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

After the bandits had completely gone away, Zeng Zhengen gently jumped down from the tree, patted her chest, and sighed with lingering fear. "I didn't expect these bandits to be so cunning." She secretly decided in her heart that it seemed that she had to stay in the cave for one more night tonight, and it would be safer to go down the mountain tomorrow to investigate the situation.

Thinking of this, she quickened her pace and headed back towards the cave. However, just as she reached the cave, she heard a loud noise. Her heart sank suddenly. Could it be that the bandits had discovered them?

Zeng Zhengen's heart was filled with alarm, and she quickly quickened her pace and rushed to the cave. But when she arrived, she saw that they were not bandits, but another group of people she had never expected.

At the entrance of the cave, two groups of people were confronting each other with swords drawn.

"Mr. Zeng, this is the grandson of our Zhang family! Why are you stopping us from taking him away? Do you want to starve our family to death?" Mrs. Zhang, dressed in rags and dirty, stood outside the cave and yelled at the top of her lungs, pointing at the Zeng family members in the cave, furious.

It turned out that the Zhang family had eaten up all the food on the way to escape famine. Along the way, they had to dig wild vegetables, eat grass roots, and gnaw tree bark to barely make a living. Later, Pan Yang relented and gave them some food, but they soon squandered it all. Pan Yang had long been extremely disappointed with the Zhao family.

Finally, because they were so hungry, the Zhang family stole food at night while the villagers were asleep. After the incident was exposed, Pan Yang decided to kick the Zhang family out of the team. However, the Zhang family knelt down and begged, swearing and promising to return the stolen food double in the future. Pan Yang reluctantly agreed to let them stay in the team for the sake of their fellow villagers and the difficulty of fleeing famine.

The Zhang family really restrained themselves and did not dare to cause trouble for the time being. But who knew that when they passed by the cave, they happened to see the three brothers Zhang Jiajun. Mrs. Zhang was immediately dissatisfied. When the Zhang family drove the three brothers out of the house, they did not give them anything. Now seeing these three little guys again, they were all dressed neatly and had a little more flesh on their faces. It was obvious that they lived much better than them.

They all fled together, so why can they live such a comfortable life? Jealousy and resentment quickly spread in Mrs. Zhang's heart, and eventually she gave rise to greedy thoughts.

In particular, the Zhang family witnessed a lot of chaos on the road of fleeing famine, and even saw some human traffickers riding horse-drawn carriages to bribe children a few days ago.

The Zhang family thought that if they could sell these children to human traffickers and get some silver or food, they would be able to survive the current predicament. With this plan in mind, they would not care about their face and try to snatch the children from the Zeng family.

Zeng's mother saw this and immediately understood that the Zhang family had no good intentions. Her eyes darkened, knowing that Zheng En had told her to take good care of the children before he left, and that she must not let the Zhang family succeed. Moreover, this was the Zeng family's responsibility, and she could not hand over the children no matter what.

"Mrs. Zhang, you are so calculating. You want us to hand the child over to you? No way!" Zeng's mother responded coldly with a firm tone.

Seeing that Zeng's mother refused to give in, Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her face turned blue and her voice became even sharper. "These children belong to our Zhang family! Why are you, the Zeng family, blocking them from leaving? Do you want to take possession of our Zhang family's children?"

While Mrs. Zhang was yelling, she was secretly thinking with pride: After watching for so long, that bitch Zeng Zhengen still hasn't shown up. She must have died outside. This is actually a good opportunity. As long as she takes these children away, she can sell them directly to the traffickers.

Mrs. Zhang was calculating in her mind, and her voice became more and more unscrupulous. Zhang Laoer and Zhang Laosan also took the opportunity to echo her. The villagers in the cave were just watching coldly, but when they heard that Mrs. Zhang wanted to snatch the three children, they immediately came out of the cave.

These three children belonged to Zeng Yatou. The villagers had received a lot of favors from Zeng Yatou before. How could they watch her children being snatched away? Especially the soldier and his wife. Zeng Yatou had saved their lives. Now that her benefactor was away, they naturally couldn't let her children suffer any injustice.

Mrs. Zhang was shocked when she saw a group of villagers pouring out of the cave. She originally thought that there were only the Zeng family in the cave, so they dared to be so arrogant, after all, they had the advantage of numbers. But now, seeing that these villagers were all from the same village as the Zeng family, her arrogance suddenly weakened a bit.

Seeing the villagers come out to show their support, Zeng's mother became more confident. She straightened her back and said in a cold voice, "Mrs. Zhang, I tell you, as long as we are here, you can't take our grandson away!"

Mrs. Zhang was frightened by this and became annoyed and anxious. She shouted angrily, "Do you Zeng family still have any law? This child belongs to our Zhang family and has our Zhang family name!"

Mrs. Zhang yelled as she took a few steps back, obviously lacking confidence. Seeing this, Zeng Siyuan smiled coldly and stepped forward. He was tall, much taller than the Zhang family, and now he walked in front of them, looking down at them, with an imposing manner.

"I remember that you drove my sister and her child out of the Zhang family. How dare you come here and say they are from your family?" Zeng Siyuan asked in a cold voice and sharp eyes, "If they are really from the Zhang family, why were they driven out by you?"

Mrs. Zhang was speechless and stammered, "I...we were just joking at that time. Now we know we were wrong. Why do you Zeng family members have to be so aggressive?"

Zhang Laoda stood up. Although he felt guilty, he still said, "Yes, my mother was just joking with you. Now we have repented. Can't you be more tolerant?"

"Are you kidding?" Zeng Siyuan sneered, a cold light flashing in his eyes. He glanced at the Zhang family, casually pulled up a branch as thick as his wrist, and with a slight force, he snapped the branch in front of them.

"Since you are joking, how about I play a joke on you too?" Zeng Siyuan played with the broken branch in his hand, and said in a low and threatening voice: "Do you want me to treat you like this branch and break it directly?"

When the Zhang family saw the terrifying strength Zeng Siyuan displayed, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs became so weak that they could hardly stand. How could they dare to continue to fight? They were all scared to death.

Seeing Zeng Siyuan's terrifying strength, Zhang Laoer waved his hands and said, "Don't be impulsive. At worst, we can just give up on those brats." He glanced at the broken branch and felt a chill in his heart. If Zeng Siyuan's strength landed on their necks, would they still be able to survive?

However, Mrs. Zhang was unwilling to give in. She gritted her teeth and snorted in a sharp voice, "No! These three brats must be handed over. They are our Zhang family members in life and our Zhang family ghosts in death!"

She had figured it out in her mind. Now that they had no food, if they didn't find a solution, they would starve to death sooner or later. It would be better to take this opportunity to sell these children and exchange them for some food, so that at least they could survive. They would die anyway, so they might as well take a gamble.

"Oh, I want to see who dares to take them away without my permission!"