The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"Is there something wrong with him?"

"I'll take care of it. I'll leave the restaurant to you. I'll stay in the north of the city for the next few days. If you have any problems, ask Fuzi to come to me." She moved the lantern workshop to the nursery, where there was an empty yard and a separate small door for entry and exit.

When Xu Da learned that she was looking for an empty courtyard, he took the initiative to give this courtyard to her.

There are some older children in the garden who can learn some skills from her, which can be considered a way out.

"Okay." His energy and spirit returned. He had to take good care of the restaurant and not let her down.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of the restaurant."

She had made an appointment with Xu Da yesterday to go to the dilapidated yard in the northeast of the city to look for Hu Zi.

The yard was in a dilapidated state, but the original words "Wen's House" could still be vaguely seen on the door.

The original gate had long disappeared, and now there were only two fences made of a few wooden boards nailed to the wall. They were shaky and useless.

Jiang Muxia gently pushed open the fence and walked in. It was relatively clean inside. There were two or three children around five or six years old laughing and playing in the yard.

A boy with a yellow face saw the two people coming in, pointed his wooden sword at them and shouted, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"We made an appointment with Hu Zi to come and see him today. Is he here?" Jiang Muxia put the food in her hand on a broken wooden table under the tree.

"Brother Hu went out to beg for food. We are staying at home to look after sister Xiaoyao. She is sick."

"Is she sick? Where is she? This brother is a doctor, can he take a look?" She opened the oil-paper package and invited them to eat the buns.

The yellow-faced boy hesitated for a moment, but still took Xu Da into the east wing.

The two children in the yard sat down at the table, staring at the buns but were hesitant to eat them.

Jiang Muxia picked up two and handed them to them, "Why don't you eat them? Come, one for each of you. They are thin-skinned and thick-meat scallion and pork stuffed buns. They are very fragrant."

The child didn't answer. He looked at her and asked cautiously, "Sister, can we wait for Brother Huzi and the others to come back and eat together?"

Jiang Muxia was surprised. She didn't expect these children to be so well-educated. They refused to eat alone even if food was handed to them.

She smiled and put the buns back into the oil paper bag, nodded, and walked to the east wing.

The house was not as dirty and shabby as she had imagined. The floor was clean and tidy, and the bed, although worn out, was clean.

Huzi took good care of them.

A thin little girl was lying on the bed, her eyes closed, her cheeks flushed, and her breathing heavy.

"How is it? Is it easy to cure?"

Xu Da had finished treating the child. He put the child's hand back into the quilt, stood up and said, "It's nothing serious. The child is young and has typhoid fever. He eats poorly and wears thin clothes. I'll boil some medicine and ask Fuzi to send it over. He will be fine after drinking it for two days."

She nodded, turned her head and asked the yellow-faced child in a gentle voice, "What's your name?"

"My name is Xiaonan and her name is Xiaoyao." The child pointed at the little girl on the bed and said.

"Okay, we'll go back first. When Hu Zi comes back, ask him to find me in the nursery." She was not used to calling a ten-year-old child Hu Zi, she couldn't bring herself to call him that.

She also reminded them to put the food inside to prevent it from being taken away by stray dogs and cats outside.

The two of them split up into two groups, and Jiang Muxia went to the garden.

In the yard, Wang Laoqi and his men pulled in the chopped bamboo and put it in the room with a stove to dry.

"Uncle Wang, I'll give you a key. I think the bamboo is almost ready, so there's no need to cut it down yet. Today I'll teach you how to split the bamboo and weave the frame. The department store will deliver the paper and hemp rope tomorrow. I have a few here, let's use them for practice first."

They are all farmers, and they are used to doing the work. These things are not difficult, and they will be able to do them after following them a few times.

After teaching them, she saw that Hu Zi still didn't come to see her, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

She was very worried and wanted to go to Wen's house to check the situation.

"Uncle Wang, I'm leaving first. Keep an eye on the fire and lock the door."

Wang Laoqi saw her coming and going in a hurry and shook his head, "If she keeps busy like this, she will have health problems sooner or later."

When I came to Wen's house again, I saw the tavern's carriage parked at the door. It should be Fu Zi who came to deliver medicine.

It was already past noon and the children were all basking in the sun in the yard.

There were a few more children in the yard than when she came here in the morning, both boys and girls, most of them around ten years old.

Fuzi was sitting on the steps, chatting with a boy of the same age. The boy had a sickly look on his face and his eyes were dull.

Seeing her coming, Xiaonan shouted, "Brother Hu, this sister is the one who found you."

Jiang Muxia smiled at the children and said, "Have you all eaten?"

The child she had seen in the morning smiled at her and said, "I've eaten. The buns my sister brought were delicious. Sister Xiaoyao even ate two."

"Okay, I'll get it for you another day." She went straight to Hu Zi.

Judging from his nonchalant look, he seemed not to welcome her arrival at all.

He looked completely different from the clever guy he was last night.

"What are you doing here? We are living well and don't need any help." His dark little face was full of protest.

Jiang Muxia raised her eyebrows, glanced at the children in the yard, and said with disdain: "Really? You are so capable, why don't you cure Xiaoyao's illness. You know, she is young and will die if she gets typhoid fever."

Her words angered him and his small body stood up. Although he was not as tall as her, he was full of momentum.

"So what? I'm already trying to find a way to save her. I can definitely cure her without you." His eyes widened and he glared at him fiercely, "They are all my relatives. I have to protect them."

Jiang Muxia was a little stunned, wondering why his attitude had changed so drastically. Was this still the Hu Zi who had cleverly asked her for food last night?

What had she done to irritate him to the point of making him so disgusted by seeing her?

"What's wrong with you? Did something happen?" Jiang Muxia asked him cautiously. She understood that these children who had been left unattended for years were very sensitive. She must have done something wrong that caused him to misunderstand.

"It's okay, just stay away from here." Hu Zi said with a serious face.

The older boy next to Fuzi spoke up, "Huzi, don't be rude. Miss Jiang is thinking about us. If you really don't want to go, just refuse directly. There's no need to do this."

She was startled and immediately asked, "Where are you going?"

"Stop pretending, aren't you going to send us to the nursery?" Hu Zi snorted coldly and glared at Fu Zi, "Tang doesn't keep his word, I won't help him anymore."

She finally understood that this was the root of his anger. She had thought about it, but she had to let them agree!

She sat down next to him, and Hu Zi moved to the side, trying to stay away from her.

She didn't care. The corners of her lips curled up as she spoke softly, "You're right. I did think about sending you to a nursery. You'll have a good place to live and enough food to eat there. It's a good destination for you and them. If you don't want to, forget it. I won't force you."

Hey! With his temper, who dares to force him?

"There is a lantern workshop in the nursery. If you have nothing to do, you can make lanterns. Isn't it good to earn some money with your own hands?"

Before she finished speaking, Xiaonan pointed to the back of the house and said loudly: "There is a large bamboo forest behind our house. Sister, can we weave here?"