The yard was a complete mess. The vegetable patch that was left behind had already been ruined by the reckless men who came to look for trouble last night. The small table under the tree had also fallen to the ground, and the closed kitchen door was wide open.

Xia Li walked in, and when he looked around, the bowls on the stove had all been smashed into pieces, and the steamed buns in the pot had all disappeared.

She frowned slightly as a small flame flickered in her eyes. She walked out of the room, grabbed a broom, and picked up the broken bowl and chopsticks. She threw them into the waste basket and washed the kitchen again.

"This group of beasts is still vicious and hard to deal with. They will definitely cause trouble by secretly eating steamed buns and smashing bowls and chopsticks."

Xia Li patted the door and sighed.

"Let's fight once, let's fight once, what's there to be afraid of?" Sun Chun had been observing Xia Li the entire time. Seeing that she was fuming, he cleaned up the kitchen while walking over, he pulled her to sit on a low stool in the kitchen and took out a clean handkerchief from his chest. He scooped out a ladle of water from the water jar and poured it into the water basin.

Xia Li was overwhelmed by the favor and sat on the chair in a daze, as he almost forgot why he was angry.

The wet and cool handkerchief slapped onto her face, extinguishing the anger in her heart. It also allowed her muddled mind to slowly recover its rationality.

"I still have a lot of things to do, I don't have the time to grieve for the spring or autumn, my family needs to continue living, I still need to repay the money, I am not afraid of Rich Man Yang and the others." Xia Li grabbed Sun Chun's wrist tightly, and said as if he was swearing something.

Sun Chun held her hands back like she was comforting a child. Her cold eyes sparkled, and her lips opened slightly: "Then do it well."

"Alright, I'll go prepare breakfast." Xia Li unwillingly let go of Sun Chun's hand and started working in the kitchen.

Sun Chun went to the side, quietly washed up the stove once more, and brought some firewood to the stove. He helped Xia Li heat up the stove, and set up the seasonings such as fried vegetables and salt and vinegar, then peeled all the scallions and placed them in front of Xia Li.

Xia Li looked at the busy Sun Chun, his eyebrows showing signs of excitement, as he worked even harder.

She busied herself with picking the vegetables and cutting them into pieces on the chopping board. Then, she took out a new plate from the shelf beside her. After washing it, she placed the dishes on the plate.

"The pot is already hot, you can start cooking now." Sun Chun reminded Xia Li.

"Alright, cook immediately." As Xia Li spoke, he sprinkled the seasonings into the pot one by one, and when the pot was emitting the fragrance of the spring onion, he placed the dishes inside.

As the two of them worked together, they had a tacit understanding of cooking and cooking soup. Not long after, a meal with both dishes and soup was served.

"This is bad!" Xia Li, Qing Er's forehead is very hot, it's always talking nonsense. Go and take a look, and see if he's sick or not! " Lee's suddenly ran into the kitchen and pulled on Xia Li's sleeves. She was so anxious that she was crying.

The two of them looked at each other, Xia Li wiped off the water droplets on his body and said, "I'll go take a look."

She ran to Lee's's bedroom and saw that Xia Qing was lying on the bed. His voice was hoarse and he was rolling around uneasily.

"What happened to Qing Er?" Lee's ran into the house and laid on the bed, holding Xia Qing's hands and crying as he asked.

Xia Qing's forehead is very hot, probably because he's caught a cold. Mother, quickly take a few wet towels, fill a basin with water, and apply it alternately on Xia Qing's head. Then, use a towel to wipe his palms and the soles of his feet to help him cool down. I'll go prepare a bowl of antipyretic soup.

Xia Li warned the Lee's.

"Alright, Mother will go now." Lee's wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, and helped the bed to stand up. He anxiously went to the kitchen to find a wet towel.

Just then, Sun Chun appeared at the door, "The basket in the kitchen to store the herbs is already gone, I might need you to go and pick some, Xia Qing, I'll take care of them for a while!"

"You are too good! I also have some herbs in my room, I'll bring them over right away. "

Xia Li patted Sun Chun's shoulders. As he was walking out, he took a glance at Xia Qing who was tossing and turning around, and quickly returned to his room with the latch.

She pulled the heart-shaped necklace out of her neck, and her right thumb took three seconds to identify it before entering the space.

Xia Li changed into an isolation suit and entered the medicine storage room. He took out a few medicinal herbs used to treat cold and fever, put them into his sleeves, left the medicine storage room, took off the isolation suit, exited the space, closed the door, and rushed to the kitchen.

He took out the claypot from the wooden shelf in the storage tray and washed it clean with clean water. He put the herbs into the claypot and mixed the water according to the ratio. Then, he placed the claypot into the small stove in the corner and unceasingly put some firewood under the claymore to ignite the firewood.

The more Xia Li was worried, the more mistakes he made. He played with it a few times, but none of them succeeded in igniting it, either it was the fire piston that fell to the ground, or the firewood that was ignited and then extinguished. It took a lot of effort to ignite the fire, and she almost flipped the claypot over.

"I'll, you go take care of Xia Qing."

