"Of course it was fetched from the forest; the water we brought wouldn't last long."

Lu Qiqi stared wide-eyed at the dried meat soup in the pot, feeling somewhat disgusted.

Whether it was psychological or not, she felt some abdominal cramping.

It can't possibly work that quickly!

Just as she was about to walk to the side and vomit up what she had just eaten, she saw a water sac appear in front of her.

"The water is ready." Gu Shaoqing handed the water bag to Li Changlong.

Li Changlong accepted it and thanked him.

He turned his head to look at Lu Qiqi, who had a bitter expression on her face. Thinking that Lu Qiqi was choking, he quickly opened the water bag and stuffed it into Lu Qiqi's hand.

"Drink it quickly!"

Holding the water pouch, Lu Qiqi sighed inwardly, "This is hardly water!"

It's clearly the Soup of Oblivion!

Lu Qiqi looked pale and wanted to refuse.

Gu Shaoqing understood her concerns and smiled, "Miss Lu, there's no need to worry. This is spring water, not dirty water from the wild forest. You can drink it without worry."

Lu Qiqi then remembered that Gu Shaoqing had traveled this road countless times and was naturally very familiar with its conditions.

As long as it's not water contaminated with rotting corpses, that's fine. Drinking that sewage is terrible; it can cause illness at best, and death at worst.

Lu Qiqi explained the situation to Li Changlong, and only then did Li Changlong realize what was happening.

He patted his chest, reassuring himself, "Luckily, the young manager stopped me, otherwise I really would have gone to fetch dirty water."

Lu Qiqi, “…”

If there's nothing wrong with the water, why is her lower abdomen still so uncomfortable?

It felt like something heavy had been crushing my lower abdomen.

Then she sensed something was wrong.

Oh no!

Lu Qiqi quickly got into the carriage, and Li Changlong, thinking she was sleepy, ignored her.

As soon as she entered the carriage, she immediately went into the space and ran all the way into the small wooden house in the space.

Just as she expected, the original owner's body developed!

But she hadn't prepared anything yet, and she was in this desolate place.

There were only men outside, and I didn't even have a chance to borrow one.

Lu Qiqi thought back carefully and remembered how Li and Lu had resolved the issue.

She tried hard to recall for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

In this era, women were ashamed to tell others about their menstrual cycles, so who would tell them this?

Suddenly, Lu Qiqi remembered a bundle that Li Shi had given her before she went to Heshun Prefecture.

Lu Qiqi found the bundle and opened it.

She was right; Li had indeed prepared a menstrual belt for her.

This belt has two ropes at the front and back, and two layers of fabric in the middle.

The fabric is made of cotton and is very soft.

Ordinary people would only use coarse linen or hemp cloth to make such things, and would be reluctant to use such fine fabric, which shows that Li had put a lot of thought into it.

She also found a small rectangular cloth bag in the bundle, which looked like it was used to hold wood ash and place under her to absorb sunflower water.

Lu Qiqi simply padded it with cotton, so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

After doing all that, she took her clothes and went to the bathroom.

This time she didn't take a bath, but instead took a shower with water from a bucket.

After taking a shower, Lu Qiqi came out of the bathroom feeling refreshed.

Unlike wood ash, cotton strips are not readily available.

Lu Qiqi planned to make several more to avoid bloodshed and panic among the men outside.

Thinking this, Lu Qiqi took out her needle and thread and began to sew.

This thing is easy in some ways, it just requires some patience.

It was difficult, in a way, because the original owner's body was malnourished in the early stages and extremely weak.

That's why she only started menstruating for the first time when she was almost sixteen.

This is clearly due to severe physical depletion in the past.

She had only stitched up two stitches when she felt she couldn't sit still anymore; the throbbing pain in her lower abdomen instantly overwhelmed her.

never mind.

She put down her needle and thread, put away the two strips of cotton cloth she had finished, and rested in the space.

Anyway, we can hear the sounds outside now, so we'll go out when there's any noise.

The next day, Lu Qiqi woke up early.

She was woken up by hunger.

In her memory, there was never a time when she felt particularly hungry because of her period.

Her stomach was protesting, but ignoring everything else, Lu Qiqi quickly washed up in her spatial dimension and got off the carriage.

The bodyguards took turns keeping watch at night, and the fire was still burning.

Lu Qiqi walked to the fire and woke up Li Changlong, who was still asleep.

"Second Brother."

Li Changlong was woken up by Lu Qiqi, and he opened his eyes sleepily to look at her.

"Second brother, I'm hungry. Where did you put the dried meat?" Lu Qiqi whispered.

When Li Changlong heard Lu Qiqi say she was hungry, he quickly got up, rubbed his eyes, and then walked to another carriage, took out a small bundle, and handed it to her.

"Eat something first to fill your stomach, and I'll cook you some meat porridge later."

Lu Qiqi took the bundle, took out some dried meat from it, and started munching on it.

She saw that the bodyguards on night watch had bloodshot eyes.

The border is a long way away, and this can't go on forever.

Lu Qiqi asked, "Second Brother, do we have enough food?"

Lu Qiqi bought all the grain. Li Changlong didn't know why she asked that, but he still answered, "It's enough. Even with Doctor Luo and Doctor Huang, we still have enough grain to spare when we get to the border."

Hearing this, Lu Qiqi felt relieved. She said, "The birds and beasts here have probably eaten carrion. Hunting and eating them might make them sick."

"On such a long journey, the镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) can't survive on dry rations alone. Their bodies won't be able to handle it, and they might not be able to protect us if we encounter danger."

Li Changlong thought Lu Qiqi's words made sense. "Then I'll cook some more porridge later and give everyone a bowl."

"good."

Lu Qiqi took a bite of the dried meat and, taking advantage of Li Changlong's inattention, replaced the water in the bamboo jar with spiritual spring water.

In this way, the porridge cooked with the spring water will boost the spirits of the镖师 (bodyguards/escorts), enabling them to better protect the镖师 on their way to the border.

Li Changlong cooked meat porridge and invited the bodyguards to drink it.

Lu Qiqi found Gu Shaoqing, who was examining a map.

"Young manager."

"Miss Lu."

Lu Qiqi got straight to the point, "Zhou Yi hasn't caught up yet. I'm worried he might encounter danger on the way. Could you send someone back to meet him?"

Gu Shaoqing smiled and said, "I was just discussing this matter with the bodyguard, and I haven't told you yet."

"That's wonderful, thank you very much, young manager." Lu Qiqi clasped her hands in a fist and bowed to Gu Shaoqing.

After returning the greeting, Gu Shaoqing said, "I must thank Miss Lu. The Tianlang Escort Agency often travels this road, but I never knew that so many refugees would lose their lives here."

"If it weren't for your great kindness, my brothers and I would probably only be able to taste meat when we reach the border."

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Qiqi returned to her carriage.

She had just boarded the carriage and sat down on the soft cushions when she let out a long sigh of relief.

Good heavens!

When will these lower back pain and abdominal pain symptoms finally subside?

Why didn't she plant motherwort in her space?

Being a woman is so tough!