After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1169 Rejected Outside the Capital City [2]

"Okay!" Xu Erjun ran towards Qiao Lizi's car, and soon heard the sound of slapping and Qiao Lizi's cursing: "What are you doing? What time is it and you're still going crazy? I didn't do this because of you..."

Qiao Lizi's illness due to depression was indeed not because of Xu Erjun.

She and Xu Erjun married because they were mutually in love, and their relationship was excellent after marriage. Now that they have a child with whom they share blood ties, their marriage is even more solid.

“Pear, I know you don’t want the children to suffer the same pain we did; you want to use your abilities to protect everyone and provide a safe haven for your family…”

“We’re working on it, but our capabilities are limited, and we can’t accomplish it all at once. Don’t push yourself too hard, take it slow. You’ve already done a great job,” Xu Erjun advised his wife.

Qiao Lizi's illness was indeed caused by her own lack of strength, coupled with some damage to her body after childbirth, and the great calamity of war, which led to her falling ill.

"I know, I just feel like I'm a freeloader, I can't help anyone, and I even have to be taken care of by everyone along the way, so..." Qiao Lizi choked up.

She knew she shouldn't overthink things, but she also understood the importance of being strong herself.

In short, it's better to have it yourself than to have it from someone else.

Only when she is capable can she avoid becoming a burden to the Qin family and protect her own family. Otherwise, if enemy troops attack the city or her family and children contract the rat plague, she will only be able to worry helplessly!

Qin Xiaomi and Aunt Xu were holding Xiao Lubao, Aunt Qiao was leading Xiao Fubao, and Qin Ertao and Qiao Songguo, a married couple, were standing a few meters away from the vehicle waiting.

After an unknown amount of time, the conversation stopped, and then the sound of sobbing could be heard.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaomi said, "Alright, Sister Pear will understand soon. She's not the type to bottle things up. You all take good care of her. I'll be going now."

"Sister Xiaomi, Sister Xiaomi, will my aunt still have a high fever? Can she eat meat, eggs, and drink goat milk?" Xiao Fubao asked anxiously.

In the past few days, the chubby boy has become much more sensible... or rather, he was frightened by Qiao Lizi's illness.

He was too young when his parents died, and he had no memory of them. To him, Xu Erjun and Qiao Lizi were his parents.

So when Qiao Lizi suddenly fell ill, Xu Erjun was also very worried. He noticed the changes in the family and felt panicked, but at the same time, he seemed to have suddenly grown up.

Qin Xiaomi shook her head: "No, these are all considered 'trigger foods'. If your aunt eats them, she might get a fever again."

"Your aunt should eat thick porridge with rice germ and rice oil in it right now. This kind of porridge is not only suitable for her, but also the most nourishing."

"Raw rice with sprouts? Yes, yes, I'll go cook some porridge right away." Little Fu Bao looked up at Aunt Qiao, who was holding his hand, and said, "Grandma Qiao, let's go cook some porridge for Auntie."

He originally wanted to cook the porridge himself, but both families kept reminding him not to go alone and to tell his elders wherever he went, and to take them with him.

Otherwise, if he gets lost, he'll never be found again!
"Pine Cone Mom, you hold Little Lu Bao, Fu Bao and I will go cook porridge for Pear." Aunt Xu knew that Aunt Qiao was worried about Pear, so she asked her to stay and watch over the child.

"Okay." Aunt Qiao didn't refuse, took the child and held him, waiting with her son and daughter-in-law near the vehicle.

After instructing the six female doctors to take care of Qiao Lizi, Qin Xiaomi didn't stay any longer and returned to her own small camp. Upon seeing her aunt, she asked, "Aunt, are you feeling down?"

Qin Xiaogu glanced at her sideways, stroking her pregnant belly, and said, "No, I'm in a good mood and not too worried about the baby, so don't worry."

Then he asked, "How are the pears?"

"After my aunt married my uncle, she didn't talk much," Qin Xiaomi complained. "She's almost better. Sister Pear is just panicked, exhausted, and not used to postpartum recovery. Plus, she's not quite over it yet. But she's the kind of person who would rather die than not live well right now, so we don't need to worry too much." However, Qin Xiaomi still reminded her, "Aunt, postpartum depression shouldn't be underestimated. So if she's unhappy after giving birth, she should just let it out and not bottle it up."

Aunt Qin assured her, "Don't worry, I'm really fine."

Qin Xiaogu did not have postpartum depression. Chai Panniang had just given birth and was still in confinement on the road during the war, but she also did not have postpartum depression.

However, this problem still cannot be ignored.

Qin Xiaomi could understand Qiao Lizi... Lizi really wanted to help, but production capacity and her own family's limited capabilities meant she couldn't always be of much help.

She still had to rely on the Qin family in everything, which made Li Zi feel increasingly insecure, so she fell ill from overwork.

Qin Xiaogu's lack of resentment stems from her confidence; both her husband's and her own family have ample resources to back her up.

Chai Panniang wasn't depressed because she accepted that her family was destined to depend on others for survival. She also felt incredibly lucky to be able to rely on the Qin family and receive their care, which made her happy.

"In short, it's perfectly normal to experience postpartum depression. There's nothing to feel guilty or blame yourself for. The ones who should blame themselves are the husband's family for not taking good care of the new mother."

"Xiao Mi, you're being too one-sided," Grandma Qin scolded her. "Old Madam Guan is still here, and you keep babbling on and on. What if Old Madam Guan thinks you're giving the Guan family a hard time?"
Haha, Madam Guan laughed: "I didn't have any wild thoughts. On the contrary, I think what Xiaomi said is absolutely right... Any woman who has given birth knows that it's not being pretentious, it's just that she needs the meticulous care of the people around her."

"Nine out of ten rural women do not experience depression after childbirth because they are too busy to have time to feel depressed, but this is not a good thing."

On the contrary, it was too bitter, so bitter that I didn't even realize I was sick.

……

After resting for one night, the deserters set off again the following day, July 17, towards the capital city.

But the day seemed unlucky; after only half a day's journey, they could no longer continue.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Dangdang Dangdang!
"The deserters and their convoy from Dongming Prefecture, halt your advance! Halt your advance! Rest in place and await further orders!" The messenger shouted as he rode back and forth.

The large group stopped upon hearing this, but they couldn't rest in peace. They all asked around, "What happened? What's going on up ahead? Why did we suddenly stop to rest?"

"Who knows? Probably only the people at the two gates of the government army know... Stop asking around and take a break. Don't get sick from overwork and be stopped at the city gate by the capital city under the pretext of rat plague. That would be terrible!"

It must be said that this fellow villager was farsighted; he guessed correctly.

Half an hour later.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"A joint order from the Regional Military Commission, the Provincial Administration Commission, and the Capital Government stipulates that all deserters and those affected by the disaster must stay in Dongfu Town for ten days to undergo plague quarantine. Only those who show no symptoms after ten days may queue up to enter the capital city!"

The new order caused an uproar among the hundreds of thousands of deserters.

"What the heck? We have to camp out in the open for ten days before we can even get into the city?!"

"Why? We came to the capital city to escape the war with our families under General Liang's orders. We finally made it to the outskirts of the city, but we're being stopped and not allowed to enter. What kind of logic is this?!"

"Do you have any documents stamped with the official seals of the three major government offices? Post them out for us to see. We'll only believe them after we've seen them and confirmed they're genuine. Otherwise, it's just that the capital city is deliberately disobeying wartime military law, deliberately refusing to help those in need, and preventing country folk from entering the city to escape the war!"