Chapter 10 Earn it back

The two of them sat on the bullock cart and finished eating. Ye Xiaomei and the aunts and ladies who were riding on the cart also came back one after another.

　　Seeing that everyone was gathered, Zhou Liang shouted and waved his whip, and the old scalper pulled the cart and walked slowly away.

　　It was already dark when he returned to Yueya Village. Zhou Liang left Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu at the east end of the village. Ye Anyian paid eight cents for the ride, and the two of them walked home together.

　　Arriving at the door of his house, Ye Annian was about to knock on the door when a dark shadow suddenly appeared from the side.

　　With quick eyes and quick hands, Jiang Zhu raised his foot and kicked the black shadow directly.

　　Then a scream of "ouch" was heard, and the black figure fell to the ground and rolled several times.

　　"who?"

　　Ye Annian was startled, blocking the door in the dark and blind. Could it be a thief?

　　"Ouch! Fuck!"

　　The black shadow screamed: "I am your father!"

　　The voice was familiar, Ye Anyian recognized it, it was Ye Chenghe.

　　His face suddenly turned cold. Just as Ding Qiu opened the door, the two entered the yard. Ye Anian slammed the door behind him.

"Open the door! Damn it!" Ye Chenghe shouted outside, banging on the door manically.

　　Ye Anyian frowned and said, "Leave him alone."

　　Jiang Zhu patted his shoulder and asked him to take the two little ones into the house: "I'll send him away."

　　"Ignore him, he will leave later." Ye Anyian said.

　　"That's not possible," Jiang Zhu said with a sly smile, "He is here to bring us money."

　　"Huh?" Ye Anyian was confused by him.

　　"Do you still remember the packets of herbal tea I brought with me on the day we got engaged? Tea and wine are incompatible with each other. The herbal tea I gave him was different from the one I gave to Zhao Lizheng. It contained something that was incompatible with wine."

　　"Looking at how irritable he is today, he probably had an attack after drinking that tea."

　　Ye Anyian: "Then he is here to trouble you?"

　　"Who said that? I said he came to see me for treatment, and he came to see me for treatment."

　　Jiang Zhu said as he helped Ye Annian carry a lot of things he bought today to the main room: "Go in and wait. Maybe you can get back the twelve taels of silver as a gift."

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　It was quite a loss, but he felt it was pretty good.

　　Jiang Zhu went out to send Ye Chenghe away, so he led the two little ones into the house and packed up all the things they bought at today's fair in the main room.

　　The pork belly and pig offal were put in a basin and soaked in cold water; the ready-made clothes and the pieces of cloth were folded and placed on the kang in the east room; several grains were placed in the jars of rice and beans; white fungus and red dates were dried and poured into the pot. Store in small jars.

　　After cleaning up, he took out the mung bean crisps and maltose he bought for the two children and distributed them to Fu Zai and Ding Qiu.

　　And he specifically said: "Doctor Jiang bought this for you."

　　Fu Zai was holding a piece of yellow maltose in his hand and his mouth was watering. He looked at Ye Anyian with a longing look on his face: "Brother, can I eat it today?"

　　"Eat it." Ye Annian said, "But it's too late today. I can only eat one piece of candy and mung bean cake. I have to eat later."

　　"good!"

　　Fu Zai's eyes were bright as he carefully picked up a piece of maltose and put it into his mouth.

　　Then...

　　"So sweet! So delicious!"

　　The little guy ate candy for the first time. He was as excited as if he was celebrating the New Year. He took Ding Qiu's hand and shook it: "Brother Qiu, eat it too, this candy is so sweet!"

　　Ding Qiu has eaten both sweets and snacks. Although he doesn't eat them often, he has tasted them and is not as surprised as Fu Zai.

　　But he had no interest in spoiling Fu Zai. Even though he couldn't see, he fumbled for a piece of maltose and put it into his mouth, and then laughed.

　　"It's so sweet and delicious."

