I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

Du Tianli cursed so hard that his throat almost smoked. He ate the wild vegetables with tears in his eyes and a heavy heart.

The palace guards collapsed on the ground like dead pigs, and refused to move even after Du Tianli's scolding.

Jiang Xu and Sang Dasheng were not the only ones stealing food. The eunuchs who went out to look for food found food that was better than wild vegetables and stuffed it all into their own mouths.

Some were lucky enough to find half-eaten wild fruits by the birds, and they put them into their mouths without even a second's hesitation.

Du Tianli was so hungry that he was like a beggar.

Over there, the Xiao family finished eating the watermelon, urinated twice, and happily started a barbecue feast.

"Sister-in-law, give me some of the Rhus chinensis salt you made last time. I want to try it."

Xiao Yunzhan remembered that he had not tasted the Rhus chinensis salt he had made later, so he decided to try it with the barbecue.

The eldest sister-in-law looked at Lin Yiran and said, "The salt is with the fourth brother's wife."

Lin Yiran raised her eyelids to look at Xiao Yunzhan, then lowered her eyelids to look at the salt wrapped in oil paper on the ground.

"You already have salt to eat, why do you need salt from Rhus chinensis?"

Xiao Yunzhan flipped the barbecue on the stone slab and said casually,

"I'll try the salt from the Rhus chinensis tree to see if it tastes sour. The salt from before wasn't very sour."

If the salt made later is not very sour, it means that the salt extracted from the small fruits of the early Rhus chinensis is not very sour.

Then when he leads his troops to fight in the mountains and there is no salt, he will look for this kind of saltwort that has just produced fruit not long ago.

However, it is not easy for the newly borne Rhus chinensis to produce salt. The reason why it produces salt now is because it has not rained and the weather is too hot.

When Lin Yiran heard this, her eyelashes drooped and trembled slightly.

Damn it, is it possible that the salt from Rhus chinensis is sour?

Last time she added a lot of salt, so the sour taste was a little lighter?

"Oh, okay, I'll give it to you."

Lin Yiran stood up and walked towards where her backpack was.

With her back to everyone, she took out the cloth wrapped with Rhus chinensis, quietly added most of the salt into it, stirred it evenly with her hands, and walked back with a calm expression.

"Now, here you go."

Lin Yiran spread the cloth wrapped in salt in front of Xiao Yunzhan.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Xiao Yunzhan responded while turning the meat.

The sister-in-law smiled and glanced casually. When she saw the spread out salt, her brows slightly frowned.

She was the one who got this bag of Rhus chinensis salt. She didn't remember there was so much salt.

There are so many that it looks like the cloth can’t even wrap them up.

The sister-in-law glanced at Lin Yiran with a smile in her eyes and handed a piece of lettuce leaf to Xiao Yunzhan.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Xiao Yunzhan took the lettuce, picked up the roasted meat, dipped it in some salt from the Rhus chinensis, wrapped it in the lettuce, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Sure enough, it was not very sour. He remembered this and decided to look for the early small fruits of the Rhus chinensis to make salt in the future.

(Several years later, when Xiao Yunzhan led his troops into the mountains, no matter how tender the Rhus chinensis he found, the salt he made was always very sour. It was not until this moment that he realized that it was Lin Yiran who had done something wrong. He could only smile helplessly...)

Lin Yiran was turning over the sweet potatoes by the fire and glanced at Xiao Yunzhan secretly.

Seeing him eating the barbecue calmly, she felt relieved.

I escaped another disaster. It was a close call.

A wild boar leg served with lettuce, the whole family ate their fill, their mouths glistening with satisfaction.

Lin Yiran’s baked sweet potatoes were also very good this time. She watched them closely, looking at the time on her phone and turning the sweet potatoes over every two minutes.

After the aroma of the roasted sweet potatoes spreads, they are soft, sticky and sweet when you break them open.

The two children's eyes were narrowed as they ate. This was the first time that Lin Yiran had eaten too much after being out for so many days.

With watermelon, roasted sweet potato and barbecued meat, it’s hard to go hungry.

After eating, Lin Yiran took the opportunity to go out to urinate and secretly washed herself from head to toe.

It's so hot, and she must be miserable if she doesn't wash or groom herself all day.

Old Madam Xiao looked at the water in the pottery jar, her expression paused slightly, and she quietly filled a water bag with it.

Then he calmly poured some water onto the cotton cloth and wiped his face and hands.

When the sister-in-law opened the pottery jar, her expression paused slightly.

While no one was paying attention, she took out the empty water bag and filled it up, then poured a little water into her palm and rubbed her eyes casually.

We don’t know how long this drought will last, so it’s always a good idea to save some money.

Lin Yiran came back after washing up and saw that half of the water in the pottery jar was gone. Worried that it would not be enough for everyone, she quietly added some more water to the pottery jar.

Seeing that no one was using water, the second sister-in-law pulled Xiao Lingyan over.

The moment the pottery jar was opened, the second sister-in-law’s eyes widened.

Oh my god, how come there is almost no less water?

She saw with her own eyes that her mother and sister-in-law came over to use the water, and also used it to wash lettuce and pork legs. How could there be so much left? It would be good if half of it was left.

Thinking that Lin Yiran was the last one to leave, what else could she not understand?

Yao Wenhong's eyes flashed slightly, and he decisively took the lid of the pottery jar, blocked the hole in the lid, poured a lid of water, and took Xiao Lingyan out of the cave to wash her little butt.

She hardened her heart and washed herself as well.

It wasn't that she wanted to waste water, but her third sister-in-law hadn't washed yet, and there was too much water left in the pottery jar, which would make her suspicious.

Fortunately, my fourth brother’s wife added the water after my mother and eldest sister-in-law had used water, otherwise my eldest sister-in-law and mother would definitely have found out.

After Yao Wenhong washed Xiao Lingyan clean, she asked her daughter to bring Xiao Linghui out as well.

While everyone was packing their backpacks, she quietly poured another lid of water and rinsed Xiao Linghui inside and out.

After taking a shower, I felt much more comfortable all over.

Looking at the half-full pottery jar of water left, Yao Wenhong finally let go of her worries.

After Zheng Yunyun knew that her second sister-in-law had washed Ling Hui, she hurried over to wash up.

Seeing that there was only half a jar of water left, she simply dipped some water into the cotton cloth and wiped her face and hands.

Xiao Yunzhan estimated that everyone had washed up and gone to bed, then he slowly came back.

.......

"Ling Yan, tomorrow is your birthday. Do you still want to eat roasted sweet potatoes?"

After Lin Yiran lay down, she put her arms around Xiao Lingyan's little neck and held her in her arms very naturally.

She really liked this outspoken little girl. She didn't have any of the shyness that the ancients had.

Thinking of her second sister-in-law saying that tomorrow was Xiao Lingyan's birthday, she leaned close to Xiao Lingyan's ear and asked with a smile.