Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 16 Sister You Hebai

"This is how long I've been lying in the snow. It's frozen like this. Even if I'm rescued, I'll have to recuperate for a while."

Imperial Physician Zhao gave her two injections first, and asked Dong Xia to decoct the medicine. Ming Lanying took a basin of hot water and wiped the woman's limbs and face. The broken hair that was frozen on her face was wiped softly. Look, suddenly startled.

"Hebai?!"

"Mr. Zhao, do you know him?" Ming Lanying looked at the haggard beauty with her eyes closed and comatose, she looked seventeen or eighteen years old, her face was pale from freezing in the ice and snow, but her beautiful facial features and frowning brows could still be seen. It can be seen that she is a big beauty.

Ning'er next to him was reminded by Imperial Physician Zhao, and suddenly remembered who this familiar person was, "It's Aunt Hebai!"

Ming Lanying was taken aback, "Auntie?"

Ma Yi also said that her rival in love turned out to be Ye Juelu's younger sister. It was a false alarm, but didn't Ye Juelu's family members disappear?

"What aunt?" Dong Xia just came over with the medicine, and Ming Lanying gave her a hand to help feed the medicine. Imperial physician Zhao continued to take the pulse with squinted eyes, thinking that Ming Lanying didn't know yet, so she explained.

"It's You Hebai, Ye Juelu's god-sister, not her own. She was recognized by Ye's family in the early years, but then something happened, and Ye Juelu sent her back to You's family. This time, for some reason He ran here."

Dongxia suddenly realized, "So it's Hebai!"

Ming Lanying was surprised and said, "You know him too?" Everyone around her knew her, but she was the only stranger. This feeling was a bit strange.

Dongxia shook her head, "I met you a few times when I was young, and I didn't know each other very well. I heard that something happened to Youjia back then, so I raised her in Brother Ye's house. Later, something happened to Brother Ye's house, and she was taken back again. , but often sneak out to look for Brother Ye."

Ming Lanying felt that the two were quite brother and sister, so she rubbed Ning'er's worried little face, "Does Ning'er know Aunt Hebai too?"

"Very early on, Ning'er met once, Aunt Hebai would bring Ning'er candy to eat."

Ming Lanying thought about Ning'er's very early days, when she was only two or three years old, and she still remembered the people she met at that time, as expected of her son, she had a really good memory.

Dongxia thought for a while, and whispered to Ming Lanying: "Brother Ye is very fierce to her, fierce and strict. I heard that last time she sneaked to look for Brother Ye, and was beaten up by Brother Ye. The wound medicine was prepared by my grandfather."

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and smiled, "So fierce?"

Dongxia nodded, "I don't know if Big Brother Ye will clean up again after he knows she's here."

After pouring down two large bowls of medicine, her pale face regained some vitality, and Imperial Physician Zhao gave her two more injections, "She's fine, but she needs to recuperate for two or three years."

"Paralyzed?" In Ming Lanying's opinion, such words were either paralyzed, or disabled and stupid.

Imperial Physician Zhao glared at her, "What nonsense, it's just that the body has suffered from severe cold, and the cold air has penetrated into the bones for too long, which may affect the meridians and joints."

Ming Lanying: "Oh."

In short, You Hebai was rescued, and this is the consultation room of Imperial Physician Zhao, it is inconvenient for Hebai to stay here all the time, it happened that Ming Lanying had two rooms, so she carried them there with Dongxia.

As soon as Ye Juelu came back at night, he was told that his sister was here. Before he could react for a while, Ning'er took him by the hand and went to another room to look.

There was a kang burning in the room, and it was warm. At this time, You Hebai was lying on the kang and was still asleep. Ye Juelu was also taken aback when he saw her.

"Hebai?! What happened to her? How did she get here?"

Ming Lanying crossed her hips and leaned lazily on one side of the table, "I don't know, I saw it in the snow at the entrance of the village at noon, and almost died."

Ye Juelu frowned tightly, suddenly felt a little headache now, and pressed the end of his eyebrows irritably, "This damn girl, she sneaked out again, don't die."

Ming Lanying yawned, "I think I missed you, so I came to see you, you're already a big girl, just talk about it."

After speaking, he took Ning'er back to the next room to sleep, and when Ye Juelv entered the room after washing, he found that his original quilt was gone.

Ning'er patted her quilt, "Father, Aunt Hebai covered your quilt, you and Ning'er will cover it together tonight!"

Ye Juelu: "..." No wonder the quilt looked familiar in that room.

In the morning, Ming Lanying was awakened in a daze by the crying from the room next door, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Ning'er curled up in the quilt covering her ears.

