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

Zeng Zhengen had long been on guard against the black shadow's mischief. The moment the other party raised his hand, she decisively kicked out and knocked the black shadow to the ground.

"boom!"

The sound of the heavy object falling to the ground was particularly loud in the quiet night, waking up the sleeping villagers around. Some people immediately sat up and looked around.

"Zeng'er, what's wrong? What happened?" Zeng's mother heard the voice coming from Zeng Zhengen and asked anxiously.

"Mom, I'm fine. I just caught a thief!" Zeng Zhengen responded.

When Zeng's mother heard that the thief had been caught, she became even more nervous and hurried over. "Where is the thief? Are you hurt?" she asked worriedly.

"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry." Zeng Zheng comforted her.

While the mother and daughter were talking, the others also got up. Pan Yang, who was sleeping soundly, was also awakened by the noise. Soon, someone lit a torch, and the originally dark night became bright under the light of the fire.

Everyone quickly noticed the thief lying on the ground and recognized him at a glance.

"It's Ergouzi! This guy who has made no progress!" someone shouted immediately.

Everyone looked at Er Gouzi on the ground. He was not doing his job in the village and was always stealing things. The villagers hated him. Even so, they took him with them when they fled from famine because they were from the same village. But no one expected that Er Gouzi would not change his bad habits and continue to do such stealing things on the way.

Zeng Siyuan walked to Er Gouzi angrily and glared at him condescendingly. "How dare you, Er Gouzi, steal from our house! I will teach you a lesson today!"

As he said that, Zeng Zhengen raised his foot and kicked Er Gouzi fiercely. He was very angry at the moment, and he used all his strength in every kick. Er Gouzi wailed on the ground in pain.

"Oh... stop hitting me, I won't dare to do it again!" Ergouzi shouted in pain.

After Zeng Siyuan kicked several times, several villagers quickly held him back. "That's enough, you've let out your anger, stop kicking. If you kick someone and cause him to get hurt, it won't be worth it," the villagers advised.

Zeng Siyuan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he stopped kicking. After all, Er Gouzi was a scoundrel, and if anything really happened, he would probably blame their family.

"What is going on?" Pan Yang spoke at the right time, breaking the silence.

Zeng Zhengen walked up to the village head and told him everything that had just happened. After listening, Pan Yang frowned and looked at Er Gouzi, asking, "Is what she said true?"

Of course Er Gouzi refused to admit it and immediately denied it: "No, I didn't steal anything from her house at all. She is slandering me!" He thought that it was dark at the time and no one saw it. As long as he refused to admit it, no one could do anything to him.

Hearing this, Zeng Siyuan became furious and raised his foot to kick him again.

"Boss, stop it!" Zeng's mother quickly stopped him.

Zeng Siyuan reluctantly retracted his foot and asked angrily, "Mom, why are you stopping me? This bastard dares to do it but he doesn't deserve it. I must teach him a lesson today!"

Zeng's mother looked at him helplessly, with a slightly reproachful tone: "How many times have I told you that you must stay calm when encountering things? Impulsiveness will not solve the problem."

After teaching her son a lesson, Zeng's mother looked coldly at Er Gouzi lying on the ground and asked, "Er Gouzi, you said my daughter slandered you? Then why are you here? I remember clearly that the place where you rested is quite far from us, right?"

After hearing this, the other villagers also reacted and their contempt for Ergouzi deepened.

Pan Yang's face was gloomy, and he pressed: "What else do you have to quibble about now?"

Er Gouzi's eyes rolled, and he suddenly maliciously accused me, "It's her! It's all her fault. She couldn't stand the loneliness, so she came to seduce me! I didn't want to, so she got angry and deliberately slandered me as a thief!"

These words made Zeng's mother tremble with anger, and her face turned pale: "You..."

Zeng's mother was so angry that she almost fainted. How could this Er Gou be so shameless.

Zeng Siyuan couldn't bear it any longer after hearing the slander, so he raised his fist and hit Ergouzi hard in the face.

The villagers who were watching stood aside to watch the excitement, and no one stepped forward to dissuade them. Although Pan Yang wanted to stop it, he was afraid of being accidentally injured, so he could only stand aside and worry.

When Zeng Siyuan had beaten him enough, Er Gouzi's face was swollen like a pig's head and he looked miserable. At this time, Zeng Zhengen said coldly: "Since you said that I seduced you, then may I ask how I seduced you?"

Zeng Zhengen originally just wanted to punish Er Gouzi a little and warn him not to do sneaky things again. However, Er Gouzi dared to slander her reputation, which made her unbearable. She knew in her heart how important reputation was to a woman in ancient times, and Er Gouzi's slander might ruin her life.

At this time, Er Gouzi had been beaten into submission by Zeng Siyuan, so how could he dare to slander Zeng Zhengen again? He quickly shook his head and denied: "No... No, I was just talking nonsense, it's not true at all."

Zeng Zhengen just stared at him coldly, remaining silent, exerting invisible pressure on Ergouzi.

Seeing this, Er Gouzi panicked and immediately knelt on the ground begging for mercy: "Auntie, I know I was wrong! I was possessed by a ghost just now and shouldn't have slandered you like that. I will kowtow to you and admit my mistake, please forgive me."

After saying this, he began to kowtow loudly, his face full of pain and fear. He was really frightened by Zeng Siyuan's ruthlessness.

"I really know I was wrong. Grandma, you are a magnanimous person. Please don't bother me anymore. Please, I will definitely remember your kindness." Er Gouzi kowtowed and begged, and the sound of his kowtows resounded in the ears of everyone present. He really didn't want to be beaten by Zeng Siyuan, the evil star, again.

Pan Yang, who was standing by, couldn't bear to see this, so he advised, "Girl Zeng, your things weren't lost anyway, and Er Gouzi knows he was wrong, so why not just let it go."

In Pan Yang's opinion, Er Gouzi had already received the lesson he deserved. After all, they were all from the same village, and it would not be good if things got too awkward.

However, Zeng Zhengen looked at Pan Yang coldly and said indifferently: "Pan Yang, I know you are kind-hearted and don't want to see people from the same village quarreling. But he was too ruthless this time. I am a woman with three children. If the food is stolen, what will we eat? Nowadays, food is life. He wants to steal our food. Isn't that the life of us mother and children? He was caught in the act and wanted to slander me. Everything he did was to put us to death. You actually asked me to let him go."