Xin'er quickly ran to the front, protected Tong Wen Yao, and clenched her fists to pretend to protect her. This made her feel a little touched, but she would not be so cruel as to let a four-year-old child protect her, so she asked Xin'er to step back.

Tong Wen Yao rolled her eyes, handed one of the earthenware jars to Xin'er, and reached out to take back the crab that was in her hand.

Many people who were looking for wild vegetables nearby heard Aunt Du’s cry and looked over!

"You've always been a vicious kid. I just glanced at your clay pot, and you used a crab to pinch me!"

After hearing this, Tong Wen Yao felt speechless. She could only take a tough attitude towards such a scoundrel!

"When Aunt Du said I pinched you with crabs, did you really just reach into my clay pot and take them?"

"You little bastard! If your mother doesn't teach you a lesson, I'll do it for her!"

Tong Wenyao took a step back with Xin'er, staring at her intently. "I wonder what Aunt Du is going to teach me? Are you angry and want to hit me because I didn't give you crabs?"

Aunt Du looked at the nine-year-old girl in front of her. She had threatened to commit suicide a few days ago, but now she was speaking aggressively. Being stared at by her, her scalp tingled, as if if she went up to grab her, both she and the enemy would be doomed!

As soon as she finished speaking, many people around her looked down on Aunt Du. No matter how poor they were, they would never steal food from a child. One of them said in a loud voice, "Mrs. Du, you are ashamed to steal food from a child!"

Aunt Du's face was not very good after her thoughts were exposed, but she was unwilling to retort: ​​"Whoever wants to snatch it, I'll see what good things she catches!" Ever since the fragrance wafted from her place at noon, she wanted to ask for some food. But because Cui was there, she didn't dare to come over. Now, when she saw her coming back with the clay pot, she thought of taking some from it, but she didn't expect to be shouted out by her!

Tong Wenyao didn't care what she thought. Seeing that the people from the branch spoke up for her, she was happy to make friends with them. Seeing that they were looking for wild vegetables on the ground, she probably hadn't reached the river yet. So she spoke to the group.

Her clear voice echoed in the empty space: "Aunties, we just caught some shrimps over there in the river. I think there are still quite a few. You can go over and catch some before it gets completely dark to change your taste."

"Hey, our Yao'er is really smart. We will go and catch her later to change the taste!" Tong Wen Yao remembered this aunt in her original memory. She was from the third room of the side branch, and her name seemed to be Aunt Yuan!

She nodded and said, "Aunt Yuan, please be careful by the river. We will return to the team first!"

"Hey, okay!"

Insects were chirping in the woods nearby. Fortunately, she was not so scared because she was holding Xin'er's hand. Soon they arrived at the camp. Exiles were not allowed to live in the village, but the officers could pay to live in the village houses. If the exiled prisoners wanted to live there, they had to pay the officers. Although it was autumn, the temperature had not dropped yet, so they could stay outside for a while. Tong Wenyao didn't know how much money her mother had, so she decided to save as much as possible.

As for the things in her space, she'd better not take them out and show them off. Her identity is different now. Unless she has no choice, if someone discovers her secret, she will die without knowing how.

Seeing that her mother had already started the fire, she hurriedly put the pot on it. Xin'er was a little nervous about whether she would see her mother. Seeing this, Qian's mother hurriedly took her hand and comforted her, "Your mother has gone to find some wild vegetables and will be back soon!"

Xin'er nodded, her expression relaxed. "Mom, I just cut a couple of bamboos from the river. I'm going to cut them into sticks now. Please pay attention to the heat."

"Okay, okay!" Tong Wen Yao planned to string the shrimps into strings and roast the crabs. There were many people at home, and with the fish she took out from the space, as well as these shrimps and crabs, although they would not be very full after eating, they would be about 60% full.

While I was sharpening sticks, my second uncle and brothers came back, and even Aunt Cui followed them.

"Sister, what are you peeling these for?" Wen Jiang came over and asked. Xin'er saw her brother coming back, and ran to his side excitedly, mumbling non-stop: "Brother, I'm going to peel some shrimps!" Tong Wenyao happened to be nearby, and when he heard Xin'er say that, he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to peel more. "Sister, your hands are too tender and bleed easily. Let me peel them." After that, he directly snatched the dagger from her hand and started to peel.

Tong Bo on the side hurriedly asked her, "Do you want to string these together?" Seeing her nod, he came to help. The brother from the second house was one year younger than her brother and was usually weak, so he chose the path of a civil servant. Since his family was raided, he never complained about the hardship. Her brother said that he would silently recite books on the way to exile!

"Yao'er, my second uncle and I went up the mountain and caught a pheasant. We'll stew it later!" He looked at her with bright eyes after he said that. The meal she cooked at noon was so delicious. At that time, he was wondering if it would be more delicious if it was chicken soup!

"What a pity, we only caught one." He looked regretful. Tong Bo, who was stringing the pheasants beside him, began to say, "It's good luck to catch a pheasant in the woods near the village." Tong Wen Yao agreed when he heard this. There are some hunters in every village. Not to mention those in the deep mountains, they must have hunted around the villages. It is considered lucky for them to catch one in the woods. It is also possible that the pheasants returned to their nests after dark.

After the fish soup was cooked, they ate it with black steamed buns. Fortunately, there was fish soup, otherwise it would have been so scratchy on her throat that she couldn't stand it.

After eating, she put the pheasant cleaned by her second uncle into the clay pot and made soup again. This time she also put a few red dates in it to replenish everyone's qi and blood.

After she had almost finished cleaning up, she set up a rack with wooden racks, tied a bunch of skewers to wooden sticks, and put them on the rack to grill. She also took out the barbecue ingredients from the space and secretly sprinkled them on. For a moment, the fragrance emanated, and even Cui's mother couldn't help but sigh, "Sister-in-law, your Yao'er is really capable!"

Qian's mother smiled and said, "It's yours, this is ours!" Cui's mother was delighted to see her so close, and quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, it's ours."

"That's right! Don't worry, sister-in-law. There will always be a way forward." She nodded after hearing this. Whenever she thought about the border and the work to be done, she couldn't help but worry. Before her sister-in-law was exiled, her family came to see her off. She saw the money they gave her—hundreds of taels of silver. But when she was exiled, her family shunned her, wishing they had never had anything to do with her!