Their family had some large, pickled fish that they hadn't finished eating yet, so Lin Shucheng lent the fish basket to someone else.

In the evening, Jiang Yun cooked the fish herself, adding all the necessary oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. It was a pity that there were no iron pots outside the farm, so she could only braise the fish in a clay pot, which lacked the flavor of stir-frying in an iron pot.

Lin Jinyue whispered, "Why didn't you remind us to bring out that iron pot from the farm? It would have been so much more convenient."

Lin Shucheng whispered, "That'll be so heavy! You'll have to carry all the lighter loads of food. What if you don't grow tall?"

Lin Jinyue smacked her lips, having no choice but to give up.

If she wants to eat braised fish in the future, she will still have to go to the space and use an iron pot. Lin Jinyue felt even more that the farm was really generous to her family. It gave her a chicken that lays eggs, an iron pot, and land to grow crops. In ancient times, these things would cost at least ten taels of silver.

Lin Jinyue and her family enjoyed their meal immensely.

Jiang Yun also asked, "Is my cooking tastier, or is Aunt Li's cooking tastier?"

The family had a strong will to survive: "Of course, Mom's cooking is the best."

Jiang Yun was very satisfied, and then said to Lin Jinyue, "Yuanyue, we can't count on your dad's cooking skills. Didn't you like to study those recipes and ask Aunt Li to make them? Why don't you write one down and I'll study it later? We definitely won't be able to afford to hire anyone in the future, so we'll have to cook for ourselves."

Lin Jinyue nodded: "Okay, I'll write it later. Luckily we have the system store. We can work hard to upgrade it and we don't have to worry about not having enough seasonings."

The family discussed their future plans, from braised fish to 108 ways to cook fish. Lin Jinyue's mouth started watering. There was no way around it; the things she could eat anywhere in her previous life were hard to come by in ancient times, even the seasonings were hard to find.

As darkness fell, Lin Jinyue prepared to rest quickly and go to the farm to work and level up as soon as possible.

A woman in the group let out a sharp scream:

"Miaomiao, don't scare your mother! What's wrong with you—"

Lin Jinyue and her family rushed over to check on the situation and saw that Wang's youngest daughter was rolling her eyes and convulsing. Everyone around her was terrified and dared not go over.

Lin Jinyue looked at Jiang Yun, "Mother, this looks like poisoning?"

Jiang Yun nodded, stepped forward, and had someone hold Wang Miao down before she took his pulse and glanced at his tongue.

The Wang family members were extremely worried: "What happened to Miaomiao?"

Jiang Yun frowned: "She's been poisoned. What did you feed her? It doesn't look like she was bitten by a poisonous insect."

The Wang family panicked. What could they possibly eat?

Besides the wild fruits that can be eaten on the mountain, there are black beans, pine needles, and brown rice. How could I have been poisoned?

At this moment, Wang's third daughter-in-law seemed to realize what had happened and was somewhat afraid to look at her mother-in-law. "I... I traded a fish with Butcher Liu, and when I saw that Miaomiao was craving meat, I secretly cooked it for her..."

Normally, the Wang family would have given their daughter-in-law a good scolding for daring to eat alone with their daughter.

However, with Wang Miao's fate unknown, everyone was in a panic and couldn't think of anything else.

Jiang Yun then checked the fish that hadn't been finished eating. Sure enough, it was a catfish with poisonous whiskers. The meat was not poisonous, but the internal organs and roe were highly toxic. Eating it could cause vomiting and diarrhea at best, and paralysis at worst. Judging from Wang Miao's condition, it was already very serious.

Jiang Yun first fed her a pill to induce vomiting, and then began searching for medicinal herbs on the side.

The eldest and second wives of the Wang family both had sons, while only the third wife had a daughter. The two elders doted on their grandson the most, so Granny Wang immediately scolded Chen: "The child is ignorant, but are you ignorant too?"

Wang Laosan also scolded his gluttonous daughter: "That brat is so greedy, just wait until it's ready, I'll give her a good beating!"

Seeing that a family drama was about to unfold, Lin Jinyue quickly said, "Hey, don't blame Sister Miaomiao. The further south we go, the more rivers and lakes there are, and the more fish there are. I have to tell you which fish we can't eat."

Their attention was diverted one by one.

Seeing that Miao Miao's condition had improved considerably after Jiang Yun gave her the emetic, Lin Jinyue borrowed some fish from the villagers and explained to them which fish were edible and how to prepare them.

Everyone listened very attentively.

In fact, it is rare to encounter poisonous fish. Even if there are poisonous fish, the toxins are usually in the internal organs. As long as the internal organs are removed and the fish is cooked thoroughly, 99% of the danger can be avoided.

But food is scarce now, and no one wants to throw away anything that is edible.

Fortunately, only Wang Miao took the medicine; otherwise, the medicine on Jiang Yun's body wouldn't have been effective.

Lin Jinyue told them a lot of things to note when cooking fish, especially the methods for handling fish, which were quite complicated. Since the group of people were illiterate, they couldn't take notes with paper and pen.

Seeing everyone's predicament, Lin Jinyue said that in the future, if they catch fish, she could help them identify them to avoid poisoning and delaying their trip.

The group felt somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, they left with Lin Jinyue's family.

If they went alone, they wouldn't even know how they died. Everyone felt that Lin Jinyue's family was not simple.

They couldn't help but sigh, "Scholars are truly remarkable. Although Lin Jinyue is only eight years old, she has studied with her maternal grandfather and brother, which sets her apart from the other villagers."

Among this group, some people had previously thought Lin Jinyue was too young and were always bossing her around.

They didn't say it, but they were indeed somewhat resentful.

But after listening to Lin Jinyue's detailed explanation of the fish, he changed his opinion of the eight-year-old girl and dared not underestimate her as before.

*

The group continued walking forward.

Ten days later, they arrived in Runan County, which is roughly in the Anhui region of their previous life.

This group of people didn't know the way and usually went into the woods where few people went. Who knew that they almost accidentally walked onto the official road of Runan County? Fortunately, the woods nearby were dense and no one else noticed.

They changed course and returned to the woods.

After walking for about 15 minutes, some people couldn't hold on any longer.

"Wait a minute, let's look for some more fruit, I really can't go on anymore."

"I haven't had any water for two days..."

Before the woman could finish speaking, she collapsed weakly, her lips pale and dry, clearly extremely thirsty.

Lin Jinyue and her group could have reached Runan County much earlier, but they found that there was practically no drinkable water along the way, relying entirely on rainwater they had collected and fruit from the forest.

For some reason, this area, which is clearly under the jurisdiction of Prince Jing, should be free from war and everyone should be living in peace. Grain prices have risen, but not too drastically, so that every household should be coming to the mountains to find food. Otherwise, with such difficult times, they would definitely have to flee to other places.

But there are very few fruits on this mountain.

Lin Jinyue subconsciously felt that something was wrong here.