ushernet Chapter 107 Stone Godmother 4 (The End)
Chapter 107 Stone Godmother 4 (The End)
The female peddler ate the berries, put the peanuts in her purse, and then returned to the open space to wait for the villagers, still making wooden hairpins in her hands.
Once a wooden hairpin was finished, the villagers all gathered together.
This peddler's basket was twice the size of others', and it was crammed full; it was truly terrifying.
Besides coarse cloth, broken sugar cubes, old kitchen knives, spinning tops, clay figurines, jars, old sickles, garlic cloves, smoked tofu, and old clothes, there were also cured meat, dried fish, pickled vegetables, salted duck eggs, soy sauce, and lard... but hair ornaments, rouge, and pastries were not included.
There were live quails, the disease-resistant, multi-egg type bred by Xiao Yi, but Bai Xian traded away several pairs of them.
The rest were bought by the Zhao and Qian clan chiefs. Anyway, the peddler had said he was easy to raise, and when he laid eggs, it would be good to supplement the children in the family.
Stone Godmother wished she were the one setting up the stall there; if she had legs, she would gladly be a female peddler.
The children who received a little bit of candy from their parents were the first to leave the crowd.
They ran over and lay on their godmother, saying that the candy was so sweet that they had to offer it to her first, and that they had to guard it to prevent insects from getting close. They would only pick up the candy and eat it after the children thought that their godmother had eaten it.
As for Bai Xian, she stood up and raised her paws, repeatedly refusing.
This indicates that she will not take food from babies.
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Life in Zhaoqian Village seemed to be isolated from the world. Apart from the female peddler, government officials rarely came in. Mainly because there were too many monsters in the world, and it would be risky to travel all this way to plunder.
The old scholar's job of teaching the village children to read has been passed down to his son.
Because Bai Xian was quite fond of the little girls in the village, she would find a way to send them to learn to read and write, as long as they weren't too poor.
Many villagers went out to find work, and the more outgoing ones, with the permission of the White Fairy, memorized folk remedies and common herbs, and were able to leave the village to work as itinerant doctors to make a living.
Among them, "Hai's First Aid" has been transformed into "Hai Daren's First Aid Formula", which has long been popular in Wangcheng and the Imperial City, but has not yet spread to these poor and remote areas.
There's no need to worry about other transmigrators finding out about having a fellow villager, but if you ask Shi Tou, Feng Qingcheng might have already guessed the Emperor Emeritus's identity.
Air-dried quail has become a specialty of Zhaoqian Village, and every household raises them.
At first, a female peddler bought them, but later she told them that they could sell them in the county town themselves and wouldn't have to worry about finding a market.
These dried quail are indeed easy to sell. I heard that Mr. Huang, who buys quail, is a big fan of them and sells them in several of his restaurants.
The villagers followed the clan chief in raising quails and finding markets, and the village gradually became wealthier. The old scholar's son finally received his tuition fees...
Seeing that they didn't mind teaching women to read, Bai Xian even fed them some leftovers, hoping that this family of scholars could live well and teach for several more decades.
As the village had more contact with the outside world, several girls went together to ask the female peddler for help and followed her to Wangcheng, where they heard that many women were in charge of the household.
The villagers went to find a godmother and received the answer that the female peddler was fine.
My godmother meant that it would be fine to go along, and whether I could make a name for myself depended on myself.
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Unbeknownst to them, Rongrong had grown into a towering tree.
Stone Godmother now has a Banyan Tree Godmother by her side? Zhao Qiancun felt it was truly a blessing from their ancestors! Stone Godmother also blessed them!
With a godmother, a sage, and the secret immortal technique to stop having children, life is getting better and better.
People from other villages heard the news and quite a few men came to the village asking Bai Xian to stop their pregnancies, except for those with malicious intentions, whom they couldn't find.
Once a year, people gather at the entrance of Zhaoqian Village, waiting for the villagers to carry out the White Immortal. As for the offerings, the White Immortal and the Stone secretly divide them in half...
The three kids were speechless at the result. Had this guy become a urologist? And his skills are pretty good too.
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That night.
"Hurry, the leg's out! Push harder!"
Bai Xian was anxiously waiting to do it herself. After soaking in the medicinal soup for so many years, the stone was finally about to grow legs.
