Chapter 721: Escape from Famine 26
"Your grandpa was worried that the enemy would come looking for us one day. He was afraid that I would be implicated, so he agreed to let your grandfather come to the Geng family as a child bride. But your grandpa was worried about me, so he still came to the Geng family to teach me martial arts."

"Later, the enemy really came to our house, and your grandfather died at his hands. But a few days before his death, he secretly told me that he left behind a son."

"However, in order to prevent the enemy from finding my brother, this secret is known only to my sister and me."

"Second brother, the reason I told you this is because I wanted you to know that the things I brought back were secretly given to me by your uncle."

"So, no matter what mom brings back from now on, you should just pretend you don't know. Turn a blind eye and don't tell anyone, not even Chunfeng."

"If the news leaks out, your uncle will be in danger."

Geng Dalin's face was serious and earnest. "Mom, I won't ask anymore in the future."

"Well, then you go to bed. Mom is going to bed too."

Yuanchun waved her hands and finally fooled this fool.

"Mom." Geng Dalin asked softly, "Is my uncle... is he okay?"

"Good, very good. How could you bring me so many things if you were not doing well? All right, go to bed now. From now on, just pretend that I didn't say anything tonight. Don't think about your uncle anymore. You have to pretend that this person doesn't exist, otherwise this wall will be leaking sooner or later."

"I know, mother. I won't ask."

Geng Dalin was so scared that he quickly made the promise.

Yuanchun lived a much better life in the days that followed.

She would go out every now and then in the evening to pick up some food, and later bring back eggs, fruit and meat.

The meat is all cooked and braised, cooled, and can be eaten directly by slicing. There is no need to worry about your neighbors smelling the meat when you eat it.

The Geng family ate better, their complexions improved, and their spirits improved. However, after the relief food was distributed in the village, the complexions of the villagers generally improved. People also gained weight.

Some people who had starved to the point of having big heads and small bodies recovered after having food to eat, so the Geng family's popularity improved, and it was not an anomaly, and did not arouse anyone's suspicion.

The words Yuanchun told to fool Geng Dalin were half true and half false. Except for the words about her uncle, everything else was true. The original owner's father was a bodyguard, and he had to hide in this remote mountain village because he had offended a big shot.

The reason why the original owner's father hid here with his wife was because when he was young, he was escorting a caravan and accidentally saved the original owner's father-in-law. The two of them became sworn brothers.

The original owner's father brought his wife to seek refuge with Old Man Geng and settled down in Fengling Village.

Later, the enemy did come and poisoned the original owner's parents. The villagers just thought that the couple had accidentally eaten poisonous mushrooms.

Only the original owner knew that they were killed by their enemies.

Not long after, the original owner's father-in-law went up the mountain to hunt and rolled down a cliff and died. The original owner suspected that he was killed by his enemy.

After the original owner got married and gave birth to two sons, not long after, her husband fell into the river and drowned.

He could swim, but he drowned.

The original owner also suspected that he was killed by his enemy.

It’s not that the original owner hadn’t thought about revenge for her family, but she had two sons to take care of. Not to mention that she couldn’t take revenge, even if she could, she couldn’t leave them.

For the next twenty or thirty years, nothing happened to the Geng family, and the original owner forgot about his enemy. But after Yuanchun took over the original owner's memory, she suspected that the death of all the Geng family members in the previous life might be related to this enemy.

However, it was because Geng Dazhuang and Du Jincui were so stupid and vicious that they were used by their enemies.