As soon as Grandma Li finished speaking, she almost dropped the eight-treasure porridge in her hand, and a headache-inducing sound rang in her ears.
"Milk, I want some! Give it to me quickly!"
The twins were making a racket, wanting Grandma Li to feed them. Their hands were also restless, almost spilling the porridge on the ground, which earned them two slaps from Grandma Li.
"You two damned devils, all you know is eating! I hope you don't die of hunger!"
Old Mrs. Li gritted her teeth in anger and cursed under her breath.
"If you don't stand properly, you'll be eating bamboo shoots stir-fried with pork later!"
Seeing that they wouldn't listen, Old Lady Li pulled out her trump card and threatened them.
Xiao Hu, Da Ni, and Er Ni stood on either side of Grandma Li, staring longingly at the porridge in her bowl, their mouths watering.
Gou Dan and Er Niu are usually little tyrants at home, always getting the best food and clothes; they're spoiled rotten.
I only ate a little bit last night, and now I'm starving and desperately want to eat something to fill my stomach.
No matter how much Zhen Wanwan and Grandma Li tried to persuade them, they wouldn't listen, which made Grandma Li so angry that she slapped them twice before they calmed down.
Zhen Wanwan turned to her nephew and instructed, "Xiao Hu, go and call your grandfather, parents, uncles, and aunts over. Remember to keep it quiet."
"I understand, Auntie." Zhen Xiaohu wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and ran off to call for help.
Grandpa Zhen came over with his eldest son and two daughters-in-law.
Zhen Wanwan didn't see Zhen Fuyou, guessing that he was probably guarding the donkey cart by the roadside.
Grandpa Zhen said with dissatisfaction, "Everyone has almost finished packing, what do you want from us?"
Grandma Li didn't care about his lecturing and handed him the water gourd in her hand first: "Here, take it, drink it quickly so you can get on your way!"
Grandpa Zhen took it with a puzzled look: "He's been acting all mysterious all day, I don't know..."
Before he could finish speaking, Grandpa Zhen looked at Grandma Li in shock and asked, "Where did this come from?"
Old Mrs. Li was secretly pleased with herself. She repeated what Zhen Wanwan had said, and finally said to everyone, "You all better keep your mouths shut. If I find any of you spouting nonsense, don't blame me for being impolite!"
As if to warn everyone, Old Lady Li's eyes never left her second sister-in-law when she said this.
"Second brother's wife, you can't tell your family either!"
Old Mrs. Li squinted and threatened, "If I hear that your family knows about this, you'd better get back home. Our Zhen family can't afford to take you in!"
"Yes, Mother."
Since being beaten, Li Zhenzhen has become much more restrained in her temper. Now, when she hears Old Lady Li's reprimand, she doesn't argue back, but just lowers her head slightly and ponders in her heart.
As for what she was plotting, no one present knew.
The family ate breakfast in a corner, and then delivered the porridge they had specially set aside to the second son of the Zhen family.
The Zhen family was so engrossed in the joy of their meal that they didn't notice someone watching them intently.
Lin, the镖头 (bodyguard), shouted to everyone to set off, and the group embarked on their journey of fleeing famine once again.
Nothing much happened in the next few days, except that some people were too weak to walk because they were short of food and didn't have enough to eat, so they gradually fell behind the convoy.
However, Zhen Wanwan felt that she always heard faint sounds in the middle of the night. She asked Grandma Li about it, but she said she didn't hear anything.
Perhaps it was because she was in her late pregnancy and was feeling sensitive, so she didn't say much.
Her belly was already several sizes bigger, and now she had to lie on a donkey cart when she traveled. Her mother rarely let her walk, for fear that something might happen.
When Zhou's eldest and second eldest brothers' wives were resting, they would often come over to chat with her and advise her not to overthink things, otherwise she would easily develop health problems.
She just smiled when she heard that.
A while ago, she noticed that the sky outside the supermarket had become much lighter, and she was looking forward to seeing what it would look like when the darkness faded.
Most importantly, the floor-standing display screen at the main entrance of the supermarket can now be turned on!
After fiddling with it for several days, Zhen Wanwan finally figured it out. It wasn't much different from the computer in her previous life, except that all the software inside was grayed out and none of them lit up.
She can only watch now; she can't do anything about it.
In any case, space is static, but people are dynamic; it's something that will be known sooner or later, so she's not in a hurry.
As the days passed, fewer and fewer people remained in the group. Apart from families with some stored grain, only a few households, including the Zhen, Zhou, and Li families, remained.
And there were five or six adult men following far behind the convoy. Strangely enough, they were simply dressed, but their carts were loaded with a lot of food, more than all the families combined.
They traveled for more than ten days before finally passing through Xinyang Prefecture.
What Ling Zhenwanwan didn't expect was that many villages around the prefectural city had been emptied out, which shows how serious the disaster was.
That day, after returning from Chief Escort Lin's place, Grandpa Zhen kept frowning and sighing from time to time.
The atmosphere at Zhen's house was also somber, with everyone having their own thoughts.
Zhen Wanwan was thinking about how to reasonably take out the things in the space. Just looking at them without being able to use them was like a eunuch visiting a brothel, anxious and helpless!
As the grain sacks shrank day by day, Old Lady Li was extremely anxious, and blisters appeared on the corners of her mouth.
Even with Zhen Wanwan's occasional feeding, it couldn't keep up with the appetites of so many people in Zhen's family.
In the following days, Old Mrs. Li reduced the family's food portions a little more. The two Zhen brothers didn't say anything, and their two daughters-in-law dared not say anything either. However, the twins were given a few slaps.
Seeing that Old Lady Li was becoming increasingly ruthless in reducing the food rations, Old Master Zhen was the first to become restless.
He rubbed his rumbling stomach and said angrily to Old Lady Li, "If you keep going like this, we'll be the first people to starve to death even though we have food!"
The rest of the Zhen family members were also watching Old Lady Li with longing eyes; their intentions were quite obvious.
How could she not know that her family was starving?
The journey was still long, and the food in her pocket was running out, which made her increasingly anxious!
Despite her concerns, Grandma Li eventually restored the family's meals, and everyone's spirits gradually improved.
After eating the special meal prepared by Zhen Wanwan, the whole family gathered together for a meeting.
Grandpa Zhen spoke first: "As you have all seen these past few days, the disaster situation in the prefectural city is not much different from that in Lijia Village. A couple of days ago, Chief Escort Lin came to talk to us and advised us to stock up on more water, because once we pass Luoping County, we will be in Luoyang Prefecture."
Grandma Li nodded, her mood turning sour. Zhen Wanwan had a feeling that something was amiss.
She pressed on, "Father, how do we get to that road?"
Grandpa Zhen said solemnly, "Go southwest, bypass Leling Prefecture, and continue south to Anqing Prefecture to find your aunt and uncle."
Zhen Wanwan has no sense of direction and often can't tell which way is which, nor does she know if a route is good or bad, so she can't offer any help.
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