Chapter 575: The exiled female prisoner with two bodies (10)

The midwife comforted her, "You have settled down so quickly. You have a house and land. You are much better off than others. I saw some people who came with you. Their whole family is still living in a shabby thatched house and can't even find food to eat."

Is it true that happiness comes from comparison? After listening to her words, Lan Shichu felt much better.

Lan Shichu was in good health and did not suffer too much during childbirth, so she recovered almost completely in three days. Since it was impossible to hire a wet nurse here, Lan Shichu could only feed the baby herself.

My mother-in-law Liu and my eldest sister-in-law Wen had both lived a life of luxury for most of their lives and had never taken care of a baby. Their own children had always been taken care of by servants, so now they were having to take care of a newborn baby and they were extremely flustered.

However, Lan Shichu started taking care of the child by himself from the third day. Liu and Wen were relieved and let Lan Shichu concentrate on taking care of the child while they took care of the housework.

Gong Liangqin named the child Gongliang Congyun. Little Congyun had a fierce temper, not as gentle as his name might suggest. He drank milk very fiercely and would dance around after drinking. His crying could deafen people's ears. No one knew where he got all the strength from such a small person.

Maybe because he ate a lot and slept well, after more than half a month, he became white, tender, and chubby. He felt heavy in their arms. Neither Liu nor Wen could hold him for too long because their arms would be sore.

Seeing that he was growing so fast and well, Mrs. Liu praised Lan Shichu's milk for being nutritious.

Lan Shichu's milk was not as nutritious as Liu had imagined. The reason why Gong Liang Congyun grew up so well was because she secretly made interstellar world baby milk powder for him.

It would be impossible for Lan Shichu to produce nutritious milk just by eating food from this wild land.

The family has adapted to life here. Gong Liangxian and Gong Liangqin learn how to cultivate the land from the locals, while the mother-in-law and sister-in-law do housework or take the two children to collect firewood. Of course, Lan Shichu takes care of the children, and no one else expects her to do other work.

Although Gong Liangsubai left some silver when he left, it was not much. After all, his family property was confiscated, and Gong Liangsubai spent a lot of the silver on the fake caravan. When he arrived here, he hired people to build houses and cultivate land. He had to keep the remaining money for the trip back to Beijing, so he kept the rest.

This silver was to be kept for life-saving purposes and would not be used unless absolutely necessary. Of course, it was a very important matter for Lan Shichu to give birth to a child, so some of the silver was used to hire a midwife and also to buy a few chickens from the locals for Lan Shichu's body to replenish his body.

But after Lan Shichu came out of confinement, meat was no longer seen in the family’s meals.

"Aunt, my brother and I are going out to pick wild vegetables. Please take good care of your younger brother at home." The six-year-old niece Gong Liang Yuzhu held the hand of the ten-year-old nephew Gong Liangjian and advised Lan Shichu like a little adult.

"Okay, you and your brother should be careful when you go out to pick wild vegetables. Don't go to dangerous places near the river. Bring a wooden stick to knock on the roadside and don't step on snakes." Lan Shichu reminded her with a smile. The little girl has forgotten her previous life as a rich and luxurious lady. She experienced her family's decline at a young age, and suffered enough from exile with the adults. She has become more sensible and has learned to help her family with things within her ability.

"Gong Liangjian, you have to take good care of your sister and don't take her too far." Lan Shichu said to his nephew again. The nephew was mature beyond his years and looked a lot like his father Gong Liangxian. He also inherited his father's temperament and acted like an eldest brother. When he was at home, he held his younger brother in a very proper manner.

"Sister-in-law, I understand." He nodded with a stern face.

After the little brother and sister left, Lan Shichu took a sling, put Gong Liang Congyun on his back, and walked out of the house in the opposite direction.

She went to the river. There was a small river about three or four meters wide in the village. The villagers carried water from here for drinking and washing clothes and vegetables.

Lan Shichu wanted to see if there were any fish in the river. If there were, he would catch a few to take home as a snack. After all, it would be easy to get hungry if you eat vegetarian food all day.

Maybe because there are not many people in the village, there are actually quite a few fish in the river. It’s just that these fish are too clever and few people can catch them.

Lan Shichu sharpened a sharp harpoon and used his internal martial arts skills. He was able to stab several fish as big as an adult's palm with speed, fierceness and accuracy.

She was not greedy and stopped after picking five or six.

Liu and Wen came back from the mountain with two handfuls of dry firewood. When they saw the fish in her hand, they asked in surprise, "Where did the fish come from?"

"I went to the river to harpoon it." Lan Shichu said with a smile, and raised the wooden stick harpoon in his hand to show them.

The eldest sister-in-law was shocked and said, "You can also fork fish?"

"I was lucky. My aim was accurate and my hands were quick, so I managed to hit the target with the fork." Lan Shichu said without blushing or beating her heart. She couldn't say that she knew martial arts.

Mother-in-law Liu was also surprised, but she did not doubt anything. She took the fish from Lan Shichu's hand with a smile and said, "Then I will kill it and make fish soup for you. Drinking it will increase your milk production."

The eldest sister-in-law looked around and didn't see the child, so she asked, "Sister-in-law, did Yuzhu and Jianer go out to play?"

"They said they were going to pick wild vegetables." Lan Shichu said.

"Digging wild vegetables? Can they tell which are wild vegetables and which are weeds?" The eldest sister-in-law was immediately happy when she heard this and said, "When we first came here, we didn't know what wild vegetables were. At the beginning, we dug a lot of weeds..."

Lan Shichu couldn't help laughing and said, "We'll get to know each other after we dig more. Anyway, we don't really expect them to bring back food. At worst, we can just pick what they dig."

"Haha, that's true." The sister-in-law nodded in agreement.

At this time, the little fat boy on his back began to groan and cry. Lan Shichu quickly untied him from his back. As soon as he untied his diaper, a thin stream of water suddenly shot out.

"...Luckily I was fast enough. If you had wet your diaper, I would have had to leave you naked." Lan Shichu said to the little guy in his arms who squinted his eyes and looked contented after peeing. The little guy didn't know what his mother said, but just smiled at Lan Shichu, and Lan Shichu's heart softened.

Lan Shichu quickly took a towel and wiped his butt, then wrapped him up again.

Gong Liang Congyun was a very easy child to take care of. He usually didn't cry much. When he was hungry or wanted to poop, he would just whimper a few times and wouldn't cry loudly. Of course, once he started crying, the noise would be very loud and the whole family would be unable to calm down because of his noise. They would all gather around him to coax him.

The little guy, who eats well and sleeps well, has extremely strong hands and feet. When he is just over two months old, he can kick his six-year-old cousin back several steps. He is born with great strength - or maybe not, but because of the milk powder that Lan Shichu feeds him with.

(End of this chapter)