dognovel Chapter 126 Confinement
Chapter 126 Confinement
Linni successfully weaned her baby three days later, and her lochia had mostly stopped. She started spending an hour each morning and afternoon doing indoor exercises to repair her slightly deformed body.
Her partners started courting her, but she refused them all. She told them that after giving birth, she needed to observe a postpartum period, which lasted thirty days, after which she could not be exposed to wind or cold water. Moreover, families with the means would observe a longer postpartum period, which lasted forty-two days.
Her companions unanimously decided that Linni must undergo a 42-day postpartum confinement period. Then, each of them would stay with her for one day before leaving for the next tribe: the Vulture Tribe.
Lin Ni naturally didn't object. Actually, whether or not she observed postpartum confinement, she didn't seem to need to touch cold water or do housework normally; everyone took good care of her. It's just that the food during postpartum confinement would be a bit lighter, and she couldn't leave the cave to walk around. However, after the long winter, staying in the cave for forty-two days wasn't unacceptable at all.
She exercised every day, and by the twentieth day postpartum, her body had already recovered. Apart from her breasts being slightly fuller, everything else was exactly the same as before; she didn't have those awful stretch marks, and the skin on her stomach remained firm. I wondered if it was because she was young or because her belly hadn't grown much?
Linni resumed her archery practice and asked Yao if she could learn how to fight. Despite everyone's disapproving looks, she said, "I only learned this skill for self-defense, just like that day."
Everyone remembered that she was almost captured by a flying orc that day. If she hadn't killed the flying orc herself, they might never have seen her again.
Yao said remorsefully, "It's our fault for not protecting you."
Lin Ni quoted a modern saying: "No one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first."
While everyone was pondering her words, Linni continued, "I want to thank you all for being willing to accompany me on this adventure to the unknown. Even Feng, a level nine warrior, died, and the days ahead may hold even greater dangers, but none of you tried to persuade me to give up. You've all stayed with me through it all, and I'm truly grateful! In the future, when you go hunting or gathering food, I'll definitely have fewer people around me. Especially in winter, when Ye will hibernate." She stopped Ye from speaking and continued, "I won't seek more companions just for a more comfortable life. I have hands and feet; I can cook for myself, wash my own clothes, and even fetch my own water. I don't want to be a useless person who just sits on the sidelines waiting to be taken care of. Although I appreciate the feeling of you taking care of me, I don't want to lose my ability to survive. Let me learn; I just want a better chance of survival when unexpected events occur."
Yao hugged her: "Okay, let's get stronger together!"
Bai reached out and hugged them both tightly: "Let's become stronger together!"
Ye and Yan also hugged each other from the other side, and the five of them embraced each other: "Let's become stronger together!"
Lin Ni's postpartum fitness routine turned into a learning session: Yao taught her how to use the power of the Beast God to strengthen her body. As for releasing it externally to block danger and attacks, he felt it would be best to wait until after her postpartum period to practice that, allowing the power of the Beast God to nourish and strengthen her body within her body first. Lin Ni asked, puzzled, "Why didn't you teach me this before?"
Yao said, "The power of the Beast God will silently nourish your body even without active guidance. Don't you feel that your body has improved a lot?"
Linni looked at him: "Although, but..."
Yao explained, "But the body used in battle is actually different from the body used in everyday life, so it needs to be actively guided."
Okay, that's true.
Yao also taught her how to fight with a wooden spear.
Night taught her how to sense and avoid danger by constantly whipping her feet or the area around her with the snake's tail.
Yan taught her how to spot prey and danger hidden in the shadows or in the distance.
Bai directly taught her how to fight with her fists.
Forget about it. Who could she kill with those little fists? She should stick to archery. She could be an archer or a mage; if a warrior gets close, she could dodge if she could, and use her shield if she couldn't. That would be much better.
Lin Ni gave herself a clear understanding, which everyone agreed made sense, and thus her postpartum life became quite fulfilling. When she got tired of practicing, she could even hoe the ground – how wonderful!
Because of the disappearance of the Peacock Tribe, there were no more orcs hunting nearby, and since it was springtime, food was plentiful, so they had more time to spend with Linni. Aside from not being able to stand the wind, Linni didn't feel like she was in postpartum confinement at all; she felt more like she was participating in some kind of closed-door training.
They truly lived behind closed doors, but everyone enjoyed this feeling. Except for not being able to be intimate with Linni, everything was wonderful.
Of course, they inevitably kiss and touch each other before going to sleep at night, but I won't go into details.
After Linni had completed her forty-two-day postpartum confinement, she was finally able to see the light of day! By then, spring had ended on the Beastman Continent, and the warm early summer sun shone on her body. Linni felt that the world was truly wonderful!
Linni, dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and a short skirt made from the molted skin of a snake, sat on the back of a large white tiger, humming a little tune, and ran wildly outside the cave. She announced that she would have a crazy day of fun! At noon, they dug a mud cave on the side of the rocky mountain to bake chicken and have a barbecue; in the afternoon, they had a picnic by the pond in front of the cursed land. Linni and Yao made stone slab pancakes together. Anyway, she was going to eat unhealthy food. After eating steamed, boiled, stir-fried, and stewed food for forty-two days, she was going to indulge herself today.
When she was almost finished eating, Linni jumped into the pond and swam a few laps. She then realized she was incredibly pale—well, she'd been cooped up in the cave for fifty days! But how come even the two little moles on her face had disappeared? How did I go from a pretty girl to a stunning beauty? Is this the Beast God's reward to me? I'm so grateful to the Beast God!
Linni also discovered that the cursed land had expanded outwards; previously it was two or three hundred meters away from the pond, but now it was less than a hundred meters away. Upon discovering this, she went ashore. A wise person avoids dangerous situations, after all. Although Ye had been by her side ever since she went into the water, she had always heard the saying, "Better safe than sorry."
Linni warmed herself by the fire for a while, gazing at the cursed land opposite, and couldn't help but think of the rainy day when Feng left. Although she didn't want to think about it, it was impossible not to. Linni suddenly looked up at Yao and the others: "I've thought of a way to break this cursed land."
Everyone looked at her, and Bai asked, "Lin, do you have any good ideas?"
Lin Ni glanced at the opposite side, then looked at Ye: "Ye, when you went in earlier, did you find any trace of your father beast?"