Li Zhengguo did not want his wife to work too hard and rode Xiao Hei down the mountain.
At night, Tian Jing went down the mountain with a basket of things.
The next day, Li Mu started digging in the hot spring valley to plant vegetables.
After planting the vegetables, she also had Xiao Hei carry water for her, trying not to let her daughter-in-law exert herself.
Then, at night, when Tian Jing went down to pick up the small clothes for Hao Hao and Li Li, Li Mu asked her to bring the vegetables up.
How could they not eat vegetables and only drink soup and have barbecue?
With her mother-in-law managing the food and drink and looking after the children, Tian Jing's life became even more comfortable.
If only Xiao Song were here.
Seeing that her mother-in-law was not paying attention, she secretly slipped into the primeval forest.
Seeing Tian Jing, Xiao Song happily told her about his new home and new friends.
"Tiantian, there are many trees here whose consciousness is clearer than Xiao Feng's, and they know more than Xiao Feng."
"It's very dangerous for humans here, yet people still sneak in to collect herbs."
"By the way, the big tree next to me is called Xiao Qing. It says you gave it its name."
Xiao Song was happy, and Tian Jing was relieved. "Yes, you are Green Pine together."
"Mmm, that's what I thought. This big tree doesn't have a name yet, and it's very happy."
Tian Jing transferred some energy to the two trees and hurried back. She was caught by her mother-in-law. "Tiantian, if you want to roam around, stay nearby and don't go too far."
"Okay."
Tian Jing agreed, and after her husband came up for the autumn harvest and planting, she asked him to accompany her to the Misty Valley to cultivate her special abilities.
Since they couldn't be sensed by the three children there, and since there was a separate rule for that world, she wanted to try cultivating there to see if she could level up.
Lu Xiaoyun was fake, but Chen Yao'shi was real. Whether Chen Yao'shi had transmigrated or been reborn, she and Chen Yao'shi would have to face each other.
With her youngest son accompanying her, Li Mu no longer kept an eye on her younger daughter-in-law, but she had some opinions about them going out for a day and a night.
However, when her youngest son gave her a wink, she shut up.
The year passed quietly in the deep mountains.
On the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Tian Jing's stomach began to hurt.
Until evening, amidst the anxious waiting of the three generations of the Li family, Tian Jing gave birth to a son.
Hearing from her mother-in-law that it was a son, Tian Jing slept soundly with peace of mind.
Even though she knew the synopsis was fake, having a son was more reassuring than having a daughter.
Li Zhengguo felt the same way.
He looked down at the facial features of his youngest son in his arms, and then at his wife, who was exhausted and asleep.
He felt truly guilty.
Li Mu looked at her grandson's features and also felt relieved. "This child is thoughtful."
Li Zhengguo nodded. "Then let's name him Li Weixin, and his nickname will be Ranran."
Ran, from `shiruan` (to be relieved).
Li Mu didn't understand why her youngest son had given her grandson a nickname, but it didn't stop her from being happy.
"Not bad, not bad, Ranran is a nice nickname."
Hao Hao and Li Bo had already experienced the disappointment of being ignored.
Li Li, however, was not. She stepped on her father's feet and tugged at his pants leg, trying to climb up.
"Daddy, is my brother prettier than me?"
"Daddy, give my brother to Grandma, you hold me."
"Daddy..."
Li Weihao and Li Weibo exchanged glances, and one grabbed each of his sister's arms and carried her away.
"Let's go play outside. Don't disturb Mommy's sleep. If Mommy doesn't rest well, she won't take us down the mountain."
"Oh."
Giving birth in the mountains meant no visitors, no disturbances, and Tian Jing slept very well.
Two days later, she was able to get out of bed and move around.
Li Mu only allowed her to walk for a while before telling her to get back into bed to rest.
Tian Jing, who had already nourished herself with ginseng essence overnight, had no choice but to obey her mother-in-law.
