The fastest update web leaf promised unknowingly that the granddaughter didn't know what medicine was being sold in this gourd, but still followed her words and went out to welcome Yang Jianxiu. After sitting down in the hall, she smiled and said: "Although my humble abode is simple, since Mr. Yang has arrived at the door, not coming in for a cup of tea would be impolite. Besides, it's still early, and going to Wanjiefang will only take as long as having a meal, so it shouldn't delay Mr. Yang's business, right?"

  "No delay, no delay." Yang Jianxiu had always intended to get close to the Ye family, and now that he had received Ye Yuxi's invitation, he was naturally overjoyed. Moreover, having grown up in a household like his own, he had always yearned for the kind of warm and harmonious family life that the Ye family's main house embodied, despite their poverty. He followed Ye Yuxi into the hall and sat down with a happy smile.

  Ye Zhuo whispered something in Qiu Yue's ear, then personally carried the teapot into the hall and poured a cup for Yang Jianxu: "Uncle Yang, please have some tea."

  "Miss Ye is too polite, why bother you to pour tea personally?" Yang Jianxiu slightly stood up and nodded at Ye Zhuo.

  Yesterday afternoon, while drinking with Ye Yuqi, Yang Jianxiu had already ordered his servants to investigate the Ye family's affairs. After listening to Ye Yuqi's drunken words, he gained a general understanding of the situation in both the main and secondary branches of the Ye family. He learned that this daughter from the secondary branch who was adopted into the main branch used her exceptional jade carving skills to turn the tide and resolve a disaster for the main branch on the day before yesterday. As a result, his gaze at Ye Zhuo was now completely different from the previous day, and he had an even better impression of Zheng Shi, who had raised such a capable daughter.

  "It's only right." Ye Zhuo smiled and said, "If it weren't for your kindness and generosity yesterday, letting my mother have the house and personally going to the government office to help us with the transfer procedures, how could my mother have gotten such a satisfactory house? Now it's just pouring a cup of tea, a trivial matter, why be polite, Uncle Yang?"

  "It's all thanks to Mr. Yang yesterday." Mrs. Guan also came in, holding the pastries made by Autumn Moon, and warmly invited Yang Jianxu to eat.

  It was hard to refuse the kindness, so Yang Jianxiu picked up a piece of green bean cake from the plate and took a bite.

  "Mr. Yang, how many people are in your family? The second courtyard, I don't know if it's enough for you to live in?" Ye Zhuo had a plan to implement and didn't want to let Yang Jianxiu and Ye Yuqi leave so early, so she made small talk. More importantly, she also wanted to probe Yang Jianxiu's attitude towards Zheng Shi.

  "It's just me and my son, plus two servants." Yang Jianxiu smiled wryly. "So the small courtyard with two entrances is more than enough for us to live in."

  Guan heard this and was shocked: "What? Where is your wife?"

  Yang Jianxu sighed: "He passed away two years ago due to illness."

  Guan's expression changed slightly, and he quickly apologized: "Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned that."

  "It doesn't matter, birth, aging, illness and death are all normal. And besides, the things that have happened are already in the past." Yang Jianxiu was quite calm about it.

  "How old is Master now?" Guan Shi hastily changed the subject.

  "Last month just turned twelve, very mischievous." Yang Jianxiu said with a smile when talking about the child, it seems he loves the kid very much.

  "At this age, kids are supposed to be mischievous. My Jue'er is already 15 this year and still has a lot of childishness. " Guan Shi smiled and said, "Next time, bring him over to our place to play. We all like kids."

  "Ah, okay. Since Uncle and Aunt are such good people, he'll definitely like it." Yang Jianxiu smiled and said, "After I get settled in, please also invite Uncle and Aunt to come visit me."

  "We're going, and we won't be polite about it." Guan's laughter rang out loud and clear.

  "Uncle, shall we go see the house now?" Yang Jianxiu looked up at Ye Yuke.

  Ye Yuqi glanced at his granddaughter, saw Ye Zhuo's eyes showing anxiety, and shook her head slightly. Although he didn't know why she was like this, he smiled at Yang Jianxu and said: "Mr. Yang, please sit for a while, I'll go change my clothes and come back." He also ordered Guan Shi to "take good care of Mr. Yang".

  After finishing speaking, he stood up and said to Ye Zhuo: "Zhuo'er, come here." He leaned on his cane and walked out.

  "Ah." Ye Zhuo responded with a sound, and quickly went forward to support Ye Yuqi. The grandfather and grandson walked out the door.

  Walking out into the courtyard, Yexu guessed that the people in the hall couldn't hear their voices anymore. Only then did Ye Yuqi stop in his tracks and look at Ye Zhuo: "What are you up to?"

  "Uh..." Ye Zhuo lowered his head, "I heard Qiu Ju say that Uncle will be coming over soon. I'm worried he'll force me to do things for the second wife, so... I wanted Grandfather to stay home a bit longer..."

  Actually, her previous actions were not intended to delay Ye Yuqi, but Yang Jianxu. Some things can only be done, not said. Ye Yuqi and Guan Shi are extremely straightforward and kind people, they don't understand or want to proactively calculate others. If she spoke out her plan, Ye Yuqi and Guan Shi would not only disagree, but also think she's too calculating, affecting the relationship between them and their ancestors. So, she could only find an excuse to delay.

  "Alas." Ye Yuqi heard Ye Zhuo's words and felt extremely self-reproachful, "It was Grandfather who didn't think it through, getting to know Yang Gong, and being delighted, he forgot about your uncle's matter." After finishing speaking, he hesitated for a moment, "However, since we've already promised Yang Gong to go see the house, delaying any further wouldn't be good either. Moreover, if we wait here, your uncle will come and cause trouble, and it would be inappropriate for Yang Gong to see that. How about you come with us to take a look at the house?"

