Chapter 47 It’s important to save people

It was already dark when the two arrived home, and from far away they saw a dim yellow light shining in the small courtyard under the old locust tree.

　　When Zhou Liang stopped the oxcart with a "hush", the closed fence door was suddenly opened a small crack, and then a black shadow jumped out from inside.

　　After not seeing each other for a day, the copper coins rushed to the feet of Ye Anian and Jiang Zhu like arrows, wagging their tails and circling around the two of them excitedly, humming "woo woo woo woo" in their mouths.

　　Ye Anyian touched its head and said in surprise: "Copper coins can open the door by themselves?"

　　Just after asking, a little man popped out of the courtyard.

　　Fu Zai pointed his cane at him and shouted, "I drove it, brother!"

　　There was a small slope outside the courtyard gate. Seeing Fu Zai jumping over to find them regardless, Ye Anian quickly handed the things in his hands to Jiang Zhu, ran two steps quickly, and picked him up.

　　"You're not honest, why don't you wait in the courtyard?"

　　"I can't wait any longer." Fuzai blinked at Ye Anyian with a pair of grape-like eyes, and stretched out his little hand to wrap his arms around Ye Anyian's neck, "Brother, I miss you."

　　Xiao Tuanzi's cuteness simply touched Ye Anyian's heart. Ye Anyian reached out and pinched his little face, then carried him to the courtyard.

　　"Have you been naughty at home? Did you help Brother Qiu warm up the meal at noon?"

　　"No! I accompanied Brother Qiu to endorse it, and I also helped Brother Qiu to light the fire!"

　　Fu Zai obediently lay on Ye Annian's shoulder. When he saw Jiang Zhu following behind the two of them, he called out, "Doctor Jiang! Brother Qiu has finished memorizing the Materia Medica!"

　　Jiang Zhu smiled at him and praised: "Okay, you are all good children. Your brother and I brought you delicious food."

　　The three of them entered the courtyard, and Ding Qiu sat at the stone table in the courtyard. At his feet was a simple small stove surrounded by a few blue bricks.

　　Seeing this, Ye Anyian asked, "Are you still playing house?"

　　"Brother Ye, sir, you are back." Ding Qiu heard Ye Anyian's voice greeting.

　　Then he answered Ye Annian's question just now: "That should be the mugwort that Fu Zai circled and burned for me. There are more mosquitoes when it gets dark, and it's easy to get bitten if you sit in the courtyard."

　　"Oh?" Ye Annian came over after hearing this, and sure enough he smelled the smell of burning wormwood.

　　"It seems that Fu Zai has grown up and can take care of others." Jiang Zhu put down what he was carrying on the stone table and touched Fu Zai's head.

　　Fu Zai was very embarrassed, lying on Ye Anyian's shoulder and laughing.

　　The two of them went to the town for a day and were somewhat tired. Jiang Zhu simply cooked a pot of rice porridge and heated up eight large meat buns bought from the town. The two of them had a simple meal.

　　After dinner, Ye Annian gave each of the two little dumplings a piece of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and pineapple cake they bought as dessert after the meal, and then took a piece each for himself and Jiang Zhu.

　　After eating, the four of them tidied up and went to bed early.

　　Business was good today. Ye Anyian was lying in bed at night still thinking about the order that the richly dressed young man placed with him during the day.

　　The waist tightened, and a hot body came closer.

Jiang Zhu put her arms around his waist, leaned over from behind, and asked, "What are you thinking about if you don't sleep?"

　　Ye Annian was held by him like this, and he felt like his whole body was sinking into his arms, and the faint fragrance of herbs lingered on the tip of his nose.

　　He took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and said, "That man ordered something from us during the day. It seems he didn't pay for it, right?"

　　"...Yeah." Jiang Zhu was silent and replied.

　　At that time, it happened that a group of children gathered around with their elders to buy bamboo dragonflies. There was chaos when there were many people, so the two of them were busy dealing with the children, so they didn't pay attention.

　　In the end, the young man just said something and even the deposit was confiscated, and the man disappeared without a trace.

　　"Do you think it's unreliable?" Jiang Zhu asked, "If it doesn't work, then don't do it yet."

　　"It's okay," Ye Annian said, "The left and right things are made. If he doesn't want it, we will sell it to others."

　　Jiang Zhu: "Okay. Let me help you tomorrow. The wooden spinning top is simple. You teach me and I will make it. Just make the five wooden frogs."

　　The two of them exchanged a few words before feeling sleepy. Ye Anyian muttered a vague "hmm" and fell asleep directly.

　　On the second day, the two of them got busy after eating the morning meal.

　　The wooden spinning top is simple, Ye Anian only taught Jiang Zhu once, and Jiang Zhu knew it well. The two of them sat behind the long table in the medicine house and got busy.

　　Jiang Zhu cut a square piece of wood into a cylindrical shape, then sharpened one end and ground two grooves in the middle to create a simple shape, then polished it smooth and it was finished.

　　The remaining work of painting patterns on the tops will be done by Ye Anyian once all ten are finished.

　　On the side, Ye Anyian was carefully carving the wooden frog, first cutting out the general outline, and then digging out the details, which was much more complicated than Jiang Zhu's.

　　The two worked hard for most of the day and made five wooden tops and a wooden frog.

　　When he was stopping to rest, the fence gate in the courtyard was suddenly knocked.

　　Tongqian was sleeping under the shade of a tree in the courtyard. When he heard the noise, he rushed to the door and barked "woof" outside.

　　Ye Annian was wondering who it was when he heard an exclamation from outside, it seemed to be a child.

　　He immediately stood up and walked out. Jiang Zhu frowned and quickly got up and followed Ye Anian out.

