"These are sweet potatoes and potatoes, they're edible. People in my hometown grow them, they can be boiled in soup or steamed or roasted." Song Tantan immediately took out a sweet potato to eat and showed it to them.

"Potatoes must be cooked before eating; they should not be eaten raw, and sprouted potatoes should also be avoided as they can cause poisoning. You can eat sweet potatoes first. Steam the potatoes and then dry them in the sun. This way, you don't have to worry about them sprouting, and they are also easy to store." In case of any unforeseen circumstances, dried sweet potatoes and dried potatoes are more convenient to carry and can be eaten directly when you are hungry.

“Miss Song, you are truly our lucky star. We’ve been wandering around that mountain for almost a year without finding any food in the cave, but you found it as soon as you arrived. What else could you be but a lucky star?” Shuanzi’s mother said with a simple smile.

If Song Tantan didn't know that Shuanzi's mother had no bad intentions and was just honest and straightforward, she would have suspected that she was deliberately being sarcastic.

"The cave was blocked by bushes and thorns. I only found it by chance while chasing a wild rabbit. I didn't expect to be so lucky. I don't know who hid the food, but it hasn't spoiled after so long." Song Tantan lied without blushing or panting.

No one thought much of it; after all, having enough to eat was the most important thing, and who cared about anything else?

Song Tantan meant that Shuanzi should keep all 100 jin of rice for himself, but Shuanzi was honest and felt guilty, so he gave 10 jin of rice to each of the other two families.

"I only found out there was rice when I got back, so I thought I'd share some with you guys. I'm going back now. I haven't eaten in a long time, just wild vegetables every day, and I'm too weak to walk." Shuanzi chuckled a few times and left.

The other two families didn't suspect anything either. Shuanzi was an honest boy, and they trusted his character after knowing him for so long. Even if they had left extra food, it was only right, since they were the first to discover the food in the cave.

Lunch was cooked by Song Tantan because Shuanzi's mother's cooking skills were really bad. She only knew how to cook things until they were edible. Anything in her hands would just turn into a mess. Since she didn't have a kitchen knife, she actually wanted to cook sweet potatoes and potatoes together into porridge.

Fortunately, Song Tantan discovered it in time and immediately took over. She took out a kitchen knife from her space and diced the sweet potatoes and potatoes. First, she boiled the water, then added the rice and cooked it for a few minutes. Next, she added the diced sweet potatoes and potatoes, and finally added some oil and salt.

There was a small jar of oil and a bowl of salt, both taken from the space, but Song Tantan said they were brought back from the cave.

"Why don't we see any oil or salt?" Shuanzi and his sister said in unison.

"Didn't you see it? I thought you saw it. When I saw the oil and salt, I just packed them together with the rice and brought them back." Without changing her expression, Song Tantan calmly continued cooking the porridge.

Is that so? I think so.

Who cares? The most important thing is to be full. It would be even better if there was oil and salt.

After the meal, the honest boy Shuanzi delivered some salt to the other two families, and he even remembered to save the oil for himself, not giving it away.

A few days later, Ye Moxun's injuries had recovered by 70%, and Song Tantan was completely healed. As long as she didn't do heavy work, she would be fine.

During this time, she went up the mountain with Shuanzi and the others every day. Shuanzi and the others mainly dug wild vegetables and picked mushrooms, while she mainly hunted. Sometimes she could catch a wild rabbit or a bamboo rat. When she couldn't catch one, she would take one out of her space so that she could have meat to eat every day.

With meat and salt to eat every day, the three families visibly improved their spirits. They no longer staggered when walking and found more wild vegetables. However, the wild vegetables were all too old for this time of year, and with winter fast approaching, they would soon be unable to find any more.

Actually, there aren't many wild vegetables to eat in autumn, but Song Tantan knows a lot of herbs, some of which have no side effects and can be eaten as wild vegetables, so everyone should dig up more.

Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye. Song Tantan and Ye Moxun have been living in Xiayang Village for more than a month. As for Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi, they were dragged down by Liu Cheng and his group and were chased by Duke. In the end, they had no choice but to go deep into the mountains.

That is, back in the deep mountains of Songlin Village, there was nowhere else to hide. Duke's men pursued them relentlessly until they entered the deep mountains. Duke's men chased for a while, and were attacked by wild beasts several times before they gave up the pursuit.

Duke believed that once Liu Cheng and his group entered the deep mountains, they would be attacked fiercely. He thought that even if they didn't die, they would escape. So he ordered his men to guard the outer perimeter of the mountains and to eliminate Liu Cheng and his group as soon as they came out, leaving no one alive.

After considering it for a few days, Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi decided to take the person back to Songlin Village. They decided to see the rescue through to the end, since they had chosen to rescue the person in the first place and now they couldn't shake them off. They couldn't just take them into the deep mountains and let them fend for themselves, could they?

Don't panic. Once we get into Songlin Village, without their guidance, Liu Cheng and the others won't be able to get out. These people can't possibly have bad intentions towards the villagers; if they did, they wouldn't be able to leave alive either.

Because she needed to take someone back, Song Zhuiyan went into her space to see Song Tantan, but the two kept missing each other and hadn't seen each other for a long time. Actually, Song Tantan was too guilty to see her, otherwise how could they always miss each other?

Song Zhuiyan left her a note, asking her to come into the space that evening so they could meet and talk.

"What happened that you insist on meeting me? I'm afraid I can't keep this up." Song Tantan wailed and slumped onto the table.

"We'll have to ask sooner or later. Let's find out where they are. Maybe we can go back and reunite with them." Ye Moxun was missing his uncle. He almost lost his life and was about to miss his uncle one last time. After surviving, he missed his uncle even more.

That evening, Song Tantan went back to her room early. She no longer shared a room with Ye Moxun. Both of them had been injured before, and Ye Moxun had been holding her hand tightly. After Shuanzi and her sister picked them up from the riverbank, they put them together.

For the first few days, Song Tantan was weak and didn't move. She slept in the same bed with Ye Moxun. Later, she didn't move because she had to take care of him. She moved to the next room when he was able to sit up and relieve himself.

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