Rongrong prepared towels and water, ready to wipe Shitou's sweat, massage him, and give him a shower.
Xiao Yi also returned, but seeing that he couldn't be of much help, he squatted to the side, lost in thought.
Finally, the stone floated up, and legs emerged from below—human legs...
It looks like a failed transformation...
It's like it was stitched together by Frankenstein's monster...
If we go out like this, the other spirits and monsters will laugh us to death, won't they?
The stone hid in the space all night, scaring away the animals from the darker side of the land...
Xiao Yi noticed Shi Tou's embarrassment and anger, left her a gift, and continued his adventures. Bai Xian dared not provoke her this time, nor dared she raise her voice at Shi Tou; it was truly hilarious!
Hold it in, you really can't laugh.
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The capital city welcomed a new emperor, while the old one had already taken a few friendly spirits to seek refuge with his father overseas.
The retired emperor was secretly delighted to hitch a ride on his father's treasure ship. The benefits of abdicating early were now becoming apparent: he didn't have to spend his own private funds to build ships and find people.
The local tyrants in Wangcheng are still the Feng family, only now it's Feng Qingcheng's granddaughter. The garden is still the same garden, with free spirits coming and going.
Women are freer than in other places, with fewer restrictions on marriage and more opportunities for work.
If you're lucky, you might even be selected for the Feng family head's female guard team.
The spirits in the garden had also sent out invitations to those kind spirits who had entered the world, and Rongrong and her friends had gone to play with their families. As a result, those older sisters were all ethereal and otherworldly, making them, a tree, a stone, and a hedgehog, seem out of place.
The spirit lady was also surprised. How come these three haven't taken human form yet... Are they still little spirits? What a sin!
So these days, spirits are already doing good deeds at such a young age? Their relatives can't fall too far behind!
Finally, the three spirits were coaxed by Xiangxiang and her sisters, and with flushed faces and dizzy heads, they went home before nightfall.
Perfectly avoid the late-night shows of those quirky older sisters…
By this time, the little children of Zhaoqian Village had grown into old men and women.
Those who could return to the village chose to do so, building a clinic, a school, and a bridge, all wishing to rest in peace beside their godmother and the White Fairy.
As a miscalculation, the stone that had just grown legs had to wait several more decades, until the presence of the three spirits faded before it could finally go out and roam freely.
However, she used a magical artifact to travel, so she didn't reveal her long, slender human legs, lest she randomly scare passersby to death.
There are quite a few things to collect in the little world of spirits and monsters.
Bai Xian copied a lot of spells, cultivation techniques, and pill formulas through the backend and shared them in the group, earning praise and admiration from the big shots.
The stone, carried on Xiao Yi's head, circled around the spirits, exchanging it for quite a few of their local specialties. Gradually, he got used to the spirits' gazes...
I was momentarily relieved that I had refrained from walking...
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Huh? Why are there some old monsters on this island?
The old monster, who had been woken up, was speechless, thinking to himself, "I could hear everything, you know."
However, he didn't get angry with the four little brats. Instead, he threw fruit to them from the island.
This has left Shi Tou and the others completely bewildered... The worst thing about being out and about is encountering a kind old lady... and then having your private conversation overheard...
With a heavy heart, he took out a lot of food that had absorbed some spiritual energy from his spatial storage and laid it out for the other person.
They were all made by Rongrong. They don't do anything good or bad for cultivating immortality, but they taste exceptionally good.
There was no way around it; that fruit was clearly high-quality, and it would be too stingy not to reciprocate...
After giving them the items, the four spirits left. Finding the magic weapon too slow, Xiao Yi started paddling with his hands, which was much faster than the treasure ship.
The old monster was left speechless. Had these little brats never heard their elders mention them before?
Let's eat. This food looks and smells good.
In the days that followed, they avoided any old monsters on the island and shunned the iron-fisted emperor. They only stopped when they reached a remote, uninhabited continent, where they dug what needed to be dug and collected what needed to be collected.
This time, we got mining robots from the Zerg and inscribed them with runes and formations, so at least we don't have to do it ourselves.
As for those more distant continents, they won't go there.
The little ones made a magical coffin for the stone, dug a big pit to bury it, and then left the small world together.
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