Ye Mingzhu transmigrated to become a low-status pearl diver. She had no parents, only a young brother, and was without food, drink, or land.
Fortunately, the heavens granted her a golden fing...
Chapter 181 Buying Two People
After Xue Ya Po brought the indentures, Lao Hu supported Yun Niang as they walked out of Xue Ya Po's shop. Feeling the sunshine outside, Lao Hu whispered to Yun Niang, "Yun Niang, are we really being bought?"
Yunniang looked at Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu in front of her, then looked at Uncle Yan and Ye Yunan behind her, and replied in a low voice: "Talk less and listen to the master."
Old Hu nodded foolishly, then asked worriedly, "Yunniang, how are you? Can you still walk?"
Yunniang felt a little dizzy. She gritted her teeth and forced a smile: "I can walk."
Ye Mingzhu looked back at Yunniang as she walked, and really doubted whether she could walk home.
"Brother Yu, why don't we rent a car and send them back first."
Jiang Hongyu had good hearing and had heard the two people talking behind him. He raised his hand and found a car on the street to take them to the second courtyard.
"Uncle Yan, I'm sorry to bother you with these two. Let them go back and rest for a while. Mingzhu and I will go buy them clothes and bedding, and then let them take a bath. By the way, they will stay in the gatehouse, which happens to have two rooms."
Uncle Yan had been watching Jiang Hongyu pick people without saying anything. He nodded when he heard this and said, "Okay, I'll take the two back first."
Yunniang heard the conversation between the two and whispered, "No need to buy clothes, I can make them. Just buy some coarse cloth."
Jiang Hongyu ignored Yunniang and just asked Uncle Yan to be careful.
Yunniang looked at Lao Hu somewhat bewilderedly. Lao Hu supported her and comforted her, "We must obey our master. Let's go back and find a place for you to lie down and rest for a while."
Yunniang nodded and said nothing more.
Ye Mingzhu waited until they left before asking, "Did you deliberately not answer Yunniang's question?"
Jiang Hongyu nodded and motioned for her to walk forward together. "Although Yunniang said she was a child bride, she is much more tolerant than Lao Hu. I believe she must have worked much harder than Lao Hu when she was at home. People like her will definitely not be willing to be under someone else for long. If I can't suppress her, I'm afraid she will do something wrong in the future."
Ye Mingzhu didn't understand: "Then why do you want to keep her?"
"Old Hu must have learned Kung Fu. It's not easy to find a doorman who is literate and knows Kung Fu. Besides, we have a doctor at home. If mother cures Yunniang's illness, she won't betray us unless she is ungrateful."
Jiang Hongyu knew from Lao Hu's movements and the calluses on his hands that this man was good at martial arts. However, if a man with martial arts skills was willing to be a slave, it must be because he was worried about Yunniang. As long as he saved Yunniang, there was no need to worry about his disloyalty.
Ye Mingzhu stopped and asked: "What if mother can't cure Yunniang's illness?"
Jiang Hongyu was not worried: "Everything depends on human effort. We have treated their illness. If we cannot cure it, that is her fate."
In fact, Aunt Jiang is best at treating gynecological diseases, and Jiang Hongyu has great confidence in his mother.
The two of them went to a cloth shop and bought the most ordinary bedding and a set of ready-made clothes. They also bought a piece of cloth and asked Yunniang to make her own clothes.
On the way back, Ye Mingzhu saw a vegetable seller on the roadside and bought a basket of vegetables.
They were fast enough that when they got home, the bath water was already boiled.
Ye Mingzhu handed the clothes in her hand to Yunniang: "These are clothes for both of you. After taking a shower and changing clothes, let my mother take your pulse. My mother is a doctor."
Yunniang and Lao Hu's eyes sparkled with surprise, and Yunniang couldn't speak clearly: "Doctor, you have a doctor at home."
"Yunniang, your illness can be cured." Old Hu held Yunniang's hand, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Ye Mingzhu and Jiang Hongyu.
"If you can cure Yunniang, my life will be yours from now on."
"Hurry up." Jiang Hongyu pulled Lao Hu up, "Don't kneel down all the time. Our family doesn't have so many rules. Don't call me old lady or anything like that. We are just an ordinary family. My name is Jiang Hongyu, you can call me by my name from now on."
"No, no." Old Hu waved his hands anxiously.
"Okay, go wash up first. Once you're done, I can take your pulse." Ye Mingzhu urged Lao Hu and Yunniang to leave.
Both of them took a shower quickly, changed into clean and appropriate clothes, and their faces were still rosy from bathing. Yunniang looked much better than when she first arrived.
Ye Yun'an had already cooked the porridge, and Ye Mingzhu asked the two to eat something before taking their pulses.
Yunniang didn't say anything. Old Hu looked at Jiang Hongyu eagerly: "Can you treat Yunniang first?"
Jiang Hongyu's face darkened, and Ye Mingzhu smiled faintly: "Let's have some porridge first. I guess I'll need to get some medicine after the doctor's consultation. I can't take medicine right after eating."
Yunniang then said, "Brother, I'm hungry. Let's have some porridge first."
Old Hu immediately helped Yunniang sit at the table and started to serve the porridge.
Ye Mingzhu frowned slightly as she watched Lao Hu obeying Yunniang's orders.
Old Hu watched Yunniang eat. When she said she was full, he drank the porridge in his bowl and said, "I'm full."
Jiang Hongyu said with a stern face: "I'll go ask my mother to come over."
Old Hu glanced at Yunniang nervously. Yunniang bit her lower lip and looked at Ye Mingzhu: "My father-in-law chose me to be a child bride because I have my own ideas. I've gotten used to it over the years. From now on, I will listen to the master's words."
Ye Mingzhu glanced at her and said nothing.
The room fell silent for a moment until Aunt Jiang came in with a medicine box.
Yunniang was about to bow, but Aunt Jiang waved her hand and asked her to sit down at the table and began to take her pulse. Yunniang looked at Aunt Jiang and bit her lower lip tightly.
"Come with me in, I'll take a look at you." Aunt Jiang stood up after taking the pulse and said to Yunniang.
Old Hu immediately asked, "Madam, is Yunniang's illness serious?"
"I need to take a look first." Aunt Jiang didn't turn around directly, "Also, don't call me an old woman. I'm old enough. Call me sister-in-law."
"You guys go and do your stuff, just let Yun'an stay here with me." Aunt Jiang said to Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu before entering the inner room.
Jiang Hongyu nodded: "Then I'll go call Yun An."
Ye Mingzhu thought for a moment and said, "I'll wait outside. If you need any medicine, I'll go get it."
Aunt Jiang shook her head: "Let me finish reading it first, you go and get busy."
Jiang Hongyu pulled Ye Mingzhu out: "Mom, let's go take a rest."
Ye Mingzhu was a little confused: "Why are you pulling me? I still have to buy medicine for my mother later."
Jiang Hongyu blushed slightly: "Mom will let them buy the medicine themselves, so you are not needed."
He has been following Aunt Jiang to see a doctor since he was a child. From Aunt Jiang's expression, he can guess that Yunniang's illness is serious, so it is better for them not to interfere too much.
"I'll go check out the courtyard. The young master has recruited so many people today that it's enough to demolish the house. Don't let him see any traces."
Jiang Hongyu wanted to go just now, but he was afraid that Ye Mingzhu would be alone at home and would not be able to intimidate the two newcomers, so he stayed a little longer.
Ye Mingzhu was worried because Jiang Hongyu was still injured.
"I'm just going to take a look. I won't fight with anyone. Don't worry, it's okay." Jiang Hongyu comforted him, "If they find anything over there, I can find a solution as soon as possible."