Chapter Thirty-Four: The Bound Bare Feet

  Ye Baihe brought Ye Bainian and Ye Suqi, this little overlord, to this empty land.

  Now Ye Baiji has also learned to be clever, Ye Baizhou doesn't speak, she just can't be bothered with her.

  Ye Baiju saw that she had been there for half a day, and Ye Baizhi didn't even mention her, not to mention Qi Zhen'er who seemed to have ignored her completely. It was really too impolite!

  Ye Bai glared at Ye Baiji and motioned for her to speak up.

  Ye Baiji opened his mouth, cleared his throat, and was glared at by Ye Baiji, the words got stuck in his throat and couldn't come out.

  Ye Su Qi, that little overlord, still couldn't read the situation and didn't know about the undercurrents here. He ran to Hu Zi's side, who was digging a hole, squatted down, and asked: "Hey, kid, what are you doing? My sister said you guys were going to build a house?"

  The tiger cub didn't even glance at him, continuing with his work. His sister said that no matter what, the Ye family had been kind to them, so he shouldn't get into conflicts with them. If he didn't like that person, then just ignore him.

  Ye Suqi was somewhat annoyed by Hu Zi's attitude, and pushed him away, asking: "Hey, I'm talking to you, why are you ignoring me?"

  Hutou was throwing stones behind him, and one of them accidentally knocked him to the ground, hitting his hand on a rock. The edge of the rock was still very sharp, and when Hutou picked up his hand, blood gushed out, and he immediately burst into tears.

  Qī Zhēn ér has been busy with the stone-cutting work, because tomorrow they can build a new house, and she is very happy. She also feels that she should be nicer to Yè Bái Zhuāng and his family, after all, the Yè family has helped them, and in the future, they will be neighbors, so it's better to get along harmoniously.

  When she heard the sound of Hu Zi crying, she was startled. Hu Zi is usually very well-behaved and rarely cries, so something big must have happened.

  Rushed over to take a look at the big wound on Hu Zi's hand, felt dizzy for a moment, but still forced himself to calm down, tore off the hem of his clothes, and covered Hu Zi's wound with it. He then picked him up and ran towards Ye Lao Yezi's clinic.

  Ye Suqi knew he was in trouble when he saw the blood on Hu Zi's hand and quickly ran back.

  Ye Baihe was still wondering what she was running for, until she saw Qi Zhen'er rushing to the infirmary with a blood-covered Hu Zi in her arms, and then she knew that things had gotten out of hand. Seeing that Qi Zhen'er didn't have time to bother her, Ye Baihe was about to run too. But when she turned around, her way was blocked by Ye Baizhi.

  "Bai Ji sister, I just remembered that my mother is looking for me about something, I'll go back first." Ye Baiji said with a smile.

  Ye Baiji sneered at her, fabricating, you just keep fabricating! Did she really think Ye Baiji was still that eight-year-old little girl?!

  "White Peony sister, what brings you all to this desolate mountain wilderness?"

  Ye Baijiu secretly resented Ye Baizhi for being stubborn and not knowing when to let up on her own family member. She forced a sweet smile onto her face as she rubbed the handkerchief in her hands: "Sister Baizhi, I heard you're helping out here, so I came to take a look at you. Look at this sun, it's scorching people. If your skin gets ruined, that won't be good. Why don't we head back together, Sister Baizhi?"

  Ye Baiji sneered twice and said, "You're quite kind-hearted, aren't you? You came to see me and had Su Qi hurt Hu Zi's hand. I think you actually wanted to help, didn't you?"

  Ye Bai shook her hand repeatedly and said, "No, Bai Zhi sister. It was Su Qi who accidentally did it, you also know that Su Qi is just a little overlord, what can I do about him? This matter really has nothing to do with me, or else I'll go back now and bring him here to apologize to Hu Zi."

  Ye Baiji felt that she really couldn't stand Ye Baixiao anymore, to avoid responsibility, he could even sell out his own younger brother!

  "If you don't want to, then let's go tell Grandpa at the clinic." Ye Baiji pulled Ye Baizhen and was about to head to the clinic.

  Her hands dug stones in the soil and got a lot of dirt on them. When she touched Ye Baihe's clothes, they left obvious stains.

  Ye Baiju looked like she was about to cry, wanting to shake off Ye Baiji's hand but didn't dare to, fearing that Ye Baiji would really drag her to see Old Man Ye. With a bitter face, she said: "Baiji sister, I also like Zhen'er. I came here just to see if there's anything I can help Zhen'er with, but I need to go back and change my clothes first."

  Ye Baiji was not buying it, who knows how long she would take to change her clothes this time?

  "After we've visited Grandfather, you can go back and change your clothes." As she spoke, Ye Baiji stretched out her hand to pull her again.

  Ye Baihe hastily avoided him, forcing a smile as she said: "No need for that, this set of clothes is already dirty anyway, I'll just wear this one and be done."

  Ye Baiji threw two small shovels to Ye Baizhou and Ye Baizi, casually telling them how to do it, then stared at them digging stones.

  Qizhen'er carried Hu Zi to the clinic, and at this time, there was no one else around. Ye Lao Yezi was flipping through medical books and was also startled when he saw Qizhen'er carrying in a blood-covered Hu Zi.

  "How did this happen?"

  Qī Zhēn'er looked at Hǔ Zǐ with a pained expression and said: "He wasn't careful and fell, scraping his hand."

