Traveling through an ancient military camp: Bao'er's survival song

From Li Baobao's mother's fragmented words, Li Bao'er pieced together a rough outline of the situation: the original owner's father worked as an accountant in a shop in town, and the original owner's eldest brother had enlisted in the army a year ago. In this era, there were two ways to recruit soldiers: one was like Li Baobao's eldest brother, similar to conscripts, who could return home after three years; the other was government recruitment, which involved hiring unemployed men and paying them a substantial monthly salary. The original owner was too thin to be a conscript, and Li Baobao's family also disagreed with his enlistment. However, the original owner's eldest brother had disappeared without a trace since enlisting, and coincidentally, the government was recruiting soldiers these days, specifically for the same army camp where her brother Li Bei had joined. So, the stubborn original owner secretly signed up, hoping to take the opportunity to find her brother Li Bei.

The woman's rambling suddenly stopped, and then her voice became even softer: "Why are you so stubborn? You're a young woman, how are you going to manage in a place like a military camp!"

Li Bao'er sat up abruptly, but quickly suppressed her excitement and lay back down.

The woman was startled by Li Bao'er's sudden outburst and stopped talking. She thought to herself, "Oh no, my second son must have attracted some evil spirit." Then she anxiously lifted the curtain and looked outside, worried that San Ya hadn't brought Li the sorceress yet.

When the woman looked at Li Bao'er again, she found that Li Bao'er had already closed her eyes and fallen asleep. The woman then tiptoed out of the door, intending to greet Sanya and Granny Li.

With her eyes closed, Li Bao'er felt a surge of relief. She thought happily, "Great! So I'm a woman disguised as a man! Now I don't have to worry about going to the toilet or getting married."

Yes, Li Bao'er was thinking very far ahead. She thought that if she stayed in this ancient world for the rest of her life, this family would definitely want to find her a wife. On their wedding night, she really... couldn't bring herself to do it.

After transmigrating, finally something good happened, and Li Bao'er's tense and anxious mood relaxed, and she really fell asleep.

While asleep, Li Bao'er heard a strange chanting. As the chanting continued, images of her modern life flashed through her mind: incandescent light bulbs, television sets, and large airplanes. Then, she felt a cool sensation on her face, as if she had been drenched in rain. When she opened her eyes, she saw an old woman under the kang (a heated brick bed) singing and sprinkling water from willow branches onto Li Bao'er's face.

"Return to your soul! Return to your soul! Li Baobao, return to your soul!"

Upon hearing the chant clearly, Li Bao'er understood: "Oh, this must be the sorceress." She silently cheered for the sorceress in her heart: "You must succeed! If the real Li Baobao comes back, then I, Li Bao'er, can go back too."

As darkness fell, Li the fortune teller ceased her supernatural powers.

Li Bao'er didn't return to the modern world; her soul is still firmly inside Li Baobao's body.

"Well, what a fake fortune teller," Li Bao'er thought with disappointment.

Suddenly, a noisy commotion erupted from the courtyard.

"Where's Li Baobao? Why didn't he report for duty? Did he take the money and then try to desert?"

"Oh dear, sir, my son Baobao isn't feeling well. You see, our local sorceress Li is still here. She just performed a soul-calling ritual for him. Could you please make an exception for a few days and let him recover?"

"Enough with the nonsense! Ask the enemy to postpone the battle for a few days! Bring Li Baobao out here!"

Hearing this from inside the room, Li Bao'er was both shocked and terrified. She hadn't even figured out that the original owner of this body was disguised as a man, and she was about to be dragged into the military camp. What was she going to do?