Expelled from the Duke's mansion, the fake heiress is richer than a country.

Yu Wanran didn't want to blame her sister-in-law for being so carefree. Ji Chunhua was lying down; the family definitely needed someone.

She picked up Yu Xiaoxiang in one arm and carried the basket on her back in the other: "Sister-in-law, I'll go with Xiaoxiang. Xiaoxiang can teach me to recognize wild vegetables and the roads in the village."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiaozhen hurriedly chased after her, picked up a roasted sweet potato wrapped in a leaf, and put it into her basket.

"Third sister, the mountain road is difficult to walk on, be careful. Have some sweet potatoes to tide you over if you're hungry."

Generally speaking, people who go out to work don't have any food to take with them. But Yu Wanran was different; her parents-in-law had privately told her to take good care of her sister-in-law.

So, she prepared extra sweet potatoes early in the morning, intending to take them out when Yu Wanran said she was hungry. But unexpectedly, Yu Wanran wanted to go out with her daughter?

She glanced at Yu Xiaoxiang with concern.

"Xiao Xiang, take good care of your third aunt! Your third aunt is an adult, she gets hungry quickly. Don't eat that sweet potato that belongs to your third aunt!"

Yu Wanran felt a wave of embarrassment.

How lowly must her sister-in-law be living? She actually asks her six-year-old daughter to take care of her, an adult?

However, her family's cautious attitude towards her was unlikely to change anytime soon. She didn't waste any more words, and smiled, "Sister-in-law, we're leaving now. Please take good care of Mother at home."

Zhu Xiaozhen watched their backs disappear into the distance, feeling that something was off. After a while, she realized what was wrong and hurriedly chased after them.

"Xiao Xiang, get down and walk! Why are you letting your third aunt carry you the whole time..."

Yu Xiaoxiang nestled in Yu Wanran's arms, greedily inhaling the fragrance emanating from her third aunt and enjoying the warmth of her embrace.

Growing up, she had rarely been held by anyone other than her mother. Her third aunt, unlike her mother, seemed to offer a softer and safer embrace.

Yu Wanran, a martial artist, didn't think her little niece's weight was anything special. After walking for a while, she wanted to smooth her wind-blown hair before putting Yu Xiaoxiang down.

However, he didn't put it on the ground. Instead, he took out a sickle from his basket, put the little girl inside, took out the sweet potato, and stuffed it into her hand.

"Xiao Xiang, eat when you're hungry. Your third aunt will carry you on her back."

She didn't need anyone to guide her; Yu Xiaoxiang was merely an excuse for her to go out. Although she hadn't traveled through the countryside in this life, Qingping Village had been a recurring memory in her mind for over twenty years in her previous life!

Yu Xiaoxiang held the sweet potato, its sweet aroma filling her nostrils, making her mouth water, but she dared not take a bite.

"Third Aunt, let me get down and walk, I'll lead the way for you..."

Yu Wanran patted her thin, pointed head and said softly, "Xiao Xiang can still point the way while sitting in the basket. When we get to the destination, Auntie will put Xiao Xiang down to walk."

Otherwise, with Yu Xiaoxiang's short legs, she probably wouldn't be able to get up the mountain before dark.

Yu Xiaoxiang loved listening to her third aunt's gentle voice and seeing her beautiful smiling face. Although she felt it was wrong for her third aunt to carry her, as it would tire her out, she couldn't refuse her aunt's request no matter what.

Seeing Yu Xiaoxiang's wide eyes and obedient, sensible appearance, Yu Wanran's heart melted. She peeled back the leaves, broke off a small piece of sweet potato, and put it into Yu Xiaoxiang's mouth.

Seeing her unconsciously smack her lips, he smiled and slung the basket over his back.

The sun was high in the sky, and many villagers were busy in the fields. Yu Xiaoxiang whispered to Yu Wanran, "This is Aunt Zhang's land, and that's Grandma Liu's land."

Yu Wanran couldn't tell who was who. Afraid of gossip from the aunts and uncles, she deliberately avoided areas with people. From a distance, she only had Yu Xiaoxiang point out the locations of her family's plots of land.

