A whole bunch of people rushed over to help, but they didn't see that Yue Jiuyue was in any trouble. She was standing there perfectly fine, and she was even holding a red thing and gnawing on it with great relish.
"Auntie, what is this? Is it edible?"
"Yes, sister-in-law, you can't just eat anything from the mountain. The prettier something looks, the more poisonous it is!"
"Hey, Auntie, do you recognize this thing?"
Some people advised Yue Jiuyue not to eat random things, while others who understood what it was asked Yue Jiuyue what it was.
"This thing was dug out of the ground. I saw that something had gnawed on it, and I thought it shouldn't be poisonous, so I tasted it. And you know what? It's actually quite delicious, sweet and juicy!"
Others, however, dared not actually try it, since some poisonous things don't produce immediate effects.
Yue Jiuyue didn't mind the villagers' reactions. She happily finished eating a small sweet potato, making the surrounding children drool with envy. Some even burst into tears and rolled on the ground.
Yue Jiuyue watched with a smile, using the children's crying as background music and a live performance, crunching away at her sweet potatoes, which made the children even more irritable.
Villagers: ...
That wretched old woman is wicked! She doesn't act like a grandmother at all!
For a while, Yue Jiuyue didn't seem to have any bad reaction, but everyone still didn't dare to try the red-skinned thing. They each dragged their kids back to continue digging for more Yuanzhi.
While others might feel at ease, Lin Chaodong couldn't possibly be. This was his mother, his own mother!
"Mom, how are you? Do you feel unwell anywhere? Does your stomach hurt? Do you feel nauseous? Are you dizzy? Mom! Don't scare me! How can you eat things from the mountains like that! Something bad will happen! Mom! You should go to the clinic in town!"
Lin Chaodong was truly terrified, tears streaming down his face. He had been asking her the same questions over and over for half an hour, even though she was full of energy and in excellent health. The child acted as if he couldn't see it and insisted on taking her to see a doctor.
"Chao Dong, I'm fine. Look at me, I'm perfectly alright. Let me tell you, this is a good thing! With this sweet potato dug out of the ground, at least we won't starve to death this famine year!"
Yue Jiuyue patted Lin Chaodong's shoulder gently, both to comfort him and to remind him that she had secretly worked hard for most of the day yesterday, and that her efforts should not be in vain; everyone should take it seriously!
Lin Chaodong wouldn't listen, but his daughter-in-law, Liu, would.
The old woman said that this sweet potato, dug out of the ground, would help them survive the famine!
Her eyes lit up when she heard this. If she hadn't been thinking about Xiaoman's father, who was crying his heart out, and her mother-in-law, who was in charge of the household, she would have rushed over to taste the sweet potato to see if it was as sweet as her mother-in-law had said.
"Chaodong, that's enough, stop crying. Look how scared Xiaoman is, her little face is all scrunched up and her little mouth is pouting. She's about to start crying along with you."
Yue Jiuyue felt both gratified and embarrassed.
What's gratifying is that her son Lin Chaodong is filial, but what's awkward is that Lin Chaodong is about the same age as her in her previous life. Being hugged by a man of similar age while crying her eyes out, it's no wonder she felt embarrassed.
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