My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

A snake as thick as a baby's arm was cleaved in two by the knife he threw. The knife landed heavily on the trunk of the ancient tree with a dull thud.

Blood splattered all over the two of them, and the severed snake body lay at their feet. The two of them stared silently into each other's eyes, neither of them moving.

"Brother and sister-in-law, what are you doing? Why don't you pick up the snake?"

Lu Zilin, who appeared out of nowhere, interrupted their eye contact.

Seeing that the two did not answer, he did not take it seriously.

He bent down, picked up the snake's body from the ground, and muttered to himself, "Uh, it's a flathead snake. If you get bitten by this snake, even a god couldn't save you. Luckily, my brother killed it. But although it's poisonous, it's a good dish."

Unlike rats, snakes are seen by the villagers as the embodiment of dragons. Eating them is believed to not only detoxify and improve eyesight, but also prolong life.

Therefore, every summer, some villagers would go to the fields to catch snakes to eat. Of course, some people couldn't bear to eat them themselves and would take them to the city to sell for money.

Hearing Lu Zilin's mutterings, Ji Yunshuang was the first to look away. She glanced at the spot where the venomous snake had been and wondered if the danger she had sensed earlier was directed at the snake.

but……

Something just doesn't feel right.

She went to see Lu Yinheng again.

As if he hadn't noticed her questioning and probing gaze, Lu Yinheng expressionlessly took the large knife from the tree trunk, turned around, and left.

In fact, Lu Yinheng did intend to attack Ji Yunshuang just now.

But just as he was about to make his move, he unexpectedly discovered the venomous snake.

His actions outpaced his thoughts; with almost no hesitation, he swung the knife at the venomous snake.

He was extremely agitated when he realized that his first reaction was not to kill the vicious woman, but rather to habitually cut off anything that threatened her safety.

Seeing that Lu Yinheng ignored them and turned to leave without a word, Lu Zilin was a little confused. He called out, "Big Brother..."

He then turned to look at Ji Yunshuang, explaining somewhat awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, that's just how my brother is... he's not good with words. He's just... he's worried about you! Don't be angry with him."

In fact, he felt that his older brother's brain was damaged after waking up from this injury.

Although my elder brother was not talkative in the past, he never had this expression of humiliation when facing my sister-in-law, as if he had borrowed her grain and returned the chaff!

Yesterday, he even fed the rats the medicine his sister-in-law found for him. I just don't understand what he's doing.

"I'm not going to be angry with him." Ji Yunshuang thought her brother-in-law was quite interesting.

She laughed and asked, "How do you want to eat this snake?"

When Ji Yunshuang asked about food, Lu Zilin's eyes lit up immediately. "Sister-in-law, do you have any ideas? The rabbit meat you roasted yesterday was delicious, and the wild potatoes were also very sweet."

Hearing someone praise her, Ji Yunshuang was also happy. She said, "I hunted two pheasants today. We can take one out and stew it with this snake to make dragon and phoenix soup."

"Dragon and Phoenix Soup?"

Lu Zilin thought for a moment and said, "What a wonderful name! Sister-in-law, you're amazing!"

After he finished speaking, he leaned closer to Ji Yunshuang and carefully reminded her, "But sister-in-law, you can't talk about this Dragon and Phoenix Soup outside."

Ji Yunshuang then realized that she was in ancient times.

In ancient times, the dragon was a metaphor for the emperor and the phoenix for the empress. She said that cooking pheasant and snake together was a dragon and phoenix soup, which was not only an insult to the emperor and empress, but also extremely rebellious.

Fearing that his sister-in-law would be unhappy, Lu Zilin added, "But this is in the mountains, no one else knows."

Ji Yunshuang smiled and said, "I understand. Thank you for reminding me, Fourth Brother. Don't worry, I'm not that petty."

Lu Zilin breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that my sister-in-law isn't angry. I'll go and peel off the snakeskin."

Ji Yunshuang nodded and said, "Okay, you take care of handling the snake. I'll see if there are any spices in the mountains suitable for making soup."

