Chapter 483 Li Qiutian's words shocked the entire audience!
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Upon returning to the Li family home, Li Shiyue arranged for Sun Xiaoliu to lead a group of people to the horse farm behind Daheishan Mountain at the end of the village, to request ten horses in her name, Li Shiyue.
This gave her another excuse to bring people back to the village this time, besides attending Li Youfu's funeral.
Everyone else followed Sun Xiaoliu to the horse farm to get horses, only Chen Yong stayed by Li Shiyue's side to wait.
"Are you done with your business?"
Go inside and warm up!
"Please wait a moment, the food will be ready soon!"
Li's mother stood at the kitchen door and said this to Chen Yong, who was standing in the yard.
Although Chen Yong was not as talkative as Sun Xiaoliu, he was still quite perceptive.
He took the knife off his waist, found the wood-chopping knife outside the shed where firewood was stored outside the Li family's kitchen, and began chopping wood in the yard.
Li's mother stepped forward to tell Chen Yong not to bother, but Li Shiyue stopped her.
"Let him chop it. We have to leave after we finish eating."
"Leave? You're leaving already?"
Li Shiyue turned to look at the door, where Qin Fen carefully helped Li Qiutian appear.
"Sister!"
Didn't I tell you yesterday that you didn't need to come and see me off?
"You're carrying two babies now, how can you still be so reckless?"
Yes, Li Qiutian is pregnant, but she's only three months along.
If you count the days, she conceived on the very night she got married.
"How could I not know my own body?"
Li Qiutian pushed away Qin Fen's hand that was protecting her and quickly walked two steps to Li Shiyue's side.
Didn't you say yesterday that there were still five days left?
Okay, if we remove one day, isn't there still four days left today?
Can't I stay home for a couple more days?
Li Shiyue pulled Li Qiutian into the house, and seeing Li Qiutian sit down on the warm kang (heated brick bed), she quickly poured a cup of hot water and handed it to Li Qiutian.
"There are other things to do in the army, so I need to go back as soon as possible."
"We'll have to leave once Xiao Liu and the others return with the horses."
Li Qiutian took a sip of the still-steaming water and nodded immediately after Li Shiyue's words, saying, "Okay, then I'll ask your brother-in-law's family to get the bundle."
"Take a bundle? What bundle?"
Li Shiyue did not immediately understand the meaning of Li Qiutian's words.
She glanced at Qin Fen, who was standing to the side without sitting down, and the expression on Qin Fen's face made Li Shiyue's heart skip a beat.
"Are you crazy?"
Li Shiyue stared at Li Qiutian's slightly protruding belly, her voice low but unable to conceal her anger, "What kind of place is Jian'an Prefecture now? Japanese pirates are rampant, and officials are colluding with them!"
What are you, a pregnant woman, doing going along?"
Li Qiutian stubbornly raised her chin, her eyes, which bore a resemblance to Li Shiyue's, burning with an unyielding flame: "If a child is not strong, then he is not worthy to be my child!"
She patted her stomach and said, "If you can't even handle this little bump, you might as well not do it now!"
Qin Fen stood beside Li Qiutian, his face ashen but he remained silent.
He knew his wife's personality all too well; once Li Qiutian made up her mind, nothing could change it.
Li Shiyue pinched her brow, glanced at Li Qiutian who was stiff-necked, and then turned to Qin Fen: "Brother-in-law, are you just going to let my sister act like this?"
Qin Fen could only smile wryly after Li Shiyue's words: "Shiyue, do you think she listens to what I say?"
His gaze toward Li Qiutian was both helpless and indulgent. "I have prepared a carriage with four layers of soft cushions inside, and I have also brought the pregnancy-preserving medicine prescribed by Doctor Jin."
I'm going with you this time; by then, we might be in Jian'an by autumn.
"Nonsense!"
"You two...you're just being ridiculous!"
Li Shiyue was furious. She stood up abruptly and walked towards the door, shouting, "Mother, where is Aunt?"
Quickly call your aunt!
Sister, sister, she's acting so recklessly, isn't Aunt going to do anything about it?
I went there to kill the Japanese pirates!
We're not going sightseeing!
Finally, with a dark expression and a lump in her throat, Li Shiyue, who dared not raise her voice at her elder sister, had no choice but to call Zheng Meiniang, Li's mother, Li Xiatian, and Shitou into the house.
“Mother, Aunt, I am going to Jian’an on the orders of the General to eliminate the collusion between the officials and the Japanese pirates in Jian’an and the frequent occurrence of Japanese pirates along the coast!”
Now it is the dead of winter, and I must get to Jian'an within a month.
The journey is long and the weather is cold. Even if my strong and healthy older brother goes with us, it's not appropriate!
This journey was truly agonizing!
When spring comes next year and the flowers bloom, I'm sure I'll have established myself in Jian'an by then.
"When the time comes, I'll send troops to pick you up, okay?"
Li's mother looked at Li Qiutian, who was sitting silently on the kang, and then at Zheng Meiniang sitting beside her. She sighed and said, "Qiutian is pregnant. She can't travel so much. It's important to take care of the pregnancy."
"I'm going on a business trip in October, no problem, I'll just have Stone go with me."
Stone immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll go!"
But Li Shiyue didn't want her brother to suffer like that, so she said directly, "Brother doesn't need to go either!"
My brother is gone, and now you're all alone at home, Mother. How can I rest easy?"
"Does the house really need your brother to be there?"
Autumn is pregnant. When she's further along in her pregnancy, your aunt and I have discussed it and decided that your brother-in-law and Autumn will move back in.
When the time comes, you can have your postpartum confinement at our house after the baby is born.
Let autumn also have a double confinement period!
It takes at least a year after the baby is born before you can let go of them.
"Your brother isn't home, but your brother-in-law is a big guy like him. How can you not feel at ease?"
When Li Shiyue heard what his mother said, he looked at Zheng Meiniang again, and she nodded, "That's fine too. Then brother, come with me."
Anyway, my older sister can't go!
With a "smack," it was the sound of Li Qiutian angrily slapping the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Li Shiyue, don't think that just because you've become a general, you can raise your voice at home!"
I'm your older sister!
I said I wanted to go to Jian'an with you, and I'm going!
I know my own body best; you don't need to worry about me!
Li Shiyue was at her wits' end looking at Li Qiutian, who was already furious.
She was truly wronged; how could she dare to raise her voice at Li Qiutian?
She's been speaking at the same volume ever since she sat down, okay?
At this moment, Li Shiyue, who had just heard Li Qiutian say that, cleverly met the eyes of Qin Fen, who was standing by the kang (a heated brick bed). For a moment, the two of them felt a sense of mutual appreciation and recognition.
"My older sister is my own sister," Li Shiyue wiped her face with her hand, forced a smile, stood up, and walked towards the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Sister, where did I raise my voice?"
"Sit down, don't be angry."
Helping Li Qiutian sit back down on the kang, Li Shiyue said to Li Qiutian with a painstaking expression, word by word, "Sister, it's really not that I don't want to take you to Jian'an!"
It's really tough on this journey, why would you want to suffer with me?
If something unexpected happens on the way, how can I live with myself?
How could I possibly have the face to come back and see my aunt and Sister Xia Tian?
Li Shiyue's words only made things worse, as Li Qiutian immediately slapped her hand.
"snort!
return?
From your tone, it seems you have no intention of coming back at all, right?
Li Qiutian's words shocked the entire audience!
Li Shiyue stared wide-eyed at Li Qiutian, and was immediately speechless.
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