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

But when I saw that the four of them, mother and children, had only a simple bag, I felt even more sorry for my poor sister.

Zeng Zhengen handed the bag of clothes to the three children to carry, and she continued to carry the backpack. She looked at Zeng Siyuan and said softly, "Brother, let's go."

Zeng Siyuan took the backpack from Zeng Zhengen and said firmly, "Zeng'er, let big brother carry this backpack."

Zeng Zhengen and his three children followed Zeng Siyuan and walked out of the yard slowly. Occasionally, they met a few villagers on the road, but everyone just watched from a distance and no one took the initiative to greet them. Seeing this, a few curious villagers thought there was something exciting to watch, so they quietly followed them.

Although the villagers kept a certain distance, Zeng Zhengen was still keenly aware of it. However, she ignored the people following her and focused on the road ahead.

They walked all the way to the village entrance and happened to run into Yang Xuyu who had just returned from outside. Yang Xuyu was over 50 years old and was usually kind. When Zeng Zhengen was kicked out of the Zhang family, Yang Xuyu saw that the four of them had nowhere to go, so he lent them an empty thatched house in the village to stay temporarily.

Seeing Zeng Zhengen with the child and luggage, Yang Xuyu asked with concern: "Zhang Yong, are you going back to your mother's house?"

Zeng Zhengen smiled at Yang Xuyu and replied, "Yes, Uncle Yang."

She thought about how Yang Xuyu had taken care of her and her son, so she explained, "My family in my mother's village decided to flee south, so my eldest brother came to pick us up so that we can have someone to take care of us on the way."

Hearing Zeng Zhengen's words, Yang Xuyu showed a hint of surprise on his face. He also heard that many villages around were preparing to flee famine, and he himself was hesitant about whether to follow. However, Zeng Zhengen's explanation made the balance in his heart begin to tilt, maybe Zhangguanbao should really consider preparing to flee famine together.

"I understand." Yang Xuyu nodded, with some concern in his tone, "Zhang Yong's family, you have several children with you, so you must be careful on the road."

Zeng Zhengen smiled and thanked Yang Xuyu, then said goodbye to him and left Zhangguanbao. The villagers who followed behind to watch the excitement saw Zeng Zhengen talking to Yang Xuyu, and then saw her leave the village, still confused about the whole story.

Seeing Zeng Zhengen had left, several villagers who were close to Mrs. Zhang hurried to Old Zhang's house.

When Mrs. Zhang was at home thinking about how to get Zeng Zhengen's dowry back, she heard several villagers who had a good relationship with her say that Zeng Zhengen had left Zhangguanbao with several children.

"You said that the unlucky star took the child out of the village and went back to her parents' home?"

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she gnashed her teeth. She wanted to take back the dowry of that unlucky man, but she had gone back to her parents' home. How could she get those things back?

That's ten taels of silver! And that silver hairpin can be worth at least several taels of silver!

Mrs. Zhang felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.

"You didn't know about this? Didn't Zhang Yong's wife tell you about this?" the villager asked in surprise.

"You know that ever since the death of our eldest son, that unlucky guy has no regard for me as his mother-in-law." Mrs. Zhang said angrily.

Afterwards, Mrs. Zhang started to complain about Zeng Zhengen to the villager. The villager was of the same kind as Mrs. Zhang, otherwise he would not have been so close to her.

Two people who look alike get together and talk more and more excitedly.

"No, I can't just let that unlucky girl go like this. I have to go get back the silver and hairpin she stole yesterday. They belong to our Zhang family."

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhang stood up, went into the house, called her two sons and daughter-in-law, and then ran outside.

She was caught by that unlucky guy yesterday because she was not prepared. Today she has to ask her son and daughter-in-law to go along.

She thought to herself, with so many people, she didn't believe that they couldn't do anything to that "unlucky guy".

Although Mrs. Zhang's two sons didn't know what had happened, they didn't ask any more questions when they saw their mother speaking. They immediately got up and followed her out. The villagers who had come to report the news earlier also hurriedly followed her out when they saw that there was something exciting to watch.

The group of people rushed towards the village entrance in a mighty manner. However, when they arrived at the village entrance, Zeng Zhengen and his group had already gone far away, and even their shadow could not be seen.

Mrs. Zhang was unwilling to give up. Just as she was about to take her two sons and daughters-in-law to continue chasing towards the neighboring Dapo Village, she suddenly heard the sound of the village head beating a gong.

Yang Xuyu would only ring the gong to gather everyone in the village when there was something important to discuss. The sound of the gong immediately stopped Mrs. Zhang in her tracks.

"Mom, the head of the village must have something important to announce. Let's go back and take a look!" Zhang Laoer persuaded.

Although Mrs. Zhang was unwilling, she also understood that the important matter in the village could not be ignored. She gritted her teeth and said reluctantly: "Let's go back and see what happened first. We will go to Dapo Village to settle the score with her tomorrow."

So, Mrs. Zhang and her group turned back to the village. On the other side, Zeng Zhengen, with a few children, followed Zeng Siyuan for half an hour and finally arrived at Dapo Village.

Zeng's family lived at the west end of the village, so Zeng Zhengen and his party had to go through the entire Dapo Village to get there. Zeng Zhengen grew up in Dapo Village and was familiar with every plant and tree here, as well as many villagers in the village. Along the way, she enthusiastically greeted the villagers she met, after all, these were uncles and aunts she had known since childhood.

After walking for another cup of tea, they finally arrived at the door of Zeng's house. Zeng's mother had already been standing outside the yard, eagerly waiting for Zeng Zhengen and his friends to arrive.

Seeing the familiar figure, Zeng Zhengen couldn't help but shout, "Mom."

The three children also very obediently shouted in unison: "Grandma."

When Yang's mother heard the affectionate call, she smiled from ear to ear, "Hey, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!" She looked at Zeng Zhengen and her children with loving eyes. She was worried that her daughter would not want to come back, but now that she finally saw them, she finally put her heart at ease.

"Come in and rest for a while." Zeng's mother hurriedly invited them in.

Hearing the noise outside, Zeng's father also came out of the room.

"Dad." Zeng Zhengen called out respectfully when he saw his father.

Although Zeng's father was not as excited as Zeng's mother, he also nodded slightly in response. Although he cared about his daughter very much, his personality made him more reserved and he just said lightly: "I'm glad you're back."

The three little guys looked at their great-father's slightly serious expression and couldn't help but become a little nervous.

"Grandfather."

The great-father looked at his three grandchildren, his expression becoming much gentler.

"Well, you must be tired after walking such a long way! Come inside and rest for a while!"

The three boys shook their heads in unison and said, "We are not tired. We are men, how can we be tired?"