Chapter 80 With tears in her eyes, she cruelly hanged herself...
(Thanks to Ruowu Bancun Lingluojin for casting 6 monthly tickets.)
Li Shiyue sat in the courtyard and stared at it for at least fifteen minutes.
"No, there are just too many good things here."
Look, this is a dazzling array of colorful silk brocade; just the name tells you it's something good.
Below the brocade was a line of tiny print: "Clothes made of this brocade not only insulate against heat and cold, and are impervious to water and fire, but also give the wearer a built-in skin-smoothing filter, boosting their appearance by 20 points!"
Li Shiyue looked at the picture on the redeemable page of the system. The brocade, radiating colorful light, seemed to have special effects and was sparkling. This brocade was so beautiful that it was delightful to look at, let alone make clothes.
"If we could exchange these and sell them, we could get at least a box of gold coins."
With the gold coins, I can eat my fill every day. With the strength, I can protect the gold coins and continue doing quests. It's a virtuous cycle!
Li Shiyue looked at the brocade with delight and saw the number of points required to redeem it: 9999 points!
"Why don't we just rob them!"
Li Shiyue almost cursed out loud. Although she held back her curses, she still had a green meadow in her heart.
Since the upgrade, there's a golden Arabic numeral at the top of the system's menu bar, showing the points Li Shiyue has earned from completing tasks. She only has 787 points in total right now.
With a three-digit score, one can only look on with envy at a four-digit sum of fine silk and brocade.
Li Shiyue had no choice but to continue flipping through the pages to see what else she could use and exchange for.
"Hey, this is interesting, this is really interesting! I didn't know there was such a thing!"
The page where Li Shiyue stopped displayed a pill-shaped object that radiated golden light and was as smooth as jade, with the words "No Illness, No Pain, Shunzi Pill" written on it.
The small print at the bottom reads: "When used in conjunction with the Fertility Pill, it allows for a painless delivery of a child at full term without causing any harm to the body, and can even enhance physical fitness!"
"Wow!"
This is really good stuff!
If the matriarchs of those wealthy families knew I had this, wouldn't they all come begging me to sell it to them, carrying chests full of gold and silver?
Li Shiyue quickly checked the points redemption count below: "1999 points!"
It was worth it!
For the matriarchs of wealthy and powerful families, two chests of gold could not only buy them a legitimate son, but also ensure a smooth and painless delivery without any harm to their bodies!
This is practically free!
Li Shiyue was already immersed in her vision of making a fortune when suddenly the system spoke up: "Congratulations on your successful upgrade, host. In order for you to become a favored concubine as soon as possible, we are now unlocking part of the original book's plot for you."
The word "Story" flashing on the menu bar was very eye-catching. Li Shiyue clicked on it and found only a few hundred words, but it was somewhat connected to the storyline she first saw after completing the beginner's quest.
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...After going through countless hardships, they finally arrived at the territory of the Zhenbei King in the Andong Protectorate. The remaining twenty-odd people from Lijia Village were settled in Liujiatun.
That night, Li Wangming developed a high fever due to physical and mental exhaustion, and by the next day, he was in a coma.
Li's mother begged Li's father to pay for Li Wangming's medical treatment, but Li's father refused, saying, "It's so far from the town, where can we find a doctor for him?"
"Just take out the medicine that my nephew Shiyang bought, boil it up, and drink it."
Even when Li's mother knelt down and wept, begging Li's father to think of his deceased grandmother, Li's father was unwilling to give her a single penny.
Li's mother, who had raised Li Wangming herself, could only drag her exhausted body to temporarily hide her pain of losing her daughter, and take the mentally impaired Shitou to beg Li Youfu and the others.
Li Shiyang arranged for a villager to take Li's mother and Li Wangming to Qingsong Town to see a doctor. Little did they know that Li Wangming would not make it to the hospital while they were still on the way...
After burying Li Wangming, Li's mother took Shitou to Daheishan Mountain. On a crooked tree, with tears in her eyes, she cruelly hanged the ignorant Shitou. Finally, she resolutely took her own life with her own wood-chopping knife!
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Li Shiyue's scalp tingled when she read this far, and she no longer had the strength to continue reading.
It took Li Shiyue quite a while to exhale a deep breath before she could catch her breath.
The joy of learning about the exchange function after the system upgrade vanished completely. Li Shiyue raised her right fist and punched her chest hard. After feeling a clear pain, she stood up and ran towards the house where Li Wangming and Shi Tou lived.
She had just reached the door and hadn't even knocked when the door opened directly.
Shi Tou's face was filled with fear, and he looked like he was about to cry. He hugged Li Wangming tightly, and when he saw Li Shiyue at the door, he cried out to her, "Second Uncle is hot! Second Uncle is so hot! He won't talk, he won't talk when I call him! Waaah, little sister, Second Uncle..."
Stone kept repeating these two sentences over and over. Li Shiyue raised her hand and touched Li Wangming's head, who was being held by Stone. It was incredibly hot!
"Brother, don't be afraid! I'm here! I'm here!"
Li Shiyue instructed Shi Tou to carry the unconscious Li Wangming back into the house, and told Shi Tou to watch over Li Wangming. Then Li Shiyue went to wake up Li's mother.
When Li's mother rushed into Li Wangming's room without even putting on her shoes, Li Qiutian, who had been woken up, had already opened the door and come out.
"Sister, please go and check on Aunt first. She can't see well at night, so please make sure she doesn't bump into anything."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiatian, who was following behind Li Qiutian, immediately responded and went to the room where Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang were staying.
Li Shiyue had already gone to rummage through her own basket, which should contain medicine packets she had bought in the prefectural city during her escape from famine.
At this point, regardless of whether it's useful or not, let's find it and brew it for Li Wangming to drink!
Li Qiutian, watching from the side, knew what Li Shiyue meant: "I'll go to the kitchen to start a fire!"
By the time the medicine was ready, Li Wangming's face was as red as a boiled shrimp. His mother took off his undergarments and used a cloth dampened with warm water to wipe his body.
Li's mother had learned some folk remedies from a pharmacy in her younger years, and now she was putting them to use in her own family.
Seeing Li Shiyue come in carrying a bowl of medicine, Li's mother took the cloth off Li Wangming's forehead and asked Shitou to help Li Wangming get up so he could drink the medicine.
Shi Tou was very obedient. With tears still on his eyelashes, he quickly sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), using his strong body as a support to carefully help Li Wangming up from the kang so that he could lean against him.
Li's mother took the medicine bowl from Li Shiyue's hands, and Li Qiutian handed her a wooden spoon, but how could she possibly feed the medicine into her mouth?
The medicinal soup entered his mouth, but before it even reached his throat, it was already flowing out of the corner of his mouth.
Watching Li Shiyue anxiously from the sidelines, she felt both anxious and pained when she thought about the plot she had just seen in the system.
"Mother, I'll do it!"
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