The wife of two taels of silver

Before they could react, Wan Yi gave the two servants a look and they understood what he meant. They trotted over and held down Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan.

Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan struggled frantically, their hearts almost jumping out of their chests in fear. They didn't know what a ruler meant, and they had never come into contact with it in Shang'anhe Village, but they knew they were going to be beaten.

"Let me go! Let my sister go! You bad guy, you are so bad!" Gu Mo shouted, tears streaming down his face. "You bully us just because my mother is not around, you hooligan! Bastard!"

Wan Yi snorted coldly, asked the maid to bring the ruler, and said softly, "Beat him."

"Yes." The maid in cyan clothes nodded and lowered her brows in response, walked in front of the Gu brothers and sisters, raised the ruler in her hand high, and brought it down heavily.

The ruler was three fingers wide as an adult's. When it fell into Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan's hands, it was slightly wider than their palms.

"Snap!" The ruler fell slowly, and someone was counting the number of times.

Children's hands are thin, so the sound of a ruler hitting them is much louder than the sound of a ruler hitting an adult's hand.

The maid who beat the brothers and sisters received instructions from the mistress and used quite a bit of force. After just a few hits, the palms of the Gu brothers and sisters became red and swollen.

The hands of the two little men did not look good. There were frostbite on the back of their hands. It was estimated that they had only recovered recently, and even the scabs had not fallen off completely. As a result, when they exerted force now, the scabs were knocked off during the struggle and blood flowed out.

Two small bodies twisted their bodies, trying to break free from the hands of two strong adults, and the crying of the two people could be heard all around them.

"They are lying. It was Brother He who bullied us!" Gu Zhilan cried and howled, her words intermittent, but the stick showed no sign of stopping.

After only a dozen or so blows, the palms of both men had turned purple.

"mother…"

"mother--"

Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan no longer tried to talk to Wan Yi. They were both in pain and just wanted to see Lin Haitang.

Seeing the two crying with tears and snot, Liu Qinghe laughed heartily, "Look, Mom, they are crying so ugly."

There was no other sound around, only the crying of the Gu brothers and sisters and Liu Qinghe's laughter, mixed together.

The two little beasts had been punished, and now these maids had to be punished too. Wan Yi looked at them crawling on the ground and shaking non-stop: "You four, each of you will receive ten strokes of the cane, and three months' salary will be deducted."

A narrow bench was placed across the yard. Chunhua was the first to receive the punishment and lay on the narrow bench. Even though she was mentally prepared, she still underestimated the pain when the stick hit her.

Chunhua only felt that the dull sound of the stick hitting her butt was like that of an evil spirit, which made her terrified.

There was a new sound of a woman crying in the yard, and her voice was much louder than Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan's.

After fifty strokes with the ruler, Gu Zhilan's voice was hoarse. She looked at her hands, which were swollen, hot and painful. It was obvious that they were no longer her own.

"Lanlan, let's go." After being released, Gu Mo wanted to wipe away his tears, but found that he couldn't stop crying. He ignored them, took his sister's hand and was about to walk out.

Gu Zhilan was very obedient and followed her brother. She said in a hoarse voice, "Brother, it hurts. It really hurts."

The sharp sound of sticks swinging could still be heard behind them, snowflakes were falling from the sky, and two small figures were walking forward, staggering and supporting each other. Their palms were swollen and black, and they could no longer feel anything, not knowing whether it was because of the cold weather or because they were numb from being beaten.

The two children were not stupid and knew that they couldn't let their hands freeze like this, otherwise they might not be able to recover. Gu Mo took off his outermost vest and covered his and his sister's hands. In the past, in the village, the two little guys would wrap a layer of rags on their hands to prevent the frostbite on their hands from getting worse.

"Brother, will our hands rot?" Gu Zhilan had stopped crying, but her eyes were still red and her eyelashes were wet.

Fortunately, they both remembered the way, otherwise they wouldn’t know how to get back.

Gu Mo sniffed and comforted his sister in a hoarse voice: "No, mother will come to pick us up."

"Lanlan, Uncle Liu hasn't been here for a few days. He will probably come to see us in the next two days. When we see Uncle Liu, let's ask him to take us to see Mom." Thinking of the grievances he suffered today, Gu Mo's voice became hoarse. He held back his tears and said, "We are not here anymore."

"Well, we shouldn't stay here." A huge teardrop fell to the ground. Gu Zhilan stepped over the teardrop and walked forward with her brother.

After passing through a yard, there was a winding, cobblestone path in front. After a few steps, a pale pink figure appeared at the end of the road.

