At Three and a Half, She Can Smell Sounds and Leads the Whole Village to a Life of Plenty

[Adorable Child] [Mountain Foraging] [Farming] [Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] [Healing Family Bonds] [Beloved by Everyone] [Building Wealth]

The day Shen Xiaoman was born, a wondrous fragrance descended from the heavens.

At four and a half, her stepmother pushed her into a river. When she woke up, she discovered she could smell sounds.

Birdsong smelled of sweet fruit, a wild boar's grunts smelled gamey, and the clink of gold and silver smelled like cold iron. Even a bad person telling a lie gave off the stench of rotten eggs.

Her father had a lame leg, and the villagers called him useless.

Her mother was soft-hearted and bullied every day.

Her elderly grandmother still had to feed the whole family wild greens.

Shen Xiaoman put her little hands on her hips. "Don't be afraid. Let's go into the mountains!"

She led her father to dig up wild ginseng, helped her brother find wild honey, found her mother long-lost relatives, and even overheard a shocking secret on the back mountain.

From then on, the Shen family made their fortune by foraging in the mountains and even rescued a young master who had fallen on hard times.

The villagers all said the Shen family was about to come into great luck.

But Shen Xiaoman covered her little nose and stared at the important visitor from the county town. "This uncle's words smell awful. He's a bad person!"

Later, the Shen home, once cold and dilapidated, became the liveliest place in Bluestone Village.

Her father opened a shop selling hunted game, her mother started a spice workshop, her brother became a young shopkeeper, and her grandmother counted silver until her hands grew tired.

Meanwhile, the young master she had found in the mountains grew day by day into a cool and noble young man.

He asked her, "Xiaoman, smell me. Do my words still stink?"

Shen Xiaoman sniffed carefully. "No, but they smell a little sour."

The young man's ears turned bright red. "That's because I've missed you."