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Jiang Nianwei frowned slightly, and she quickly and nimbly retreated to the shadow of the hut before the officers and soldiers noticed her whereabouts.

She lowered her head and her eyes fell on the pebbles scattered on the ground. She bent down, picked up a pebble, and played with it gently in her hand.

She aimed at the buttocks of one of the short soldiers and raised her wrist slightly. He heard a scream of "Ouch!" and the soldier covered his buttocks fiercely, grimacing in pain and yelling, "Which blind guy dared to throw me?"

He suddenly realized it, covered his buttocks, and screamed: "Ouch! Who is that? That blind thing threw it at me."

Jiang Nianwei quickly took a few steps back and nimbly hid behind a dense banana tree.

The officers and soldiers looked back, but saw no one there. They frowned and looked confused. "Just now someone threw a stone at me, how come he disappeared in the blink of an eye?"

Another tall soldier glanced at him and said with a nonchalant smile: "I think you've drunk too much and are hallucinating."

Before he finished his words, there was a sudden "whoosh" sound, and a stone flew through the night sky and hit the tall soldier's forehead accurately.

The stone was so powerful that it cut a gash on his forehead, and blood slowly oozed out.

The two men no longer wanted to pull the woman. "It's really weird. Someone dared to throw stones at me. If I find her, I will skin her alive."

Just as they were striding towards this side with great anger, a slight sound suddenly came from the other direction, and their attention was instantly diverted there.

As the two soldiers walked away cursing, the woman who had just been crying finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension and depression in her chest seemed to dissipate a little.

Jiang Nianwei's gaze fell on her. She vaguely remembered this woman, Wen Qingwan.

She is also the descendant of a loyal and righteous man. Her husband was once a brave and skilled general, but he was framed for false charges, which led to the whole family being exiled to this desolate place, where they suffered a lot.

Her husband died less than a year after arriving here, leaving behind an orphan and a widow. She was still quite pretty, so the two officers and soldiers only flirted with her after getting drunk.

Jiang Nianwei walked out slowly after a while. After arriving here, she and several other female members of her family kept a low profile and deliberately painted their faces dirty every day to avoid being seen.

This kind of deserted island is a no-man's land, and beauty often becomes the source of trouble. Only by keeping a low profile can you protect the safety of yourself and your family.

When Wen Qingwan saw her walk out, she quickly suppressed the panic in her eyes, replaced it with a grateful expression, and thanked her softly: "Thank you for your help, young lady. I am very grateful."

"It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning." Seeing her eyes flickering, Jiang Nianwei didn't ask about what happened just now, but changed the subject lightly, "By the way, I want to ask, how can I go to the nearby fishing village to buy things?"

The woman was slightly startled, then replied: "What do you want to exchange, young lady? Although the natives here are simple, their living conditions are mostly difficult."

"I'd like to exchange for some chicks or something, or some piglets would be nice too."

The woman couldn't help but reveal a look of astonishment on her face.

After all, the people who had just been exiled to this remote place could hardly even guarantee their own food and clothing, yet they were already considering things like raising livestock.

Thinking of her life-saving grace, Wen Qingwan told her: "There are two days at the end of every month when you can exchange some things with the fishermen in the fishing village. As for the chicks, my hen just hatched two chicks, and I can't keep them alive, so why not give them to you first."

Jiang Nianwei calculated the time and saw that there were still a few days left until the end of the month, so she nodded, took out a hundred copper coins from her purse, and said in a gentle voice, "In this way, I will buy it from you."

Wen Qingwan looked embarrassed, "No... no need, this chick is not worth so much money."

Jiang Nianwei insisted that she accept it, "I can't take your chicken for nothing."

Although she has stored a lot of eggs in her space, it is still unknown whether she can successfully hatch chicks.

Now is a good time to buy these two chickens, raise them and keep them for laying eggs, or if you are craving for chicken, kill them and make soup.

Just as Jiang Nianwei was about to turn around and leave, the woman reminded her softly, "Girl, you must be extremely careful here. Do not clash with those soldiers, and do not easily anger them. You really took a risk today. Remember not to do this again in the future."

Jiang Nianwei nodded slightly, with an understanding expression on her face: "Thank you for your reminder, I will remember it."

