Ye Wenxue, with a cold expression, snatched the axe and weighed it in her hand, examining Su Jiu's wrist closely.

"Can you do manual labor? Build houses? Work as a laborer?"

With a bone broken from chopping wood, let alone building a house, he probably couldn't even lift a bucket of water.

Almost instantly, she recalled her two previous meetings with Su Jiu: once when he was stuck in a pit and injured his ankle; and another time when he was chased far away by wild boars and couldn't even climb a tree.

Ye Wenxue closed her eyes, trying to calm her breathing:

"Why don't you go back?"

Sorry, we don't have any food stored at home, and we don't support idle people.

Su Jiu endured the pain, straightened her bones, and gently turned them a few times to adjust, a smug smile on her face:

"I brought my own food..."

Stared at by Ye Wenxue's menacing gaze, he swallowed his words of explanation, his mind racing:

“I can make medicinal cuisine. There are suitable medicinal herbs in the package. You and the children are all very thin. Only the little one in the swaddling clothes is a little chubby. You can tell that you are not in good health and need to take good care of yourself for a period of time.”

“I can still read. Your eldest child is called Dazhuang, right? He’s seven or eight years old. Sanyuan is also at the age to start his education. We can’t just keep delaying him like this.”

Ye Wenxue remained expressionless.

We haven't even reached a point where we can live without worrying about food and clothing yet. We still have to worry about daily necessities like firewood, rice, oil, and salt. So, studying isn't in a rush.

It's time to take care of your health...

She could tell that Su Jiu wasn't lying. The original owner of this body had gone to town to do hard and tiring work before her postpartum period was over, and she was also mentally and physically exhausted because of Cheng Xiucai's death. This body was extremely fragile and had many ailments.

The cubs were in similar situations; since the drought struck, they hadn't had a proper meal, the water they drank wasn't clean, and they slept in damp, dark caves every day.

Even if you are extremely well-groomed, there may be hidden health problems.

—The main villain in the original book died young, partly because he suffered too much in his childhood and his body was severely damaged.

Ye Wenxue pondered for a moment, gradually calming down, and nodded towards Su Jiu:

"You'll cook dinner tonight. If it's not good..."

She smiled gently, a smile that gave Su Jiu goosebumps all over his body.

Even the day I nearly died wasn't as terrifying as today.

He swallowed hard, nodded emphatically, and walked quickly to the stove, asking Dazhuang to make way.

Dazhuang frowned, and only after seeing his mother nod did he carry Xiaoyuan away.

Sanyuan had hidden a handful of chestnuts, removing the shells and fuzz, and then ran over to feed them to Ye Wenxue.

Ye Wenxue needed something to cool down, and Su Jiu, who had been bragging about raw chestnuts, ate them one after another, making a crunching sound.

The two of them, one feeding the other, seemed to have a good understanding of each other.

Shuangshuang and Siwang quickly noticed that Sanyuan was slacking off, and they squeezed over together.

They peeled a persimmon together, and Siwang brought over a wild kiwi, vying with each other to give it to Ye Wenxue.

She reluctantly stopped what she was doing, took over the food one by one, ate it, and washed her hands: "Let's do the work tomorrow. Mother will go and check on the people in the cave."

Shuangshuang, Sanyuan, and Siwang quickly followed.

Da Zhuang, who was left behind, held Xiao Yuan Yuan and watched his younger sister and brother follow their mother around like little shadows. He couldn't help but laugh.

He didn't follow, but turned around and fed some fresh grass to the geese.

The goose had eaten its fill of fish and shrimp in the lake today, so it didn't bother to eat wild grass and patted its toes as it followed Siwang.

The seriously injured man opened his eyes and saw the women, children, and...goose gathered around him, filling half the cave. He slowly frowned.

"Where am I...?"

Ye Wenxue explained the situation, emphasizing the promise the seriously injured man made before he fainted:

"You said that after I saved you, you would work as my laborer for half a year, doing whatever you wanted without hesitation."

Seriously injured man: "......"

I always felt that what I said at the time was misunderstood.

He clearly said "I agree to all" rather than "I will not refuse any of them".

However, considering the children behind Ye Wenxue, and out of gratitude for being saved, he didn't openly disrespect the woman.

"Give me a different place. This place is too dilapidated and shabby. I can't get used to living here."

His voice was cold and domineering, his words full of superiority, sounding more like an order than a discussion.

Wow.

Ye Wenxue's smile remained unchanged, but her eyes suddenly narrowed.

Shuangshuang blinked, tugged at Ye Wenxue's sleeve, and whispered, "Mother, he doesn't live here, does he?"

If it weren't for Dr. Su's kind heart, this person would still be being smoked with wild boar meat!

Ye Wenxue ignored the seriously injured man and instructed the children, "Take the goose out. I have something to say to this uncle."

Shuangshuang and Siwang both revealed gloating smiles.

Sanyuan hesitated for only a moment before quickly figuring it out and turning around to leave the cave first.

"What did you just say? I didn't hear you."

After the children left, Ye Wenxue ignored the goose standing in the corner, brushed the dust off her sleeves, and said with a forced smile.

The seriously injured man frowned. His soldiers were too incompetent and couldn't understand orders. He didn't want soldiers like this under his command: "Find me a place to stay, a place with good lighting and ventilation, suitable for recuperation."

"Also, help me change into clean and tidy clothes, and then serve me some food."

"As for helping you with the work... I have other important matters to attend to, and I'm afraid I'm willing but unable to do so. I'll give you some money, so you can go to town and hire some people."

Ye Wenxue raised her hand and pressed hard on his wound: "Say that again?"

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