Chapter 23 Haha, my father is nothing...
It has a slightly sweet taste at first bite, and after biting into it, it slides down your throat like water, and you swallow it before you can even taste anything.
Li Shiyue's decision to take this gamble was a last resort; what else could he do?
On this journey of fleeing famine, the chickens that the Li family originally raised had long been killed and eaten, so Li Shiyue had no animals to experiment on.
Don't even mention that she could catch a rabbit or pheasant herself. Putting aside the fact that they've been traveling all day, even if they had time to hunt, Li Shiyue doesn't have the skills.
Before transmigrating, Li Shiyue was just a working person. How could she have had the opportunity to go camping and hunting?
Furthermore, judging from the comparison between one fertility pill and three beauty pills as a reward for completing the first task, the fertility pill is definitely of a higher level than the beauty pill.
Based on the literal meaning, Li Shiyue thought that if the host ate this thing and then had sex with a man, he would be able to get pregnant in one go. Otherwise, why would it be called a "fertility pill"?
After all, this broken system is called "The Cultivation of a Favored Concubine," so, in feudal society, the means for women to secure favor must include bearing sons.
However, Li Shiyue definitely wouldn't use this function, so she wanted to see what effect the fertility pill would have if the step of intercourse was missing.
If it could have functions beyond its inherent effects, like beauty pills, that would be even better.
After standing there for a while, feeling around and touching her lower abdomen, Li Shiyue couldn't sense anything unusual, so she had to put the matter aside for now and quickly went out to meet up with Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian.
When Li Shiyue and the other two returned, Li's mother had already cooked dinner. "Uncle Fu just sent someone to say that we should sleep here tonight and get up early tomorrow to organize people to look for a water source. If we can find one, we can rest here for another day and fetch more water for the journey."
Li Shiyue ran to his donkey cart and opened the lid of the wooden bucket filled with water. They had been fetching water from that shallow stream, and even though they were using it sparingly these past two days, they had already used up nearly a third of it.
They have two long wooden buckets to hold water. Based on this usage, after deducting the water they will use in the next two days, there will only be a little over one bucket left, which is enough for the elderly people to use for three days, or at most four days, on the road.
After all, her family also raised donkeys. These animals have it tough, not only hauling so much stuff every day but also barely getting a sip of water.
Compared to other families without livestock, at least the Li family didn't have to use human labor to pull their carts.
If there were no donkeys, it would be Li's father and Li Wangming who would pull the cart. If you include Shi Tou, there would be three men to work with.
But someone like Li's father, I'm afraid he'll quit before he even walks two miles.
As for Li Wangming, it's not that Li Shiyue looks down on him, but he really is the kind of scholar who can't lift a finger. If you ask him to pull a cart, he'll probably get his skin chafed or fall down first.
As for Shi Tou, not to mention Li's grandmother and mother, even Li Shiyue herself was a little reluctant to let him pull the cart, after all, he was still a growing boy.
Therefore, this donkey must be taken good care of, as we will rely on it a lot on the journey ahead.
As darkness fell, Li Shiyue was given a large bowl of porridge made from millet and beans. She finished it in just a few bites, but even after eating, she still felt very hungry.
She touched her stomach, thinking, "Could it be that I'm just too tired today? I've done so much work, that's why I feel hungry?"
After the meal, Li Shiyue didn't just sit there. She took her wood-chopping knife, told her mother, and walked towards the outer area. She was thinking of gathering some firewood to cook for the next morning.
But actually, she wanted to find an opportunity to take a beauty pill to fill her stomach.
As soon as she moved, Li Qiutian from the Zheng family wanted to follow, but Li Shiyue quickly waved her hand at Li Qiutian: "Sister, I'm just going to collect some firewood. I won't go far. I'll just look around from the outside. It's enough for my brother to go with me."
"When the time comes, I'll even pick up your pieces; brother, you can carry them."
After saying that, Li Shiyue and Shitou walked out. Shitou was very obedient. When he heard Li Shiyue say that he was going to gather firewood, he kept looking at the ground as he walked. Li Shiyue took a beauty pill out of her purse and gave it to him.
Having satisfied their hunger, Li Shiyue and Shitou began gathering firewood together.
Surprisingly, whether it was due to the beauty pills or the fertility pills, Li Shiyue felt that the wood-chopping knife was a little lighter when she held it, not as heavy as it had been when she first picked it up.
By the time the two had collected most of it and started walking back, it was almost dark.
Fortunately, they hadn't gone too far. Li Shiyue pulled Shi Tou to the side, taking a detour to get back faster.
Li Shiyue, who was walking ahead, suddenly saw what looked like a person crouching in the pile of weeds ahead, a dark figure.
Li Shiyue took the wood-chopping knife from her waist and carefully picked up a pebble from the ground, throwing it towards the shadow.
The reason Li Shiyue didn't just drag the stone away was that this place wasn't far from the edge of the Li family village's camp. If there were any bad guys, she could yell for them to come over.
Li Shigui, who had been hit on the back of the head for no reason, turned around and saw Li Shiyue and Shitou standing not far away.
Once she recognized Li Shigui, Li Shiyue was no longer afraid. She approached him, holding a machete, and asked, "What are you two doing lurking here?"
Li Chunli, who was squatting on the ground, and Li Shigui, who was rubbing the back of his head, really didn't expect to run into Li Shiyue and Shitou at this time!
Li Shiyue didn't need their answers. She followed their example, crouched down, and looked in the direction they were looking. Once she saw it, she understood what was going on.
"you......"
Li Shiyue suddenly stood up and pulled Shi Tou down to squat down. "Brother, quickly put down the firewood and move it this way so no one can see us."
Besides being the most obedient to Li's mother, Shi Tou was also the most obedient to Li Shi Yue in the Li family.
Upon hearing Li Shiyue's words, the eldest brother quickly unloaded the firewood he was carrying and put it aside. He then curled up into a ball and hid behind Li Shiyue.
Li Shigui was speechless at Li Shiyue's actions. He opened his mouth, but then kept it closed.
As for what Li Shiyue saw that led her to take such a series of actions?
It's Qin Tao!
Qin Tao was seen embracing a man outside the grove!
But that man wasn't Li's father!
Isn't that exciting?
Anyway, Li Shiyue found it incredibly exciting!
However, they were still too far apart. Although one could tell from the height that the man was not Li's father, since Li's father was indeed quite tall, otherwise Shi Tou wouldn't have grown so tall and strong.
The man was clearly at least half a head shorter than Li's father, but he was a bit too far away to see his face clearly, so it was really hard to tell who he was.
So, Li Shiyue asked with great interest, "Hey, which man is your mother having an affair with this time?"
How did you two find out?
This isn't the first time, is it?
Haha, my father, he's nothing...
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