　　"Yes, yes!"

　　Fu Zai was recognized and happily picked up another piece of candy and handed it to Ye Anyian: "Brother, eat it too!"

　　Ye Annian ate the candy with his hand, then rubbed his soft little head: "It's delicious. Fu Zai is a good boy."

The good boy Fu Zai then took out another piece of candy and limped out with small steps.

　　"Then I'll feed Dr. Jiang!"

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　The little kid is so cute.

　　…

　　In the hospital, Jiang Zhu deceived Ye Chenghe with a few words and immediately took the consultation fee of ten taels of silver.

　　He asked Ye Chenghe to wait outside, and he immediately went to give him three prescriptions and three meals, and the effect was immediate.

　　Originally, Ye Chenghe was unwilling to do so. It was better to grab ten taels of silver for a medical treatment.

　　But he couldn't bear the discomfort. He had vomited all day and was so weak that he squatted in front of Jiang Zhu's house for most of the day. After kicking the door twice, he almost lay down on the ground.

　　Just ten taels, he doesn't have the energy to go to town to see the doctor again.

　　Jiang Zhu entered the medicine house, wrote down the prescription in two strokes, grabbed the medicine, skillfully tied it into three medicine bags and threw them into Ye Chenghe's arms, then closed the door and locked it in one go.

　　With a heavy amount of silver in his hand, Jiang Zhu walked into the house humming a tune.

　　Before he had taken two steps, a staggering child ran out of the house and almost bumped into him because he was running so fast.

　　"Slow down." He reached out and took it.

　　Fu Zai stabilized his body, stood on tiptoes, and raised his little hands high: "Doctor Jiang, give you some candy."

　　It's a square piece of maltose.

　　"Okay." Jiang Zhu smiled, took the candy and ate it in his mouth, "Sweet!"

　　"Hey hey hey!"

　　Fu Zai was happy and staggered back into the house.

　　Jiang Zhu looked at his limping back and frowned.

　　He also had to treat this little cripple. There were three sick people in the family. He couldn't afford it just by seeing doctors and selling medicinal materials, so he had to think of ways to make more money.

　　In the main room, Ye Annian was packing the dishes for dinner.

　　Seeing Fu Zai and Jiang Zhu come in one after another, he stopped what he was doing and said, "How is it?"

　　After asking Ding Qiu and Fu Zai to play in the west room, Jiang Zhu pulled Ye Anian into the east room.

　　He didn't answer, and handed the bag of silver to Ye Anian with a smile.

　　The bag was heavy on my hand.

　　Ye Anyian pursed his lips: "Five taels?"

　　Jiang Zhu shook his head.

　　"Six taels?"

　　Jiang Zhu still shook his head.

　　"Then," Ye Anyian was a little unsure, "eight taels?"

　　"Ten taels." The corner of Jiang Zhu's lips raised, "The gift money should have been given to you. Well, the property has returned to its original owner."

　　Ye Anyian:...

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhu actually made money back.

　　When he thought that Ye Chenghe had gained nothing, he felt a lot more comfortable.

　　In the past two days, even my cough has gotten better.

　　"Try on the new clothes, I'll go cook." Jiang Zhu said.

　　After saying that, he opened the door curtain and went out.

　　Ye Annian weighed the heavy money bag and put the ten taels of silver together with the one or two and a half coins left from today's market and put them away.

Not long after, smoke rose from the courtyard, and the enticing aroma of the food floated out from the room, which was illuminated by warm yellow lights.

　　Jiang Zhu put the last dish on the table, leaned forward and called to the people in the room: "An Nian, it's time to eat."

　　On the other side, Ye Chenghe, who was walking back in the dark with his stomach and medicine in hand, suddenly stopped.

　　"Hiss," he grinned and took a breath, frowning his unshaven face, and muttered, "Ten taels of silver as a gift, and ten taels of silver as a consultation fee."

　　"Damn it, I must have been tricked by that young man, right?"