The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

"What else could I be holding in my hands? Of course it's lotus root."

Xu Changgen, who had just climbed ashore, looked casually at the bundle of lotus roots in his arms. When he saw a white bone that was different in color from the lotus roots, he screamed in fright and threw the thing away.

Out of fear, he took a step back and fell back into the lotus pond.

Fortunately, the water nearby was not deep. After Xu Changgen got up, he washed the mud off his hands and body, then walked around the bone and huddled over to the crowd.

Song Yuntang heard the noise in the distance, frowned, and shouted over here, "What happened?"

Xu Wencheng and Xu Erniu hurriedly urged Xu Changgen to change his clothes.

"Sister-in-law, Changgen found a bone in the water. Don't come over here, or I'll scare you."

"Guotou?" Song Yuntang looked back. From where she was standing, she couldn't see what was happening over there. "Have you changed your clothes?"

Xu Wencheng replied, "It's changed."

Song Yuntang went back to where everyone was.

"Where are the bones?"

Xu Wencheng pointed at the bone on the ground and asked fearfully, "Sister-in-law, could this be... a human bone? I heard many people have drowned in Lotus Pond before."

Song Yuntang stepped forward and reached out for the bone. Xu Wencheng and Xu Yongwang wanted to stop her, but she had already picked up the bone calmly. After taking a quick look at it, she had the answer in her heart.

She forced a smile onto her lips.

"Don't worry, these are not human bones, they are cow bones."

After hearing this, several people patted their chests and let out a long sigh.

"It really scared us to death."

Song Yuntang glanced at them and said, "Pack up your things. I'll go bury the bones first to avoid scaring other people who don't know what's going on."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the nearby hillside with the bone.

Seeing this, Xu Changgen and Xu Erniu gave Xu Wencheng a thumbs up.

"Wencheng, your sister-in-law is truly a heroine. We were so scared that we didn't dare get close to her. We didn't expect her to be so calm when she picked up the ox bone."

Xu Wencheng's face was filled with pride.

"Of course, my sister-in-law is a very good doctor. She must have made sure that the bone was not human before she dared to pick it up."

The two teenagers looked in agreement.

"Your sister-in-law is really amazing. Hey, your eldest brother was so seriously ill before. Was it really her who cured him?"

Xu Wencheng nodded, "Of course."

The two looked at him curiously, "We thought it was just a rumor, so we never asked you whether it was true or not."

"It's absolutely true. My elder brother has given himself to my sister-in-law in order to repay her kindness." Xu Wencheng began to make up stories.

Xu Yongwang angrily slapped him on the head. "Stop talking nonsense here, you little brat! Why don't you pack your things and go home? Are you trying to drive your mother crazy?"

Xu Wencheng touched his head, then worked hard to tie up the dug lotus roots with a belt and tied them to the mule.

Seeing that Xu Yongwang remained silent, Xu Wencheng began to flatter him.

"Dad, it's a good thing you brought the mule here, otherwise it would be difficult to carry so many lotus roots over the mountains and hills."

Xu Yongwang snorted.

"Your sister-in-law is going to bring the mule."

Xu Wencheng's flattery hit the horse's leg, so he could only smile and change his words, "My sister-in-law is still far-sighted."

At this moment, Song Yuntang, who had buried the bones, came in front of everyone.

"Have everything been packed?"

"Everything is ready, let's go home." Xu Yongwang walked back with a mule carrying several large bundles of lotus roots.

Xu Wencheng, Erniu and Changgen followed behind, each carrying a full basket on their backs.

When they looked at Song Yuntang who was walking beside them, the three of them couldn't help but ask her.

"Sister-in-law, how did you determine that the bone just now was not human bone but cow bone?"

Song Yuntang twitched the corners of his mouth.

The bone just now was a human leg bone, but I lied because I didn't want to scare these people.

How can she explain it now?

Just as she was worrying about it, she suddenly saw a snake on the tree beside her, opening its mouth and jumping towards her. She quickly picked up the stick in her hand and hit it, preventing the snake from biting Erniu.

Xu Yongwang was quick-witted and quick-handed. He bent down, picked up a big stone and threw it at the snake.

The snake's head was flattened by him, but its body was still twisting in the same place.

"Hey!" Xu Yongwang picked up the snake excitedly and weighed it in his hand. "It's not light, about four or five kilograms. It's enough for us to have a good meal."

"Dad, is this snake non-venomous?" Xu Wencheng asked.

Song Yuntang said calmly, "This is a rat snake. It's non-venomous, tender, and edible." He then looked at Xu Erniu and said, "Rape snakes are quite docile and generally don't attack people. What did you do just now? Why did it attack you?"

Xu Erniu's face turned pale with fright when he was suddenly attacked by the snake.

After finally reacting and taking a long breath, he said, "I didn't do anything just now. I just threw a dead branch in that direction. I didn't expect there would be a snake in the tree over there."

"No wonder, it probably thought you wanted to attack it, so it jumped out." Song Yuntang looked at the big guy, "Let's go home quickly and don't come here for the next few days."

The group returned to Lushan Village in a mighty procession. Because Song Yuntang was the only woman there, some villagers looked in their direction and whispered to each other.

Another group of people greeted Xu Yongwang with a smile.

"Yongwang, we dug up so many lotus roots."

"Wow! They caught such a big snake! You are in for a treat."

"Is this your daughter-in-law? I have to say, Qingye is really lucky."

Suddenly, a man came running hurriedly from not far away. It was Xu Erniu's father, Xu Quan.

Xu Quan ran out of breath, "Yongwang, go home and take a look, your wife and Sister Cheng are fighting!"

Xu Yongwang was worried that Jiang would be bullied, so he handed the reins to Song Yuntang and ran home with Xu Quan.

"What happened? How did Cheng end up dancing in front of my wife?" he asked as he ran.

Xu Quan also ran to find Xu Yongwang after hearing the noise after the fight broke out. "How should I know? You know Sister Cheng, she's a very bad person. She can be very mean when she curses."

Song Yuntang led the mule and looked at the people behind him.

"Let's speed up too."

Several young men nodded, grabbed the backpack's straps and followed her as she walked quickly forward.

Before I got home, I saw a large group of people gathered at the door. They were whispering outside and arguing sharply inside.

"Jiang, what's wrong with me talking about your daughter-in-law today? Instead of staying home to take care of your husband and children, you insisted on running out to do business and hanging out with a bunch of men. I talked to you nicely, but you didn't listen and insisted on arguing with me. I really took your kindness for granted. You'll know when you suffer the consequences!"

"Go out and look around. Whose daughter-in-law is like yours?"