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

Zeng Zhengen was speechless. Seeing the filial piety of his two nephews at this moment, his heart was deeply moved.

After calling the kids onto the carriage, she turned around and came to Zeng's mother. "Mom, how about you and Dad get on the carriage too?"

Although the carriage was not luxurious, it was quite spacious and it should be no problem for my great-grandparents to sit in it.

"No, your father and I can still walk, there's no need for us to join in the fun." Zeng's mother refused flatly.

Wang Huan thought to herself that Zeng Zhengen might ask her to come up and sit down, but she didn't expect Zeng Zhengen to mention it. Just as Wang Huan was about to speak, Zeng's mother gave her a cold look, which frightened her so much that she dared not think any more.

Perhaps because of the trauma of the previous encounter with robbers, the villagers seemed particularly nervous about this canyon and were all in a hurry and walking very fast.

Not long after, the team finally walked out of the canyon and continued to move forward for more than two hours. At this time, Pan Yang asked everyone to stop and rest. There were many refugees sitting on both sides of the road. They were ragged and skinny, almost just skin and bones.

The villagers sighed when they saw the miserable plight of the refugees, and were filled with relief. If they had not followed Zeng Yatou, they might have been even more miserable than these people.

Due to the large number of refugees, the villagers had to take out dry food to eat, and did not make a fire to cook. Although Zeng Zhengen was reluctant to eat dry food, she was too embarrassed to openly take out other food in front of so many people.

Just as everyone was chewing on their dry food, an excited voice suddenly came from the side. "Village Chief, it's really you! Great, we've finally waited for you, woo woo..."

Then, several sobs followed. Pan Yang was about to put the pancake into his mouth, but he paused and looked at the ragged and dazed people in front of him in confusion.

"You...you are..." Pan Yang asked cautiously.

When the beggars heard his voice, they rushed forward. Pan Yang's wife was quick to step forward and stop them. "What do you want to do? Do you want to blackmail people in broad daylight?" Her voice was filled with anger and vigilance.

The few of them paused, obviously not expecting Pan Yang's wife to misunderstand them.

"Sister-in-law, it's me! I'm Zhang Susu, and my husband is Li Longtao!" Her voice was filled with anxiety.

"What? Are you from Taozi's family? How did you become like this?" Pan Yang's wife's face was full of disbelief, and her tone was full of concern.

Hearing the question from Pan Yang's wife, Zhang Susu couldn't help but wiped away her tears. "I...we just arrived in Qingzhen City when we encountered soldiers conscripting men into the army. My son Taozi couldn't escape and was captured. Woo woo..."

Pan Yang's wife's heart tightened, realizing the seriousness of the matter. She urged, "Hurry up and tell me clearly, don't cry, let me know what happened!"

Amid the sobbing of several people, Zhang Susu finally told the story. It turned out that after they arrived at Qingzhen City, they happened to encounter soldiers conscripting men. Seeing that the situation was not good, they wanted to withdraw quickly, but as women with families, they could not escape those young and strong soldiers.

In this way, all the men in their families were captured, leaving only the elderly, the weak, women and children to trek on the road. Without the protection of men, the journey was extremely difficult and they almost lost their lives several times, but they gritted their teeth and persevered.

In order not to burden them, the elderly in the family chose to stay where they were and wait for death, leaving the remaining food to them. Zhang Susu and other women knew that they could not reach the south smoothly, so they decided to wait for the villagers to arrive and then follow them on the road.

After hearing their story, Pan Yang's wife was filled with sympathy, but she did not immediately agree to let them go with the team. "You have suffered so much, but you also know that it was you who proposed to separate. If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?" She sighed.

"Sister-in-law, we were really wrong! Could you please let us follow the team?" Zhang Susu's eyes were full of pleading and her voice was trembling.

They deeply regretted that they should have followed Pan Yang and the others through the mountain road. That way, their husbands would not have been captured and sent into exile, and they would not have experienced the hardships that followed.

When Pan Yang's wife saw their pleading eyes, she hesitated, but finally turned her head away and remained silent.

Seeing this, several women turned their eyes to Pan Yang and said, "Village Chief, you are the chief of Dapo Village. You can't just watch us suffer on the road and do nothing!"

Seeing Pan Yang's hesitation, Zhang Susu was anxious and began to blackmail him morally. Several other women also echoed, "Village head, you can't just ignore us!"

Pan Yang was somewhat embarrassed by this sudden pressure. As the village chief, he really couldn't ignore their plight, but he knew that the team could only get to where they are now thanks to Zeng Yatou's ability. If it weren't for her, everyone might have gone through countless hardships like these refugees.

He struggled in his heart, thinking that Zeng Yatou had reminded them many times before, but they were unwilling to believe. If he let them return to the team at this time, wouldn't it bring more trouble to Zeng Yatou?

As Pan Yang was reluctant to agree, several women began to get impatient and their words became more and more intense. Some even accused Pan Yang of not stopping them from going to Qingzhen City because he wanted to kick them out of the team.

Pan Yang's wife originally sympathized with them, but when she heard them slandering her husband like this, she was immediately furious. "What are you talking about! My husband tried his best to persuade you not to leave the team, but you were stubborn and refused to listen to my advice. You insisted on taking the official road to Qingzhen City. Now that your husband is gone, you dare to blame us!"

Pan Yang's wife pointed at those people and angrily accused them, blaming them with a barrage of words, instantly leaving them speechless. However, when they realized the predicament they were in and the safety of their children, they still gritted their teeth and persisted, continuing to pester them.

The noise here soon alarmed other villagers, and the Zeng family who were eating dry food also heard the noise here.

Zeng's mother raised her head and looked over there. After seeing the situation on the village chief's side, she was so frightened that she shuddered and immediately stuffed the dry food in her hand back into her pocket.

"Hurry, hide the dry food, the refugees are coming to steal it!" she said anxiously to her family.

When the Zeng family heard this, they immediately took action and hurriedly hid the dry food and biscuits. Several children also got off the carriage and hid behind the adults. After all, if refugees really came to steal food, sitting in the carriage at this time would be courting death.

Zeng Zhengen didn't want to eat the dry food, so she took the opportunity to put it away. Then, she looked up at the village chief and was shocked to see those ragged people.