pjbooks Chapter 18 I am the Head of Household
Chapter 18 I am the Head of Household
"A mountain wind?" Gao Shunfang exclaimed in surprise, "You..." That's a highly poisonous creature; even a god couldn't save you from a single bite.
"Good luck." Yunyi smiled. "Uncle, take it from that twenty taels of silver first. If it's not enough, I'll give you more. Thank you for your hard work, Uncle." With that, she bowed to the village chief and then left the village chief's house with Dabao.
Da Bao looked at Yun Yi, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Yunyi ignored him and quickened her pace to walk back.
"Wait a minute." Da Bao couldn't help but say.
Yunyi turned to look at him.
"What...what exactly is your purpose?"
"I... guess." Yun Yi was about to explain when she suddenly revealed a mysterious smile.
"you……"
Yunyi had already walked away. She wanted to clear her name, but not by explaining herself. After all, the original owner of this body was too hateful, and the more she explained, the more it would likely cause people to feel disgusted. It was better to let them experience it for themselves.
Da Bao stamped his foot and hurriedly tried to follow, but after only two steps, he was hit in the arm by a small stone thrown from the side. He quickly looked over and saw two small heads behind a big tree. He glanced at Yun Yi's back and then turned and ran over.
"Da Bao, why are you walking with that woman?" one of the boys, with snot dripping from his mouth, asked Da Bao in a low voice. "Didn't she try to sell Er Ya and San Ya last time?"
“Yeah, what if she hits you if you walk with her alone?” Another boy, as dark as charcoal, nodded in agreement.
“No.” Da Bao shook his head. “She…changed it.”
"My mother says a leopard can't change its spots," Donkey Egg said, sneering.
Da Bao rolled his eyes at Donkey Egg with some disdain: "Could you clean up your snot?"
"Yeah, it looks kind of disgusting," Gou Dan nodded in agreement.
Donkey Egg wasn't angry. He actually turned around and woke up for a moment, then flicked his long snot.
"Where are you throwing it?" Gou Dan exclaimed, then darted away a long way.
Da Bao also moved two steps to the side.
The snot landed right where Dog Egg had been standing.
Donkey Egg chuckled twice: "Didn't notice."
"Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going back to eat." Da Bao waved his hand.
"Then let's go raid bird nests tomorrow."
"My family is starting construction on a new house tomorrow. As the head of the household, I have to keep an eye on it."
"They're really building a house?" Gou Dan's eyes widened. "If we go help, will we get paid?"
"I don't know." Da Bao shook his head.
"Forget it, let's go help out tomorrow. After all, we're four brothers." Gou Dan patted Da Bao on the shoulder.
Da Bao nodded, turned around and left.
"Brother Dog Egg, are we really going tomorrow?" Donkey Egg started sniffling again, his nose was running again.
“They’re really going. They gave Uncle money, so they should really be building a house. But I’m worried that woman might try something funny. We’re all Da Bao’s good brothers, so we have to keep an eye on our younger siblings and make sure that woman doesn’t take advantage of them.” Gou Dan pondered for a moment and then spoke in a serious tone.
The "uncle" he mentioned was the village chief; his father, Xia Fulai, was the village chief's biological brother.
“Then tomorrow I’ll call Jin Hua and Yin Hua too. We’re men, we can’t always be staring at the girls. Let them stare at Er Ya and the others.” Donkey Egg nodded very seriously.
Xia Jinhua and Xia Yinhua are the two daughters of Xia Xiaocao's older brother.
When Yunyi returned home, dinner was ready. With the food she brought back, the Wang family grandfather and grandson had also improved their meals these past few days.
Yunyi knew that her family owed someone for medical fees, so she took the opportunity to pay back two taels of silver.
"You want to build a house, and besides, my grandson and I have eaten quite a bit of meat these past two days, so let's just forget about it," Wang Tianshun waved his hand.
“One thing at a time.” Yunyi insisted on putting down the two taels of silver. “Uncle Wang, if you don’t accept it, we’ll have to move out tonight.”
"Dr. Wang, please accept this. This is the consultation fee we owe you." Xia Songshi nodded as well. "We've already troubled you by staying here."
“Alright, then I’ll accept it.” Wang Tianshun accepted the silver. “With this silver, Liubao can add some ginseng root to his medicine, and the effect will be even better.”
Yunyi's eyelids twitched. She had just sold a ginseng root. If she had known that Liubao's medicine needed it, she wouldn't have sold it. It seemed she would have to go into the mountains to try her luck again.
"Oh, Liu Bao is so grateful to you, otherwise I'm afraid..." Xia Songshi's eyes reddened.
"Unfortunately, I am still not knowledgeable enough," Wang Tianshun sighed. "I can never make Liubao fully recover."
Yunyi's eyes flashed: "Uncle Wang, what exactly is Liubao's illness?" In the original owner's memories, Liubao was a sickly person who was almost always taking medicine. Therefore, the original owner also disliked Liubao the most because taking medicine cost money.
Previously, in addition to selling Er Ya and San Ya to Bai Xiang Lou, Xia Xiaoyue also said that she could contact a buyer in the south who liked twins and could sell Wu Ya and Liu Bao together.
Fortunately, she arrived in time, before the original owner of this body could make a move.
“Congenital deficiency and acquired imbalance.” Wang Tianshun glanced at Yun Yi. “To put it bluntly, this is a disease of the wealthy, requiring recuperation and conditioning.” That all requires a lot of money to support.
Xia Songshi also sighed.
Yunyi didn't say anything more, but took the opportunity to personally examine Liubao's pulse and found that Wang Tianshun was right. It was indeed a case of congenital weakness, or in modern terms, low immunity. It did need conditioning, and the best way was actually dietary therapy.
With money, none of this will be a problem, but the current conditions don't allow it, so we'll wait until the house is built and then take our time.
The next day, before dawn, the village chief arrived with his men.
When Yunyi got up, everyone had already marked out the general location and circled it with quicklime powder.
"Tianyin's wife," Xia Baolai waved to Yun Yi, "Are you sure you want to include this whole area?"
"OK." Yunyi nodded.
“Your homestead was only a little over one mu before, but now if we include this area, it will be a total of four mu, and each mu will cost at least two taels of silver.”
"Okay." Yunyi nodded. "I'll trouble Uncle Village Chief to keep an account of it later."
“Okay,” Xia Baolai nodded, then beckoned a boy over, “Gangzi is on holiday these few days, let him keep track of your accounts for a few days.”
"Then I'll have to trouble Gangzi." Yunyi nodded.
"Anyway, you're paying me wages." Xia Gang said expressionlessly, then turned and went elsewhere. He had heard about the woman abusing children. Although he heard she had changed her ways in the past few days, he still felt that a leopard can't change its spots. So, if it weren't for his father's insistence, he wouldn't have come.