Chapter 646: Unborn
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Their family was poor before. Even if they sent Xue Yan to study at Shengming
Academy, they did not have the extra money to provide a good living for Xue Yan in the academy. Moreover, Xue Yan was still young when he entered the academy. It was all thanks to the care of the teachers of Shengming Academy and Xue Yan’s classmates and friends that he did well.
When Liu Guixia and Xue Dafu heard that she was the sister of Xue Yan’s classmate and friend, alongside the fact that she was still unconscious because she was too weak, they hurriedly made way for the carriage to enter the courtyard.
The four maids said that they could stay in the small rooms at the back, but Liu Guixia and the others were unwilling. They felt that this was not how they should treat guests. They did not allow them to stay in the guest rooms and directly wanted to vacate their rooms.
The four maids wanted to fight for the few small rooms at the back for their master, but it was difficult for Liu Guixia and the others to refuse. They did not know what to do and could only look at Xue Yan and Jiang Yue for help.
Xue Yan had said so much just now. Now, it was Jiang Yue who spoke up, “Before they came, they let Doctor Shen take a look at them. Doctor Shen said that Aunt Xiao’s body is weak and needs to recuperate. It will be much quieter at the back.”
Xue Shi was in front. He would cry from time to time. Sometimes, it was really noisy. Therefore, they immediately agreed to what Jiang Yuen said and did not insist any further.
Things were much better after that.
For the sake of her recuperation, Liu Guixia and the others had no choice but to agree.
However, there was nothing in the rooms at the back. Liu Guixia and the others quickly moved the beds, cabinets, and other things in the guest room. If it was not enough, they asked Xue Erfu to ride a horse to the town in the afternoon to buy it. At that time, the shop should be able to deliver it before dark.
Right now, they were trying their best to prepare a small room for the unconscious Shao Youyue to stay in.
Xue Dafu and the others were men. After they finished the manual labor, they quickly came to the front from the back. They did not stay there. Liu Guixia helped Shao Youyue out of the carriage carefully and placed her on the bed in the small house in the middle.
The bed was also covered with a new blanket and other things.
“Aunty, you guys should go and eat.” Xia Han urged Liu Guixia to go back to the front for lunch.
“Didn’t you guys not eat either? Let’s go over and eat together.” Liu Guixia said with a smile. As she spoke, she waved her hand to signal for them to come to the front.
Xia Han, Zi Cui, and Miao Han left, while Xue Liu stayed behind to look after the unconscious Shao Youyue. She was afraid that Shao Youyue would suddenly wake up and panic, so she would eat when Xia Han and the others came back.
However, Liu Guixia was afraid that the girl would starve, so she scooped a big bowl of rice and picked up a lot of vegetables and sent them to the back.
Xue Liu didn’t expect this at all. Her eyes turned red when she took the chopsticks and bowl. She somewhat understood why the General liked this family so much.
After lunch, seeing that Shao Youyue was still asleep, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan went to the workshop on the mountain to help the family make rice noodles.
In the workshop, Xue Dafu was already busy doing his work. Xue Erfu rode one of the horses brought by Xia Han and the others to town to buy things. He could help for the time being, so Xue Yifu didn’t go to the old house to do woodwork. Instead, he came to the workshop to help Dafu.
Li Hehua couldn’t stay idle either. Because she was pregnant, she did some light work. She sat at the stove door and helped to light the fire, boiling the water in the pot until it was bubbling.
Xue Dafu and the others did not let Jiang Yue and Xue Yan help. At most, they would let Jiang Yue and Xue Yan help to dry the rice noodles.
When she was drying the rice noodles at the edge of the courtyard, Jiang Yue asked Xue Yan in a low voice, “Previously, you said that the current Emperor had two princes before he died in his previous life.. One was the missing eldest son, which was the Crown Prince, and the other was the Second Prince? Or was the child not born at all?”