Chapter 34 I really don't need Shenbao Pills!
The next day, before dawn, Li Shiyue got up quickly and, as usual, took her machete and went to the grove.
In fact, last night, after Li Shiyang agreed not to reveal the relationship between Qin Tao and Li Wangren for the time being, the system in Li Shiyue's mind had already issued a "mission completed" notification.
However, she couldn't conveniently draw a prize and check the reward at the time, so she postponed it until the next day.
But now, looking at the dark purple pill in her palm, Li Shiyue's face fell. She felt a sense of frustration, wanting to say something but not knowing how to say it.
"Shenbao Pills, just listen to the name, you can tell what kind of effects it has just by hearing the name."
Li Shiyue cursed the garbage system in her heart once again.
"No, does it have to be this close to the system task?"
Even the rewards are this kind of thing, can't you give me something I can actually use?
If all else fails, give me a fertility pill to help me gain strength, or even a beauty pill to use as a fasting pill.
Why do you have to give a young girl like me some kind of kidney tonic?
My kidneys are perfectly healthy! I really don't need any kidney tonics!
Whether it was because Li Shiyue was cursing too much in his heart or because the system was too considerate, a red dot suddenly appeared on the system interface. Li Shiyue clicked on it with a dark face and saw a line of small words appear under the reward of the previous task: "Suitable for men only."
Li Shiyue was amused and actually laughed out loud.
"Haha, system, you're so thoughtful!"
Oh, so these kidney tonic pills aren't for me, they're for men.
Oh, why let a man eat it?
The following contains 500 words of inappropriate swearing that is not suitable for children.
In the end, Li Shiyue carefully put the dark-colored Shenbao pill into her purse, intending to use it for something else later.
She left the grove, took a deep breath, and exhaled the frustration she felt from the system letting her draw the Kidney Tonic Pill. Then, with a smile on her face, she ran towards Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian, who were waiting for her not far away.
The people of Lijia Village set off again, but this time they didn't venture deep into the mountains. Instead, they walked along a rugged path on a small hill at the foot of Shili Slope, separated from the main road.
This was the path that Li Shiyang led the people of Lijia Village to take. He said that this was a small path he had figured out himself to save time when he went to study in the prefectural city. Although it was separated from the official road by a small mountain, it was actually a faster way to get to the prefectural city than the official road.
Yes, the people of Lijia Village decided to go to Fucheng.
I'm not doing anything else, my main purpose is to buy salt!
Although they had tried their best to bring all their belongings with them when they fled the famine, none of them had stored much salt. After more than a month of traveling, everyone's salt jars were almost empty.
Humans cannot live without salt; salt is an essential necessity.
Therefore, Li Shiyang decided to lead everyone along the side path first, and then select a few people to go to the prefectural city to buy salt.
Travel permits are easy to obtain; Li Shiyang already has genuine ones, and he can easily forge fake ones.
Besides, things are in chaos right now, and we don't even know what's going on in the prefectural city.
This travel permit is probably just a piece of waste paper and is of no use.
Therefore, the selection of people to go to the city to buy salt is of paramount importance.
While they were resting, Li Shiyang sent someone to ask Li Shiyue if he wanted to go into the city.
Li Shiyue was definitely going!
“Mother, take that gold and buy two more donkeys to make a cart. That way, you and your aunt can ride on the road and have less trouble.”
Along the way, only Grandma Li could ride in a donkey cart; the rest of us had to walk constantly, which was truly a hardship.
Li's mother shook her head at Li Shiyue: "You keep the gold yourself. Your grandmother still has the silver she gave us last time. Even if the price goes up, this money should be enough to buy a donkey."
As for your aunt's family, don't worry. Your aunt knows what she's doing. If they really need our help, she'll ask.
Since Li's mother had said so, Li Shiyue naturally wouldn't object.
However, when Li Shiyang gathered everyone this evening to discuss which families to take with them to the prefectural city, quite a few conflicts arose.
"...We don't know the price either, if..."
