The children were all frightened and some even cried.

Shui Ling grabbed Shui Jinxiu's wrist, turned her head and bit her hard. Shui Jinxiu immediately let go after feeling the pain.

But she still yelled: "You are a monster, and your whole family is possessed by monsters."

Shui Ling took a deep breath and narrowed her eyes, "How can you be so sure that we are possessed by monsters? Did you kill us with your own hands?"

Shui Jinxiu backed away in panic, shaking her head and saying: "You died that night. I saw you eating toadstools with my own eyes. Everyone in the clan who had touched the black fungi had their hands swollen. You had eaten it."

How can you not die?"

Shui Ling was startled. The toadstool she was talking about looked like a pig's mouth grinder and was poisonous, but using plant ash could remove the toxin and make it delicious.

"You are talking about that kind of thing. My mother has medical skills and can be eaten by soaking it in plant ash water and removing the poison."

Shui Jinxiu looked at her suspiciously, "Really? There is one nearby. You can eat it and show it to me. If you don't die, I will believe you."

Shui Ling wanted to refuse, so why should he eat it for her? Who is she?

But if there is such a thing, it is also food and can be eaten.

"Okay, you take me to find it."

"Huh, let's go." Shui Jinxiu still didn't believe it.

The children stopped crying and followed suit one by one.

Shui Jinxiu took Shui Ling and the others to a forest downstream of the river bank. The trees here were not high or dense, just like a forest where birds had eaten tree seeds and brought them here to breed.

Moreover, the humidity here is very high, and some taller trees fell to the ground and began to rot, but this also became a hotbed for wild fungi.

Shui Ling took a look at the terrain. It was next to the main road that he came from. The main road was actually less than two meters wide. This road led to the village on both sides. Unfortunately, they did not welcome people from the Shui family.

This barren mountain is sandwiched between two villages and is uninhabited because of the uneven terrain.

Just as she was looking at the terrain, Shui Jinxiu shouted: "There are some here. They collected some when I passed by the village yesterday."

Shui Ling immediately ran over and saw a whole piece of black pig snout on the lying tree stump. Each one was as big as a fist, like the arched nose of a little black pig, so cute.

She couldn't figure out why this northern mushroom appeared here, and she didn't want to bother researching it.

The children did not dare to touch it, but Shui Ling happily picked up one with the prepared bamboo chopsticks and smelled it, "This is it. Go back and find the basket, collect them all, and then soak them in plant ash water. You can eat them after soaking for a day."

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The children swallowed their saliva, and they all looked at Shui Ling, as if she had become the king of children.

Shui Ling thought for a moment and said, "Hurry back and get the basket to work. We'll have a piece of candy for each of you tonight."

"Okay!" Sure enough, candy is the best wage, and the children were immediately motivated.

Shui Ling ran back and told the clan leader about the pig's mouth grinder. The clan leader sent a few women to follow him, firstly because he was afraid that something might happen to them, and secondly because he was afraid that they wouldn't be able to lift it.

The children picked up the mushrooms with chopsticks and did not dare to touch them with their hands. Shuiling went to look for other wild mushrooms.

No wild fungi were found, but a lot of water celery was found in the depressions deep in the forest. The taste of water celery is different from dry celery and has no medicinal smell.

Although it is a bit old now, the young branches can still be eaten. After all, they are also a source of vitamins.

She cut some twigs with a dagger, then cut a large bundle of longer ones and carried them to the other side of the forest.

A thin woman stared at her two big abrupt eyes and asked, "What is this?"

Shui Ling quickly explained, "This is water celery, which is both medicine and vegetable. My mother used to secretly give it to me to eat. She was afraid that my father would see it."

When the woman heard that Su Qin, who was skilled in medicine, had eaten it, she immediately reached out and picked it up and put it in the basket, "Is there any more? I'll get more."

Shui Ling shook his head, "Yes, there is, but we can't eat that much, so let it grow first and then cut it tomorrow."

"Well, that's right. I'll send it back first. Please pay attention to your safety." The woman warned and went back with the basket on her back.

It's not bad to find two kinds of food, but it's a pity that I didn't get any merit points.

But the next second an old voice sounded in my mind, "The merit value can be checked on the merit clock."

Shui Ling was startled, what is the merit clock? She closed her eyes and looked at the things in the office, and finally her eyes fell on the electronic calendar on the wall.

The column that originally displayed the year and date is now scrolling with subtitles.

Rescuing the injured will add eleven merit points, distributing salt and sugar water will add two merit points, finding a pig's mouth grinder will add one merit point, and finding water celery will add one merit point.

There is a separate number at the end, which is the total number of existing merit points, fifteen!

Shui Ling was depressed. Why was there so little money given to the injured? Only one of the eleven seriously injured people was given one point.

Although she was complaining in her heart, she didn't feel unsatisfied. She also gave merits when looking for food and slowly accumulated them.

After the children picked the mushrooms, they all went back. In order to soak the pig's snout for grinding, the patriarch had someone dig a hole in the ground, then spread an oilcloth and pour water. The mushrooms and plant ashes were thrown directly into it.

Shuiling scratched her head and tentatively asked Shui Zheran, who had returned from fetching water, "Dad, have you seen the ant nest?"

"Ant nest?" Shui Zheran didn't understand why she was looking for an ant nest.

Shui Ling chuckled, "I watched a video before and saw someone mixing the mud from ant nests with the clay in the water to make a water drainage layer. It is useful whether it is digging holes to store water or painting exterior walls. By the way, it must be a termite nest."

"Okay, I get it. Termites are a scourge, and they will destroy their nests as soon as I see them." Shui Zheran agreed immediately.

Shui Ling looked up and watched the villagers working. The bamboo stairs were very strong. Eight families on the second floor had already finished digging the main rooms, and they had to dig the rest slowly by themselves.

The platform on the third floor has just been built and the excavation has not started yet.

Shui Ling looked at the loess accumulated in the open space. The loess was very delicate and it would be a waste if nothing was done.

She fetched a bucket of water and started playing with mud. When the patriarch saw her as he passed by, he just smiled and shook his head. An eight-year-old child is not old enough to play with mud.

Soon, the children were attracted and started playing in the mud together.

Shui Ling, "..." I'm making a heating stove, okay? You all stay away from me.

"Sister Shuiling, I always have trouble doing things here, can you help me?" A little boy of five or six years old looked at her pitifully.

"Okay, I'll help you right now." Shui Ling cried in her heart and became the king of children.

Gong Qianyu watched from a distance, his brows furrowed, his handsome little face full of disapproval, but when he saw Shui Ling smiling so happily, he silently pretended not to see it.

In the evening, we will make wolf meat stew. We have already made enemies anyway, so what are we afraid of?

The wolf meat was both woody and full of earthy smell, so Shuiling had to contribute some star anise. Fortunately, it was also a medicinal material, so he used his mother's name to fool him.

The water celery is boiled, and everyone ate it happily.

At night, the clan leader lit a bonfire and sent people to keep watch, wondering if the wolves would come again.
Chapter completed!