The widow becomes a fairy, and the time-traveling girl counterattacks and becomes the queen

When Wang Xinyao returned to the courtyard gate, she heard Xie Dahua's voice coming from inside: "Why hasn't my mother come back yet? My sister has a fever again. What should I do?"

"Little sister, you have to get better soon! Sister, I'm so hungry..." Erhua prayed while crying, and her crying sounded particularly sad and helpless.

Wang Xinyao quickly quickened her pace and ran into the room: "Dahua, here are some chestnuts. Take them and eat them to satisfy your hunger. Go wash these herbs with your sister and give them to me after you're done." After she finished speaking, she reached out and touched Xie Xiaohua's forehead. It was so hot, she was having a fever again.

"Chestnut? Girl, this thing is too hard, we can't swallow it!" The two sisters looked at Wang Xinyao eagerly as if asking for help.

Wang Xinyao then realized that they had never eaten chestnuts!

"Like this, put the chestnut in your mouth and bite it with your teeth. After biting the chestnut open, remove the hair inside and you can eat it. After eating these, go wash the herbs!" Wang Xinyao demonstrated and immediately took out the herbs from the bag and gave them to Xie Dahahua.

Wang Xinyao used warm water to cool Xie Xiaohua down physically, wiping her whole body and then applying pressure to her acupuncture points. After half a minute, Xie Xiaohua's temperature gradually dropped.

"Little girl, these chestnuts are so delicious!" The two little girls ran up to Wang Xinyao and said, "Little girl, we've washed the herbs. Is there anything else we need to do?"

Looking at these two sensible children who made people feel distressed, Wang Xinyao touched their heads and said, "No need, you two take a rest first, and I will take care of the rest."

The two children nodded obediently, but did not go to rest. Instead, they sat quietly beside their sister's bed, lying on the edge of the bed, looking at their sister eagerly.

According to this body's memory, the two sisters, like her, had been awake since their younger sister came down with a fever in the middle of the night. Wang Xinyao went to her mother-in-law at dawn to borrow money, while the two sisters stayed by her side. Xie Dahua, perhaps because of the noise at Grandma Xie's house, ran to her grandmother's house next door to check on her. Upon arrival, she learned that her grandmother was planning to sell her.

Wang Xinyao went to the kitchen and searched everywhere, but couldn't find a clay pot to boil the herbs. Desperate, she placed the herbs in the only iron pot she had. She filled the pot with water, lit a fire, and began to boil the herbs.

Thinking that the children had not eaten all day, a few chestnuts would definitely not be enough, and Wang Xinyao herself was also hungry, so while decocting the medicine, she took out the mushrooms from the bag and washed them carefully.

After the medicine was boiled, Wang Xinyao poured out the juice and put it aside.

Then, she washed the pot several times, and only put the mushrooms into the pot and boiled them with water after it was thoroughly cleaned. Unfortunately, there was no salt at home. Mushrooms are not poisonous if boiled for a long time. She was so hungry that her stomach was rumbling, so she had to make something to eat even without salt.

The mushrooms were cooking on the stove. Wang Xinyao saw that the herbs were no longer so hot, so she went to the bedside to wake Xie Xiaohua. She sat on the bed, holding the child in her left hand and holding the iron spoon in her right hand, and fed the medicine into Xiaohua's mouth.

Xie Aniu was a strong man, a skilled hunter, and a man who could even kill a tiger. He was a prominent figure in the village. Therefore, compared to the average family, Xie Aniu's family was relatively well-off, with plenty of dishes and even soup spoons for the children. Unfortunately, talent was often overlooked. After Xie Aniu's death, his cooking pot was taken away by his wife, Xie Po, who said it was a waste of money and that a cooking pot was a precious commodity.

The medicine was bitter, and Xiaohua, still dazed and frowning, still swallowed it mouthful by mouthful. After finishing the whole bowl of medicine, Wang Xinyao put Xiaohua back on the bed and let her rest.

At this time, the aroma of mushrooms filled the entire room. Thinking that they had been cooked for so long, they were ready to eat. Wang Xinyao scooped the mushrooms out of the pot, leaving some for Xiaohua. Then she put them in three bowls and placed them on the table, and called the two sisters over to eat.

After Xie Dahua sat on the stool, she saw a bowl of mushroom soup in front of her. She hesitated for a moment and didn't pick up her chopsticks.

"You are all hungry, eat it while it's hot!" Wang Xinyao urged.

Erhua looked at her sister in confusion, her heart full of doubts. She was very hungry, so why didn't her sister move her chopsticks? But her sister didn't eat, and Erhua didn't move either, wondering if her sister wanted to wait for her younger sister to get up before eating.

