Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

"Everyone, listen to me first, don't panic!" Pan Yang shouted in a hoarse voice.

Fortunately, he had a high reputation in the village, and everyone immediately quieted down. Seeing this, Pan Yang quickly arranged for everyone to act according to the plan and organized the villagers to evacuate to the mountain. Zeng Zhengen quietly opened the map, and after a careful inspection, he found a relatively hidden and spacious cave. After a simple cleanup, everyone entered the cave to rest temporarily.

At this time, Zeng Zhengen walked up to Pan Yang and proposed to go to the front to investigate the situation in person.

"Girl Zeng, it's too dangerous for you to go out as a girl!" Pan Yang shook his head quickly, "Why don't we let our two useless sons go and take a look? If there really are bandits, how can you handle it alone?"

Pan Yang obviously couldn't bear to let Zeng Zhengen take risks, especially if there were really bandits ahead, that would not be something an ordinary person could deal with. The bandits were brutal and violent, and had no humanity at all.

"Don't bother, Pan Yang," Zeng Zhengen waved his hand firmly, "I can go alone. You can let everyone stay in the cave and wait for me to come back."

She declined the proposal of the village head. After all, his two sons were honest farmers who were weak and could not do anything. If they were in danger, they might become a burden. Letting them go to investigate would be a suicide mission.

"But you..." Pan Yang's face was still full of worry, and he was interrupted by Zeng Zhengen before he could finish his words.

"Pan Yang, don't worry, I have the ability to protect myself and will definitely come back safely." Zeng Zhengen said firmly, his eyes sweeping over everyone, "My family is still here, I will be fine."

At this time, Zeng's mother heard the noise and rushed over, her eyes full of worry. "Zeng'er, why don't you let your elder brother go? Don't take risks alone."

The three children also followed, their little faces filled with tears, looking at Zeng Zhengen with tearful eyes.

"Mom, don't leave us." Zhang Jiajun said while choking.

Zhang Jiaqi followed and cried, "Mom, I want you to stay with us."

Zhang Jiahu sniffed, blinked his eyes and said, "Mom, I want to eat the braised pork you made."

Zhang Jiajun and Zhang Jiaqi were stunned for a moment, then they all looked at Zhang Jiahu with disgust and speechlessness on their faces - their little brother was still thinking about eating at this time, he was simply a foodie.

Zeng Zhengen saw the three little ones with tears on their faces, and his heart softened. He quickly squatted down and comforted them, "Be good, don't cry, mom will be back soon. When I come back, I will make a lot of delicious food for you, okay?"

However, Zhang Jiajun shook his head and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Mom, I don't want delicious food, I just want you to come back safely."

Zhang Jiaqi also nodded: "Yes, mother, we just want you to come back safely and stay with us."

Zhang Jiahu wiped the tears from his face and muttered, "Mom, I want you to return safely too." But he secretly added in his heart: Then make him a big table of delicious food, he likes his mother's cooking the most.

Zeng Zhengen hugged each child gently and comforted them softly. When they calmed down a little, she stood up and turned to Zeng's mother.

"Mom, don't worry. The master who taught me medicine also taught me some self-defense martial arts, so I still have the ability to protect myself. Don't worry, I will definitely come back safely." Her eyes were firm and comforting.

Although Zeng's mother was very reluctant and still worried about her daughter, she could only sigh and finally nodded in agreement when she saw her daughter was so determined. "Zeng'er, I don't want to stop you, but you must be careful and protect yourself."

"Mom, don't worry. Please take care of these little ones. When I come back, we can go on our journey with peace of mind." Zeng Zhengen said with a smile, his eyes revealing attachment and reluctance.

"Okay, Mom will take good care of them. You must be careful to be safe." Zeng's mother urged, with worry that was hard to conceal in her tone.

After explaining everything to his mother, Zeng Zhengen called Zeng Siyuan out of the cave.

Although Zeng Siyuan didn't understand why his sister called him alone, he still followed her out, looking puzzled. "Zeng'er, you called me out, is there something important you want to say?"

Zeng Zhengen nodded, looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention, she whispered, "Brother, don't be surprised, I have something for you." She quickly took out a powerful pill from the space.

"Brother, you will swallow this later."

Zeng Siyuan looked at the black pill and asked in confusion, "Zeng'er, what is this?"

"Brother, this is the powerful pill left by my master. After swallowing it, it can significantly increase your strength within seven days." Zeng Zhengen explained. The reason why she gave the pill to Zeng Siyuan was that she was worried that the Zeng family might be in danger after she left. Although the cave was temporarily safe, she still wanted to be fully prepared.

After hearing this, Zeng Siyuan was still a little confused, but he didn't ask any more questions and swallowed the pill directly. Not long after, he felt a strong force surging in his body and looked at Zeng Zhengen in surprise.

"Zeng'er, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I will protect these little nephews." Zeng Siyuan said confidently. He understood that his sister gave him the pill out of concern for her family.

"Well, big brother, I'll leave them to you. But don't worry, I'm just going to check out the situation and will be back soon.

After Zeng Zhengen finished her instructions, she quickly walked down the mountain. When she approached the place where they had passed, she found that the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. She carefully climbed up a dense tree, held her breath, and carefully observed the situation below.

The sound of horse hooves came from far away and soon reached her ears clearly. Zeng Zhengen saw a group of horsemen, a total of 18 people, each riding a horse. Their clothes were similar to those of Mobei, but judging from their faces, everyone looked ferocious.

The leader of the team was a bearded man, with two men on each side, who looked like guardians. The man on the right of the bearded man suddenly said, "Strange, I clearly saw these people running towards us, why are they gone now?"

"I told you long ago that we should take that road to chase them. They must be hiding over there," the man on the left of the beard responded dissatisfiedly, "but you insisted on taking this road."

"That road is overgrown with weeds and looks like no one has walked on it," another person retorted.

"But we have been chasing on this road for so long and still haven't seen the target."

"Then maybe they have already gone down the mountain to Bijie City."

Seeing the two people arguing endlessly, the bearded man finally spoke to stop them and said, "Okay, stop arguing. If there is no one here, then go back and track them by another route. We must find them. They must have a lot of good stuff on them."

Upon hearing the bearded man's order, the team immediately turned around and headed back.

Zeng Zhengen saw them leave and was about to leave when he suddenly found that they turned back. Those people gathered again and continued to walk back.

"Brother, it seems that they did not take this road." The bearded follower looked at him and reported.

The bearded man nodded and said to everyone, "Let's continue to chase them along another road. As long as we catch up with them, we can make a fortune."