The fat wife is rebellious: she was spoiled by the group on the way to escape famine

Carrying water is also a problem, and she can't protect it for long.

It was just right for me to share this bag of water with Song Wenqin today.

Instead of hiding food like a hamster, it is better to proactively seek out new resources.

She threw the extra package to Song Yuyu and turned to leave.

The two searched in the wild forest, and Jiang Jinhe found many vole holes.

"There are so many holes, unlike when I was here five years ago. The soil looks quite fresh, so there might be live voles."

After hearing this, the villagers' eyes lit up: "Really? There's meat to eat?"

Jiang Jinhe nodded.

Rats are one of the four pests.

Even though it is a disaster year and many animals and plants have died, she believes that this thing will not become extinct immediately.

The villagers may not believe everything Jiang Jinhe said, but at least her words brought hope to everyone.

The men in Ayuan Village were seen guarding each hole and reaching in to dig out field mice.

Hungry people have amazing strength.

In a short while, they caught more than a dozen voles!

Li Min was overjoyed when he saw this, and looked at Jiang Jinhe as if he had seen a savior.

Fortunately, I didn’t listen to the first and second wives last night and kick the Jiang family out.

Now, thanks to Jiang Jinhe, everyone can eat meat!

Li Min pretended to be gentle and fair, and said to Jiang Jinhe, "You have done a great job this time. When we distribute the meat at noon, I will give your family more!"

Jiang Jinhe shook her head in disdain: "No need."

Li Min found Jiang Jinhe's words funny.

At this time, he still dislikes rat meat.

As expected of the wealthy woman of the Jiang family, she is very particular about her money.

It's better to be particular so that they can eat more.

The village chief was very proud, but he didn't know that Jiang Jinhe was thinking about other things.

Of course, you can't be picky about food when surviving in the wild, but you still need to have some knowledge of hygiene.

Rats carry too many germs, even though this may be the only food Jiang Jinhe can find at the moment.

In ancient times when medical resources were extremely scarce, it was best not to eat rat meat.

She just kept these thoughts in her heart and there was no need to tell the villagers.

It is good to maintain a moral bottom line in a year of disaster, but it is unnecessary to be too saintly.

If I try to spread common knowledge about plague and diseases to the villagers of Ayuan Village now, I'm afraid I'll be regarded as a lunatic.

Jiang Jinhe was too lazy to pay attention to others and pulled Song Wenqin's sleeve: "Let's go find something else to eat."

Song Wenqin's face was calm, and he responded casually: "Yeah."

He is not at the end of his rope yet, and he doesn't want to live on rat meat.

However, a hint of curiosity arose in his heart: he looked down on corn and disdained rat meat.

In Jiang Jinhe's eyes, what exactly is considered a good thing?

This doubt did not last long, and soon, a light flashed in Jiang Jinhe's eyes.

It turned out that she found some broken chestnut shells next to the holes.

Come to think of it, for so many voles to survive, there must be food around for them to eat.

Jiang Jinhe excitedly pulled Song Wenqin over and pointed to him: "Look, it's chestnuts! There are chestnuts nearby!"

Song Wenqin looked at the black things and asked, "What are chestnuts?"

"It's chestnuts. Haven't you tasted them?" Jiang Jinhe asked back.

Song Wenqin thought about it and confirmed: "Never heard of it."

"Oh?" Jiang Jinhe was surprised and happy.

How could people of this era not even know what chestnuts are?

Does this mean that these chestnuts have not been discovered and destroyed by others?

A thought flashed through his mind, and Jiang Jinhe continued to explore along the traces of the vole hole.

Not long after, they actually found a chestnut tree in a barren forest.

Perhaps because the tree has deep roots, even after surviving a long period of famine, it still grows lush and bears abundant fruit.

Bunches of thorny chestnuts hang from the treetops, looking fluffy and a little scary.

The ground is also covered with chestnuts that have fallen naturally after ripening.

Jiang Jinhe tried to step on it, and a crisp sound was heard.

Song Wenqin looked at the tree and suddenly realized.

"You mean those thorny fruits? They're called chestnuts?"

"A fruit covered with thorns?"

Jiang Jinhe was amused. This nickname was quite descriptive. If you don't remove the shell, with all the sharp spines standing up, it really does look like a hedgehog!

Jiang Jinhe took out a sack and began to pick up the ripe chestnuts on the ground and put them into the bag one by one.

Her mind had already begun to imagine all kinds of delicious things like sugar-roasted chestnuts and chestnut cakes.

Chestnuts are a great thing! Nuts are high in calories, can replenish energy, and are especially delicious when stir-fried.

In modern times, every winter, there are vendors frying chestnuts on the streets, and the aroma can fill several streets!

Seeing Jiang Jinhe so happy, Song Wenqin found it a little funny.

Although chestnuts are edible, they are not actually very tasty.

The villagers should have all seen this tree, but no one came to pick the fruits. It can be seen that in the eyes of ordinary people, chewing these strange thorny chestnuts is worse than going back to eat dry corn.

Although he thought so in his heart, Song Wenqin did not stop him and bent down to help Jiang Jinhe pick up the chestnuts.

The two men filled several sacks and returned home with a full load.

Li Min ran into them on the road and was very surprised: "Why are you picking up wooden hedgehogs when you have ready-made meat? Last time, a villager tried two and they were terribly bitter!"

Jiang Jinhe thought, that’s because they don’t know how to make it. Who would eat chestnuts raw?

She put on a flattering smile and said, "It's edible anyway. Do you want to share some of this with everyone?"

Li Min waved his hand and refused: "No need, you can enjoy it. But we have a deal, after eating this, you can't fight for the field mouse meat anymore!"

Jiang Jinhe was just waiting for this and quickly nodded in agreement.

The group returned to the camp with what they had found.

As Jiang Jinhe entered his territory, he heard a woman sobbing:

"Third sister-in-law! I am sorry for you!"

It was Song Yuyu who was crying. Jiang Jinhe thought she was injured. After looking her up and down, she saw that she was fine. Then she asked with relief, "What happened?"

Song Yuyu spoke intermittently about what had just happened: "Although you gave me the food, I felt it was too valuable and didn't dare to accept it, so I just kept watching it in the shed. Later, Xiaolan said her stomach was uncomfortable and she insisted that I accompany her to find a toilet. I wanted to refuse, but Xiaolan was crying so hard that I softened my heart and just..."

Xiaolan is the daughter of the second wife, and is also Song Yuyu's niece.

As an eight-month pregnant mother, Yu Yu naturally feels more sympathetic towards her child than others.

The second wife obviously took advantage of her softness and used the child to make a fuss.

"I left with her for just a cup of tea, and when I came back, all those things were gone! The shed looked like it had been robbed. Sister-in-law, what should I do? Those things were hard to come by, and I lost them. I'm so useless!"

Jiang Jinhe frowned.

It’s actually no big deal if something is lost.

Fortunately, she was smart and did not give all her belongings to Song Yuyu.