Famine and Chaos: Weaving Cloth in Exile to Escape the War

In short, whatever the meaning behind burying a dead monkey, the other party definitely had ill intentions by burying such a thing at her doorstep!

Jing Zhichun plans to return the two dead monkeys to the Shen family tonight and bury them in front of the Shen family's thatched hut.

Just as Jing Zhichun was about to turn around and leave, she heard voices coming from the Shen family's thatched hut. However, she was a little far away from the hut, so she couldn't hear the voices clearly.

Kyoto Haru quickly held her breath, tiptoed closer to the wall of the thatched hut, and pressed her ear against it.

Soon, the conversation inside the room reached Kyoto Haru's ears in fits and starts.

"...Qingzhou, you're awake?"

"Yes, sister-in-law. Did you go check last night? Are those two dead monkeys still there?"

"Yes! Yes! Wan Ning and I dug it up last night, and those two dead monkeys are still buried there, untouched. We even buried them tightly again."

"That's good... It's good that they're here. But, sister-in-law, remember to check on them every now and then. If... those two things disappear, or their location changes, tell me immediately."

"Alright, alright, I've got it. But Qingzhou, I just don't understand, what's the point of burying those two dead monkeys? And why did you have to bury them right in front of her dilapidated house? It's really creepy... If you ask me, you should just divorce Jing Shi. It'll save me from getting annoyed by her. By the way, she hit me, and I'm going to pay her back double."

"Divorce her? Sister-in-law, you're thinking too simply. Divorcing her would be too easy on that slut! I'm going to keep her, slowly, bit by bit... drain her dry! Let her taste what it's like to wish she were dead!"

Jingzhichun, who was outside the wall, listened to the entire conversation without missing a single word.

Sure enough! The two dead monkeys in front of the thatched hut were buried by the Shen family, and Shen Qingzhou was the mastermind!

He not only buried them, but he was also so concerned about whether they were still there that he even asked Lady Shen to check on them regularly...

It seems those two dead monkeys are very important to Shen Qingzhou.

Why would he care so much about those two dead monkeys?

Are you going to keep her alive and slowly torture her to death?

This must be some kind of witchcraft, right?

Well, whatever Shen Qingzhou's plans are, since this bastard has such a vicious heart, it would be really unreasonable for her not to retaliate.

just wait.

Jing Zhichun was planning her revenge against the Shen family. She originally intended to leave, but when she saw her footprints, she picked up a stick and scraped them off in the snow. She walked and scraped as she went, wandering around the place of exile. In the end, she took a long detour before finally returning to the road leading to her thatched hut.

There are many footprints on this road, so Kyoto Haru doesn't need to specially clean up her footprints.

When she returned to her thatched hut, she put the two dead monkeys she had dug up into a tattered sack and temporarily hid them in a corner of the woodshed.

They carefully filled in and compacted the areas where the east and west walls had been dug up, trying to restore them to their original state as much as possible.

After doing all this, Kyo no Haru returned to the house with the axe.

Xiaoman was playing with her younger brother who had just woken up by the tatami mat when she saw Jingzhichun return and asked, "Mother, is everything alright outside?"

"It's nothing, just a small problem, Mother has taken care of it." Kyoto Haru's expression was normal. She carefully washed her hands with soap and began preparing breakfast for the family of three.

She stir-fried a plate of braised beef with softened dried radish and reheated the leftover steamed buns from before, which served as breakfast.

After finishing breakfast and tidying up, Kyoto Haru made an excuse to go to the woodshed to tidy up. After closing the door, she immediately summoned the system shop.

Since we're going to take revenge, then we should make the Shen family suffer a lot.

Ideally, the troublemakers in the Shen family should be kept quiet for at least a winter, so they won't have the energy to scheme against her and her child anymore.

Of course, she could also have simply killed the Shen family to eliminate any future troubles.

However, Shen Qingzhou now has a special identity; he was secretly sent by the emperor to the Northwest on a clandestine mission.

If she kills Shen Qingzhou, it will definitely attract a thorough investigation from the authorities, and she might inadvertently get implicated.

Therefore, she could only temporarily teach the Shen family a lesson to keep them from causing trouble in front of her.

Then, just as she was about to leave the place of exile, she ended their lives.

With that in mind, Jing Zhichun quickly browsed the medicine section of the system.

She quickly selected what she wanted.

One stick of basic bewitching incense costs 100 coins.

It is colorless and odorless when lit. Those who inhale it will fall into a deep sleep and lose consciousness after about 15 minutes, and will naturally wake up after about an hour.

Upon waking, symptoms may include a mild headache and fatigue...

Kyoto Haru really needed this sleeping potion, so she bought one directly.

Then, she bought several basic chemical reagents and medicinal herbs.

Then, I plan to prepare an injectable medication.

This type of injectable medication, once injected into the body, can cause skin allergies and unbearable itching.

In particular, excessive injections into the genital area can increase the risk of purulent infection.

Shen Qingzhou's chrysanthemums needed this medicine.

She wanted to ensure that Shen Qingzhou's chrysanthemum would not heal for at least three months, festering every day, and that he would be so itchy all over that he couldn't sleep, making him suffer more than if he were dead.

Of course, they couldn't let go of Shen Qingzhou's sister-in-law and elder brother either, so they paired them with even more.

After we hypnotize them tonight, we'll inject them one by one.

It took Jing Zhichun some time to prepare the medicine.

These medicines alone cost her 800 coins, which broke her heart.

After tidying up, Kyoto Haru wrapped all the necessary items in cloth and put them in the basket on the thatched hut, then simply waited for nightfall.

However, to be absolutely sure, she also bought a pair of extra-large men's high-top rain boots from the system.

This thing is made of rubber, with a unique pattern unlike any other footwear of its time, and more importantly, it's much larger than her own feet.

When I arrived at the Shen family's house that evening, even if I left footprints in the snow while wearing it, no one would think they were women's footprints.

In the afternoon, Kyoto Haru continued to exercise with Xiaoman.

Even after it got dark, the Yang father and son came back carrying Cistanche deserticola, and this time the harvest was just as promising.

A total of 180 jin of Cistanche deserticola was dug up, and the system paid a high price of 22000.

The Yang family has more than enough medicinal herbs to treat the plague, and they even have almost enough of Jingzhichun's herbs.

Jingzhichun was all smiles again.

Indeed, cooperating with the Yang family was a wise choice.

However, although Yang Xiaoniu dug up a lot of Cistanche deserticola this time, he also brought bad news.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is about to conscript soldiers.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is about to conscript soldiers.

I heard that the barbarians on the border have been causing trouble again lately.

Several villages near the border of the Great Zhou have already been ravaged. These barbarians are still doing the same thing as before, burning, killing, and looting, leaving no one alive in their wake...

According to the notice posted by the government, the reason for the urgent conscription was that the barbarians had a total of 50,000 troops pressing on the border of the Great Zhou.

The troops stationed in the northwest were insufficient, which is why they were in a hurry to draw men from various places to fill the gaps and fight against the barbarians.