Chapter 9 Trying to please each of my brothers

Chapter 9 Trying to please each of my brothers

Immediately, Cheng Lanzhou's expression changed drastically, and Lin asked nervously in a low voice, "Isn't this something only the emperor can eat? And it's different from what's rumored. Where did you get it?"

Jiang Yutang deftly packed away the bottles and jars, shrugging smugly: "I developed it myself."

"You? This thing isn't poisonous, is it?" Cheng Dai'er asked, staring at the capsule with suspicion.

"If it were poisonous, your brother would have passed away last night." Jiang Yutang rolled her eyes and prepared to leave. "Eat it or not is up to you."

Only after leaving the three of them did Jiang Yutang's straight back slowly relax.

When Jiang Songzhi saw her return, he asked with concern, "Did the Cheng family make things difficult for you?"

Jiang Yutang shook her head, and after thinking for a moment, decided to keep the fact that Cheng Lanzhou was planning to divorce her a secret. If Cheng Lanzhou really had this intention, judging from her personality as described in the book, not even ten oxen could pull her back.

For now, let's take it one step at a time and see what happens. We'll talk about it again after we get to Danzhou.

What worries her most is that her body is out of control. It's fine under normal circumstances, but she's afraid that it will fail at a critical moment. She has to be careful until she figures out the reason.

Soon after, the constables came to urge everyone to leave, and everyone packed their things and began their journey.

Other exiled people traveled light, carrying at most a bundle, while her family pushed a cart to transport them.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter. Because Jiang Sumin's leg was injured, the other three brothers had been pulling the cart all the way. Even though they took turns, it was exhausting after a while.

"If only I had a wheelchair."

Jiang Yutang wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Mu Shi, who was also covered in sweat, "Sister-in-law, let me carry Xiaoxiao. You can rest for a while."

"Eh." Madam Mu handed the child over, watched her swallow hard, and asked cautiously, "Tang'er, do you still have yesterday's goat milk?"

Meeting Jiang Yutang's stunned gaze, she nervously waved her hand and said, "I was just asking casually, I didn't mean to drink."

Jiang Yutang smiled gently, her dimples appearing faintly: "Yes, I'll give it to Xiaoxiao to drink during our break later."

Mu looked at her gratefully, her eyes slightly reddening, her voice choked with emotion: "Thank you."

"We're family, no need for such formalities."

Looking back on these two sisters-in-law, they were both loyal and guileless. Despite everything that happened, they remained devoted to the Jiang family. Even after their eldest brother passed away, they never considered remarrying, but instead focused on taking care of the remaining family members.

Thinking about this, Jiang Yutang began to ponder what she should bring back next time she returned.

We're almost in Shenzhen.

I squinted through my eyes, blocking out the sun, and looked ahead. Pengcheng was still three kilometers away, where I could take a short break.

The crowd was immediately energized and unconsciously quickened their pace.

Upon entering Shenzhen, the yamen runners were chatting and laughing as they handed over their duties, while people took the time to eat and rest.

Jiang Songzhi pulled the cart and placed his father in the shade. His clothes were soaked with sweat, and he moved his sore and aching arms.

Mu went up to him and wiped his sweat, asking gently, "Does your hand hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Jiang Songzhi brought his hand to her face, opening and closing it to show that he was fine, but when he revealed the scraped skin on his palm, he immediately put it behind his back.

Mu's eyes welled up with tears. The innocent and naive Xiaoxiao in her arms reached out and touched her mother's face, then gently patted it.

"Hungry......"

"Xiaoxiao, be good. Mom will go get you something to eat." Mu wiped her eyes and turned around to see Jiang Yutang standing behind her with milk.

"Sister-in-law, this is Xiaoxiao's."

The child's eyes lit up when he heard the word "milk," and he clapped enthusiastically.

She walked up to Jiang Songzhi and took out some ointment: "Brother, hold out your hand, I'll apply the ointment for you."

"Thank you, little sister." Jiang Songzhi smiled and extended his hand to her.

