During my escape from famine, I survived by eavesdropping on the whispers of food.

"You...you are utterly rebellious!" Old Mrs. Qin was so angry that she couldn't speak. She was almost halfway to the grave, yet Qin Shuangshuang treated her so humiliatingly.

Qin Shuangshuang scoffed. She wasn't going to put up with this old woman. "If you know what's good for you, get out of here. You're not fit to be my grandmother, and you have no right to interfere with my marriage. Like I said, if you really want food, you can marry into the family yourself."

Ugly people are often troublesome. Even after the family has separated, they still have the audacity to use her to exchange for food.

"You old hag, how dare you lie to me? Didn't you say your granddaughter was happy to marry into the family and serve my son? I think you're just a conman." She finally saw through her. Qin Shuangshuang didn't treat the old hag like a grandmother at all. It was all the old hag's doing, trying to cheat them out of their grain.

A sudden roar startled Old Lady Qin so much that she stammered, "This..."

Before Qin Laotai could speak, the woman went up and started fighting with her, pulling each other's hair.

As they pulled and shoved, Qin Shuangshuang secretly covered her mouth and laughed, leaving Old Lady Qin with a bruised and swollen face.

After she had seen enough of the jokes, she said to the refugees, "We'll stay in Lushan County. Everyone, take your things and come with me now."

Last night, she looted all the grain in the yard and released all the people who were imprisoned. Something big is going to happen in Lushan County. They'd better run away as soon as possible.

Once they confirmed that all the refugees in the group were safe, they left Lushan County.

After traveling for a whole day, Qin Shuangshuang led the refugees to a stop halfway up the mountain.

"You guys rest here first, I'll go take a walk around the neighborhood."

Upon hearing Qin Shuangshuang speak, Lu Jun threw down the branch he was holding and followed.

Qin Shuangshuang looked at the tall man behind her and asked him, puzzled, "Why did you follow me?"

Lu Jun is highly skilled in martial arts. She deliberately didn't bring him along, intending for him to protect the refugees. But he just followed along on his own.

“In the deep mountains and forests, I can’t let anything happen to my savior. Of course, I’m here to protect you,” Lu Jun replied matter-of-factly.

Qin Shuangshuang frowned. She wanted to find some more things to put in her space, but she couldn't let Lu Jun come with her. She pushed the silent Lu Jun, "You just go back and protect my mother. I'll just wander around nearby. There won't be any danger."

After saying that, she turned and entered the forest.

The deeper Qin Shuangshuang went, the more chills ran down her spine.

"I'm so scared, she won't take me away, will she? I can't let her see me." In the darkness, a soft, sweet voice reached Qin Shuangshuang's ears.

She looked down at the small pit in front of her, brushed aside the leaves covering it, and searched for the source of the sound.

“Is this… ginseng?”

It was too dark for her to see clearly, so she leaned closer to the small pit to check it a few times before carefully digging for ginseng.

Ginseng sprouts from the soil with undamaged roots and can be planted directly in the space.

Qin Shuangshuang put it into her spatial storage, and then she disappeared into the wilderness.

in space.

Qin Shuangshuang saw the ginseng buried in the soil and exclaimed, "The space is quite advanced; it even has an automatic planting function, which saves me a lot of trouble."

The ginseng had already been planted in the soil, so there was nothing for her to do here. She quickly disappeared.

"Huh?" Qin Shuangshuang picked up the rabbit at her feet, puzzled. "Where did this rabbit come from?"

As soon as she came out of the space, she felt something furry at her feet. When she picked it up, she found it was a little rabbit.

Are rabbits really that bold these days? Running right up to her, what's the difference between that and a lamb entering a tiger's den?

Seeing the rabbit that still didn't want to get out of her arms, Qin Shuangshuang chuckled mischievously, tied the rabbit up, threw it into her spatial storage, and continued walking forward.

Perhaps she was too lucky; she hadn't even taken two steps when she heard the trembling sound again.

"She's terrifying. She dug up Ginseng Sister. We'd better hide ourselves well. If she sees us, we'll become her food too. I don't want to be eaten by that big devil."

"She can just disappear into thin air, it's so eerie. Can we really hide from her? I don't want to become her food."

"Stop chattering! She's looking this way. Is she going to come and steal us away later?"

Qin Shuangshuang stood in front of the small earthen mound. She hadn't intended to come here, but their noise was too loud, so she came to check it out.

The back of the small mound is well hidden; unless you look down into the depression, it's hard to spot the many bamboo shoots hidden there.

Qin Shuangshuang smiled as she bent over to dig for bamboo shoots. With ginseng and bamboo shoots, could she be blessed by Lady Luck?

With so many bamboo shoots, we should take them all back; it'll be enough for them to have a good meal.

After a long while, Qin Shuangshuang put all the buried bamboo shoots into her pocket.

Upon entering the space, the bamboo shoots, which were covered in mud, instantly became clean and robust, with water droplets hanging from their tips.

After observing their transformation, Qin Shuangshuang was satisfied and took the bamboo shoots out of the space and put them into the bamboo basket.

She had already gathered enough things today; if she continued searching, her bamboo basket would be overflowing. Knowing she had plenty, she packed up and headed back the way she came.

Halfway there, she encountered Qin Hao, who had come looking for her.

"Sister, where did you find so many bamboo shoots?" Qin Hao took Qin Shuangshuang's bamboo basket, saw the bamboo shoots inside, and exclaimed in surprise.

He had been to the deep mountains and forests before. During the famine years, they could only find some food in the mountains, but at most they could find some wild vegetables. They had never seen sweet and crisp bamboo shoots.

Qin Shuangshuang walked beside her, looking at her harvest for the day, and said with a smile, "Maybe God didn't want us to go hungry, that's why I was able to find these bamboo shoots. When we get back, I'll stir-fry bamboo shoots for you."

She didn't bring out the rabbit and ginseng, otherwise Qin Hao would have been even happier.

However, there is a major problem: she hasn't figured out how to deal with the ginseng yet.

If you plant it in the space for a few days, the tiny ginseng will become very valuable. If you sell it, you'll have money in your hands.

But ginseng is such a precious thing, it's rare and hard to come by. If I sell it, I don't know if I'll ever find it again.

"Sister, will we end up like other refugees, starving to death on the road because we can't find food?"

Along the way, some people starved to death and others ate their own flesh and blood. Qin Hao was terrified, fearing that he would follow in their footsteps.

Seeing the fear in his eyes, Qin Shuangshuang gently patted his head reassuringly, "No, you won't go hungry with your sister here. We'll find other ways to survive in the future."

Since she's here, she'll take on the original owner's responsibilities and will definitely not let this family starve to death on the road.

Suddenly, a roar came from the mountains and fields.

Qin Shuangshuang looked around. The roar came from a distance. They were safe for the time being. Now they had to hurry back to the group.

She turned around, trying to calm Qin Hao down and lead him away, but what she saw terrified her.

Startled by the roar, Qin Hao fell onto the mound of earth, spilling all the bamboo shoots from his basket. He was disheveled and in tears.

"Sister, are there any wild animals around here?"