Yunling and Yunruochun arrived at the mountain early today. After gathering herbs and chopping firewood, the two were about to rest for a while when a wild rabbit flew past them.

Yun Ruochun was no longer calm. She stood up abruptly and ran forward. Sensing the danger, the rabbit also ran fast, but unfortunately fell into the trap and was captured by Yun Ruochun. This scene was witnessed by Yun Xiaoliu, who had just arrived.

"Hare!"

"Yun Xiaoliu, what brings you here?" Yun Ruochun looked around. "Where's your father?"

"I'm here to see Yunling."

Although he said that, his eyes were glued to the rabbit.

Yunling asked in confusion, "What do you want from me?"

Yun Xiaoliu had no time to think about such things. She moved closer to Yun Ruochun, swallowing hard, and asked, "Auntie, are you eating wild rabbit today?"

The two finally realized what he was up to: this wild rabbit was barely enough for their family to have a treat, but there was no room for anyone else.

Yunling picked up the basket and said, "Aunt, let's go down the mountain."

"Okay." Yun Ruochun put the rabbit into the basket, then carried it down the mountain.

Yun Xiaoliu, who was being ignored, didn't care. He was only thinking about getting a piece of meat, so he followed along eagerly. When he saw Liu Shi on the way down the mountain, he shouted:

"Grandma, they caught a wild rabbit."

Yunling immediately retorted, "We caught them and raised them."

"You're talking nonsense. It's clearly injured. You just want to steal it."

"You're talking nonsense. We caught this rabbit, so what kind of stealing is this?"

Liu glared fiercely at Yunling, then pretended to pull Yun Xiaoliu along.

"Go back, go home and have dinner."

"I'm not going back. There's no meat at home. I want to eat wild rabbit."

"Hurry up and leave. You spineless covetous thing. I'll beat you up when we get home."

"It's not someone else's house, it's my uncle's house. My uncle treats me very well, he will definitely give me wild rabbit to eat."

Liu snorted angrily and raised her hand to slap Yun Xiaoliu.

Yun Xiaoliu immediately lay down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum.

Liu feigned embarrassment and looked at Yun Ruochun.

“Chun’er, look, this mischievous monkey is still your nephew after all. Making such a scene will only make us a laughingstock in the village. Perhaps…”

"Not as good as what?" Yun Ruoxia carried a handful of sunflower seeds out of the house.

Another shrew!

Liu continued irritably, "What I mean is that the two families are like brothers and sisters, bound by blood. We help each other out regularly, and there's no need to create a rift between us over something as trivial as a wild rabbit."

"Auntie is right."

Just as Liu was wondering why this little brat was so easy to talk to, Yun Ruoxia casually continued:

“After my great-grandfather passed away, we separated our family. My aunt’s family was large and efficient, and every autumn harvest they would finish harvesting by the first household in the village. My father had difficulty walking, and my brother had to take care of both sides. You guys even took all the good sickles, so we hadn’t finished harvesting the rice before the ears of rice fell into the fields. In the end, it was the villagers who couldn’t stand it who helped us.”

“And every year during the Spring Festival, when we worship our ancestors, my aunt would always bring a fish and a piece of cured meat and say that it was just a token gesture. But then she would bring her whole family to eat, and all the good food on the table would end up in your mouths.”

"Speaking of which, the year before last, my eldest cousin borrowed two bags of rice, my second cousin plundered five dried fish, my uncle borrowed a hoe, and last year my aunt said she was going to cure meat and took a large wooden basin. Your eldest daughter-in-law said she didn't know how to cure meat, so she took two pieces of cured meat to learn. My third daughter-in-law took a basket of needles and thread to learn embroidery, and several grandsons took turns coming over to get winter melon strips..."

"Since you mentioned mutual help, Auntie, we've helped you. When are you going to repay us? Now?"

Liu's temples throbbed. Who in this world would hold a grudge against their elders? What an ill-mannered woman! Besides, she's not destined to be the head of the household, yet she keeps such detailed accounts. She must have nothing better to do.

Liu ignored her words and said arrogantly, "We're relatives, you're all well-fed, sharing a little won't make you starve."

Yun Ruoxia spat the sunflower seed shells in front of her, "You can eat less, you won't starve. Your cousins ​​are so capable, how come they can't even catch a wild rabbit? Is it because they don't like them?"

Liu was so angry at these words that her face turned pale. They just couldn't catch any of them. All they caught were sparrows and mice, and their mouths were sore from eating them. She was determined to have this wild rabbit.

It was time to prepare the evening meal, so she stayed here and refused to leave. She refused to believe that Zhang Shi, that soft-hearted woman, would not share a portion with her.

After a while, Zhang returned home and learned what had happened. She cut the rabbit in half, and Liu picked up the larger half and said happily, "Shenghua's wife is so sensible. This is how relatives should get along."

Yun Ling, Yun Ruoxia, and the others were so angry they wanted to burn a hole in her back as they watched her leave.

A short while later, Yun Shenghua returned home, carrying a basin of sturgeon.

Zhang explained, "We heard Auntie's voice from afar, and we were afraid she would see this pot of fat fish, so we thought we would get rid of her as soon as possible."

That being said, the fish and the rabbits were theirs, and they were still somewhat dissatisfied that Liu had cheated them out of their money.

In the following days, seeing that there were fish in the house, Yun Ruochun did not invite Yun Ling up the mountain, lest she hunt something else and be targeted again.

Yunling didn't mind, because her deadwood branch had grown mushrooms. These small black mushrooms were even plumper than those in the mountains, densely attached to the deadwood branch. Even Yun Chu, who rarely went into the mountains, got goosebumps when she saw them.

Yunling picked some mushrooms for Zhang to stir-fry. Whether it was Zhang's skill in cooking or Yunling's good cultivation, the small black mushrooms tasted surprisingly tender, not at all rough. Everyone praised them, but at the same time, a question arose in their minds.

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