Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

"You know the effects of this reagent. What do you think would happen if she took it directly?"

"What consequences? Wouldn't it be better if the medicine cured the disease quickly?" the system asked doubtfully.

"Are you stupid? This reagent is so potent, do you think Qi Shishen will become suspicious? If others find out, do you think I can get away with it so easily!"

"At that time, I will be kidnapped and dissected for research, and you will become a homeless monster."

"I might even put a note on your file later, because your carelessness caused an accident to the host. I wonder who will accept you after that!"

Upon hearing the host's explanation, the system panicked. It kept apologizing, "I'm sorry, host, I misunderstood you!"

“As a system, your primary responsibility is to protect the host’s safety. If you can’t even do that, how can you expect to succeed in the KPL?” Long Lifan paused and continued, “Since you didn’t do it on purpose, I’ll forgive you.”

"Thank you, host! Thank you, host!" the system repeatedly thanked her in her mind, sounding relieved.

"However, forgiveness is one thing, but punishment is another. How about this, you deposit a thousand or eight hundred into my account!"

"What?"

The system was completely dumbfounded. It instantly regretted its earlier outburst. Paying money was out of the question; its personal savings were meager.

After a tense struggle, the system gifted her a modern stun gun, which was then placed in her storage space. She could use it for self-defense whenever needed.

She had long wanted to buy some life-saving measures, but the system's prices were too high. Now that she could get some freebies from the system, Long Lifan was finally able to escape the shadow of those 3 yuan.

"You little brat, you think you can mess with me!"

Looking at the now-silent system, Long Lifan severed the connection, a smug smile playing on her lips.

This little system is a piece of cake for me!

The next day, Long Lifan arrived as promised, handed the items to Qi Shishen, and explained how to take them.

Qi Shishen silently noted these things down. For some reason, he listened with exceptional attention, as if he felt that this medicine would definitely have a miraculous effect on his mother's illness.

"Mother, this is some new medicine I bought, please try it!"

Upon returning home, Qi Shishen eagerly took out the medicine and gestured for his mother to take it.

"This is such a waste of money!"

Jiang Yue felt a pang of sadness as she looked at the medicine her son handed her. She then said, "Were you sneaking out at night and not returning until the early hours of the morning just to buy medicine?"

Qi Shishen lowered his head guiltily, not daring to look his mother in the eye. He thought he had done a good job of hiding it, but he didn't expect his mother to find out.

“Shi Shen, I know your abilities, but you should take such a risk. If something happens to you, how can I face your father after I die?”

"I've gotten used to it over the years," Qi's mother said with a heavy heart. "But Fangfang is still so young. What will happen to her if something happens to you?"

Qi's mother knew her son all too well. For many years, the money she spent on medical treatment and medicine had come from Qi Shi's hunting in the deep mountains. Even Qi Fangfang was unaware of this.

But she was afraid. What if her son encountered danger while hunting, or was seen by the villagers? She really didn't want to implicate her son because of her.

"I'm sorry, Mother, I'll never do it again!" Qi Shishen stood obediently in front of his mother like a child who had done something wrong, a stark contrast to his demeanor a few days ago when he was hunting prey at night. "Mother, since the medicine has already been bought, why don't you give it a try?"

"Row!"

Qi's mother had actually given up hope. Over the years, Qi Shishen had secretly given her countless doses of medicine, but none of them had any effect.

If it weren't for the fact that her family members were affected, she believed that her son might have gone even further to seek medical treatment and medicine for her.

"Hey, after taking this medicine, my stomach feels warm!" Following her son's instructions, Qi's mother took the medicine and felt an unprecedented tingling sensation spread throughout her body from the inside out.

Although she didn't know if the medicine could cure her illness, the process of taking it was the most comfortable she had ever experienced.

That evening, as the family sat down for dinner, Qi Fangfang clearly felt that something was different today.

"Mom, you haven't coughed at all tonight." Qi Fangfang thought for a long time and finally realized where this feeling came from. In the past, her mother was always coughing, but she hadn't heard a single cough since she came home today.

"It seems so!" Qi Shishen thought back and realized he really hadn't heard his mother cough. He was overjoyed; it seemed the medicine Long Zhiqing had given him was truly effective, and with such immediate results.

A sense of gratitude welled up in my heart, and I felt even more guilty when I thought about how I had doubted Long Zhiqing.

next day

When Qi's mother got up, she thought about how she hadn't slept so soundly in many years, and she felt a little hopeful about the medicine. In the past, she always felt a tightness in her chest, as if a stone was pressing on it, accompanied by shortness of breath and violent coughing.

"Shen'er, where did you get this medicine? Its effects are amazing!" After a good night's sleep, Mother Qi looked much better today. Thinking back to the medicine she took yesterday, she couldn't help but feel curious and asked.

"Mother, I promised not to tell anyone about her!" Upon hearing his mother's words, Qi Shishen immediately pictured a little girl in his mind and calmly replied.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore!"

Qi's mother didn't necessarily want to get to the bottom of it. Seeing her son's attitude, she seemed to understand something. She was afraid that the person who gave him the medicine was someone special.

.........

Time passed day by day, and before we knew it, it was mid-April. The brigade gave everyone two days off so they could get some rest.

The newly arrived educated youth didn't know the reason, but the older educated youth and commune members knew that it meant the busy farming season was coming soon. The wheat in the fields had already started to turn yellow and would be harvested in a few days.

Therefore, the brigade gave everyone a two-day holiday to rest, since the harvest was extremely hard work.

Since everyone was taking a break together, the educated youth group invited each other to go for a walk around the commune. Even Lin Yue came over and asked the three of them if they wanted to come along.

"Lifan, are you going tomorrow?"

Hu Lili stood at the entrance of her small courtyard and spoke to Long Lifan beside her.

“Of course I’ll go, why wouldn’t I?” She’s been here for over a month, and her family sends her money every month, so she has to go to the commune tomorrow.

"An'an, what about you?" Hu Lili asked Jiang Nian'an again.

"I have some things to do tomorrow, so I won't be going with you!" Jiang Nian'an thought of her grandparents and decided to buy some things to send to them.

"Oh, okay!" Hu Lili was a little disappointed. The three of them usually stayed together except when they were sleeping, so it was a little strange to be separated all of a sudden.

"Is there anything you need to bring back for us?" Hu Lili asked after thinking for a moment.

Jiang Nian'an thought for a moment and, without refusing, told him what she needed.