Looking at her son as he came out, An Shuyi couldn't help but silently mourn for him for a second. "Take it easy, don't ruin him."
This is one of her favorite sons, and she can't afford to ruin him. If it were her second, third, or fourth son, she would be just as happy.
Xia Hua nodded, "Don't worry, he won't mess it up. To learn about poisons, you need to develop a certain level of resistance in your body, otherwise he'll die from the poison before he can even figure it out."
"And this yard, no one but Xiao Wu should come here. All you do is kill snakes all day long, and the venom will have dissipated. Live venomous creatures are more potent. Get a few cages and keep some live animals. You can't just develop a poison and then test it yourself."
Although Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, this was poison, and it was the kind of poison he had researched. If several were mixed together, and he tried it himself, then it would be all over, and the village would have to hold a huge feast.
Looking at Xiao Wu's pale face, although some of Hua Hua's words were meant to scare him, some of them were true. "Let's hold off for now and wait until we find the poison."
It seems that she doesn't need to come to Xiao Wu's courtyard anymore.
"Mother, your son wants to find a different place to conduct research," Xiao Wu suddenly said.
He realized his aunt was right. If he wanted to study poisons, he needed live ones so that the poisons would be the most potent. However, he couldn't keep those live creatures here; there were women in the house, and it wouldn't be good to frighten them.
"Where do you want to move to? All the houses in this village are full." Even if they aren't full, it's still not possible, since there's no difference between that and staying in this courtyard.
Xiao Wu thought for a while, "Mom, I want to live in your house. It'll be convenient for me to grind poison, and the animals I keep won't scare people. I'll also have a place to put all my odds and ends."
This village is all land. If he were to research poisons, he certainly couldn't grow crops around it. Although there is open space next to the workshop and the well, it wouldn't work. The mountain is still the best option.
An Shuyi shook her head, "No, it's too far away. We wouldn't even know if you killed yourself. Let's go to the foot of the mountain behind. When the workshop isn't busy, we can bring some people and it can be built in a few days."
"But this is ultimately your business. You can buy the bricks and tiles yourself and bring them back. You can also choose a place to build three rooms. One room for you to live in, one for researching poisons, and one for keeping living creatures."
“Leave a yard so you can dry your medicinal herbs, and build a high wall around it so those creatures can’t climb out.” Otherwise, she might not be able to sleep at night.
Xiao Wu nodded happily, thanking his mother and aunt.
After he finished speaking, An Shuyi gave him the formula for the poison and the formula for the antidote. "This is a poison that can kill a person instantly. You can study it, but be careful, be very careful, don't poison yourself."
"This is the antidote. You can research the antidote first, then research the poison. After all, having an antidote will put your mind at ease. Also, this is a poison that can turn a corpse into water. You can research this first. Once you've researched it, you can give it to me."
"Don't use it recklessly on your own. If you research any poisons, you have to give them to me. You can't use them yourself, understand?"
Xiao Wu nodded, "Mother, don't worry, I don't need it, you can have it all." In his mother's eyes, was he stupid? Otherwise, knowing that something was poisonous, why would he poison himself?
"Then it's settled. Your aunt and I are leaving now. We'll be eating soon, so let's pack up all your things." So many dead snakes, it's kind of scary to look at.
"Then your son won't see you off, Mother and Aunt. Take care."
After the two left, they returned to the canteen, where the carriages had just returned and Changwu and the others were unloading things.
"mother!"
An Shuyi heard the voice and looked in the direction of the sound. It was Xiao Liu. She hadn't seen him for a while, and he looked more like a refined scholar.
"Hey, Mom's here. How's Xiao Liu doing at the academy? Is he settling in well? How are he getting along with the others? Has he gotten into any fights?"
Xiao Liu ran a few steps, then slowed down to a walk, and bowed, saying, "Son greets Mother. It's been many days since we last met, and I've missed you dearly. Everything is fine at the academy, and my classmates are..."
"Wait!" An Shuyi stopped him from continuing. "Little Six, my good son, can you stop being so literary? I don't like listening to you."
I still visit and miss it. I wonder if this academy is any good. I hope it doesn't turn her son into a bookworm. I wonder if the other children in the clan are like that too.
Xiao Liu's shoulders slumped when she heard her say that. "Mother doesn't like it? I've seen all the other students at the academy talk to their parents like that. I thought Mother would like it."
“No, Mother doesn’t like that. You can be yourself, that’s what Mother likes.” Her son shouldn’t be a bookworm, nor should he be overly literary.
“If Mother doesn’t like it, then I don’t have to do it. But Mother, can you call me Wenliu from now on? Don’t call me Xiao Wu, or my classmates will laugh at me.”
"You've got a lot of ideas, kid. Alright, from now on I'll call you Wenliu, and your brothers will too." As long as she remembers it and doesn't call them Da Wa or Er Wa anymore.
“Wenliu, this time your mother didn’t call you wrong, right?” Seeing her son nod, she continued, “Hurry back to the house to wash up and change your clothes before coming to eat.”
Wen Liu was still wearing the academy's robes.
"Son will go now, and will come back to find his mother later!" After saying that, he ran back to the house.
She returned shortly afterward, having changed her clothes. Seeing her mother still standing there with her younger sister beside her, she happily ran over.
An Shuyi was talking to Huahua. It turned out that in the past few months, all three daughters-in-law had become pregnant, including her eldest sister-in-law.
It seems that by tomorrow, the village will have a baby, since many young wives are pregnant now. But what surprised her the most was Su Shi. She and Wen Shan had only been intimate for three days, and both of them were pregnant. It was unbelievable.
If it were any other mother-in-law, upon hearing that her daughter-in-law and son had only been intimate for three days and she was already pregnant, and that she had such an experience, she would have doubted whether the child was her own. But she wouldn't, because Dr. Liu had checked her pulse beforehand and confirmed that she was a virgin.
It seems Wenshan is quite lucky to become a father so quickly. I should write to him to let him know. Fortunately, Wenshi and Wenwu are only fifteen years old, and in two months they will be sixteen.
They still have two years before they can find wives. By the time they get married, they will be at least nineteen or twenty years old. They can't get married too early, otherwise it will be troublesome with so many people. Unfortunately, some things are the most unexpected.
While waiting for dinner, An Shuyi sat with her mother and sister-in-law, asking her sister-in-law about her situation and whether she was having any difficulties adjusting.
Sister-in-law An glanced around before shaking her head slightly. Eleven years had passed since she gave birth to Huaixu, and she was now thirty-three years old and pregnant again. It was truly embarrassing.
Seeing how shy she was, An Shuyi didn't say anything more, but just put some meat in her bowl. However, she suggested that in a couple of days, they should go to Jinnan City and buy two dairy cows. There were so many pregnant women in the village, so it would be good for them to drink some milk.
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