Chapter 954 Fleeing the Famine? There's No Way to Escape (Part 1)

Ning Yan was tricked into fleeing famine. Her lips were dry, her stomach was empty, and she was scorched by the sun, making her body smell sour.

Accompanying him was the entire Ning family. Old Man Ning had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son's parents, who were also the original owner of this body, had two sons and a daughter. The eldest brother, Ning Song, was twenty years old and married a woman named Wang.

The original owner was the second son, fifteen years old this year, and the third son, Ning Shi, was twelve years old.

The second wife had three sons, ranked second, third, and fourth respectively. The younger sister's family also had three sons: the eldest was eleven, the second cousin was ten, and the third cousin was eight.

As the only girl in the family, the original owner was very favored, and her brothers all protected her.

By this time, the family had run out of water and had been walking for most of the day. They had only eaten a few bites of food before setting off in the morning, food that had not been cooked at all.

After receiving the memories, Ning Yan felt that she couldn't stand this damn life any longer, so she thought, "Maybe I should start over."

Just as she was thinking this, a voice rang in her mind.

【Dear Boss, I am the Famine Escape System, here to help you get through the famine years. If you wish, you can bind with me. After binding, you can unbind at any time if you are dissatisfied with this system.】

You might want to give it a try, after all, suicide is quite painful.

Uh, starving to death is bad enough, but dying of thirst is even worse.

The little one is quite well-behaved!

Since you're being sensible, let's bind you.

With a "beep," Ning Yan immediately said, "[I know you want to beep, but don't beep yet. Go and bind to my brother in this body.]"

The escape system panicked. [Boss, I'm here to bind myself to you.]

Do you think I need a little thing like you? If you don't want to die, behave yourself.

The escape system felt extremely aggrieved, but it still obediently bound itself to Ning Song.

With chapped lips, utterly exhausted, and hungry, Ning Song still had to care for his physically weak wife. His eyes were filled with bewilderment at the unknown future.

Just then, a notification sounded in his mind: [Beep, target found meeting binding conditions, binding initiated, binding successful. Host, I am the Famine Escape System, now activating step-based famine escape mode for you.]

Ning Yan: ? So you're just going to forcibly tie me up, huh?

Suddenly hearing someone speak in his head startled Ning Song so much that he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

"who?"

The eldest sister-in-law, Wang, licked her cracked lips. "What did you say?"

[Host, I am the Famine Relief System. You can communicate with me directly in your mind, otherwise you might be burned at the stake as a ghost.]

Ning Song glanced at his wife, then at his family, and replied to his wife, "It's alright," before beginning a mental conversation with the system.

[What is a system? I'm dying of thirst, can you get me some water?]

Escape System: [You will receive a small bottle of water as long as you take 100 steps.]

Ning Song's eyes lit up. There really was water? It was just walking, but for that small bottle of water, he immediately quickened his pace.

Grandpa Ning: ...? ? ? Where did my grandson get this bull-like energy from? Did he steal some? No, that can't be right. There was only a handful of grain left, and it was on his wife's person. If she wanted to secretly feed her grandson, he couldn't have missed it.

Ning Song didn't care what others were thinking at all, and just kept speeding up his pace. Wang was also forced to speed up his pace to keep up with him. She felt like her lungs were about to explode!

Fortunately, a hundred steps is only seventy or eighty meters, and we arrived at our destination quickly.

[Beep, the 100-step task is complete. Reward: a bottle of drinking water.]

Host, where should I put this bottle of water for you?

Ning Song said, "Could you put it in my water bag? My family didn't bring any bottles with us when we fled the famine."

Escape System: [Available.]

Soon, Ning Song noticed that the water bag hanging around his neck had bulged and gained weight.

He opened the water pouch and took a sip, and indeed tasted the slightly sweet, clear water.

Ning Song: [There really is water! There really is water!]

The Famine Relief System was quite pleased with itself: "As long as the host completes the tasks diligently, the system will reward you with many things: water, food, carts, clothing, silver...."

【Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and issue the task!】

Ning Song had already stopped and was standing by the roadside waiting for his family behind him.

Famine Relief System: [Task issued: Walk 500 steps, reward: 20 meat buns.]

Ning Song was overjoyed; it was a meat bun!

He didn't care where this famine relief system came from, or where the food and water rewards came from. All he knew was that as long as he walked diligently, his family would never have to worry about not having enough to eat or about the whole family starving to death.

He stood there waiting for the Ning family members who were a few steps behind.

When everyone caught up, Ning Song quickly handed the water bag to his family, "Grandma, I still have some water here, let's share it, we haven't had any water all day."

Along the way, they occasionally found some water, but they haven't found any in the last few days.

They've drunk all the water they've stored, and if this continues, they'll all really die of thirst.

The Ning family members were all delighted to hear that there was still water in Ning Song's water bag.

Grandma Ning subconsciously took the water pouch from her eldest grandson, but the weight made her pause. "Is there really water in it?"

"Milk, drink it quickly."

The old lady hesitated.

There was indeed water in the water bag, but if they drank it all now, their family would be in danger if they couldn't find water again tomorrow.

"Drink your milk quickly, it'll be troublesome if someone sees you."

Ning Song was a little anxious. They were the only family on the road, and it would be very dangerous if others saw that they still had water in their house.

Grandma Ning took a sip from the water pouch and then handed it to Grandpa Ning.

Grandpa Ning glanced at his grandson's still dry lips and his granddaughter-in-law who kept licking her lips. Knowing that the couple hadn't been able to bear drinking water, he quickly took a sip, moistened his lips, and then handed it to his eldest grandson: "You two should also take a sip."

Ning Song took it and handed it to his wife, saying, "Drink it quickly, and then give some to our parents."

The younger brother stared at the water pouch in his sister-in-law's hand without blinking, but he remained obediently silent, knowing that the water pouch would eventually be his.

Ms. Wang really wanted to drink the whole bag of water because she was extremely thirsty.

However, the water had only just reached her throat when she immediately lowered her head, removed the water pouch, and handed it back to Ning Song.

"Father, Mother, drink up quickly so we can continue our journey."

Ning Yan's mother, Gui Shi, took the water pouch, took a small sip, and then handed it to her husband, who then passed it on to the next person. Soon, the water pouch was in Ning Yan's hands.

Ning Yan: ...I'll decline, we don't need that little bit of water.

But we still have to put on a show.

Pretending to drink the water, she actually passed the water pouch out without even touching her lips. By the time it reached the last person, the original owner's uncle, there was still half a pouch left in the water pouch.

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