Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

Listening to Liu Er's words, how could the woman not know that this was just an excuse? What child doesn't want to go to the city? She remained silent, feeling her body weaken, and stared blankly at Liu Er, who was busy running around.

"I'll do it."

She struggled to get out of bed, but Liu Er reached out to stop her, saying with concern, "Mother, just lie there. Tell me if there's anything you need, and I'll do it."

It's just the small action of getting out of bed.

The middle-aged woman coughed incessantly, and it took her a while to subside. She then hid the hand covering her mouth under the thin blanket.

Although the woman moved very quickly, Liu Er still caught a glimpse of faint red bloodstains on the palm of her clasped hands.

Mother's illness has worsened again!

Liu Er's nose stung with tears, but he forced them back. Pretending he hadn't seen anything, he teased, "Mom, just lie down. It's not much trouble. If you rest well, you'll get better sooner, right? I'm looking forward to eating your wild vegetable pancakes!"

"Liu Er, you've suffered these past few days!"

"What are you saying? You're my mother, there's no such thing as suffering. Didn't you raise me from infancy with your own hands and feet?"

"You silly child~"

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After the woman took the medicine, she fell into a drowsy sleep. Liu Er tiptoed out and quietly picked up the bamboo basket and wood-chopping knife by the door.

"I'm sorry, Father, but I'm afraid I can't listen to you this time."

As Liu Er continued along the road he had traveled yesterday, the closer he got to the place where he had met Bai Li, the more uneasy he became. He was afraid that Bai Li had already left that place, and he was also worried that Bai Li was really as his father had said.

Last night, his father secretly talked to him for a long time, such as what a monster is.

Monsters eat people and drink their blood!

His father's words echoed in Liu Er's mind. As he thought about this, he realized that his hands and feet had become cold without him noticing.

"Hey, Liu Er, what brings you here!"

Brother Bai?

It was Brother Bai's voice.

Liu Er came to his senses and realized that he had unknowingly walked into an open grassy area. When he saw what Bai Li was holding, his eyes widened.

Brother Bai is going to cut down the tree?

If the officials see this, they will be punished.

Wait, isn't this the same place as yesterday? Why is it so empty? Where are the trees?

While brainstorming, Liu Er didn't forget to answer Bai Li's questions.

"Ah, there's not much firewood left at home. Dad went to sell wolf pelts, and I came out to gather firewood. I got to this area and thought I'd come and take a look."

"Oh, I see."

"Brother Bai, you must be hungry," Liu Er thought, since Bai Li had been staying in the vicinity, he probably had nothing to eat. He took out a small piece of wolf meat that he had been reluctant to eat from his bamboo basket and swallowed hard. "This is yesterday's wolf meat, here you go."

"Oh, thank you."

Although she had just finished eating, Bai Li felt embarrassed to refuse Liu Er's sincere gaze and accepted the food with both hands.

Ugh, this is a bit hard to eat. Did they not put any salt in it?

After taking a bite, Bai Li lost all hope for the taste of the wolf meat.

This wolf meat must be very precious to Liu Er.

Stealing a glance at Liu Er's expectant eyes, Bai Li sighed helplessly and started munching on something like a hamster.

Never mind, it's edible too.

"By the way, Brother Bai, do you want me to take you out of the forest?" Liu Er asked.

I want to go out too, but I can't!

"No need," Bai Li shook her head, taking a bite of wolf meat. "For some reasons, I might be staying in this area for the next few days. If you need anything, feel free to come find me."

"Oh, thank you very much, Brother Bai," Liu Er nodded with a smile, and said goodbye, "Brother Bai, please continue eating. I still have to go chop wood, so I'll be going now."

"Wait a minute," Bai Li took out an apple that had fallen from the leaves during the tree-cutting process from her backpack and stuffed it into Liu Er's hand: "This is for you, consider it a return gift for the wolf meat."

Of course, in Liu Er's view, Bai Li took it out of the pocket of his clothes.

"What kind of fruit is this? It's huge! I've never seen anything like it before. Brother Bai, where did you find it?"

"Um, I think I found it in a tree nearby."

Bai Li looked away, mumbling and chuckling.

They definitely fell from the tree; I even picked up four or five myself.

There's no one around here, so it couldn't have been something someone didn't want or dropped.

Seeing Liu Er hesitate and refuse to accept it, he waved the wolf meat in his hand, took a small bite, and said, "Take it, you gave me back the meat, didn't you? This fruit isn't worth much, you're actually losing out. If you don't take it, I'll give the meat back to you!"

I can't remember if it was valuable in ancient times, but it's definitely not valuable nowadays, and I'm not lying.

"Thank you, Brother Bai!"

Hehe, I'll save it for my mother and sister to eat when I get back.

Let's keep Dad's words a secret for now, otherwise it will be difficult for him to find Brother Bai later!

Brother Bai is indeed not a bad person.

Compared to the hardships he had faced on his journey, Liu Er walked with remarkable ease, brandishing the machete he used to clear the way with dramatic movements.

gone?

Then this meat.

Bai Li was first thrown into the furnace, where she could neither burn nor be burned.

He thought for a moment, then crafted a box and put it inside.

I simply wanted to conduct an experiment.

I wanted to see if the space inside the box could help keep food fresh.

It's definitely not that I don't want to eat.

That's right, experiments reveal the truth.

It truly is a famous quote; it makes perfect sense.

"Alright, finally found it! Last iron ingot in hand, time to call it a day and go home!" Bai Li patted the non-existent dust off his hands, returned to the ground, and put the crude iron into the furnace.

"Three iron pieces, now we can make an iron bucket!"

The iron bucket signifies that if Bai Li finds a water source, she can start farming, and most importantly, she has unlimited water.

A week has passed since Liu Er's first visit. During this time, Bai Li has been mining underground whenever he has free time.

Finding iron ore here was harder than climbing to heaven. He had almost dug the ground dry before he managed to scrape together three iron ingots.

You have to find a vein to mine, or trade with someone else; mining is just too unprofitable. If it weren't for the experience points, I would have quit long ago.

There are plenty of other ores, but for now, they don't have much use.

"Perfect timing! We found a water source the day before yesterday. We can use buckets to carry it up and start farming. Isn't that better than mining?"

Mining has come to an end; it was just too tiring.

There's no need for the three-piece iron set. As for the iron armor set, I haven't seen any monsters yet for some reason. But that's fine, since I don't want my house to be blown up by a Creeper someday.

As for people,

He really didn't think anyone could defeat him with weapons.

With the iron bucket, they could transport the groundwater to the surface and start farming. In recent days, they had already harvested twenty or thirty wheat seeds by knocking down weeds, but because the groundwater was too deep for planting, they had been kept in Bai Li's backpack.