"Brother, brother, wait! I was wrong! Don't hit me! Oh!!"

"Don't kill me and run out in the snow!" Ye Juelu yelled in a low voice, "I have learned the rules in the stomach of a dog!"

"Oh! I was wrong! I was really wrong! Don't hit me, don't hit me, I'm going to die!"

What followed was the sound of a club being swung, a muffled sound, and a whimper like a puppy.

Ming Lanying: "..." Her spirits are quite good.

Raising her hand and rubbing Ning'er's head, Ning'er immediately turned her head, her eyes sparkling, and she called out sweetly, "Mom! Good morning!"

"Good morning, what's the matter? Why are you covering your ears?"

Ning'er frowned, "Aunt Hebai is howling too loudly, she has been arguing for a long time."

Ming Lanying smoothed his little brows in a funny way, "Then you go tell your father to stop and stop beating her."

Ning'er shook her head, "Father said not to go there, he is teaching Aunt Hebai to be obedient."

Ming Lanying couldn't help laughing, "Okay then, let's wash up and eat, after dinner your father won't beat her, just be quiet."

"it is good!"

Today's weather is bad, the sky is gloomy, and there is still light snow. Ming Lanying looks at the little snowflakes, and suddenly wants to eat snowflake chestnuts and deep-fried dough sticks.

Woke up early, Ye Juelu hadn't made breakfast yet, probably he was teaching the children when he woke up, and Ming Lanying made it herself.It happened that the steamed chicken was not finished yesterday, and the leftover chicken was torn into shreds. I made a chicken porridge, baked a basket of omelets, fried a basket of deep-fried dough sticks, and had a hearty breakfast.

Ming Lanying knocked on the next room with an omelet in her mouth, "Ye Juelu, it's time for breakfast, you scared Ning'er."

The room was quiet for a while, and after a while Ye Juelu appeared in front of Ming Lanying, and Ning'er sat in the gazebo and swayed her feet to eat obediently.

"I'm sorry, Hebai ran away from home, I have already taught her a lesson, and I asked Dongxia to give her medicine."

Ming Lanying nodded, but before she could speak, Hebai's shout came from the room again, "Brother! Who are you talking to? Is it that bad woman!"

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows, she didn't care about the offensive words, she looked at him jokingly, Ye Juelu closed the door silently, and when she returned to the room, there was another sap and Hebai begging for mercy.

Ye Juelu's voice was full of anger, "Who is the bad woman you are talking about!"

He Bai gritted his teeth and resisted stubbornly, and said stubbornly: "She is not my sister-in-law, she is not worthy! I have inquired about it, and I know what kind of person she is. If I hadn't met Ning Er in your shop last year, I would have I don’t even know what kind of misery he lives in every day!”

"That's your sister-in-law!" Ye Juelu beat him up again, "I didn't say anything, and Ning'er didn't say anything, and it's no one else's turn to tell me what to do!"

He Bai was not loosened, and Ye Juezhi violently shook his head. It seems that the brothers and sisters have a good relationship.After comforting Ning'er, after dinner, he asked him to call Dongxia from the next door.

"Brother! Are you going to beat me to death for that woman!"

"You Hebai, you are seventeen years old, and you still play and run away from home every day. You are not naive. If your sister-in-law hadn't found you, how could you still cry in front of me now! How dare you run to the frontier alone? Come on, if you have an accident, how can I explain to your father!"

He Bai suddenly screamed, like a cat whose fur has exploded, "I don't have a father! I'm my mother's child!"

Ming Lanying was taken aback, this girl has a story!
But it's always bad to poke someone's sore spot, so dig out your ears and pretend you didn't hear it.

After she cleaned up the dishes, the sound of whimpering and beatings gradually disappeared in the room, and Dong Xia just happened to come with all kinds of wound medicine.Ye Juelu came out with a stick in his hand, went silently to eat breakfast in two or three bites, packed up the dishes and went into the kitchen, seeing Ming Lanying busy in front of the stove, silently went to help her light the fire.

Ming Lanying concentrated on making snowflake chestnuts, the sweet smell permeated the air, Ye Juelu said slowly.

"Hebai was spoiled by my parents. Later, when I returned to Youjia, I didn't like the restraint there. I'm used to being unscrupulous. I tend to act impulsively. After listening to other people's provocation, I have a problem with you. I have already warned her , but she may want to live here temporarily, okay?"

It's true that what He Bai inquired about could not be certain, it was all done by the previous owner, Ming Lanying didn't care, she still thought this sister-in-law was quite funny.

