The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 120: Power Pill

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Power Pill

Wang Yongzhu was stirred inside when the Li Family Patriarch announced the punishment, as she had received a notification from her system at that very moment, but she was too frightened by the whipping to pay it much attention.

Putting aside everything else, the method of adjudicating guilt within the clan without the intervention of the Yamen and carrying out such a crude and violent punishment truly scared her.

This made Wang Yongzhu remind herself even more to keep a low profile and to be cautious!

Although she also felt that a villain like Li Jinlong got what he deserved, when she saw the blood and flesh flying with the whip, Wang Yongzhu felt she couldn’t bear it.

This was her first time witnessing such a bloody scene so directly, and it was too shocking!

Even after she returned to her room and sat down, she felt like she could still smell the blood in her nose.

Outside in the yard, Wang Yongping was talking with the Jinhoo Brothers about the earlier whipping, and Jindou even felt that Li Jinlong had gotten off too easily, speaking of it with lingering hatred!

Meanwhile, Old Granny Zhang went straight into her house to hide some silver as soon as she got home, and after a while, she came out and called for Wang Yongping, "Laosi, go to the head of the village and bring back two jin of wine, buy some tofu, and then go to the next village to get two jin of meat. Your father is probably going to invite the Clan Leader for lunch."

Wang Yongping took the money and was just about to leave when he was surrounded by a group of little ones and headed out.

Old Granny Zhang also went to the kitchen to instruct Lady Jiang, telling her to start steaming the buns earlier, while the two of them discussed the lunch menu.

Suddenly, the house quieted down.

It was then that Wang Yongzhu calmed her heart and communicated with the system, "Xiao Tiantian, how many points do I have now?"

"Congratulations dear host on completing a new random task: Finding the real culprit who hurt Wang Yongfu and making him receive his punishment! Reward for task completion: 10 points."

Her mind’s system panel also updated to:

Current Host Status:

Clothing: Level 1, 0 Points

Food: Level 1, 0 Points

Lodging: Level 0, 0 Points

Travel: Level 0, 0 Points

Available Points: 13 Points (Points can be freely allocated to the options above)

Wang Yongzhu hurriedly indicated to Xiao Tiantian System to allocate 10 points to the Lodging option, and her mind’s system panel adjusted accordingly:

Current Host Status:

Clothing: Level 1, 0 Points

Food: Level 1, 0 Points

Lodging: Level 1, 0 Points

Travel: Level 0, 0 Points

Available Points: 3 Points (Points can be freely allocated to the options above)

The voice of Xiao Tiantian sounded again, "Congratulations host on completing the Primary Level task for Lodging, and for receiving the task reward: a Power Pill.

Power Pill? What the heck?

Opening her inventory, she saw a black, peanut-sized pill lying there quietly.

With a thought, the pitch-black pill automatically floated up, and a line of text appeared beside it: Power Pill, can be used to enhance the vitality of human cells, improve the functions of the human body, increase the strength of muscles, and make people stronger. Usage: Just swallow.

Wang Yongzhu was stunned for a moment. Could this be the legendary pill that, once eaten, endowed one with the strength to uproot mountains and the might to dominate the world?

After eating it, could I punch my way through Nanshan Kindergarten and kick through Songshan Nursing Home?

After eating it, could I punch my way through Nanshan Kindergarten and kick through Songshan Nursing Home?

"Xiao Tiantian, this wouldn’t happen to be fake medicine, right? Can I really eat it?" Wang Yongzhu, in her past life, had been deeply instilled with her parents’ teaching that all medicine is three parts poison, so she avoided taking it unless absolutely necessary.

As for previous rewards, like the body-shaping clothes, wearing them was no big deal—they couldn’t ruin anyone by being worn.

But medicine had to be ingested, so caution was needed.

"Host! I once again declare that we are a very serious and legitimate system, and we do not distribute inferior medicines. This pill was specially issued by the higher mind according to the host’s temporal and spatial background to improve the host’s survival odds and increase the possibility of completing tasks. It belongs to the category of medicines that adjust the host’s physique, laying a foundation for better farming!" Xiao Tiantian was very righteous in its assertion.

Alright, alright, Wang Yongzhu took the Power Pill out, examined it in her hand, and sniffed it. It had no smell at all.

After some hesitation, "Xiao Tiantian, will there be any reactions after taking this pill? For example, will impurities in the body be expelled with sweat, leaving one smelling foul and coated in black mud? Or after eating it, will I get excruciating stomach cramps and have to run to the restroom seventeen or eighteen times? I’ve also heard scarier stories, where it feels like every bone in your body has been broken and reassembled, causing pain so severe one could faint, waking up covered in bloodstains?"

Xiao Tiantian was speechless: "Host, overthinking is a disease! It needs to be cured! Do more tasks and read fewer novels! We are a legitimate system, how could we produce such unreliable medicines? Rest assured, host, the Power Pill will slowly alter your physique over a month, with none of the aforementioned situations occurring. This product has no poisonous or harmful side effects! Please consume it with confidence."

Wang Yongzhu felt even less reassured! That tone sounded more like the advertisements of unreliable WeChat vendors, didn’t it? Such wide-ranging effects and not a single side effect, who are you trying to fool?

The system was nearly at its wit’s end, "Host, what about the trust between people?"

"You’re just a ’system,’ you’re not a person?" Wang Yongzhu rebutted nonchalantly as she raised the Power Pill to her lips, cautiously sticking out her tongue to lick it.

Hmm, it was tasteless!

Just as she was about to put it away, the door was pushed open. Old Granny Zhang entered sneakily, clutching something unknown, and scuttled past Wang Yongzhu.

Accidentally, the Power Pill in Wang Yongzhu’s hand was bumped into her mouth ever so lightly and dissolved instantly upon entry, quickly turning into a warm liquid that slid down her throat, leaving her unable to spit it out even if she wanted to.

This was truly an inevitable pill!

Old Granny Zhang placed what she was carrying onto Wang Yongzhu’s kang bed and, seeing her daughter as if frozen, with the expression of someone who swallowed poison, she panicked.

"Girl, what did you eat that you shouldn’t have?" She hurried forward, intending to reach for Wang Yongzhu’s throat.

Wang Yongzhu quickly backed away, waving her hands, "I didn’t eat anything I shouldn’t have, just, just found a piece of malt sugar and thought to calm my nerves, but this candy seems a bit expired, it’s too sticky for my teeth—"

Her heart was crying a river; well, the pill was eaten whether she liked it or not, and if something were to happen, she couldn’t avoid it anyway, so she stopped worrying about it.

Then she noticed the pile of things Old Granny Zhang had brought in and placed on the kang was actually a small clay jar, covered in dirt and spiderwebs, God knows which corner Old Granny Zhang had dug it out from.

"Mother, what’s inside this?" Wang Yongzhu saw Old Granny Zhang reassure herself that her daughter was fine before she bolted the door and made a shushing gesture, then tiptoed back to the kang, hugging the clay jar as if embracing Golden Ingots.

Wang Yongzhu sensibly covered her mouth and leaned in next to Old Granny Zhang to take a look.

Old Granny Zhang whispered, "This is the private money jar of Eldest Brother and the others!"

"What?" Wang Yongzhu almost cried out loud!

How did Eldest Brother’s private money jar end up in Old Granny Zhang’s hands?

"Mother, where did you get this from? Did Jindou and the others give it to you?" Wang Yongzhu asked without much hope, knowing her mother well enough to guess that she had likely found it in Eldest Brother’s house herself.