Gu Qingcheng's family naturally did not have to live a life of hardship and shabbiness. After the division of the family, they only needed to live a good life for the three of them.
They did not dare to eat too well in front of everyone. That evening, besides lighting a fire to cook a pot of wild vegetable soup, they made a giant triple-decker sandwich with cold cuts, salted eggs, and shredded pork.
The sandwich was double-layered, with generous portions of meat and eggs. It was also packed with a lot of seaweed, shredded pork, and cream. If a shop sold it with such generous fillings, they would surely go bankrupt within three months.
Gu Qingcheng redeemed seasonings from the Mountain Cat Supermarket and added chicken essence, salt, and other seasonings to the plain wild vegetable soup, making the bitter soup slightly sweet and palatable.
For people nowadays, wild vegetable soup was a necessity to fill their stomachs. For Gu Qingcheng's family, wild vegetables were a high-end delicacy, and they savored every bite.
Refreshing wild vegetable soup, paired with a rich and fragrant sandwich, couldn't be more delicious. This fusion of local and foreign cuisine was truly unique.
After dinner, Gu Qingcheng dropped a disinfection pill into the water bucket before brushing her teeth and washing her face.
After coming here, she discovered that the original owner had no habit of brushing her teeth. Her teeth were a little yellow, and her gums were inflamed. Once she had enough "satisfaction points," she quickly redeemed toothpaste, a toothbrush, dental floss, and a water flosser.
After several days of diligent dental hygiene, her teeth condition had already shown significant improvement.
Gu Qingcheng now spent her satisfaction points lavishly because she gradually realized that earning them was not too difficult.
Today, she helped an old lady carry her package and an old man push his wheelbarrow along the way. She received their sincere gratitude and earned 10 satisfaction points from each.
Perhaps helping others brought genuine and profound inner joy, which was why the system was so generous with satisfaction points.
With these satisfaction points, Gu Qingcheng dared to spend more freely and purchase some daily necessities.
She had prepared toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, and water flossers for her whole family.
Gu Chaobei, as a doctor, had already cultivated good hygiene habits for everyone. After brushing their teeth, they handed their used dental tools to her, and she put them into the Mountain Cat Supermarket's storage cabinet.
These items were clearly not from this era, and they did not dare to easily put them in their bundles lest they be discovered and their secret revealed.
After the family finished their washing, they were tired from walking all day and wanted to go to bed early to rest.
Hu Lanfang was about to lie down when she suddenly clutched her stomach and asked with some alarm:
"Daughter, do you have any sanitary pads?"
"Sanitary pads? Oh, yes. Mother, your period has started?"
Gu Qingcheng then realized that her mother was still a young woman under forty, and it was normal for her period to come every month.
"Yes, it has. But the original owner's period was very irregular, sometimes coming every two or three months, or even half a year. I thought it was due to malnutrition, but I didn't expect it to come suddenly this time. It's really caught me off guard."
Hu Lanfang complained.
"It's probably because we've been eating well and have had enough nutrition these past few days."
Gu Qingcheng said, and then swiftly took out a pair of sleep-in sanitary pants from the Mountain Cat Supermarket for Hu Lanfang to use.
Hu Lanfang went behind a rock at the back of the campsite and quickly changed into the sanitary pants, then returned to the campsite with a relieved expression.
"Wife, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Gu Chaobei asked, while skillfully serving a cup of brown sugar water.
The brown sugar was bought by Gu Qingcheng from the Mountain Cat Supermarket, and the hot water was already boiled in the pot. While Hu Lanfang was changing, he had already mixed the brown sugar water.
Hu Lanfang took the brown sugar water and took a sip with great satisfaction.
This brown sugar seemed to be made using ancient methods, with a rich aroma and mellow taste, sweet but not greasy. She sighed contentedly:
"It's alright, just a slight dull ache. Drinking this brown sugar water makes me feel even more comfortable."
"Even so, we still have to walk over 20 kilometers to Jinsha City tomorrow. Can you handle it? Or should we walk slower?"
Gu Chaobei asked with concern.
"It's only the first day. This body is very resilient and can endure hardship. Don't worry!"
Hu Lanfang felt fine and took on the responsibility.
"That won't do. We'll see how it is tomorrow."
Gu Chaobei doted on his wife.
If it were before, even if his wife was on her period, her job was relatively easy. Now, walking twenty to thirty li a day, how could she possibly endure it?
"We'll talk about it tomorrow." Hu Lanfang felt warm inside seeing her husband's thoughtfulness.
Gu Qingcheng was a bystander, feasting on the sweet affection between her parents.
But it wasn't over yet.
Gu Chaobei asked Gu Qingcheng to buy a hot water bottle from the Mountain Cat Supermarket and fill it with hot water to warm Hu Lanfang's abdomen.
When Gu Qingcheng returned with the hot water bottle, Gu Chaobei suddenly slapped his forehead and said:
"How foolish of me! I should have bought two more hot water bottles. We can use them to keep warm when we sleep at night."
Gu Qingcheng also had a sudden realization.
A rubber hot water bottle filled with hot water could retain heat for two to three hours in bed.
The temperature at night for the past two days had dropped to around 10 degrees Celsius, making it chilling. The three of them shivered in their blankets, but they hadn't thought of this.
Fortunately, Hu Lanfang's period reminded them.
Gu Qingcheng quickly bought two more hot water bottles. Each hot water bottle only cost 12 yuan, which solved the problem of freezing at night.
Gu Chaobei filled the hot water bottles with hot water and happily tucked one into his arms, a comfortable smile on his face.
As Gu Qingcheng held the hot water bottle, she felt a surge of warmth. Her body immediately became toasty, and the cold wind blowing from the valley no longer felt so biting. It was truly refreshing!
Gu Qingcheng felt happy and snuggled into her blanket.
"Host, you have gained one satisfaction point. Source: Satisfaction with warmth."
Unexpectedly, the system continued to generously distribute benefits.
Gu Qingcheng now loved this system.
Whatever made her feel happy, the system would record it.
It seemed her threshold for happiness was not high, and she was easily satisfied. She had earned 30 satisfaction points in total today.
As Gu Qingcheng lay down, she snuggled close to her mother, the two of them huddling together for warmth.
Gu Chaobei lay on Hu Lanfang's side. The family of three, sharing the same blanket, huddled together for warmth.
There was no helping it. For a family like theirs, having one blanket to share was already very good.
In rural areas like this, some families didn't even have cotton quilts. In the dead of winter, they would pile up grass in the house and burrow into the grass heap to sleep, using the pile as a quilt to ward off the cold.
As Gu Chaobei snuggled into the blanket, he mused that once they reached Jinsha City tomorrow, he would ask Qingcheng to get two cotton quilts so they could sleep comfortably.
Plans, however, couldn't keep up with changes. The next morning, Hu Lanfang woke up with severe abdominal pain. Even after taking a menstrual pain relief pill, the intense pain did not subside.
Gu Qingcheng redeemed painkillers from the Mountain Cat Supermarket's pharmacy for her. Although it improved somewhat, she was still bent over from the pain.
It was likely due to the original owner's long-term malnutrition and weak body.