"Young Miss! Young Master!" The pink figure came running over, her face anxious. She squatted down and asked, "Young Miss, Young Master, why are you here? What happened?"

She is Caiyun, who has been with Liu Shuyun since she was a child. She is the daughter of a servant, and Liu Shuyun treats her as a half-sister. He is used to her service and basically takes Caiyun with him wherever he goes.

This time, Liu Shuyun went out with his servant, but not Caiyun. Caiyun was serving the old lady. Caiyun came to see Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan every day, but today she was tripped up by other things and had not had time to go to the courtyard. Who knew that after finally finding some free time to go and see the two little ones, before she even reached the courtyard, she was told that they had been taken to Wanyi.

Caiyun knew that Wanyi was not someone to be trifled with, so she quickly ran over.

Seeing the two people's hands wrapped in clothes, Caiyun's heart sank. She carefully uncovered the clothes and saw two swollen and black palms.

Caiyun's breathing became disordered. She bit her cheek to hold back her tears. She didn't even dare to touch their hands. She put the vest on Gu Mo, took off her own jacket over her skirt, and gently wrapped them around them. "Don't be afraid. Sister Caiyun will find a doctor for you."

Perhaps because they saw someone familiar, the two very young children burst into tears and sobbed around Caiyun.

"Caiyun...Sister, she...they...lie..."

"It was Liu Qinghe. He was the one who... bullied my sister first... I... I fought back... My sister's head was... He broke it..."

The two of them cried breathlessly, spoke incoherently, and told Caiyun about their grievances with tears in their eyes.

Caiyun was so distressed that she quickly hugged the two of them tightly and said, "Don't cry, don't cry. Caiyun is here. I will take you to see a doctor first."

Caiyun originally planned to pick up the two people and walk away, but she couldn't hold on after walking a few steps and had to put them down. Fortunately, Liu Feng came over and picked up the two little guys in one go, and walked briskly.

Liu Feng was Liu Shuyun's servant and was given the surname Liu, and so was Caiyun.

The courtyard where Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan lived was called Lai Yang Courtyard. Liu Feng brought the two children to Lai Yang Courtyard and quickly went out to call a doctor, not daring to delay.

Caiyun stayed to accompany the Gu brothers and sisters, and asked them about the whole story, feeling indignant.

Originally, both the young master and she thought that Chunhua and Qiuyue were decent people, but they turned out to be so shameless. They really misjudged them.

"Young master, young lady, don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you!" Caiyun wiped the solidified blood stains on Gu Zhilan's forehead with a handkerchief and blew it gently.

"But, Sister Caiyun..." Gu Mo did not disbelieve Caiyun. Just as Liu Qinghe said, Liu Qinghe's surname was Liu, and their surname was Gu. If Sister Caiyun helped them, would she be punished by that beautiful lady?

Seeing Gu Mo hesitate to speak, Caiyun asked softly, "What's wrong, young master?"

"Help me and my sister. Sister Caiyun, you will be beaten with a stick and it will hurt a lot." Gu Mo saw that Chunhua Qiuyue couldn't even stand up after being beaten.

Maybe it was because the room was warm, but the pain in her originally numb hands was getting worse and worse. Gu Zhilan's voice was still tearful as she said, "Sister Caiyun, don't go looking for Brother He's mother. Lanlan doesn't want to see you get beaten."

Caiyun felt even more distressed instantly.

Caiyun had accompanied Liu Shuyun to the capital since she was ten years old, before Liu Qinghe even existed. Later, Liu Shuyun rarely returned to Yancheng, and even when he did, it was usually due to other matters. He spent very little time at the Liu Residence, and Caiyun hadn't seen Liu Qinghe much, so naturally, she had no feelings for him. As for Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan, Caiyun had been caring for them for over two weeks. For the past two days, if the old lady hadn't called her over due to a shortage of staff, she would have stayed in Laiyang Courtyard and not gone anywhere.

Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan had grown into more beautiful and lovely people under Lin Haitang's care. Caiyun liked them the first time she saw them, and after more than half a month of contact, her affection for them only grew. Therefore, her feelings for the Gu siblings were many times stronger than her feelings for Liu Qinghe. Moreover, this matter was originally caused by Liu Qinghe's excessive arrogance and domineering behavior. When he couldn't hit someone, he asked his mother to come out and "punish" him under the pretext of a high-sounding "punishment."

Thinking of Tao Li, Xia He, Wan Yi and Liu Qinghe, Caiyun said in her heart that the upper beam is crooked and the lower beams are crooked, it's simply a nest of snakes and rats.

