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

"Village chief, how can you be so selfish? You ignore the safety of so many of us for your own selfish reasons. Are you doing this to us?" a villager asked indignantly.

When Yang Daqiang heard these people slandering his father, he was immediately furious and retorted: "You are talking nonsense! My father is not that kind of person!"

His two younger brothers also stood up and supported their father: "That's right, you ungrateful bastards!"

"If he's not that kind of person, then why doesn't he let us go with Zhang Yong's wife and the others?"

"Yes, there is a safe way, but they won't let us follow."

Facing these doubts, Yang Xuyu's face gradually darkened. He was silent for a moment, as if he was struggling with some inner struggle, and finally he seemed to have made up his mind and said calmly: "Since you think I am doing this for selfish reasons, from today on, you should elect a new village chief. I will no longer be the village chief of Zhangguanbao."

As soon as these words came out, the villagers panicked instantly. Several people's faces changed drastically.

"No! How can we change the village chief halfway through?" someone said anxiously.

"Yes, you have been the village chief of Zhangguanbao for so many years. Who in the village is more suitable for this position than you?" Another villager quickly echoed, with uneasiness in his tone.

The old people in Zhangguanbao firmly opposed the change of village chief. After all, Yang Xuyu had managed the village in an orderly manner for so many years. However, a few villagers quietly had different ideas.

"I think the village chief is right. We should indeed choose someone more capable to lead us in escaping the famine. This will provide us with a guarantee."

"Yes, I think so too."

Just a few words sparked a dispute among the villagers, and the two groups quickly split into opposing camps, arguing fiercely. However, Yang Xuyu stood silently by the side, watching everything in front of him silently.

Meanwhile, Zeng Zhengen and his party had already walked more than ten miles, completely unaware of the battle at Zhangguanbao. They kept walking until it was already late, when Pan Yang waved his hand to signal everyone to stop and take a rest.

The villagers found a place to sit down, took out the dry food they had made in the morning, and began to fill their stomachs. Zeng Zhengen and his family sat on a relatively flat open space. Zeng's mother took out the pancakes she had made in the morning and gave each person two pieces. Now there was very little food left in each household, so everyone had to eat carefully and sparingly.

Although Zeng Zhengen didn't like the dry biscuits very much, he had no choice but to eat some.

After eating, Zeng Zhengen took out the map he had bought earlier and after careful inspection, he found that they were still in the territory of Qingzhen City.

Although this forest is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is relatively flat. Zeng Zhengen observed carefully and realized that it would take at least half a month to bypass Qingzhen City. However, at the moment, food shortage has become the biggest problem. If we continue to move forward, we must first solve the food problem.

After thinking for a moment, she walked up to Pan Yang.

"Uncle Pan, I think this stretch of mountain is relatively flat. Why don't we rest here tonight?"

"Spend the night here?" Pan Yang frowned, obviously hesitant, "But there's not even a cave nearby. We encountered a pack of wolves when we lived in a cave before, and now there's no shelter. If we encounter a pack of wolves again, I'm afraid we'll all become their food."

Zeng Zhengen had seen through his concerns, so he gently advised: "Uncle Pan, don't worry, I can sprinkle some insect and animal repellent powder around, and arrange more people to guard the night. Besides, we still have half a month of mountain road to go, and we can't always wait until we find a cave to rest."

Pan Yang lowered his head and thought. Although he still had concerns about this proposal, reality did not allow them to be picky. Zeng Zhengen was right. The cave was not easy to find. They could not go all the way without rest just for safety.

Finally, Yang Lizheng was persuaded.

Pan Yang informed everyone about the arrangements for staying overnight, and everyone quickly got busy. The men couldn't sit still, and walked around to try their luck and see if they could catch some game. The women and children began to look for wild vegetables everywhere, and everyone divided the work and cooperated, while the rest of the people stayed behind to guard the supplies.

Zeng Zhengen also planned to look around. If she could find something edible, that would be the best. If not, she could buy some from the system mall and distribute it to everyone. After all, these villagers were pretty good, and she couldn't bear to see them starve.

At this time, Zhang Jiajun saw his mother going out to find food, and immediately shouted excitedly: "Mom, I want to go with you too!"

With the eldest taking the lead, the other two children followed suit and shouted: "Mom, I want to go too!" "And me, I want to follow too!"

Zeng Zhengen originally wanted to let them stay where they were, but then he thought, they are now on the road to escape famine, and he couldn't keep spoiling the children and not let them do anything!

"Okay, you can go with me, but you must listen to mom and don't run around, okay?" Zeng Zhengen warned.

The three kids immediately nodded in unison: "Mom, we got it. We won't run around!"

At the same time, Zeng Sicheng and Zeng Sirui saw that Zhang Jiajun and his two brothers were going out with Zeng Zhengen, and they also wanted to go, but they were worried that their family would not agree. Zeng Zhengen noticed the expectation in the eyes of the siblings and suggested with a smile: "You can go too. It's the same whether you take one or a group."

When the siblings heard that they could go out with them, they almost jumped for joy. Zeng Sirui asked with bright eyes, "Aunt, can we really go together?"

Zeng Zhengen smiled and nodded: "Yes, sure, let's go together."

When Zeng's mother saw Zeng Zhengen going out alone with so many children, she felt a little worried.

"Zeng'er, why don't we just let them wait here!"

"Mom, it's okay, I will keep an eye on them. We are on the road to escape famine, how can we let them do nothing?"

Zeng's mother was moved by Zeng Zhengen's words and stopped insisting. She said, "Okay, in that case, let your eldest brother go with you. I can rest assured that he will take care of you on the way."

In order to reassure his mother, Zeng Zhengen finally nodded and agreed to let Zeng Siyuan go along.

Along the way, the children were particularly excited because it was their first time to go out with Zeng Zhengen. Zeng Zhengen led them along a path up the mountain. She carefully collected all the herbs she saw. When they occasionally came across wild fruits, the children couldn't wait to pick them up before she reminded them, their faces full of pride and satisfaction.

Zeng Siyuan walked calmly behind, always paying attention to the situation around him.

Soon, they came to a valley. Suddenly, several children shouted excitedly: "Wow! So many mushrooms!"

One of the children said excitedly: "Brother, hurry up, let's pick all these mushrooms so that we can have mushroom soup tonight!"