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

"Aunt, I also want to learn Kung Fu from you."

Yang Yueyue turned around and saw that it was Zeng Sicheng, the little brat. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you sure you want to learn martial arts from your aunt? Practicing martial arts is very hard."

Zeng Zhengen did not agree immediately. She knew the little guy's background very well. He had been spoiled by his sister-in-law since he was a child and had never suffered any hardship. He would cry at the slightest provocation. She did not want to keep a crybaby around and cause trouble for herself.

Unexpectedly, Zeng Sicheng straightened his body and said seriously, "Don't worry, aunt. I will be able to endure hardships in the future."

Seeing his serious yet cute appearance, Zeng Zhengen couldn't help laughing: "Okay, as long as you can endure the hardship, auntie will teach you martial arts."

After getting a positive answer, Zeng Sicheng ran back to his mother excitedly. His joyful look made Zeng Zhengen couldn't help laughing.

Zeng Siyuan scratched his head, and he was also a little eager. In fact, he also wanted to learn martial arts from his sister, but after all, he was so old, how could he be shameless like a child.

Zeng Zhengen played with a few kids for a while, then decided to go back to the cave to rest.

Zeng Zhengen just stood up and saw out of the corner of his eye that the people from Zhangguanbao were still standing at the entrance of the cave, especially Yang Xuyu, who looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Thinking that Yang Xuyu had taken care of the original owner in the past, Zeng Zhengen asked out of affection, "Village Chief Yang, is there anything else?"

Yang Xuyu hesitated for a long time, and finally said shamelessly: "Zhang Yong's family, we are all from the same village, and we have some friendship on weekdays. Now everyone is fleeing famine, I shamelessly ask, can our Zhangguanbao people also follow you south? After all, there are more people and we can take care of each other."

Zeng Zhengen did not respond immediately, but looked at the people in Zhangguanbao. They were all in tattered clothes and looked exhausted, obviously having suffered a lot on the road. Even so, there were far more strong laborers in the team than in Dapo Village.

She thought for a moment and thought that if the two teams joined forces, it would indeed increase safety. After all, there were many dangers like bandits on the road to escape famine, and strength in numbers could deter some refugees with bad intentions.

Seeing Zeng Zhengen taking so long to answer, Yang Xuyu quickly added, "Don't worry, Zhang Yong's family. We are just going together and will never drag down your team. We also have some food and will never let you feed us in vain."

After he finished speaking, he felt a little nervous. They had been doing well, but they had encountered a group of bandits some time ago and suffered heavy losses, which made them so embarrassed.

Zeng Zhengen thought for a moment and finally nodded in agreement, but she still made her point clear and said directly: "Okay, you want to follow us, I have no objection. But the prerequisite is that our village chief Pan Yang must agree. In addition, I don't want to see Mrs. Zhang's family in the team. Also, I won't find food for you, and if you run out of food, I won't help you."

Her meaning was very clear - if Zhang Guanbao wanted to flee with them, then Zhang Pozi and her family must leave, and she would not be responsible for any problems in their team.

When Yang Xuyu heard this, he immediately showed a difficult expression on his face. He had never expected Zeng Zhengen to put forward such a condition. While he was hesitating, Mrs. Zhang suddenly grabbed Yang Xuyu's sleeve like crazy and began to cry and wail: "No! Village chief, you can't listen to her. You can't kick our family out of the team!"

Mrs. Zhang knew very well that if their family was driven out of the team, there would be no way to survive on this road of fleeing famine. She had to cling to Yang Xuyu as a lifeline. As long as Yang Xuyu did not agree to drive them away, no matter what Zeng Zhengen said, it would not work.

Yang Xuyu looked at Mrs. Zhang's family, then glanced at Zeng Zhengen and her team, and finally sighed helplessly, looked at Zeng Zhengen with an apologetic face, and said, "Zhang Yong's family, I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request."

Although he knew that Zhang Pozi's family was not good people, they were all from the same village after all. They had fled all the way here. Yang Xuyu felt that as the leader of the village, he could not easily expel the villagers from the team without major faults. Moreover, he had promised Zhang Pozi before that he would give them a chance to reform.

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she felt relieved and showed gratitude on her face. She quickly thanked Yang Xuyu: "Thank you, Village Chief! Thank you, Village Chief! Our family will definitely change our ways and never make the same mistake again."

She kept making assurances as she spoke, and her face looked sincere. However, although Zhang Pozi's family was relieved, some people in the team seemed very dissatisfied.

The dissatisfied people were the family whose grain was stolen by Mrs. Zhang's family before. After the grain theft incident, they had already hated Mrs. Zhang's family to the core. In this era, food is life, and Mrs. Zhang's family dared to steal, which was simply a plot to kill them. How could this hatred be easily resolved?

"Village chief, there are so many families in our village. How can we risk the lives of our entire team just for Mrs. Zhang's family?"

A young man in the village said indignantly, his tone full of dissatisfaction. Everyone can see that Zeng Zhengen is a capable person, and if you follow her, at least your safety will be guaranteed.

As soon as he spoke, other villagers responded and the atmosphere suddenly became heated.

"That's right! Village chief, Mrs. Zhang's family is not good people to begin with. Why should we put ourselves in danger for them?"

"That's right, we must drive Mrs. Zhang and the others out!"

Everyone was talking at once, and it seemed that the resentment in the village had been accumulating for a long time, and now they all took this opportunity to vent it out.

The villagers of Dapo Village watched the scene quietly. Seeing the people of Zhangguanbao making a fuss, Zeng Zhengen raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that the Zhang family was so unpopular in the village. It seemed that they had done a lot of evil things that aroused public anger.

Seeing the situation getting worse, Mrs. Zhang's face turned pale in an instant, and her heart was already in a mess. The other members of the Zhang family also began to panic, and finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Don't chase us away! We swear that we will never do it again. We will behave ourselves and never steal your food again!"

The Zhang family members knelt down and begged for mercy, but Mrs. Zhang suddenly covered Tang Jiali's mouth tightly to prevent her from saying anything more. Seeing this, the village chief was already shaken in his heart. Facing the Zhang family's pleading, he seemed very embarrassed. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Okay, everyone, please listen to me." As the village chief's voice fell, the surrounding voices gradually subsided, and everyone quietly waited for his decision.