Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers
/ Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers Chapter 53 – Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Don't Even Think About Hitting on Her
Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Don't Even Think About Hitting on Her
On the first night upon reaching Northern Ridge, the Zhao Family lay on the ground.
Various rustling sounds filled their ears, and the vast darkness surrounded them, but they were too exhausted to care much about it.
Fortunately, they had saved a few rabbit skins along the way, using them as mattresses underneath, which kept the dampness at bay.
However, building a house had to be scheduled no matter what.
Early the next morning upon getting up, Qi Yue immediately assigned the tasks for the day.
Shen Yu and a few younger sisters went to pick wild vegetables for cooking, Zhao Yongzhe and Zhao Yonglian went to chop trees, and Zhao Xiyan stayed home while also gathering firewood.
Cong Zhongyu carried two little ones on her back and followed Shen Yu to identify and pick wild vegetables.
Qi Yue, worried that they might pick up some useless stuff, took a few people nearby for a walk.
They unexpectedly found a lot of perilla and quite a few dandelions.
Although these vegetables were not very tender this season, they were after all vegetables and had medicinal value, which could help them adapt to the environment more quickly.
Qi Yue instructed them to pick all the good ones they found and bring them back, while she went nearby to select smaller pieces of wood.
Sadly, after walking into the woods for a while, she didn't find any fine branches.
Perhaps because the trees with the right thickness were easier to chop, they had all been cut down.
Qi Yue had no choice but to return to where she started.
Zhao Yongzhe and Zhao Yonglian each held an axe, working together to chop a large tree.
These axes were issued by the supervisors and were their main labor tools.
In the long months to come, they would use them to chop trees, clear land, and also deliver a batch of timber at the end of each month.
The tree in front of them was large enough to require two adults to embrace, but it was the smallest nearby.
“Thud, thud, thud…”
The quality of the axes was poor; chopping such a large tree felt like scratching an itch.
Qi Yue checked it out.
Seeing that the tree's bifurcation was also very robust, if chopped down, it could just be used for building a house.
The trunk could be cut into timber for the roof and beds.
“Father, Uncle, step aside; let me do it.”
Knowing her Innate Divine Strength, Zhao Yongzhe and Zhao Yonglian both stepped back a bit.
“Yueyue, take it easy.”
“Don't worry!”
Qi Yue swung the axe, a rapid series of chops threw up chips of white sawdust.
Although it was her first time chopping a tree, having seen a variety of small videos made the task seem familiar.
In a few moments, she had chipped a large notch at the base of the trunk.
She changed direction and continued to chop.
After attacking from the south, east, west, and north, only the thin core of the tree remained uncut.
Zhao Yongzhe, watching anxiously, started to sweat.
“Yueyue, what if it suddenly falls?”
Hearing this, she knew that they had no experience in felling trees.
Qi Yue calmly stood up, threw the axe aside, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve.
It seemed her strength had increased since she had slimmed down.
Having chopped down such a large tree, she was just a bit sweaty without feeling tired at all.
“Father, Uncle, see if there's anyone around; I'm going to push the tree over.”
Zhao Yonglian and Zhao Yongzhe, aware of the force with which the large tree would fall, quickly cleared everyone gathering wild vegetables nearby.
After ensuring it was safe, Qi Yue gently pushed against the trunk with her hand.
With a creak, the large tree slowly leaned to one side, and then toppled faster and faster until finally, with a “boom,” the massive canopy slammed into the ground, shaking the entire area three times.
Some animal fled quickly, but a deer was still stunned by the falling branches.
Zhao Yonglian excitedly ran over and picked up the deer.
“Niece-in-law, are you a fortune star descended? To chop a tree and accidentally kill a deer, you're really lucky! I've heard this creature is quite delicious.”
Qi Yue nodded indifferently.
This was just a coincidence; the real fortune was in the many items in her storage space!
“We roasted it for lunch, but one is too few. If we had a few more, each person could have one as a pillow.”
“Use the roe deer hide as a pillow?”
Zhao Yongzhe looked astonished.
The hide of a roe deer is quite valuable; isn't it meant to be sold for a good price?
Qi Yue uttered a sound of agreement, “Dad, there are plenty of roe deer in this forest, catch a few more when you have time…”
As they were speaking, suddenly, movement stirred within the fallen tree's crown, followed by the head of a roe deer poking out.
Qi Yue smiled, walked over quickly, and grabbed two of them with one hand each.
“This daughter-in-law's luck…” on the side Zhao Yongzhe and Zhao Yonglian were stunned speechless.
They tied up the three roe deer together, and the three of them got to work.
Soon, they processed the large tree into several hundred logs of various sizes.
The three of them ran dozens of trips, only then did they manage to transport all the usable trunks and branches to the camping site.
While they were busy, not far behind a large tree, two people were watching Qi Yue without blinking.
It was Guan Yidao and Qu Wei.
Along the way, even though Guan Yidao had already witnessed Qi Yue's extraordinary capabilities several times, seeing how she felled a tree and luckily found three roe deer in such a short time still made him secretly marvel.
Qu Wei by his side already had his eyes wide open.
He incessantly clicked his tongue in wonder while flapping his fan.
“… She truly has Innate Divine Strength, worthy of being General Qi's daughter.”
“Were she a man, she might even surpass General Qi himself.”
Guan Yidao turned to look at him.
“Alright, you can go back now. If there is nothing important, do not disturb her. If she encounters any difficulty, help her if you can.”
Qu Wei narrowed his eyes, fanning even faster.
“And if I can't help?”
Guan Yidao grunted, “If you can't help, she can manage on her own.”
Qu Wei pondered over this statement, furrowing his brows.
“What do you mean by that? If she can manage, why call on me for help?”
Seeing Guan Yidao ignoring him, he clicked his tongue again.
“Miss Qi is truly pitiful. With such talent and beauty, yet she married a cripple.”
Guan Yidao frowned and rebuked him.
“He is just immobile in the legs, not a cripple. Besides, with Qi Yue by his side, he will be able to stand on his own one day.”
Qu Wei scoffed but said no more.
However, his eyes continued to follow Qi Yue's busy figure, occasionally flashing a sharp light.
“Have you had your fill of looking? I warn you, don't even think about targeting her. You should leave soon, I'll talk with Qi Yue about something and then leave immediately.”
As he spoke, Guan Yidao left Qu Wei behind and headed towards the Zhao family's camp site.
At that moment, Qi Yue was busy handling a few roe deer.
Despite the roe deer's small size, every part of its body is valuable.
The meat of the roe deer is incredibly nutritious, capable of enhancing constitution and strengthening one's body.
Its unique musk is a precious traditional Chinese medicine and a high-grade fragrance ingredient, making it extremely valuable even in Longnan Ridge, where wild animals abound, more precious than gold.
Just as she removed the musk gland from one roe deer, she sensed someone approaching.
“Commander Guan?”
Qi Yue was somewhat surprised.
According to her expectations, Guan Yidao should have already left this place.
So why would he come back after traveling for a Shichen, all this way to find her?
It must be to talk about Qi Yunzhang again.
“If it's about my father, there's no need to bring it up again.”
“It's not about your father!” Guan Yidao stared intently at her, his face serious.
Qi Yue raised an eyebrow, dropped what she was holding, and followed him to a distant place.
Seeing this, Xiyan dropped the firewood he was holding and wheeled himself to follow them.
Chapter end
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