  Ye Zhuo let out a sigh. This was another reason she didn't want to tell Ye Yuqi about her plan. No matter how overboard the second house was, in Ye Yuqi's heart, it was all family shame. Family shame cannot be made public, these things cannot be known by outsiders, let alone getting Yang Jianxiu involved.

  "I'll go with you. You go change your clothes first." She had no choice but to agree. After sending Ye Yuqi into the house, she turned back, looked at the sky, and prayed in her heart that Ye Yuzhang would arrive on time. Then, she beckoned to Qiuju, who was gazing in this direction, and shouted: "Qiuju, I'm going out with Grandfather later, go take a look if Wei Ge is coming." As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly cried out "Ah" and fell to the ground.

  "Miss, what's wrong?" Qiuju exclaimed in surprise, rushing over quickly.

  The yard of Ye's big house was not very large, and Qiuju's shout startled everyone. Mother and daughter were connected at heart, and Zheng Shi was the first to rush out of the room, asking: "Zhuo'er, what's wrong?"

  Guan's family also ran out from the hall: "What happened? What happened?"

  Ye Yuxiu had only put on half of his outer garment and came out of the house, looking at Ye Zhuo with concern.

  "It seems I've sprained my foot." Ye Zhuo lifted his face with a painful expression and apologetically smiled at everyone.

  "You child, why are you so careless when walking?" Zheng's mother scolded while feeling heartache, and walked forward to support Ye Zhuo, "Come on, mom will help you back to your room."

  Guan's family saw Ye Zhuo put his whole body on Qiu Ju and Zheng's family, his small face wrinkled into a ball, suddenly heartbroken, he went forward to squeeze open Qiu Ju, personally supporting Ye Zhuo, and repeatedly called out: "Qiu Ju, hurry up and invite the doctor."

  "Grandma, don't bother? Just take a rest and you'll be fine." Ye Zhuo said softly.

  "No, it's injured the tendons and bones, not a small matter. If you're not careful, you'll fall ill and that would be troublesome." Guan Shi said with a stern face, urging Qiuju to hurry up and go.

  "Old lady, it seems that Mr. Yang is quite skilled in treating illnesses, why don't we ask him to take a look?" said Qiuju from the side.

  "Yes, please, Mr. Yang, take a look." Ye Yuke hastily put on the other sleeve of his robe and rushed into the hall to invite Yang Jianxiu. Although it was said that a woman's feet should not be seen by strange men, people from the south were not so particular about this, and doctors were no exception. Yang Jianxiu had said before that he also examined patients, so if that was the case, then it would be fine to let him take a look at Ye Zhuo's foot, and there wouldn't be anything wrong with it.

  "That... just help me to the hall instead." Ye Zhuo said.

  Guan and Zheng reacted, hastily changing direction, supporting Ye Zhuo into the hall. Since Ye Zhuo wasn't seriously ill, and Yang Jianxu wasn't a specially invited doctor, it wouldn't be proper to take him to Ye Zhuo's boudoir to examine her. It was better to do it in the hall.

  Yang Jianxiu was worried about what had happened in the yard when Guan Shi ran out. However, he was an outsider and couldn't go out to see the commotion no matter what. At this time, he was sitting alone in the hall when Ye Yuxi came in and said that Ye Zhuo had sprained her foot and wanted him to come and take a look. Yang Jianxiu naturally agreed and stood up to leave, but as he walked out, he saw Guan Shi and Zheng Shi supporting Ye Zhuo as she entered. He looked at Zheng Shi, who was wearing casual clothes, yet looked even more beautiful and feminine, and couldn't help but stare for a moment. Fortunately, he didn't lose his manners and quickly shifted his gaze away.

  Ye Zhuo had gone to great lengths to put on this show, just so she could formally and properly bring Zheng Shi into the hall and have her stay with Yang Jianxu. At this moment, seeing the surprise in Yang Jianxu's eyes, she couldn't help but curl up the corner of her mouth triumphantly.

  "Come, sit here and put your feet on this small machine." Yang Jianxiu, although he had been an official for over a decade, often helped people with their illnesses and quickly fell into the role of a doctor, bustling about to get Ye Zhuo seated.

  Zheng took off Ye Zhuo's shoes herself, pulled down his socks a bit, lifted up her skirt, and exposed her ankles.

  Yang Jianxiu washed his hands in warm water and then went to examine her. At this time, Zheng was sitting next to him, a faint scent of fragrance wafting into his nostrils, and in the blink of an eye, he felt that her skin was delicate and smooth, without even a fine line, and the hand holding up her skirt was like a scallion root, soft and boneless. Yang Jianxiu's heart skipped a beat, and his hand touching the bone also paused for a moment.

  It took him a long time to calm down, and then he said, "Don't worry about it, just twisted it a bit. Let the maid get a towel, wet it with cold water, and apply it to prevent swelling. I'll have the coachman go back home now and bring me that medicinal wine I brewed. Later, Old Lady will help her massage it vigorously two or three times a day, and it'll be fine in a couple of days."

  Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly had Qiuju bring in towels and cold water to apply to Ye Zhuo's feet, and also thanked Yang Jianxiu.

  Spending the Spring Festival in my wife's hometown, no internet, everything is so inconvenient. I bought a wireless network card, but it often can't connect to the internet. When I finally managed to get online, the speed was too slow and I couldn't log in. Now, tonight I have to walk several miles on mountain roads to go to the internet cafe in the town to post this article. Thanks in advance for the rewards, dear friends!

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