The Pan Family Member Is Sick

Yu Xiaolian left the medicinal hall with two taels of silver in her arms. Before she left, Lai Shun specially reminded her to come back tomorrow to sell ginseng.

Yu Xiaolian rolled up the empty cloth bag in her hand and placed it under her arm.

Afraid that Yu Changhe would be worried, she didn't dare to stay in town. She hurried home.

She had a limited number of herbs that she had sunned over the past few days. The wolfberries only weighed four catties after drying. Although she had picked a lot of honeysuckle, it was not weighed after drying. It was probably only about five catties.

Yu Xiaolian calculated in her heart. In the end, she decided to take out 400 copper coins and hand it to Madam Sun. This way, it would not be conspicuous, but it would also allow Madam Sun to pay some debts. If she handed it all over, she would probably have to face Yu Changhe's doubts and interrogation.

Yu Xiaolian had just walked to the entrance of the village when she saw Yu Changhe leaning on the wooden stick and stretching his neck to look at the intersection. Only when he saw Yu Xiaolian's figure did he reveal a relieved smile.

Yu Xiaolian had actually wanted to leave the Yu family and find a secluded place to live a beautiful life. However, when she thought about how such a good person like Yu Changhe would die because of her, she couldn't bear to abandon them.

In this life, she had to protect them. If Jun Mobai dared to disturb their lives, she didn't mind electrocuting him with an electric baton.

"Father." Yu Xiaolian ran over quickly. After walking for an hour, her forehead was covered in sweat. It was noon, and the sun was at its hottest.

Yu Changhe saw the empty bag under Yu Xiaolian's arm. "Heh, my daughter really sold her things!"

Yu Xiaolian raised her head proudly. "Of course. Don't you know whose daughter I am? Just wait to live a good life with me in the future!"

"Oh…" Yu Changhe laughed. "Then, will I really stay at home and enjoy life?"

"Of course. When I have money in the future, I'll buy you eight to ten servants to serve you 24 hours a day!"

"Aren't you ashamed of boasting?" Yu Changhe smiled and tapped Yu Xiaolian's head.

As soon as they returned to the house, Yu Xiaolian took out four hundred copper coins from the cloth bag and bragged, "Dang… Dang… Dang…"

"Hey, why is there so much money?" Yu Changhe was shocked. He thought that those medicinal ingredients could only be sold for not more than ten copper coins. He did not expect that it would be more than what he earned from weaving baskets all day.

"I met a good person today. Coincidentally, the young master of the pharmacy was there. He was the one who agreed to take my herbs. If it were that server, he wouldn't have accepted them!"

"Which pharmacy?"

"Mm…" Yu Xiaolian thought for a moment, "Rejuvenation Hall!"

"Oh, so you went to Doctor Zheng's medicine hall. Doctor Zheng and his son are famous for being kind people in town. Our Lian'er is quite lucky!"

Yu Changhe paused for a moment. "But how did you know it was from Rejuvenation Hall?"

Yu Xiaolian herself couldn't read, so it was naturally impossible for her to recognize the words on the plaque.

"Um… I heard from that shop assistant who said that I'll remember how fair Rejuvenation Hall was."

Facing such a meticulous father every day, Yu Xiaolian was really worried that she would expose herself one day.

Afraid that Yu Changhe would continue to interrogate her, Yu Xiaolian hurriedly said, "Father, someone in the Pan family is sick, and it's very serious. The entire town is talking about it. I heard that this illness is even contagious. Many people in the Pan family have contracted it."

"It's really fair. They deserve it for doing all kinds of evil!"

Yu Changhe scolded them a few times and seemed to have vented his anger. He hurriedly said, "It can't be a plague, right? You shouldn't go to town for the time being."

Yu Xiaolian had already agreed to deliver the ginseng tomorrow. She had to go.

Forget it. When the time came, she would use the excuse of going out to dig for vegetables and secretly make a trip there. Otherwise, Yu Changhe would not stop wasting time.

"I don't think it's a plague. I heard the people in town talking about the people who were sick. Half of their bodies looked like they had a birthmark. It was scary."

"That's like being poisoned. But what kind of poison is contagious?"

"What are you two talking about? What poison?" Madam Sun walked in with an embroidered basket. She looked to be in an extremely good mood.

"It's nothing." Yu Changhe picked up the string of copper coins. "Look at how much money my daughter exchanged for those medicinal herbs. We can return the money we owed to the coachman and the other families."

Madam Sun took the string of copper coins. "Are you two trying to make me happy? Is this really the money Lian'er earned from selling herbs?"

"Of course it's true. Tomorrow, Lian'er and I will go pick herbs together. We have to pick more back."

Yu Xiaolian hurriedly said, "Father, the place where I picked herbs is in the mountains. Even if you jump in, you won't be able to climb up. You don't have to go. I can do it myself.

"However, don't tell them that we sold herbs for so much money. Otherwise, when they go to pick herbs, we won't be able to beat them."

Yu Changhe nodded. "No, no. When you talk about the medicinal herbs you sold, say you exchanged the money for candy and ate it."

Yu Xiaolian pouted. Was she that greedy?

Madam Sun placed the string of money on the bed and got on the bed to close the window. She was about to calculate something when she muttered, "I owe the most to the coachman. One hundred and fifty copper coins, fifty copper coins from the Wang family, thirty copper coins from the Sun family…"

Just as Madam Sun was getting excited from her calculations, Madam Cao suddenly shouted in the courtyard, "Yu Xiaolian, come out! You actually dare to hit my son. You little b*tch, you're lawless, right?"

Yu Changhe asked, "Did you hit Yu Ziyi?"

Of course, Yu Xiaolian couldn't admit it. "No, he wanted to snatch my herbs. I didn't give them to him, so he said he wanted to tell his mother."

When Yu Changhe heard this, he patted Yu Xiaolian's shoulder. "Don't be afraid. Father will go out and tell your Eldest Aunt. You can just stay in the house."

Madam Sun stuffed the copper coins under the blanket and said as she put on her shoes, "What's the use of you going out? You're not a talker. The two of you stay in the house. I'll go out."

Madam Sun hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out, looking like she was about to fight with Madam Cao.

"Her aunt, my Xiaolian is as thin as a monkey. The bones in her body are weak. How can she beat a brat as big as Ziyi? If you want to find an excuse to fight, just say it. At most, we'll fight!"

Madam Sun's words stunned Madam Cao.

That was true. Her son was a head taller than Yu Xiaolian, and he was stronger than her. He was also a boy. No matter what, he wouldn't let Yu Xiaolian bully him.

"Brother Yi, tell me, why haven't you beaten Yu Xiaolian before?"

At this moment, Yu Ziyi felt that he had lost all his face. He was only complaining to Madam Cao and did not want her to come out and make a fuss. He was a man and had never hit a ten-year-old girl. It was too embarrassing for him to go home and complain to his mother.

"I… At that time, I felt my body go weak and fell to the ground. Perhaps it was because I wasn't feeling well, but… Yu Xiaolian didn't really hit me."

That's right, with this explanation, he wouldn't be embarrassed to the point of losing face.

Madam Sun spat. "Little brat, if you dare to wrong my Xiaolian again, I'll really beat you up."

Madam Cao pushed Yu Ziyi. "You bastard! Let's go home."