After saying goodbye to the team leader and his group, Lin Jingyue took the child up the mountain. With the blessing of good luck, finding several nests of eggs was already a regular occurrence.

This time, she didn't go for too much; she just planned to dig up some wild vegetables to improve her meals. In those days, wild vegetables were only foraged when people couldn't afford other vegetables, but in later generations, wild vegetables are much more expensive than ordinary vegetables. They are also more nutritious, and some are even beneficial for patients with serious illnesses.

Some wild vegetables are even used only to feed pigs and chickens.

After collecting enough eggs, we used the remaining space to dig for wild vegetables. We filled about half a basket in no time, but realizing we might not be able to store any more, we decided to leave.

Just then, Xiaomingyue suddenly called out.

"Mom, come quick!"

Seeing that she didn't seem flustered, Lin Jingyue figured she must have encountered something interesting, so she wasn't in a hurry and walked over steadily.

"What's wrong, baby?"

"Mom, look, what's this?"

Xiao Mingyue picked up a cloth bag from the ground. The bag was covered in mud, indicating it had been buried in the ground for a long time. But that wasn't the most important thing. The key was that the bag contained many Yuan Shikai silver dollars.

A dozen or so innocent coins were picked up by a child, all of them perfectly fresh and clean?

Looking down at the ground, there were several Yuan Shikai silver dollars covered in mud, the mud marks indicating that they had been left behind a long time ago.

During the war, many people ran up the mountain, and it's possible that someone accidentally fell in during that time. Because of the heavy rains a few days ago, the buried Yuan Shikai silver dollars were exposed.

"This is a good thing!" Lin Jingyue tied the cloth bag, picked a few larger leaves to wrap it, and then put it into Xiaomingyue's basket. "Since it was found by my darling, then let her keep it herself. But let me tell you, this thing can't be seen by just anyone. If someone finds it, you'll never see your mother again, understand?"

You can't just take out a Yuan Shikai silver dollar and use it casually, and you can't even find out its origin if you try to exchange it for money at a bank. It's best to treat it as an antique and wait until its value goes up so you can exchange it for money when you're starving.

Feeling the weight of the basket on her back, and listening to her mother's words, Xiaomingyue nodded nervously. "Mom, I won't let anyone know. Mom, don't leave me."

"Of course I won't leave my baby. My baby is so wonderful, how could I bear to part with him?" Lin Jingyue hugged her, comforting her.

If I don't speak too harshly, I'm afraid she won't realize the seriousness of the situation. But if I do speak too harshly, she'll be frightened.

Xiaomingyue is very lucky, but she doesn't want this kind of thing to be known by many people, as it could very well become a burden in the future.

Besides, who knows if luck will eventually run out?

She's currently going up the mountain to improve her quality of life, and she doesn't plan to come back once things get better.

She could come back on her own; after all, with the system as her cheat code, she won't have trouble finding eggs. I just feel that children should experience the joys of rural life when they're young. She's been so repressed before; it's good for her to release her natural instincts.

"Come on, let's go pick loquats, the ones you ate last time. I don't know if there are any left. If the birds ate them, then we'll have none left."

"No, the birds are so considerate, they will definitely leave some for us."

Hearing these innocent words, Lin Jingyue couldn't help but chuckle. "Yes, my darling is so well-behaved, he should be rewarded with a loquat, no, two, no, three!"

When we arrived at the place where we had picked wild loquats before, all we saw were tree trunks with only leaves left, and rotting fruit on the ground. There really wasn't a single one left.

Little Mingyue pouted, "These little birds are really not cute."

"No, didn't they leave some other fruit?"

There were many bushes next to the wild loquat trees, and within the bushes were dots of red. The red fruits gave off a sweet fragrance and looked a bit like strawberries.

But this isn't a strawberry. Its stem is covered in small thorns, and once you pick the fruit, you'll see it's hollow inside. This fruit is locally called "thorn bubble," a delicious treat found only in the mountains. Sometimes you might even spot it along the roadside.

There's another type that looks more like a strawberry, like a miniature version, and it's not hollow. It also has small thorns on its stem, so you have to be extra careful when picking it. Both are very sweet, and they were fruits that were easy to eat in childhood.

There is another kind called snakeberry, which locals say is a fruit that snakes eat, so no one picks it.

They picked a lot of banana leaves, and ate them as they picked, until they were almost full.

After picking enough, the two decided to head down the mountain. After some more concealment, they began to walk downhill.

From afar, Lin Jingyue recognized a group of people who looked somewhat familiar. The Chen family, and... the original owner's maternal family.

Recalling how she was treated at home, she couldn't help but curl her lips into a smile. So this was the Chen family's idea. Nothing special; eating more wouldn't make them any smarter.

"Sweetie, just pretend you didn't hear anything and stay behind Mommy. You can play, Mommy will take care of everything else."

Although Xiaomingyue didn't know why she was saying all this, she still nodded obediently, "Mom, I understand."

The distance between them was getting closer and closer, and the two groups were about to meet.

Granny Chen was very excited. This brat finally had someone to treat her. She refused to believe that the girl wouldn't listen to her own mother. It wasn't for nothing that she had rushed over to invite someone. Anyway, this brat couldn't escape her grasp!

But things took an unexpected turn.

"Mother, Mother, why are you here?" Lin Jingyue looked shocked, then her face fell, her lips pursed, and she immediately put on a wronged expression. "Mother, you've finally come! You have no idea what a miserable life I'm living in my husband's family. You've come to support me, haven't you? Chen Shi, let me tell you, now that my mother is here, you won't be able to bully me anymore!"

Granny Lin was a little confused. The girl was indeed her daughter, and her timid nature was exactly the same as before. How could it be different from what Granny Chen had said?

Granny Chen was stunned. Why was everything different from before? Wasn't she always so arrogant before? What was going on?

"Mom, I miss you so much, but Chen won't let me go back to my parents' home. I was planning to bring back some nice things to show my respect, but Chen thinks my family doesn't deserve to eat good food and won't let me go home, sob sob sob..."

What she said was true, but that was when the original owner of this body was still alive, not when she came here now. However, given this time difference, who would know if she didn't mention it?