A week later, Tian Jing sent the three children, who had been cooped up on Green Pine Rock, down to the hot spring valley with her husband.
Another week later, when Li Mu saw that her younger daughter-in-law had recovered very well and had plenty of milk, she allowed her to wash in the hot spring courtyard.
She repeatedly emphasized that she was only allowed to wash at the edge and not to soak in the water.
Tian Jing nodded repeatedly, her mother-in-law meant well for her, and she would listen.
In the blink of an eye, Ranran celebrated his first month.
Tian Jing wanted to send her mother-in-law and husband down the mountain.
Li Mu disagreed. "The land is left to the eldest daughter-in-law of the Niu family. She will definitely take good care of it. Don't worry. When the time comes, our family will return to the village together. Only I will seem like someone who would pick up abandoned children."
Li Zhengguo agreed. "Mother is right. Although she makes it sound like we are cold-blooded and heartless, we are indeed not kind-hearted people. Otherwise, abandoned children from the village would be thrown to us."
"Yes, yes, that's what I mean."
Li Mu nodded busily. "There were one or two wives who returned empty-handed. They didn't know where they had thrown their children, what a sin!"
Tian Jing no longer insisted. Wasn't it comfortable to have someone serving her?
"Just arrange everything down the mountain. The most important thing now is to tell the three children not to tell the truth."
So the three siblings were nagged by their grandmother every day.
Li Li was happy. "Brother is adopted. Daddy, don't hold him, hold me."
At three years old, she still vied for hugs.
The three adults found it difficult to reprimand her, fearing that she would throw a tantrum and cry inconsolably.
After her confinement period, Tian Jing became as free as a hawk. Every day at noon, she would run out and return in the afternoon, around one or two o'clock.
Li Zhengguo was busy taking care of the children and didn't follow her anymore. He didn't know that in just three months, his wife had advanced from Level 3 Intermediate to Level 3 Great Perfection.
Only when his wife returned after being out for a day and a night did he ask, "Have you leveled up?"
"Shh!" Tian Jing placed a finger on her lips.
Li Zhengguo understood. His wife's upgrades had always been suppressed by this world. This time, she must have leveled up, but it was hidden.
He chuckled. Level 4 of special abilities was a watershed, allowing one to comprehend and use skills.
Just like his wife's special ability shield, the true Level 4 and Level 3 were very different in their application.
...
Young Ranran was six months old. He had been forcibly weaned half a month ago and had become a pitiable child who clutched a milk bottle.
The Li family was preparing to go down the mountain.
The first thing to prepare was to return the ring.
Accompanied by Li Zhengguo, the couple went to the doctor's house where Tian Jing had secretly had the ring inserted.
The doctor was relieved to see Tian Jing finally arrive. "The same batch as your ring, I quietly got one out by pretending it was scrapped."
"However, holding it in my hand always felt like a ticking time bomb. Let's go, it just so happens that my student is on duty tonight."
After the ring was inserted, both parties felt at ease.
Tian Jing stuffed a thick roll of cloth into the doctor's hand. "From now on, we are just strangers."
Feeling the thickness of the cloth roll and hearing Tian Jing's words, the doctor was relieved.
People who were not short of money would not try to extort her over this matter.
More than a year ago, this couple had forced her to do this with force.
She wasn't worried about holding the new contraceptive ring like a ticking time bomb; she was worried about this couple holding her handle like a ticking time bomb.
"Yes, from now on, we are strangers."
The second thing to prepare was to clean up the traces of their life here.
Especially the vegetables planted in the hot spring valley, which they ate three meals a day.
The third was to pack their luggage, the luggage brought from outside.
The rest were packed into baskets and quietly brought up at night.
As they were about to descend the mountain, the three children were warned again that they must say they had eaten and drunk well at their grandmother's house.
As for how they played? Li Zhengguo had already explained it to them.
Li Li pouted. "Having a brother is so troublesome?"
Then, to appease and compensate, Tian Jing and her husband took the three older children on a trip to the county town.