Wang Xinyao looked at Dahua, a little puzzled, and then said, "It's okay, you guys eat. I've saved some for my sister, so she'll have something to eat when she wakes up. Don't worry!"

Xie Dahua frowned slightly, thinking for a moment, as if she had made an important decision. Then, her eyes became determined, and she stuffed the mushroom into her mouth. The fragrance lingered on her lips, and she couldn't help but exclaim loudly, "Ah, it's delicious!"

She thought to herself, eat, it’s better to die after eating than to die of hunger.

"Girl, this is so delicious. I've never eaten anything so delicious." Erhua saw her sister start eating, so she also started to move her chopsticks. She kept talking while eating.

Although the mushroom soup had no salt, it was still incredibly delicious. Even Wang Xinyao, who had been hungry all day, found it appetizing. After the children finished eating, Wang Xinyao had them wash their faces and then arranged for them to sleep in a separate bed in the other room, as a cold could easily be transmitted.

Xie Dahua had just laid down on the bed when she suddenly got up and grabbed Wang Xinyao who was about to leave: "Little girl, why haven't we died yet?"

"Death? Why should we die?" Wang Xinyao was a little confused.

"We all ate mushrooms, and my little sister also ate black herbs. Life is too hard. Doesn't mother want to take us all away from this world and reunite with our parents?" Xie Dahua said with some doubts.

Growing up, Xie Dahua knew mushrooms were inedible. Two years ago, her second uncle's family ran out of food, so they had no choice but to pick some beautiful mushrooms from the mountains and bring them home. They died instantly after eating them. Last year, during a famine, Wang Mazi's family also ran out of food. Thinking that beautiful mushrooms were inedible, he picked some white, umbrella-like mushrooms from the mountains and brought them home to cook. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be the deadly Amanita phalloides, and Wang Mazi also died instantly. Since then, mushrooms have been blacklisted in Xiejia Village, and no one dares to take the risk again.

Wang Xinyao was stunned, and at the same time, she thought of what happened in the village a few years ago. Oh, it turned out that people of this era did not have the ability to distinguish which mushrooms were poisonous and which were non-toxic.

"Not all mushrooms are poisonous. Look, the ones we eat this year are not poisonous and have very high nutritional value!" Wang Xinyao took out the remaining mushrooms and patiently instructed the two children.

Xie Erxie looked at Wang Xinyao with admiration: "Ah, little girl, how do you know so much? Does that mean that with this mushroom, we won't have to go hungry anymore?"

"Have you forgotten? I used to be a maid in the county magistrate's house. Our young lady had many teachers, and I learned a lot!" Wang Xinyao thought to herself, why can't she tell the children that she came from a different time? Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives finds out, they will definitely treat her as an alien and eliminate her. "Don't worry, children, as long as I am here, you will never go hungry in the future!"

Speaking of this, the two children's admiration for him increased. In the village, the village chief was a remarkable figure, and the maid of the county magistrate had seen the world.

After putting several children to bed, Wang Xinyao was so tired that she felt like she was about to fall apart. She washed her face and was about to lie down on the bed to rest when she suddenly heard a slight knock at the gate of the yard. Although the sound was not loud, it was clearly heard by Wang Xinyao.

As a police officer, she has an extremely keen sense of hearing.

Wang Xinyao called out, "Who is it?"

Then, there were three more knocks on the door.

Wang Xinyao had no choice but to drag her aching body to her feet and walk towards the door.

As she approached the door, the knocking stopped abruptly.

Wang Xinyao opened the door but saw no one. Instead, she saw a flat stone at the entrance, with ten copper coins and two brown rice cakes lying on top. She looked up and saw a figure hunched over in the darkness, as if afraid of being discovered.

Wang Xinyao had excellent eyesight and immediately recognized her father-in-law, Xie Baihong. She knew Xie Baihong was usually short on cash, and wondered how long it had taken him to save up those ten cents. The brown rice cakes were probably his only meal tonight. Seeing Jimo's back receding, Wang Xinyao felt a certain touch of emotion.

After returning to the room, Xie Xiaohua was already awake, and she was still shouting, "Little girl, little girl, I'm hungry!"

That pitiful look instantly made Wang Xinyao's heart ache. She immediately walked to the stove and brought over the warm mushroom soup.

As Xiaohua ate, she said, "This is delicious, little girl. This is the best thing I've ever eaten."

Wang Xinyao looked at the child's innocent face and felt a pang of pain in her heart. The child was already more than four years old. Wang Xinyao had taken care of the child for two months after she was born. Although she was not her biological child, Wang Xinyao loved her to the core.

How delicious can a bowl of mushroom soup without salt be? After all, I was extremely hungry.