I became the male protagonist's wife who died young, and I became a hero by eating melons

When they got home, everyone had already returned from work. Lu Qian'an ran over with his short legs, hugged Ji Xiaoxi's legs, and smiled at Ji Xiaoxi with his little face raised: "Mom, you're back."

Ji Xiaoxi held the mushrooms in both hands, and was amused by her son's smiling face. The anger she had just felt was also relieved. She nudged her son's belly with her leg and said with a smile, "My dear son, please move aside first. I'll put the mushrooms down for a while."

"Oh~" Lu Qian'an let go obediently and stood aside.

Ji Xiaoxi put the mushrooms on the ground and the whole family gathered around.

Du Yumei wiped her hands with her apron and came over.

"Xiaoxi, did you go to pick mushrooms?"

Ji Xiaoxi squatted on the ground, took out mushrooms from the leaves, and placed them on the ground as if they were treasures. This was her first time picking mushrooms, and she felt a great sense of accomplishment.

She raised her head and smiled at Du Yumei, "Mom, look, I picked a lot of mushrooms. Shall we make mushroom soup tonight?"

Du Yumei lowered her head and took a look, then immediately laughed out loud, "Oh, you picked these mushrooms, hahaha..."

Ji Xiaoxi was puzzled and didn't understand why Du Yumei was laughing.

The second brother, Lu Jingyi, also laughed out loud, "Xiaoxi, you are quite skilled at picking mushrooms."

Ji Xiaoxi looked down and asked: "What's wrong with my mushroom?"

It was the eldest brother Lu Jingguo who was more honest. He reached out and picked up a mushroom and said, "This mushroom is called pockmarked mushroom, and it is highly poisonous."

Ji Xiaoxi's face changed and he immediately picked up the other mushrooms and threw them away.

Lu Jingguo picked up another mushroom and said, "This is called the sheep horn vine, it is extremely poisonous."

Ji Xiaoxi threw the mushrooms in his hand with a look of horror.

Lu Jingguo chuckled softly and picked up another mushroom. "This one is called the Death Knell. It's extremely poisonous."

Ji Xiaoxi: “…”

Lu Jingguo continued to introduce the remaining mushrooms to Ji Xiaoxi one by one.

To sum it up, Ji Xiaoxi treats the mushrooms like treasures.

——Most of them are highly poisonous!

It's a real negative example of mushroom picking.

Shen Jiao clapped her hands and laughed, "Xiaoxi, how lucky are you to have picked so many poisonous mushrooms."

Even the little kids at home joined in laughing at her.

Ji Xiaoxi stared awkwardly at the mushrooms thrown aside and said unhappily, "Isn't it said that the prettier the mushrooms, the more poisonous they are, and the uglier the mushrooms, the less poisonous they are? I clearly picked ugly mushrooms."

Shen Jiao often went to the mountains to pick mountain products and was most familiar with mushrooms. After she finished laughing, she said to Ji Xiaoxi, "That's a general identification method. You can't rely on this method to identify all mushrooms. You rarely go into the mountains, so it's normal that you don't know them. When I go to the mountains one day, you can follow me and I'll take you to identify mushrooms."

Ji Xiaoxi was immediately happy, "Okay, thank you, second sister-in-law."

Sister-in-law Sun Xuexiang was watching from the side. Seeing everyone gathered around Ji Xiaoxi, she said unhappily, "It's Xiaoxi's turn to do the housework tomorrow. Don't forget the work, or it will be my turn to do it again."

Ji Xiaoxi twisted her body and greeted Sun Xuexiang, "Sister-in-law, you have a really good memory. Thank you for reminding me."

Sun Xuexiang: “…”

Was she trying to remind her?

She was clearly telling Ji Xiaoxi not to dream of leaving the job to her!

Ji Xiaoxi didn't care about Sun Xuexiang's little thoughts. She almost forgot about it just now. Fortunately, Sun Xuexiang reminded her, otherwise she would have become a freeloader at home.

Although everyone in the Lu family treated her well, she occupied Ji Xiaoxi's body and could not do anything that would make the Lu family hate Ji Xiaoxi.

She still has to do what she should do.

Du Yumei picked up all her poisonous mushrooms and wrapped them in large leaves. "Second brother, go and deal with these poisonous mushrooms."

Pointing at the remaining edible mushrooms, he said to Shen Jiao, "My second wife, go wash the mushrooms and make some mushroom soup tonight."

Ji Xiaoxi chuckled: "Fortunately I picked enough. I threw away so many, and the rest can still be used to make soup."

Shen Jiao: "Tomorrow I'll take you to pick some wild vegetables and we'll make wild vegetable pancakes."

"Okay." Ji Xiaoxi followed her to wash the mushrooms and asked as she washed them, "Second sister-in-law, are you familiar with Song Youzhu's family?"

Shen Jiao: "Song Youzhu? We are just ordinary friends. The old woman in their family is not easy to deal with and likes to take advantage of others."

Ji Xiaoxi was guarding a melon field and really wanted to share gossip with others, so she continued, "Earlier, I saw people outside shouting about looking for a child, and then when I went to the mountain to pick mushrooms, I met Song Youzhu's husband Xue Baocai. They were looking for their daughter Xiao Xier, who was abandoned on the mountain for some reason."

Shen Jiao paused and said, "Throwing a 2-year-old child onto a mountain? Damn it, who would be so heartless?"

Ji Xiaoxi: "I heard that Song Youzhu's mother-in-law always said that Xiao Xi'er was too pretty and didn't look like their child. Could it be that she threw her away?"

Shen Jiao pouted, "That's possible. Jin Xiufang is capable of doing such a thing. She has always been shameless."

Du Yumei shouted in the kitchen, "What are you taking so long for? Do you have to wait until tomorrow to wash the mushrooms?"

Shen Jiao and Ji Xiaoxi quickly quickened their hands, washed the mushrooms and sent them to the kitchen.

At the dinner table, the family talked about what happened today.

Lu Jingyi picked up a piece of food for his wife with chopsticks and started a conversation, "I heard that the Xue family's child was missing this afternoon. I don't know if he has been found."

Shen Jiao: "I heard that she was thrown onto the mountain by her mother-in-law Jin Xiufang."

Ji Xiaoxi: “…”

If you are not careful, you may become the source of rumors.

Du Yumei: "What a sin! Jin Xiufang will be punished for doing such a thing sooner or later."

Ji Xiaoxi: "The Xue family has two sons. Why is it that the eldest son didn't have a child, but the second son had a daughter, but they don't like him so much?"

Du Yumei drank a mouthful of mushroom soup and said, "The eldest is her son with her ex-husband, and the second is the son of her current man.

When they got married, each of them brought one son. Later, her husband died, and she became very picky about this second son. "

Shen Jiao held the bowl and asked, "Is Xue Baocai not Jin Xiufang's biological son? Why haven't I heard anyone in the village say that? I always thought he was her biological son."

Du Yumei: "That happened a long time ago. Who would deliberately talk about family matters? Plus, Xue Bao was only a few months old at the time and didn't understand much, so she always thought Jin Xiufang was her biological mother.

When Jin Xiufang first got married, she treated Xue Baocai as her own child, and it was she who gave him the name Xue Baocai.

But later, when her husband died, the burden of supporting the family fell on her.

The attitudes of the biological and non-biological children were immediately clear. "

Ji Xiaoxi suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."