  Although the pain was severe at this moment, Hu Zi understood his sister's words. With tears in his eyes, he raised his head and just wanted to retort, but feeling his sister's grip on his hand tighten, he swallowed his words.

  Ye Lao Yezi was busy treating Hu Zi's wound and didn't notice the little movements of the brother and sister.

  The bleeding stopped, the wound was bandaged, and Old Ye gave Qi Zhen a packet of medicine, saying: "Take this and decoct it for Hu Zi to drink. For the next few days, be careful not to get wet, and change the dressing again after a few days."

  Qī Zhēn'er thanked him and picked up Hǔ Zǐ, preparing to head back to let Hǔ Zǐ rest.

  Ye Lao Yezi looked at Qi Zhen'er's thin and small frame, hugging Hu Zi with some effort, looking like she was about to fall over at any moment, and sighed in her heart.

  I don't know what's wrong with their parents either. The kids are well-behaved and obedient, but they're allowed to roam around outside at the age of ten.

  "Zhen'er, how many more stones haven't been picked up? If you're really too busy, just call Bai Miao and Bai Ji to help. There are also some half-grown kids in the village, one copper coin can get them to help, do you want to find them?" Ye Lao Yezi still couldn't bear to see such a small child suffer such a big loss, and kindly suggested.

  Qizhen'er thought for a moment, shook her head and said: "Grandpa, it's okay. There aren't many stones left, Baiju sister and I can handle it."

  Ye Lao Yezi saw her being so stubborn, sighed silently, and waved his hand for her to leave.

  Qizhen'er was carrying Huizi back to the room when she ran into Sunshi in the corridor.

  Sun saw that Tiger's hands were tightly wrapped and there was a golden bean at the corner of his eye, without asking anything, tears flowed down.

  Qī Zhēn ér saw it and truly acknowledged that Ye Bái zhǐ's mother was made of water!

  Sun held the cub in her arms and comforted it carefully. The cub also looked pitiful and sweet.

  Qizhen'er knew that Sunshi was taking care of Hu'zi, so she felt completely at ease and went to decoct the medicine.

  Just as the fire was lit, Mrs. Sun came out, her eyes still red.

  "Zhen'er, Hu Zi has fallen asleep. How did he get the wound on his hand? Poor Hu Zi, just a small injury and so much blood was shed, his little face is pale." Sun Shi said with sympathy.

  Qizhen quietly added some fire to the stove and said, "Huizi accidentally fell."

  Sun saw her like this and knew she was hurting for her brother. She comforted her, saying: "You don't think about it, don't blame yourself." As she spoke, she glanced at the medicine stove: "Do you still need to go busy? I'll take care of things here."

  Qizhen'er pulled at the corner of her mouth, which was a way of thanking Sunshi, then put down the fan and left.

  Sun took up the fan and simmered the medicine. She really didn't suspect Zhen'er's words, thinking that Hu Zi accidentally fell.

  Qizhen rushed out of the Ye family and ran towards the wasteland. Although she also wanted to cry, she was also strongly suppressed by herself. She kept telling herself that when she took this path, she had to bear the humiliation, now crying can't solve any problem, moving out of the Ye family as soon as possible is the beginning of their new life.

  With an overwhelming sorrow in her heart, Qizhen'er's footsteps didn't slow down. Looking from afar, on the barren land, one person was walking around like a supervisor, and two others were busily digging the earth.

  The girl standing there was wearing a peach-red short jacket, which Ye Baiji had specially changed for convenience in doing things today. Needless to say, it must be Ye Baiji.

  As for the busy two, as the distance drew closer, Qizhen also confirmed her guess in her heart, it was indeed Ye Baihe and Ye Baixi. It's just unknown how Ye Baitou subdued these two people, making them dig soil under the scorching sun.

  Ye Baiji saw Qi Zhener from afar and hurried over to greet her. Pulling Qi Zhener aside, she asked: "How's Hu Zi? Why aren't you with him, what are you doing here?"

  Qī Zhēn ér smiled bitterly: "Since they haven't cleaned up here, how could I not come? Tiger has his aunt to take care of him, don't worry." As she spoke, she nodded with her chin towards Yè Bái Jiǎo and the others, asking: "What's going on with them?"

  Ye Baiji looked at Ye Baizhou and them, and said with satisfaction: "I've suppressed them to be laborers."

  "This isn't quite right?" said Qizhen'er.

  Ye Baiji scolded Tie for not being strong enough, saying: "Zhen'er, you're just too kind-hearted. They've been bullying your siblings like this, and you still tolerate it. You'd rather suffer yourself, enduring and avoiding them instead of making a fuss with them. I'm telling you, when dealing with evil people, you have to be even more ruthless and vicious than they are. If they're afraid of you, they won't dare to provoke you."

  "I know you have concerns and don't dare to mess with them, but I'm here too. Now the reason is on our side, Ye Baihe and the others will definitely not dare to make trouble, we can't do anything else, it's good to crush their morale." Ye Baiju said again.

  Zijin'er was lost in thought after being told by Ye Baihe. It turned out that Liu Shi's mother and daughter, as well as Jiang Shi's three daughters, bullied her siblings because they knew she didn't dare to make a fuss. This is indeed the case where those who wear shoes are not afraid of being tied up, but those with bare feet are.

  Author's note: During the promotion period, there will be two updates every day. The first update will be at 8 am and the second update will be at 12 pm. Let's give it our all!