Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 118: Bad Mommy

"Anyway, there’s nothing else to do right now, so we can keep busy and stay awake."

Yi Meng said with a smile, "Besides, even though this leather is quite damaged, it’s still leather. Once it’s tanned, we can use the larger pieces for insoles; they’ll surely be warm and insulating."

"As for the smaller pieces, we can patch them together and make a little tiger-skin cape for Manbao, wouldn’t that be nice?"

Yi Meng lifted the piece of leather in her hand, about two palm sizes, "Look at this, if we cut it, wouldn’t it make great insoles for our mother?"

"Hmm, yes!"

Qi Quanjin nodded vigorously, "Wife, you’re always so thoughtful!"

Yi Meng playfully glared at him, "It’s not that I’m thoughtful; it’s just that tiger skin is rare. It wasn’t easy to get one, so we should try to waste as little as possible. If it were rabbit skin, I wouldn’t bother as much."

"Hehe."

Qi Quanjin chuckled foolishly.

He didn’t care much, thinking his wife was clever, anyway!

The two of them tanned the leather for a while, and seeing that everyone was deeply asleep, Yi Meng got up to add water to the water jar.

Last night, it was dark, and no one noticed how much water was used. Now was the easiest time to sneak in some water.

During the day, when everyone could see clearly, adding water would require extra caution.

After finishing up, Yi Meng started to cook porridge.

Shredded meat porridge, cooked until thick. Half a bowl for the children, a full bowl for the adults, served with freshly roasted jerky, and breakfast was solved.

The aroma of the rice porridge first awakened the elders and children.

The older children played with the younger ones, while the elders came over to help watch the porridge pot or boil water.

Once breakfast was ready, the adults gradually got up to tidy up.

After breakfast, Yi Meng and Qi Quanjin went to rest.

They truly gave it their all last night.

Digging holes, hiding tiger bones, processing hides, adding water—they almost broke every moment into eight parts to use.

Just past noon, Yi Meng and Qi Quanjin woke up to find their darling daughter sleeping between them like a little piglet.

"Wife, cuddle up with our daughter for a bit more."

Qi Quanjin, feeling sorry for his wife and worried their daughter might wake up alone and scared.

Yi Meng responded with a hum, but instead of sleeping, she held her daughter with her eyes closed, her mind entering the space.

Inside, Little White was still coiled up in its self-made nest.

As Yi Meng looked at it, the triangular snakehead suddenly lifted and looked toward the sky.

Yi Meng sensed it had detected her presence and said, "Little White, it’s me."

Upon hearing her voice, Little White coiled back down.

She glanced at the two wolf pups, finding them huddled together, snug in the nest Yi Meng had prepared for them, occasionally moving.

The two little ones were undeniably cute, but Yi Meng found herself perplexed.

Forget wolves; she had never even raised a dog before, so how was she going to keep these two little guys alive?

Remembering the scene of the alpha wolf dumping the newborn pups into the water jar, Yi Meng suddenly had a bold guess.

Could they possibly survive just on spring water?

Having thought of it, she attempted right away.

However, the pups were too small to even stand, so she could only try to feed them with a spoon or bottle.

A bottle was out of the question.

Not even the little ones at home had that kind of treatment.

A spoon...

Yi Meng tried, using her thoughts to control a spoon to scoop a bit of spring water and bring it to a wolf pup’s mouth.

The little creature indeed sipped it eagerly.

Although they could drink the spring water, just feeding them water wouldn’t suffice.

These were wild wolf pups, not little fairies that could survive on dew alone, so she’d have to find a way to feed them something else.

Just as she was thinking, she felt movement in her arms. Opening her eyes, she saw Qi Manman wriggling to get up.

"Mom!"

Seeing her mother awake, Qi Manman immediately called out sweetly, "Mama, Manbao wants rice porridge!"

"Alright, Mama will make it for you."

Seeing her daughter like this melted Yi Meng’s heart.

Not just rice porridge, even if Manman wanted stars from the sky, she’d find a way to reach them.

For lunch, everyone had meat porridge.

The meat was cut into small pieces, quickly stir-fried in the pot, then simmered with water and rice.

The cooked meat was tender, and the porridge absorbed the meaty aroma, making it especially delightful for everyone.

Originally thinking she’d have to make rice porridge separately for her daughter, Yi Meng felt this was more convenient.

The little girl was eating so happily, occasionally winking and making faces at Qi Shilang beside her.

Yi Meng discreetly stored half of her bowl of porridge in the space, planning to use it later to feed the wolf pups.

After eating, Qi Manman stood with her hands on her hips, "Big brother, big brother!"

Her childlike voice called, making Qi Dalang, who was about to clean up the dishes, rush over, "Manbao, what is it? What’s up?"

"Manbao wants to play horsey ride!"

Qi Manman tugged on Qi Dalang’s pants, swaying as she pleaded.

Qi Dalang was at a loss between laughter and tears.

This little girl remembered when he previously put her up on his shoulders for a bit.

"Alright!"

As the protective big brother he was, Qi Dalang couldn’t say no and immediately lifted the little girl up onto his shoulders, holding her arms firmly to prevent her from falling, then started jogging around the edge.

"Heehee! Big brother, faster, faster! Heehee!"

The little girl’s joyful laughter uplifted everyone’s spirits.

With food supplies, chestnuts, and lots of jerky, life didn’t seem so hard.

The only worry was... with so many things, the journey ahead might be harder.

After running two laps with Qi Manman, Qi Dalang was finally stopped by Yi Meng.

"Manbao, your big brother has a lot of work to do; it’s exhausting. Don’t ask him to carry you around anymore."

Yi Meng said sternly, her tone serious.

Qi Manman shrunk her neck, hugged Qi Dalang’s head tighter, unwilling to let go, obviously not having had enough.

"Qi Manman!"

Yi Meng’s tone grew firmer as she noticed the little girl disobeying.

Qi Dalang quickly tried to mediate, "Fourth Aunt, it’s fine, I..."

"If you have energy, use it to work!"

Yi Meng glared at Qi Dalang.

Qi Dalang immediately fell silent.

Dutifully quiet, everyone in the family knew that aside from their grandparents, their Fourth Aunt was the most formidable.

Even if they ignored their parents, they couldn’t ignore their Fourth Aunt.

Seeing Qi Dalang silent, Qi Manman’s eyes welled up, and she sobbed, "Mommy’s mean, woo woo woo, mommy doesn’t let big brother play with Manbao, mommy’s mean!"

Upon hearing this, everyone paused and turned to look over.

Yi Meng’s eyes widened in disbelief, staring at the tearful little girl.