Besides using spices to remove the fishy smell, she also wanted to add some nourishing medicinal herbs. Both the original owner's body and her entire family were severely depleted.

If she doesn't take good care of herself, Ji Yunshuang worries that before they can escape to a safe place, her whole family will fall ill.

The mountains are rich in vegetation, including many plants that have long been extinct since the end of the world.

However, finding suitable nourishing medicinal herbs for stewing soup, as well as ginger and scallions to remove fishy smells, is not easy.

These things were naturally taken from the space.

When the apocalypse first arrived, she used her spatial ability to store several warehouses. One of these warehouses was a pharmacy's warehouse. Inside, besides various medicinal herbs, there were also many fresh ginseng roots.

To let customers know that these ginsengs are freshly dug from the ground, the growers deliberately left some soil on them.

This soil actually made things easier for Ji Yunshuang.

She took out two plants and said she found them under the trees while gathering firewood.

In addition, she also brought a few pieces of ginger, saying that she found them in the mountains.

Ji Yunshuang originally wanted to bring some red dates, goji berries, and astragalus, but these are all dried goods. Bringing them out would be too obvious.

Ji Yunshuang had no choice but to give up on the idea and decided to wait for the opportunity to cook a proper soup later.

But even this alarmed the people in the cave once again.

Lu Bingchun's family had been keeping a close eye on Ji Yunshuang's movements. When they learned that Ji Yunshuang had only gone to the mountains to collect firewood, but had returned with a considerable harvest, the family was green with envy.

"How come you always find treasures every time you go out? We never find any. Could it be that you're a mountain fairy, like Meixiang said?"

Ma glared at Ji Yunshuang with hatred, as if she wanted to skin her alive and examine her thoroughly.

Ji Yunshuang smiled and said, "If you can't find it, it's probably because you're too unlucky, and God doesn't want to favor you!"

"People should look for the reasons within themselves instead of always focusing on others. That jealous and mean face is just too ugly."

After saying that, Ji Yunshuang turned around gracefully, infuriating Madam Ma.

What angered her even more was that after hearing Ji Yunshuang's words, her mother-in-law looked at her with a critical and disdainful gaze.

The look in his eyes was as if the reason they hadn't found any white rice or ginseng was because of her.

Unlike Liu, Gu Chunzhi is now increasingly satisfied with Ji Yunshuang.

She was unhappy when her son told her he wanted to marry Ji Yunshuang.

I heard that Ji Yunshuang lost her mother when she was five years old. Not half a year after her mother's death, her stepmother married into the family and gave birth to twin sons not long after.

After having a son, Old Man Ji no longer cared about Ji Yunshuang, that little brat.

If her father doesn't love her, how can her stepmother treat her well?

This girl wasn't properly taught how to be a good wife and mother, how to raise children well, or how to be a good wife and mother.

But she couldn't go against her eldest son's wishes and had to compromise.

As she had feared, after the marriage, Ji Shi's disadvantages became apparent in all aspects.

However, in retrospect, the master was right back then, saying that Ji Yunshuang was a blessed person.

He went out and found both rice and ginseng. Isn't he a lucky person?

Gu Chunzhi smiled at Ji Yunshuang and said, "Big brother's wife, you should keep this ginseng safe for now. When we get there, we'll see if we can exchange it for silver to use for household expenses. There are quite a few things to prepare for a new home."

The people of Yunshui Village planned to flee to Jiangzhou to settle down. They heard that Jiangzhou was the fiefdom of Prince Rui, who not only loved his people like his own children but also governed the area well. The people of Yunshui Village all fled towards Jiangzhou.

Ji Yunshuang had no impression of Jiangzhou, but she didn't bring out the ginseng to save it for later to exchange for money.

She said, "Mother, we don't know when we'll be able to escape. This ginseng will spoil if left for too long. Let's stew it and eat it today, it'll be good for my husband to recover. Maybe I'll be lucky and find some more later."

Upon hearing that it was for her son's health, Gu Chunzhi immediately stopped talking and found a place to quickly clean the ginseng.