The exiles here are very afraid of the officers and soldiers here, and she also heard the word "camp prostitute" from their conversation. Perhaps the most terrifying thing about staying on this Nanzhou Island is not the difficult living environment, but these officers and soldiers who occupy the place and do whatever they want.

Jiang Nianwei carefully built a temporary home for the two furry chicks. The chicks seemed to know that this was their new home and chirped happily, with clear and pleasant sounds.

Brother Chen also waved his hands excitedly, with an innocent smile on his face.

When Zhuang Qiuhe saw that the place where their original house had collapsed had now been roughly built with stones, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. It was just a stone house.

Feeling dissatisfied, she quietly approached the house and gently touched the stone wall with her hand, trying to test the solidity of the house.

There was no one around, and Zhuang Qiuhe had an idea and was ready to kick him a few times.

She kicked hard, but was surprised to find that this seemingly simple stone house was so solid that it did not move at all, and instead it hurt her feet.

Seeing that the family gradually turned their eyes towards this side, she could only pretend nothing happened, turned around quietly, and left calmly, as if everything here had nothing to do with her.

When I returned to the shabby house, I saw Jiang Mian had found some wild vegetables from somewhere and was preparing to cook some wild vegetable soup.

A look of disdain flashed across her face, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a bit of dissatisfaction.

"Every day they eat these bland foods, which are completely devoid of nutrition. My son Ziqian is getting thinner and thinner. It makes me sad to see him like this."

There was a hint of reproach in her tone, "Don't you still have some jewelry in your hand? Why don't you take it out and exchange it for some nutritious food to nourish Ziqian's body."

Jiang Mian showed some hesitation on her face. She kept those jewellery for emergency use and naturally could not take them out easily.

They had been married for a few days, but there was no intimacy between them. As soon as she touched him, Qin Ziqian walked away, as if he disliked her. His behavior made her feel a little confused and even a little aggrieved.

But for the sake of the future, Jiang Mian endured all of this.

Seeing her hesitation, Zhuang Qiuhe continued, "When we go back in the future, I will ask Ziqian to buy you more beautiful jewelry."

Jiang Mian appeared obedient and nodded gently, "I understand, mother-in-law."

But she secretly thought in her heart that there would be no reward without hard work, and she had to let Qin Ziqian know her sincerity, and there would surely be a day when he would be moved.

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Under the scorching sun, Jiang Nianwei was digging the canal with concentration, holding a shovel and wearing a straw hat.

Suddenly, her shovel hit a piece of soil of unusual color. She lowered her head and took a closer look, and found that the soil was different and had an unusual stickiness.

She carefully scooped some, rubbed it in the palm of her hand, and gradually, an expression of surprise appeared on her face.

This is not ordinary clay, but pottery clay, which can be used to make various kinds of pottery.

They work in the fields all day and are exhausted. At night they can only do a simple wash. The feeling of not being able to clean thoroughly is extremely uncomfortable. If they go to the river to take a bath, it is even more inconvenient. Besides, there are many men here who are eyeing women.

Especially the ancients' long black hair, which was like a waterfall, was really difficult to take care of. If they had clay in their hands, they could have made a simple clay shower head for bathing and washing hair, which would have saved a lot of effort.

At dusk, after finishing their work, Jiang Nianwei took Abei to find several locations of pottery clay, dug some and brought it back to the cave.

Chun Yu looked at her young lady coming back with a pile of soil and asked curiously, "Young lady, what do you want this soil for?"

Jiang Nianwei said mysteriously, "I'm very useful!"

After returning, Taozhi carefully put the soil into clear water and stirred it gently, allowing the plant debris and impurities to gradually float up. She then removed them one by one, leaving only the fine soil.

Then, she began to shape it with great concentration. The clay gradually took on the shape of a jar in her hands, and the bottom was cleverly designed to look like a shower head.

Before, she had asked Abei to build a small kiln, which now came in handy.

She put the shaped clay pots into it and fired them at high temperature.

She didn't hold out much hope, after all, it was her first attempt, but unexpectedly, the experiment was successful.

Just fill the shower basin with clean water, pour it gently, and the clear water will flow out of the shower.

There was no shampoo in ancient times, so Jiang Nianwei washed the soap beans, soapberries, cypress leaves, etc. in the space one by one, and then put them in a pot and boiled them with water.

