Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

A light rain was falling outside. Yan Guihua stood at the cave entrance, anxiously looking out. Zhao Lian and the others had been gone for an hour and still hadn't returned. She was really worried sick.

Sun Shangxiang came over and said, "Mother, why don't you come in and sit down for a while? Don't stand here at the door. You've been standing here for almost half an hour."

Yan Guihua looked distressed: "How can I sit down? Jinzhu and the others, as well as Zhaolian, haven't come back yet."

Liu Laogen spoke up: "Old woman, stop worrying and what are you thinking? With Zhaolian here, what could possibly happen!"

Yan Guihua thought about it and agreed; the old man was right. Just as she was about to turn around and come in, Sun Shangxiang suddenly pointed to the distance with a look of surprise: "Mother, look, isn't that Zhaodi and Zhaolian?"

Yan Guihua's eyesight was failing due to old age. She squinted and looked closely, and found that there were indeed two figures not far away, who looked like Zhao Lian and Zhao Di.

Behind them were several other people who looked like golden pillars and silver pillars.

Soon, the group arrived at the cave entrance. Sure enough, it was Zhao Lian and the others. Liu Jinzhu and the others followed not far behind.

As Zhao Lian was walking back after catching the rabbit, she ran into Liu Jinzhu and his group.

Compared to Zhao Lian and the others, Liu Jinzhu and his two brothers only picked some wild vegetables and found nothing else.

Seeing Zhao Lian holding the rabbit, Liu Tongzhu was overjoyed: "Hey! Big brother, we can't even catch a bird, but my niece is really something, she actually caught a rabbit. We'll have meat to eat today!"

Liu Jinzhu glared at him: "You still have the nerve to say that? It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, we would have caught that bird."

Liu Tongzhu looked aggrieved: "Brother, it's not my fault, the roads were slippery in the rain."

They spotted a bird and were about to catch it when Liu Tongzhu tripped and fell, startling the bird, which then flew away.

From a distance, Zhao Lian spotted Yan Guihua and immediately raised the rabbit in her hand excitedly: "Grandma, look what I caught!"

"rabbit!"

Yan Guihua and Sun Shangxiang's eyes lit up, and they blurted out the same thing at the same time.

"What? Zhao Lian caught a rabbit? Is it true?" Zheng Xiuzhen and Jiang Si couldn't sit still any longer and quickly ran to the entrance of the hole to check.

"It really is a rabbit! This is wonderful!"

Zheng Xiuzhen initially thought it was fake, but it turned out to be true.

Zhao Lian entered the cave, wiped the rain off her face, handed the rabbit in her hand to Sun Shangxiang, and said happily, "Auntie, Auntie, kill these two rabbits, we'll have meat today."

“I have another one here!” Zhao Di proudly waved the rabbit in her hand.

Everyone was surprised to find out there were three rabbits, just as they had expected two.

They caught three rabbits, but unexpectedly, Zhao Lian's first words were to kill two of them.

"Cough cough~"

Yan Guihua coughed twice: "Zhaolian, let's kill one rabbit first, and keep these two for now."

"Grandmother, these two rabbits have been drowned and can't be saved. We have to kill them and eat them quickly, otherwise it would be a shame if they died."

Upon hearing Zhao Lian's words, Yan Guihua then noticed that the two rabbits were soaking wet and indeed looked rather listless.

"Mother, let's listen to Zhaolian, she can't go wrong." Liu Jinzhu took off his raincoat and came in.

Sun Shangxiang and the others busily boiled water and killed the rabbits. Because the two rabbits were not very energetic, for safety reasons, they discarded all of their internal organs.

Fortunately, the rain wasn't heavy, and the raincoat blocked a lot of the rain, so my clothes were almost dry.

Zhao Lian took off her raincoat, shook off the water, and spread it on a nearby stone.

Worried about Liu Yao and Liu Yan, Zhao Lian went over and touched their foreheads to make sure they didn't have a fever before she felt relieved.

"Liu Yao, Liu Yan, how are you two feeling? Are you feeling alright?"

Liu Yao blinked her big eyes and shook her head: "Third cousin, I'm not feeling unwell, I just feel a little tired and not very energetic."

Liu Yan pouted and said, "Third cousin, I'm hungry."

Zhao Lian patted Liu Yan's head and teased, "Your cousin can tell you're hungry just by looking at you. Wait a little longer, your aunt and uncle are killing a rabbit, and you'll have some delicious rabbit meat to eat soon."

“But my third cousin has some good stuff on her hands now, look.” Zhao Lian reached into her bosom and pulled out a handful of fruit.

"Fruit!"

Liu Yan's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he reached out, took the fruit, and popped it into his mouth.

"Mmm, what's this fruit called? It's so delicious!"

Liu Yan ate one after another, unable to stop.

Zhao Lian took out all the fruit from her bosom and gave some to everyone.

No one had ever seen such a fruit before, let alone eaten it.

Yan Guihua looked at the fruit in her hand, but after a long time she still couldn't recognize what kind of fruit it was. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Zhaolian, what is this fruit called?"

Zhao Lian smiled and said, "Grandmother, this wild fruit is called myrtle. When it's ripe, it's purplish-black and very delicious. But you can't eat too much of it, or you'll have trouble pooping."

Yan Guihua muttered to herself, "Myrtle, what a nice-sounding name."

I'm already this old, but I've never seen anything like it before. I never imagined that Zhao Lian would know so much at such a young age.

Zheng Xiuzhen expressed her doubts: "Impossible! Such delicious food, how could you not poop after eating too much of it?"

Zhao Lian said with an air of seriousness, "It's true!"

Liu Laogen chimed in from the side: "Alright, alright, it's almost time to eat, and you're still talking about poop and pee."

Listening to Liu Laogen's rambling, Zhao Lian stuck out her tongue, and everyone quickly shut their mouths.

Sun Shangxiang chopped the rabbit meat into pieces, put it in a pot, added water, and simmered it.

When they fled the famine, Zhao Lian brought the star anise from her family with her. After being away for so long, the star anise can finally be put to good use.

Zhao Lian took out a star anise, broke it apart piece by piece, and threw it into the pot. Soon, a unique meaty aroma wafted up.

Liu Yan sniffed hard: "Mmm, it smells so good!"

Everyone hadn't eaten meat in ages, and the aroma of it made their mouths water.

Everyone was itching to get their hands on it, their eyes constantly glancing at the broken pot.

There's a chip on the edge of this earthenware pot, but it doesn't affect its use.

The rabbit meat was stewed for half an hour, and it was ready to eat after adding some salt. A pot of wild vegetables was also cooked.

Yan Guihua served everyone a bowl of rabbit meat, which included meat, soup, and wild vegetables. In addition, there were also desserts. It was an extremely sumptuous meal.

No one spoke again. They picked up their bowls and buried themselves in their rice, finishing the pot of meat in no time.

The two rabbits weighed four or five pounds together, and they finished them off in one meal, leaving everyone completely satisfied.

"Mom, this rabbit meat is so delicious!" Liu Yao patted her round belly, looking like she wanted more.

Jiang Si smiled and said, "Mmm, it really is delicious. Mother hasn't had this meat in a long time."

After lunch, everyone sat on the rocks to rest. Although the rain outside wasn't heavy, it showed no signs of stopping.

Seeing the weather, Zhao Lian decided not to rush on her way for the time being and to wait until the rain stopped.