The hand that used to hold a pen is now chafed and raw from pulling a cart. Despite these family misfortunes, Jiang Songzhi remains calm and composed, which is truly admirable.

The ointment felt cool as it was applied to my palm, and the sensation gradually faded.

"This ointment is really amazing. Little sister, go and put some on the second and third brothers as well."

"Hey, you feed this carton of milk to Dad. I'm going to check on Second Brother." After handing over the milk, Jiang Yutang turned to look for Jiang Jiuzhe.

Jiang Jiuze was helping Zhu Shi sit on the stone steps. He broke the cake in his hand in half and handed it to her. He bent down and stood in front of Zhu Shi to ask, "Do you want some water?"

"Second Brother."

Jiang Yutang jogged over and waved the ointment in her hand: "Let me apply the ointment to your palm."

Upon hearing this, Zhu lowered her head to look at Jiang Jiuze's hand, but he gripped it tightly, refusing to let her see.

"I'm fine, you go and show it to your eldest and third brothers," Jiang Jiuzhe said calmly.

"Big brother has already applied it. After I finish applying it for you, I will go find third brother. Don't dawdle, or I'll delay you from applying the medicine to third brother."

Jiang Jiuze was a man of few words and was most afraid of unreasonable arguments. In the end, he had no choice but to open his hand, and the wear and tear on his palm was no better than that on Jiang Songzhi's.

He probably didn't want his wife to worry.

On the other side, Jiang Huaiyu and Jiang Sumin sat together, talking incessantly. Jiang Sumin listened quietly, occasionally moving his lips to speak.

"Third brother, let me apply medicine to your palms."

Jiang Huaiyu laughed and extended her hand to Jiang Yutang: "Thank you for your trouble, little sister."

Jiang Yutang stared in disbelief and saw that his palms were already covered in calluses, unlike his older brothers whose skin was cracked.

She then remembered that Jiang Yuhuai was the only person in the family who practiced martial arts, so naturally his hands would have calluses.

Is applying medicine to calluses unnecessary?

"You..."

Seeing that she was starting to hesitate, Jiang Huaiyu complained, "It hurts too, look at this, it's all red."

"Okay, okay, I'll apply it for you."

Jiang Yuhuai then raised his head in satisfaction, enjoying the concern from his younger sister.

After applying the medicine, Jiang Yutang looked up and saw Jiang Sumin looking her over.

She scratched her cheek awkwardly: "Fourth Brother, is there something on my face?"

"No, I just thought the sun had risen in the west. You're so kind as to help me apply the medicine?" Jiang Sumin's words were like poison, and he turned his head to look at her sideways.

Jiang Yutang wasn't annoyed; on the contrary, she found that people like her fourth brother could be adorably arrogant at times.

"Fourth Brother."

She looked at Jiang Sumin with a worried expression and asked seriously, "Are you jealous because I didn't apply the medicine to you?"

Jiang Sumin seemed not to have reacted until Jiang Yuhuai burst into a startling laugh, at which point he bit his tongue and retorted.

"What do I care about the taste? I don't have any injuries on my hands."

After saying that, he remembered that he had no injury on his hands, but he did have one on his feet.

A look of sudden understanding appeared on Jiang Yutang's face. She pursed her lips and nodded seriously, saying, "I understand. I'll change the medicine on Fourth Brother's foot right away."

"Stop...stop it, I don't need it..."

Jiang Yuhuai, who was causing trouble, quickly held him down and kept winking at Jiang Yutang: "Quickly change my fourth brother's medicine too, otherwise he'll hide and cry until his nose is red."

No matter how Jiang Sumin tried to stop him, his face flushed red. Not far away, Yun Shi was feeding Jiang Sheng'an milk. Hearing the sound, she smiled with relief.

"Grandpa, Tang'er has become sensible. You should wake up soon and praise her a few words."

When the milky white milk was fed to Jiang Shengan, his eyelids suddenly twitched twice, and then slowly opened after a moment.

Yun turned around excitedly and shouted to the group, "He's awake! Master is awake!"