How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

Since she was little, Xia Chu always gave her this look whenever she did something wrong or acted like a spoiled child. Dong Xiaohuan was used to it and didn't fall for it.

But Jia Qingwu hadn't experienced this before, so she softened her heart. Thinking of her injured arm, she sighed and couldn't bear to scold her.

Guan Xu and Wang Qiuyu came back from school and heard that Xia Chu was injured. They went to see her without even putting away their schoolbags.

Xia Chu's hand hurt so much that she regretted her decision. Seeing the two men come in, her face went numb at the thought of being scolded again.

"How did it happen?" Guan Xu saw her lying on the bed with a pale face, and walked forward to ask with concern.

"I fell down while climbing a tree." Xia Chu confessed honestly.

Jia Qingwu sighed again, really not knowing what to say.

Wang Qiuyu grasped the key point with a unique perspective, "Sister, why didn't you take me with you when you went tree climbing?"

"Take you to fall down?!" Dong Xiaohuan's voice had already reached her before she even entered. She came in with medicine and glared at her youngest son, "If you dare to climb a tree, I'll let your father beat you!"

Wang Qiuyu pouted and stepped aside. When he smelled the medicine, he remembered that his sister had injured her hand. "Sister, did you break your hand?"

"It's not broken, it's just a fractured bone." Xia Chu said hurriedly.

"It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Fortunately, it's not your right hand, otherwise you wouldn't be able to eat!" Dong Xiaohuan frowned, her expression and words were angry, but her movements were very careful. She gently helped the person up and fed her medicine with her own hands, "Drink it quickly, it won't hurt so much."

Xia Chu took a sip and couldn't quite place the taste: bitter, sour, and astringent. She burped twice, then took the bowl, held her breath, and drank it in one gulp. She set the bowl aside, covering her mouth, almost spitting it out. She swallowed with difficulty, her stomach churning.

Dong Xiaohuan felt so painful that she stuffed a candied fruit into her mouth and said, "Hold it in your mouth." She turned around and instructed her third son, "Guan Xu, pour a glass of water for your sister to drink."

Guan Xu hurriedly poured it and handed it to her. Xia Chu drank the water while holding the candied fruit in her mouth, and she felt a little better. The feeling of nausea was not as strong anymore.

Thinking that he would have to take this medicine for several days, Xia Chu felt like dying.

Jia Qingwu saw this and thought of how her mother had the doctor make pills for her when she was little and couldn't swallow medicine. The outside was sealed with honey, making it easier to swallow. "Madame Xu, go ask the doctor if they can make pills out of it."

"Okay." Nanny Xu agreed and turned to ask Dong Xiaohuan which clinic and which doctor she was seeing.

"She deserves to suffer for a few days so that she will learn her lesson next time." Dong Xiaohuan said so, but still told Aunt Xu which doctor it was.

"Is it so hard to drink?" Wang Qiuyu felt a little uncomfortable when she smelled the medicine. Her face wrinkled. After a long while, she suddenly said, "Why don't you let me help my sister drink it?"

Jia Qingwu was still feeling distressed, but she smiled when she heard this. "The injury is on her, what's the point of you drinking it on her behalf?"

Dong Xiaohuan also laughed out of anger, pointed at Wang Qiuyu, and didn't know what to say.

"Mom, buy some pig's trotter bones tomorrow and I'll make some soup for Xiaochu to nourish him." Guan Xu said.

Dong Xiaohuan agreed, and Cuihua took the medicine bowl away. She had been crying since the incident, regretting it so much that she wanted to beat herself to death for not stopping the young lady.

Xia Chu felt bad when she saw this, "Mom, please persuade Cuihua to stop crying. It's not her fault. I was being willful."

Dong Xiaohuan sighed and said, "I've tried to persuade her, but this girl is really naive. She even slapped herself a few times just now."

No wonder her face was so red, Xia Chu felt even more uncomfortable.

