Long vines wrapped around Mimi's body. Mimi tried to tear them off with her claws, but after a long time, she not only failed to untie the vines, but they also tightened around her, leaving her unable to move.
Seeing Jiang Yimian looking over, it stopped struggling and just lay on the ground and let out a soft "woof" as if asking for help.
Jiang Yimian found it amusing and went to help.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the vines had large green leaves with small tips, and they turned out to be sweet potato vines.
Jiang Yimian looked at the root that Mimi had broken off on the ground and was somewhat surprised.
This little guy knows how to find things; he discovered quite a few wild potatoes.
Jiang Yimian used her dagger to cut the vines wrapped around Mimi before putting the dagger away and taking out a shovel from her spatial storage to dig into the ground.
After shoveling for a while, several yellowish-gray spheres resembling spinning tops emerged from the soil. They were about the size of an adult man's fist, not too big, but considering they were wild and hadn't been fertilized, it was quite good that they had grown to this size.
Sweet potatoes, also known as jicama or ground radish, have cooling, thirst-quenching, and hangover-relieving effects. They are also rich in nutrients, containing many elements needed by the human body. (Source: Internet)
It has a slightly sweet taste and is very juicy. It's a common snack for farm children, and it's also refreshing when used in stir-fries or cold dishes.
Mimi watched with curiosity, circling around Jiang Yimian, clearly wanting to try it.
Jiang Yimian found it amusing, picked up a small sweet potato, peeled off the yellowish-gray skin to reveal the tender white flesh inside, and stuffed it directly into Mimi's mouth.
Mimi was very satisfied with the food. She swallowed the sweet potato whole and then happily went off to chase birds.
Seeing that there were many sweet potato vines nearby, Jiang Yimian started digging them up, intending to take them back to eat.
Mimi frantically chased after the birds for a while, but then got bored and ran straight out of the woods.
Jiang Yimian was so focused on digging sweet potatoes that she didn't notice Mimi running away.
Even if she notices it, she won't pay much attention to it.
Now that Mimi has grown so big, she looks just like a tiger from afar. Only others are afraid of her; there's absolutely no need to worry about her safety.
At this time, near the woods where refugees had gathered.
Liu Dafei, along with Li Xiaofang and his son Liu Xiaofei, took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and headed deeper into the woods.
The shorter man noticed it early on and immediately signaled to the people around him to follow.
As Li Xiaofang walked, she kept looking back, feeling uneasy. "Wherever we go, those people will definitely follow us. Even if we find yams and taro, we won't be able to eat them."
These bastards eat their fill every day, yet they're forced to dig up tree bark and roots to eat, claiming they almost killed Wang Zhuzi and his group. Bah! If it weren't for them, how could these people have enough to eat? They're all heartless bastards.
Like that old geezer deep in the woods, and that girl from the Jiang family, they're all bastards.
Liu Dafei lowered his voice and said irritably, "We'll do it secretly. Once we find something, we'll just cook it. They don't have time to keep watching us. At worst, we'll just go deeper into the area, and those people definitely won't dare to follow us."
Liu Xiaofei, pulling Heiwa along, nodded repeatedly, "Big brother is right, let's go a little further away and eat it secretly."
After eating tree roots and bark for several months, he felt like he was turning into that unchewable bark himself.
That damned old man Liu doesn't give them food, forcing them to live like this.
If they weren't wary of the traps dug in the forest, they would have run off to beg for food long ago; they wouldn't have held out for so long.
Heiwa followed his father cautiously, asking curiously, "Dad, can't we steal some? They keep all the food they find in the straw shed every day; we can just steal some."
Back in the village, he would do this whenever he wanted something to eat, especially at Uncle Dayong's house. He even took some money from them and took it back with him. Even when Uncle Dayong came to complain, his parents just scolded him and sent him away.
They can do it just the same now.
Moreover, digging up yams and taro is time-consuming and laborious; it's better to wait for others to dig them up and then secretly take them.
Liu Xiaofei slapped his simple-minded son on the head, then looked around for wild yams and taro while cursing in a low voice, "You try stealing some, kid. Those people will skin you alive. Do you think this is still the village as it used to be?"
These refugees have recently been going out in groups to dig for yams and taro. They've dug up quite a lot and piled them up next to the thatched hut, clearly not caring much about them. After all, they can be dug up anywhere on the mountain; it's something everyone has.
But if they dare to take it, Wang Zhuzi and his group will beat them up.
He didn't want to get beaten up again.
Li Xiaofang quickly warned, "You better behave yourself, or I won't let you get away with it."
Heiwa shrank back in fright, reminiscing about the days when his mother was still alive. Back then, when his mother was around, she always gave him the best of everything, and even on the road of fleeing famine, she always gave him the first food.
But now, Dad eats everything first, and only gives him the leftovers.
It was better when Mother was alive.
Just then, Liu Xiaofei exclaimed, "Those are taro, right? There are quite a few of them. Let's go dig them up quickly, before anyone sees us!"
After saying that, he took Heiwa's hand and walked over first.
Li Xiaofang and her husband quickly followed.
Lacking tools, the group could only painstakingly dig with stones.
Just as they were digging with great enthusiasm, they heard a laugh.
"Wow, you've found so many taro! Go tell everyone, Brother Dafei has found us food again. Those who need it, come and dig!"
A tall, thin young man smiled at the person next to him.
The man quickly agreed and went back to call for reinforcements, which infuriated Liu Dafei and his companions.
"Isn't Wang Zhuzi going too far? Why can't we eat? If it weren't for us two brothers leading the way, you'd still be eating tree roots right now!"
Liu Dafei was so angry that he trembled all over.
The tall, thin man chuckled and said casually, "Who told you to be so heartless? You're clearly related to the people in the forest, yet you led Brother Zhu to steal grain. That's what the people in there said: you can't eat it, hahaha. That's how heartless bastards should act."
He heard this from the shorter man, who accidentally let it slip.
But he didn't think the people in the mountains were wrong. If he had known his relatives were hiding in the mountains, he certainly wouldn't have led people to rob the grain.
They will definitely keep him.
These two brothers are shameless. They probably do heartless things all the time, which is why those people drove them away.
Upon learning that it was Old Liu and his group who were preventing them from eating, the group became so angry that they immediately started cursing and stopped digging for taro.
"That old bastard Liu, I'm going to get an explanation from him today. He's a monster."
As Li Xiaofang spoke, she stormed off into the depths of the woods.
The Liu brothers quickly followed, clearly having forgotten how dangerous the forest was.
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