Chapter 4 Preparation
Li Zheng was not in a hurry to start practicing, because Bao Ge'er had woken up, so she took Bao Ge'er with her while she took the clothes and bedding that had been dried in the yard into the house. After finishing the cleaning, she started to prepare dinner. She used the eggs given by Aunt He to steam an egg custard and heated up the leftover pancakes from lunch. At noon, she really overestimated the appetite of two people. Bao Ge'er was full after eating an egg custard and drinking a few mouthfuls of soup, and the original owner also had a small appetite and was full after eating two pancakes and drinking some soup. It seems that she can use these few taels of silver to survive for a month, practice martial arts to have some self-defense skills, and then go to the town to sell some medicinal herbs to make money.
Bao Ge'er looked at the egg custard and said, "Sister, do you still want to eat eggs?"
Li Zheng remembered that nowadays families did not eat eggs every day, but saved them to sell for the money to buy land or to buy medicine in case of illness. After all, people would not die if they did not eat eggs, but they would die if they did not have food, and buying medicine might even drain the family savings.
"Well, we will have eggs to eat every day from now on, and Baoger will grow up quickly after eating them." After all, I am also a person with my own space, and I can't be short of food and drink. Baoger is still young and needs to eat better.
"Well, Bao Ge'er is growing taller." I just said it, not knowing whether I understood what it meant or not.
After dinner, she gave Bao Ge'er a bath and washed his hair. When Bao Ge'er was little, he always wanted to play with water, so he got soaked. She also took a bath, and after he dried, she got into bed. The quilt that had been exposed to the sun was comfortable. She then held Bao Ge'er in bed and coaxed him to sleep. When she saw Bao Ge'er fall asleep, she silently said, "Go in."
After entering the space, he opened the martial arts secret book and began to read it. After reading it, he drank some spring water first. Drinking spring water can enhance physical fitness and also help himself to get started. It seems that these spring waters should be given to Bao Ge'er to drink frequently.
This training lasted all night.
The next morning, Baoger woke up to a burst of fragrance and hurried to the kitchen to see what was cooked.
When Li Zheng saw Bao Ge'er coming over, she took his hand and said, "You're awake now. Do you want to eat? I'll take you to get dressed first, wash your face, and then we'll eat, okay?"
"Um."
I practiced meditation all night yesterday. I had just started, but I was very energetic. When I opened my eyes, it was almost dawn, so I didn’t sleep any more and made breakfast.
After breakfast, Li Zheng prepared to take Baoger for a walk around the back mountain. Baoger had been bored at home for a long time, so he needed to go out for some fresh air to avoid getting bored. After all, he was a boy and needed to be raised outside. Thinking of this, it occurred to her that Baoger didn't seem to have many friends to play with, mainly because he was too young. The older children didn't want to play with him, nor could they. It seemed that she had to take Baoger out to play for the time being.
When they arrived at the back mountain, they saw some children picking wild vegetables, so they pulled Bao Ge'er to a quiet place to dig wild vegetables together. Fortunately, the original owner had been busy at home and had few friends, otherwise she would not know how to get along with a teenage girl. While picking, she suddenly thought that if a famine occurred, these wild vegetables could also be life-saving, so she picked and smuggled some into the space. Looking at Bao Ge'er's appearance, she didn't know whether he was picking wild vegetables or playing with them.
"Brother Bao, sister will take you to collect some firewood, okay?" Collecting firewood was secondary. The most important thing was to find a suitable stick to make a slingshot. It seemed that brother Bao didn't have any toys to play with, and when cleaning the house, he found some tendons of some unknown animal. He thought he could make a slingshot with some effort.
Li Zheng first cut two pieces of tendon, tied a small piece of cloth, and tied it to a stick. She said to Baoger, "Baoger, does it look good? This is the toy your sister made for you." She stretched out her hand to demonstrate to Baoger, picked up a small stone, placed it in the middle, and pulled it, and it flew far away.
When Bao Ge'er saw it, he opened his eyes wide and said, "Play, Bao Ge'er, play." Then he reached out and grabbed the slingshot.
"Okay, give it to Baoger, but Baoger has to promise me not to show it to others." After all, this is something she has to remember, and it's not good to show it to others.
"Yeah, Bao Ge'er, no." After getting the slingshot, he hurriedly picked up the pebbles and started playing with them.
After that, Li Zheng's life became very regular. She practiced martial arts at night, got up early to make breakfast for Baoger, and then took Baoger to the back mountain to pick wild vegetables. She also picked some herbs to dry. After lunch, she practiced for a while while Baoger took a nap. When she woke up from her nap, she began to teach Baoger to read and recognize words. She didn't care whether Baoger could understand or not, but it seemed that he could understand. After all, Baoger didn't resist and listened quite seriously. He must be smart and he was blessed by the spring water. Fortunately, the books at home were not pawned, otherwise there would be no books to teach Baoger. The teaching ended after half an hour. After all, he was still young, and she was afraid that he would not be able to sit still for a long time. After she finished, she couldn't wait to take the small slingshot to find Goudan to play.
"Sister, go find Brother Goudan." As soon as she finished speaking, she took the slingshot and left, not caring about herself at all. But thanks to Goudan, she had more time to practice. She met Goudan because Bao Ge'er was playing with a slingshot by himself when picking wild vegetables a few days ago. Goudan saw it and pestered Bao Ge'er to play with it. Bao Ge'er gave it to him because it was the first time someone asked him to play with it. Goudan was also a sensible child. After playing with it for a while, he gave it back to Bao Ge'er and hurried back to find Aunt He to play with it too. However, Aunt He did not agree. After all, the tendon was not easy to find because of the unknown material.
As for Li Zheng, she knew that it was too troublesome to go to the town to buy food, so she bought it from Aunt He's house. Aunt He said she wanted something cheaper, but she refused. So Aunt He asked Uncle He to send some firewood from time to time, and the two families came into contact more often. Once when she went to deliver some homemade food to Aunt He, Aunt He asked how the slingshot was made. Thinking that it was not a valuable thing, she made another one and gave it to Goudan. Unexpectedly, Goudan started to play with Bao Ge'er. As for what to play, of course, it was to shoot birds and eat meat. Bao Ge'er was small and not very strong, so the slingshot in Bao Ge'er's hand was a hot commodity and was borrowed by other children. Bao Ge'er didn't care, as long as it was returned to him. Therefore, Bao Ge'er became popular in the village.
By the time Li Zheng was ready to go to the town, two months had passed. During these two months, he had practiced martial arts to the point where he could lift something weighing nearly 100 kilograms in one breath, and his lightness skills were such that he could even climb over a wall. He thought it was time to go to the town to sell the dried herbs, so that his family would have a visible source of money.
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