Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1224 Questioning
Shi Jia remembered it very clearly, but Li Xiaohua definitely didn't. At that time, she only had one thought: to survive! She didn't care what day it was.
She probably only knows yesterday, today, and tomorrow. What did she eat yesterday? What did she eat today? Will there be anything to eat tomorrow?
Shi Jia looked blank. "I... don't know."

"Don't know? Think carefully," Luo Mingyuan said seriously.

Shi Jia looked somewhat frightened, gritting her teeth, "Back then, all I thought about was going up the mountain to find food. Maybe I went into the mountains?"

"Your neighbors say you haven't returned home for several days. Explain what happened?"

"Huh? Really?" Shi Jia asked, trying hard to remember. "But I don't think I've ever stayed out overnight."

“Really, if you don’t believe me, ask my neighbor, Granny Wu. She knows every day when I come back from the mountain,” Shi Jia said earnestly.

Luo Mingyuan frowned and made a few marks on it with a pen.

Then he asked, "I heard that you can always find food every time you go up the mountain."

Shi Jia nodded. "I'm lucky." Then she said sullenly, "But every time I find food, everyone else digs it up overnight, and when we go back the next day, we have to go find new food."

Luo Mingyuan continued to cross it out.

"On November 16, you sold about 20 jin of medicinal herbs at the medicinal herb purchasing station and made a profit of 268 yuan."

"Yes, I forgot the exact time, but I did sell medicinal herbs," Shi Jia nodded.

"As far as I know, there are no people in Xinghua Village who are skilled in herbal medicine. Your parents and grandparents are not highly educated. How did you know what medicinal herbs look like?"

"I found a book earlier, it was a herbal medicine book, and I was looking for medicinal herbs by looking at the pictures in it," Shi Jia said calmly.

Luo Mingyuan's expression remained unchanged as he continued, "From what we understand, those medicinal herbs were all processed. And the processing techniques were quite sophisticated; they were clearly not from novices. How do you explain that?"

Shi Jia knew inwardly that things were going badly, but remained calm on the surface. "The book says that medicinal herbs need to be processed after they are collected, otherwise their medicinal effects will be lost and they will become worthless."

"So I followed the steps in the book to process the medicinal materials. Uncle Qiao Jian, who buys medicinal materials, said that the medicinal properties of the materials I processed were well preserved!" she said with some pride.

Luo Mingyuan and Yan Yifeng exchanged a glance. This girl was not only clever, but also calm and collected. She could even pretend! Indeed, Shi Jia's answer was very clear, but the clearer and more complete the answer was, the more flaws it revealed to them.

How can a little girl with no medical education be able to perfectly process medicinal herbs just by reading a book? Who are you trying to fool?

Seeing their expressions, Shi Jia understood that they didn't believe her, but she could only grit her teeth and continue, "It's true, if you don't believe me, I'll go back and get that herbal medicine book for you to see."

Actually, ignoring the differences in their souls, she wasn't lying.

She does have books on herbal medicine, although she compiled them herself, and she collected and processed the medicinal herbs herself. She didn't rely on anyone else.

Luo Mingyuan and Yan Yifeng exchanged glances. What's the plan? Shall they just lay their cards on the table?

“From what we understand, an apprentice needs repeated practice and years of accumulation to perfectly process medicinal herbs. Do you think you can do it just by reading a book?” Yan Yifeng said.

Shi Jia was a little uneasy, "Could it be that I'm a genius?"

Yan Yifeng, Luo Mingyuan: "..."

Yan Yifeng waved his hand, "Let's lay our cards on the table."

"Li Xiaohua!"

"Huh? Uncle Luo?"

"Are you really Li Xiaohua? As far as I know, Li Xiaohua died on September 10th last year." Luo Mingyuan stared at Shi Jia.

Shi Jia blinked. "Huh? Uncle Luo, what did you say? What do you mean I'm dead? I'm perfectly fine here!"

"No, you're not Li Xiaohua! The real Li Xiaohua was timid and cowardly, bullied by her maternal uncle's family and dared not fight back. Her grades were terrible, and she couldn't recognize many words!" "But you are bold, confident, and have a fierce personality; you even dared to harm your maternal uncle's family, and you possess extensive knowledge of herbal medicine! Just imagine, how could an ordinary 10-year-old girl possibly know so much..."

"You're not Li Xiaohua, who are you!" Luo Mingyuan stared at Shi Jia with sharp eyes, as if he were looking at a heinous criminal.

Shi Jia froze, her body trembling. Suddenly, she shouted, "You're talking nonsense! You're not Li Xiaohua, I am Li Xiaohua!"

"Waaah, you don't know anything, so how can you say I'm not Li Xiaohua!"

"Waaah, you've never been chased by wolves, you've never been forced to jump off a cliff! What makes you think I'm not Li Xiaohua?"

"I am Li Xiaohua. I used to be very weak and timid. Anyone could bully me, but I didn't want to die. Why should the people who bullied me be fine while I have to die..."

Luo Mingyuan and Yan Yifeng were dumbfounded. How could this have suddenly collapsed?

"Oh, Comrade Li, don't cry, don't cry!" Yan Yifeng said in a flustered manner.

"I'm crying, I'm going to cry!" Shi Jia was like a spoiled child at this moment. "Waaah, you're all bullying me! I'm not stupid at all, I'm very smart. Why do I have to study for so long when I can learn it at a glance... Waaah!"

Shi Jia had no choice; the loopholes were too big to explain, so she could only act like an unreasonable child for once.

Next, Luo Mingyuan and Yan Yifeng were extremely anxious and sweating profusely before they finally managed to "coax" Shi Jia.

"Hiccup~" Shi Jia hiccuped, opened her two swollen eyes like walnuts and looked at Luo Mingyuan and Yan Yifeng, and said stubbornly, "I am Li Xiaohua!"

"Okay, okay, you must be Li Xiaohua." Luo Mingyuan nodded helplessly.

"Mmm." Shi Jia breathed a sigh of relief. "Can I go home?"

Luo Mingyuan shook his head. "Are you hungry? I'll have Xiao Ye take you to the cafeteria for lunch."

Shi Jia nodded, somewhat disappointed.

Luo Mingyuan opened the door and called Xiao Ye in; she was the policewoman from earlier.

"Mingyuan, have someone go to Li Xiaohua's house to find that book later," Yan Yifeng said.

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Jia, who hadn't gone far, immediately stopped in her tracks.

"What's wrong?" Officer Xiao Ye bent down to ask. "Sister Xiao Ye, wait for me." After saying that, Shi Jia let go of Xiao Ye's hand and ran back to Luo Mingyuan's side.

"Here you go!" Shi Jia held up a bunch of keys.

Luo Mingyuan took the key, puzzled. "Is this your house key?"

Shi Jia nodded, "Yes, this is the key to the courtyard gate, this is the key to the kitchen, and this is the key to my room. The book is on the table in my room."

She was still worried and earnestly instructed, "There's a box on my kang (heated brick bed) with my money in it. Uncle Luo, don't take it."

Luo Mingyuan found it somewhat amusing. How could a policeman like him take money from the people? But then he suddenly thought of the money Li Xiaohua earned from selling medicinal herbs.

Suddenly I realized that her advice was quite necessary.

Keep in mind that this young girl earned over a thousand yuan in just six months by selling medicinal herbs. That's equivalent to more than a year's salary for him.

“Okay, I won’t take it!” Luo Mingyuan assured him.

“Yes, I believe Uncle Luo.” Shi Jia smiled, waved to him, and turned back to Officer Ye.