Zhuang Shuhui has gone too far.

"Mom, don't be angry, it's not worth it," Yuan Doudou comforted her.

"Second Aunt, you might have misunderstood. I'm the one who needs to pay back the money early, and you don't seem to have the right to refuse." Yuan Doudou put away the silver. "If you don't want it now, it's uncertain whether I'll be able to pay it back in three months."

Zhuang Shuhui was just worried that she wouldn't be able to pay back the money, so they created anxiety to force her to accept the money.

Sure enough, Zhuang Shuhui felt uneasy and began to ponder.

"Second Aunt, you may not know this, but my mother's medicine has run out again. I have money now, but it's not enough to buy her more. If you don't want these three taels of silver now, I'll go to town to get the medicine right away tomorrow. Please don't go back on your word."

"Are you serious?" Zhuang Shuhui was starting to waver. Thinking about it, it made sense. Yuan Doudou had elderly parents and young children to support. What kind of income could she possibly have from those few acres of wasteland? She guessed that the three taels of silver she had was probably from pawning things from her home.

"Okay, I'll take the money. Here's the IOU."

Yuan Doudou took the IOU and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at least she saved fifty coins.

"Second Aunt, don't forget what you just said. You're not allowed to set foot in my house again," Yuan Doudou reminded her.

Zhuang Shuhui snorted coldly, "Don't worry, even if you carried me here in eight sedan chairs, I wouldn't come."

After Zhuang Shuhui left, Yuan Doudou helped Wang Shi into the house.

"Dou Dou, did your trip to the market go smoothly today?" Seeing how readily she repaid the money, Wang guessed that the bracelet had been pawned for some money.

"Mother, it went smoothly. You pawned my bracelet for ten taels of silver. Here is the pawn ticket and the remaining silver."

Yuan Doudou lifted Anji onto her lap, took out a bag of rice cakes from her cloth bag, which contained only three or four pieces.

"Anji, are you hungry? Have something to tide you over."

Anji took the rice cake, smiled happily, and showed his two little tiger teeth.

"Mom, can I give this to Grandma first?" Anji looked at the rice cake, trying not to drool.

"Of course you can, Anji is so sensible." Yuan Doudou patted Anji's head with a smile on her face.

Looking at the rice cake her grandson handed her, Wang said with a smile, "Grandma isn't hungry, Anji, you can eat it."

"If Grandma doesn't eat, I won't eat either," Angie said, feigning displeasure and acting spoiled.

Mrs. Wang beamed with joy; she had truly given her eldest grandson the love he deserved.

"Okay, Grandma will only have one bite." Wang pretended to want to eat and took a small bite.

After seeing his grandmother eat, Anji held the rice cake to Yuan Doudou's lips, saying, "Mommy, you eat too."

Yuan Doudou looked at the rice cake that her mother-in-law had taken a bite out of and just couldn't bring herself to eat it.

"Mother has already eaten several, and her stomach is so full that she really can't eat anymore." Yuan Doudou covered her stomach, pretending to be very full.

Anji smiled and touched Yuan Doudou's belly, which was flat and didn't look like she was full at all.

"DouDou, take this money. I'm not in good health to run the household anymore. We'll have to rely on you from now on."

Wang wrapped the money in a handkerchief, took Yuan Doudou's hand, and placed it in her palm.

Yuan Doudou's eyes reddened. Wang Shi had adopted her and raised her as her own daughter. After she married An Rong, her adoptive mother became her mother-in-law. Unlike some mothers-in-law who would exploit their daughters-in-law, Wang Shi treated her even better than before.

"Mom, don't worry, I will definitely manage the household well and make life better."

Yuan Doudou was telling Wang Shi, but she was also telling herself.

Wang nodded with red eyes.

Before long, it got dark. Yuan Doudou rinsed the brown rice, put it in a pot, added a little water, and brought it to a boil over high heat.

