“Well… it can’t be said that he lost his memory because of you.” Su Jiu couldn’t understand how he could have lost his memory when he was perfectly fine last night, but that didn’t stop him from explaining for Ye Wenxue, “The sword wound between his eyebrows already contained some toxins that could affect his brain, and he was soaking in the lake for three or four days.”

“He developed a high fever in the middle of the night last night, and I treated him all night, but… he woke up like this.” He pointed to the seriously injured man who was following the goose step by step in a daze.

Ye Wenxue's expression was complicated: "It really wasn't because you hit a rock when I injured you that you lost your memory?"

Su Jiu looked away and gazed at the four children sitting in a row on the grass, propping their faces up with their hands and looking curiously at the seriously injured man: "It has little to do with you."

For a moment, only the sound of watering could be heard.

Su Jiu felt uneasy. He actually had a guess that the seriously injured man did not really have amnesia, but had just injured his brain and was simply pretending to have amnesia.

But he couldn't understand what the benefits of pretending to have amnesia would be.

...so that Ye Wenxue would feel guilty and not hit him?

joke.

If the seriously injured man still doesn't want to work, Ye Wenxue won't care whether he has amnesia or not; she'll still beat him up.

After a long while, he finally heard Ye Wenxue's voice.

She said in a very relaxed tone, "As long as my arm isn't injured and it doesn't interfere with my work, it's fine."

Ye Wenxue's gaze swept over Su Jiu and the seriously injured man who was pretending to be stupid but not convincingly, and she quickly realized what the seriously injured man was up to.

In her modern-day past, she had met a teammate who had lost his memory due to injury.

The situation was completely different from that of the seriously injured man.

Clearly, this man felt ashamed for not being able to beat her yesterday, and he also realized that he was seriously injured and unable to leave the valley, so he had to beg for food under her, and he was afraid that she would target him at every turn.

I don't know what I was thinking, but I decided to pretend to have amnesia.

Ye Wenxue didn't care whether he had amnesia or not.

After all, she wanted a laborer; he didn't need memory or intelligence, just someone who could do the work.

After watering the two small vegetable plots, Ye Wenxue squatted down next to Dazhuang, propping her chin on her hand: "Are you hungry? Mom will go cook?"

Dazhuang frowned and raised his chin to look at the seriously injured man: "Mother, he doesn't seem to have amnesia, he seems more like...dementia."

The three children, one adult and three children, who were squatting together, burst out laughing.

Shuangshuang and Siwang didn't hold back at all, and rolled around on the grass, clutching their bellies.

Ye Wenxue patted the round head:

"It's alright, as long as he has the strength. After I have breakfast, I'll take him to cut down trees to build the roof beams. You can rest in the valley or play with Doctor Su."

Da Zhuang shrugged. He had a lot of work to do, such as clearing the land, loosening the soil, and drying goods. He was very busy and didn't have time to pay attention to Su Jiu.

Sanyuan glanced at Su Jiu, who was sitting quietly under the tree reading a book, and nodded, "Okay."

Breakfast was simple: congee with braised pork offal, a light and refreshing meal.

The children are used to being hungry, so they can eat anything with great relish.

Su Jiu was drawn in by the aroma of braised pork offal and ate two bowls of rice, which made Ye Wenxue's eyes twitch.

The seriously injured man, however, held a half-bowl of porridge, staring at the braised pig liver in the bowl, his face growing increasingly grim.

What is it?

You can eat this?

If it were anyone else, and they dared to serve him such cheap and coarse food, he would have smashed the bowl and left long ago!

But now... the seriously injured man looked at Ye Wenxue and gritted his teeth: "I won't eat!"

Ye Wenxue said "Oh," took the bowl from the seriously injured man, divided the porridge in the bowl, and distributed it to the children:

"Eat quickly."

"You!" the seriously injured man exclaimed angrily.

Ye Wenxue didn't pay attention and asked, "You really don't remember anything?"

The seriously injured man's eyes flashed, and he nodded sullenly.

"You forgot your name too?"

"......Um."

Ye Wenxue glanced at the vegetable patch and made a decision: "Then you'll call it Sweet Potato. We'll decide when you regain your memory."

The seriously injured man protested: "It sounds awful, I don't want it!"

"Hehe, don't want to call it Sweet Potato?" Ye Wenxue put down her bowl and cleared away the dishes. "Okay, let's call it Dog Egg instead."

Su Jiu: "..."

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

It sounds even worse now.

Dazhuang suppressed a laugh, thought for a moment, and then said, "Mother, how about we call him Suiye?"

It was found in the wild, which is very fitting.

The seriously injured man was still dissatisfied, but Ye Wenxue forcibly suppressed him: "Take the axe and go chop down the tree."

The valley was quite large, and the area cleared by Ye Wenxue and her group was only a small corner. Many trees had grown in other areas, blocking the further expansion of the vegetable garden.

The trees we're cutting down today are right around the vegetable garden.

While Suiye was sullenly cutting down trees, Ye Wenxue sat quietly to the side supervising the work, while using Dazhuang's brush and paper to sketch the basic framework of the house.

Wooden beams were used to build the roof, and lake mud was used to make brick-like adobe blocks, which were then glued together with mortar and other materials...

Ye Wenxue also considered building a thatched or bamboo hut, which would be convenient and simple, but it would be drafty and not warm in winter. With several children in the family, she naturally had to consider all aspects.

As he lowered his head to think, a shadow fell across the paper.

Sui Ye's face was cold and handsome, with a scratch on his eyebrow, making him look quite fierce: "I'm tired, I quit."

Ye Wenxue said casually, "You promised to work like a slave for me for half a year, and you're already tired after cutting down two trees? That won't do, keep going."

Suiye angrily retorted, "I didn't!"

Who said we have to be treated like slaves?

"Oh? You remember? Didn't you have amnesia?"

Sui Ye choked up, and after a long silence, she finally spoke: "I'm so hungry."

Ye Wenxue then looked up at him: "I told you to eat breakfast but you didn't. Who can you blame? Go back to cutting down trees and eat at noon."

Suiye clenched his fists. No, he had to endure it. His injuries hadn't healed yet, and he couldn't beat this person for the time being.

He snorted and continued chopping down the tree, still feeling frustrated, with his axe in hand.

Su Jiu happened to witness this scene while searching for herbs in the valley, and he couldn't help but shake his head: Why bother?

In one morning, Sui Ye chopped down eight trees with resentment, which was more efficient than Ye Wenxue doing it herself.

She nodded in satisfaction, finally feeling that she had made the right decision to save the person.

With someone else doing the work, the children's burdens were much lighter, especially Dazhuang, who didn't have to do heavy or tiring work and could straighten his back a bit.

At noon, Su Jiu stayed in the cave preparing herbs and did not cook.

When Ye Wenxue had a free moment, she took the initiative to cook rice, and made cold wild vegetable salad and stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with meat.

Suiye looked at the few pieces of meat scattered in the large bowl of stir-fried wood ear mushrooms and pork, his face showing obvious disgust, and hesitated to pick up his chopsticks.

Ye Wenxue and the children didn't stand on ceremony with him. After finishing the meat with a few bites, only a small half-bowl of wood ear mushrooms remained.

Sui Ye's face scrunched up, and he angrily put down his bowl and stormed off, saying, "I'm not eating!"

"Eat it or don't, it's up to you. Hey, hey, we still have work to do this afternoon, don't even think about slacking off."

With a laborer on the job, the construction progressed at an astonishing pace.

The best part is that it doesn't cost any food.

At night, Suiye lay on the straw mat, clutching his empty stomach and rolling around, unable to fall asleep because he was too hungry.