Ming Lanying took a sip of the snow chestnuts, and squinted her eyes in satisfaction, "It's fine, but I don't support idlers, so she has to work for me."

"Okay, she is rough-skinned and thick-skinned. She can fight and resist. She can do dirty and tiring work. You order it as you like. If she doesn't obey, just tell me and I will deal with her."

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Okay."

As soon as Ye Juelu left, Ming Lanying found that this little girl was very arrogant.

Dongxia gave her medicine, and Ming Lanying came in with a bowl of shredded chicken porridge and omelette fried dough sticks.

There are too many wounds on He Bai's body, and Dong Xia smelled it while applying the medicine, "It smells so good, what delicious food did sister-in-law make?"

"Chicken porridge and omelet fritters are still in the pot. You can eat them later and go back."

"it is good!"

He Bai lying on the bed opened his eyes after smelling the smell, and when he saw that it was Ming Lanying, he closed his eyes stubbornly and pretended to be dead, Ming Lanying would not bother with the little girl over such a trivial matter.

"how was it?"

Dong Xia shook his head, "The beating was not light, there were too many wounds, Brother Ye struck too hard, but they were all skin wounds, it will be fine after a few days of treatment."

Ming Lanying played tricks and took a deep-fried dough stick and shook it in front of He Bai's nose, looking at the little face with her eyes closed and pretending to be dead, she moved along with the fried dough stick.

She could clearly hear her stomach rumbling from hunger, the girl was still pretending to be dead, and Ming Lanying took a bite of the crispy fried dough sticks.

"Do you want to eat it? If you don't eat it, I'll take it away, and it's the same for Mr. Zhao."

He Bai quickly opened his eyes, and snatched the tray, "You really are not a good person, you tempted me with this kind of thing, you won't eat it for nothing!"

Dongxia shook her head helplessly, Ming Lanying looked at her with a smile, "Do you know what I like about you?"

He Bai was also very hungry, he ate fried dough sticks with omelette, a mouthful of porridge and a cake, his cheeks were bulging, he looked at her suspiciously, and said vaguely: "What?"

Ming Lanying smiled, and leaned lazily on the table beside her, "I just like you, don't like me, but you can't move me."

He Bai was so angry that he almost choked on the omelette in his mouth, he ate the porridge and pancakes in a big gulp, reached out and rubbed his hand on the bed sheet, smashed his mouth, "I'm not full!"

Ming Lanying looked at the stain on the bed sheet, held back her anger and didn't hit her, and looked at her with a fake smile.

"Your brother won't let you eat more. You can't afford it. Wash the sheets before noon, or you won't have lunch."

"No, I'm a distinguished guest!"

Dongxia laughed and shook her head and went out to eat, and took out the empty dishes that Hebai had finished eating by the way, Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows.

"See, here, I have to work if I want to eat." Turning around, he shouted to the outside again: "Dongxia, there are wrapped snowflake chestnuts on the table in the yard, you take a bag back and use it as a snack!"

"it is good!"

Hebai slammed his mouth to reflect on the porridge and cakes just now, and suddenly became curious about the snowflake chestnuts, but with a rebellious mentality, she had never convinced anyone except Ye Juelv.

"I don't want to wash, I want snow chestnuts!"

Ming Lanying was impatient with the brat, and her smile faded, "You don't have to wash, but you have no food, no snowflakes and chestnuts, if it's not for your brother's sake, you don't even have a bowl of porridge."

He Bai looked at her in disbelief, "How dare you use my brother to overwhelm me!"

"So what?"

He Bai blushed with anger, but the wound on his body was still in pain after applying medicine, and he couldn't move, clutching the bed sheet tightly angrily, glaring at Ming Lanying angrily.

"This is my brother's house!"

Ming Lanying picked out her ears, and said indifferently, "I bought this house. I own everything you use, eat, and drink. Your elder brother is working obediently under the fence. Where is your brother?"

He Bai didn't expect it to be like this, he gritted his teeth and couldn't utter any bad words, and after holding back for a long time, he could only say "You are so vicious!"

"Wash the sheets before lunch." Ming Lanying waved her hand and went out. Before the door was closed, He Bai heard her say, "We have barbecue at noon, what do you want to eat?"

Ning'er and Dongxia outside reported more than a dozen dishes, He Bai's heart was moved, he thought about it, and finally slapped his palm on the pillow angrily.

She came all the way to the frontier fortress because she wanted to join her elder brother to live a happy life. She suffered a lot along the way, but she didn't expect to find out when she arrived here that her elder brother was eating soft food!And she still has to suffer, what kind of evil is this!
However, the sky and the earth are big, and eating is the biggest.

