82 Poor Lady Cuihua
◎How is the mushroom shed?◎
After hearing the noise of Ye Yunzhao coming in, Li Xianjiang frowned slightly, looking very troubled. He turned his head and paused for a moment, then saw the filthy gauze in her hand.
His frown was tinged with anger. He winked at Lu Yi and raised his voice to scold her, "What the hell are you doing in Xixiang? Have you forgotten what your wound looks like?"
Lu Yi walked quickly to her side and carefully removed the gauze, revealing the hideous burn marks on her wrist and palm.
Liu Mazi, who was standing by, gasped and said in disbelief, "What's going on with County Magistrate Ye? Could it be... someone from the government office did this..."
The wound was suddenly exposed to the cold air, and Ye Yunzhao finally felt the pain. She was afraid that this simple-minded man in front of her would say something nonsense, so she forced a smile and said, "I'm fine..."
Li Xianjiang slammed the thing in his hand onto the table. "Nothing? You've been giving me trouble all day long. If you don't take good care of this wound, not only will it leave scars, but I'm afraid you'll be in unbearable pain every day when the weather gets cold!"
Lu Yi carefully bandaged her wound. Her usually sharp tongue couldn't bring itself to say anything against its will. She simply said, "County Magistrate Ye, just listen to my young master. I don't think the injury is serious. With proper care, it should heal quickly. The wound is almost closed, but how could you be so reckless and tear it open again? Don't dare do this again. No matter how important Xixiang's affairs are, they are not as important as your own health."
Ye Yunzhao raised his left hand and tapped his nose. He couldn't help but laugh, "How come after only a dozen days, you've become as old-fashioned and boring as your master? When you started talking like that, I almost thought you'd turned into Doctor Xiao Li. Hahaha..."
"You still have the energy to joke around." Li Xianjiang shook his sleeves and walked closer. He looked at her wound and took out a small, moon-white porcelain bottle from his medicine box. "If you don't take good care of yourself, don't let me come to see you in the future."
Ye Yunzhao looked at the people in front of him. The usually gentle and old-fashioned Li Xianjiang got angry, the sharp-tongued Lu Yi said something heartwarming, and even the somewhat dull Liu Mazi was concerned about him.
Her nose felt sore and tears were about to well up in her eyes. Ye Yunzhao quickly blinked and yawned. The unshed tears turned into moisture hanging on her eyelashes. Half a teardrop was about to fall and was stuck in the corner of her eye. She rubbed her eyes and pretended to be sleepy.
"Alright, alright, I've taken note of everything you said. Oh, Green-Yi's bandaging skills are getting better and better... I'm so sleepy, I won't say any more. I'm relieved to leave County Magistrate Han to you. I'm going to go back and get some sleep... I haven't had a good night's sleep in over ten days, I'm so sleepy..."
As soon as I went out, my tears turned into raindrops.
"This..." Liu Mazi looked at her back and hesitated, "Do you want to boil the medicine? I'll go."
Li Xianjiang sighed inside the room, watching the falling snow. "Lüyi, County Magistrate Ye's injury is now in your care. Please take good care of her."
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For several days in a row, as soon as Ye Yunzhao opened the door, he could see Lu Yi sitting obediently in the kitchen decocting medicine.
Not to mention going to Xixiang, even when they were walking around the county government office, he followed her closely, just like Ye Yunzhao's little tail.
Fortunately, he cared so much about her, and the burn on her wrist finally healed, but she really couldn't bear it anymore...
"Oh, Lu Yi! Why are you competing with me again..." Ye Yunzhao put his hands on his hips and stared at him with a bitter and resentful look.
The woman in green clothes in front of him was struggling to draw water from the well, and her voice was full of energy: "Ye, County Magistrate, this is just a small matter, leave it to me. Your hands, can't! touch water again - Ouch... Ouch... I'm so tired..."
Ye Yunzhao quickly went to pick up the bucket: "With your thin arms and legs, don't fight with me for this little job. Can't I just use my left hand..."
Before she finished speaking, Lu Yi stared straight at her hand that was grabbing the bucket. She saw that Ye Yunzhao was using both hands to pull the bucket tightly.
Seeing that Lu Yi didn't say anything, she followed his gaze and realized that her words and actions were inconsistent, so she instinctively let go of her hand.
The weight of the bucket tilted, and Lu Yi staggered left and right with the bucket in her hand like a drunk, screaming in fear.
Ye Yunzhao was amused by his appearance and hurried forward to help, and finally poured the water into the water tank.
Lu Yi shook off the water droplets on her hands and panted, "I never thought...carrying water...is more...tiring than picking herbs——"
Ye Yunzhao rolled his eyes and said, "If you are tired, go and have a rest. You have been coming to my courtyard early these days to make medicine, and you have dark circles under your eyes."
Lu Yi looked at her suspiciously: "County Magistrate Ye, don't try to trick me into leaving. I have to watch over you every step of the way."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Yunzhao looked very frustrated and looked at him aggrievedly: "Don't you know who I am? How could I lie to you? I just saw that you were too tired and felt sorry for you. Don't worry, I can't go anywhere. I still have to read official documents at the county government office."
"Really?" Lu Yi looked at her hesitantly. These past few days were indeed tiring, and he couldn't help but want to believe her.
