The moon falling to the ground

No! The most important thing right now is to fill my stomach.

It was almost noon, the hottest season of the year. The water plants by the river were all drooping in the sun. No one came to the river to wash clothes at this time.

Jian Yue looked at the pile of clothes in the wooden basin, and a cold look flashed in her eyes.

You wish to let me serve you scum!

She put her hands over her eyes and looked around.

She is now in Laowan Village, a remote village in Nanchang State of Daxi Dynasty.

Laowan Village is a small village with only dozens of households, facing the river on one side and the mountain on the other. There are few good farmlands and many wastelands here. The annual output is pitifully small, and most people in the village are extremely poor.

There is a green area not far away. It is a shallow beach by the river, where wild lotus roots grow.

In the original owner's memory, no one in Laowan Village ate lotus roots and lotus seeds. As for why, she didn't have the energy to know now.

Jian Yue hid the wooden basin and clothes in a dense bush and pulled out some cattails to weave a straw hat.

She has been following her master in the mountains since she was young, and she knows how to weave straw hats, raincoats, bamboo baskets and backpacks.

After weaving the straw hat, her throat was so thirsty that it was smoking and she felt even weaker.

Look at the river water. Many people wash clothes and vegetables here every day. The water is not boiled and she is afraid that there may be parasites.

Putting on the straw hat, she felt her eyes were less blurry. She walked towards the shallow beach.

After walking a few steps, I began to pant. This body is seriously weak. If I don't take good care of myself, I won't live past thirty.

Jian Yue sighed secretly.

In order to recuperate this weak body, many precious medicinal materials and supplements are needed, and all of these will cost an incalculable amount of money.

It was impossible to rely on Jane's family. She had to find a way to make money to save her life.

Finally, they reached the lotus root field. Jian Yue felt dizzy. She massaged several acupuncture points on her body and felt better.

Seeing no one around, she rolled up her trouser legs, went into the water, and dug down along the lotus stem closest to the shore.

Perhaps because no one had dug before, the roots in the mud were not deep enough. Jian Yue dug through the mud and easily found the lotus root underneath.

She continued digging along this root and actually dug out six lotus roots.

Jian Yue took the lotus root ashore, not bothering to wash the mud off her feet, and first found a place with clear water to wash the lotus root. She broke off a section, shook off the water, and couldn't wait to take a bite.

The lotus root was crispy and sweet, but the skin was a little astringent. But Jian Yue didn't care about that and had to fill her stomach first.

Lotus root has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, strengthening the spleen and appetite, and replenishing blood and promoting muscle growth. However, people with weak constitutions should use it with caution.

After eating two lotus roots in one go, Jian Yue was full. She had not eaten enough for many years, so her stomach had shrunk. Besides, she was a person with a weak constitution, and lotus roots were cold, so she could not eat too much.

The remaining lotus roots definitely could not be taken back, and Jian Yue did not want to let the Jian family get away with it. She took the lotus roots and walked back to the laundry place. She washed the mud off her feet and put on the straw sandals that were almost unable to hold on to her feet.

She wove a hand-held basket out of cattails, washed the basket with water, put the lotus roots in it, and prepared to go up the mountain to have a look.

As the descendant of a poison doctor, I always feel uncomfortable if I don't have some poison on me, just like walking without shoes.

You can go straight up the mountain by walking along the river bank. But it was too hot at this time, and Jian Yue's patched clothes were soaked with sweat.

After eating, she had more energy and she felt less weak when walking. Jian Yue didn't dare to walk fast, for fear of sweating too much and getting heat stroke.

Jian Yue rested twice and walked for half an hour before reaching the foot of the mountain.

She found a rock to sit on. Ouch! Her bottom was burning. She quickly got up. The rock was so hot from the sun that you could fry an egg on it.

Jian Yue pulled a handful of weeds and put them on the stone, and finally she was able to sit down.

After resting for a while, she found a wooden stick and climbed up the mountain in one go.

There was nothing at the foot of the mountain. Everything that could be eaten by humans or animals had been eaten.

For someone as weak as Jian Yue, climbing a mountain is no less painful than climbing a ladder to heaven. She took a break after walking a few steps, her legs were sore and her feet were weak, and she was as slow as a snail.

Fortunately, she didn't expect to find precious medicinal herbs right away, nor did she want to drag her weak body inside to try her luck. She just wanted to find some common poisonous herbs, such as saxifrage and cat's eye flowers.

Since she had no tools to pick herbs, she had to pick a few large leaves and broke two small wooden sticks to use as chopsticks for picking.

Place a layer of wild grass leaves in the hand-held basket to separate the lotus roots, and place the picked herbs on top.

After walking a little further up, she found a patch of small black fruits that looked like ripe ground raspberries. Jian Yue picked one and tasted it. It was indeed sour and sweet and delicious.

Di Ren has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is very suitable for people like her who suffer from deficiency of both Qi and blood.

She picked and ate at the same time, and when she had finished picking and eating, the strong thirst in her heart was suppressed.

Jian Yue continued to look for poisonous weeds, and dug up some common medicinal herbs when she came across them. There was a barefoot doctor in the village, whose medical skills were mediocre and could only treat some simple minor illnesses. But he was kind-hearted and a very compassionate old man.

In the past, when the original owner was injured or sick, the old doctor took pity on her and secretly gave her medicine a few times. If she could repay the favor, Jian Yue was willing to repay the favor on behalf of the original owner.

Jian Yue stayed on the mountain for about an hour, and her basket was filled with common medicinal herbs and poisonous herbs.

Jian Yue was certain that the God of Fate had neither given her a golden finger nor given her good fortune. The chicken and rabbit did not throw themselves into her arms, and the wild boar did not come to her door.

Forget it, stop daydreaming and face reality!

Going down the mountain was faster than going up. Jian Yue returned to the place where she washed clothes and rested for a while. She pulled out the wooden basin and poured all the clothes in the basin into the water. After they were soaked, she fished them out, wrung them dry, and threw them into the wooden basin.

There was such a big basin of clothes, but not a single piece of them belonged to her.

The wet clothes were very heavy, and Jian Yue didn't know how the original owner had carried them home. Anyway, she couldn't move them, and she didn't want to move them.

She was just about to sit by the river and wait when a thin, dark girl came running over from afar.

"Zhao Di, I knew you were here. Did your mother not let you eat again?" Yang Xiaochun took out a black vegetable dumpling from his arms, "Here, eat it!"

Yang Xiaochun was kind to the original owner. Although her family was poor, she often secretly helped her. She was also a good sister that the original owner was willing to open her heart to.

"Thank you, Xiaochun." Jian Yue took the steamed bread and took a bite. A bitter taste filled her mouth. It was not very tasty. Even such steamed bread was not available to her at the Jian family whenever she wanted.

Jian Yue took out the lotus roots from the basket and gave them to her. "Take them back and ask Aunt Yang to fry them for you."

Yang Xiaochun had never seen lotus root before, and felt it was very strange. He took it and looked at it: "What is this?"

Jian Yue lied casually...