Chapter 717: Escape from Famine 22
In the evening, Sun Chunfeng cooked a pot of porridge that looked like clear water, with only a few grains of rice in it. The Zhu family heard the noise of the Geng family cooking, and the Zhu family's eldest daughter-in-law, Tian Guilan, came and knocked on the door, wanting to borrow some food.

Sun Chunfeng looked embarrassed. "Gui Lan, there's nothing to eat at home. I just boiled a pot of water. There's only a few grains of rice. You can see for yourself."

She opened the lid of the pot and showed it to people.

Tian Guilan glanced into the pot and saw a handful of rice grains scattered in the water, so many that she could count them with two hands.

Tian Guilan curled her lips, a little disappointed.

Sun Chunfeng covered the pot and said, "Guilan, the well water in our village has come up. If you are tired and don't want to go fetch water, you can scoop a basin of water from my house and use it first."

"Forget it. My boss has already gone to fetch water."

Seeing that there was no benefit to be gained, Tian Guilan walked away with her skinny waist twisted.

Sun Chunfeng quickly closed the courtyard door, bolted it from the inside, then went to the kitchen and brought a small bowl of cold-mixed wood ear vegetables from the cupboard into the main room.

Sun Chunfeng whispered to her mother-in-law, "Mom, you really guessed it right. Tian Guilan came to borrow some food. Fortunately, I deliberately put only a handful of rice, so she didn't dare to ask for it."

"Well, before the relief food arrives, you must be careful when cooking in the future. Don't let anyone know that we have food at home, especially the source of the food. You must keep your mouth shut and not leak a single word. Otherwise, our Geng family will not be able to stay in Fengling Village."

"Mom, I know the seriousness of the matter. I will never tell anyone."

Sun Chunfeng assured that she was not a talkative person, and she would not tell anyone about a matter concerning the lives and property of her family.

Yuanchun also warned and threatened the five children in the family and Geng Dalin.

Fortunately, although the five children were still young, they kept their mouths shut and didn't talk nonsense. After dinner, Yuanchun left the table to her daughter-in-law to clean up, and she went out tremblingly to find the village chief.

"Mom, I'll go with you." Geng Dalin said, "Brother and sister-in-law haven't come back yet, so they must have gone to Lao Du's house. Mom, let's go to Lao Du's house and ask. If brother and sister-in-law are staying at Lao Du's house, then we won't leave the door open for them tonight."

"Okay, you should stay at home. You are the only man in the family. You stay to protect the children and Chunfeng. I will go find the old village chief."

"mother."

"Go back. I'll be back soon."

As Yuanchun walked out of the courtyard, she saw the old village chief coming.

The old village chief asked, "Sister Geng, are you going out?"

"Village head, I really want to find you." Yuanchun said, "I want to ask, everyone in the village has returned, why haven't my eldest son and his wife returned?"

The village chief sighed and said to her with a heavy face, "Sister Geng, I came here to tell you about Dazhuang and his wife. They... they were suddenly struck by lightning and died on their way back. Also killed were the Du family and the Fan family."

"Wha...what?"

Yuanchun pretended to be unaffected and stumbled back a few steps, then fell to the ground and said weakly, "Village Chief, are you telling the truth? Were my eldest and his wife really...really struck by lightning?"

"Mrs. Geng, it's true. Everyone in the village saw it with their own eyes. Dazhuang and his wife were struck by lightning and turned into ashes. There was not even a body left. The people from the Du and Fan families were also struck by lightning and turned into charcoal. At least there were bodies left. We buried them on a small hillside over there."