He Bai lay on the warm bed for a long time, regained his energy, pulled off the sheets and got out of bed, walked out of the room with a straight face, without looking at the three people in the yard, poured a basin of cold water, and began to wash the sheets clumsily .

As soon as these hands touched the water, they were shocked by the cold. Enduring the biting chill, they quickly washed and wrung out to dry, put the frozen red hands near their mouths, and sucked their noses aggrievedly.

Walking to Ming Lanying's side in a muffled voice, "After washing, I want to eat snowflake chestnuts."

Ming Lanying looked at her red hands in surprise, and didn't know whether to feel sorry for her first or laugh at her.

"Everyone go into the house, Dongxia, rub some medicine on her hands, Ning'er goes to bake some sweet potatoes."

"Okay!" Ning'er obediently went to the kitchen to carry a basket of sweet potatoes, and trotted into the house.

Dongxia looked at her stubborn and dissatisfied face, but her tone was pitiful, and she pulled her into the room funny, "Why are you so stubborn? There is hot water burning in the bathroom all the time. The three of us are sitting and waiting for you, you But even without asking, Ning'er was hesitant to tell you all the time!"

He Bai's eyes were red with grievance, he was obviously a year older than Dong Xia, but he seemed like a brat who hadn't grown up.When she entered the room, she also sat on the stool restrainedly, applying medicine to her in winter and summer, and she just looked longingly at the roasted sweet potatoes in the kang, and the snowflake chestnuts on the low table.

Ming Lanying looked at the account book, and said casually: "If you want to eat, take it yourself, don't expect others to feed you."

She didn't raise her head, but she was speaking to Hebai. Hebai's hands were wrapped in a bandage in winter and summer. The water in winter is the coldest. After soaking in it for a while, I didn't notice a few small open wounds.

Even so, it couldn't stop her from eating with red eyes and grievances. Even though it was very hot, she was reluctant to let go of the steaming roasted sweet potato, so she gnawed a big mouthful with tears in her eyes.

Ning'er kept fanning her to cool her down, "Auntie, aren't you hot? Mother said, you can't eat too hot food, or you will get sick from the heat in your stomach."

There was still a piece of hot sweet potato in Hebai's mouth, it was so hot that he couldn't speak, he could only shake his head, swallowed it whole, and was shocked by the heat, "When you are starved for two days, you will feel delicious even if you eat snow .”

Ning'er tilted her head in doubt, then shook her head, and said seriously: "Mother cooks delicious food for Ning'er every day, and Ning'er has never been hungry."

After finishing speaking, Ning'er pushed the snowflake chestnut towards her. After the white sugar melted, it hung on the chestnut and formed icing sugar.

"My aunt is so pitiful, this is also delicious."

He Bai didn't think too much about it, so he grabbed some delicious food and tasted it.

Ming Lanying couldn't help laughing out loud, and Dongxia also covered her mouth and snickered.

He Bai chewed with his mouth stuffed again, and asked vaguely: "When is lunch? I want to eat barbecue!"

Ming Lanying somewhat regretted agreeing to Ye Juelu, she shouldn't have let this brat stay, she was too tasty, "I just had breakfast, and I'm going to cook in another hour, what are you thinking?"

Dongxia pointed to Hebai's belly, and said with a smile: "You just filled this belly with a bowl of shredded chicken porridge, three egg cakes, two fried sticks, two roasted sweet potatoes, and a handful of snowflake chestnuts, why are you still thinking about it?" Lunch, don't worry about breaking your stomach!"

He Bai stuffed another snowflake chestnut into his mouth, "I'm growing up, it's normal to eat more!"

Ming Lanying supported her forehead speechlessly, "I'd better let your brother send you back to Youjia. If you eat like this, I won't be able to support you if this continues."

When He Bai heard this, he suddenly felt that the roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts in his hand were not fragrant, and his whole body froze instantly, "I won't go back..."

Dong Xia was puzzled, "It's good to go back, the frontier is barren and cold, it's not as rich and prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River, and the cold winter in the frontier is very long, you can't bear it..."

He Bai repeatedly shook his head and resisted, "No, I won't go back, even if I die here, I won't go back!"

Ning'er poohed three times in a hurry, frowned and looked at her disapprovingly, "Girl, mother said, you can't put that word on your lips, no good, hurry up and pee."

He Bai lowered his forehead with a smile, and touched Ning'er's forehead, "Okay, aunt said the wrong thing."

(End of this chapter)