Chapter 12: Main Quest Reward

She also didn't say that she once unintentionally saw mother silently wiping tears, caressing her belly, murmuring "Why did you appear at this very moment"…

At that time they had just been exiled; not only were they hungry and without food, eating wind and sleeping in the open, but also constantly harassed by the officials and soldiers… She could understand why the mother wept alone.

Their days were uncertain, not knowing if they would live to tomorrow; this child arrived too suddenly, far untimely.

Shen Qingquan did not expect that the Younger Sister was so meticulous; in the previous life even she had not noticed that mother was pregnant.

The reason she knew this was because later she heard it from the second aunt.

The second aunt was the only Shen Family member who lived to the end.

Years later, she met the second aunt begging on the street; at that time the second aunt had her eyes gouged out and her face disfigured, forced to survive by begging.

On the road of exile, the second uncle was beaten to death, the second aunt and the cousins were scattered, leaving only the youngest fifth sister with her. Yet along the way the fifth sister was kidnapped, the second aunt frantically searched for her, eventually wandering to a foreign land, where she alone was taken by traffickers and sold to a brothel.

The face was ruined by the second aunt herself, and the eyes were poisoned blind by the old woman there because she had seen something she shouldn't have.

The second aunt lived a lonely, wandering life, ending with her husband brutally killed and her children separated.

When she finally found her, the second aunt was almost half mad, half demonic, with very little time of clarity.

Mother's pregnancy was told to her by the second aunt while she was still lucid.

The second aunt also learned of mother's pregnancy before the exile. At that time the months were still few, the pulse unclear, so mother thought to wait until the pulse manifested before informing father.

But who could have imagined…

The Shen Family was framed, the whole clan arrested, Grandfather committed suicide in prison, they were all sentenced to exile, and even the Outer Grandfather's family was implicated.

Overnight, the great mansion collapsed.

Later, the second aunt committed suicide.

She took poison.

But the second aunt passed away peacefully, without sorrow; perhaps that was her best resting place.

…

"Mother, why didn't you tell me?"

Shen Qingquan's consciousness detached from the previous life, seeing father's excited and ecstatic face, she realized again that this was not the previous life.

In this life, she will definitely protect the child in mother's womb!

"Father, don't blame mother; mother also didn't want you to be sad…"

Shen Qingci hurriedly said.

"Husband, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hidden it from you, but this child arrived far untimely; I fear it won't stay long in my womb, and I don't want you, already worried about the family's livelihood, to also be heartbroken over the child…"

Her eyes reddened, "If it truly has fate with us, I will tell you when things are stable; if not, I…" she choked.

"Mother, it's my fault for not discovering it earlier…"

Shen Juancheng regretted; he should have discovered it earlier, noticing mother's unease, the worry flashing on her face… At the time he only thought she was worried about her future and the children, not expecting…

"Father, now mother is fine, don't worry, the child will certainly be fine…"

Months of exile, wandering and hardship, the child still lived, showing that it was very resilient.

But many days of traveling and lack of food made mother frighteningly thin. The child in her womb needed nutrition.

Her consciousness quickly dove into the system, seeking some medicine to help mother stabilize the pregnancy; what should a pregnant woman take? Vitamin B? Folic acid?

No, now it should be a stabilizing pregnancy medicine, right?

Suddenly, she recalled that last night the Main Quest might have rewarded a medicine box?

She slapped her head, how could she forget such an important thing? She hurriedly opened the reward and saw that the white medicine box contained two bottles of medicine:

Wei Sheng Su B12 × 1 bottle.

Stabilizing pregnancy pill × 1 bottle.

Blood pressure monitor × 1.

Her eyes lit up, and she quickly took the items out!

"Mother, this is stabilizing pregnancy medicine,

you should take the medicine quickly…"

Seeing her suddenly produce two palm-sized bottles, Shen Juancheng was surprised, "Qinger, is this also… from the Shen Xian Bao Ku?"

"Yes, this is for stabilizing the pregnancy, this is for supplementing nutrition."

"Then Mother, eat it quickly; once you eat it you won't feel uncomfortable."

He had no doubt about the items his daughter presented. Along the way they had encountered many miraculous treasures that saved their family in dire moments.

In the past, he never believed in gods or ghosts.

But since the day of the Broken Temple, when the eldest daughter miraculously survived, their family escaped death, and up to today, it forced him to believe that deities truly exist.

"Slowly, be careful not to choke."

Besides the medicine, Shen Qingquan also took out a few Tomatoes; mother needed vitamin supplementation, Tomatoes are highly nutritious, and she had considered this when she cultivated them.

"Mother, have some of this."

"What is this?"

In Da Xia Chao, Tomatoes did not yet exist; besides staple foods, vegetables and fruits were even scarcer.

In the late Da Xia period, the Xia Dynasty ruler was debauched, caring only for his own pleasure, ignoring the people's lives; a nation cannot thrive without agriculture, yet the ruler, for his enjoyment, raised taxes yearly, oppressing the people.

Coupled with perpetual wars, both the ruler and officials heavily exploited the populace; the people suffered unbearably, livelihoods collapsed, disasters persisted… how could there be energy to develop agriculture?

"These are Tomatoes, a kind of… highly nutritious vegetable that can also be eaten as fruit. Mother, give it a try."

Crops produced by the system are very clean, with no additives or preservatives, truly natural and organic.

Both in freshness and taste, they are absolutely flawless.

Ning Shi took a bite, and instantly her mouth was fragrant, both sour and sweet, juice abundant, delicious beyond words!

"Delicious!"

"Goo-dong."

The two little food‑loving cats beside them watched with greedy eyes, staring straight at the bright red fruit.

They all smelled the fragrance; how to put it, it was a… clear, sweet, very tempting scent.

These past two months they have been subsisting on chaff and bitter greens, even gnawing wild grass and leaves; only in these two days, since big sister gained Divine Power, they have finally begun to live well. They were already content, but now, smelling this aroma, the cravings in their bellies were completely provoked.

But even if they were still greedy, they held back and didn't ask her for any.

Mom is pregnant with a baby and needs nutrition, so they cannot, out of appetite, compete with Mom.

"Here, eat."

"Big sister, we won't eat; we'll give it all to Mom."

They kept gesturing with their hands, looking very serious.

Shen Qingquan, helpless, had a thought, and a heap of Tomatoes rained down from the sky, leaving the two kids stunned.? This book's first release comes from 17K Novel Network; see the official content at first glance!