When the four of them had finished playing and dragged the wooden plank back up, their faces showed signs of fatigue.
Siwang was sweating from all the activity, and the wind made him feel chilly, so he decided to go back inside to have a bowl of ginger soup and change his clothes.
He took his third brother's hand and walked back, only then noticing his mother and eldest brother standing quietly by the door of the bamboo house.
Siwang dragged Sanyuan forward nimbly and suddenly grabbed Ye Wenxue's leg: "Mom, this is fun!"
Sanyuan clung to Ye Wenxue's other leg, stammering and not daring to make a sound.
Shuangshuang and Zhiwu, who were a step behind, were embarrassed and dared not step forward, fearing that their mother (Ye Laoda) would scold them for taking a child under five years old to play in the snow and fool around.
Unexpectedly, Ye Wenxue raised her hand and touched Si Wang's forehead, noticing that it was slightly hot. She then beckoned to the others.
"Go drink some ginger soup and change into some dry clothes so you don't catch a cold."
"oh......"
Ye Wenxue held one child in each hand, Dazhuang held an umbrella for Shuangshuang, and Zhiwu and Zhiwang followed behind. They quickly drank ginger soup and changed their clothes.
Fortunately, the few of them who were learning charcoal making lived in the bamboo house and had left a few sets of clothes for them to change into.
Ye Wenxue forced several children playing in the snow to drink ginger soup, and then went to feed Xiao Yuanyuan, who was dressed in thick clothes.
Yuanyuan doesn't like eating raw ginger or its taste, and in her sleep she sticks her tongue out and spits out ginger soup.
Ye Wenxue gently pinched his round nose and forced him to eat half a bowl of food with a spoon.
Su Jiu had just finished giving Xu Lin acupuncture and preparing medicine when he was surrounded by Sanyuan and several children as soon as he stepped outside: "Master, can you prescribe a medicine for treating high fever?"
"......open."
In winter, it gets dark very quickly. A few hours after dinner, the sky gradually turns yellowish.
Ye Wenxue took Yuanyuan and said goodbye. Before leaving, she told Dazhuang to take a few pieces of pork bones and a piece of wild boar meat, and to leave the remaining half of the wild boar to the Xu family.
Su Jiu followed Ye Wenxue without hesitation, leading Sanyuan and Siwang away.
"Wait!" Xu Lin frowned when he heard Su Jiu's farewell voice following closely behind Ye Wenxue. "Where is Dr. Su going?"
“Live with Sanyuan.”
Xu Lin, holding Lan Qing's hand, stood under the eaves and loudly objected: "No... My eye disease is not yet cured, and the bamboo house is originally Doctor Su's residence. Why don't you stay in the bamboo house and live with us? It will be more lively."
Xu Lin had heard Ye Wenxue say that she lived alone in the valley with her child, and there were no outsiders around.
The world is always harsher on women, especially widows.
If Su Jiu had gone to live in the valley today, even if nothing had happened, Ye Wenxue would still be criticized and berated behind her back if people found out later.
It wasn't that Xu Lin was overthinking things; it was just that he had witnessed similar things more than once when he was in school.
The widow was driven out of her home by her husband's and her own families. She worked hard to raise her children, but because her work involved contact with men, she was insulted by many people.
In more serious cases, they might even be drowned in a pig cage.
It wasn't easy for Ye Wenxue to raise five children on her own, and Xu Lin would never allow her to end up like this.
Su Jiu didn't understand the meaning behind his words and waved her hand: "No, there are too many people here, and it's inconvenient to come and go. I'll stay at her house for now and think about the prescription for the medicinal bath. Don't worry, I'll come to give you acupuncture tomorrow."
Xu Lin: "...Aren't you really going to reconsider? It's not really appropriate for a man like you to stay in someone's house and eat and drink for free..."
Su Jiu looked at Xu Lin with a puzzled expression, then glanced at Ye Wenxue.
There's nothing wrong with it. He's not just staying here for a day or two; he's been here for over a month.
Ye Wenxue rolled her eyes at him and said to Xu Lin, "Don't worry, he'll stay in the cave, and I'll stay in the house."
Upon hearing the word "Don't worry," even Su Jiuhe's bald head, which couldn't understand words, was jolted awake, and he finally understood.
"No...who would dare bully her?! Who would dare bully her?!"
Su Jiu wished she could shake Xu Lin's shoulder right there and then to prove her innocence.
Xu Lin didn't see his grief and indignation, but listened to Ye Wenxue's words and felt a little relieved: "As long as you have your own ideas, that's fine."
Ye Wenxue was not the type to sit idly by and let others insult her.
He suddenly thought of Cheng Dingfang and became overly concerned.
Ye Wenxue smiled, and was about to step down the mountain when she stopped again: "Baldy, next time your men come back to the town at the foot of the mountain, have them bring back a few more pieces of tofu. It tastes great in soup."
Just as the bald man was about to agree, Xu Lin's mother quickly spoke up: "No need to buy it, I can make tofu. Have someone bring the millstone and grinding wheel over, and I'll make it for you every day!"
A piece of tofu costs one penny, which is too expensive. She might as well make it herself!
Ye Wenxue glanced meaningfully at the bald man, and sighed inwardly, no wonder the Xu family could afford to send Xu Lin to school.
Look at other families, there are four people in total, and three of them know a skill that can earn money.
Unlike the bandit stronghold, where out of hundreds of people, only Baldy knew how to do carpentry.
Because they couldn't reveal their identities, they had to do menial jobs that didn't pay much.
well.
Baldy noticed Ye Wenxue's disdainful gaze, turned his face away as if he hadn't seen her, and ordered Zhiwu and Zhiwang to take a donkey cart to the valley where the Xu family had once stayed to transport millstones and grinding stones.
One possesses great strength, while the other is quick-witted; the combination is perfect.
Ye Wenxue had no objections and left immediately.
Before leaving, Dazhuang dumped the remaining dozen or so sweet potatoes and corn from his basket into the kitchen: "Eat a little bit, we can save them as seeds and plant them when the time is right."
The bald man broke off a corn kernel and popped it into his mouth, nodding in agreement: "You guys eat less too, don't forget to save your seed!"
Dazhuang turned and left.
The roads are slippery and the mountain paths are difficult to traverse in snowy weather.
When Ye Wenxue arrived at the foot of the mountain, she put the younger children onto a cart as usual, intending to take them back to the valley.
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