When boiled, these materials release ingredients that clean and nourish hair. After boiling, you can use gauze to filter out the residue and the resulting liquid is natural shampoo without adding any chemicals.

After the stone house is built, she will further improve it and build a "shower room". It is hot here, so showering and bathing will be more convenient.

Jiang Nianwei also used this method to make a water-storing clay basin to store water on rainy days.

In this way, it will be much more convenient for the family to irrigate the crops near the stone house or feed the livestock with water.

These days, she was in high spirits and made a lot of strange-shaped pottery jars. Although they were not very beautiful, they were very practical.

They even made a clay food bowl for the chicken coop. Jiang Nianwei was feeding the chicks. The lively and cute Chen Ge'er would smile with his eyes curved when he saw the chicks, but today was completely different.

He nestled in his sister-in-law's arms, his little mouth pouted and tears rolled down like beads from a broken string. He cried loudly, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Jiang Nianwei couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. She walked closer and asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened to Chen Ge'er? He is usually very happy to see the chicks, why is he crying so hard today?"

The eldest sister-in-law shook her head slightly, her brows full of worry: "I don't know why, but when I woke up this morning, Brother Chen seemed a little strange. I just touched his body and it seemed to be much hotter than usual. Could it be that... he is sick?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nianwei hurriedly bent down and carefully checked Chen Ge'er's condition.

The little guy's face was red, like a ripe apple.

She reached out and gently touched Chen Ge'er's forehead. Sure enough, it was scorching hot there.

It is common for children to get sick, but they just need the right medicine.

Fortunately, Jiang Nianwei had not slacked off in growing fruits and vegetables in the space these days, which was just enough to exchange for a few bottles of ibuprofen for children and other antiviral drugs in case of emergency.

Qiu Meixue looked at the red liquid in the bowl, her heart full of doubts and worries. She was not sure what it was and whether it could really help Chen Ge'er's condition.

She asked with some urgency and anxiety: "Is this medicine really effective?"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, don't you trust me?"

Seeing his wife nervous, Jiang Lanxu comforted her, "You have to trust Nianwei. She helped with everything from your father's illness to your childbirth."

After hearing this, Qiu Meixue's mood gradually calmed down. She nodded and decided to let Jiang Nianwei give Chen Ge'er the medicine.

Not long after taking the medicine, Chen Ge'er's fever subsided. According to his symptoms, his throat was red and swollen, and the tip of his tongue was red. Jiang Nianwei thought to herself that this symptom was most likely heat-wind syndrome. The treatment should focus on clearing away heat and detoxifying, and dispersing wind and heat.

So he gave Chen Ge'er some medicine made from honeysuckle and isatis root. After two days, Chen Ge'er's fever completely subsided and he regained his former vitality.

From then on, Qiu Meixue admired this third sister even more.

But Qiu Meixue was also worried. Having one son, Chen Ge, had already consumed most of her energy. Although she had the support of her family, if she gave birth to another child, it would be even more difficult for the child in such an environment.

Jiang Nianwei had been married before, so she probably knew how to avoid pregnancy. She secretly pulled her aside, and after hesitating for a long time, she asked with difficulty, "Nianwei, you know a little bit about medicine. I have an unwelcome request. I wonder if you can prepare some medicine for me that will protect me from the pain of childbirth."

Jiang Nianwei was originally still wondering why her sister-in-law was in such a dilemma.

"It's not that I don't want children, but I'm afraid that they will suffer."

On second thought, this is true. They are in exile now, not on vacation. If the child is born in misery mode, it would be better not to have a child.

"Sister-in-law, let me think about it."

In this ancient society, contraceptive methods were not as diverse and safe as they are today.

Although you can achieve the effect of contraception by taking medicine, as the saying goes, every medicine is poisonous.

Taking medication for a long time will definitely cause considerable harm to the body, so she must come up with a contraceptive method that is both safe and effective.

Just as Jiang Nianwei was lost in thought, her eyes accidentally swept across the cave entrance and she was surprised to find two plump groupers hanging there.

This grouper is no ordinary fish; it is a fish that can only be caught by going out to sea on a boat and weathering wind and waves.

But they did not have the ability to go out to sea at the moment, so it was really puzzling who gave them these two fish.