At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

Lin Qing said seriously, "Maybe some animal stored some food for the winter and dug it out again these past two days without hiding it properly."

Gu Sanmu was obviously convinced by her reasoning.

"Mom, you're right! God is angry, and they have nothing to eat. They must be feeling bad. Wouldn't it be unfair to dig them all up like this? How about leaving one for them?"

Lin Qing choked, this was really shooting himself in the foot.

Facing Gu Sanmu's bright eyes, she really couldn't bear to extinguish the child's kindness, so she had to give up the flower and bury the half in the soil.

After doing all this, the mother and son walked down the mountain hand in hand, chatting happily as they walked.

"Mom, what do you think this thing should be called?"

"Well, since it comes out of the ground and is shaped like a bean, why not just call it a potato?"

"Mom, you're amazing! Potato, what a great name! I just don't know if it's poisonous... Ugh, it has no taste."

Lin Qing slapped Gu Sanmu on the back of the head speechlessly.

"Silly boy, this isn't the way to test if it's poisonous! Let's go back and boil it in water and try eating it."

"Okay, okay! With so many potatoes, Mom, can we all have a full meal today?"

Lin Qing looked at Gu Sanmu dancing with joy, and her eyes couldn't help but feel sore. She said seriously: "Of course! Let's go home!"

The mother and son took another road down the mountain to go home. After climbing a small slope, Lin Qing suddenly saw a thriving jujube tree growing by the roadside.

Lin Qing couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Is the jujube tree so resilient?

Perhaps it requires less water to grow, so the tree is full of fruits at this time of year.

what?

A full tree?

Lin Qing suddenly reacted.

Shouldn't this be true?

Oh~ Maybe it’s because the fruits are too sour and cannot be used as food to satisfy hunger, so no one is interested in eating them and many of them have fallen to the ground.

A flash of light suddenly flashed through Lin Qing's mind, and he instantly had a way to make money.

It turned out that she was under too much pressure from working overtime and staying up late, which led to severe insomnia. She drank sour jujube noodles to regulate her condition, and the effect was good. It also cured her loss of appetite.

Wild sour jujube is definitely more effective.

Although we lack the tools to grind it into fine flour and then press it, we can make the simplest sour date cake.

She remembered that sour dates are rich in nutrients and can improve immunity, so there is definitely no harm in letting the children eat some.

She made the decision immediately.

"Mitsuki, pick some and take them home."

At first, Gu Sanmu didn't know what his mother was referring to. When he saw her stop under the jujube tree, he became even more confused.

What's in this thing to eat?

Although he had doubts, he still followed the order obediently and picked half a basket in a short while.

Lin Qing took the opportunity to stuff the chopsticks he had just bought into the basket, pretending that they were branches he had picked up.

Seeing that the basket was full, Lin Qing contentedly called Gu Sanmu down and said, "Let's go home!"

Gu Sanmu jumped down from the tree nimbly. Seeing that his mother had picked up the basket herself, he quickly reached out to grab it.

"Mom, this basket is heavy, just give it to me, I have plenty of strength!"

Lin Qing saw that he had just reached his shoulder and was already holding half a bucket of water in one hand, so how could he feel comfortable continuing to squeeze him.

She pinched his thin arm and said with a smile: "When your arms are a circle thicker, I will be relieved to hand over all the heavy burdens to you."

Gu Sanmu had never expected that she would refuse. He stared at Lin Qing with his sparkling black eyes for a long time, and suddenly said, "Mom, you are so good now."

Lin Qing's heart trembled at the look in his eyes, but she remained expressionless. "Why, is mother not well?"

Gu Sanmu was an honest child after all, so he spoke frankly, "That's fine, but it's different. Mom, you used to like to leave everything to us and set rules, but you never went out with us, especially after Dad passed away.

"It's also our fault that we are useless, otherwise you wouldn't always sit on the bed wiping your tears and thinking about your dad."

Gu Sanmu kicked away the small clods of dirt at his feet as he spoke.

The slight sound of the bones rolling on the ground sounded like thunder exploding towards Lin Qing.

"Mom, you've been in poor health. We haven't been able to borrow any more food these past few days, and the government hasn't been able to distribute the disaster relief grain. In order not to burden us, you put on your shroud and want to go on a hunger strike..."

Gu Sanmu became more and more sad as he spoke. He raised his hand to wipe away his tears and choked up, saying, "The day before yesterday, we finally got a handful of rice back to make porridge, but you were so angry that you threw it on the ground, saying that we were disobedient and that you wanted to take us to see Dad..."

"..."

Lin Tingting felt his teeth itching and really wanted to slap the original owner a few times.

Not only is she a coward, she is also selfish and cold-blooded!

In such a time of year, instead of thinking about how to raise four children, he is just concerned with being sad about the passing of time!

Such young children knew to save food for her, and it would have been fine if she didn't appreciate their filial piety, but she even threatened them with her words!

The children are really rare. They have not grown up astray and are willing to be close to her and protect her.

How dare she let down such good kids!

At first, Lin Qing was dissatisfied with being transported to a famine year and possessing the body of a widow. However, after hearing what Gu Sanmu said, she felt at ease and decided to make the best of it.

Since she has the opportunity to become this 'Lin Qing', she must fulfill her duties as a 'mother'.

Although she was so hungry that she had little strength, her words were powerful.

"Don't worry, Sanmu, this will never happen again! As long as mother is here, I will never let you go hungry, and I will never let others bully you!"

Gu Sanmu curled his lips, looking like he was about to continue crying, but he forced himself to hold it back.

He wiped his nose with his sleeve and said loudly, "Okay!"

Although the way home was not short, the two people's steps were particularly brisk after they had a heart-to-heart talk with each other.

Walking up the small bridge over the dry river, Lin Qing saw the house just opposite. From a distance, she could see three sizes of children, big, medium and small, standing at the door.

Gu Sihe was the most excited. He trotted towards her, scolding Gu Sanmu for being ignorant as he ran.

"Third brother, are you ashamed? You actually let me carry the basket! Mom, I'm not like third brother. Mom, give it to me!"

After saying that, he didn't care whether Lin Qing agreed or not, and directly grabbed her and held her in his arms.

Feeling the heaviness in the basket, Gu Sihe's eyes lit up: "Wow, Mom, did you find something delicious?"

When he saw half a basket of sour dates, Gu Sihe's smile immediately disappeared. He grinned and said, "Mom, you don't know, this thing can't be eaten. Not only does it not fill you up, but the more you eat, the hungrier you get."

Gu Sanmu poured the water into the jar and said happily, "Look down, Mom dug up some potatoes today, so we have food to eat!"

Gu Damao asked in confusion, "What are potatoes? Why have I never heard of them?"

Lin Qing was so hungry after walking all the way that he felt dizzy and had no energy to explain. However, he was relieved to see that the children did not want to ask any more questions, but instead started to divide the work sensibly, washing the pots, washing the vegetables, and burning firewood.

She was so happy to have some free time that she casually stored the sour dates into the storage space. Suddenly, the system sounded a prompt.

[Ding, we detected that you have deposited natural wild high-quality sour jujubes. Do you want to trade?]

Lin Qing's heart moved and he looked at the price.

20 wen/jin!

Why are you hesitating?

"Sell, sell, sell!"