Jing Yin’s gaze toward the white fox instantly became much kinder.
“Good little fox, let Big Sis bandage your wounds, okay…?”
Jing Yin smiled slightly, and a piece of dried meat appeared in her hand.
Each piece of dried meat from the system’s check-in rewards weighed about one pound, so they were quite substantial.
Although she still didn’t know what the points were for, they would definitely be useful.
Besides, if she couldn’t get the points, there was still a white fox pelt as a reward. And it was a premium one at that!
The white fox was obviously starving. It had been baring its teeth earlier, but now it began to hesitate, pacing anxiously in place.
“Little Silver!”
Just then, an excited yet urgent voice came from the distance.
Jing Yin looked up and saw a skinny, bony old woman stumbling toward her.
From a distance, she looked almost like a skeleton wrapped in human skin that had somehow come to life.
“Grandma?”
Jing Yin froze slightly. Wasn’t this the original owner’s grandmother? How had she found her?
Still, being reunited with family was naturally something to be happy and excited about. The original owner’s entire family had doted on her and treated her extremely well.
In less than a second, Jing Yin’s eyes had already reddened. Tears welled up in her eyes, seemingly about to fall, making her look especially pitiful.
Since she had arrived in this era, she naturally had to find a way to fit in. Faced with an entire unfamiliar era, someone who stood out too much wouldn’t survive for long.
…
Silently putting the dried meat into her storage space, she ran toward the old woman in front of her.
Not long after, the original owner’s grandfather, parents, older brother, and younger uncle also appeared.
The entire family surrounded Jing Yin as soon as they saw her. Grandma Jing tightly hugged her and refused to let go.
“My little Silver, Grandma finally found you…”
“Silver, don’t be afraid. Dad is here.”
…
After an emotional reunion, Grandma Jing suddenly knelt down toward the white fox in the distance.
“Thank you, Fox Immortal, for blessing us and allowing our Jing family to find our granddaughter. Thank you, Fox Immortal, for your protection. Once our Jing family settles down, we will definitely burn incense and worship you every day…”
The moment Grandma Jing knelt down, Grandpa Jing and the others also knelt and bowed toward the white fox, their attitudes extremely sincere.
Jing Yin: “…”
The Fox Immortal found her?
Only then did Jing Yin notice that Grandma Jing had a circle of dirty, tattered cloth wrapped around her wrist, with blood seeping through it.
After Jing Yin asked repeatedly, she learned that after Jing Yin had gone missing, Grandma Jing had frantically searched for her.
Yesterday, while on the road, she had seen a white fox. She had actually cut some flesh from her own body to feed it, praying that the white fox would lead her to her granddaughter.
Unexpectedly, after eating the meat, the white fox really had led them straight to Jing Yin.
“Grandma, let me put some medicine on it…”
Jing Yin reached into her clothes and, using the cover of her clothing, secretly took the bottle of Golden Sore Medicine out of her storage space.
“Silver, where did you get the medicine?”
When Jing Yin’s biological father, Jing Da, saw her take out a bottle of Golden Sore Medicine, his eyes widened in shock.
In these times, even food was scarce, let alone precious medicine. Along the road of fleeing the famine, countless people had died simply because they lacked medicine.
“Bah! Little Silver was blessed by the Fox Immortal. What’s so strange about getting a bottle of medicine? More importantly, look how much she cares about her grandma.”
Grandma Jing spat at Jing Da before smiling and extending her hand, allowing Jing Yin to apply the medicine.
She knew that this was her granddaughter’s gesture of love. Refusing it would only hurt the girl.
Besides, the world was in such a chaotic state now. She didn’t want to ask anything. As long as her little Silver was safe and sound, that was all that mattered.
…
Holding Grandma Jing’s thin, withered wrist, Jing Yin felt a slight ache in her heart.
After applying the medicine, Jing Yin tore off a relatively clean strip of cloth from the inside of her own clothes and rewrapped Grandma Jing’s wound.
Perhaps it was only Grandma Jing’s imagination, but she felt that after her obedient granddaughter applied the medicine, her wound no longer hurt. It even felt cool and very soothing.
“My little Silver, where have you been these past two days? Did you get hurt anywhere?”
Grandma Jing studied Jing Yin’s expression for a while before cautiously asking, afraid that she might accidentally touch upon something painful.