At some point in time, Sun Chun had reached the kitchen door, and seeing Xia Li's flustered appearance, he pulled her away.

He had a book in his hand and squatted in front of the claypot, fanning himself while adding firewood to the claypot. The fire gradually started and golden flames licked the claypot.

When the claypot is opened, take a look at the color of the soup. When it turns brown again, take up the pot and pour the juice into the bowl. Be careful not to scald.

Xia Li saw that there were no problems with Sun Chun, and handed the mission of brewing the remaining medicine over to him.

"Alright."

"Then I'll have to trouble you. I'll go look for Xia Qing, his body has been in constant trouble for the past few days, it's really worrisome."

Xia Li's face was filled with weariness. These few days of running had caused her to look quite haggard, but at the moment, she was not in the mood to care about herself. She ran towards Lee's's bedroom with large strides.

"Qing Er, your forehead is so hot. Mother will cover your face and make you feel better."

Lee's said as he took out a towel from the water basin and wiped Xia Qing's face. With the back of his hand and the bottom of his feet, he also took a towel and placed it on Xia Qing's forehead.

My daughter, you're here. Look at Qing Er, is he feeling better now?

When Lee's saw Xia Li, he acted as if he had seen his savior and waved at her.

"Alright!"

Xia Li came in front of Xia Qing. After hearing her words, Xia Li looked at Xia Qing who was already asleep and was no longer crying. She heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.

Mom, your little brother's body isn't that hot anymore, but you still have to cover his face, wipe his body, drink another set of medicine, and rest well for two days. It's just that during this period of time, he has suffered a lot of shock and is weak, so we need to take good care of him.

Xia Li looked at Xia Qing who was lying on the bed, frowned, and was not at ease.

"Then what should we do? This child has indeed suffered quite a bit recently. As his mother, I am really useless! " Lee's cried as she hugged Xia Qing and powerlessly squatted on the ground.

Xia Li was helpless, he helped the Lee's up and comforted her: "Mother, don't be sad, I will tell you this right now, a method to let little brother recover in a short period of time, you need to focus on it, take good care of him!"

"Then... What do we do? " Lee's endured the tears from the corner of his eyes, his skinny hands tightly grabbing onto Xia Li as he sobbed.

Change his environment and let him divert his attention. My younger brother is six years old now, and it's time for him to study. However, there are no private schools in our village.

Xia Li thought about it and said to the Lee's.

"However, mother is unable to guide Qing Er to study. Every day, I need to send him to the town. With a troubled face, Lee's lowered his head from time to time to help Xia Qing wipe his body.

"Then why don't I just send Xia Qing to study and help him?"

After Sun Chun finished speaking, he walked in with a bowl of brown colored medicinal herbs.

"I just heard the conversation between Aunt and Xia Li, so this junior hastily recommended himself, and hopes that I won't be rude to Aunt." Sun Chun placed the bowl on the table and cupped his hands towards Lee's as a form of apology.

"Young Master Sun, you are too polite, you promised to send Qing Er to study, as a mother, I am so happy, how can you be rude?"

Lee's wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes and tried his best to show a smile.

Mother, since Sun Chun has agreed, then let him send my brother to study. After resting for half a month at home, he went out to train his body, which was pretty good. Although he said that it was useless as a scholar, he was still more handsome than most men.

Xia Li had just finished speaking, but Sun Chun's face was already completely black.

"Cough, this medicinal soup is probably cold, let's just let Xia Qing drink it. Junior still has matters to attend to, so junior will be taking his leave first."

After Sun Chun finished speaking, he looked coldly at Xia Li and walked out.

"Child, why do you say that of their Young Master Sun? How did he become a useless scholar by helping our family along the way?"

The Lee's scolded Xia Li softly.

"You are quite narrow-minded. To be helping an outsider so quickly and not helping your daughter, I only casually said those words. Who would have thought that he was so petty that he couldn't joke around?"

Xia Li complained softly.

"Silly girl, all men care about face."

Lee's shook his head helplessly, lowered his head and lightly patted Xia Qing's little face, waking him up.

"Qing Er, wake up quickly. After drinking the medicine, let's go back to sleep."

"Mother …"

Xia Qing opened his blurry eyes and helplessly grabbed onto Lee's's arm. His lips were dry and his voice was hoarse.

"Mom, let me support him."

As Xia Li spoke, she helped Xia Qing up, making it easier for the Lee's to feed him medicine. With her personality, she did not take the words of the Lee's to heart, and also did not hide any hidden dangers for the future.

After Xia Qing finished drinking the medicine, he went to sleep. Lee's continued to accompany him, but he could not help but mutter a few words to Xia Li.

"My daughter, you should go over and take a look at Young Master Sun and say some good words for him. He has helped us so much, so it is only right that we thank him."

"I know, Mom."

Xia Li hugged Lee's, intimately rubbing against her face, stood up, and went to find Sun Chun.

Sun Chun's room door opened wide and he was sitting on the desk, reading a book one page at a time with a focused expression. Xia Li walked in and sat in front of him with his chin in his hands as he stared at him.

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