She placed firewood at the bottom of the pot, scooped some wheat flour to make a paste, and after the rice porridge was cooked, she poured it into an earthenware pot. She washed the pot, stir-fried some pickled mustard greens, spread the prepared paste around the pot, covered it with the lid, and continued cooking.

Once the pickled mustard greens are stewed until tender, the potstickers will be ready.

Anji smelled the aroma and his mouth watered.

In the evening, the family ate porridge with pickled vegetables and crispy potstickers, which was very satisfying.

"DouDou, your cooking skills have improved a lot!" Mrs. Wang praised.

Yuan Doudou laughed it off, "No, I'm nowhere near as good as my mother."

She learned her cooking skills from Wang Shi, which was also a memory left by the original owner. In fact, she herself was a useless person. At school, she would either eat in the cafeteria or order takeout. At worst, she would cook instant noodles or snail rice noodles in her dormitory. She was the type who couldn't cook without her phone.

After dinner, Yuan Doudou didn't rest either; she brewed medicine while cleaning the house.

Before it got completely dark, Yuan Doudou washed the clothes and hung them on a bamboo pole in the yard. Seeing the moon and stars in the sky, she figured it wouldn't rain.

"Mom, I'm sleepy," Anji said softly as he walked behind Yuan Doudou.

His mother wasn't home at noon, so he didn't take a nap.

Yuan Doudou finished hanging up the clothes and glanced at the earthenware pot on the charcoal stove. The medicine was almost ready.

She poured a bowl out and placed it by Wang's bedside before leading Anji to wash up.

I just took a shower the night before, so tonight I only need to wash my face, brush my teeth, and wash my feet.

After washing him clean, Yuan Doudou picked up Anji, took off his coat, put it by the bed, covered him with a blanket, and then went out.

After finishing the housework, it was already completely dark. Yuan Doudou quickly washed up and went to bed to rest.

The next day, the sky was high and the air was crisp, and Yuan Doudou decided to go up the mountain.

In novels, time travel always involves finding a way out in the mountains; perhaps she'll encounter something good too.

Before leaving the house, Anji wanted to come along, but Yuan Doudou couldn't bear to see him upset, so she took him with her. After all, she didn't need to carry him on her back or in her arms.

As soon as Yuan Doudou entered the mountain, she saw mushrooms at the base of the trees. Each mushroom looked like a big umbrella and was growing vigorously.

“Such good mushrooms, yet no one picks them.” Yuan Doudou recalled that someone in the village had accidentally eaten poisonous mushrooms and died that same day. Since then, no one has picked any mushrooms on the mountain, no matter how many there are.

She carried a bamboo basket on her back and was busy picking mushrooms and putting them into the basket. Angie also helped her pick them.

"Angie, are you out of your mind? This stuff can kill you!" Zhang Aiju, carrying a basket, went up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables. When she saw Yuan Doudou picking mushrooms, she turned pale with fright.

“Auntie, these kinds of mushrooms are not poisonous. As long as they are cooked properly, they won’t harm you. On the contrary, they taste delicious,” Yuan Doudou said, pointing to the chicken leg mushrooms on the ground.

As a modern person, she certainly knew the meaning of "red umbrella, white dry dry, eat it and lie flat".

But this looks like the chicken leg mushroom she likes, so it's safe and toxin-free.

Zhang Aiju was still skeptical, worried about Yuan Doudou's safety. "Anji's mother, I think it's better not to eat it. Let's dig for wild vegetables together. It's safer to eat than those mushrooms."

Yuan Doudou glanced at Zhang Aiju's basket, which contained some lichen, a nutritious and healthy vegetable.

"Thank you for your concern, Auntie. I know what I'm doing." Yuan Doudou continued bending down to pick mushrooms, walking towards the mountains as she went.

The mountain wasn't high, but it was very long. Yuan Doudou walked for an unknown amount of time, and her bamboo basket was already full of mushrooms.