I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 366 Two Years to Have Four (13)

When Qiwa returned to Lijia Village with the baby, Li Jingshu had already returned.

The unicorn at the village entrance hummed lazily amidst the children's playful antics, presenting a picture of tranquility and peace.

"You've brought back another trouble."

After dismissing the children at the village entrance, the unicorn spotted the seventh child holding a baby at a glance.

This is the fourth child that Qiwa has brought home in the past two years, and all of them are three-eyed babies that their parents didn't want.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Lijia Village has become much wealthier in recent years...

With the frequency of having four children in the past two years, it's simply impossible to support a family.

After all, it was influenced by the couple Li Yu and Chen Yun.

The way Lijiacun raises its new generation of children is no longer the free-range approach of the past.

Perhaps it doesn't even reach the level of affluence required in the 21st century.

But within its means, whether it's food, education, or anything else, Lijia Village can be said to be the village in Baidiqunshan that values ​​children the most.

Putting aside other things, most villages don't have a deity like the Unicorn Rhinoceros, who plays and frolics with the village children and takes care of them.

"His parents sacrificed him to a mountain god."

“Even if I take him back, his village will never accept him again.”

Upon hearing this, the unicorn narrowed its eyes and asked in return.

"And what about yourself? Have you considered the pressure you're under?"

"Do you and Qinghe think you can manage to raise four one- or two-year-old children on your own?"

The claim about the unicorn is not an exaggeration at all.

When four babies start fussing, even a mother with extensive parenting experience will try to avoid them.

Not to mention Qiwa and Qinghe, who are complete novices as parents.

The unicorn felt that even if they raised these four children to death, he wouldn't find it strange.

"So what if the pressure is a bit high?"

"I can't just watch them die, can I?"

After returning to his village, Qiwa was noticeably more relaxed, and his speech was no longer as cold as it had been outside.

"Moreover, there are more and more three-eyed babies being born recently, so we must set an example first."

“Even if other villages really don’t want to raise them, they can send them to our village.”

Upon hearing what the seventh child said, the unicorn rolled its eyes decisively.

"That's an easy way of putting it; it still needs to go through the village meeting first."

“For something this big, even if the old clan chief and Li Yu spoke up, it might not be approved in the village.”

Raising so many children at once, especially three-eyed babies, is extremely difficult.

Even if Lijia Village could afford to raise them, the villagers might not necessarily be willing to do so.

The unicorn, observing from the sidelines, saw this most clearly.

Today, Lijia Village has a population of nearly 10,000, with several thousand households.

With so many people and so many opinions, it's simply unrealistic to reach a consensus in a short period of time.

"Just take it one step at a time!"

After a slight pause, Seventh Brother realized just how difficult this matter was.

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"Big girl? When did you get back?"

As Chen Yun left her house and headed to the textile factory, she immediately spotted Li Jingshu acting suspiciously.

"Sister-in-law! Please don't speak so loudly!"

Startled, Li Jingshu immediately turned around and quickly gestured for the other person to speak softly.

Seeing this, Chen Yun simply smiled knowingly.

"You little brat, what trouble have you gotten yourself into again?"

"Don't worry, your mother isn't home right now. She went to Gao Village Town." Upon hearing this, Li Jingshu was taken aback at first, and then instinctively asked.

"Her? Gao Village Town?"

"Is the sun rising in the west?"

Li Jingshu knew her mother's personality very well.

She may seem short-tempered and shrewish, but she is actually surprisingly timid.

Let alone going on a long trip, even just walking around the village would be a real test of her courage.

"Look at what you're saying! Anyone would think your mother hates going out!"

"If it weren't for you, your mother would have gone to find your father long ago."

"She only went to Gao Village because she heard that Xiao'e had news about your father."

Upon hearing Chen Yun mention her father, Li Jingshu's face immediately darkened.

Li Jingshu is no longer the naive child she was more than a decade ago, who knew nothing.

Li Jingshu felt a deep-seated disgust for her father, who, despite having read a few books and knowing a few characters, considered himself a "scholar" and fantasized about making a name for himself.

"That bastard dares to come back?"

“My mother scrimped and saved to support him, but he ran away at the drop of a hat.”

"Now that things are finally getting a little better, is this old bastard planning to come back and enjoy his new life?"

Looking at the angry Li Jingshu with a hesitant expression, Chen Yun sighed deeply.

"Girl, don't say that. After all, your father isn't from the Hundred Mountains."

“When your mother took him in and forced him to marry her, she had already foreseen this day.”

Before Li Boyang's birth, reading and writing seemed to be the privilege of shamans.

But some people, by chance, learn to read, study, and see the outside world.

These are people who are clearly not shamans, yet they are unwilling to become mountain dwellers.

They often held positions such as scholar, historian, scribe, or noble in states ruled by nobles.

It is obvious that Li Jingshu's father, who abandoned his family and daughter, seems to be such a person.

At least in Li Jingshu's mind, that ungrateful man was not her father at all.

“I don’t care about any of that, I don’t acknowledge him.”

As she spoke so stubbornly, Li Jingshu's face showed the same stubbornness as her mother's.

Fortunately, Chen Yun knew the personalities of the mother and daughter well, so she didn't argue with Li Jingshu on this issue.

"Alright, alright, look at how you're pouting."

Chen Yun gently tugged at Li Jingshu's cheek and changed the subject with a smile.

"Without realizing it, you've grown so tall..."

"I have to stand on tiptoe to barely reach your face now."

"In my memory, you were just a little kid who couldn't even hold a rice bowl properly."

As expected, Li Jingshu's attention was successfully diverted by Chen Yun.

"Sister-in-law! That happened so many years ago! Why are you bringing it up again!"

Li Jingshu affectionately pulled Chen Yun's arm and said, clinging to her arm in a coquettish manner.

"Let's go!"

"Since my mother isn't home, I'll accompany you to the textile factory now!"

"It just so happens that Xiao Gui hasn't seen her brothers and sisters for a long time, and she actually misses them quite a bit."

"Sometimes ago, it quietly appeared on Li Jingshu's shoulder," the human-faced spider, Xiao Gui, muttered succinctly.

"If you just want a free meal, why do you have to use my name?"

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(End of this chapter)