Chapter 31 The mission has arrived. Please stop Li Shiyang to ensure that the female supporting character Qin Tao can reach the Andong Protectorate smoothly!
After finally getting Li Wangshui and Zhou Lanhua's family back, Li Shiyue let out a long sigh of relief and said to her mother, "Mother, let's hurry up and cook something. Didn't we get some more grain? My stomach is growling with hunger."
While waiting for the food to be ready, Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian sat on either side of Li Shiyue.
"October, you're really amazing! You dared to speak in front of so many people just now!"
I noticed everyone was too afraid to speak, just like when the scholar was speaking; nobody dared to interrupt.
Li Shiyue nudged Li Qiutian's arm with her shoulder and said with a smile, "Sister, what are we afraid of?"
The three of us are so powerful that we can even kill a man-eating monster like Gap Tooth. It's just a matter of saying a few words in front of people. What are we afraid of?
"Can any of the men and women in our village be as scary as the gap-toothed demon?"
"Hey! Now that you mention it, I think October is absolutely right!"
Li Xiatian clapped his hands together and echoed this sentiment from the side.
"October is right!"
This sudden remark startled the three Li sisters.
Li Shiyue turned around and saw Boss Shi squatting on the ground, staring at them with wide eyes.
"Stone, why did you suddenly speak? You startled me!"
Li Xiatian patted her chest, genuinely startled by Shi Tou's sudden outburst.
Li Shiyue smiled and waved to Shi Tou, saying, "Brother, how do you know I'm right?"
As soon as Shi Tou saw Li Shi Yue beckoning, he quickly moved towards the three sisters. When he got to Li Shi Yue, Shi Tou obediently sat down and said, "Mother said that Shi Yue is the younger sister, and what the younger sister says is all right!"
Li Shiyue never expected Shi Tou to mean that, but Li Xiatian found it amusing. She teased Shi Tou, saying, "Then I'm also your sister. Who's right, me or Shiyue?"
"Alright, stop teasing him, come and eat."
After Li's mother called out to them, the three sisters got up and went to eat with Shi Tou.
The meal had just been served when Stone suddenly said, "October is even more right!"
Everyone was stunned, but Li Xiatian reacted quickly. She looked at the stone and said, "Well, so you know that a younger sister and a cousin are different."
Tonight, Li's mother wanted to sleep with Li Shiyue again, but Li Shiyue politely declined this time.
"Mother, I'm not afraid, I can sleep by myself!"
I must have slept really well, really!
Li's mother looked incredulous, leaving Li Shiyue at a loss for words.
“Mother, then I’ll sleep with my older sister and the others tonight. If I have a nightmare, my older sister will definitely be able to wake me up.”
That night, just as Li Shiyue was about to fall asleep, she heard Li Qiutian ask her, "Shiyue, are you really... really not afraid?"
We killed so many people..."
Li Shiyue turned over, reached out and hugged Li Qiutian, pulling her closer to her. It was only because Li Qiutian was short that this would have been awkward for Li Xiatian.
With her eyes closed, she said to Li Qiutian, "Sister, we're not killing people, those are monsters in human skin. We're killing monsters."
We killed the monster, which not only protected ourselves but also our mother and aunt. This is a great thing, a really great thing!
"Sister, go to sleep. We still have a long journey ahead tomorrow."
"Great news, it's really great news..."
Li Qiutian, having dismissed the matter with Li Shiyue's dismissive "good news," stopped thinking about it and soon fell asleep.
The next day, because Lijia Village had encountered two bad things in just a few days, Li Shiyang and the clan elders decided to get up early and set off. They would go up the mountain from Shilipo below Yujiatuan, bypassing the county town and taking a detour to Dengzhou.
This journey took several days. During these days, the Li family village team only stopped once a day, starting before dawn and stopping near dusk.
If the animals pulling the carts weren't unable to work non-stop, the people of Lijia Village probably wouldn't have stopped at all.
They were truly frightened by what had happened ahead, fearing that if they stopped, something bad might happen.
However, Li Shiyue didn't feel anything these past few days, but Li's mother and grandmother felt it most clearly.
What do you feel?
"Chunniang, who do you think sent this?"
Grandma Li looked at the two wild eggs in Li's mother's hand with some surprise. Li's mother had no choice but to repeat to Grandma Li, "Mother, Erdan's mother specially brought these over. She said that Erdan's father found them in the mountains while gathering firewood."
The implication was that she had misspoke and asked October not to take it to heart, offering her an apology.
Grandmother Li fell silent.
You should know that Erdan's mother was someone that none of the women in Lijia Village liked to associate with. Why?
Because Erdan's mother is really too stingy. She's not only stingy with others, but she's also incredibly stingy with herself.
Erdan's mother was the kind of person who would hold her poop or pee all the way back to her own outhouse if she needed to.
People who live such frugal lives, on this road of fleeing famine, picked up wild eggs and instead of keeping them for themselves, they actually brought them over. Isn't this something you wouldn't even dare to dream of?
"What did she say about October? Do I have to apologize for this?"
Grandma Li asked this while looking up at October, who was sitting to the side sharpening her knife: "I don't think October is angry. Did Erdan's mother misunderstand?"
Mother Li paused for a moment before lowering her head and whispering to Grandmother Li, "Lanhua told me that Erdan's mother told other women that she dared to kill someone in October, and that no man would want to marry her if she was so ruthless."
"...Then boil this egg and make it just for October."
"Just mention what Erdan's mother said to Shiyue. I don't think Shiyue is a petty person; she definitely won't take it to heart."
So, when it was time for dinner, there were only two peeled boiled eggs in Li Shiyue's bowl.
When Li's mother noticed that Li Shiyue wanted to put one in her bowl, she quickly said, "Erdan's mother specially brought this to you as an apology. You can eat it all yourself. Otherwise, what will I say if Erdan's mother asks about it later?"
Li Shiyue had no objection. She put down her chopsticks and said to her mother, "How would I know she said that? She only sent the things because she felt guilty."
I doubt she'd dare ask her mother who ate the egg.
Whether it was because she ate too many eggs for dinner or something else, Li Shiyue had been lying down for a while when she suddenly felt an unbearable abdominal pain.
Hearing Li Shiyue get up, Li's mother also sat up halfway. While putting on her shoes, Li Shiyue whispered to her mother, "Mother, I'm going outside to relieve myself. It's okay, I brought a knife with me. I'll run there in a few steps and be back in a bit."
As they were talking, Li Shiyue dashed off to the outer perimeter.
After releasing the pent-up pain, Li Shiyue, following local custom, picked up some fallen leaves and used them to tidy up.
After touching her stomach and checking again, and finding that the pain had subsided and she felt nothing else, Li Shiyue walked out of the grove.
Thankfully, the moonlight was bright tonight, otherwise she would have had to find her way back for a while.
But as Li Shiyue was walking, suddenly the junk system in her mind, which hadn't made a sound for many days, started talking!
"Mission detected. Host, please stop Li Shiyang to ensure that the female supporting character Qin Tao arrives at the Andong Protectorate smoothly!"
Upon completion of the task, you will receive one chance to win a prize.
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