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

"Hmph, aren't our Da Ni and Er Ni the granddaughters of the Zhang family?" a sister-in-law said angrily.

"What you said is really a joke. Da Ni and Er Ni are just two useless money-losing pieces. How can they compare with our little soldiers?" another sister-in-law retorted.

"Whose is the money-losing item?" The argument gradually arose, and the two sisters-in-law soon started quarreling fiercely, and it seemed that they were about to tear each other apart.

The villagers who had just finished their meals gathered around to watch the fun. Mrs. Zhang's face became more and more gloomy, and her already unhappy expression became even more serious.

"Shut up," Mrs. Zhang shouted, "Since you still have the energy to argue here, it means you are not hungry, so don't eat."

The two people who were arguing immediately stopped and looked at each other.

"Mom, this is not my fault, it's all my fault, my second sister-in-law."

The two quarreled again, but Mrs. Zhang said coldly: "If you have time to quarrel here, you might as well think about how to get food tonight!"

After hearing what Mrs. Zhang said, the two fell silent for a moment. After a moment of silence, Wang Ju suddenly said, "Mother, this is all your fault. If you hadn't given the ten taels of silver to my sister-in-law, how could our family be without food?"

Tang Jiali also blamed Zhang Pozi: "Yes, if the ten taels of silver were still in our hands, we would definitely be able to buy a lot of food, and we wouldn't have to worry about food."

When Mrs. Zhang heard the accusations of her two daughters-in-law, her face became even gloomier. She was very upset and her hatred for Zeng Zhengen deepened. If that unlucky person had not taken away the ten taels of silver and the silver hairpin, they would not have fallen into such a predicament. Mrs. Zhang thought angrily that if she met Zeng Zhengen again, she would make her pay back the ten taels of silver and teach her a lesson.

At the same time, Zeng Zhengen and his group had already set off again. After simply filling their stomachs, they started on their way. They met more and more refugees on the road. Zeng Zhengen looked at these refugees and couldn't help but feel sad.

In her previous life, Zeng Zhengen lived in a peaceful era and had never seen such a large-scale group of refugees. Although some of these refugees looked very pitiful, Zeng Zhengen sympathized with them, but she was not a saint. After all, she herself was now one of these refugees, and the group quickly surpassed the other refugees.

After walking for nearly two hours, the sky gradually darkened, but there was still no village in sight. Finally, the village head had to decide to stop and rest on a wide flat ground. After the team stopped, Zeng Zhengen was about to take out food to cook, but was stopped by Zeng's mother.

"Zeng'er, don't work so hard tonight, come and eat with us!" Zeng's mother said. At noon, they had the rice balls prepared by Zeng Zhengen, so naturally she had to eat with everyone at night. Zeng's mother insisted that Zeng Zhengen finally agreed and brought the child to Zeng's house for dinner.

When Wang Huan saw the food and rice balls Zeng Zhengen brought for lunch, his attitude changed. He was no longer as sarcastic as before, but became enthusiastic.

"Little sister, please chat with mother for a while. Rui and I will prepare the meal soon." Wang Huan said and turned to prepare dinner.

Before Wang Huan finished her words, she pushed Zeng Sirui to the side. Zeng Sirui did not react to being pushed by her mother, as if she was used to it. Since she was a child, Wang Huan had always beaten and scolded her. If it weren't for her grandparents' protection, she would have been tortured by her mother to the point of being unrecognizable. She knew from a young age that her mother favored boys over girls. In her mother's eyes, only her younger brother was important.

Zeng Zhengen felt distressed when she saw Zeng Sirui's resigned look, but she didn't say much. After all, this was her eldest brother's family's business, and it was inconvenient for her to intervene.

After Wang Huan went to cook, Zeng Zhengen chatted with Zeng's mother for a while. The three children stood aside obediently, quietly waiting for dinner. Not long after, Wang Huan prepared dinner. Since they were on the road to escape famine, dinner was very simple, with a bowl of porridge, a corn cake, and a bowl of pickles for each person. Due to the long-term drought, the green vegetables had already withered, and the wild vegetables on the mountain had been picked up, so now they could only rely on pickles to get by.

If Zeng Zhengen hadn't given them some rice last night, they wouldn't even have been able to survive on porridge. After dinner, everyone spread oil paper on the ground and simply lay down to rest.

Fortunately, it is summer now. Although it is dark at night, the temperature is still high, so it is comfortable to sleep on the floor outside. Zeng Zhengen followed the crowd and spread out the oil paper, then spread the bed sheet on it, and finally covered it with a thin quilt. Although the weather is hot, it is humid in the wild, so it would be safer to cover yourself with something to avoid getting cold.

After Zeng Zhengen made her own bed, she went to give instructions to Zeng's father and mother. Zeng's mother naturally followed her advice, but Wang Huan thought it was troublesome and just laid out the oil paper and lay down. Zeng Zhengen was too lazy to say more about Wang Huan's attitude. After all, she had said what she should say, and whether he listened or not was none of her business.

Zeng Zhengen didn't sleep deeply because she was sleeping in the wild without any shelter. In the middle of the night, she heard a faint sound in her daze. The sound was so subtle that it was almost inaudible if you didn't listen carefully. Just when she thought she had heard it wrong, the system alarm suddenly sounded.

[Alarm, alarm, there is a thief, please be alert. ]

Zeng Zhengen woke up instantly and opened her eyes suddenly. In the faint moonlight, she found a figure approaching quietly.

Zeng Zhengen did not sit up immediately, but quietly waited for the man to approach. She knew that catching a thief required substantial evidence, otherwise he would be easily bitten back. Soon, the shadow came to Zeng Zhengen's area and slowly groped to the wheelbarrow where she put her things.

Just as the shadow reached out his hand, Zeng Zhengen quickly grabbed the shadow's wrist and asked sternly, "What are you going to do?"

The black shadow was grabbed by the wrist and tried to break free, but found that Zeng Zhengen was very strong and could not get rid of him at all. So the black shadow grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and threw it on Zeng Zhengen's face.