Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

"Xiao Mi, come on, Grandma will buy you candied hawthorns."

Yang Zhangshi stopped in front of Zhao Yan and her daughter.

She glared at Zhao Yan with a vicious look, but when she looked at Yang Xiaomi, she immediately put on a kind face.

Upon hearing about candied hawthorns, Yang Xiaomi unconsciously swallowed, but fearing her grandmother would take her away to sell, she hid behind Zhao Yan, unwilling to come out.

"Mom, I'm afraid."

Before Yang Zhangshi could get close, Zhao Yan snapped back to reality. Now that she saw Yang Zhangshi deceiving Yang Xiaomi, she jumped up and reached out to shield the trembling Yang Xiaomi behind her.

"Get out of the way! Don't scare Xiaomi!"

She glanced at Yang Zhangshi with disgust, then waved her hand to chase her away.

But as soon as she swung her arm at Yang Zhangshi, she felt dizzy.

Ugh, I'm so hungry!

This won't do. She needs to find a secluded place to fill her stomach first.

She's got some kind of magic touch too.

Yang Zhangshi inadvertently caught a glimpse of Zhao Yan's clear eyes, which were different from usual, and her heart skipped a beat.

What's wrong with this idiot?

Why does it feel different from before?

She couldn't quite put her finger on what was different.

The thought that Zhao Shazi, who usually obeyed her every command, dared to yell at her made Yang Zhangshi's eyebrows furrow, and she raised her hand to slap him.

"I'll beat you to death, you filthy slut!"

Yang Erlang's wife, Wang Feng, had been waiting for this moment.

"Mother, I'll go catch the little one."

As she spoke, she moved swiftly and lunged at Yang Xiaomi behind Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan is no pushover either.

Don't forget, she was a national special operations personnel in modern times, with professional special training, and she can handle all kinds of emergencies with ease.

Before Yang Zhangshi and Wang Feng could get close, she narrowed her peach blossom eyes, suddenly raised her right foot, and kicked Wang Feng, who was rushing towards her, with perfect accuracy.

Haw!

Wang Feng was kicked hard and instantly lay sprawled on the ground, groaning.

"Ouch! My back!"

Bitch!

That fucking hurts!

Both Yang Zhangshi and Yang Erlang were startled by Zhao Yan's astonishing fighting power, and their bodies trembled violently.

Yang Zhangshi suddenly stopped in her tracks and hurriedly took several steps back.

"You bastard! That's your second sister-in-law! How could you hit her so hard? Dalang! What are you standing there for? Grab that bitch!"

She roared at Yang Dalang.

If she hadn't been wary of Zhao Yan's terrifying physical strength, she would have personally captured the person.

"mother!"

Yang Dalang glanced at Zhao Yan and her daughter with complicated eyes, and then looked at Yang Zhangshi with a troubled expression.

"Mother, let's just forget about this. I... I can't do something like selling my niece."

Yang Zhangshi was so angry at his cowardly behavior that she couldn't help but jump up and down on the spot.

"You coward! Are you trying to drive me crazy? Don't you even know what we've been eating these past few days?"

"Yang Dalang, if you don't catch Zhao Yan and that good-for-nothing of hers today, you might as well take your whole family of four and get out of here. From now on, I'll pretend I never had a son like you!"

Yang Dalang didn't follow her example; he followed his deceased father.

He is kind-hearted, compassionate, and soft-hearted.

But in this famine year, being too soft-hearted and lenient simply won't get you through.

Yang Dalang cried out in anguish, "Mother!"

Isn't Mother forcing him?

Zhao Yan felt her strength gradually dissipating.

She was so hungry she felt a pang of anxiety.

Not wanting to waste any more words with these people, she grabbed a machete lying by the wall and pulled Yang Xiaomi outside.

When Yang Dalang saw her fierce appearance, his legs trembled with fear, but he still used his thin body to shield Zhao Yan.

"Third sister-in-law, put the knife down immediately. I... I won't hurt you and your daughter."

Zhao Yan gripped her daughter's small hand tightly and swung the cleaver in her hand at the man.

"You bad guy! Get out of the way!"

In this family, Yang Dalang and his wife were relatively kind to the original owner and Yang Xiaomi. She didn't want to hurt Yang Dalang; she just wanted to scare him and make him back down.

Yang Dalang suppressed his panic and repeatedly assured Zhao Yan, "Third sister-in-law, believe me, I will absolutely not harm you or Xiao Mi. Put the knife down quickly, as for Mother... I'll talk to her."

When Yang Zhangshi saw Zhao Yan suddenly rush out with a knife, she was frightened and jumped two meters away.

Yang Erlang was so frightened that he scurried back into the house.

Upon hearing Yang Dalang's words, Yang Zhangshi was so angry that she cursed loudly in the courtyard: "Bullshit! Yang Dalang, if you don't listen to me, then take your whole family and get out of here!"

Yang Dalang turned his head and looked over, calling out pitifully, "Mother—"

This is the moment!

It's too late, but it's soon.

Zhao Yan bent down, picked up Yang Xiaomi, and with a quick turn, slipped past Yang Dalang.

She was seen carrying a baby in one arm and a machete in the other, charging menacingly toward Yang Zhangshi.

"Ah! Murder! Murder!"

Yang Zhangshi turned pale with fright, flung open the dilapidated door, and ran out of the house, wailing and crying.

Its two fat legs alternated between the left and right sides, making it look like a fat duck from behind.

Hearing the pig-like screams, the women who had been frightened away by Yang Zhangshi opened their doors and peeked out. Seeing Yang Zhangshi running away at a speed as if her life depended on it, some couldn't help but tease her.

"Aunt Yang, what's wrong with you? Is a ghost chasing you?"

Liu Guifang's house was right next to the Yang family's. When she saw Yang Zhangshi running away with her bottom tucked in, she slapped her thigh and laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight.

"Hahaha, look at Yang Zhangshi's back view, doesn't it look like the stupid duck that Old Wang's family raises? Hahaha, no, no, let me laugh first."

"You know what, it really does look alike."

"Hey? Now that you mention it, I'm puzzled. We've been suffering from drought on and off for two or three years, and everyone is starving. Yang Zhangshi used to be fat, and she still looks like she's covered in fat. Do you think all the food in her house has gone into her own stomach?"

Otherwise, she would have been as thin as everyone else by now, skin and bones.

The door to Liu Guifang's house was wide open. Upon hearing this, she spat on the ground.

"Pah! That selfish wretch Yang Zhangshi, most of the work in her household is done by the eldest son's wife and her daughter-in-law. She's a lazy bum who eats and does nothing all day long, no wonder she's thin!"

Just then, someone exclaimed.

"Oh dear! That silly wife of the Yang family is carrying a knife!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the Yang family's house.