Chapter 179 Unfortunate Childhood
Li Wanyue picked up the medicine bottle and said, "Let me help you. Turn around and take off your clothes."
"Are you sure you want to help me? This isn't appropriate."
Li Wanyue saw him like this, a grown man, being so shy, and really caring so much about the difference between men and women. She shouldn't have been allowed to help him just now.
"That's right. I'll go ask the people you brought with you to help you." She put down the bottle, turned and left.
"Wait." Xie Yan didn't expect that he was just being polite. She really had the heart to turn around and leave.
He immediately called out to the people: "I am not used to them helping me, so I'd better trouble you."
Li Wanyue glanced at him.
Xie Yan turned around obediently, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, his clothes half-removed, revealing his strong back.
Li Wanyue's heart almost beat wildly. It was the first time in her two lifetimes that she had seen something so close. She was really a little overwhelmed.
When I saw the bleeding wound, my scalp went numb instantly and I lost all my thoughts.
She quickly changed for a clean cotton towel, wiped the blood around the wound, sprinkled hemostatic medicine on it, and wrapped it with gauze.
He exhaled secretly, and then noticed that there were a few faint scars on his back.
Subconsciously asked: "These scars..."
"My father beat me." He said in a calm voice.
Li Wanyue was shocked. This father was too strict. He must have done something terrible to deserve being beaten like this.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Xie Yan say, “In the winter when I was eight years old, my eldest brother complained to my father that I had ruined his homework, and that he was not handed in on time, which caused him to be scolded by the teacher.
My father spanked me with the ruler twenty times and did not allow me to eat. When I felt hungry at night, I would secretly run to the kitchen, where they would often cook some nourishing soup or porridge to prevent the master of the mansion from getting hungry and needing to eat.
I ate the tonic porridge. In the early morning, my eldest brother said he had abdominal cramps. The doctor said it was due to spleen deficiency and cold stomach, and he did not eat tonic food when he was hungry. The servant next to my eldest brother said that he went to the kitchen to get the tonic porridge at night, but it was gone.
When my father found out that I had eaten the porridge, he was furious and thought that I had taken away my eldest brother's food. But he forgot that I had not eaten the night before. Perhaps he simply didn't care whether I was hungry or not.
He whipped me and confined me to the courtyard, without food for two days."
Xie Yan spoke calmly, as if he was not talking about his business.
In fact, there were many more who were either beaten or kneeling in the ancestral hall.
Li Wanyue couldn't believe it. Just for a little porridge, he could harm such a young child. Is he his real father?
Such a bright and handsome man actually has such an unfortunate side. No wonder he doesn't like to laugh.
She said, "I'm sorry to remind you of sad things."
"I am not sad anymore. Now they are no different from strangers to me."
Even worse than a stranger.
Although he said this, the pain that he tried so hard to ignore would still come out from time to time and almost suffocate him.
Li Wanyue didn't know what to say and thought about pouring him a glass of water.
Just as she was about to get up, Xie Yan subconsciously grabbed her hand and asked anxiously, "Where are you going?"
"Let me get you a glass of water."
Xie Yan slowly let go of his hand: "I'm sorry, I just...can you talk to me, anything is fine."
"good."
Li Wanyue poured him a glass of water.
After Xie Yan finished drinking, his mood slowly calmed down.
The scene fell silent. Li Wanyue didn't know what to say, nor did he want to continue talking about his unhappy childhood memories.
After thinking for a while, she said, "Let me tell you a story. The name of the story is "Journey to the West"..."
She spoke in a slow and lively voice, and her words were lively and interesting. Before long, Xie Yan fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing this, Li Wanyue extinguished the candle and walked out of the door quietly.
The sky was turning pale, roosters were crowing, and the Li brothers and Qingfeng came back driving the carriage.
Qingfeng asked, "Miss Li, how is my master?"
"He is asleep. If you need anything, wake him up."
Qingfeng thought that the injury was serious, so he asked the doctor to come in and take his pulse.
Who would have thought that after taking his pulse, Xie Yan still didn't wake up.
Qingfeng was relieved to know that the wound was treated well and the patient was not seriously injured.
The doctor first asked Wang Guixiang to help boil a pot of heat-clearing and anti-inflammatory medicine, and then went to check the injuries of the yamen runner.
Qing Feng was amazed: "It's amazing. I've been with Grandpa for such a long time, and I rarely see him sleeping so soundly. He didn't wake up even when the doctor felt his pulse. In the past, he would wake up at the slightest sound, especially when there was no light in the room, and he could actually sleep."
Li Wanyue was curious: "Is the light still on when he is asleep?"
"Yes, I can't sleep without a lamp."
Li Wanyue thought that it might be related to her childhood experiences.
She asked Qingfeng about what happened last night, and Qingfeng talked about some unimportant things.
Only then did Li Wanyue know that County Magistrate Cao was in collusion with the bandits, and that he had previously lied that the waterwheel was made by his son, but was exposed and he and his son were punished, so he held a grudge.
When he found out that he had made the waterwheel, and then he went to the county government office to meet people from the imperial court, he began to hate them too.
This is why the bandits came to arrest people.
The bandits used their own home to lure Xie Yan over and capture him together, but they failed to do so.
No wonder Xie Yan reminded himself not to go out at that time.
Fortunately, this gang of bandits was captured and will never do evil again. My family can be said to have sacrificed themselves for the people.
Fortunately, she was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night, otherwise she wouldn't have heard any noise and who knows what would have happened.
I have to buy two dogs to guard the house.
Li Wanyue asked Qingfeng to go to sleep for a while. Qingfeng thanked her and dozed off for half an hour on the recliner in the yard.
Half an hour later, the sun rose, but Xie Yan still didn't wake up.
Qingfeng was anxious because Lord Zhao Kuo was still waiting.
He had no choice but to wake the person up.
Xie Yan raised his hand and rubbed his brows, and asked: "What time is it?"
"Master, it's 7:15 in the morning."
Xie Yan didn't expect it was already this time. He usually got up around 6 a.m.
Apart from a little pain in the wound, I feel very energetic.
"Master, this is the first time I've seen you sleeping so soundly. When the doctor came to check your pulse before, you didn't even wake up."
"Really?" When Xie Yan saw the layout of the room, he remembered that this was Li Wanyue's home.
He sat up and asked as he changed his clothes, "Has Lord Zhao sent a message?"
"Yes, Lord Zhao is doing well, and is waiting for you at the county government office."
"Where is County Magistrate Cao?"
"Mr. Cao and his family have been kidnapped along with the Second in Command. They are now locked up in the storehouse of Cao's mansion. Lord Zhao has sent someone to guard them."
"Um."
Xie Yan changed his clothes and went out.
Looking at the spacious yard, it is well built.
Zhao Suying came out of the kitchen and saw Xie Yan standing in the corridor. She asked with concern, "Master Xie, are you feeling better?"
"Aunt, I'm much better now. Thank you for your care."
Zhao Suying waved her hands and said, "We should thank you. If you hadn't brought people with you, my family would have been harmed by those bandits. The medicine is being heated in the kitchen, and breakfast is ready. You can eat some first."
"Thank you, auntie." Xie Yan asked as he walked, "Where are Miss Li... and the Li brothers?"
"Yueyue fell asleep, and the three brothers also went to rest."
Xie Yan said: "Thank you for your hard work."
In the flower hall, Li Youshan was placing food on the table: steamed dumplings, vegetable pancakes, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, steamed egg custard, cold dishes, and a plate of pickles.
The simple meal seemed to fill the empty space in Xie Yan's heart.
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