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

Zeng Zhengen did not follow to fetch water, but stayed in the cave to cook with Yang's mother. The water source was indeed some distance away from the cave, and they walked for nearly half an hour before reaching their destination. This was a small pond located between two mountains, the water was clear and shimmering.

When everyone arrived at the pond, they began to get busy, carefully lifting buckets of water onto the cart. When all the buckets were filled, the water in the pond was significantly reduced. With full buckets of water, everyone excitedly returned to the cave.

When they pushed the cart into the cave, Zeng Zhengen and his mother had already prepared lunch. When the villagers in the cave saw the full load of water, they immediately smiled for the first time in a long time. The water meant that their hope of survival had greatly increased, and their original worries were swept away.

Zeng Zhengen, his father, and Zeng Siyuan moved the water into the cave together. When the children saw this, they came over to help. "Mom, we want to help too!"

It was very hard for their mother to take care of the three brothers alone, so they had to help their mother share some work to reduce her burden. Zeng Zhengen looked at the three sensible children and felt very relieved. He smiled and said, "Okay! Then you can help carry the water in these bamboo tubes!"

The kids were eager to help, so Zeng Zhengen naturally didn't stop them. He also took this opportunity to train them. In addition to the wooden barrels, the cart was also loaded with a lot of water in bamboo tubes. The weight of a bamboo tube was not too heavy, and the kids could easily carry it. So the three brothers carried the water in the bamboo tubes into the cave one trip after another, and Zeng Sirui also helped.

At this time, Zeng Sicheng, who was originally sitting in the cave to rest, saw that Zhang Jiajun and his three brothers were busy, and suddenly he could not sit still anymore. He immediately stood up from the stone and ran over to carry water with his brothers.

When Wang Huan saw his beloved son also fetching water, he screamed, "Cheng'er, put the water down quickly! How can you do such a heavy job?"

Wang Huan's face was full of heartache and his heart was pounding. His son was still so young, what would he do if he got tired?

"Mom, I'm fine. Look, my cousins ​​are all helping me. I'm older than them!" Zeng Sicheng said with a smile, his face full of enthusiasm to help.

Wang Huan snatched the bamboo tube from her son's hand and said unhappily, "They are them, how can you be like them!" As she spoke, she frowned and muttered to herself. Zhang Jiajun's family really had no one to do anything, so they had to do all the work, but she didn't want her son to be burdened.

Although she thought so in her heart, Wang Huan did not dare to say these words out loud. She knew that if she really said so, her mother-in-law would be the first one to not forgive her.

"But..." Zeng Sicheng wanted to argue a few more words, but Wang Huan interrupted him before he could finish his words.

"But what? Don't you even listen to your mother?" Her tone became stern and her face turned cold. Seeing his mother angry, Zeng Sicheng immediately fell silent and didn't dare to talk back.

At this moment, Zeng's mother came out of the cave with a bit of displeasure in her eyes. "Old lady, what are you doing? It's a good thing that the child is willing to help, why are you stopping him?" Zeng's mother asked sternly.

Wang Huan was embarrassed for a moment, and quickly explained: "Mom, I'm just worried that he will get tired..."

Zeng's mother glanced at her and said coldly, "Are you afraid of getting tired? Look at Jun'er and the others, they are even younger than Cheng'er, but they know how to help adults. What's wrong with your son? Does he really think he is a young master from a noble family?"

After being scolded by Zeng's mother, Wang Huan dared not say anything more and kept his head down. Zeng Sicheng, with a gleam in his eyes, secretly glanced at his grandmother, and was secretly happy in his heart: Sure enough, grandma is still amazing!

Zeng's mother glanced at him and said unhappily, "Why are you still standing there? Didn't you say you wanted to help? Go now!"

"Oh, grandma, I'll go right away!" When Zeng Sicheng heard this, he immediately ran to help happily, his steps as light as flying.

Zeng's mother sighed as she watched her grandson go away. She then turned her gaze to Wang Huan, with a reproachful tone in her voice: "Old lady, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but how can you spoil a child like this? We are not a wealthy family, and we are still on the road to escape famine. If you spoil him like this, what will happen in the future?"

Wang Huan lowered his head, not daring to look Zeng's mother in the eye, and said in a weak voice, "Mom, I'm worried about the child too..."

"What are you worried about? Look at the three children in Zeng'er's family. They are younger than Cheng'er! But which one of them is not more sensible and capable than Cheng'er? Look at Cheng'er again. He was just moving a bamboo tube, but why did he make himself so embarrassed?"

Wang Huan looked over as Zeng's mother said. Zhang Jiajun and his two brothers were helping to carry water one by one. They were quick and organized. He looked at his own son. Although he was also working hard to carry water, he always got dirty and looked flustered.

Wang Huan felt even more embarrassed when comparing the two, and she began to realize the difference in her heart. She sighed, raised her head, and said respectfully and with a bit of helplessness: "Mother, you are right. Cheng'er will have to trouble you to take care of him in the future."

Wang Huan also realized at this time that he had indeed spoiled his son too much, and silently decided in his heart that he would be stricter with the child in the future.

After the water was moved, everyone returned to the cave and prepared to have lunch. Zeng Zhengen ate with the Zeng family. At noon, Zeng Zhengen specially made braised rabbit meat and pheasant stewed with mushrooms. The mushrooms were secretly "purchased" from the system mall when she went out to find water in the morning.

When the three brothers Zhang Jiajun saw the bowl of fragrant braised rabbit meat, their eyes widened and their mouths almost watered. Zeng Zhengen smiled and gave each of the three children a piece of rabbit meat, and also added a lot of chicken. The three brothers ate with smiles on their faces, their eyes narrowed into slits.

"It's delicious! Mom's cooking skills are amazing, even the big restaurants in the city can't compare to hers!" Zhang Jiajun ate with big mouthfuls while praising her. The other two brothers nodded in agreement, their faces full of happiness.

After eating the food Zeng Zhengen cooked, the Zeng family praised her cooking skills. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

After lunch, everyone took the opportunity to rest in the cave. Since they had been fleeing the famine, they had hardly had a good night's sleep, so they took this opportunity to have a good rest. After all, they had to continue their journey tomorrow.

After dinner, the village head still arranged people to keep watch and lit a fire at the entrance of the cave to prevent wild animals from approaching.

Yang Yueyue had slept all afternoon and was now very energetic. She couldn't fall asleep lying in the cave.

Zeng Zhengen turned over in boredom and suddenly remembered the system. She opened the system screen and saw 2000 points on the points column. It happened that she had spent 2000 system coins on the purchase of serum before, and now she had accumulated them back.

Since I can't sleep, I might as well try my luck and have a lottery. She thought to herself, so she whispered, "System, I want to draw a lottery."

As soon as the voice fell, the familiar electronic sound of the system sounded: [Ding, one thousand points were successfully deducted, and the lottery is in progress...]

The lucky draw wheel on the screen began to spin rapidly. Zeng Zhengen stared at it, feeling a little excited. After a long while, the wheel finally stopped, and the system prompt sounded again: [Ding, congratulations to the host for winning a big gift package. The remaining points are 1,000. Does the host want to continue the lucky draw? ]

Zeng Zhengen raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect the system to ask her whether she wanted to continue the lottery. Her eyes fell on the big gift bag. The appearance was similar to the gift bag she had drawn before, but would the contents be different?

She was a little curious, so she asked, "System, can I take a look at what's in this gift bag first?"

The system quickly responded: [OK, host, please wait. ]

As soon as he finished speaking, the gift package was automatically opened, and the contents inside appeared one by one.