Chapter 12 I really need something as good as beauty pills!
Li's father and Qin Tao were sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams. They fell asleep leaning against the Li family's donkey cart, but in fact, there were two other people lying on the donkey cart.
These two were naturally Qin Tao and Li Wangtian's children. Li Shigui and Li Chunli were separated by a wooden board no more than half an adult's arm's width, and they were lying together on a quilt.
Although the two are siblings, their ages are a factor. Li Chunli is not yet fifteen years old, but she has already started menstruating and is a woman who can have children.
Therefore, even on this journey of fleeing famine, due to limited conditions, the two still used a long plank as a barrier to avoid suspicion.
It was already past midnight, and the area where the Li family villagers had set up camp was completely dark, except for a few houses where there were still lights.
At this moment, even the bright moon in the sky was obscured by dark clouds. Li Chunli listened to the breathing of Qin Tao and her father under the car and guessed that they must have fallen asleep.
Only then did Li Chunli dare to open her eyes and look up at the sky, which was devoid of moonlight. There wasn't even a single star in the sky at that moment.
After looking at the sky for a while, Li Chunli carefully reached out and gently nudged her brother, Li Shigui, and whispered, "Brother, brother, are you asleep?"
With his eyes closed, Li Shigui vaguely seemed to hear his sister's voice. He forced open his numb eyelids, which were still heavy with sleep, and met Li Chunli's big eyes.
"Li Niang, what are you doing? Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Listen to me, go to sleep. We have to travel tomorrow, and I won't have time to let you rest then."
After saying this, Li Shigui raised his hand and patted Li Chunli's shoulder, just like he used to coax her to sleep when she was young, gently patting her arm to lull her to sleep.
"Brother, how can you still be sleeping!"
Li Chunli spoke anxiously and softly to Li Shigui, tilting her head slightly as she spoke, gesturing for Li Shigui to think of Li's father, who was embracing his mother under the donkey cart.
"Sigh," Li Shigui sighed helplessly. He reached out to cover Li Chunli's eyes and said, "Don't worry about your mother's affairs. Close your eyes, go to sleep, and be good."
Li Chunli wanted to say something more, but seeing Li Shigui's tightly closed eyes, she had no choice but to close her own eyes as well. With her mind wandering to all sorts of random thoughts, she drifted off to sleep.
As dawn broke, some early risers in the camp started lighting fires and cooking in the kitchen.
During the past two weeks of fleeing famine, the pancakes and other food prepared beforehand had long been eaten up. The people of Lijia Village had no choice but to cook a pot of soybean and millet rice every morning when the temperature was still not too high, so that they could save it as the family's food for the day.
After all, they were on the road. Although it was dry and firewood was easy to find, everyone had to make the most of the daytime to travel.
On the road, there's only enough time to rest for about fifteen or fifteen minutes. How could everyone possibly have time to properly build a stove, light a fire, cook porridge, and prepare a meal?
Of course, we try to save time wherever possible, so everyone takes advantage of this time in the morning to cook meals.
Li Shiyue's family also got up early. Li Shiyue's body had adapted to the rhythm of the journey of fleeing famine for more than half a month. It has to be said that people's ability to adapt is really strong.
Despite the aches and pains throbbing all over her body, Li Shiyue got up by sheer inertia. She first went to check on the stone lying next to Li Wangming. Seeing that he was still sleeping soundly, she felt much more at ease.
"In October, wake your brother up and tell him to get up, eat breakfast, and share the food. We still have to keep going."
“Sister-in-law, my name is Shitou, that’s perfect, I’ll go outside with him.”
When Li Wangming said "go outside," he actually meant that he took Shi Tou to a secluded spot outside the camp to relieve himself.
Everyone urinates in the morning; it's perfectly normal.
Li Shiyue was also holding it in. She was about to tell her mother that she needed to go out to relieve herself when she heard her cousin Li Qiutian calling her from not far away. Li Xiatian was still standing there waving at her.
Li's mother also saw this scene. She said gently to Li Shiyue, "Go, go with Qiutian and Xiatian. The three of you must not be separated."
"Okay, Mother, I'm off now, I'll be right back."
Li Shiyue happily ran over and pulled Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian to the left and right, leading them towards the outer edge of the camp. Actually, Li Shiyue was looking for an opportunity. She wanted to find a secluded place to take out the three beauty pills she had won in the lottery yesterday and examine them carefully. After all, this was her first mission reward.
Even if it's something she thinks is useless, she has to take a good look at it, just in case it might be useful.
The camp's perimeter was divided into separate areas for men and women, in two completely opposite directions: women went this way, and men went that way.
In short, you have to be careful in this meadow, and even in the woods further in, because you never know where a clump might come from.
To find out what the beauty pill was, Li Shiyue pretended to have a stomachache when she arrived at the place: "Sister, sister, I need to poop, hurry, I can't hold it in anymore, you guys wait for me here, I'll come out when I'm done."
Before Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian could agree, Li Shiyue ran into the depths of the grassland, leaving Li Qiutian behind her shouting, "Shiyue, we'll wait for you here!"
Li Shiyue waved as she ran, which was a way of responding to Li Qiutian's words.
After walking a few more steps deeper and feeling that she had gone far enough, Li Shiyue found a shady spot. After cautiously checking that no one was around, she carefully took out the three plump, white beauty pills from the pouch at her waist.
Holding it in her palm, Li Shiyue leaned closer to examine it. The beauty pill was about the size of a soybean, with a lustrous, white jade-like sheen. It felt slightly hard to the touch, but otherwise, it had no other distinguishing features.
"It's a system-generated product, so it should be non-toxic. Fine, I'll give it a shot!"
Li Shiyue mustered her courage and put one of the beauty pills into her mouth. It was slightly cool to the touch. She bit it open with her upper and lower teeth, but it didn't taste very good. She just felt a mouthful of water slide down her throat and swallowed it directly.
In just two breaths, Li Shiyue felt a surge of heat rising from the bottom of her stomach, but after only a breath, all she felt was a warm, full feeling in her stomach.
Wow, this is good stuff!
This isn't some beauty pill; it's a life-saving fasting elixir!
Li Shiyue was very happy at this moment. She originally thought she would try it out to see what other effects this beauty pill had besides making people look better. Unexpectedly, she only ate one pill and felt full in just a few breaths. If this were a cultivation novel, wouldn't it be a fasting pill?
If this were a space novel, it would look like a spherical nutrient solution!
This is a life-saving treasure. Anything can happen on this journey of fleeing famine. Li Shiyue felt that having this treasure would give her some peace of mind. At least it was a trump card.
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