After all, this was completely different from being in the village. They were now fleeing from famine, where people were dying constantly. Many women had also fallen into the hands of bandits, and what happened to them afterward was unimaginable.
“Grandma, Li Yucai betrayed me and sold me to some bandits. But I wasn’t hurt. The two bandits fought each other over how to divide me up, so I took the opportunity to escape.”
Jing Yin didn’t hide what had happened.
The Jing family had always hated Li Yucai and his family. It was only because of the original owner that they had repeatedly tolerated them.
Now that the original owner had been killed because of them, Jing Yin naturally had no intention of keeping it a secret. Otherwise, the Li family might take advantage of them again in the future.
“What?! That damn bastard! I knew he was no good. He actually sold my daughter!!!”
Jing Da was so furious that smoke practically came out of his nostrils. He wished he could go over and crush Li Yucai’s head right now.
“What? Are you indirectly saying that my little Silver has poor judgment? If anyone is to blame, it’s you, her father, for allowing my little Silver to suffer such a terrible ordeal.”
Grandma Jing was completely and utterly doting toward Jing Yin.
Over the years, the original owner had been spoiled without becoming arrogant or overbearing, but she was exceptionally naive. Even after someone sold her out, she would still help them count the money.
Although Jing Da was domineering in front of outsiders, he didn’t dare utter a single word in front of Grandma Jing.
After being scolded by Grandma Jing, he immediately shrank back sheepishly.
“Grandma, Dad is only worried about me. After what happened, I’ve also come to my senses. Li Yucai is nothing but an ungrateful wolf. I won’t let him deceive me again.”
“Oh, right, Grandma. I also found some food from the bandits.”
After saying that, Jing Yin ran behind a withered tree and took two pieces of dried meat out of her storage space. She secretly poured one liter of purified water into the water pouch and also brought along the remaining hard steamed bun wrapped in the torn cloth.
“Grandma, Grandpa, I got all of these from the bandits.”
She pushed the bundle in front of Grandma Jing.
When Grandma Jing opened it, the first thing she saw was the dried meat.
The sound of people swallowing saliva immediately echoed one after another.
Jing Yin looked up and saw that everyone’s eyes were practically glowing green.
They hadn’t eaten a single bite of food in two days. Before that, they had only been drinking soup made by boiling crushed tree bark. Even that little bit of food had been incredibly difficult for them to obtain.
Grandma Jing took only one look before immediately covering the bundle.
“You all look like you’ve never eaten meat in your entire lives. Little Silver risked her life to get this food! I’m warning you, you can take anyone else’s food, but don’t you dare touch Little Silver’s!”
Grandma Jing quietly swallowed a couple of times, desperately suppressing her hunger as she turned her head away.
She was hungry too, but she could still endure it. With so little food, they had to save as much as possible.
“Grandma, you need to eat to have the strength to keep going. Otherwise, what will you do if we run into bandits again?”
After Jing Yin said this, Grandma Jing hesitated for quite a while before finally reopening the bundle and taking out the hard steamed bun.
“Daughter-in-law, take this and make some soup with it. Pour all the water from the large water pouch into the pot. As for the water in the small pouch, remember to save it. No one is allowed to drink it without my permission…”
The large water pouch was the one the Jing family originally had. The small water pouch was the one Jing Yin had obtained from the bandits, and Grandma Jing refused to let anyone touch it.
After saying this, Grandma Jing handed the palm-sized hard steamed bun to the original owner’s mother, Zhao Xiao’e.
Once the hard steamed bun was broken into pieces and boiled into soup, there would be enough for everyone to have a couple of sips.
…
Zhao Xiao’e was timid and introverted by nature, but she loved the original owner no less than anyone else.
She first rubbed Jing Yin’s head before taking the hard steamed bun from Grandma Jing and walking to the side to prepare the soup. Jing Da followed her to gather firewood.
Jing Yin’s gaze turned toward the white fox that was still nearby.
Her eyes suddenly lit up.
Her personality was different from the original owner’s. Faced with these family members who had lived together for years, even if she was good at pretending, there was always a chance she might eventually reveal something.
But this white fox right in front of her…
Wasn’t it the perfect excuse handed to her on a silver platter?