Li Shiyang stepped forward and said to the man, "We'll go together then. Whatever price they say is the price. Who would try to cheat you out of your money?"
Moreover, nobody knows what the prefectural city is like now.
"We don't even know if we can get into the city yet, what's the point of thinking about this here?"
After being rebuffed by Li Shiyang, the man felt somewhat embarrassed and didn't say anything more.
After Li Shiyang reprimanded the man, the others who had their own agendas dared not utter another word. Instead, they went back to discuss how much money they would contribute to buy salt.
As a result, after walking for more than a day, they finally arrived at the city gate of the prefecture just before evening.
Li Shiyang only led less than ten people out; the rest of the Li family villagers were waiting on a small hill about ten miles outside the city.
Among the people they brought out were Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li's father.
Yes, Li's father came along too.
Because Li's father went to see Li's grandmother again last night, saying that he also wanted to go to the prefectural city, "Tao Niang's belly is getting bigger, and we don't know when we will be able to get to Dengzhou."
Tao Niang is quite pregnant and needs some medicine on hand. I thought I'd go with her to buy it; it'll be cheaper that way."
After saying this, Mr. Li looked up at Mrs. Li, but she did not respond.
“Mother, this… Tao Niang is carrying my child, so I have to take care of her and make sure she gives birth to this child safely.”
I don't trust anyone else to buy it; it's better if I go by myself.
Mother, why can't you just have Shiyue and Shiyang tell them to include me?"
Of course, in the end, Grandmother Li gave Li Shiyue one tael of silver, and Li Shiyue agreed to use his own influence to talk to Li Shiyang, and thus Li's father was added to the group.
Behind her back, Li Shiyue said to her mother, "I think it's probably not Qin Tao who asked my father to go; she's probably afraid I'll drug her."
Li Shiyue naturally knew that the child in Qin Tao's belly was not born to Li's father, which is why she said that.
But Li's mother didn't know that when she heard Li Shiyue say that, she pretended to hit her: "Don't think like that, it's not wrong for her to cherish her child."
Li's mother lowered her head at this point, then looked up again and glanced around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her and her daughter, she whispered to Li Shiyue, "After giving birth to you, I secretly prepared herbal medicine for myself after my confinement period. I was also counting the days. Your father didn't know about this, which is why so many years have passed and I haven't been able to conceive another child."
Li Shiyue looked at her mother with some surprise. This was something Li Shiyue really hadn't expected. She didn't expect her mother to have such a progressive awareness of contraception.
“When I gave birth to your older brother, he was almost a year old and still couldn’t sit up by himself, and I felt something was wrong.”
When your brother was two years old, he still couldn't call you "father" or "mother" properly. Your father called me and told me to leave your brother on the mountain to fend for himself.
But how could I bear to part with it? It's flesh and blood that fell from my own body!
I ignored your father for almost half a year, and then... you came into being.
After you were born a girl, your father told me before I had even finished my postpartum confinement that I should have another child, because I had to give him a son to carry on the family line.
But I am already content with you and your brother. If I don't want your brother either, who else will take care of him?
I don't want to have any more children.
So I prepared the medicine myself. I learned this from my master, a herbalist, in the county town when I was young, but it was mostly taken by wealthy women to reduce the suffering of pregnancy.
Li Shiyue frowned and grabbed her mother's hand with some concern: "Mother, isn't that medicine bad for your health?"
Mother Li shook her head, then nodded again: "It's alright. I ate it for the first three years, but then your father went to study in the county town and came home less often, so I stopped eating it as much."
Your mother is doing well for you, so don't worry.
I just want to say, don't be hostile towards the child in Qin Tao's belly. After all, it's your father's child, you..."
Li Shiyue was really feeling suffocated. She really wanted to tell her mother that the baby in Qin Tao's belly wasn't born to Li's father, but she couldn't say it.
Therefore, Li Shiyue said, "Oh dear, Mother, why should I argue with a child who hasn't even been born yet?"
I was just saying it offhand about Qin Tao. If she avoids me and doesn't bother me, why would I bother talking to her?
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