Ye Yunzhao immediately assured him, "Oh! Of course it's true! Don't worry, I'm an official appointed by the imperial court, how could I possibly lie to you? That would be too inappropriate. Don't worry!"
Lu Yi nodded somewhat worriedly and said hesitantly, "That's fine, but I'll only sleep for about an incense stick's time. When the time comes, you must go and wake me up, otherwise if the young master sees us, he'll be angry."
Hearing this, Ye Yunzhao was secretly delighted, but nodded sincerely: "Leave everything to me, don't worry!"
Lu Yi left her small courtyard, looking back every few steps. As soon as he left, Ye Yunzhao followed him to Xixiang.
But before leaving the city, she turned a corner and went to Aunt Hu's butcher shop to buy three small pieces of pork and three pork bones.
When she arrived in Xixiang, she first went to Cuihua's house and knocked on the door for a long time before Liu Dazhuang came out and spoke.
"Brother Dazhuang, is Cuihua at home?" Ye Yunzhao asked with a smile.
Liu Dazhuang also had dark circles under his eyes, and he looked a little listless, but he still swiftly welcomed Ye Yunzhao into the house: "County Magistrate Ye, please get up quickly. I'm sorry for making you wait for so long..."
Ye Yunzhao smiled curiously and said, "It's okay, it's okay. But what happened to you, Dazhuang brother? Did you stay up all night to tinker with tofu? Why do you look so listless..."
Liu Dazhuang also smiled and sighed: "Isn't it that she is pregnant..."
Before he could finish his words, bursts of vomiting sounds were heard from inside the house. Madam Cuihua called him weakly, and Liu Dazhuang immediately ran into the house with the slag bucket.
This kind of situation must have happened many times. Before Ye Yunzhao could react, he carried the things to the backyard and said to her, "County Magistrate Ye, please go in first."
She walked quickly into the house with the basket on her back, only to see that the once energetic Cuihua now looked pale and lay uncomfortably on her side on the bed. It must be because the baby was still young, and there was no difference in her appearance at the moment.
When Fang saw Ye Yunzhao, her face lit up and she said happily, "Master! You're here! Come and sit down!"
As she was about to sit up, Ye Yunzhao hurried over to help her up, saying worriedly, "Don't sit up, lie down quickly. Why are you reacting so strongly?"
Madam Cuihua smiled and wanted to speak, but as soon as she opened her mouth, a gust of meaty smell rushed straight into her nose. She immediately covered her mouth and called Liu Dazhuang with nausea.
Ye Yunzhao then realized the pork in his backpack. He quickly took it off and put it outside the house. He ran to the bed, picked up the slag bucket beside the bed, and patted her back gently: "It's okay, it's okay, spit it out."
Madam Cuihua was originally afraid to act rudely due to Ye Yunzhao's identity and covered her mouth tightly. But then, seeing that Ye Yunzhao really didn't mind, she couldn't help it and vomited.
It was just because she had been suffering from nausea recently, so she just vomited a few times and spit out some acid.
When she felt better, Ye Yunzhao quickly picked up the handkerchief on the wooden table and wiped her mouth. He looked at her distressedly and asked, "Have you consulted Doctor Li?"
Madam Cuihua slowly stood up. Although she had a smile on her face, her eyes were red from having bowed her head and vomited for a long time, and she looked even more listless.
"I've seen him. Doctor Li said he's never seen a reaction this early in the morning. He said he'd go back and look up some medical advice to see if there's any way to alleviate the symptoms."
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" Ye Yunzhao asked hurriedly.
She shook her head: "If I eat it, I will vomit more. It's all wasted."
At this moment, Liu Dazhuang came into the room carrying a bowl of rice soup. He looked reluctant and said, "Madam, are you vomiting again? Have some rice soup."
Ye Yunzhao quickly made room for him: "You brought some pork and pork bones. I wanted to make soup for you to nourish your body, but I didn't expect..."
She drank a little rice soup, and when she heard this, she waved her hands hastily: "No, no, Master, please take the things back. Right now, let alone drinking meat soup, I can't even smell it. Only drinking rice soup can make me feel better."
Liu Dazhuang also echoed.
Not long after, Madam Cuihua's energy was a little low, so Ye Yunzhao left with his things on his back. Before leaving, he told Liu Dazhuang, "Now that she's pregnant, you have to take good care of her. I'll look through some books when I go back in the next few days to see if there's anything she can eat that won't make her feel nauseous."
Liu Dazhuang said, "County Magistrate Ye, don't worry about this. I will definitely take good care of Cui Niang."
After Ye Yunzhao said goodbye to them in a hurry, he walked towards Aunt Wang's house with a thoughtful look on his face.
In her previous life, she was a single mother, and all her good friends were the same. She really didn't understand the situation of pregnant women. Now she wanted to find some way to help Madam Cuihua, but she didn't know where to start.
She was lost in thought when someone came running over and called her from afar. Ye Yunzhao looked up and saw that it was Wu Laosan, whom she had met a few days ago.
She first asked, "How's your mushroom shed? Has there been any change?"
【Author’s words】
There will probably be no updates on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day~
I wish all the county magistrates a happy new year in advance, and great fortune in 2025~[scattered flowers]
(Comments on this chapter will drop New Year's chicken drumsticks~)
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