Wang Yong came back and looked at her. He seemed to be hesitant to speak and said, "Just stay at home and recover from your injuries." Then he left. After all, his daughter was grown up, and it was not appropriate for him to stay in her room for too long.

At night, the Wang couple lay in bed. Wang Yong wondered, "This child was quite sensible when he was young. Why is he going backwards as he grows older?"

"Maybe her biological mother is here?" Dong Xiaohuan couldn't understand it either, but she guessed, "There were a lot of things going on at home when she was little, and since she wasn't her biological child, how could she dare to be naughty? Look at the children in the summer, only Qiu Yu was lawless, climbing up the roof and fishing in the river." She felt a little uncomfortable saying this, but it was also the truth. None of the adopted children seemed as naughty as Qiu Yu.

If Xia Chu had heard this, she would have cried out in injustice. She had just acted on impulse. She hadn't expected to fall. She had been so careful, but her shoes had slipped! And she shouldn't have set the flag!

After the maids from Yin Ge Garden closed, they bought some things and came to see her. Qiu Niang told her to take good care of her and not to worry about the business, as she would come to see her if she needed anything.

But after three days, Xia Chu couldn't sit still anymore. She even wanted to feed Cuihua rice to her. Jia Qingwu and Dong Xiaohuan acted as if she had some serious illness and gave her all kinds of supplements.

Dong Xiaohuan stewed soup every day, and Jia Qingwu even had steamed bird's nests delivered to her for every meal.

Xia Chu felt like she was going to gain a few pounds if she didn't move. Just as she was about to go to Yin Ge Garden to check on her, Bai Wuxia and the others showed up. They'd been there to visit Xia Chu, but when they learned she was injured, they quickly turned around and came to see her.

Seeing that she only had a broken hand, he felt relieved. Bai Wuxia teased, "I heard from the girl that you climbed a ten-foot-high tree. You were really brave."

"My brother hasn't climbed a tree since he was ten years old." Lin Lang said softly.

Mo Qingmei sighed and said nothing.

Li Yun felt that this was something that someone of his age wouldn't do. After a moment of silence, he said, "Don't do this next time."

Xia Chu smiled awkwardly, took the tea and fruit Cuihua offered, and poured it for them personally, "Drink tea and eat fruit."

The next day, Bai Wuxia and the others sent gifts to the hospital. They were all medicinal herbs that were said to be good for bone injuries.

Xia Tian also came back from vacation, and when he heard about this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing Xia Chu's expression, he obviously knew he was wrong, so he didn't say anything more. Instead, he took out a letter and said, "It's Xiao Zhou's letter. I met the messenger when I came back, and I just happened to bring it back."

Without mentioning her hand, Xia Chu was happy and at ease. "Is the Spring Examination coming soon? When is the exam? Let's see what my second brother said."

Xia Tian opened it and looked through it, then smiled and said, "The Spring Examination is in April, and it's only a few days away. It's a happy event. I heard that I found a teacher, and I've learned a lot from him. I feel more confident about the Spring Examination."

"That's great!" Xia Chu was happy for her second brother. Having a teacher was a huge difference compared to not having one. In a college, with so many students, one teacher inevitably had to take everyone's progress into account. But a teacher was different; it was a one-on-one, targeted education.

"That's great news." Xia Tian put the letter away. Dong Xiaohuan and the others would definitely need to read it when they returned. He looked at his sister's arm in a sling and said, "Does it hurt? There's a doctor in the barracks who specializes in treating injuries. I'll ask him if he has any effective prescriptions when I get back. I'll send them back to you then."

"It's okay, the pain isn't over anymore." Xia Chu didn't want to bother, afraid they'd prescribe her some new medication. Her previous medication made her want to vomit at the mere smell of it, but the doctor said only children needed to take it in pill form, and that freshly brewed medicine was most effective, so he refused to give her pills. So, she'd been drinking it for several days, and now the mere smell of it made her nauseous.