"Look at you, you came all this way, why did you bring so much stuff?" The brigade leader's wife looked at the basket of things and smiled so hard her eyes narrowed into slits.
Lin Jingyue waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, just accept it. My daughter and I probably wouldn't be alive today without your help."
There wasn't much in the basket—just half a pound of brown sugar, half a pound of fruit candy, and a few hair ties. Brown sugar was the most expensive item; coupons were scarce in the countryside, and brown sugar coupons were even rarer, so even though there wasn't much, its value shouldn't be underestimated.
The brigade leader's wife felt a warmth in her heart. She had lent the mother and daughter a lot of things when she saw how hard they were struggling in the village. Besides vegetables, there were bowls, earthenware pots, salt, and other daily necessities. As the brigade leader's wife, she naturally had to care about the villagers' lives; she was setting a good example.
At the time, she hadn't thought about whether she would repay the favor; she just felt she had a clear conscience. But now, the other person's actions made her feel very at ease.
"You're exaggerating. I just brought you some things. How could anyone starve to death in our brigade? Although our brigade doesn't receive the honor of being an advanced brigade every year, no one in our brigade has ever starved to death since the famine started."
That's absolutely true. Their output isn't very high, but as long as you put in the effort, the harvest is quite good. Under the supervision of the brigade leader, everyone reduced their laziness, so the crops in the fields were naturally well tended, and the harvest was good.
Their battalion's honor was important, but having enough to eat was even more important. The battalion commander took office after the famine, and his declaration was also to ensure that his men had enough to eat.
Lin Jingyue touched her nose. "Indeed, the captain is a good leader."
They are fair and just, they won't pull any tricks, and they won't abuse their leadership position to bully others.
After saying goodbye to the brigade leader's wife, Lin Jingyue took Xiaomingyue up the mountain. She had always gained something from each trip up the mountain before; she wondered what she would find today.
At the foot of the mountain, many children were playing together, chasing each other and occasionally stealing bird eggs, creating quite a lively scene.
However, they had no intention of meeting the children; if they found something and were discovered, the children would have a hard time keeping quiet. So the two took another path, heading towards the mountainside.
Xiao Mingyue has gained some weight recently, her complexion has improved a lot, and she doesn't walk as weakly as before. Her dark eyes are bright and sparkling, full of vitality.
"Mom, there."
She pointed excitedly in a certain direction, where several wild eggs were lying quietly in a clump of grass.
Lin Jingyue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. It seemed she was right; Xiao Mingyue was indeed her lucky star.
Put weeds in the basket and lay the wild eggs on the weeds so they won't get bumped or knocked.
"Honey, I'm going to check over there. If you need anything, just call me, okay?"
"Okay, Mom."
Under the influence of his environment, the little guy's Mandarin has improved a lot. Although he still has a slight accent, it will gradually decrease over time. It mainly depends on whether the person teaching him Mandarin has an accent or not. As the saying goes, like begets like.
Lin Jingyue used the system's scanning function again and found several nests of wild eggs, as well as some herbs. She didn't plan to sell the herbs anymore, but she could collect them to make tea, such as honeysuckle tea.
There are still some wild tea trees on the mountain. You can pick some tender leaves, take them home, and roast them yourself to make tea. Of course, they're not suitable as gifts, but they're fine for personal consumption.
Wild kudzu roots were also found, but digging them up was extremely difficult because we didn't have the right tools. At the end, some roots were left in the soil, and the kudzu roots we dug up didn't look very intact.
Lin Jingyue wiped away her sweat, looking at the basket full of things on her back, feeling a great sense of accomplishment. Everyone says that gold is everywhere in this era, and she truly felt it.
She checked the time; it was almost eleven o'clock. She decided to go down the mountain to check on Xiaomingyue. These few nests of eggs were enough to last for half a month, and she could come back again in half a month.
"Honey, what are you doing sitting there?"
Little Mingyue has her own little basket, which is currently filled with wild eggs. She is sitting next to a bush with the basket on her back.
"Mommy, there's a rabbit," she whispered.
rabbit?
Lin Jingyue walked over, and there were two gray rabbits quietly being pulled by their ears, not moving at all, looking like two silly rabbits.
Seeing this, she quickly went over and tied the two gray rabbits together with vines.
"Honey, don't get too close to them next time. Let Mommy catch them next time, okay?" Wild animals carry germs to varying degrees. What if you get bitten and infected?
She didn't quite trust the current medical facilities; after all, needles could be reused, and she didn't dare take the risk.
Xiaomingyue didn't understand why her mother was suddenly so serious, but she knew that her mother wouldn't hurt her, so she nodded obediently, "I understand, Mom."
"You're such a good boy/girl. How about Mom makes you some spicy rabbit when we get home?"
"good!"
As before, she gathered some firewood and wild vegetables and spread them on top of her basket to conceal them. Little Mingyue's small basket contained only some wild vegetables; unless someone deliberately turned it over, no one would discover the eggs inside.
Before descending the mountain, Lin Jingyue checked the traps she had set, but found no prey and they had all been destroyed. She wasn't too disappointed; after erasing the traces of the traps, she went down the mountain.
We also picked a lot of wild fruits along the way, including many wild loquats, to take back to give Xiaomingyue some vitamins.
The mother and daughter walked happily down the mountain, but on their way back, they ran into the Chen family.
The family was hurrying home to have lunch. But halfway there, they saw two familiar faces.
At first, they didn't recognize her because she had changed quite a bit and looked different from before. But after looking at her for a while, they recognized her—wasn't that their second son's wife and one of their granddaughters?
Lin Jingyue originally intended to ignore them and leave directly, but she was stopped.
"Stop!" Granny Chen restrained herself, ultimately suppressing her malice. "Don't you even know to greet your mother-in-law? Don't you have any manners?"
Lin Jingyue didn't respond, but instead picked at her ear with an impatient expression.
"What's with that look on your face? I'm your mother-in-law. It's one thing that you haven't come to show your respect to me in so long, but don't you even know to greet me when we meet? Is this how the Lin family raises its children?"
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