Chapter 178: Set out to buy people

Ye Yun'an laughed out loud, and Ye Mingzhu quickly kicked him under the table: "Yun'an, serve me a bowl of soup."

Uncle Yan then realized that he was holding chopsticks. He quickly put down his chopsticks, and his dark face felt hot.

"Uncle Yan, how do you like this barbecue? I remember you took me to the mountain to roast rabbit meat. It didn't have much seasoning, but it tasted very good." Jiang Hongyu picked up a piece of meat for Uncle Yan with clean chopsticks.

Uncle Yan immediately said, "Tomorrow I'll go to the mountains to catch some rabbits and bring them back to roast for you."

Ye Mingzhu said flatteringly, "Then we'll wait and try Uncle Yan's cooking. But Uncle Yan can't go tomorrow. I want to buy a caretaker tomorrow. He'll live in the gatehouse. When we return to the village, he'll stay here to watch over the house."

Jiang Hongyu also picked up a piece of meat for Ye Mingzhu: "Then I will go with you tomorrow."

"You are still injured, so just let Yun'an accompany me tomorrow." Ye Mingzhu picked up a piece of vegetable leaves for him with chopsticks.

"It's just some minor injuries, it's okay." Jiang Hongyu wanted to pat his chest, but withdrew his hand under the gaze of Aunt Jiang.

Ye Mingzhu looked at Aunt Jiang: "Mom, is Brother Yu injured enough to go out?"

Jiang Hongyu rushed to say: "It's just some skin injuries, it won't affect walking, it's okay."

Ye Mingzhu ignored him and just looked at Aunt Jiang.

Aunt Jiang swallowed the food in her mouth and then said, "Take the medicine after dinner, and you will get better faster."

Jiang Hongyu's face immediately wrinkled. He didn't like to drink bitter medicine, but now Ye Mingzhu was staring at him, so he had no choice but to answer: "Okay, I'll drink it after dinner."

Seeing that Aunt Jiang had no objection, Ye Mingzhu agreed to let Jiang Hongyu go with her to buy someone tomorrow.

After dinner, Ye Mingzhu avoided everyone and went to Aunt Jiang: "Mom, how is Brother Yu's injury? He said it was a minor injury. Look at me, he doesn't have the strength to speak as before."

Aunt Jiang sighed, "He didn't suffer any serious injuries this time, but the injury lasted a long time and he lost a lot of blood. He needs to be well taken care of."

Ye Mingzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's buy him some delicious food to nourish him in the next few days."

Aunt Jiang nodded: "You guys go out and keep an eye on him. He's injured and it's not good for him to fight with others."

Ye Mingzhu hesitated and said, "How about letting Brother Yu rest at home?"

"Everyone's out, and he can't stay home alone. Why not go out for a walk?" Aunt Jiang saw that Ye Mingzhu's expression was full of worry, so she told her not to worry too much. "Brother Yu has been injured countless times since he was a child, and he recovers faster than others. I'll go make some medicine now, and you can go out after you drink it."

Ye Mingzhu immediately followed Aunt Jiang to boil the medicine.

Jiang Hongyu was thinking about how to escape from drinking the medicine when Ye Mingzhu came in with a bowl that smelled strongly of medicine.

"Mingzhu, why are you bringing the medicine? Where is my mother?" Jiang Hongyu took the medicine bowl and put it on the table.

"Mom has prepared the medicine and asked me to bring it to you. Drink it quickly, and then we can go out." Ye Mingzhu picked up the medicine bowl and handed it to Jiang Hongyu, wanting to watch him drink it.

Jiang Hongyu glanced at the medicine bowl helplessly, only to find that the smell of the medicine was even stronger. However, with Ye Mingzhu staring at him like that, he could only grit his teeth and squint his eyes, then took the medicine bowl and drank it in one gulp.

Ye Mingzhu looked at him closing his eyes, her eyes curved downwards. What her mother said was indeed right. Brother Yu was afraid of drinking bitter medicine.

After Jiang Hongyu finished drinking, Ye Mingzhu stuffed a candied fruit into his mouth. The sourness made his eyes widen and he wanted to spit it out. Ye Mingzhu asked from the side: "Is it not bitter now?"

"Yes, it's not bitter anymore." Jiang Hongyu forced a smile, but it was too sour.

God knows, he has never liked bitter and sour food since he was a child.

Finally, when Ye Mingzhu turned around, he spat out the candied fruit in his mouth and drank two large glasses of water. Only then did he feel much better.

Ye Yun'an and Uncle Yan were waiting at the door. They were going shopping together today.

Although Ye Mingzhu and the other two bought a lot of things yesterday, they still had to buy some small items, such as a set of teapots, wooden basins, etc. in each room. What they bought yesterday was just for emergency use. After living there for a day, they found that there were still a lot of things they needed to buy.

Everyone agreed to go buy things first, then have Uncle Yan send them back, and then go buy people together.

Ye Mingzhu had no experience in hiring people, so she listened to Jiang Hongyu in everything.

Jiang Hongyu originally wanted to buy two maids for Ye Mingzhu, but she refused. Except for cooking, she liked to do everything herself, so there was really no need for maids.

Besides, there are two maids on our own farm. If necessary, we can just transfer them over.

Speaking of this, Ye Mingzhu couldn't help but think of the wet nurse who looked like her: "Brother Yu, did you find out any news about the wet nurse this time?"

Jiang Hongyu's face darkened. "We found the man who killed our wet nurse, but we didn't find her body. When she was killed, I wanted to dig her grave, but the people who were escorting her didn't agree. Plus, I was young and my mother was a woman, so I had no choice but to give them money to bury her."

"For so many years, I didn't know where the wet nurse was buried. This time I wanted to find out some information, but the man just threw her away."

Jiang Hongyu clenched his fists. Every time he thought of his wet nurse who had nowhere to live for so many years, he felt extremely painful. It was all his fault. He caused the wet nurse's body to be nowhere to be found.

Ye Mingzhu put her hand on Jiang Hongyu's fist and said, "Brother Yu, let's keep looking. We will eventually find some information about the wet nurse."

She originally wanted to say that maybe Aunt Mo was the wet nurse, but seeing Jiang Hongyu's painful expression, she swallowed the words back and decided to ask again the next time she went to the farm, and then tell Jiang Hongyu after confirming it, so as not to make him sad again if she guessed wrong.

Being disappointed after having hope is more despairing than being disappointed at the beginning.

Although Jiang Hongyu was sad, he had experienced too much over the years. After the sadness and pain, he had begun to think of other ways.

Ye Mingzhu didn't want to see him continue to be sad, so she changed the subject and asked, "Have Yu Jiaming and the others' problems been resolved? Can they start digging for gold now?"

Before they came to the town, the atmosphere in the village was as chaotic as ever. Uncle Ye received fewer and fewer pearls, and everyone was having a hard time.

"It should take a few more days. They have to wait for news." Jiang Hongyu said cryptically.

Ye Mingzhu thought about it for a while and understood. She probably had to wait for news from Beijing.

"What about your business?" Ye Mingzhu asked.

"I don't think it's a big problem. We'll know when we get there." Having said that, Jiang Hongyu's expression looked better.

"That's good." Ye Mingzhu was relieved. "How about we go to the matchmaker first and then pick someone after Uncle Yan and the others arrive?"

Jiang Hongyu calculated the time and thought that Uncle Yan and the others would not be back for a while, so the two of them went to a more famous matchmaker nearby.

I saw a lot of people gathered at the door, and sounds could be heard from inside from time to time.