The doctor was dragged here by Liu Feng. It was a pity that he was so old and out of breath. The old doctor stood up straight and gasped: "If you want me to treat the disease, stop, otherwise I will die!"

"Doctor, please forgive me! I'm really sorry. It's really that my young master and young lady's hands are in urgent need, so I hurriedly called you here. Please come and take a look." Caiyun hurried out to greet and invited the old doctor in.

Seeing the two little guys' hands swollen like steamed buns, the old doctor didn't care about anything else. He rushed over and said with a sullen face: "Are you crazy! Did these two kids kill someone or set a fire? You have to beat them like this! You want to break their hands!"

As the old doctor spoke, he took out a silver needle and quickly pricked the wound several times to release the blood clots. After the blood clots had drained away, he sprinkled some medicinal powder on the wound and bandaged it. He then sternly instructed, "Don't freeze your hands for the next two weeks, don't hold anything, and change the dressing every three days. I'll write another prescription."

He handed the written prescription to Caiyun: "Go get the medicine. Take it twice a day for seven days."

"If you beat these two children again, you don't need to call me. Just wait until their hands are crippled." The old doctor snorted coldly, stepped on the medicine box and was about to leave.

Caiyun handed the prescription to Liu Feng and asked him to get the medicine while she went to see the doctor off. "Yes, yes, yes, don't worry, I will take good care of it. Here is the consultation fee. Take care."

Caiyun gave ten taels of silver as a consultation fee. The old doctor had a hard time, as he was rushed all the way here by Liu Feng and almost died. She gave him some more silver.

Back in the room, Caiyun changed clothes for the two children. Gu Zhilan stared at Caiyun and said, "Sister Caiyun, I don't want to be here anymore. I want to go find my mother. Can you take me with you?"

Caiyun buttoned up Gu Zhilan's clothes and said, "Young lady, I don't know where Miss Lin is. Your uncle Liu will be back in two days. Can you let him take you to see Miss Lin?"

"Okay." Gu Zhilan felt a little disappointed.

"Don't worry, from now on, I will stay with you and the young master every step of the way, and I promise not to let anyone bully you." It is unrealistic to go to Wan Yi to ask for an explanation now. Wan Yi is the mistress of the Liu family, and she is just a maid. If she can't get any explanation, there will be no good result if she goes to ask for it.

"Okay." Gu Zhilan nodded.

"Miss, does your hand still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt that much anymore. I can bear it."

Liu Feng brought in the boiled medicine. Caiyun coaxed the two children, "Miss, Master, drink the medicine. Drinking the medicine will make you feel better quickly. It's not bitter. Liu Feng has prepared some sweet candy."

In fact, there was no need to coax them, they would drink it all up obediently. Before, they wanted to see a doctor or give them medicine, but they couldn't get any. No matter how uncomfortable they felt, they had to endure it.

Picking up the medicine bowl, the two of them finished the steaming hot medicine in a short while. Just as they put down the bowl, which was bigger than their faces, a sweet candy was stuffed into their mouths, which instantly suppressed the bitterness in their mouths.

After drinking the medicine, Caiyun coaxed the two to sleep. Looking at the two sleeping soundly, Caiyun and Liu Feng quietly left the room and closed the door.

Outside the door, Liu Feng and Caiyun both looked unhappy.

Liu Feng doesn't talk much, but whenever he has time, he will come to see the siblings Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan. Looking at these two children who are almost the same age as his own children, Liu Feng can't understand how someone could be so hateful as to attack these two children.

"Brother Liu Feng, when will the young master come back?" Caiyun asked.

"It will take a few more days." Liu Feng replied.

Liu Feng had just returned from Liu Shuyun's place. Liu Shuyun had two people free, so Liu Shuyun sent Liu Feng back to help Caiyun take care of the two children.

Liu Shuyun probably knew that someone at home was uneasy, so he asked Liu Feng to come back, but he was still a step too late.

Gradually, the swelling in Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan's hands subsided, and Caiyun was willing to let the two children go out to play. But not long after, they ran into Liu Qinghe again.

Just like three days ago, he was even more domineering.

"Get out of here!" Liu Qinghe yelled, his little face flushed. He thought that after being beaten last time, the two of them would not dare to come out again. Liu Qinghe asked his mother why she didn't drive the two beggars out. His mother said that they were brought in by his uncle, so they could only live at home and could not be driven away.

Liu Qinghe's dislike for Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan reached a new level.

Having said that, Liu Qinghe wanted to go forward and hit Gu Mo again.