In the future, during the busy farming season, she will mostly be responsible for delivering food and water to the fields or helping out.

After strolling around for a while, Yu Wanran took Yu Xiaoxiang up the mountain.

She was skilled and daring, going where others couldn't, and managed to find bracken, fern, and a small amount of dandelion. Unfortunately, with winter approaching, the wild vegetables weren't fresh or tender.

To make it easier to carry Yu Xiaoxiang down the mountain and gather firewood, we couldn't pick too much fruit. But day by day, we became extremely familiar with the mountain paths near Qingping Village.

No one knew that her early mornings and late nights were actually a way to orient herself. She was searching for the location of the first pot of gold she had unintentionally unearthed during her time of hardship in her previous life.

Five days passed in a flash, and Yu Wanran integrated into rural life very smoothly.

The Yu family wholeheartedly accepted this new daughter who had come from nowhere. She was diligent, filial, gentle, literate, and skilled in martial arts—stronger than most men.

Yu Man and Ji Chunhua would whisper a few words to each other before going to sleep each night, feeling incredibly content. Even though they still missed Xiao Yao, they didn't think about her much anymore.

On the sixth day, which happened to be market day, Yu Wenbin and Yu Wenrong went to the fields as usual. Yu Man carried a burlap sack around his waist and two taels of silver given to him by Ji Chunhua, preparing to take Yu Wanran to Shixi Village.

This was almost half of their family's savings. Even though the couple felt the pinch, thinking about their daughter's previous life and the fact that this was her first time coming back in sixteen years, they felt they had to get her a proper set of belongings.

Moreover, considering the marriage prospects, how could a prospective husband choose a daughter dressed in rags? So, steeling his heart, he took out his savings.

If there aren't enough to pay the taxes, we can secretly sell the brocade Xiao Yao left behind, which will last for a long time. There's no need to make our daughter suffer by wearing her older brother's old clothes every day; what kind of image is that?

Besides preparing to buy things, Yu Man also brought a carrying pole and a basket, filled with some wild mushrooms that he had picked but couldn't bear to eat, which he had dried and hoped could be sold for some money at the market.

The father and daughter carried a sweet potato with them and set off in the middle of the night, walking dozens of miles of mountain roads under the stars and moon to reach the market.

Yu Manxian was worried that his daughter wouldn't be able to walk and planned to walk and rest intermittently. He was surprised to find that his daughter traversed mountains and rivers as if walking on flat ground, even more steadily than him!

Are martial arts practitioners really that different from others?

Yu Wanran was unaware of her father's thoughts and carefully observed the road conditions along the way. In her previous life, after being kicked out of the house by her younger brother, she was also harassed by local thugs.

To prove her innocence, she dragged her crippled leg and jumped off the cliff. That jump, however, brought her life. She miraculously survived the fall and even unearthed a wild Dendrobium officinale plant growing on the cliff face.

With three taels of gold equaling one dan of grain, she was fortunate enough to have her first pot of gold in business, which opened up a brilliant business path for the next twenty years.

It was nighttime, and she had finally managed to climb up from the bottom of the cliff, carrying the Dendrobium officinale, and tumbled down the mountain, failing to remember the key locations.

Tongcheng was originally just a county, and it was renamed a city after it became the fiefdom of the Duke of Xiao. Its geographical environment is not good; it is close to the border, surrounded by mountains, and transportation is inconvenient. The several villages under its jurisdiction are scattered in the mountains, and the surrounding environments of the villages are largely similar.

Therefore, finding the spot where she jumped off the cliff in her previous life is easier said than done.

As dawn broke, the father and daughter arrived at the market without incident. There were already small groups of people browsing the market and setting up stalls.

Yu Man, familiar with the area, led his daughter to a central open space. They spread out a burlap sack and piled dried wild mushrooms on top. Then, they took out some cooled sweet potatoes, and the two sat down to eat breakfast.

He choked and drank some of the cold water he had brought with him. Yu Wanran noticed that when his father ate sweet potatoes, he didn't even peel them before biting into them.

She hesitated for a moment, then put the half-peeled skin, which she was about to throw away, into her mouth.