"Meow." The white cat tried to run away, but the wound on its leg was bleeding and it couldn't move at all.

Yuan Doudou easily picked up the white cat, only to see that its hind leg was bleeding, and she felt heartbroken.

"Little White, so it's injured." Yuan Doudou remembered the little white rabbit she had picked up before. Fortunately, the white cat's wound wasn't deep, and after a simple bandage, the bleeding stopped.

"Little kitty, I'll take you home, okay?" Yuan Doudou picked up the kitten and headed home, happy that her family would have a new member from now on.

"Meow." The kitten nestled in Yuan Doudou's arms and meowed obediently, as if responding to her words.

Yuan Doudou smiled broadly, thinking it was truly fate that she had encountered such an adorable kitten.

Previously, someone in the dormitory brought a stray cat home from outside. They secretly kept it for three days, but the neighboring dormitory reported them. The dormitory supervisor, along with school security guards, took the cat away when no one was in the dormitory. When they returned, everything related to the cat in the dormitory had been cleaned up, and she was saddened for three hours because of it.

Now I can finally make up for my past regrets and openly keep a cat at home. Just thinking about it makes me very happy.

"Mommy, you're finally back! Uncle Wang was worried about you and said he was going to look for you." Anji was sitting in the yard when she heard the door open and hurriedly went to greet her.

Yuan Doudou turned around and indeed saw Wang Qiqiang's figure. She ran up to him and called out, but he didn't hear her. Yuan Doudou quickened her pace and called out a few more times before Wang Qiqiang finally reacted, turned around, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yuan Doudou was safe and sound.

He ran very fast and arrived at Yuan Doudou's side, immediately noticing the kitten in her arms.

"Huh? Where did this kitten come from?" Few people in the village keep cats, since only wealthy families can afford them.

The village head's family used to have one too, but unfortunately it ran away and disappeared.

Yuan Doudou proudly raised her head: "I picked it up from the mountain."

"Aren't you envious?" She herself was envious of this luck, which was comparable to winning the third prize in the lottery.

Wang Qiqiang gazed at her smiling face, a warm feeling welling up inside him. Her eyes shone with light, brimming with love for small animals, which made him feel even more favorably toward Yuan Doudou.

"I envy you, your luck is unmatched." Wang Qiqiang admired her greatly when she found a rabbit on the mountain before. He went hunting in the mountains almost every day, but he could only remember finding an animal effortlessly once, and that was a quail with a broken wing.

Yuan Doudou became increasingly happy. After saying goodbye to Wang Qiqiang, she returned home and boasted to Anji about her experience.

Angie went from being afraid of the new member at first to loving him dearly, carrying him everywhere he went, even while sleeping.

"Mommy, let's name it." Angie held the cat and thought for a moment. "Let's call it Little White."

“Great, this name sounds nice and is easy to remember.” Yuan Doudou praised Anji, whose thoughts coincided with her own.

"Little White, you have a name now." Yuan Doudou stroked the cat from head to tail with her hand. Its fur was so smooth and felt so good that it made people scream.

Anji imitated his mother, stroking Xiaobai again and again. Xiaobai squinted its eyes contentedly, looking very comfortable.

In the evening, Yuan Doudou cooked some boiled lobster and left it for Xiaobai to have for dinner.

Angie squatted to one side, watching Xiaobai eat with great concentration, occasionally letting out satisfied "ah-woo ah-woo" sounds.

"Alright, Angie, it's time for us to eat."

Yuan Doudou brought out a plate of stir-fried snails with chives. The snails, which had been rinsed in water, were cooked in a pot, taken out, and the meat was picked out with a needle. The dirt on the tail was removed, and in no time, a plate was filled.

Stir-fry the carefully selected snail meat with chives; it has a chewy and tender texture.

Anji took a bite, and it was indeed as his mother had said, very delicious.

They ate corn porridge and snails, along with crispy potstickers, enjoying the delicious and sweet meal.

Little White had already eaten its fill and was lying on the straw mat washing its hands and face, licking its fur.

"Mother, do you want to take these snails to town to sell?" Mother's skills are so good, there will be many people from all over the place who will come to buy them.

Yuan Doudou thought for a moment, then shook her head. It wasn't that she didn't want to make money, but rather that people's energy is limited. Every business she did required a lot of energy. She made money, but her health deteriorated, and her family didn't get the companionship they deserved.

"What a pity, they won't be able to eat the delicious food you make," Angie said like a little adult.

Yuan Doudou was amused. He was only three years old, yet he could say such things, making Yuan Doudou feel embarrassed if he didn't go sell snacks.

That night, lying in bed, she wondered if, besides bringing some strawberries, she should also stir-fry some snails to take with her to town the next day.

However, after careful consideration, she still felt that setting up a stall was not worthwhile, as it was time-consuming and laborious. She thought it would be better to tell Haoqing how to make snails so that they could collect their snails and maintain their income for a period of time.

Thinking about Angie's words suddenly made me realize that, regardless of the purpose, promoting their cuisine in this era is a contribution.

That's the decision then.

The next day, before dawn, Yuan Doudou put on some light clothes, carried a wooden basin, and took a burlap sack to the riverbank.

While there weren't many people around, she could openly collect snails.

She placed the wooden basin on the water to float, picked up a snail and threw it in, pushing the basin with her left hand and picking up the snail with her right.

"Hey, who is this? Going into the water before dawn? Are they crazy?" A loud voice came from the shore.

It's Auntie Pang.

"Auntie Pang, it's me." Yuan Doudou recognized the person immediately by her figure and voice.

Aunt Pang recognized the voice; it was Yuan Doudou.

"Oh dear, DouDou, you're a young lady, going into this ice-cold water, aren't you afraid of getting sick? Come on up." Aunt Pang was holding a bundle of straw, preparing to go to the field to pull up the rice seedlings.

Yuan Doudou smiled. She was only thinking that the sun wasn't out yet and it wasn't too hot, and she hadn't thought about how cold water would affect her health.

"Auntie Pang, I'll be done soon, don't worry." The wooden basin was already quite full, and there were still many more kept in buckets at home, so she didn't need to scoop out too many this time.

Aunt Pang went closer to take a look and saw that she was actually picking snails. She couldn't believe it. Why bother with all this effort for something so tasteless? Wasn't that just stupid?

"Alright, hurry up and come out. It's not worth getting hurt over these snails." Aunt Pang waved her hand and walked into the field.

Yuan Doudou thanked her and grabbed another handful. She had to admit that the river was incredibly rich in resources, with even more snails and crayfish than the river she had seen at her grandmother's house when she was a child.

I'm still keeping the big river clams I picked up last time at home, and just now, without even noticing, I picked up several more.

I'll bring it along; maybe I can sell it for a good price.