　　Ye Anyian opened the fence door. Jiang Zhu quickly bent down and picked up the copper coins, fearing to scare the children outside.

　　The copper coin was tightly held in his arms, but he still stretched his head and shouted outside.

　　"Brother Ye, you...save Sister Xiaomei quickly!"

　　Outside the door, there was a little girl wearing shabby clothes. She looked seven or eight years old, dark and thin.

Ye Annian remembered that this was the child next door to Lao Ye's family, named Zhao Pandui.

　　The Zhao family's wife has given birth to five children. The first four are either daughters or brothers. It was not until the fifth child that she finally gave birth to a baby boy.

　　As for Zhao Pandi, the fourth eldest brother, her eldest brother and second sister are already married, leaving only her and her 12-year-old third sister at home.

　　Poor these two girls, they work as cows and horses at home, and they don't get the good looks of their parents and grandmother. They are beaten or scolded all day long, and they have to be playmates for their youngest brother.

　　"Brother Ye...wuwuwu," Zhao Pandui cried with tears all over his face, "Go and have a look, you...your mother almost beat Sister Xiaomei to death!"

　　Ye Anian's heart sank. He first pulled Zhao Pandi into the courtyard and asked Jiang Zhu to get a handkerchief to wipe the child's face. Then he said, "Don't cry first. Tell me what happened?"

　　Zhao Pandian was crying and twitching, and his little shoulders were shaking so much that he couldn't stop.

　　Ye Annian wiped her face with a handkerchief and gave her some water. Then she calmed down a little and said, "It's...it's Sister Xiaomei's husband's family who came to hire her."

　　"I was feeding chickens in the yard today, and I heard a lively chat over there, but I didn't take it seriously. But...but for some reason, Grandma Wu and Aunt Zhang (second daughter-in-law Zhang Juan, Ye Xiaomei's biological mother) just followed People coming from Xiaomei's brother-in-law's house started making a noise."

　　"Their quarreling became more and more fierce. I heard...I heard Sister Xiaomei go to break up the fight, and then Grandma Wu took a branch and started to beat Sister Xiaomei. She beat Sister Xiaomei from the yard to the outside. There was a big commotion, and the neighbors came out. , but no one dared to persuade me."

　　"Ooooo, I'm scared, Sister Xiaomei is bleeding! I...I really don't know who to look for..."

　　Zhao Pandi shook her shoulders and started crying again. Ye Anyian patted her on the back and pulled her up: "Let's go and take a look."

　　He originally didn't want to get involved in Lao Ye's family affairs anymore, but now he couldn't ignore it.

　　Ye Xiaomei was the only person in the entire Ye family who had good intentions towards him, and was also the first person to lend a helping hand to him when he first came to this world.

　　He pulled Zhao Pankan out and Fuzai heard the noise and jumped out of the house with his crutches.

　　"Brother, where are you going?"

　　Fu Zai leaned against the door of the main room with a worried look on his face.

　　He heard his brother say that he was going to Lao Ye's house. That place was very scary to him. He was afraid when his brother wanted to go.

　　"Good boy, Fu Zai, can you wait for your brother at home with your brother Qiu?" Ye Anian coaxed.

　　Fu Zai pursed his lips tightly and looked at Ye Anyian without saying anything.

　　"I'll go with your brother," Jiang Zhu said, leading Xiaotuanzi back into the house, "You play with Ding Qiu at home, and when we come back, I'll make you some meatballs at night, okay?"

　　The meat they bought in the town yesterday was still chilled in the well water they brought in. After eating some for lunch, there was still a lot left.

　　"Okay." Fu Zai nodded obediently.

Jiang Zhu touched his head, turned around and left.

　　When the three of them arrived at the door of Lao Ye's house, there was already a circle of people surrounding the door.

　　Ye Anian vaguely heard Wu Xianglian's shouts from the crowd, mixed with Ye Xiaomei's cries.

　　"You little bitch, I raised you for nothing, and you only get this little gift money!"

　　"Look at the little betrothal gift the Sun family got, who are they?"

　　"You are a loser. Your third uncle is going to get married. What's wrong with pushing your marriage to a later date? She still dares to disagree!"

　　"What is there to disagree with? Seniors and young are superior to each other. This is the rule set by our ancestors!"

　　Ye Annian held Zhao Pandi in one hand and Jiang Zhu in the other. As soon as the three of them arrived, the crowd of onlookers consciously separated to both sides to make way for the three of them.

　　Zhao Pandui, who was sobbing and walking beside Ye Anian, suddenly broke away from his hand when the three of them squeezed in front of the crowd, and disappeared into the crowd.

　　Ye Annian frowned, and when he looked up, he saw a fierce-looking old woman looking towards him in the crowd opposite.

　　He recognized that this person was He Huifen, the daughter-in-law of Zhao Zhengping, the Zhao family next door to Lao Ye's family, and Zhao Pandi's grandmother.

　　Ye Anyian gave her a cold look, and He Huifen turned her head away, pretending as if nothing happened.

　　At this time, Wu Xianglian yelled again, and while yelling, she hit Ye Xiaomei with a branch.

　　"You lose money! You are talking!"

　　"Weren't you quite eloquent when we were here just now? Now you're mute?"

　　"Who are you targeting! Tell me! Are you still a member of the Ye family?"

　　Ye Xiaomei was beaten all over the floor by her, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent.

　　Seeing that the branch in Wu Xianglian's hand was about to pull down again, Ye Anian was about to step forward, but Jiang Zhu was one step faster than him and grabbed her hand.

　　"That's enough," Ye Annian walked out of the crowd, "If you can't quarrel with your in-laws, you will get angry at Xiaomei. You are the elder of the disciples!"