Uncle Liang glanced at Xiaoyue, who was feeding Liang Qi dumpling soup on the kang (a heated brick bed), his expression was very complicated, and he sighed but didn't say anything.

At this moment, Bai Hongmei, who had followed Liang Bo, pointed at Xiaoyue and cried, "You shameless slut, that's my man!"

Even her cursing voice was so soft and gentle. She put on her shoes and climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed). When she got to Liang Qi's side, she gently pulled Xiao Yue's arm. Xiao Yue shook the soup and spilled the half-eaten dumpling soup all over Liang Qi.

Xiaoyue glared at Bai Hongmei, forcefully pulling her hand away from Bai Hongmei's. She removed her leg from Liang Qi's shoulder, laid Liang Qi flat on the kang (a heated brick bed), glanced at Bai Hongmei, picked up her uneaten bowl of dumpling soup and shoved it into Bai Hongmei's hand. Then, she pointed at Liang Qi lying on the kang and said coolly to Bai Hongmei:

“If you won’t let me feed him, then you can feed him. He hasn’t eaten anything since noon yesterday.”

Bai Hongmei took the bowl from Xiaoyue's hand, sat in Xiaoyue's seat, rested Liang Qi's head on her lap, picked up the bowl, took a spoon, scooped up a spoonful, and fed it to Liang Qi. However, the soup spilled from Liang Qi's tightly closed mouth.

"Handkerchief, handkerchief, quick!" Bai Hongmei hurriedly stretched out her hand to Xiaoyue.

Xiaoyue saw a cloth draped over the handle of the kang (a heated brick bed) and handed it to Bai Hongmei.

If it were Ge Erping, Xiaoyue would have already started a fight with him, but the other party was the weak and powerless Bai Hongmei, who didn't even have the strength to curse, so Xiaoyue couldn't bring herself to do it.

Xiaoyue stood quietly on the kang (a heated brick bed), watching Bai Hongmei feed Liang Qi.

Bai Hongmei scooped up another spoonful and fed Liang Qi a mouthful of soup, which then spilled out again.

Bai Hongmei burst into tears, her delicate, fair hands holding the bowl of dumpling soup. Helpless and anxious, she looked at Uncle Liang and said, "Brother Liang, is he dying? Why isn't he eating?" Strings of crystal tears fell onto Liang Qi's face.

Liang Qi suddenly frowned, which was noticed by Xiao Yue, who was always watching Liang Qi. Xiao Yue's lips suddenly curved into a smile.

Xiaoyue was puzzled. She could feed Liang Qi without any problems, but Bai Hongmei couldn't feed him.

It turned out that Liang Qi had woken up.

A sweet feeling welled up in Xiaoyue's heart. She resented Liang Qi for making a fuss about her injury and inability to eat, but she also felt that Liang Qi still cared about her.

Although she resented his lingering attachment to Bai Hongmei and his untimely tantrums, a glimmer of hope rose in her heart.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyue sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), snatched the bowl from Bai Hongmei's hand, and with Liang Qi's head still resting on Bai Hongmei's lap, she scooped up half a spoonful of dumpling soup and said softly, "Come on, have some dumpling soup. Li Qianqian made it especially for you and Li Lei."

These words influenced Liang Qi. He opened his mouth slightly and Xiaoyue fed him half a spoonful of dumpling soup. She repeated this several times until he finally finished the whole bowl of dumpling soup.

When Xiaoyue got up, she saw that Uncle Liang was also sitting at the end of the kang, his face full of seriousness.

Then he turned to Uncle Liang and whispered, "Liang Qi has been poisoned. I'll find someone to hitch up a donkey cart and take him back to your house."

Xiaoyue glanced at Liang Qi again, then jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), pushed open the door, and went to the upper room to find Li Lei.

Seeing that Li Lei was still lying unconscious in the west room, covered with a thin blanket and with bandages on his exposed arm, Li Qianqian took the dumpling soup and brought it back.

Xiaoyue gently closed the door and said to Li Qianqian, "You guys eat first, we'll cook for him when he wakes up."

Chunyue, Shuiyue, and Xiaodouding were all gathered around Lu Xiaomei, watching her sew sandbags.

Left with no other choice, Xiaoyue returned to the front room and saw Uncle Liang's large hand stroking Liang Qi's cheek. His slightly hunched body trembled uncontrollably, and he kept muttering:

"I told you, I wouldn't let you associate with Xiaoyue anymore. She's an arrogant person who doesn't know her place. If you associate with her, you'll be dragged down by her sooner or later."

He wiped his eyes and continued, "You just wouldn't listen and insisted on associating with her. Now look what's happened."

Xiaoyue pushed open the door and looked at Liang Qi lying on the kang. Her brows furrowed, and she said with a smile, "Uncle Liang, I'll have to trouble you to hitch up a donkey cart."

Uncle Liang then straightened up and said, "No need, the oxcart is on the way."

“Then I’ll go open the gate. You drive the oxcart into the yard, and I’ll spread the blankets and mattresses I have on my cart onto yours so Liang Qi doesn’t get cold.”

After hearing Xiaoyue's words, Uncle Liang also went out and came to the road. Xiaoyue opened the courtyard gate, and Uncle Liang drove the oxcart into the courtyard.

Xiaoyue saw Xu Fanyuan and Gao Lei running over. She stood at the gate for a while and waited. When the two of them arrived in front of her, they bent over and panted heavily.

Xiaoyue led the two into the courtyard. Seeing that Xu Fanyuan had caught his breath, she asked, "What happened? Why were you two in such a hurry?"

Xu Fanyuan hurriedly said, "General Feng Yunyi's soldiers are stationed in Sanjiazi Village. Li's tofu lady came to my house, my father said so."

"What? Really? Is it coming for our Niukou Village? How are the villagers of Sanjiazi Village doing?" A series of questions came out of his mouth.

Xu Fanyuan shook his head heavily and said, "I don't know."

At this moment, Uncle Liang got off the oxcart, walked up to the two men, and asked them, "What?"

Xiaoyue told Uncle Liang what he had said, and Uncle Liang shook his head. He then said to Xiaoyue, "I won't take him. Let him stay with you for a few days. I'll go to Old Man Xu's house to see what's going on."

At this moment, Gao Lei finally caught his breath and said, "Do you want to come to my house? It's really not safe for you to stay here."

Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "No need."

He then said to Xu Fanyuan, "Shall we go and check on the situation in Sanjiazi Village?"

Xu Fanyuan pondered for a while, then hesitated and said, "With so many soldiers, if we're discovered, our heads will be in danger. It would be better if it were someone like Liang Qi or Li Lei."

Xiaoyue pondered for a moment, then nodded: "What you said makes sense. Have the other villages been notified?"

Xu Fanyuan said, "We have been notified. We notified each household individually."

Bai Hongmei slowly walked out of the house, wearing a white rabbit hat and a rabbit fur cloak. Her coming out of Xiaoyue's shack seemed so out of place, like a fairy entering a pigsty.

The moment Xu Fanyuan saw Bai Hongmei, his eyes lit up. Realizing his abruptness, he turned around abruptly and hurriedly said goodbye to Xiaoyue.

Uncle Liang also drove away from Xiaoyue's courtyard.

Only the white and red plum blossoms remained.

Bai Hongmei was about to leave when Xiaoyue retorted, "Weren't you going to stay with your man?"

Bai Hongmei blinked her big eyes and said, "Didn't you want him to leave your house?"