With tears in her eyes, she administered acupuncture to Mingwei and then brought warm water and a cloth to clean her up.
The Jiang family deserved their fate, but Aunt Mingwei was an innocent victim.
"Coming, coming, the ginseng soup is here..." Yun Ni's voice came from outside. Seeing Gao and Tian peeking at the door, she scolded, "What are you looking at? Have you finished all the work?"
The Gao and Tian families quickly fled.
Yun Ni brought over the bowl, snorted, "The Gao family did a good deed this time; bringing you here was the right thing to do. How's Mingwei?"
You Ran helped Mingwei sit up and lean her against her chest. She took the ginseng soup from Yun Ni and slowly fed it to Mingwei. "I will take Aunt Mingwei to the Su family to be raised. What about you? What are your plans?"
Yun Ni was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "I'll just leave it at that. If I'm happy, I can go out and sing a couple of songs to earn some money for household expenses. If I'm not happy, I can ask Gao Shi and Tian Shi to cook and do laundry for me. It's fine."
Suddenly, the faint sound of breaking dishes could be heard outside.
Yun Ni's expression changed drastically. "Oh no! That old hag must have smelled the aroma of the ginseng soup!"
She rushed out quickly.
A moment later, her angry shouts echoed in the courtyard, "You old hag, this is your daughter's life-saving ginseng soup, and you want to steal it? Have you no shame? You don't even care about your daughter's life?! Are you even human?"
You Ran slowly fed Aunt Mingwei the whole bowl of ginseng soup before putting her down and leisurely walking out.
Sure enough, in the corner of the courtyard was an open kitchen, where an old woman with white hair was crawling on the ground, seemingly still licking a piece of tile from her hand.
As You Ran drew closer, the old woman suddenly raised her head, stared at her for a moment, and then her turbid eyes, hidden among her disheveled hair, flashed with hatred and rage. "It's you! You vixen! You dare to come here! Look what you've done to the Earl's mansion! Are you smug now? You wretched little vixen! The moment you were born, I should have thrown you into a chamber pot and drowned you..."
Madam Gao rushed forward and covered her mouth, "Mother-in-law, please say less..."
Madam Tian, standing to the side, also smiled apologetically, "Princess, please don't take it to heart, your mother-in-law has gone mad..."
You Ran slowly sat down at the stone table beside her. "Grandmother, are you wrong? How could I be the one who ruined the Earl's Mansion like this? Isn't it because your third son colluded with Prince Rong to hoard copper mines, your eldest son coveted wealth and a promising future, and you and your son conspired to instigate your second son to abandon his wife and children and even tried to kill him to cover it up, which led to your downfall?"
As she spoke, she glanced at a half-closed door on her right.
The entire Jiang family lived in a cramped courtyard, and each household was lucky to have its own small, independent room.
If she wasn't mistaken, behind that door should be her paralyzed, scumbag father.
The former Lady of Yong'an broke free from Madam Gao's grasp, making a hoarse sound in her throat, "You slut, you and your whore mother are both..."
You Ran suddenly stood up, waving a silver ingot in front of her. "Grandmother, for the sake of our relationship, if you call me your dear granddaughter, I'll give you this silver in return, okay?"
The former Lady of Yong'an suddenly widened her eyes and gritted her teeth.
A moment later, a wide smile suddenly bloomed on her face. "My dear granddaughter! My dear granddaughter, why did you take so long to come..."
Gao: ...
Tian: ...
Yunni: ...
He smiled leisurely and threw the silver on the ground.
Gao and Tian instinctively wanted to pick it up, but under the pressure of Yun Ni's sharp gaze and You Ran's presence, they didn't dare to make a move.
The former Lady of Yong'an crawled over, picked up the silver, put it in her mouth and bit it twice, then chuckled.
You Ran had no interest in admiring the drool dripping from the corner of her mouth. She nodded to Yun Ni, picked up her bundle, and walked out of the courtyard.
A loud shout suddenly came from behind, "Old woman! Give it to me!"
A man's hoarse voice came through.
"You unfilial son! This is mine!" the old woman cursed angrily, then let out a scream of pain.
The man who rushed out of the yard kicked the old woman to the ground.
With a leisurely sneer, she knew without turning around that the man was none other than Jiang Mingli, the eldest son of the Jiang family.
A person who spends his days drowning his sorrows in alcohol will naturally have his eyes light up when he sees money. How could he possibly let the money stay in his mother's hands?
A sigh came from behind the slightly ajar door.
Is it regret or remorse?
...
Half a month later, a small figure, weary from his journey, stepped into the Liaozhou military camp.
Yun Yue was reading military reports in his tent when Yun Tiankuang excitedly brought someone into the tent. "Father, look who's here?!"
Yun Yue looked up, stared at her for a while, then glared at her, "Nonsense! What are you doing here?! Did something happen to your mother?"
The conversation got tense towards the end.
You Ran chuckled, "No, that's not true! Father, I just came out to travel around, and I ended up in this area, so I thought I'd come and see you all!"
Yun Yue was speechless for a moment. "What are you, a young lady from a sheltered family, doing traveling? You're not a wandering Taoist priest or monk!"
You Ran glanced at Yun Tiankuang beside her. "Brother wrote that the reconstruction of the border town, which was affected by the snow disaster two years ago, is almost complete? I'd like to come and see for myself. Don't forget, I spent two hundred thousand taels of silver on the reconstruction of this border town! I should at least hear some news, right?"
Yun Tiankuang laughed, "So you miss your fourth brother. Very well, your third brother will take you to see him."
Yun Yue shook his head helplessly, "You Ran has just arrived. Let her rest for the night before going. But the Westerners have been quite restless lately, so you must be careful when you travel. If there is any unusual activity, return to camp immediately."
"yes."
Yun Tiankuang nodded and left with You Ran.
You Ran walked around the campsite excitedly, chatting with Yun Tiankuang for a long time.
I learned from him that the Western barbarians had started several wars in the past few months, and Yun Tianbai, Yun Tianbai and his second uncle Yun Zhao had been sent out to guard several other border towns that were relatively close to the Western barbarians.
Meanwhile, Yun Tiankuang, who always led from the front and was also known as the top martial arts champion, was very popular in the army and had accumulated a lot of military merits. He was waiting for Yun Yue to return to the capital in the middle of the year to report on his duties and then reward him for his merits. You Ran was also very happy.
"Third Brother, I knew you could do it!"
Yun Tiankuang said gratefully, "If it weren't for your encouragement to us brothers back then, Third Brother probably wouldn't be where he is today!"
After saying that, he mysteriously pulled her in front of a horse, "Third Brother will take you to see something!"
The two rode their horses to the top of a hillside. Yun Tiankuang mysteriously took a package off his horse, slowly unfolded it, and spread it on the ground.
You Ran was taken aback. "An aircraft?"
Yun Tiankuang was taken aback. "Aircraft? That's a fitting name."
He proudly demonstrated, spreading his wings wide. "A few months ago, I chased the Westerners to a mountaintop, but was blocked by a huge boulder. My arrows couldn't reach them, so I could only watch helplessly as they escaped. At that moment, I suddenly remembered what you told me years ago: that people can fly by attaching a kite to them! So I secretly had this thing made. I tried it a few times, and it can carry people when flying down from a high place!"
You Ran's eyes widened.
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