain to fetch some so they could set off.

Before setting off, Sun Shangxiang and the others cooked wild vegetable porridge. After eating the porridge, they finally set off. After all that, it was almost noon by the time they finally set off again.