In the third year of the Great Jin Dynasty, a rebellion broke out in Tianyue Prefecture.
The rebels quickly assembled, catching the imperial court off guard.
In just two months, the rebels marched north from Tianyue Prefecture, capturing two prefectural cities in succession, causing widespread panic among the people.
At this time, in Xinghua Village near Jincheng Prefecture, many villagers were hurriedly packing their belongings, preparing to flee the famine and seek refuge.
Meanwhile, at the old Jiang family's house at the village entrance, cries and shouts continued.
"Let go of us! You bunch of burdens will only kill us if you come with us to escape famine. We won't be able to take anything with us, and we'll have to take care of you too. You wish!"
Wang Fengqin, you should stay in Xinghua Village with your three children.
Granny Wu kicked away the crying woman on the ground and went to pack her things.
A young girl in faded clothes quickly reached out to block Granny Wu and pleaded, "Grandma, please let us go with you to escape the famine. If you leave our main branch in the village, how will we survive?"
Mother is already ill, and my younger siblings are still so small. How are we supposed to survive?
Old Mrs. Wu was unmoved by these words. Her face was full of disgust as she cursed, "Pah! What does it have to do with me whether you live or die? If you stay with us, the second wife and we will really not be able to survive. Get out of the way and stop getting in my way."
If I really can't go on living, I might as well just kill myself.
As he spoke, he forcefully shoved the dark-skinned, thin girl in front of him.
Jiang Yimian was already small and weak, and with long-term malnutrition, when Granny Wu pushed her, she fell to the side with a "thud," her forehead hitting the cabinet next to her, and she lost consciousness.
Wang Fengqin was startled, and her already weak face turned even paler. She crawled toward Jiang Yimian with her weak hands, calling out, "Yimian, Yimian, are you alright, Yimian?"
The two children inside the house were also frightened and started crying. Granny Wu only glanced at them coldly a few times before looking away and began searching around the house. She said disdainfully, "I don't think you two will survive long even if you go with us to escape the famine. You might as well just wait to die in the village. Where is the silver hidden? Hand it over now. You can't spend it anyway. You might as well give it to me. At least it can leave some incense for the Jiang family."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Ono lunged at Granny Wu, crying with tears in her eyes, "I won't give it to you, you old hag, give me back my sister!"
Caught off guard, Granny Wu was tackled to the ground by Ono, and the fall made her see stars.
Unfortunately, a four or five-year-old child has limited strength. By the time Granny Wu recovered, Xiao Ye was lifted up by her.
"You little brat, you're asking for it, aren't you? I'll beat you to death."
As he spoke, he picked up a small stool from the ground and threw it at the child in his arms.
As the stool was about to fall, Ono cried out in fear.
Jiang Yimian frowned at the noise around her. She had just opened her eyes when she was startled by the stool that was about to fall. She got up and rushed towards Granny Wu.
Instantly, the stool hit the ground, accompanied by an angry curse.
"Jiang Yimian, you, you slut, have you gone mad? Ouch, my back! You, you get off me!"
Granny Wu was in excruciating pain in her waist and tried to get up, but Jiang Yimian held her firmly to the ground, preventing her from moving.
She was so angry that she was about to yell at him again, but she was startled into silence by the half-table leg that suddenly appeared next to her neck. When she met Jiang Yimian's murderous gaze, she froze.
Jiang Yimian didn't have time to pay attention to the other person's shock at this moment. She just looked at the room in front of her and the few people next to her and felt a headache coming on.
Yes, she transmigrated, and became a pitiful little girl whose father was missing, her older brother was conscripted, and who was neither loved by her grandfather nor her grandmother.
At this critical juncture of escaping for their lives, the grandparents and the second branch of the family wanted to abandon them and flee the famine themselves, leaving the eldest branch of the family to fend for themselves in the village.
Jiang Yimian looked at the young and sick people around her and felt helpless.
The eldest son and his family members went to escape the famine, but they will probably die on the way.
Putting aside whether the rebels would attack the civilians, even those fleeing famine would target the weakest. The eldest son's family was undoubtedly the easiest target. A fifteen-year-old girl, with a sick mother and young siblings, and not a single male member, it was virtually impossible for her to survive the long journey of fleeing famine.
Not to mention whether they'll have enough to eat on the road, or whether they'll starve to death.
There's no human touch on the road of fleeing famine; if the eldest son's family is a burden, the village chief will definitely abandon them.
Just as he was thinking, an urgent shout came from outside, "Old woman, haven't you found where the eldest son's silver is hidden yet? Hurry up and go, the village chief has already left with a lot of people, we need to catch up quickly, we can't fall behind."
Upon hearing this, Granny Wu instantly snapped out of her shock and cried out, "Old man, help me! That slut from the eldest son's family is going to kill me!"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Jiang hurriedly walked in, and several members of the second branch of the family poked their heads out from outside the house.
When Li saw her mother-in-law's appearance, she was startled and shouted, "Jiang Yimian, what are you doing, you brat?"
We're fleeing for our lives, not going to the market. How are we supposed to survive with these four burdens from your eldest son's family? You should just stay in the village and maybe you'll survive the war.
"Release your mother immediately, don't waste our time."
Jiang Yimian pretended not to hear and glanced at the cart parked in the yard.
The small cart was piled high with all sorts of things, big and small bags crammed full, and even tables and chairs were tied to it. If you didn't know better, you'd think they were moving house.
Is this a plan to leave nothing to the eldest son's family? What a clever scheme.
Jiang Yimian's eyes darkened. Instead of removing the table leg from her hand, she pressed it tightly against Granny Wu's neck and said coldly, "Leave us half of the grain, or I'll kill her right now."
Old Man Jiang was startled. He stared at the table leg in Jiang Yimian's hand, frowned, and scolded, "Yimian, what are you doing? Release your grandmother right now! That grain was what we ate on our way out of famine. How can we give it to you? Hurry up..."
Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Yimian exerted force, and all the barbs on the broken table leg pierced Wu Pozi's neck. She immediately cried out in pain, "Ah, my, my neck, ouch, old man, give it to me, give it to me quickly, this damned girl is really trying to kill this old woman, quick, give it to me quickly, give it to me quickly."
Old Man Jiang hesitated for a moment, then looked at Wang Fengqin, who was slumped to the side, and immediately scolded her sternly: "You, eldest son, why don't you discipline your daughter? She dares to lay a hand on her own grandmother now. What will she do if she goes too far?"
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