The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Boss Cheng laughed, "If this were in the village, we would have to grow vegetables to eat. Your elder brother and I can live in this imperial city and enjoy a good life, but all that we enjoy is also your blessing."

Boss Cheng put the vegetables in the shade and sat under the veranda with Cheng Feng.

"Enjoy yourself now!" Cheng Feng pulled out a bird cage from behind him and showed it to Cheng Lao Da like he was presenting a treasure. "Brother, I bought you a mynah bird to relieve your boredom. What do you think of this breed?"

This starling has shiny black feathers reflecting silver light, its proud white beak is tightly closed, and its well-developed crest feathers make it look even more arrogant. Cheng Feng spotted it at first sight at the bird market.

Boss Cheng's eyes lit up and he grinned, "Hey, Fengzi, this is really touching."

Cheng Feng chuckled. He knew his elder brother was bored at home, so he got a mynah bird. "Brother, I know you're bored at home. From now on, you should take the bird cage and walk the bird on the street instead of hanging around women all day."

Boss Cheng's face flushed at this. He hadn't spent his entire life revolving around women; he'd been controlled by them. "I've been a coward my whole life, your eldest brother. I've been bullied by your sister-in-law my whole life. I feel like a coward myself, but I've recently figured it out. I can't indulge her anymore. If this continues, the lotus leaves will suffer, and the lotus buds won't learn their lesson."

Cheng Feng was curious about his brother's change. Could a soft persimmon become tough? "Brother, what did you do to my sister-in-law?"

"Ah! What can I do to her, your eldest brother? I say one word and she yells ten times. I'm not good at talking, but I won't talk to her anymore. I won't even enter your sister-in-law's room. I'll just live my own life."

Cheng Feng thought his elder brother had adopted some tough family management strategy, but it turned out to be the old trick of hiding if you can't afford to offend. In the past, he couldn't avoid Liu Dalan because that person had good legs and feet. Now that Liu Dalan was paralyzed in bed, it actually helped his elder brother. However, Cheng Feng didn't believe that Liu Dalan's arrogance would dissipate just because she was paralyzed in bed. "How is my sister-in-law doing? She hasn't been lying in bed scolding me these days, has she?"

"He was very arrogant in the first few days, but he may not be able to scold me in the past two days." Boss Cheng picked up the bird cage and hung it on the pillar of the porch with great curiosity. Later, Cheng Feng often met his elder brother walking with the bird cage on the street.

After nine days, Su Aixiu finally nursed He Ye back to health. Looking at the haggard Su Aixiu and the people she had bitten, He Ye felt a deep sense of remorse and guilt. "It's all my fault that I've caused trouble for everyone. Next time I go crazy, just tie me up and starve me to death."

Su Aixiu comforted her and said, "What are you talking about! Big sister, we are all family, why should we be so formal? Seeing your health getting better little by little, we are all happy. If you are okay, I will go home to take care of our mother. I heard that our mother's health is..."

"She is not my mother." He Ye became excited when mentioning Liu Dalan. Her eyes were still unclear and she looked like she had just recovered from a serious illness.

Su Aixiu quickly slapped her mouth. She didn't dare to irritate He Ye at this moment. After taking care of the crazy He Ye for a few days, Su Aixiu was almost tortured to death. "Look at my mouth, it's my mother-in-law. If you are okay, I will go home to take care of my mother-in-law."

He Ye still didn't know what happened after she went crazy, including that Chen Qingsheng had two broken ribs. She was also unaware, "Sister-in-law, let me see you off. I'll go to the street to see Chen Qingsheng who's setting up his stall. He took a lot of beatings for me that day. In the end, it was all me who got him into trouble."

"Big sister, Chen Qingsheng can't set up a stall yet."

Su Aisu looked like she was about to say something, which made He Ye notice something strange. "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with him?"

"He, he had two ribs broken by my mother-in-law."

"What?" This news struck He Ye like a bolt of lightning. She'd heard that broken ribs were excruciatingly painful, and Chen Qingsheng was a completely sickly person. Wouldn't a broken rib have cost him half his life? He Ye rubbed her hands together unconsciously, her eyelids slightly reddening. She felt like this man was going to burst into tears any second.

Su Aixiu comforted He Ye, "Don't worry, sister. Your brother went to the Chen family a few times and he said that he would be fine after taking care of it for another month or so."

He Ye hurriedly grabbed her handkerchief, her voice carrying a barely perceptible hint of tears, "I'm going to the Chen family to see Chen Qingsheng."

"I'll go with you." Seeing that her eyes were staring blankly and her limbs were weak, Su Aixiu was worried and accompanied this person to Chen's house.

The Chen family's house was deserted. Apart from Chen Qingsheng lying in bed, there were only two servants doing odd jobs with rough hands and feet.

Seeing that the people coming were Su Aixiu and He Ye, Chen Qingsheng was not so afraid anymore. Facing the two women's concern for him, Chen Qingsheng acted extremely strong because he was afraid that He Ye would feel guilty and come to see him every now and then.

Chen Qingsheng was very afraid of He Ye. That day, he chased her all the way from Denghua Street to the north gate, holding his ribs, and almost ran himself to death. If he had not met a fellow villager, He Ye would have run out of the city and entered the deep mountains and forests. It is hard to say whether he could be found.

Chen Qingsheng thought about his sister-in-law who still walked on tiptoe, and his fear of lotus leaves increased a little.

Whatever Chen Qing feared came true. For three consecutive days, He Ye came to his bedside to serve him.

When He Ye was not here, Chen Qingsheng was well taken care of by the handyman. But when He Ye came, Chen Qingsheng was frowning all day long. He had to hold his urine in bed. When he could not hold it any longer, he would climb up with the help of the bed edge with a purple face. Every time He Ye reached out to help him, it would be fine if she didn't help him. As long as He Ye's hand touched Chen Qingsheng's body, Chen Qingsheng would become nervous, sweat on his forehead, and look trembling, for fear that He Ye would bite him when he was not paying attention.

As soon as He Ye sat at the head of his bed, Chen Qingsheng knew that there was no hope of recovery from his illness. So the next day, as soon as his brother and sister-in-law left home, Chen Qingsheng instructed the handyman to lock the door and not open it for anyone to come.

He Ye had been turned away for several days in a row, and she was inevitably depressed and listless. She was not sociable to begin with, and she appeared in front of everyone even less. However, no one took her abnormal behavior seriously. After all, she had just recovered from a serious illness, and her poor complexion and lack of energy were all understandable.

He Ye stayed in the courtyard all day long. Shang Xi sent someone to ask her to go out that day, but she refused to go.

It was almost the end of the year, and Shang Xi wanted to take He Ye to the street to pick out some of the best-selling shoes and socks for her. But she didn't go, so Shang Xi could only watch and buy.

Shang Xi's family of three was walking on the street. When they passed Denghua Street, Shang Xi found that the place where Chen Qingsheng and He Ye had set up their stall had been occupied. Just as Shang Xi was looking around, Cheng Youning shouted, "Hey, there's something exciting going on up ahead!"