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

Seeing the Zeng family surrender, the villagers behind them also chose to remain silent without any resistance. Soon, the robbers tied up everyone and began to march them up the mountain. The robbers did not let go of the villagers' property, forcing everyone to push it together.

Since everyone was tied up and had to push their belongings up the mountain, the team moved very slowly. After more than an hour, they finally reached the halfway point of the mountain. The village in front of them came into view, and the faces of the villagers were full of despair - once they entered the village, they would never be able to escape. After realizing this, many people's steps became even slower.

"Hurry up, or I'll beat you up!" a robber roared, lashing the ground hard with the whip in his hand.

"Snap!" The sound of the whip falling was as loud as thunder, shaking the hearts of the villagers.

The crowd dared not delay any longer and quickened their pace. Seeing this scene, the robbers smiled with satisfaction and looked very proud.

"They really are a bunch of bastards." When the robber raised the whip in his hand and was about to swing it at the villagers, the big man who was the leader stopped him.

"Okay, don't hurt them, we still need them to work!" The robber turned around, looked at the big man in surprise, and asked, "Second Master, what can these people do? It's better to just throw them down the mountain to feed the wild animals and save our food."

The second in command glared at him fiercely and said unhappily, "This is the order of the first in command, do you want to disobey it?"

The robber was frightened and shook his head quickly, "No... I dare not, I dare not."

"Then bring these people in quickly." After giving the order, the second in command immediately followed the first in command into the village.

In the lobby of the mountain stronghold, the one-eyed man sat at the head with a gloomy look on his face. "Boss, we have a great harvest today! Look at the supplies from these refugees, they are enough for our brothers in the village to eat for several days."

The one-eyed man glanced at the second in command who was speaking and snorted, "These supplies alone are not enough. Remember to tell the brothers to guard over there. I believe that other refugees will come soon."

The drought in the north is severe now, and there must be many refugees fleeing to the south. As long as the brothers continue to guard there, if they are lucky, they may be able to kill a few big fat sheep.

"Yes, the boss is really smart." The second in command complimented, and the robbers around him also echoed and flattered him.

"Okay, be quiet! When it gets dark later, let's get someone to pick out a few pretty girls from the refugees to reward our brothers. By the way, catch a few children. I heard that children's meat is the most tender. Let's all taste it tonight. Haha..." The boss's mouth curled up with a sinister smile, imagining the taste.

When the other robbers heard the word "girl", greed flashed in their eyes. They had lived in the mountain village for a long time, and tonight they could finally relax.

"The boss is so mighty, so mighty. We will follow him till death!" The robbers cheered in unison, appearing to be very enthusiastic.

The boss was secretly pleased to see his subordinates supporting him so much. Meanwhile, Zeng Zhengen and his group were taken into a dark cave by the robbers.

The cave was small, and Zeng Zhengen and his group were immediately overcrowded after being escorted in by the robbers. The children had been tied up all the way and had walked such a long mountain road, and were already exhausted, but because of the fierce robbers, they held back their tears and dared not cry out loud. Now that they were in the cave, the children sat down on the ground, revealing their exhausted faces.

Zeng Zhengen looked at the red marks on the children's wrists, feeling both pity and helplessness. Her son Zhang Jiajun forced a smile, trying his best to hide the pain, and said, "Mom, we are fine, it doesn't hurt at all, really."

The other two brothers also echoed, "Mom, it's really okay, it just looks scary, but it doesn't hurt at all."

Zeng Sicheng and Zeng Sirui also shook their heads, pretending to be strong.

Zeng Zhengen looked at these sensible children and felt distressed but couldn't help but smile. She wanted to reach out and touch their heads to comfort them, but her hands were still tied and she couldn't move.

"Okay, wait a moment, mother will untie your ropes in a moment." Zeng Zhengen said softly, and then began to try to untie herself.

Hearing her comfort, the children immediately smiled brightly, as if they saw hope.

However, Zeng's mother looked at Zeng Zhengen with a worried look on her face, "Zeng'er, this rope looks very strong, how about..."

Zeng's mother wanted to say something else, but when she saw Zeng Zhengen use his inner strength to shake the rope apart, she stopped talking. The rope was extremely strong for ordinary people, but for Zeng Zhengen, who had deep inner strength, it was easy to untie it.

"Wow, mother is so awesome!" Zhang Jiahu's eyes were full of admiration and he couldn't help but blurt out.

"Shh..." Zeng Zhengen quickly made a gesture to him to keep quiet. Zhang Jiahu immediately covered his mouth, but his eyes were still full of admiration as he followed Zeng Zhengen's movements closely.

Zeng Zhengen first untied the rope on his own hand, then quickly walked to the children and carefully untied their restraints. The children were able to escape, and they breathed a sigh of relief, their eyes full of trust and dependence.

Then, Zeng Zhengen began to help the rest of the Zeng family untie the ropes, with skillful and gentle movements, fearing to alert the robbers outside. Finally, she walked towards the tied villagers and rescued them from their restraints one by one.

The villagers looked at Zeng Zhengen with gratitude in their eyes. Some excited villagers even wanted to kneel down and kowtow to express their gratitude. Zeng Zhengen quickly supported them and said in a low voice: "Don't thank me yet, everyone, quickly untie the ropes of others. Remember, move gently and don't let the robbers outside notice."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, and then began to help untie the ropes of the surrounding villagers.

Soon, all the villagers' ropes were untied. Zeng Zhengen looked at the exhausted people and immediately ordered: "Everyone, rest where you are. Only after a good rest, you will have enough strength to fight these robbers."

The villagers had no objection to Zeng Zhengen's words. After all, if they had not followed her instructions along the way, they might not have been able to hold on until now. Everyone found a place to sit down, leaning against the stone wall of the cave, breathing hard, and recovering their strength.

After Zeng Zhengen made all the arrangements, he came to the Zeng family and said firmly, "Dad, Mom, it will be dark soon. I plan to go out and check the situation. You and everyone else stay here and wait for me to come back."

When Zeng's mother heard this, she suddenly became nervous and immediately stopped him: "Zeng'er, it's too dangerous to go out alone. There are so many robbers outside..."

Yang Yueyue had expected that her mother would worry about her, so she smiled and said softly, "Mom, don't worry, I won't act rashly.