At Three and a Half, I Scour the Mountains for Treasure and Help the Whole Village Live Well

[Little Treasure Hunts the Mountains] [Slice of Life Farming] [The Whole Family Turns Their Lives Around] [Mountain God’s Lucky Star] [Lighthearted, Satisfying Read] [Healing Family Bonds] [Getting Rich Through Food] [No CP, Adorable Little Heroine]

Three-and-a-half-year-old Manman was abandoned at the foot of Qinghe Mountain. Clutching a broken bamboo basket, she announced in a babyish voice that she could smell the mountain's "yummy scents."

The villagers all laughed at the little girl for bragging.

But on her first day in the mountains, she found a nest of wild chicken eggs.

On her second day, she dug up a hundred-year-old polygonatum root.

On her third day, she brought home a little white wolf that was nearly starved to death, and even found a hunter who had been missing for ages along the way.

After that, the whole village was in an uproar.

Other people relied on sharp eyes to forage in the mountains. Manman only needed to sniff with her little nose. "It smells yummy here. There must be treasure!"

Other people depended on the weather to grow crops. Manman crouched at the edge of the field and clapped her hands. "The soil smells the yummiest here. Anything we plant will grow!"

Her family had been so poor they could barely afford to eat. With Manman gathering mountain produce, growing spiritual vegetables, and preparing mountain feasts, they gradually opened a shop selling mountain goods, set up a village granary, and built a Mountain of a Thousand Flavors Manor, bringing prosperity to the whole village.

Greedy relatives got jealous? Manman piped up in her little voice, "Don't bully my mom!"

A crooked merchant tried to steal her recipes? Manman raised her little shovel. "The mountains belong to everyone. They're not for sale!"

This is the story of a little lucky girl who was abandoned, then brought her new mother, big brother, and the whole village along with her, turning their bitter days into warm meals and delicious aromas.